1208 - James I of Aragon (d. 1276) 1455 - King John of Denmark (d. 1513) 1494 - Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557) 1502 - Damio de Gis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574) 1506 - Ren de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583) 1522 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565) 1583 - Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess 1595 - Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam) 1600 - Gabriel Naud, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653) 1613 - Nol Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) 1621 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (d. 1679) 1649 - Benedict XIII, [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30) 1650 - Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress (King Charles II) 1669 - Louis Marchand, composer
1695 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772) 1695 - Franois de Chevert, French general (d. 1769) 1711 - Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) 1714 - Gottfried August Homilius, composer 1717 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790) 1748 - Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer 1773 - Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer 1780 - Johannes van den Bosch, gov-gen (Neth East Indies) 1786 - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856) 1802 - Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist 1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1804 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer 1815 - Nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 1817 - John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid) 1817 - Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer 1820 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne) 1827 - Abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1827 - Oswald Aschenbach, German painter 1829 - Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
1939 - Rachel English, London, author (My 1st 500) 1939 - Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist, father of electronics in Iran (d. 2000) 1940 - Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter) 1940 - Thomas M[ichael] Disch, US, sci-fi author (Genocides, 102 H-Bombs) 1940 - David Jason, English actor 1940 - Wayne Fontes, American football coach 1941 - Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer 1942 - Barry Diller, founder (Fox-TV) 1942 - Bo Hopkins, Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files) 1942 - Graham Nash, guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross) 1943 - Peter MacBeth, rocker (Foundations) 1944 - Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London) 1944 - Katherine Crawford, LA Calif, actress (Gemini Man, Captains & Kings) 1944 - Ursula Oppens, NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC) 1944 - Karen Foss, American broadcaster 1944 - Geoffrey Hughes, British actor 1945 - Ronnie Goodson, rocker 1946 - Farrah Fawcett, Texas, actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed) 1946 - Howard Bellamy, Darby Fla, vocalist (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow) 1946 - Alpha Oumar Konar, ex-president of Mali 1947 - Aleksandr Medved, USSR, wrestler (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72) 1947 - Derek Shulman, rocker 1947 - Peter Lucia, rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) 1948 - Alan McKay, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland) 1948 - Jessica Savitch, Kennet Sq PA, news anchor (NBC)
1979 - Brandee Dawn McCoskey, Miss Alaska Teen USA (1996) 1979 - Lindsay Langston, Modesto Calif, archer (Olympics-1996) 1979 - Petra Cada, Prague Czech, Canadian table tennis player (Olympics-96) 1979 - Fani Halkia, Greek hurdler 1979 - Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter 1979 - Shamita Shetty, Indian actress 1980 - Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler 1980 - Gucci Mane, African-American rapper 1980 - Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player 1981 - Jason Kapono, American basketball player 1982 - Brandy Talore, American pornographic actress 1982 - Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress 1982 - Sergio Castao, Spanish footballer 1982 - Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player 1983 - Carolina Klft, Swedish athlete 1983 - Alex Westaway, British musician 1983 - Will South, Thirteen Senses frontman 1983 - Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player 1987 - Gerard Piqu, Spanish football player 1987 - Martin Spanjers, American actor 1992 - Rebop Rundgren, son of Michelle Gray & Todd 1992 - Danielle White, American singer 2338 - Data, android character on Star Trek Next Generation
506 - Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law. 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. 1032 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy. 1207 - Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established. 1461 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England. 1536 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1542 - Portuguese under Christovo da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baente. 1653 - New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. 1812 - Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California. 1848 - Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. 1848 - California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California. 1876 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. 1887 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. 1899 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne. 1901 - Funeral of Queen Victoria. 1913 - Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City. 1920 - The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia. 1920 - France occupies Memel.
1922 - Ulysses by James Joyce is published. 1925 - Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. 1925 - The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. 1934 - The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated. 1935 - Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine. 1943 - World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces. 1946 - The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed. 1957 - Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage. 1966 - Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. 1971 - Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. 1972 - The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday. 1974 - The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time. 1976 - The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. 1980 - Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. 1982 - Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama. 1987 - After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution. 1989 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul. 1990 - Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela. 2004 - Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
1695 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772) 1695 - Franois de Chevert, French general (d. 1769) 1711 - Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) 1714 - Gottfried August Homilius, composer 1717 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790) 1748 - Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer 1773 - Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer 1780 - Johannes van den Bosch, gov-gen (Neth East Indies) 1786 - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856) 1802 - Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist 1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1804 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer 1815 - Nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 1817 - John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid) 1817 - Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer 1820 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne) 1827 - Abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1827 - Oswald Aschenbach, German painter 1829 - Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
1939 - Rachel English, London, author (My 1st 500) 1939 - Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist, father of electronics in Iran (d. 2000) 1940 - Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter) 1940 - Thomas M[ichael] Disch, US, sci-fi author (Genocides, 102 H-Bombs) 1940 - David Jason, English actor 1940 - Wayne Fontes, American football coach 1941 - Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer 1942 - Barry Diller, founder (Fox-TV) 1942 - Bo Hopkins, Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files) 1942 - Graham Nash, guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross) 1943 - Peter MacBeth, rocker (Foundations) 1944 - Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London) 1944 - Katherine Crawford, LA Calif, actress (Gemini Man, Captains & Kings) 1944 - Ursula Oppens, NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC) 1944 - Karen Foss, American broadcaster 1944 - Geoffrey Hughes, British actor 1945 - Ronnie Goodson, rocker 1946 - Farrah Fawcett, Texas, actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed) 1946 - Howard Bellamy, Darby Fla, vocalist (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow) 1946 - Alpha Oumar Konar, ex-president of Mali 1947 - Aleksandr Medved, USSR, wrestler (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72) 1947 - Derek Shulman, rocker 1947 - Peter Lucia, rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) 1948 - Alan McKay, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland) 1948 - Jessica Savitch, Kennet Sq PA, news anchor (NBC)
1979 - Brandee Dawn McCoskey, Miss Alaska Teen USA (1996) 1979 - Lindsay Langston, Modesto Calif, archer (Olympics-1996) 1979 - Petra Cada, Prague Czech, Canadian table tennis player (Olympics-96) 1979 - Fani Halkia, Greek hurdler 1979 - Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter 1979 - Shamita Shetty, Indian actress 1980 - Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler 1980 - Gucci Mane, African-American rapper 1980 - Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player 1981 - Jason Kapono, American basketball player 1982 - Brandy Talore, American pornographic actress 1982 - Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress 1982 - Sergio Castao, Spanish footballer 1982 - Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player 1983 - Carolina Klft, Swedish athlete 1983 - Alex Westaway, British musician 1983 - Will South, Thirteen Senses frontman 1983 - Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player 1987 - Gerard Piqu, Spanish football player 1987 - Martin Spanjers, American actor 1992 - Rebop Rundgren, son of Michelle Gray & Todd 1992 - Danielle White, American singer 2338 - Data, android character on Star Trek Next Generation
506 - Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law. 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. 1032 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy. 1207 - Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established. 1461 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England. 1536 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1542 - Portuguese under Christovo da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baente. 1653 - New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. 1812 - Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California. 1848 - Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. 1848 - California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California. 1876 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. 1887 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. 1899 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne. 1901 - Funeral of Queen Victoria. 1913 - Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City. 1920 - The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia. 1920 - France occupies Memel.
1922 - Ulysses by James Joyce is published. 1925 - Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. 1925 - The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. 1934 - The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated. 1935 - Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine. 1943 - World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces. 1946 - The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed. 1957 - Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage. 1966 - Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. 1971 - Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. 1972 - The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday. 1974 - The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time. 1976 - The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. 1980 - Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. 1982 - Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama. 1987 - After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution. 1989 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul. 1990 - Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela. 2004 - Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
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