Events That Occur/ed On Your Bithday?

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I was looking through Wikipedia before, and just randomly typed my birthday into it. And it came up with Events, Births, Deaths that happened on my Birthday and i thought some of them were pretty cool.

Mine: October 8th

[b]Events:[/b]
[b]1956[/b] - New York Yankees baseball pitcher Don Larsen pitches the first (and only) perfect game in World Series history in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
[b]2003[/b] - Film star Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes the Governor of California. Previous Governer Gray Davis is ousted three years before the official end of his office term as a result.

[b]Births:[/b]
[b]1938[/b] - Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky.
[b]1939[/b] - Paul Hogan, Australian actor.
[b]1970[/b] - Matt Damon, American actor.
[b]1980[/b] - Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, American wrestler.
[b]1983[/b] - Travis Pastrana, American motorsports competitor

There weren't many deaths, well there were a few, but i've never heard of the people.

Go to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"]Wikipedia[/url] and type in the date, then post the results.

[M3J]

* 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals.
* 1542 - Akbar is born in Umarkot,Sind to parents Hamida Bhanu Begum and Emperor Humayun.
* 1552 - Khanate of Kazan is conquered by troops of Ivan Grozny.
* 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
* 1764 - Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
* 1815 - Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
* 1863 - American Civil War: The first submarine to sink a ship, and first to sink an enemy warship, CSS H. L. Hunley sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.
* 1878 - The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
* 1880 - Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
* 1883 - The Supreme Court of the United States declares part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional.
* 1894 - Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying - Dreyfus affair begins.
* 1898 - Zeta Tau Alpha is founded at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.
* 1904 - The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
* 1904 - Theta Tau, the Professional Engineering Fraternity, is founded at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
* 1904 - Elland Road is purchased by the newly formed Leeds City.
* 1917 - World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany.
* 1928 - The airship, the Graf Zeppelin completed its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA.
* 1931 - APJ Abdul Kalam:Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்) born October 15, 1931, Tamil Nadu, India, usually referred to as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ^) was the twelfth President of India, serving from 2002 to 2007.
* 1932 - Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
* 1934 - The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army successfully encircle Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March.
* 1939 - The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
* 1940 - The Great Dictator, a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.
* 1945 - World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.
* 1946 - Nuremberg Trials: Hermann Göring poisons himself the night before his execution.
* 1951 - Television sitcom I Love Lucy premieres.
* 1951 - Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes synthesized the first oral contraceptive
* 1953 - British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
* 1965 - Vietnam War: The National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam stages the first public burning of a draft card in the United States to result in arrest under a new law.
* 1966 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation.
* 1969 - Vietnam War: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in National Moratorium antiwar demonstrations across the United States.
* 1970 - Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
* 1970 - Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt
* 1971 - The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
* 1981 - Professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson leads what is thought to be the first audience wave in Oakland, California.
* 1987 - The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
* 1989 - Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
* 1990 - Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
* 1992 - In Russia, Andrei Chikatilo is found guilty of 52 serial murders.
* 1997 - The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom).
* 1997 - The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
* 2001 - NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
* 2003 - China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
* 2003 - The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi collides with a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43 others (see 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash).
* 2005 - Iraqi constitution ratification vote
* 2005 - Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-*censored* protest; over 100 are arrested.


<3 at I Love Lucy premiering on television on my birth date.






* 70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
* 1471 - Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)
* 1542 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (d. 1605)
* 1608 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647)
* 1686 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)
* 1784 - Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (d. 1849)
* 1814 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (d. 1841)
* 1829 - Asaph Hall, American astronomer (d. 1907)
* 1836 - James Tissot, French artist (d. 1902)
* 1840 - Honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
* 1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
* 1858 - John L. Sullivan, American boxer (d. 1918)
* 1872 - Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian president (d. 1956)
* 1874 - Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (d. 1899)
* 1878 - Paul Reynaud, French politician (d. 1966)
* 1879 - Jane Darwell, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1967)
* 1881 - P. G. Wodehouse, British novelist (d. 1975)
* 1882 - Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (d. 1941)
* 1884 - Arch Hoxsey, pioneer aviator (d. 1910)
* 1893 - King Carol II of Romania (d. 1953)
* 1894 - Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965)
* 1898 - Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (d. 1951)
* 1900 - Mervyn LeRoy, American film director (d. 1987)
* 1905 - C. P. Snow, British writer (d. 1980)
* 1906 - Hiram Leong Fong, American politician (d. 2004)
* 1907 - Varian Fry, American journalist (d. 1987)
* 1908 - John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (d. 2006)
* 1909 - Robert Trout, American reporter (d. 2000)
* 1909 - Jesse Leonard Greenstein, American astronomer (d. 2002)
* 1915 - Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician
* 1917 - Jan Miner, American actress
* 1917 - Arthur Schlesinger Jr., American historian and political commentator (d. 2007)
* 1920 - Mario Puzo, American novelist (d. 1999)
* 1920 - Henri Verneuil, French film director (d. 2002)
* 1922 - Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer
* 1923 - Italo Calvino. Italian writer (d. 1985)
* 1924 - Lee Iacocca, American industrialist
* 1924 - Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
* 1924 - Marguerite Andersen, German writer
* 1925 - Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia)
* 1926 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
* 1926 - Evan Hunter, American author (d. 2005)
* 1926 - Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
* 1926 - Karl Richter, German conductor (d. 1981)
* 1930 - Fereydun M. Esfandiary, Iranian philosopher (d. 2000)
* 1931 - Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, President of India
* 1934 - N. Ramani, Indian flutist
* 1935 - Bobby Joe Morrow, American sprinter
* 1935 - Barry McGuire, American singer
* 1938 - Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician (d. 1997)
* 1938 - Marv Johnson, American singer (d. 1993)
* 1940 - Tommy Bishop, English rugby league player
* 1940 - Peter Doherty, Australian immunologist, Nobel laureate
* 1942 - Penny Marshall, American actress
* 1944 - Sali Berisha, President of Albania
* 1944 - David Trimble, Irish politician, Nobel laureate
* 1944 - Haim Saban, Egyptian-born American media proprietor
* 1945 - Jim Palmer, American baseball player
* 1946 - Richard Carpenter, American musician (Carpenters)
* 1948 - Chris de Burgh, Irish singer and songwriter
* 1953 - Tito Jackson, American musician
* 1953 - Larry Miller, American actor and comedian
* 1953 - Betsy Clifford, Canadian alpine skier
* 1954 - Peter Bakowski, Australian poet
* 1955 - Kulbir Bhaura, British field hockey player
* 1955 - Tanya Roberts, American actress
* 1957 - Mira Nair, Indian director
* 1957 - Stacy Peralta, American Director
* 1959 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
* 1959 - Emeril Lagasse, American chef
* 1959 - Todd Solondz, American film director
* 1961 - John Kenny, Irish Sports Broadcaster and journalist
* 1964 - Roberto Vittori, Italian astronaut
* 1968 - Jyrki 69, Finnish Musician The 69 Eyes
* 1968 - Didier Deschamps, French football player
* 1969 - Vanessa Marcil, American actress
* 1969 - Dominic West, British actor
* 1970 - Eric Benét, American singer
* 1971 - Andy Cole, British footballer
* 1971 - Jason Arhndt, American wrestler
* 1972 - Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
* 1975 - Ginuwine, American singer
* 1975 - Glen Little, English footballer
* 1976 - Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer
* 1977 - Masato Kawabata, Japanese racing driver
* 1977 - Erin McKeown, American musician
* 1977 - David Trezeguet, French football player
* 1977 - Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer
* 1978 - Haven Riney, American radio host and actor
* 1979 - Paul Robinson, English football player
* 1979 - Māris Verpakovskis, Latvian football player
* 1980 - Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
* 1980 - Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer)
* 1981 - Keyshia Cole, African American R&B singer
* 1981 - Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
* 1981 - Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
* 1982 - Paulini Curuenavuli, Fijian singer
* 1983 - Stephy Tang, Hong Kong singer and actress
* 1985 - Walter López, Uruguayan footballer
* 1985 - Marcos Martinez Ucha, Spanish racing driver
* 1986 - Lee Donghae, Korean singer (a member of super junior)
* 1987 - Jesse Levine, American tennis player
* 1992 - Vincent Martella, American actor

* 2005 - Prince Christian of Denmark


Kewl, Akbar was born the same date I was.







* 412 - Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria
* 898 - Lambert, Holy Roman Emperor
* 912 - Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba
* 1002 - Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
* 1080 - Rudolf of Rheinfeld, Duke of Swabia
* 1326 - Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (b. 1261)
* 1389 - Pope Urban VI
* 1564 - Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (b. 1514)
* 1715 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675)
* 1730 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658)
* 1788 - Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
* 1810 - Alfred Moore, American judge (b. 1755)
* 1811 - Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b. 1735)
* 1817 - Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish and Lithuanian national hero (b. 1746)
* 1819 - Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
* 1820 - Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (b. 1771)
* 1837 - Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760)
* 1880 - Victorio, Apache leader
* 1891 - Gilbert Arthur a Beckett, English writer (b. 1837)
* 1900 - Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer (b. 1850)
* 1910 - Stanley Ketchel, boxer (murdered) (b. 1886)
* 1917 - Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
* 1918 - Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian guru (b. circa 1838)
* 1934 - Raymond Poincaré, French statesman (b. 1860)
* 1945 - Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of Vichy France (executed) (b. 1883)
* 1946 - Hermann Göring, German air force commander (suicide) (b. 1893)
* 1948 - Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
* 1959 - Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880)
* 1960 - Clara Kimball Young, American actress (b. 1890)
* 1963 - Horton Smith. American golfer (b. 1908)
* 1964 - Cole Porter, American composer (b. 1891)
* 1976 - Carlo Gambino, American gangster (b. 1902)
* 1980 - Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
* 1980 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
* 1981 - Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (b. 1907)
* 1988 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer and pianist (b. 1892)
* 1994 - Sarah Kofman, French philosopher (b. 1934)
* 1995 - Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1976)
* 2000 - Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)
* 2001 - Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901)
* 2003 - Bertram N. Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
* 2003 - Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919)
* 2005 - Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
* 2005 - Matti Wuori, Finnish politician (b. 1945)


Wow, not lot of big names died.

[*~Crack 'em...OUT!~*]

heck yah M3J

[i]I Love Lucy[/i] owns!

well my b-day is groundhogs day, but besides that...

i gots the same b-day as Shakira

& Donald Pleasance, Sid Vicious, & Boris Karloff all died

theres more,
but i dont feel like copy-pasting

[HІSTORYS7AR]

Events

[/b]1077 - Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
1521 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
1547 - Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
1573 - Articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1754 - Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.
1624 - Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.
1724 - The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
1760 - Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.
1813 - Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1820 - Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
1846 - Battle of Aliwal, India won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
1855 - The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the Panama Railway.
1871 - Franco-Prussian War: Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
1878 - Yale Daily News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States.
1887 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
1902 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1909 - United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1915 - An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.
1916 - Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
1917 - Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco.
1918 - Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1921 - A symbolic Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is installed beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to honour the unknown dead of World War I.
1922 - Knickerbocker Storm, Washington DC's biggest snowfall, causes Washington DC's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater collapses.
1932 - Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
1933 - The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1934 - The first ski tow in America begins operation in Vermont.
1935 - Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
1938 - The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195.
1945 - World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1946 - Bluenose, Canada's greatest sailing ship, founders on a Haitian reef.
1952 - Derek Bentley hanged for a murder carried out by Christopher Craig.
1958 - Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate begin their murder spree with the killings of her parents and infant sister.
1980 - USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Bay Florida and capsizes; killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1982 - US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red Brigades.

Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.1986 - Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission (Space Shuttle Challenger disaster) - Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after liftoff killing all seven astronauts onboard, including Christa McAuliffe, who was supposed to be the first teacher in space.
1994 - The first trial of accused murderer Lyle Menendez ends in a mistrial. He and his brother Erik are later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
1998 - Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.
2002 - TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
2004 - Lord Hutton publishes his report into the death of UN weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly.

[edit] Births
1457 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
1540 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1582 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (d. 1621)
1600 - Pope Clement IX (d. 1669)
1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
1611 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (d. 1687)
1622 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
1701 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1706 - John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775)
1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)
1719 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)
1755 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (d. 1830)
1784 - George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
1833 - Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (d. 1885)
1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
1853 - José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895)
1855 - William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor (d. 1898)
1864 - Charles W. Nash, co-founder of Nash Motors, which would become American Motors as well as co-founder of Buick (d. 1948)
1864 - Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d. 1927)
1865 - Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
1865 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first president of Finland (d. 1952)
1873 - Colette, French writer (d. 1954)
1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (d. 1940)
1879 - Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953)
1880 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970)
1884 - Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (d. 1962)
1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
1887 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (d. 1982)
1890 - Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963)
1891 - Bill Doak, American baseball player (d. 1954)
1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d. 1947)
1897 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986)
1899 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (d. 1940)
1903 - Aleksander Kamiński, Polish writer (d. 1978)
1908 - Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)
1910 - John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
1910 - Arnold Moss, American actor (d. 1989)
1912 - Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
1918 - Harry Corbett, English puppeteer (Sooty) (d. 1989)
1922 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
1927 - Ronnie Scott, British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (d. 1996)
1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001)
1929 - Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist
1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born artist
1933 - Jack Hill, American film director
1934 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990)
1934 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970)
1935 - David Lodge, English author
1936 - Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
1936 - Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director
1938 - Leonid Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
1941 - Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
1943 - Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1944 - John Tavener, English composer
1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician
1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer
1948 - Charles Taylor, President of Liberia
1950 - Barbi Benton, American actress
1950 - Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
1951 - Brian Bilbray, American politician
1951 - Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
1953 - Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1954 - Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1955 - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
1957 - Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player
1959 - Frank Darabont, American filmmaker
1959 - Randi Rhodes, American personality
1959 - Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (The Alarm)
1960 - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
1961 - Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 - Sam Phillips, American singer
1963 - Dan Spitz, American musician, guitarist for Anthrax
1965 - Lynda Boyd, American actress
1968 - Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
1968 - Rakim, American rapper
1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
1969 - Mo Rocca, American writer and comedian
1969 - Linda Sanchez, American politician
1972 - Nicky Southall, English footballer
1974 - Tony Delk, American basketball player
1974 - Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
1974 - Magglio Ordonez, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 - David Zingler, American writer
1975 - Anne Montminy, Canadian Olympic diver
1975 - Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer
1975 - Junior Spivey, American baseball player
1975 - Terri Colombino, American Actress
1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
1976 - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
1976 - Lee Ingleby, British actor
1976 - Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
1976 - Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1977 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player
1977 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
1977 - Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira)
1977 - Takuma Sato, Japanese Formula One driver
1977 - Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer
1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
1979 - Pixie, English model
1979 - Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
1980 - Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1981 - Rick Razzano, American football player
1981 - Elijah Wood, American actor
1984 - Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
1985 - Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
1986 - Jessica Ennis, English heptathlete
1988 - Henry Mortensen (actor), American actor

[edit] Deaths
814 - Charlemagne (b. 742)
1061 - Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)
1271 - Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)
1443 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
1547 - King Henry VIII of England (b. 1491)
1596 - Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and soldier
1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
1613 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545)
1621 - Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
1681 - Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
1672 - Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
1687 - Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b. 1611)
1697 - John Fenwick, English conspirator
1725 (O.S.) - Tsar Peter I of Russia, (b. 1672)
1754 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (b. 1684)
1832 - Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
1859 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
1864 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)
1903 - Augusta Holmès, French composer (b. 1847)
1912 - Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
1915 - Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)
1918 - John McCrae, Canadian poet (b. 1872)
1935 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (b. 1859)
1937 - Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862)
1938 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German racecar driver (b. 1909)
1939 - William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1865)
1949 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
1950 - Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883)
1951 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)
1953 - James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
1953 - Derek Bentley (b. 1933) (executed)
1960 - Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b. 1891)
1963 - Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
1965 - Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
1965 - Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b. 1867)
1971 - Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
1973 - John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
1983 - Billy Fury, British singer (b. 1940)
1983 - Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
1986 - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger:
Greg Jarvis (b. 1944)
Christa McAuliffe (b. 1948)
Ronald McNair (b. 1950)
Ellison Onizuka (b. 1946)
Judith Resnik (b. 1949)
Francis R. Scobee (b. 1939)
Michael J. Smith (b. 1945)
1988 - Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911)
1991 - Red Grange, American football player (b. 1903)
1994 - Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916)
1996 - Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Laureate (b. 1940)
1996 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914)
1996 - Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
1999 - Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918)
1999 - Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908)
2001 - Curt Blefary, American baseball player (b. 1943)
2002 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b. 1907)
2004 - Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1927)
2004 - Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923)
2004 - Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923)
2004 - Don Stansauk, American professional wrestler (b. 1936)
2004 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937)
2005 - Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2005 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (b. 1973)
2005 - Jacques Villeret, French actor (b. 1951)
2006 - Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi (b. around 1900)
2006 - Henry McGee, English comedian (b. 1929)
2007 - Carlo Clerici, Swiss professional road racing cyclist (b. 1929)
2007 - Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
2007 - Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
2007 - Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
2007 - Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
2007 - Emma Tillman, the world's oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007

[Shadow™]

Source: [url="http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/january_14.html"]http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/january_14.html[/url]

For January 14th, 144 Events:[list=1]
[*]January 14, 2005 The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan
[*]January 14, 1998 100th episode of "Ellen," airs
[*]January 14, 1998 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge
[*]January 14, 1996 "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 49 performances
[*]January 14, 1996 "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 97 performances
[*]January 14, 1996 Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions
[*]January 14, 1995 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo
[*]January 14, 1995 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards
[*]January 14, 1994 Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
[*]January 14, 1994 Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas
[*]January 14, 1994 Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands
[*]January 14, 1993 "Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 54 performances
[*]January 14, 1993 David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS
[*]January 14, 1993 Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die
[*]January 14, 1991 "Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV
[*]January 14, 1991 Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as president of Guatemala
[*]January 14, 1991 Valentin Pavlov become new premier of U.S.S.R.
[*]January 14, 1990 "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV
[*]January 14, 1990 11th ACE Cable Awards
[*]January 14, 1990 Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf
[*]January 14, 1989 "Romance/Romance" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 297 performances
[*]January 14, 1989 1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradfort England
[*]January 14, 1989 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
[*]January 14, 1989 Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped
[*]January 14, 1987 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
[*]January 14, 1986 Constitution of Guatemala takes effect
[*]January 14, 1986 Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954
[*]January 14, 1985 16 indicted by U.S. for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
[*]January 14, 1985 M Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors and Evert)
[*]January 14, 1984 Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand
[*]January 14, 1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
[*]January 14, 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens
[*]January 14, 1980 Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
[*]January 14, 1979 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
[*]January 14, 1978 Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF)
[*]January 14, 1976 "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
[*]January 14, 1976 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
[*]January 14, 1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
[*]January 14, 1975 U.S.S.R. breaks trade agreement with US
[*]January 14, 1974 World Football League founded
[*]January 14, 1973 Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in California
[*]January 14, 1973 Superbowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Washington Red Skins, 14-7 in LA
[*]January 14, 1973 Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV
[*]January 14, 1973 Superbowl MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S
[*]January 14, 1972 "Sanford and Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
[*]January 14, 1972 WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
[*]January 14, 1972 WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
[*]January 14, 1972 WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
[*]January 14, 1971 John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
[*]January 14, 1969 25 members of U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
[*]January 14, 1969 Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
[*]January 14, 1968 Superbowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
[*]January 14, 1967 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF
[*]January 14, 1967 Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
[*]January 14, 1967 New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
[*]January 14, 1967 Sonny and Cher release "Beat Goes On"
[*]January 14, 1966 David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me)
[*]January 14, 1964 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston
[*]January 14, 1964 Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 vs. England, 21 maiden overs in a row
[*]January 14, 1964 Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination
[*]January 14, 1963 George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"
[*]January 14, 1962 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30
[*]January 14, 1961 Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
[*]January 14, 1960 Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded
[*]January 14, 1960 U.S. Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant
[*]January 14, 1956 Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad
[*]January 14, 1956 Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
[*]January 14, 1955 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres in Phila
[*]January 14, 1954 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe
[*]January 14, 1954 Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend," premieres in London
[*]January 14, 1953 Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica," premieres in Manchester
[*]January 14, 1953 WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
[*]January 14, 1953 Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito)
[*]January 14, 1952 "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
[*]January 14, 1952 Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends
[*]January 14, 1952 Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26
[*]January 14, 1951 NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27
[*]January 14, 1950 "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances
[*]January 14, 1950 US recalls all consular officials from China
[*]January 14, 1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
[*]January 14, 1946 2 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed
[*]January 14, 1944 Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow
[*]January 14, 1943 Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game
[*]January 14, 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II
[*]January 14, 1943 Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw
[*]January 14, 1942 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo
[*]January 14, 1940 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers
[*]January 14, 1940 NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7
[*]January 14, 1939 All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends
[*]January 14, 1939 Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
[*]January 14, 1938 National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY)
[*]January 14, 1936 L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America
[*]January 14, 1935 Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use
[*]January 14, 1932 1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in U.S. installed, Hialeah
[*]January 14, 1932 Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race
[*]January 14, 1929 Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign
[*]January 14, 1927 Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs New York Rangers
[*]January 14, 1925 Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin
[*]January 14, 1924 Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy
[*]January 14, 1919 John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge MCQuade buy New York Giants
[*]January 14, 1918 Finland and U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
[*]January 14, 1916 Dutch South Sea dike cracks
[*]January 14, 1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
[*]January 14, 1912 Raymond Poincare becomes premier of France
[*]January 14, 1909 Coop. Far. Central Management forms
[*]January 14, 1908 Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut vs. Eng Adelaide (116)
[*]January 14, 1905 Hubbell, Shubert and Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in New York City
[*]January 14, 1900 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome
[*]January 14, 1898 Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
[*]January 14, 1897 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
[*]January 14, 1878 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
[*]January 14, 1874 I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature
[*]January 14, 1873 "Celluloid" registered as a trademark
[*]January 14, 1873 P B S Pinchback elected to Senate
[*]January 14, 1868 North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh
[*]January 14, 1868 South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority
[*]January 14, 1864 Battle of Cosby Creek, TN
[*]January 14, 1864 General Sherman begins his march to the South
[*]January 14, 1863 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana
[*]January 14, 1861 Ft. Pikens, Florida falls into state hands
[*]January 14, 1858 French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
[*]January 14, 1847 Conspiracy in New Mexico against US
[*]January 14, 1814 King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
[*]January 14, 1813 Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in U.S. (NY)
[*]January 14, 1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
[*]January 14, 1799 King of Naples flees before advancing French armies
[*]January 14, 1794 Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife
[*]January 14, 1785 Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
[*]January 14, 1784 Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris
[*]January 14, 1783 Congress ratifies peace treaty between U.S. and England
[*]January 14, 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow
[*]January 14, 1739 England and Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo
[*]January 14, 1724 Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
[*]January 14, 1717 German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam
[*]January 14, 1699 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
[*]January 14, 1690 Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany
[*]January 14, 1659 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish
[*]January 14, 1641 United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
[*]January 14, 1639 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford
[*]January 14, 1639 Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"
[*]January 14, 1601 Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome
[*]January 14, 1526 Charles V and Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid
[*]January 14, 1526 Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders
[*]January 14, 1236 English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence
[/list]

[M3J]

[quote name='(-ChimelIsGod-)' post='2931116' date='Oct 2 2007, 09:18 PM']heck yah M3J

[i]I Love Lucy[/i] owns![/quote]
Aaand it's funny too. =D

[quote name='Jeffâ„¢' post='2931586' date='Oct 2 2007, 10:10 PM']Source: [url="http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/january_14.html"]http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/january_14.html[/url]

For January 14th, 144 Events:[list=1]
[*]January 14, 1990 "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV
[*]January 14, 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens
[/list][/quote]
<3 for Simpsons
<3 for Blues Brothers

They spelled "Akroyd" wrong, I think?

[Michael-The-Shape-Myers]

Events
2333 BC - The state of Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea) founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao.
42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.
1283 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered.
1574 - The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
1712 - The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor
1739 - The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.
1778 - British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
1789 - George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day.
1795 - General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.
1849 - American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
1863 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the fourth Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln.
1873 - Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War
1908 - The Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna.
1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
1932 - Iraq gains independence from Britain.
1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono (replaced November 11 by Pietro Badoglio).
1942 - Spaceflight: First successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany: the first man-made object to reach space.
1952 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon.
1953 - Petrobras is founded by the Brazilian government.
1955 - Captain Kangaroo debuts on CBS.
1955 - The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC.
1962 - Project Mercury: Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral, with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
1981 - The Hunger Strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.
1981 - The Communist Party of Namibia is founded at a conference in Angola.
1985 - Space Shuttle Atlantis flies its maiden voyage. (STS-51-J)
1990 - Re-unification of Germany. The German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory became part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.
1991 - Hani Hanjour, presumed hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77, first enters United States.
1993 - Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
1995 - O.J. Simpson found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Births
1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (d. 1781)
1720 - Johann Peter Uz, German poet (d. 1796)
1790 - John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)
1797 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
1802 - John Gorrie, American scientist (d. 1855)
1804 - Townsend Harris, 1st U.S. Consul to Japan (d. 1878)
1804 - Allan Kardec, French founder of Spiritism (d. 1869)
1806 - Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (d. 1850)
1828 - Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d. 1897)
1858 - Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (d. 1924)
1862 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)
1863 - Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, Russian explorer (d. 1935)
1869 - Alfred Flatow, German Olympic champion gymnast (d. 1942)
1880 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938)
1882 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (d. 1974)
1885 - Langley Collyer, hoarder (d. 1947)
1885 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
1889 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938)
1894 - Elmer Robinson, American politician (d. 1982)
1894 - Walter Warlimont, German General WWII (d. 1976)
1895 - Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer (d. 1969)
1896 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d. 1987)
1897 - Louis Aragon, French writer (d. 1982)
1898 - Leo McCarey, American film director (d. 1969)
1899 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (d. 1966)
1900 - Thomas Wolfe, American author (d. 1938)
1901 - Jean Grémillon, French film director (d. 1959)
1904 - Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1911 - Michael Hordern, English actor (d. 1995)
1915 - Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)
1916 - James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
1916 - Shelby Storck, American television producer (d. 1969)
1919 - James M. Buchanan, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1922 - Jean Lefebvre, French actor (d. 2004)
1923 - Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
1924 - Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter
1925 - Gore Vidal, American author
1928 - Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
1928 - Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist
1929 - Bert Stern, American photographer
1931 - Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender
1933 - Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
1935 - Charles Duke, American astronaut
1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
1938 - Eddie Cochran, American singer (d. 1960)
1938 - Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
1940 - Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter
1940 - Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player
1941 - Chubby Checker, American musician
1944 - Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician
1945 - Kay Baxter, American bodybuilder (d. 1988)
1946 - Biff Henderson, American television personality
1947 - John Perry Barlow, American musician
1948 - Michael Medved, American film critic
1949 - Lindsey Buckingham, American musician
1949 - J. P. Dutta, Indian Bollywood fim director
1950 - Pamela Hensley, American actress
1951 - Bernard Cooper, American writer
1951 - Keb' Mo', American singer
1951 - Dave Winfield, American baseball player
1954 - Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player
1954 - Al Sharpton, American minister and activist
1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American musician (d. 1990)
1957 - Tim Westwood, Pimp My Ride UK presenter and DJ
1959 - Fred Couples, American golfer
1959 - Greg Proops, American actor and comedian
1959 - Jack Wagner, American actor
1962 - Tommy Lee, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
1963 - Marion Peck, American artist and painter
1964 - Clive Owen, British actor
1965 - Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
1966 - Darrin Fletcher, Major League Baseball player
1966 - Frank Hannon American guitarist Tesla (band)
1967 - Rob Liefeld, American comic book writer and artist
1968 - Paul Crichton, English footballer
1968 - Greg Foster, American basketball player
1969 - Gwen Stefani, American singer (No Doubt)
1969 - Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L'Arc~en~Ciel)
1971 - Wil Cordero, baseball player
1971 - Kevin Richardson, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1972 - Garrett Dutton, American musician (G. Love and Special Sauce)
1972 - Black Thought, American rapper (The Roots)
1973 - Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress
1973 - Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
1973 - Lena Headey, British actress
1974 - Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
1974 - Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - India.Arie, American singer
1975 - Talib Kweli, American rapper
1975 - Alanna Ubach,American actress
1976 - Seann William Scott, American actor
1977 - Jake Shears, singer (Scissor Sisters)
1978 - Gerald Asamoah, German footballer
1978 - Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
1978 - Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
1979 - John Hen*censored*n, American professional wrestler
1979 - Daniel Hollie, American professional wrestler
1981 - Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
1981 - Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
1981 - Matt Murton, American baseball player
1981 - Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress
1982 - Erik von Detten, American actor
1983 - Fred, Brazilian footballer
1983 - Hiroki Suzuki, Japanese actor
1984 - Yoon Eun Hye, South Korean actress
1984 - Ashlee Simpson, American singer
1987 - Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican Miss Universe
1988 - Tadhg Kelly, American actor
1996 - Adair Tishler, American child actress

[Michael-The-Shape-Myers]

[b]Sorry i did the deaths in a diffrent page i poseted 2 times so i did that sorry [/b]

Deaths
42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus
1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)
1283 - David ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince of Gwynedd (executed)
1369 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
1568 - Elizabeth of Valois, wife of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)
1596 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)
1611 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)
1629 - Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
1649 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1576)
1653 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)
1656 - Myles Standish, English-born soldier
1690 - Robert Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1648)
1701 - Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
1801 - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)
1833 - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b. 1754)
1867 - Elias Howe, American sewing machine pioneer (b. 1819)
1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader
1877 - James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (b. 1814)
1881 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)
1890 - Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)
1891 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)
1929 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
1929 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)
1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
1936 - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)
1953 - Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)
1965 - Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
1967 - Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)
1967 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
1969 - Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)
1986 - Vince DiMaggio, American Baseball Player (b. 1912)
1987 - Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)
1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)
1988 - Franz Josef Strauß, Bavarian politician (b. 1915)
1990 - Stefano Casiraghi, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960)
1993 - Sgt. First Class Randy Shughart, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
1993 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
1994 - Dub Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)
1998 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (b. 1928)
1999 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)
2000 - Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)
2002 - Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)
2002 - Robert Krausz, Stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)
2003 - Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (b. 1907)
2004 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (b. 1960)
2004 - Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
2005 - Ronnie Barker, English comic actor (b. 1929)
2006 - Alberto Ramento, Filipina bishop (b. 1937)
2006 - John Crank, British mathematician (b. 1913

[Hendrix]

* 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration.
* 1244 - Battle of La Forbie: Crusaders are defeated by Khwarezmians and Egyptians.
* 1346 - Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England at Calais, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years.
* 1448 - Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi were defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II.
* 1604 - Kepler's Star: German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes that an exceptionally bright star had suddenly appeared in the constellation. Ophiuchus, which turned out to be the last supernova to have been observed in our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
* 1610 - French king Louis XIII is crowned in Rheims.
* 1660 - Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered, another is hanged.
* 1662 - Charles II of England sells Dunkerque to France for 40,000 pounds.
* 1777 - American troops defeat the British in the Battle of Saratoga.
* 1781 - General Charles Cornwallis offers his surrender to the American revolutionists at Yorktown, Virginia.
* 1797 - Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria.
* 1800 - England takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
* 1806 - Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule.
* 1860 - First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
* 1888 - Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
* 1912 - Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
* 1917 - First British bombing of Germany in World War I.
* 1931 - Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion.
* 1933 - Albert Einstein, fleeing *censored* Germany, moves to the US.
* 1937 - Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald Duck's three almost identical nephews, first appear in a newspaper comic strip.
* 1941 - For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship.
* 1945 - A massive number of people, headed for CGT and Evita, gather in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina to demand Juan Peron's release. This is known to the Peronists as the Día de la lealtad (day of loyalty) or San Perón (Saint Perón). It's considered the birthday of Peronism.
* 1961 - Scores of Algerian protesters (some claim up to 400) are massacred by the Paris police at the instigation of *censored* collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Prefecture of Police.
* 1965 - The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes after a two year run. More than 51 million people had attended the two-year event.
* 1966 - A fire at a building in New York, New York kills 12 firefighters, the New York City Fire Department's deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
* 1967 - The musical Hair opens at the Anspacher Theater on Broadway.
* 1970 - Montreal, Quebec: Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte murdered by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
* 1973 - OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.
* 1977 - German Autumn: Four days after it was hijacked, Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a team of German GSG 9 commandos later rescues all remaining hostages on board.
* 1979 - Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
* 1979 - The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the US Department of Education and US Department of Health and Human Services. Both replace the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
* 1989 - Loma Prieta earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) hits the San Francisco Bay Area and causes 57 deaths directly (and 6 indirectly).
* 1992 - The United Nations General Assembly declares October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to be observed beginning in 1993. Resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992.
* 2000 - Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack.
* 2003 - The pinnacle was fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 50 meters (165 feet) and become the World's tallest highrise.
* 2003 - Eunuchs in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh float the political party Jiti Jitayi Politics.
* 2006 - The United States population reaches 300 million.

Births

* 1253 - Ivo of Kermartin, French saint (d. 1303)
* 1563 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (d. 1611)
* 1577 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621)
* 1582 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)
* 1623 - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)
* 1688 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (d. 1726)
* 1711 - Jupiter Hammon, American writer
* 1719 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792)
* 1811 - Albertus van Raalte, Dutch/American religious leader (d. 1876)
* 1813 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837)
* 1817 - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual (d. 1898)
* 1864 - Elinor Glyn, British writer (d. 1943)
* 1865 - James Rudolph Garfield, American politician (d. 1950)
* 1886 - Spring Byington, American actress (d. 1971)
* 1890 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
* 1898 - Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violin teacher (d. 1998)
* 1898 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer (d. 1971)
* 1900 - Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991)
* 1902 - Irene Ryan, American actress (d. 1973)
* 1903 - Nathanael West, American writer (d. 1940)
* 1906 - Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)
* 1908 - Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)
* 1912 - Pope John Paul I (d. 1978)
* 1912 - Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner, American singer/songwriter (d. 1982)
* 1914 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist, co-creator of Superman (d. 1996)
* 1915 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005)
* 1917 - Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian (later American) novelist (d. 1991)
* 1918 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (d. 1987)
* 1919 - Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist
* 1920 - Miguel Delibes, Spanish writer
* 1920 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)
* 1921 - Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
* 1921 - Maria Gorokhovskaya, Soviet gymnast (d. 2001)
* 1922 - Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive
* 1922 - Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian composer (d. 2001)
* 1923 - Charles McClendon, American football coach (d. 2001)
* 1923 - Barney Kessel, American musician (d. 2004)
* 1925 - Harry Carpenter, English sports commentator
* 1926 - Julie Adams, American film actress
* 1930 - Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)
* 1930 - Jimmy Breslin, American writer
* 1930 - Joe Erskine, American welterweight boxer and long distance runner
* 1931 - Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer
* 1933 - Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun (d. 1985)
* 1936 - Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist
* 1938 - Evel Knievel, American daredevil
* 1940 - Peter Stringfellow, British nightclub owner
* 1941 - Earl Thomas Conley, American singer
* 1941 - Jim Seals American singer (Seals and Crofts)
* 1942 - Gary Puckett, American musician
* 1946 - Sir Cameron Mackintosh, British stage producer
* 1946 - Adam Michnik, Polish activist
* 1946 - Bob Seagren, American athlete
* 1946 - Michael Hossack, American musician (The Doobie Brothers)
* 1947 - Gene Green, American politician
* 1947 - Michael McKean, American actor
* 1948 - Margot Kidder, Canadian actress
* 1948 - George Wendt, American actor
* 1948 - Robert Jordan, American novelist
* 1950 - Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
* 1956 - Mae Jemison, American astronaut
* 1956 - Patrick McCrory, American politician and Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
* 1957 - Steve McMichael, American football player
* 1958 - Alan Jackson, American singer and songwriter
* 1959 - Ron Drummond, American writer
* 1959 - Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
* 1959 - Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian
* 1960 - Rob Marshall, American director
* 1960 - Guy Henry, English actor
* 1962 - Mike Judge, Ecuadoran-born cartoonist
* 1963 - Norm MacDonald, Canadian comedian
* 1965 - Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1966 - Mark Gatiss, English actor
* 1968 - Ziggy Marley, Jamaican musician
* 1969 - Wood Harris, African American actor
* 1969 - Ernie Els, South African golfer
* 1969 - Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian
* 1970 - Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
* 1970 - John Mabry, American baseball player
* 1971 - Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer ('N Sync)
* 1972 - Eminem, American rapper
* 1972 - Tarkan, Turkish singer
* 1972 - Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born singer
* 1972 - Joe McEwing, American baseball player
* 1974 - Matthew Macfadyen, British actor
* 1974 - John Rocker, American baseball player
* 1975 - Francis Bouillon, American hockey player
* 1976 - Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
* 1977 - Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer
* 1979 - Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer and violinist (Elfonía, Stream of Passion)
* 1979 - Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
* 1979 - Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
* 1982 - Nick Riewoldt, Australian rules footballer
* 1983 - Daniel Booko, American actor
* 1983 - Ivan Saenko, Russian football player
* 1984 - Jelle Klaasen, Dutch darts player
* 1984 - Chris Lowell, American actor
* 1987 - Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
* 1990 - Taylor Parks, Stand-Up Comic
* 1992 - Matthew Crane, British operatic singer
* 1992 - Sam Concepcion, Filipino performer and actor
* 1995 - Alexandria, McKenzie and Megan Calabrese, American triplets and actresses

Deaths

* 532 - Pope Boniface II
* 1174 - Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)
* 1586 - Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (killed in battle) (b. 1554)
* 1616 - John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)
* 1660 - Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)
* 1673 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (b. 1630)
* 1757 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (b. 1683)
* 1776 - Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)
* 1780 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705)
* 1786 - Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)
* 1806 - Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian independence leader (b. 1758)
* 1836 - Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
* 1849 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French musician and composer (b. 1810)
* 1868 - Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. 1775)
* 1887 - Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (b. 1824)
* 1889 - Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1828)
* 1910 - Julia Ward Howe, American composer and abolitionist (b. 1819)
* 1931 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (b. 1884)
* 1934 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852)
* 1938 - Karl Kautsky, Marxist theoretician (b. 1854)
* 1943 - Stefan Starzyński, Polish politician
* 1958 - Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (b. 1876)
* 1958 - Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
* 1962 - Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (b. 1882)
* 1963 - Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (b. 1865)
* 1965 - John Barton King, Philadelphian cricketer (b. 1873)
* 1967 - Henry Pu Yi, last Emperor of China (b. 1906)
* 1970 - Pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921)
* 1970 - Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
* 1972 - Prince George of Yugoslavia (b. 1887)
* 1972 - Turk Broda, National Hockey League goaltender (b. 1914)
* 1973 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (b. 1926)
* 1979 - S. J. Perelman, American writer (b. 1904)
* 1981 - Albert Cohen, Swiss author (b. 1895)
* 1983 - Raymond Aron, French philosopher (b. 1905)
* 1984 - Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
* 1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and television performer (b. 1919)
* 1992 - Herman Johannes, Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (b. 1912)
* 1993 - Criss Oliva, American musician (Savatage) (b. 1963)
* 1998 - Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist
* 1998 - Joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)
* 1999 - Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (b. 1915)
* 2000 - Leo Nomellini, wrestler (b. 1924)
* 2001 - Rehavam Zeevi, Israeli politician (b. 1926)
* 2001 - Jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915)
* 2002 - Derek Bell, Irish harpist (The Chieftans) (b. 1935)
* 2002 - Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (b. 1906)
* 2004 - Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (b. 1952)
* 2005 - Ba Jin, Chinese writer (b. 1904)
* 2005 - Franky Gee, European techno artist (b. 1962)
* 2006 - Daniel Emilfork, French actor (b. 1924)
* 2006 - Christopher Glenn, American newscaster (b. 1938)
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Events

* 622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.
* 1664 - The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
* 1789 - The office of the Attorney General of the United States of America, and the United States Post Office Department are established.
* 1841 - The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain.
* 1852 - The first airship is displayed.
* 1869 - "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
* 1877 - Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
* 1890 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
* 1903 - Edmund Barton steps down as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by Alfred Deakin.
* 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument.
* 1935 - Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
* 1946 - Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong
* 1947 - Majestic 12 is allegedly established by secret executive order of President Harry Truman
* 1948 - The Honda Motor Company is founded.
* 1950 - Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A Blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe.
* 1957 - Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
* 1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
* 1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
* 1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
* 1988 - Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson beats Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in the 100 metres sprint in a record time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson would later be disqualified in a high profile case of doping.)
* 1990 - Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn
* 1991 - American Rock Band Nirvana (band) releases Nevermind, their second album. American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers releases Blood Sugar Sex Magik, their fifth studio album.
* 1994 - National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
* 1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
* 2005 - Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
* 2007 - India won the first world cup of the ICC World Twenty20 Championship against Pakistan by 5 runs in Johannesburg, South Africa.

[edit] Births

* 15 - Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
* 1301 - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)
* 1501 - Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (d. 1576)
* 1534 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
* 1564 - William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)
* 1583 - Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (d. 1634)
* 1625 - Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
* 1705 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)
* 1717 - Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)
* 1724 - Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
* 1739 - Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)
* 1755 - John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1835)
* 1801 - Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862)
* 1802 - Adolphe d'Archaic, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
* 1817 - Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
* 1829 - Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885)
* 1857 - Richard Mansfield, German-born actor (d. 1907)
* 1870 - Georges Claude, French chemist and inventor (d. 1960)
* 1871 - Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)
* 1878 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
* 1884 - Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953)
* 1884 - Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963)
* 1890 - A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
* 1890 - Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977)
* 1892 - Adélard Godbout, premier of Québec (d. 1956)
* 1894 - Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968)
* 1895 - André Frédéric Cournand, French Nobel Laureate (d. 1988)
* 1896 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)
* 1898 - Howard Walter Florey, Nobel Laureate (d. 1968)
* 1899 - Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (d. 1970)
* 1900 - Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)
* 1905 - Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
* 1909 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (d. 1966)
* 1910 - Jean Servais, Belgian actor (d. 1976)
* 1911 - Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (d. 1985)
* 1912 - Don Porter, American actor (d. 1997)
* 1914 - Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
* 1918 - Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
* 1919 - Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (d. 2004)
* 1921 - Jim McKay, American sports commentator
* 1922 - Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998)
* 1923 - Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
* 1923 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950)
* 1924 - Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
* 1924 - Sheila MacRae, singer & actress
* 1925 - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
* 1927 - Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d. 1999)
* 1929 - Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician
* 1930 - John W. Young, American astronaut
* 1930 - Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1977)
* 1930 - Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (d. 1998)
* 1931 - Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (d. 1999)
* 1931 - Mike Parkes, British Formula One driver (d. 1977)
* 1932 - Dominique Michel, French Canadian comedian
* 1934 - Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (d. 1994)
* 1934 - Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer
* 1934 - John Brunner, British autor (d. 1995)
* 1935 - Sean McCann, Canadian actor
* 1936 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)
* 1940 - Yves Navarre, French writer (d. 1994)
* 1941 - Linda McCartney, American singer (d. 1998)
* 1941 - John Mackey, National Football League player
* 1942 - Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer
* 1942 - Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
* 1944 - Diana Körner, German actress
* 1945 - Lou Dobbs, American journalist
* 1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player
* 1946 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
* 1947 - Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor
* 1948 - Gordon Clapp, American actor
* 1948 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998)
* 1948 - Heinz Chur, German composer
* 1950 - Alan Colmes, American talk show host
* 1950 - Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress
* 1952 - Mark Sandman, American musician (d. 1999)
* 1955 - Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
* 1956 - Hubie Brooks, baseball player
* 1958 - Kevin Sorbo, American actor
* 1959 - Steve Whitmire, American voice actor
* 1961 - Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster
* 1961 - John Logan, American screenwriter
* 1962 - Jack Dee, British comedian
* 1962 - Mike Phelan, English former footballer
* 1962 - Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress
* 1964 - Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player
* 1965 - Sean McNabb, American bassist
* 1966 - Michael J. Varhola, American author
* 1966 - Bernard Gilkey, baseball player
* 1966 - Stacy Galina, American actress
* 1969 - Shawn "Clown" Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
* 1969 - Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer
* 1969 - Megan Ward, American actress
* 1969 - Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model
* 1971 - Kevin Millar, American baseball player
* 1973 - Eddie George, American football player
* 1974 - John McDonald, American baseball player
* 1976 - Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American professional wrestler
* 1977 - Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer
* 1978 - Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
* 1978 - Tarek Saab, American TV show contestant
* 1980 - John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
* 1980 - Sabrine Maui, Filipino pornstar
* 1980 - Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
* 1980 - Dean Canto, Australian racing driver
* 1980 - Brian Lemon, Irish UFC Fighter
* 1981 - Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver
* 1982 - Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
* 1982 - Paul Hamm, American gymnast
* 1982 - Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
* 1983 - Randy Foye, American basketball player
* 1984 - Szilvia Molnar, Swedish writer
* 1986 - Leah Dizon, model, singer and Japanese television
* 1987 - Matthew Connolly, English footballer
* 1987 - Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
* 1988 - Kyle Sullivan, American actor
* 1988 - Lisa Wang, American gymnast

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BIRTHS (213):[list=1]
[*]January 14, 1989 Sextuplets, Paris, France, to a 29-year-old woman
[*]January 14, 1988 Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter and Robert Altman
[*]January 14, 1988 Jordy, French singer
[*]January 14, 1979 Michael J. Owen, English Athlete
[*]January 14, 1977 Terry Ryan, St. Johns, NHL left wing, Montreal Canadiens
[*]January 14, 1977 Obie Trice, American Musician
[*]January 14, 1975 Marcel Koning, soccer player, FC The Hague/NEC
[*]January 14, 1975 Travis Barker, American Musician
[*]January 14, 1974 Hugues Legault, born in Montreal, Quebec, 50m swimmer 1996 Olympics
[*]January 14, 1974 Kevin Jefferson, NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals
[*]January 14, 1974 Michael Dritlein, WLAF wide receiver for the Rhein Fire
[*]January 14, 1974 Nancy Napolski, Hinsdale Idaho, air rifle 1996 Olympics
[*]January 14, 1973 Ed Howard, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
[*]January 14, 1973 Lethon Flowers, NFL defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
[*]January 14, 1973 Rod Myers, Conroe, Texas, outfielder for the Kansas City Royals
[*]January 14, 1973 Dana Snyder, American Actor
[*]January 14, 1972 Kyle Brady, NFL tight end for the New York Jets
[*]January 14, 1972 Michael Davis, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns
[*]January 14, 1972 Josh Duhamel, American Actor
[*]January 14, 1970 Eric Charron, Verdun, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals
[*]January 14, 1970 Steve Cooke, Kanai Hawaii, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
[*]January 14, 1970 Tyrone Hughes, NFL cornerback, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears
[*]January 14, 1970 Beth Orton, English Musician
[*]January 14, 1969 Dave Grohl, drummer, Nirvana, Foo Fighters
[*]January 14, 1969 David Webb, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy
[*]January 14, 1969 Jason Kent Bateman, Rye, New York, actor, David-Valerie, Hogan Family
[*]January 14, 1969 Martin Bicknell, cricketer, England pace bowler 1993
[*]January 14, 1969 Rico Smith, NFL wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns
[*]January 14, 1969 Jason Bateman, American Actor
[*]January 14, 1968 Fred[ric] Honebein, born in San Francisco, California, rower, Olympics-5th-1996
[*]January 14, 1968 L L Cool J, [James Todd Smith], St. Albans, New York, rapper, Bigger and Deffer
[*]January 14, 1967 Emily Watson, actress, Breaking the Waves, Boxer
[*]January 14, 1967 Terry Wooden, NFL linebacker, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs
[*]January 14, 1967 Tom Rhodes, actor, Tom Rhodes-Mr Rhodes
[*]January 14, 1967 Zakk Wylde, American Musician
[*]January 14, 1966 Daniel J Schneider, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Dennis-Head of the Class
[*]January 14, 1966 Matt Brock, NFL defensive end/tackle for the New York Jets
[*]January 14, 1965 Dave Lowry, Sudbury, NHL left wing for the Florida Panthers
[*]January 14, 1965 Desiree Nosbusch, Luxembourg, actress, The Fan
[*]January 14, 1965 Jemma Redgrave, born in London, England, actress, Buddha of Suburbia
[*]January 14, 1965 Slick Rick, American Musician
[*]January 14, 1965 Steve Coogan, British Comedian
[*]January 14, 1964 Sergei Nemchinov, Moscow Rus, NHL center, New York Islanders, Oly-Silver-98
[*]January 14, 1964 Steven Soderbergh, writer, Mimi, Schizoplis
[*]January 14, 1964 Shepard Smith, American Journalist
[*]January 14, 1964 Patrick Warburton, American Actor
[*]January 14, 1962 Patrica Morrison, rocker, Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet
[*]January 14, 1962 Laura San Giacomo, American Actress
[*]January 14, 1961 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman
[*]January 14, 1961 Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer
[*]January 14, 1960 Eric Alterman, American Writer
[*]January 14, 1959 Carl Chas Smash Smyth, rock bassist, Madness-Our House
[*]January 14, 1959 Geoff Tate, vocalist, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence
[*]January 14, 1959 Paul Terry, cricketer, in Germany Two Tests England vs. WI 1984
[*]January 14, 1959 Susan Smith, Beloit WISC, playmate, Sept, 1981
[*]January 14, 1958 Colin Ferguson, murderer, 6 people on the LIRR on Dec 7, 1993
[*]January 14, 1955 Thomas Keller, American Celebrity
[*]January 14, 1953 Dominique de Villepin, French Diplomat
[*]January 14, 1953 Denzil Douglas, Statesman
[*]January 14, 1952 Sydney Biddle Barrow, madam/autohr, Mayflower Madam
[*]January 14, 1952 Sydney Biddle Barrows, American Celebrity
[*]January 14, 1952 John Lurie, American Actor
[*]January 14, 1951 Gil Pak Jong, Korea PR, judo, Olympic-1976
[*]January 14, 1951 William Risrook, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express
[*]January 14, 1950 Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director
[*]January 14, 1949 Christine Belford, Amityville, New York, actress, Banacek, Empire, 90210
[*]January 14, 1949 Lawrence Kasdan, born in Miami, Florida, director and writer, Accidental Tourist
[*]January 14, 1949 Franklin Raines, American Businessman
[*]January 14, 1948 Carl Weathers, New Orlean, Louisiana, actor, Apollo Creed-Rocky
[*]January 14, 1948 T-Bone Burnett, musician/producer
[*]January 14, 1948 Tim Harris, rocker, Foundations
[*]January 14, 1947 Bill Weberniuk, Canadian snookers player
[*]January 14, 1946 Francois Bozize, Gabonese Statesman
[*]January 14, 1945 Stanley Crouch, American Critic
[*]January 14, 1944 Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer, 1977 Heritage
[*]January 14, 1943 Holland Taylor, Philadelphia, actress, Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth
[*]January 14, 1943 Jose Luis Rodriguez, born in Caracas, Venezuala, singer, Dueno De Nada
[*]January 14, 1943 Ronald Hunter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Lazarus Syndrome
[*]January 14, 1943 Shannon Lucid, born in Shanghai, China, astronaut, STS 51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79
[*]January 14, 1943 Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman
[*]January 14, 1942 Amichand Rajbansi, South African politician
[*]January 14, 1942 Carol Bellamy, Planfield, New Jersey, City Council Pres-D-NYC, 1978-85
[*]January 14, 1941 C L "Gibby" Gilbert, Jr., Chattanooga, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1976 Danny Thomas
[*]January 14, 1941 Marjoe Gortner, born in Long Beach, California, actor, Speak Up America, Falcon Crest
[*]January 14, 1941 [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway, Bascom, Florida, actress, Chinatown, Bonnie and Clyde
[*]January 14, 1941 Faye Dunaway, American Actress
[*]January 14, 1940 Julian Bond, born in Nashville, Tennessee, D-Ga, civil rights leader
[*]January 14, 1940 Cliff Richard, English Musician
[*]January 14, 1940 Trevor Nunn, English Director
[*]January 14, 1938 Allen Toussaint, [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter, Ride Your Pony
[*]January 14, 1938 Jack Jones, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Love Boat Theme
[*]January 14, 1938 Stewart Brand, American Author
[*]January 14, 1937 Billie Jo Spears, country singer
[*]January 14, 1937 Ken Higgs, cricketer, effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68
[*]January 14, 1936 Clarence Carter, U.S. singer, Thread the Needle
[*]January 14, 1936 John Paul Cain, Sweetwater, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Greater Grand Rapids
[*]January 14, 1936 Ludmila Pinayeva, U.S.S.R., 500m kayak, Olympics gold 1964, 1968, 1972
[*]January 14, 1936 Reiner Klimke, German FR, equestrian dressage 1984 Olympics gold
[*]January 14, 1933 Stan Brakhage, American Director
[*]January 14, 1932 Caterina Valente, Paris, France, singer, Entertainers
[*]January 14, 1932 Harriet Andersson, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Cries and Whispers
[*]January 14, 1931 Juraj Pospisil, composer
[*]January 14, 1930 Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan, composer
[*]January 14, 1930 Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as VP of American Zoologists
[*]January 14, 1929 Aleksander Petrovic, film director
[*]January 14, 1929 Billy Walker, Ralls, Texas, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
[*]January 14, 1928 Gerald Arpino, Staten Island, New York, choreographer
[*]January 14, 1927 Ivan Kalita, U.S.S.R., equestrian dressage, 1968 Olympics silver
[*]January 14, 1926 Frank Aletter, Long Island, New York, actor, Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy
[*]January 14, 1926 Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/Soth African activist
[*]January 14, 1926 Tom Tryon, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Cardinal, All That Glitters
[*]January 14, 1926 Warren Mitchell, Australian Actor
[*]January 14, 1925 Yukio Mishima, Japan, novelist, Temple of Golden Pavilion
[*]January 14, 1924 Guy Williams, New York City, actor, Zorro, Lost in Space
[*]January 14, 1924 Raj Kapoor, Indian Actor
[*]January 14, 1922 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian Public Servant
[*]January 14, 1921 Charles Gaupp, German/Dutch painter
[*]January 14, 1921 Mark Lawrence, Washington D.C., pianist, Alice Pearce
[*]January 14, 1920 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star, Bordeaux
[*]January 14, 1920 Donald Beard, cricketer, NZ pace bowler in the 1950's
[*]January 14, 1920 George Herman, newsman, CBS-TV
[*]January 14, 1919 Andy Rooney, born in Albany, New York, CBS news correspondent, 60 Minutes
[*]January 14, 1919 Giulio Andreotti, 7 x premier, Italy
[*]January 14, 1916 John Oliver Killens, novelist
[*]January 14, 1916 C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant
[*]January 14, 1915 Andre Frossard, Catholic columnist
[*]January 14, 1914 Harold Russell, actor, Best Years of Our Life
[*]January 14, 1913 Tillie Olsen, American writer, Tell Me a Riddle
[*]January 14, 1912 Rudolf Hagelstange, German author and poet, Spielball der Gotter
[*]January 14, 1911 George Amadee Tremblay, composer
[*]January 14, 1911 Helmut Degen, composer
[*]January 14, 1910 Renier van der Velden, composer
[*]January 14, 1909 Joseph Walton Losey, Wisconsin, director, Damned, Accident
[*]January 14, 1909 Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist
[*]January 14, 1908 Carl Esmond, Vienna Austria, actor, Address Unknown, Hitler
[*]January 14, 1908 Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo, U.S. singer and actor, Miracle of Women
[*]January 14, 1908 Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist
[*]January 14, 1907 Derek Richter, British neuro chemist, Aspects of learning and memory
[*]January 14, 1907 Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician
[*]January 14, 1906 Walter Knape, composer
[*]January 14, 1906 William Bendix, New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley
[*]January 14, 1905 Ruth Bernhard, German Photographer
[*]January 14, 1904 Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer
[*]January 14, 1904 Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman
[*]January 14, 1903 Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress, Promoter
[*]January 14, 1902 Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician
[*]January 14, 1902 F C Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch writer, De Turkenoorlog
[*]January 14, 1901 Bebe Daniels, Scotland, actress, 42nd Street, Lonesome Luke
[*]January 14, 1901 Carlos P Romulo, Philippine general/diplomat/jurist
[*]January 14, 1899 Fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general, WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo
[*]January 14, 1899 Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino Politician
[*]January 14, 1898 Helen Flint, Chicago, actress, Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast
[*]January 14, 1896 John dos Passos, novelist, 1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel
[*]January 14, 1896 Jimmy Doolittle, American Aviator
[*]January 14, 1895 George Richard Samways, children's writer
[*]January 14, 1895 King George VI, British Royalty
[*]January 14, 1892 Hal Roach, early film director/producer, 1 Million BC
[*]January 14, 1892 Martin Niemoller, clergyman, German Protestant, ; imprisoned by Hitler
[*]January 14, 1889 Vincenzo Davico, composer
[*]January 14, 1886 Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator, Dr. Dolittle
[*]January 14, 1882 Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer, Story of America
[*]January 14, 1882 Hendrik Willem Van Loon, American Journalist
[*]January 14, 1878 Victor A. D. Segalen, [Max Anely], French writer
[*]January 14, 1875 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist, Nobel 1954
[*]January 14, 1874 Thornton Waldo Burgess, author, Peter Rabbit
[*]January 14, 1871 Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, Hofslachter
[*]January 14, 1868 Catharina A. M. de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author, Belief
[*]January 14, 1863 Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator
[*]January 14, 1861 Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer, Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf
[*]January 14, 1852 Daniel De Leon, Activist
[*]January 14, 1851 Theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer
[*]January 14, 1850 Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor
[*]January 14, 1850 Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, Pˆcheur
[*]January 14, 1845 Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of Landsdowne/gov-gen Canada
[*]January 14, 1844 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer
[*]January 14, 1841 Berthe M P Morisot, French painter/aquarellist
[*]January 14, 1841 Berthe Morisot, French Artist
[*]January 14, 1839 Emil Bohn, composer
[*]January 14, 1836 [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1881
[*]January 14, 1834 William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer
[*]January 14, 1831 John Bullock Clark, Jr., Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1903
[*]January 14, 1822 Nicholas Mori, composer
[*]January 14, 1819 Fabio Campana, composer
[*]January 14, 1819 Frederick Steele, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1868
[*]January 14, 1818 Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist, Surgeon's Stories
[*]January 14, 1817 Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor, Iduna
[*]January 14, 1815 Grace Darling, English Celebrity
[*]January 14, 1814 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer
[*]January 14, 1812 Carl Gradener, composer
[*]January 14, 1806 Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander, Confederacy
[*]January 14, 1804 John Park, composer
[*]January 14, 1800 Ludwig A. F. Ritter von Kochel, Austrian musicologist, Mozart, Fux
[*]January 14, 1798 Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer
[*]January 14, 1798 Johan R Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands, Lib-1849..72
[*]January 14, 1791 Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male, 67 cm; 2' 2"
[*]January 14, 1780 Francois-Joseph Dizi, composer
[*]January 14, 1775 Thomas Cochrane, English Politician
[*]January 14, 1751 Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer
[*]January 14, 1741 Benedict Arnold, U.S. general turn traitor, Revolutionary War
[*]January 14, 1730 William Whipple, merchant/judge, Declaration of Independence signer
[*]January 14, 1722 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer
[*]January 14, 1709 Charles Lawrence, British Politician
[*]January 14, 1705 Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet, governor, Reunion Is
[*]January 14, 1700 Picander, [Christian F Henrici], German writer, Der Sauffer
[*]January 14, 1684 Jean-Baptiste Vanloo, French painter
[*]January 14, 1664 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary, 1727-36
[*]January 14, 1655 Angelo Predieri, composer
[*]January 14, 1618 Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam
[*]January 14, 1615 John Biddle, English minister, Unitarian
[*]January 14, 1592 Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India
[*]January 14, 1566 Angelo Notari, composer
[*]January 14, 1467 Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, German gov/viceroy of Frisia
[*]January 14, 1451 Franchinus Gaffurius, composer
[/list]
DEATHS (102):[list=1]
[*]January 14, 2004 Ron O'Neal, actor, Superfly, dies at 66
[*]January 14, 2004 Uta Hagen, actress/teacher, starred in original Broadway cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dies at 84
[*]January 14, 2004 Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino Actor
[*]January 14, 2002 Ted Demme, director, Beautiful Girls, dies at 38
[*]January 14, 2001 W. G. Sebald, German Writer
[*]January 14, 1997 King Hu, film director, dies at 64
[*]January 14, 1996 Eric Briault, educationalist, dies at 84
[*]January 14, 1996 Pamelo Mounk'a, musician, dies at 50
[*]January 14, 1995 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68
[*]January 14, 1995 Alexander Gibson, conductor, dies at 69
[*]January 14, 1995 Mark Finch, film festival organizer, dies at 33
[*]January 14, 1995 Stafford WIlliam Somerfield, newspaper editor, dies at 84
[*]January 14, 1995 Ellis Peters, British Author
[*]January 14, 1994 Esther Ralston, U.S. actress (Tin Pan Alley, San Francisco Docks), dies at 91
[*]January 14, 1994 Federica Montseny, anarchist/Sp minister of Health (1936), dies at 80
[*]January 14, 1993 Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98
[*]January 14, 1993 Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (International Court of Justice), dies
[*]January 14, 1992 Hari Rhodes, actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
[*]January 14, 1991 Sallah Kharaf, [Abu Iyad], co-founder (Al-Fatah), assassinated
[*]January 14, 1990 David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies
[*]January 14, 1988 Georgy M Malenkov, PM of U.S.S.R. (1953-55), dies at 86
[*]January 14, 1987 Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje), dies at 86
[*]January 14, 1986 Donna Reed, actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
[*]January 14, 1986 Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53
[*]January 14, 1985 Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86
[*]January 14, 1984 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (NVSH), dies at 55
[*]January 14, 1984 Paul Ben Haim, composer, dies at 86
[*]January 14, 1984 Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 81
[*]January 14, 1978 Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), dies at 81
[*]January 14, 1978 Robert Heger, composer, dies at 91
[*]January 14, 1977 Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53
[*]January 14, 1977 Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73
[*]January 14, 1977 Anthony Eden, British premier (1955-57), dies at 79
[*]January 14, 1977 Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun's Story, Judith), dies at 60
[*]January 14, 1976 Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53
[*]January 14, 1974 Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62
[*]January 14, 1972 Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72
[*]January 14, 1971 Ethel Glenn Hier, composer, dies at 82
[*]January 14, 1970 John J "Johnny" Murphy, U.S. baseball pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at 61
[*]January 14, 1967 Renato Lunelli, composer, dies at 71
[*]January 14, 1966 Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies
[*]January 14, 1965 Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I'm Calling You), dies at 63
[*]January 14, 1965 Dawn Powell, American Writer
[*]January 14, 1963 Gustav Regler, writer, dies at 64
[*]January 14, 1961 Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81
[*]January 14, 1961 Henry Geehl, composer, dies at 79
[*]January 14, 1959 Stanley Spencer, English Artist
[*]January 14, 1957 Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57
[*]January 14, 1956 Siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52
[*]January 14, 1955 Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright
[*]January 14, 1955 Otto Braun, German Politician
[*]January 14, 1949 Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66
[*]January 14, 1949 Harry Stack Sullivan, American Psychologist
[*]January 14, 1948 Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish *censored*-collaborator, executed at 42
[*]January 14, 1945 Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43
[*]January 14, 1944 Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about 74
[*]January 14, 1943 Adolf Sandberger, composer, dies at 78
[*]January 14, 1931 William Ernst Johnson, British mathematician, dies
[*]January 14, 1929 Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74
[*]January 14, 1925 Willem Devout, self employed (V and Dreesmann), dies
[*]January 14, 1924 Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at 72
[*]January 14, 1916 Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73
[*]January 14, 1916 Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist
[*]January 14, 1912 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at 71
[*]January 14, 1910 John LaFarge, American Artist
[*]January 14, 1909 Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60
[*]January 14, 1908 Holger Drachmann, writer, dies
[*]January 14, 1907 Karl von Perfall, composer, dies at 82
[*]January 14, 1906 Richard Tangye, British Businessman
[*]January 14, 1905 Ernst Abbe, German physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company), dies at 64
[*]January 14, 1902 Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 65
[*]January 14, 1901 Charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78
[*]January 14, 1901 Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian, dies at 57
[*]January 14, 1901 Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76
[*]January 14, 1898 Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65
[*]January 14, 1890 Francesco D'Arcais, composer, dies at 59
[*]January 14, 1888 Stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74
[*]January 14, 1887 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83
[*]January 14, 1887 Peter "Peerke" Donders, missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77
[*]January 14, 1885 Thomas Davidson, Scottish Scientist
[*]January 14, 1868 Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66
[*]January 14, 1850 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93
[*]January 14, 1847 Gov Bent, 5 others in U.S. occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico
[*]January 14, 1830 Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker, dies at 59
[*]January 14, 1822 Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell, German landscape painter, dies at 72
[*]January 14, 1819 William Samuel Johnson, American Politician
[*]January 14, 1817 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87
[*]January 14, 1817 John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant
[*]January 14, 1802 Marie Allard, French ballerina, dies at 59
[*]January 14, 1766 Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42
[*]January 14, 1742 Edmund Halley, genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at 85
[*]January 14, 1742 Edmond Halley, English Scientist
[*]January 14, 1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian (opera)composer, dies at 73
[*]January 14, 1648 Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring), dies at 63
[*]January 14, 1633 William Ames, English Philosopher
[*]January 14, 1623 Paolo Sarpi, Italian church historian/politician, dies at 70
[*]January 14, 1619 Samuel Daniel, English Poet
[*]January 14, 1595 Ferdinand, archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies
[*]January 14, 1301 Andreas III Arpad, king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies at 50
[*]January 14, 1236 Sava [Rastko], son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at 64
[*]January 14, 1163 Ladislaus I Arpad, king of Hungary (1162-63), dies
[*]January 14, 973 Ekkehard I, monk of St. Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies
[/list]

[Robert Styles]

Events
763 - Shi Chaoyi's head was sent to Chang'an, end of An Shi Rebellion.
1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt.
1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy.
1621 - Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony.
1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves to the Gregorian from the Julian calendar.
1801 - An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
1814 - Battle of Mormans.
1819 - The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise.
1854 - The British recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
1864 - American Civil War: H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
1865 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1871 - The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
1913 - The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
1924 - In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds.
1925 - Harold Ross and Jane Grant found The New Yorker magazine; the debut issue is dated February 21, 1925.
1933 - The magazine Newsweek is published for the first time.
1933 - The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
1936 - The world's first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in comics.
1944 - World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
1944 - World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
1947 - The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union.
1957 - A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people.
1958 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television.
1959 - Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 - The first weather satellite launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
1962 - A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany.
1964 - In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
1968 - In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
1972 - Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T.
1974 - Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
1979 - The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
1992 - A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison.
1995 - Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence.
1995 - The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.
1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
2003 - The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.
2006 - Over 1,000 people perished and buried alive in the town of St. Bernard in Southern Leyte, Philippines mudslide.
2009 - Analog television broadcasts are scheduled to end in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission will require all stations to send their signals digitally.

[edit] Births
1490 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. 1527)
1519 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
1524 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1574)
1581 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713)
1718 - Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
1723 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762)
1752 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831)
1754 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
1766 - Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (d. 1834)
1781 - René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826)
1792 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876)
1796 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
1818 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist (d. 1895)
1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (d. 1881)
1820 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)
1821 - Lola Montez, Mexican dancer (d. 1861)
1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913)
1848 - Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)
1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902)
1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
1864 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941)
1874 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956)
1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
1877 - André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
1885 - Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
1887 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947)
1888 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)
1908 - Red Barber, American baseball announcer (d. 1992)
1908 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005)
1910 - Marc Lawrence, American actor (d. 2005)
1910 - Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. 1979)
1911 - Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (d. 1984)
1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
1914 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)
1914 - Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959)
1916 - Raf Vallone, Italian actor (d. 2002)
1917 - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002)
1917 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)
1919 - Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001)
1920 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director
1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959)
1922 - Tommy Edwards, American singer (d. 1969)
1924 - Margaret Truman, American novelist
1925 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1925 - Hal Holbrook, American actor
1929 - Chaim Potok, American author (d. 2002)
1929 - Patricia Routledge, English actress
1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer
1930 - Roger Craig, American baseball player and manager
1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player
1933 - Bobby Lewis, American singer
1933 - Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007)
1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian
1935 - Christina Pickles, British actress
1935 - Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister
1936 - Jim Brown, American football player
1939 - John Leyton, British singer
1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen
1940 - Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006)
1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989)
1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer
1945 - Zina Bethune, American actress
1945 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
1948 - Rick Majerus, American basketball coach
1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor
1949 - Fred Frith, British musician
1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast
1953 - Janice Dickinson, American model
1953 - Norman Pace, British actor and comic
1954 - Rene Russo, American actress
1955 - Mo Yan, Chinese novelist
1956 - Richard Karn, American actor
1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician
1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician
1959 - Neil Lomax, American football player
1962 - Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995)
1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
1962 - Tyrone "Ty" Jones, American screenwriter
1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director
1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player
1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian
1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist
1965 - Michael Bay, American film director
1966 - Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004)
1966 - Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer
1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress
1970 - Dominic Purcell, English-born actor
1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311)
1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005)
1971 - Denise Richards, American actress
1971 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor
1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day)
1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
1972 - Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician
1974 - Jerry O'Connell, American actor
1974 - Bryan White, American singer
1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper
1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress
1975 - Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress
1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player
1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim
1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player
1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor
1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player
1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
1981 - Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player
1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer
1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
1984 - Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu
1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
1991 - Bonnie Wright, British actress
1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress

[edit] Deaths
197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (killed in battle)
364 - Jovian, Roman Emperor
440 - Mesrop Mashtots
1339 - Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)
1371 - Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1596 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548)
1609 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)
1624 - Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536)
1659 - Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
1673 - Molière, French playwright (b. 1622)
1680 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599)
1680 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (b. 1637)
1715 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)
1732 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669)
1768 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)
1780 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706)
1841 - Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (b. 1770)
1854 - John Martin, English painter (b. 1789)
1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)
1874 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796)
1883 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
1883 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. 1845)
1890 - Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819)
1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
1912 - Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876)
1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
1934 - King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862)
1939 - Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)
1943 - Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888)
1943 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)
1958 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876)
1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897)
1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876)
1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1970 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1901)
1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)
1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
1982 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901)
1989 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
1990 - Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)
1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)
1994 - Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. 1951)
1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911)
1997 - Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)
1998 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)
2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)
2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920)
2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
2006 - Harold Hunter, American professional skateboarder (b. 1974)
2006 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
2007 - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
2007 - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2007 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2007 - Maurice Papon, French *censored* collaborator (b. 1910)

[edit] Holidays and observances
Roman Empire - Quirinalia in honor of Quirinus.
Ancient Latvia - Tanis Diena observed.
Random Acts of Kindness Day.

[edit] Liturgical feasts
Seven Founders of the Servite Order
Saint Alexis Falconieri (d. 1310)
Saint Constabilis
Saint Evermodus
Saint Silvinus
February 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

[Robert Styles]

Events
763 - Shi Chaoyi's head was sent to Chang'an, end of An Shi Rebellion.
1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt.
1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy.
1621 - Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony.
1753 - February 17 is followed by March 1 as Sweden moves to the Gregorian from the Julian calendar.
1801 - An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
1814 - Battle of Mormans.
1819 - The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise.
1854 - The British recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
1864 - American Civil War: H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
1865 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1871 - The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
1913 - The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
1924 - In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle swimming competition with a time of 52-2/5 seconds.
1925 - Harold Ross and Jane Grant found The New Yorker magazine; the debut issue is dated February 21, 1925.
1933 - The magazine Newsweek is published for the first time.
1933 - The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
1936 - The world's first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in comics.
1944 - World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
1944 - World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
1947 - The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union.
1957 - A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people.
1958 - Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare of Assisi (1193~1253) the patron saint of television.
1959 - Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 - The first weather satellite launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
1962 - A storm kills more than 300 people in Hamburg, West Germany.
1964 - In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
1968 - In Springfield, Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
1972 - Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T.
1974 - Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
1979 - The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
1992 - A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison.
1995 - Colin Ferguson is convicted of six counts of murder for the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings and later receives a 200+ year sentence.
1995 - The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.
1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
2003 - The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.
2006 - Over 1,000 people perished and buried alive in the town of St. Bernard in Southern Leyte, Philippines mudslide.
2009 - Analog television broadcasts are scheduled to end in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission will require all stations to send their signals digitally.

[edit] Births
1490 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. 1527)
1519 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
1524 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1574)
1581 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713)
1718 - Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
1723 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762)
1752 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831)
1754 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
1766 - Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (d. 1834)
1781 - René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826)
1792 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876)
1796 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
1818 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist (d. 1895)
1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (d. 1881)
1820 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)
1821 - Lola Montez, Mexican dancer (d. 1861)
1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913)
1848 - Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)
1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902)
1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
1864 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941)
1874 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956)
1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
1877 - André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
1885 - Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
1887 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947)
1888 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)
1908 - Red Barber, American baseball announcer (d. 1992)
1908 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005)
1910 - Marc Lawrence, American actor (d. 2005)
1910 - Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. 1979)
1911 - Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (d. 1984)
1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
1914 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)
1914 - Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959)
1916 - Raf Vallone, Italian actor (d. 2002)
1917 - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002)
1917 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)
1919 - Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001)

[и ι z z.]

Events:

1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1263 - The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.
1552 - Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
1789 - George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (the so-called "Bill of Rights") to the States for ratification.
1835 - The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
1851 - The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Saltville - Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
1889 - In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
1919 - US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1924 - The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
1928 - The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
1935 - Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
1937 - Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person in the United States to be arrested on a marijuana charge.
1938 - Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
1941 - World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1944 - World War II: *censored* troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1958 - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
1968 - A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City ends in the Tlatelolco massacre.
1970 - A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1990 - A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
1992 - The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
1996 - The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1996 - An AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
2002 - The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2004 - American Samoa joins the North American Numbering Plan.
2005 - Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
2005 - NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
2006 - Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.

Births
1452 - King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1538 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)
1644 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)
1722 - Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
1737 - Francis Hopkinson, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
1768 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854)
1798 - King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
1800 - Nat Turner, American leader of slave uprising (d. 1831)
1828 - Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896)
1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)
1847 - Paul von Hindenburg, German officer and politician (d. 1934)
1851 - Ferdinand Foch, French soldier (d. 1929)
1852 - William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
1869 - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian politician and spiritual leader. (d. 1948)
1871 - Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
1873 - Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (d. 1924)
1873 - Plum Warner, English cricketer (d. 1963)
1879 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
1882 - Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945)
1890 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1895 - Bud Abbott, American comedian and actor (d. 1974)
1901 - Alice Prin, French singer and artist (d. 1953)
1902 - Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (d. 1965)
1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist (d. 1991)
1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India (d.1966)
1907 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
1911 - Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995)
1913 - Karl Miller, German footballer (d. 1967)
1914 - Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist (d. 1952)
1914 - Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master (d.1998)
1917 - Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, Nobel laureate
1917 - Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
1921 - Albert Scott Crossfield, American test pilot (d. 2006)
1921 - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
1926 - Jan Morris, English writer
1928 - George "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
1928 - Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian
1929 - Moses Gunn, African-American actor (d. 1993)
1930 - Dave Barrett, Premier of British Columbia
1932 - Maury Wills, American baseball player
1934 - Earl Wilson, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1935 - Omar Sivori, Argentine football player (d. 2005)
1936 - Dick Barnett, American basketball player
1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005)
1938 - Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor
1938 - Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
1943 - Franklin Rosemont, American artist
1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter
1946 - Gen.Sonthi Boonyaratglin, President of Council for National Security and Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army
1948 - Avery Brooks, American actor
1948 - Donna Karan, American fashion designer
1948 - Chris LeDoux, American musician and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
1949 - Richard Hell, American musician
1949 - Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
1950 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
1950 - Michael Rutherford, English musician (Genesis)
1951 - Sting, English musician and actor
1951 - Romina Power, Italian singer
1952 - Wahed Wafa, Afghan singer
1955 - Lorraine Bracco, American actress
1955 - Phil Oakey, English singer (The Human League)
1960 - Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Robbie Nevil, American singer and songwriter
1964 - Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
1966 - Rodney Anoa'i (Yokozuna), Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2000)
1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
1967 - Bud Gaugh, American musician (Sublime)
1967 - Gillian Welch, American singer and songwriter
1968 - Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter
1968 - Jeff Martin, Canadian singer/songwriter
1968 - Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
1968 - Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Mitch English, American actor
1969 - Damon Gough, English singer
1970 - Colin Rivas, Galician artist
1970 - Kelly Ripa, American actress
1970 - Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
1971 - James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot)
1971 - Tiffany, American singer
1972 - Tara Dawn Holland, Miss America 1997
1973 - Lene, Norwegian singer (Aqua)
1973 - Efren Ramirez, American actor
1973 - Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
1973 - Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
1973 - Proof, American rapper (D12) (d. 2006)
1974 - Paul Teutul Jr., co-star of American Chopper
1974 - Sam Roberts, Canadian singer and songwriter
1974 - Simon Gregson, British actor
1974 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (d. 2006)
1976 - Mandisa, American singer
1976 - Jason Dodson, American political consultant and teacher of esotericism
1977 - Leon del Muerte, American guitarist
1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
1979 - Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
1979 - Maja Ivarsson, lead singer, The Sounds
1980 - B.Dilek Aydın, the guru of CRM, canım
1981 - Luke Wilkshire, Australian soccer player
1981 - Toro, Taiwanese singer
1982 - George Pettit, Canadian singer (Alexisonfire)
1986 - Camilla Belle, American actress
1987 - Dia Frampton, American singer (Meg & Dia)
1987 - Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
1989 - George Francis Hotz, American Hacker, first iPhone hack
1990 - Dave Ross, All Around Boss and Half-Decent Runner
1990 - Dean Bouzanis, Australian soccer player
1993 - Tara Lynne Barr, American actress




Deaths
939 - Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
1559 - Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
1626 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
1629 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575)
1629 - Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
1708 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
1746 - Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty
1764 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
1782 - Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
1786 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (b. 1725)
1803 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722)
1804 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French automobile pioneer (b. 1725)
1817 - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
1850 - Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
1853 - François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (b. 1786)
1927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
1938 - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
1947 - Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
1962 - Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French artist (b. 1887)
1971 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
1973 - Paul Hartman, American actor (b. 1904)
1973 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
1974 - Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929)
1975 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903)
1981 - Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
1981 - Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)
1985 - Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
1987 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)
1987 - Madeleine Carroll, British-born actress (b. 1906)
1988 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
1994 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress (b. 1909)
1996 - Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
1998 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
1998 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)
1999 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921)
2001 - Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
2002 - Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
2003 - John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2005 - Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-*censored* (b. 1931)
2005 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)
2005 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
2006 - Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
2006 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
2006 - Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916)

[Golden Boy®]

[quote name='(-ChimelIsGod-)' post='2931116' date='Oct 3 2007, 06:18 AM']heck yah M3J

[i]I Love Lucy[/i] owns!

well my b-day is groundhogs day, but besides that...

i gots the same b-day as Shakira

& Donald Pleasance, Sid Vicious, & Boris Karloff all died

theres more,
but i dont feel like copy-pasting[/quote]
And I come from the same country as Shakira

Anyway There only one event I can think of:

2007- Reunion for the elections for a new president

[Dazz]

Events
457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1074 - Battle of Montesarchio wherein the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans.
1301 - Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
1550 - Julius III becomes Pope.
1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau - Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking over it, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
1842 - Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
1856 - The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot. [1]
1863 - HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
1882 - The last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place in Mississippi City, Mississippi.
1894 - The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
1898 - Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
1914 - Charlie Chaplin first appears as "The Tramp", as his first film Kid Auto Races at Venice is released at Keystone Studios.
1935 - Birthday of Tottenham Hotspur legend Cliff Jones (footballer).
1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy German forces launch a counteroffensive.
1944 - World War II: American Aircraft carrier strike on Truk.
1948 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.
1962 - The United States Government bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
1969 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service.
1971 - Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.
1974 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1976 - Future Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores six goals and records four assists in an 11-4 victory over the Boston Bruins, setting a NHL record with 10 points in one game.
1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was known to science.
1979 - The final session of Iranian National Consultative Assembly was held.
1984 - Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1986 - Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
1991 - Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1991 - The IRA launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
1992 - The Maastricht Treaty signed, it led to the creation of the European Union.
1995 - Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah became the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
1999 - Indian cricketer Anil Kumble became the second person in the history of cricket to take all 10 wickets in a single inning of a test match.
2000 - Bahria University is established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 of Government of Pakistan.
2008 - Chinese new year

[edit] Births
1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
1612 - Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683)
1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
1804 - John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886)
1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)
1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951)
1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
1887 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
1891 - Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
1905 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983)
1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
1905 - Cyril Demarne, British Firefighter (d.2007)
1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
1909 - Hélder Câmara, Roman catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
1915 - Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007)
1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)
1924 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut
1927 - Juliette Greco, French singer and actor
1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
1932 - Gay Talese, American author
1932 - Al Worden, American astronaut
1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
1934 - King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971)
[b]1937[/b] Juan Pizarro, Major League Baseball pitcher
[b]1938[/b] S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
[b]1941[/b] - Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist
[b]1943[/b] - Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
[b]1945[/b] - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
[b]1945[/b] - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
[b]1945[/b] - Ian Jack, Scottish Journalist
[b]1947[/b] - Joe Shea, American journalist
[b]1949[/b] - Joe English (musician), American drummer
[b]1949[/b] - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
[b]1951[/b] - Benny Ayala, baseball player
[b]1952[/b] - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
[b]1953[/b] - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
[b]1954[/b] - Dieter Bohlen German composer
[b]1954[/b] - Brian Morton, Scottish writer
[b]1955[/b] - Rolf Benirschke, American football player
[b]1955[/b] - Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
[b]1955[/b] - Miguel Ferrer, American actor (played Bob Morton in Robocop)
[b]1956[/b] - Emo Philips, American comedian
[b]1956[/b] - Mark St. John, American musician, former member of Kiss
[b]1957[/b] - Carney Lansford, American baseball player
[b]1957[/b] - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
[b]1960[/b] - James Spader, American actor
[b]1962[/b] - Garth Brooks, American singer
[b]1962[/b] - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
[b]1962[/b] - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)
[b]1965[/b] - Jason Gedrick, American actor
[b]1965[/b] - Chris Rock, American comedian and actor
[b]1967[/b] - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
[b]1967[/b] - Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
[b]1968[/b] - Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-born hockey player
[b]1968[/b] - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
[b]1969[/b] - Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player
[b]1972[/b] - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
[b]1972[/b] - Robyn Lively, American actress
[b]1974[/b] - Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
[b]1974[/b] - J Dilla, also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006)
[b]1975[/b] - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
[b]1975[/b] - Alexandre Daigle, National Hockey League player
[b]1977[/b] - Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
[b]1978[/b] - Ashton Kutcher, American actor
[b]1978[/b] - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian international footballer
[b]1978[/b] - Endy Chávez, baseball player
[b]1978[/b] - David Aebischer, National Hockey League goaltender
[b]1979[/b] - Cerina Vincent, American actress
[b]1979[/b] - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
[b]1983[/b] - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
[b]1983[/b] - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
[b]1983[/b] - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
[b]1984 - Dazz, greatest guy on caws.ws[/b]
[b]1985[/b] - Tina Majorino, American actress
[b]1985[/b] - Clara Bryant, American actress
[b]1986[/b] - Deanna Casaluce, Canadian actress
[b]1988[/b] - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
[b]1988[/b] - Matthew Stafford, Georgia Bulldogs Quaterback
[b]1989[/b] - Louisa Lytton, British actress
[b]1991[/b] - Rachel Sibner, American actress
[b]1991[/b] - Kevin Reilly, American
[b]1992[/b] - Maimi Yajima, Japanese Singer
[b]1993[/b] - David Dorfman, American actor
[b]1996[/b] - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer


Got bored halfway through typing the bold coding plus it kept deleting the writing as I typed so..

Lot of greats born on my birthday and some sweet events too

[Mase.]

[b]Events[/b]

* 676 - Donus became Pope.
* 1570 - A tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1,000 people.
* 1675 - A combined attack by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War.
* 1772 - American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
* 1783 - In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".
* 1795 - The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.
* 1861 - American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
* 1868 - Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally
* 1889 - North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
* 1895 - The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000
* 1898 - Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
* 1899 - The Boers started their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
* 1909 - Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University.
* 1914 - Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
* 1917 - The Balfour Declaration proclaims support for Jewish settlement in Palestine.
* 1920 - In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the results of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.
* 1930 - Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
* 1936 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
* 1936 - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers.
* 1936 - the British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
* 1947 - In California, Designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
* 1948 - U.S. presidential election, 1948: Harry S. Truman defeats Thomas E. Dewey for the US presidency.
* 1953 - The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
* 1957 - The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity, and remains one of the most impressive UFO cases in American history.
* 1959 - Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
* 1959 - Ice Hockey: After being struck in the face with a puck, goalkeeper Jacques Plante returns to play wearing a protective mask for the first time in professional play.
* 1959 - The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, was opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway
* 1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case
* 1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðìhn Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
* 1964 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.
* 1965 - Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
* 1966 - The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
* 1967 - Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
* 1973 - The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India forms a 'United Front' in the state of Tripura.
* 1974 - 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
* 1976 - U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald R. Ford for the US presidency, becoming the first U.S. president from the Deep South since Reconstruction.
* 1981 - Antigua and Barbuda become independent from the United Kingdom.
* 1982 - Channel 4 in the United Kingdom was launched.
* 1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Day, currently the only national holiday honoring an individual American.
* 1984 - Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
* 1988 - The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, was launched from MIT.
* 1991 - Bartholomew I becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 1995 - Former South African defence minister General Magnus Malan and 10 other former senior military officers are arrested and charged with murdering 13 black people in 1987, (all the accused are later acquitted).
* 2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.

[b]Births[/b]

* 1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
* 1636 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
* 1667 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)
* 1692 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
* 1696 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)
* 1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
* 1709 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
* 1734 - Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (d. 1820)
* 1739 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (d. 1799)
* 1741 - Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)
* 1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
* 1766 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
* 1777 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga ŻÃ³łkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
* 1795 - James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
* 1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
* 1815 - George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
* 1821 - Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor (d. 1899)
* 1837 - Émile Bayard, French artist, illustrator (d. (1891)
* 1844 - Mehmed V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
* 1865 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)
* 1877 - Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (d. 1933)
* 1877 - Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)
* 1877 - Aga Khan III, Shia Imam (d. 1957)
* 1883 - Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947)
* 1885 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972)
* 1886 - Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1971)
* 1892 - Alice Brady, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1939)
* 1893 - Battista Pininfarina, founder of Pininfarina company (d. 1966)
* 1894 - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (d. 1976)
* 1903 - Travis Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1987)
* 1905 - James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967)
* 1906 - Daniil Andreev, Russian poet (d. 1959)
* 1906 - Luchino Visconti, Italian director (d. 1976)
* 1908 - Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
* 1910 - Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (d. 1999)
* 1911 - Odysseus Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
* 1911 - Raphael Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)
* 1913 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1914 - Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997)
* 1915 - Sidney Luft, American movie director (d. 2005)
* 1920 - Ann Rutherford, American actress
* 1921 - Shepard Menken, American voice actor (d. 1999)
* 1921 - Bill Mosienko, National Hockey League player (d. 1994)
* 1924 - Father David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)
* 1927 - Steve Ditko, American artist
* 1929 - Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, President of Pakistan
* 1929 - Richard E. Taylor, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1934 - Bill Gothard, American speaker
* 1934 - Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
* 1936 - Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989)
* 1936 - Abdullah the Butcher, wrestler
* 1937 - Earl Carroll, lead vocalist of The Cadillacs
* 1938 - Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
* 1938 - Queen Sofia of Spain
* 1938 - Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
* 1940 - Jim Bakken, American football player
* 1941 - Bruce Welch, English musician and songwriter (The Shadows)
* 1942 - Shere Hite, American author
* 1942 - Stefanie Powers, American actress
* 1944 - Keith Emerson, British keyboardist and composer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
* 1944 - Patrice Chéreau, French director, actor and producer
* 1946 - Alan Jones, Australian race car driver
* 1946 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
* 1949 - Simon Augustini, Albanian politician
* 1951 - Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic
* 1952 - Maxine Nightingale, English singer
* 1954 - Pat Croce, American entrepreneur
* 1955 - Chris Burnett, American musician
* 1957 - Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band)
* 1958 - Willie McGee, American baseball player
* 1960 - Tihomir BlaÅ¡kić, Croatian war criminal
* 1961 - k.d. lang, Canadian musician
* 1962 - Mireille Delunsch, French soprano
* 1963 - Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker
* 1964 - Britta Lejon, Swedish politician
* 1965 - Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
* 1966 - Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker
* 1967 - Kurt Elling, American jazz vocalist
* 1967 - Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician
* 1968 - Ultra Naté, American musician
[b] * 1969 - Reginald Arvizu, American bassist (KoЯn)[/b] FTW
* 1970 - Sharmell Sullivan, American professional wrestling valet
* 1970 - Stacey Middleton, Portuguese supermodel
* 1972 - Samantha Janus, British entertainer
* 1972 - Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
* 1972 - Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player
* 1973 - Marisol Nichols, American actress
* 1974 - Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
* 1974 - Orlando Cabrera, Colombian baseball player
* 1974 - Stéphane Sarrazin, French rally driver
* 1975 - Nelly, American rapper
* 1975 - Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie)
* 1976 - Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
* 1977 - Randy Harrison, American actor
* 1977 - Jason Cerbone, American actor (The Sopranos)
* 1978 - Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed-martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion
* 1979 - Julie Lund, Danish actress
* 1980 - Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
* 1981 - Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player
* 1981 - Avy Scott, American actress
* 1982 - Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer
* 1984 - Julia Stegner, German supermodel
* 1986 - Erika Jo, American musician
* 1986 - Lara Sacher, Australian actress
* 1988 - Lindze Letherman, American actress (General Hospital)
* 1989 - Katelyn Tarver, American singer
* 1994 - Mase Manson, Australian Hero

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217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
1093 - The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
1139 - Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
1149 - Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
1271 - In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
1492 - Death of Lorenzo de' Medici, dubbed "The Magnificent", ruler of Florence and patron of arts.
1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de León declares Florida a territory of Spain .
1730 - Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
1767 - Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders.
1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
1832 - Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
1848 - Battle of Goito, part of the Italian Wars of Independence
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield - Union forces are thwarted by a Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
1866 - Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.
1867 - The first World's Fair is inaugurated in Paris.
1886 - William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
1893 - The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
1895 - The United States Supreme Court declares income tax to be unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
1899 - Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.
1904 - The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
1904 - British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law.
1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
1913 - The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
1916 - In Corona, California, car racer Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.
1918 - World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York, New York's financial district.
1929 - Indian Independence Movement: At Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts, and bombs to court arrest.
1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
1940 - World War II: Great Britain and France announce that they have mined Norwegian territorial waters to prevent their use by German supply ships.
1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet Union forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
1942 - World War II: the Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilities.
1946 - The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
1950 - India and Pakistan sign the Pact of Delhi.
1952 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
1953 - Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.
1957 - The Suez Canal in Egypt is reopened.
1960 - The U.S. Senate approves a civil rights bill despite Southern senators' marathon filibuster effort.
1973 - 32 terrorist bombings in Cyprus
1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves passes Babe Ruth for first place on Major League Baseball's all-time home run list. Aaron's record would be broken 33 years later by Barry Bonds.
1975 - Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
1985 - Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially-charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
1989 - South Africa: the Democratic Party is formed from the merger of four parties.
1989 - The two Greek Communist parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Coalition of the Left and Progress in Greece.
1990 - New Democracy wins the national election in Greece.
1992 - Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
1999 - Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
2000 - 19 Marines are killed when an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona.
2004 - Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
2004 - U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 Commission .
2005 - Funeral of Pope John Paul II.
2006 - Shedden massacre: the bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.

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1044 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, invades Hungary and defeats a Magyar army at the Battle of Ménfő.
1253 - Mindaugas is crowned king of Lithuania.
1348 - Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the Black Death.
1415 - Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
1483 - Richard III is crowned king of England.
1484 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River.
1495 - First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
1535 - Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason by King Henry VIII after refusing to agree to Henry's decision to separate the English church from the Roman Catholic church.
1560 - The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
1573 - Córdoba, Argentina is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1609 - Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
1630 - Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Ticonderoga: Due to a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
1785 - The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
1799 - Ranjit Singh's 25,000 men start their march towards Lahore.
1801 - Battle of Algeciras: The French navy are defeated by the British Royal Navy.
1849 - Battle of Fredericia, Denmark, Danish Army under Generals Bülow and Rye beat the Army of Schleswig-Holstein, thereby keeping the Prussians from any victory over Denmark until 1864.
1854 - In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held.
1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1887 - David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
1892 - Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
1892 - 3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
1893 - The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
1905 - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
1908 - Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the North Pole.
1917 - World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt.
1919 - The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by an airship.
1928 - The world's ten largest hailstones fall in Potter, Nebraska.
1933 - The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League, 4 to 2.
1939 - Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
1942 - Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1944 - The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
1947 - The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
1957 - Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
1957 - Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon meet for the first time.
1962 - Sedan (nuclear test)
1964 - Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
1966 - Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as the first President.
1967 - Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
1974 - The radio program A Prairie Home Companion makes its first live broadcast.
1975 - The Comoros declare independence from France.
1978 - Yana Mintoff hurled horse manure onto the floor of the British House of Commons.
1983 - Tony Blair gives his maiden speech in the British Parliament.
1986 - Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
1988 - The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster.
1989 - The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers were killed as an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
1999 - US Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams.
2003 - The Corsicans rejected a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against, and 49.02 percent for.
2004 - John Kerry names John Edwards as his Vice Presidential running mate on the Democratic Party ticket.
2005 - Bob Geldof and Bono meet with the G8 in Gleneagles to discuss increasing aid to Africa. Afterwards, both make appearances at the Edinburgh 50,000 concert, a last concert in the Live 8 series.
2005 - The International Olympic Committee announced that London will host the 2012 Summer Olympics
2006 - The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
2006 - Felipe Calderon is confirmed as President of Mexico after a very close election.

[edit] Births
1686 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
1747 - John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)
1766 - Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (d. 1813)
1785 - William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
1796 - Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
1817 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
1818 - Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
1837 - Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian scholar (d. 1925)
1838 - Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (d. 1923)
1859 - Verner von Heidenstam, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
1865 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (d. 1865)
1878 - Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
1884 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1970)
1885 - Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1887 - Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
1898 - Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962)
1903 - Hugo Theorell, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
1904 - Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (d. 1996)
1907 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
1907 - George Stanley, Canadian politician and designer of Canada's Flag (d. 2002)
1912 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2006)
1917 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (d. 2004)
1918 - Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)
1919 - Ernst Haefliger, Swiss singer (d. 2007)
1921 - Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
1923 - Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of Poland
1925 - Merv Griffin, American television show host (d. 2007)
1925 - Bill Haley, American singer (d. 1981)
1927 - Alan Freeman, British DJ known by his nickname 'Fluff' (d. 2006)
1927 - Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player
1927 - Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
1927 - Pat Paulsen, American comedian (d. 1997)
1931 - Della Reese, American singer
1931 - Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician
1933 - Frank Austin, English footballer
1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
1936 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)
1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-born pianist and conductor
1937 - Ned Beatty, American actor
1937 - Gene Chandler, American singer
1940 - Jeannie Seely, American singer
1940 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
1945 - Burt Ward, American actor
1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
1946 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor
1946 - Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
1947 - Lance Clemons, baseball player
1948 - Brad Park, Canadian hockey player
1948 - Jean-Pierre Blackburn, French Canadian politician
1948 - Nathalie Baye, French actress
1949 - Phyllis Hyman, American singer (d. 1995)
1950 - John Byrne, American comic book author & artist
1950 - Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician
1951 - Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
1953 - Nanci Griffith, American singer
1954 - Willie Randolph, New York Mets manager
1954 - Allyce Beasley, American actress
1955 - Frank Sontag, Jr., American radio personality, spiritual teacher
1955 - William Wall, Irish writer
1956 - Casey Sander, American actor
1957 - Ron Duguay, Canadian ice hockey player
1958 - Jennifer Saunders, English actress
1959 - Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
1963 - Todd Burns, baseball player
1963 - Lance Johnson, baseball player
1966 - Brian Posehn, American actor
1967 - Heather Nova, Bermudian singer
1967 - Omar Olivares, baseball player
1969 - Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer
1970 - Inspectah Deck, American rapper
1970 - Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?)
1971 - Kenya D. Williamson, American actress, screenwriter
1972 - D-Styles, American scratch DJ
1972 - Greg Norton, American baseball player
1972 - Isabelle Boulay, French Canadian singer
1972 - Mark Gasser, British Virtuoso Pianist
1974 - Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
1975 - Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian writer, journalist and student leader
1975 - Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor
1975 - 50 Cent, American rapper
1977 - Craig Handley, British film director
1978 - Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry, American actresses
1978 - Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
1979 - Nic Cester, Australian musician (Jet)
1980 - Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1981 - Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
1982 - Adam Bahner a.k.a. Tay Zonday, American singer, songwriter and keyboardist
1983 - Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
1984 - Lauren Harris, British rock singer
1984 - James Henderson, American model
1986 - Derrick Williams, American football player
1987 - Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
1987 - Matt O'Leary, American actor
1987 - Kate Nash, English singer/songwriter
1994 - Rebecca Rosso and Camilla Rosso, twin British-born actresses

[edit] Deaths
1189 - King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
1218 - Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1249 - King Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
1415 - Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (b. 1369)
1476 - Regiomantus, German astronomer (b. 1436)
1480 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
1533 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
1535 - Sir Thomas More, English philosopher (b. 1478)
1553 - King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
1583 - Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury
1585 - Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
1684 - Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
1758 - George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
1762 - Tsar Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
1768 - Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader (b. 1690)
1809 - Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
1813 - Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)
1835 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)
1854 - Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
1868 - Sanosuke Harada, Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
1893 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
1901 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1819)
1902 - St. Maria Goretti, Italian saint (b. 1890)
1907 - August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theologian (b. 1826)
1916 - Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
1922 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (b. 1863)
1932 - Kenneth Grahame, English author (b. 1859)
1952 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French Canadian politician (b. 1867)
1960 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
1961 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936)
1961 - Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890)
1962 - William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
1962 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
1966 - Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
1971 - Louis Armstrong, American musician (b. 1901)
1972 - Brandon De Wilde, American actor (b. 1942)
1973 - Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b. 1885)
1975 - Otto Skorzeny, Famous WWII German Operative (b. 1908)
1976 - Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
1979 - Van McCoy, American music producer, musician, songwriter and orchestra leader (b. 1940)
1982 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
1986 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
1989 - János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
1992 - Buddy Rogers, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
1994 - Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
1995 - Aziz Nesin, Turkish humorist and author (b. 1915)
1996 - Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
1998 - Roy Rogers, American actor (b. 1911)
1999 - Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
1999 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)
1999 - Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
2002 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
2002 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
2003 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
2004 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (b. 1932)
2004 - Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
2005 - Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)
2005 - L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b. 1916)
2005 - Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
2005 - Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
2005 - Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
2006 - Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
2006 - Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)

[edit] Holidays and observances
Comoros - Independence Day (1975).
Czech Republic - Jan Hus Day (1415).
Feast day of St Maria Goretti.
Lithuania - Statehood Day.
Malawi - Independence Day (1964).
Malawi - Republic Day (1966).
Roman festivals: Ludi Apollinares, games in honour of Apollo (since 208 BC) began today.
San Fermín, a Spanish Roman Catholic festival centered in Pamplona, begins today.
Music festival EXIT begins today in the Serbian town of Novi Sad.

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Events
193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus assassinated.
987 - Hugh Capet is elected king of France.
1204 - King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen.
1252 - Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
1283 - Treaty of Rheinfelden: Duke Rudolph II of Austria waives his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria.
1485 - Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna from Frederick III
1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
1533 - Anne Boleyn crowned queen.
1660 - Mary Dyer hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1779 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold court-martialed for malfeasance.
1792 - Kentucky admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
1796 - Tennessee admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
1812 - War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
1813 - James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, cries out "Don't give up the ship!"
1815 - Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
1855 - American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
1857 - Charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal is published.
1862 - American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) - Engagement ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
1868 - Treaty of Bosque Redondo signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
1869 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.
1879 - Napoleon Eugene killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
1886 - The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31.
1890 - The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
1910 - Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition leaves England.
1918 - World War I Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood - Allied Forces under John J. Pershing & James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
1920 - Adolfo de la Huerta becomes president of Mexico.
1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: Civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1922 - Royal Ulster Constabulary founded .
1925 - Lou Gehrig plays the first game in his streak of 2,130 consecutive games; it was the longest such streak until broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995.
1935 - The first driving tests are introduced in the United Kingdom.
1940 - The Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish SSR holds its first congress.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
1941 - The Farhud, a pogrom in Iraqi Jews, took place in baghdad.
1942 - World War II: The Warsaw paper Liberty Brigade publishes the first news of the concentration camps.
1943 - British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
1946 - Ion Antonescu executed.
1958 - Charles de Gaulle brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
1959 - Beginning of the Revolution in Nicaragua.
1962 - Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
1963 - Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
1967 - The Beatles release their landmark Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album in the UK, the next day it is released in the United States.
1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance", the first single recorded by a solo Beatle, from their hotel bed.
1974 - Flixborough disaster: Explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
1978 - The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty filed.
1979 - Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power.
1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
1985 - Alan García is proclaimed President of Peru.
1990 - George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
1997 - Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
2000 - The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) signed.
2001 - Dipendra of Nepal slaughters his family during dinner.
2001 - Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
2003 - The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
2003 - Same-sex marriage comes into force in Belgium (Timeline of same-sex marriage)
2004 - Nevada-tan killed classmate Satomi Mitarai with box cutter, by slitting her throat after Satomi Mitarai left insults on Nevada-tan's journal on her own website.
2005 - The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection.
2007 - Jack Kevorkian was released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan.

[edit] Births
1076 - Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
1300 - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
1480 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
1503 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
1563 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
1633 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
1653 - Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
1675 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
1762 - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
1771 - Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
1780 - Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian general (d. 1831)
1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
1796 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (d. 1832)
1800 - Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
1801 - Brigham Young, Mormon church leader (d. 1877)
1804 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
1815 - Philip Kearny, American general (d. 1862)
1815 - Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
1831 - John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
1833 - John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1911)
1843 - Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
1844 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)
1878 - John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
1881 - Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
1890 - Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
1898 - Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
1899 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
1901 - John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
1901 - Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
1907 - Frank Whittle, English inventor of the jet engine. (d. 1996)
1909 - Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
1913 - Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
1915 - John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
1917 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (d. 1985)
1922 - Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
1922 - Joan Copeland, American actress
1924 - William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
1926 - Andy Griffith, American actor
1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
1928 - Georgi Dobrovolski, cosmonaut
1928 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
1930 - Edward Woodward, English actor
1930 - John Lemmon, English logician
1933 - Charles Wilson, American politician
1934 - Pat Boone, American singer
1936 - Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
1937 - Morgan Freeman, American actor
1937 - Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist
1939 - Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
1940 - René Auberjonois, American actor
1940 - Kip Thorne, American physicist
1944 - Robert Powell, English actor
1945 - Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
1945 - Linda Scott, American singer
1946 - Brian Cox, Scottish actor
1947 - Jonathan Pryce, British actor
1947 - Ron Wood, English guitarist
1947 - Ron Dennis, Formula One team principal
1948 - Michel Plasse, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1950 - Wayne Nelson, American musician (Little River Band)
1953 - Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
1953 - David Berkowitz, American serial killer, a.k.a. The Son of Sam
1956 - Lisa Hartman, American actress
1957 - Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
1958 - Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
1959 - Martin Brundle, British race car driver
1959 - Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
1960 - Simon Gallup, English guitarist (The Cure)
1961 - Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
1963 - Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
1964 - Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
1965 - Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
1965 - Nigel Short, English chess player
1966 - Greg Schiano, American football coach
1967 - Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
1968 - Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
1968 - Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
1969 - Teri Polo, American actress
1970 - Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
1970 - Karen Mulder, Dutch model
1970 - R. Madhavan, Indian actor
1971 - Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor
1973 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
1973 - Derek Lowe, American baseball player
1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
1974 - Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
1974 - Akis Zikos, Greek footballer
[b]1975 - James Storm, American professional wrestler [/b]
1975 - Michal Grosek, Czech hockey player
1977 - Veronika Vařeková, Czech supermodel
1977 - Richard Williams, British racing driver
1980 - Oliver James, British actor
1981 - Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
1982 - Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player
1984 - Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
1985 - Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
1987 - Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer

[edit] Deaths
195 BC - Gaozu of Han of China
193 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)
1434 - Wladislaus II of Poland
1571 - John Story, English Catholic
1616 - Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)
1625 - Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
1639 - Melchior Franck, German composer
1660 - Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred)
1710 - David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
1740 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
1769 - Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
1795 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
1815 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1853)
1823 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
1826 - Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
1841 - David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
1846 - Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
1864 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (b. 1812)
1868 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
1872 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1795)
1873 - Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
1876 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1848)
1879 - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial son of Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856)
1927 - J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
1941 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (b. 1873)
1943 - Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
1943 - Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
1946 - Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
1948 - Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (b. 1914)
1954 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
1959 - Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
1960 - Lester Patrick, Canadian hockey player (b. 1883)
1960 - Paula Hitler, Adolf Hitler's final living sibling (b. 1896)
1962 - Adolf Eichmann, *censored* official (b. 1906)
1965 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach (b. 1898)
1966 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)
1968 - Helen Keller, American humanitarian (b. 1880)
1968 - André Laurendeau, French Canadian writer, journalist and politician (b. 1912)
1969 - Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904)
1971 - Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
1973 - Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
1979 - Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904)
1980 - Rube Marquard, baseball player (b. 1886)
1980 - Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (b. 1897)
1981 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b. 1883)
1983 - Prince Charles of Belgium (b. 1903)
1985 - Richard Greene, British actor (b. 1918)
1986 - Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1958)
1987 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (b. 1921)
1991 - David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
1994 - Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
1996 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (b. 1913)
1998 - Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
1999 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b. 1910)
2001 - Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
2001 - King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
2001 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
2002 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
2003 - Johnny Hopp, baseball player (b. 1916)
2004 - William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
2005 - George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
2006 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
2007 - Arn Shein, American sports writer (b. 1928)
2007 - Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)

[edit] Holidays and observances
Children's Day in some countries.
Kenya - Madaraka Day 1963.
Roman Empire - Festival in honour of Carna.
Samoa - Independence Day 1962.
Tunisia - Constitution Day / Victory Day 1959.
Foundation Day in Western Australia
Summer transfer window opens for all European Football Leagues