1910 - Dorothy Stroud, garden historian
1502 - Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
1910 - Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer
1948 - Bernard Thvenet, French cyclist
1949 - George Foreman, Houston Tx, world HW boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
1949 - Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
1949 - Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
1913 - Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
1950 - Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers)
1951 - Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown Oh, model (Price is Right)
1914 - Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (d. 2000)
1953 - Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
1702 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)
1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
1738 - Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)
1956 - Shawn Colvin, American singer
1750 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
1760 - Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer
1766 - Louis Massonneau, composer
1923 - Ingeborg Drewitz, writer
1958 - Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter
1925 - Maxwell Roach, composer
1926 - Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician
1810 - Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (d. 1883)
1959 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
1927 - Lee Philips, Bkln NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
1927 - Otto Stich, Swiss politician
1815 - Thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1928 - Wallace Berry, composer
1928 - Philip Levine, American poet
1962 - Jim Lindeman, US baseball outfielder (NY Mets)
1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
1963 - Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player (NEC, Treffers)
1931 - Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, S Africa vicar/MP
1964 - Karen Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
1964 - Krista Tesreau, St Louis Mo, actress (Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings)
1932 - Elaine Devry, American actress
1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
1864 - George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]
1933 - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer
1934 - Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician
1935 - Georg Katzer, composer
1935 - Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)
1876 - Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
1877 - Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)
1968 - Lyle Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
1880 - Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
1969 - Juanita Clayton, Manitou Manitoba, softball catcher (Olympics-96)
1882 - Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
1970 - Deon Figures, NFL cornerback/PR (Pitts Steelers)
1938 - Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman (SF Giant #44)
1883 - Francis X Bushman, Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur)
1884 - James Philip Dunn, composer
1939 - Sal Mineo, NYC, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
1939 - Jared Carter, American poet
1888 - Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks)
1973 - Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player (NEC, SCH)
1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
1890 - Ernest Milton, SF CA, actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three)
1940 - Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
1891 - Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
1942 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1942 - Jack Regan, broadcaster
1942 - Jim Croce, Phila, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle)
1942 - Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)
1901 - Pauline Starke, Joplin MO, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic)
1975 - Shannon Kavanaugh, Boston Mass, rocker (Ivory Soul)
1903 - Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
1976 - Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
1945 - Rod Stewart, London, singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy)
1904 - Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer
1904 - Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
1980 - Sarah Shahi, American actress and model
1908 - Paul Henreid, Trieste, actor (Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
1908 - Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
1947 - Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, member of the Black Panther Party
1948 - Cyril Neville, US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon
49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
69 - Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor.
236 - Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome.
1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
1475 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1645 - Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
1806 - Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
1810 - Napoleon divorces his first wife Josphine.
1861 - American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
1863 - The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 - The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1916 - Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.
1920 - The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
1922 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
1923 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
1941 - World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
1946 - The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
1962 - Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster. It became better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission.
1972 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1981 - Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazn and Chalatenango departments
1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.
1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
1999 - Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.
2003 - Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.
1502 - Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
1910 - Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer
1948 - Bernard Thvenet, French cyclist
1949 - George Foreman, Houston Tx, world HW boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
1949 - Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
1949 - Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
1913 - Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
1950 - Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers)
1951 - Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown Oh, model (Price is Right)
1914 - Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (d. 2000)
1953 - Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
1702 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)
1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
1738 - Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)
1956 - Shawn Colvin, American singer
1750 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
1760 - Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer
1766 - Louis Massonneau, composer
1923 - Ingeborg Drewitz, writer
1958 - Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter
1925 - Maxwell Roach, composer
1926 - Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician
1810 - Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (d. 1883)
1959 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter
1927 - Lee Philips, Bkln NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
1927 - Otto Stich, Swiss politician
1815 - Thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1928 - Wallace Berry, composer
1928 - Philip Levine, American poet
1962 - Jim Lindeman, US baseball outfielder (NY Mets)
1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
1963 - Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player (NEC, Treffers)
1931 - Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, S Africa vicar/MP
1964 - Karen Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
1964 - Krista Tesreau, St Louis Mo, actress (Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings)
1932 - Elaine Devry, American actress
1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
1864 - George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]
1933 - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer
1934 - Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician
1935 - Georg Katzer, composer
1935 - Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)
1876 - Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
1877 - Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)
1968 - Lyle Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
1880 - Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
1969 - Juanita Clayton, Manitou Manitoba, softball catcher (Olympics-96)
1882 - Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
1970 - Deon Figures, NFL cornerback/PR (Pitts Steelers)
1938 - Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman (SF Giant #44)
1883 - Francis X Bushman, Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur)
1884 - James Philip Dunn, composer
1939 - Sal Mineo, NYC, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
1939 - Jared Carter, American poet
1888 - Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks)
1973 - Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player (NEC, SCH)
1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer
1890 - Ernest Milton, SF CA, actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three)
1940 - Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
1891 - Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
1942 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1942 - Jack Regan, broadcaster
1942 - Jim Croce, Phila, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle)
1942 - Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)
1901 - Pauline Starke, Joplin MO, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic)
1975 - Shannon Kavanaugh, Boston Mass, rocker (Ivory Soul)
1903 - Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
1976 - Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
1945 - Rod Stewart, London, singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy)
1904 - Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer
1904 - Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
1980 - Sarah Shahi, American actress and model
1908 - Paul Henreid, Trieste, actor (Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
1908 - Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
1947 - Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, member of the Black Panther Party
1948 - Cyril Neville, US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon
49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
69 - Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor.
236 - Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome.
1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
1475 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1645 - Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
1806 - Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
1810 - Napoleon divorces his first wife Josphine.
1861 - American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
1863 - The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 - The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1916 - Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.
1920 - The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
1922 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.
1923 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
1941 - World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
1946 - The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
1962 - Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster. It became better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission.
1972 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1981 - Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazn and Chalatenango departments
1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.
1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
1999 - Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.
2003 - Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.
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