Births
1457 - Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)
1578 - Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)
1582 - John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)
1600 - Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69
1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer
1611 - Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)
1627 - Alfonso Marsh, composer
1645 - Gottfried Vopelius, composer
1688 - Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter
1691 - Johann Balthasar Konig, composer
1693 - Gregor Joseph Werner, composer
1693 - Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)
1702 - Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer
1706 - John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)
1714 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
1717 - Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)
1722 - Johann Ernst Bach, composer
1756 - Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer
1757 - Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer
1768 - Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
1775 - Peter the Great, Russia
1784 - George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State
1791 - Louis-J-Ferdinand H‚rold, France, opera composer (Zampa)
1815 - Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 187
1818 - George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905
1822 - Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)
1825 - George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
1828 - Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor
1828 - Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1868
1831 - Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1832 - Franz Wullner, composer
1833 - Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum)
1840 - douard Vaillant, French socialist politician/communard
1841 - Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer
1841 - Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa
1853 - Jos‚ Mart¡ y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
1855 - William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)
1865 - Kaarlo Juho St†hlberg, 1st president of Finland (1919-25)
1868 - Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer
1868 - Julian Aguirre, composer
1869 - Ozaki K“y“, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet (The Heart)
1873 - Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Burgundy France, novelist (Ch‚ri, Gigi)
1873 - M A Noble, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century
1873 - Colette, writer
1874 - Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian (Grundzge)
1875 - Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer
1878 - Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer (Der Juxbaron)
1880 - Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before & after WW I
1880 - Mary Boland, Phila, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap)
1884 - Auguste Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)
1884 - Jean Felix Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)
1884 - Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer (chromosome of sun)
1886 - Artur Rubinstein, L¢dz Poland, pianist
1887 - Lily Theresa Strickland, composer
1891 - Camille Melloy, [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis)
1891 - Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer
1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor (Love Parade)
1893 - Elliot Griffis, composer
1897 - Valentin Katayev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled)
1898 - Wies Moens, Flemish writer/nazi
1898 - Vittorio Rieti, composer
1899 - Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger
1900 - Michael Dewar Head, composer
1900 - Hermann Kesten, German writer (Allert de Lange)
1900 - Anni Holdmann, Germany, 100m runner (Olympic-1928)
1900 - Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher (History of Ecuador)
1903 - Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)
1905 - Gaston R‚bry, Flemish cyclist
1906 - Henry Foley, cricketer (batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930)
1906 - Harry van Kruiningen, [Henri A Janssen], painter/graphic artist
1906 - Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show)
1907 - Constantin Regamey, composer
1908 - Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear)
1909 - Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal)
1910 - Arnold Moss, Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Qu‚bec, Viva Zapata)
1910 - John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor (Sgt Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes)
1912 - Jackson Pollock
1912 - William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat (Prague 1939)
1912 - Jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)
1913 - Jan Masseus, composer
1913 - Oliver Chesterton, chartered surveyor
1916 - Peter Crossley-Holland, composer
1918 - Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker
1918 - Vito Scotti, SF Calif, actor (Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park)
1918 - Trevor Skeet, British MP
1918 - Suzanne Flon, Paris France, actress (One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge)
1918 - Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People
1920 - James Whyte, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1921 - Alfred Marks, actor/comedian (Desert Mice, Scream & Scream Again)
1922 - Robert W Holley, US, biochemist, worked with RNA (Nobel '68)
1924 - Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ)
1925 - Henry Harris, British professor of medicine
1927 - James Callaghan, British MP
1927 - J D Hughes, Principal (Ruskin College-Oxford)
1927 - Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner
1927 - Anthony Garner, director (Conservative Central Office)
1928 - Martin Sinnatt, Major-General/secretary (Kennel Club)
1928 - MG Falcon, CEO (Norwich Union Insurance Group)
1928 - Slade Gorton, (Sen-R-WA, 1981- )
1929 - Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist
1929 - Acker Bilk, singer (Stranger on the Shore)
1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Stockholm Sweden, US pop artist (Alphabet/Good Humor
1930 - David Morris, British MEP
1930 - Luis de Pablo, composer
1931 - Timothy Kitson, former MP
1932 - W Parry O'Brien, Calif, shot putter (Oly-2 gold/silver-52, 56, 60, 64
1932 - Windlesham, Lord
1932 - Thomas J Bliley Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )
1932 - David Thompson, CEO (Gestetner Holdings)
1933 - Susan Sontag, NYC, author/film director (Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award)
1934 - BR White, principal (Regent's Park College-Oxford)
1934 - Bill White, US, 1st baseman (Cards)/announcer (Yanks)/pres (NL)
1935 - David John Lodge, English writer (Soul & Bodies)
1935 - Leonid Grabovsky, composer
1935 - Manuel dos Santos Lima, Angolian revolutionary/poet (Pele do Diabo)
1935 - Nicholas Pryor, actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
1936 - Bill Jordan, British trade unionist
1936 - Alan Alda
1936 - Robert Suderburg, composer
1936 - Alan Alda, [Alphonso D'Abruzzo], NYC, actor (Hawkeye Pierce-M*A*S*H)
1936 - Jack Scott, vocalist (My True Love)
1936 - Enid Castle, principal (Cheltenham Ladies' College)
1937 - Ken Hill, playwright/director
1939 - John M Fabian, Goosecreek Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 7, STS 51G)
1941 - Joel Crothers, Cincinnati OH, actor (Edge of Night)
1942 - Hansdjrgen B„umler, Germany, pairs ice skater (Olympic-silver-1968)
1943 - John Beck, Chic, actor (Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara)
1943 - Susan Howard, Marshall Tx, actress (Donna-Dallas, Petrocelli)
1943 - Dick Taylor, rock vocalist (Pretty Thing-Cry on Me)
1943 - Jean Knight, rocker
1944 - Arnold Mhren, Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats-Sailin' Home)
1944 - Martin Fried, rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball)
1944 - John Tavener, composer (The Whale)
1944 - John Edmonds, British trade unionist
1944 - James Cran, British MP
1944 - Brian Keenan, NYC, rock drummer (Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today)
1945 - Nick Raynsford, British MP
1946 - Renne Jarrett, Bkln NY, actress (Nancy)
1946 - Rick Allen, Ark, rock bassist (Box Tops-Letter)
1947 - MJ Ainsworth, CEO (Institute of Chartered Secretaries)
1947 - Valerie Bragg, principal (City Technology College-Kingshurst)
1948 - Mamoru Mohri, Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut (STS 47)
1948 - Gareth Roscoe, legal adviser (BBC)
1949 - Thomas J Downey, (Rep-D-NY, 1975- )
1950 - Glyn Ford, British MEP
1950 - David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 51-J, 26, 36, 42)
1950 - Barbi Benton, [Klein], Calif, Playboy model (Hee Haw, Sugar Time!)
1951 - William Nelson Jr, US bassist (Connections & Disconnections)
1951 - Gordon Prentice, British MP
1951 - Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk, Kkishkov Ukraine, astronaut (STS 87)
1953 - Debbie Steinbach, LPGA golfer
1953 - Michael Day, rocker
1954 - Shawn Murray, rock drummer (Mink Deville)
1954 - Anicee Alvina, Paris France, actress (Friends)
1956 - Peter Schilling, Stuttgart Germany, rocker
1957 - Nick Price, Durban S Africa, PGA golfer (1991 Byron Nelson Classic)
1957 - Harley Jane Kozak, actress (Arachnophobia, Necessary Roughness)
1959 - Dave Sharp, rock guitarist (Alarm-In the Summertime)
1960 - John Caliri, Providence RI, actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble
1961 - Luann L Lee, Santa Monica Ca, playmate (Jan, 1987)
1962 - Keith Hamilton Cobb, Tarrytown NY, actor (Noah Keefer-All My Children
1962 - Michael Cage, NBA forward/center (Cleveland Cavaliers, NJ Nets)
1962 - Sam Phillips, singer/actress (Die Hard with a Vengeance)
1963 - Denise Beillmann, Switz, figure skater (Olympics-4th-1980)
1963 - Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive)
1963 - Colleen Harp, Washington DC, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-9th-1994)
1964 - Emlyn Aubrey, PGA golfer (1995 Nestles-25th)
1964 - Dwight Stone, NFL receiver/running back (Car Panthers, GB Packers)
1966 - Jeff Uhlenhake, NFL center (NO Saints, Washington Redskins)
1966 - Michal Pivonka, Kladno Cze, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
1967 - Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)
1967 - Tom Hodson, NFL quarterback (NO Saints)
1968 - Henry Hering, Pointe-Claire Quebec, rower (Olympics-9-92, 96)
1968 - Sarah McLachlan
1968 - Marnie McBean, Vancouver BC, rower (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
1968 - Sarah McLachlan, folk singer (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy)
1968 - Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)
1969 - Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer (world record 200m)
1969 - John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
1970 - Barry Minter, NFL middle linebacker (Chic Bears)
1970 - Mike Chalenski, NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles)
1970 - Donald Tardy, US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death)
1970 - James Atkins, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Carey Bender, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Elena Baranova, WNBA center (Utah Starzz)
1972 - Frank Garcia, NFL center (GB Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1973 - Robert Braknis, Montreal Quebec, 100m backstroke/4 x 100 (Olympics-96
1973 - Joe Stephens, NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
1973 - Jerome Allen, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
1973 - Bronwyn Thompson, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1974 - Jermaine Dye, Oakland CA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
1974 - Zack Bronson, safety (San Francisco 49ers)
1974 - Vitaly Tregubov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1974 - Tony Delk, NBA guard (SF Warriors)
1974 - Derrick Mayes, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1975 - Anne Montminy, Montreal Quebec, 10m diver (Olympics-17-92, 96)
1975 - Julian Dean, Waihi NZ, team pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
1977 - Joey Fatone, Jr.
1978 - Helga Bauer Salas, Miss Bolivia Universe (1997)
1980 - Nick Carter, singer (Backstreet Boys)
1980 - Nick Carter
1981 - Elijah Wood, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Radio Flyer, Good Son)
1981 - Elijah Wood
1985 - Athina Onassis, daughter of Christina
Events
1077 - Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV
1077 - German king Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness
1099 - 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
1262 - Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm
1393 - Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
1495 - Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France
1547 - 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England
1561 - By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
1581 - James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland
1613 - Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune
1689 - English parliament ends king Charles II reign
1787 - Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
1788 - Capt Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW
1788 - Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
1807 - London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
1814 - Stendahl's 1st book is published
1819 - Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore
1821 - Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
1824 - William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)
1830 - Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris
1846 - Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)
1848 - King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution
1851 - Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered
1858 - John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry
1860 - Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
1864 - Battle of New Bern, NC
1865 - Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners
1871 - Paris surrenders to Prussians
1878 - 1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)
1878 - George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator
1878 - Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper
1881 - Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British
1887 - England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever
1893 - Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia," premieres in Boston
1899 - American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
1902 - Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC
1904 - 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of Chicago's football team are awa
1909 - US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time
1911 - Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
1914 - 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)
1914 - Beverly Hills, Ca, is incorporated
1915 - US Coast Guard created from Life Saving & Revenue Cutter services
1915 - US Pres Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates
1915 - 1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
1916 - 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson
1916 - German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France
1916 - Opera "Goyescas," premieres (NYC)
1918 - Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory
1918 - Trotsky becomes leader of Reds
1922 - J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL
1922 - American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"
1923 - NSDAP 1st election in Munich
1923 - Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent
1923 - 1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich
1925 - -46°F (-43°C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)
1927 - Serbian-Croatian-Slavic govt of Oezonowitsj falls
1928 - Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway at age 101
1931 - Bradman scores 220 NSW v Victoria, 308 mins, 13 fours
1932 - Japan occupies Shanghai
1932 - 1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin)
1933 - German govt of Von Schleicher falls
1933 - French govt of Paul Boncour falls
1934 - 1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont)
1935 - Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion
1936 - Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera
1942 - General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine
1942 - German troops occupy Benghazi Libya
1943 - Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals
1943 - Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with 5 points in a game
1944 - Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh
1944 - U-271 & U-571 sunk off Ireland
1944 - 683 British bombers attack Berlin
1945 - Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java
1945 - Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell & truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China
1945 - Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands
1947 - "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000
1949 - UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia
1949 - NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith
1950 - Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud
1951 - "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination & is the 1st X-rated movie, o
1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 - J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"
1953 - WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)
1957 - "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie & Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (bet
1958 - Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor
1958 - Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck
1959 - Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US
1960 - 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington DC
1960 - Goon Show's final episode on BBC
1960 - NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minn Vikings (1961) franchises
1961 - Republic of Rwanda proclaimed
1962 - Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives
1963 - -34°F (-37°C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)
1965 - The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
1967 - Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"
1968 - Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1968 - 29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper
1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in N America
1969 - 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville
1970 - Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia
1972 - Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game
1973 - Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont
1973 - Mickey Welch, George Kelly & Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame
1973 - Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
1973 - "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV
1974 - Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, & Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame
1975 - 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio
1976 - NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
1976 - Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park
1978 - "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
1978 - "We Are the World" is recorded
1978 - Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 - Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife
1979 - "Wiz" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1672 performances
1979 - Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in NYC
1980 - 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins
1981 - "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 12 performances
1981 - William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987)
1981 - Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collis
1982 - US Gen Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy
1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - LA Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak
1984 - 41th Golden Globes: Thornbirds wins
1984 - Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas
1984 - Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, W Germany
1985 - 12th American Music Award
1986 - "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 24 perfs
1986 - Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC
1986 - 25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
1987 - Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
1987 - US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo
1988 - Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional
1988 - "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances
1989 - Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG
1989 - 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl
1989 - 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64)
1990 - "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London
1990 - 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret)
1990 - Superbowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana,
1991 - Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 v England at Adelaide
1991 - Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule
1991 - 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer & Janet Jackson
1991 - "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
1992 - Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown
1992 - Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide
1994 - Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m)
1994 - Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose Calif, 1 dead
1994 - Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46)
1995 - 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64)
1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise
1995 - 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62)
1996 - 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62)
1996 - Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pitts Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Superbowl MVP:
1996 - "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 perfs
1998 - Michelangelo, "Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million
Deaths
814 - Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
1119 - Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
1256 - Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
1393 - Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
1528 - Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
1547 - Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55
1549 - Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80
1560 - John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies
1595 - Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50
1606 - Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 8
1612 - Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies
1621 - Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68
1687 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
1725 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]
1754 - Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 6
1768 - John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44
1782 - Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84
1805 - Mih ly Csokonai Vit‚z, Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at 31
1810 - Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead
1813 - Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41
1817 - Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55
1829 - William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
1838 - Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]
1868 - Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
1869 - Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72
1873 - Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57
1895 - Fran‡ois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85
1896 - Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57
1898 - Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74
1903 - Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54
1903 - Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55
1910 - Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74
1918 - John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies
1924 - Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56
1930 - Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies
1932 - Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75
1933 - Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80
1935 - Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75
1938 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28
1938 - John Sharp, cricketer (England bat 1909, also soccer intl), dies
1939 - William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73
1942 - Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61
1945 - Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37
1947 - Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72
1949 - Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62
1957 - Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88
1959 - Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73
1959 - Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer, dies at 85
1960 - Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54
1963 - Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday
1965 - Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor/director, dies at 63
1965 - Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57
1965 - Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies
1967 - Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies
1970 - Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies
1972 - Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
1973 - John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday
1974 - Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67
1975 - Antonin Nov¢tny, Czechoslovakian president (1957-68), dies at 70
1976 - Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies
1977 - Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 9
1980 - Jimmy Durante, NYC, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
1983 - Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure
1984 - John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71
1986 - Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
1986 - Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
1991 - Dale Long, hit HRs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
1992 - Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37
1992 - Nahman Avigad, Isr archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86
1993 - Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
1993 - John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83
1994 - William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86
1994 - Hal Smith, actor (Otis Campbell-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 77
1994 - Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79
1995 - Barrie Wilson, academic, dies at 59
1995 - Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83
1995 - Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80
1995 - Jim Gilbert, artist, dies at 61
1995 - George Woodcock, author, dies at 82
1995 - James P Grant, US director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at 72
1996 - Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at 44
1996 - Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71
1996 - U San Yu, soldier/politician, dies at 77
1996 - Or San Yu, president of Burma in (1981-88), dies
1996 - Joseph Brodsky, poet, dies at 55
1996 - Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81
1996 - Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84
1996 - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81
1997 - James Colin Ross Welch, journalist, dies at 72
1997 - Pietro Cavallero, bandit, dies at 68
1997 - Vivien Signy, nurse, dies at 80
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