1911 - Bernard Katz, biophysicist
1479 - Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III
1950 - Ernest Thomas, Gary Ind, actor (Roger-What's Happening!!)
1913 - Paul Erdos, mathematician
1950 - Martin Short, Hamilton Ontario, comedian (SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos)
1914 - William Westmoreland, Saxon SC, army general (Vietnam era)
1950 - Teddy Pendergrass, Phila, singer (Turn Off the Lights)
1950 - Tony Papenfuss, Minneapolis Minn, (Daryl-Newhart)
1916 - Christian B Anfinsen, US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel 1972)
1951 - Richard B Shull, US actor (Hail to the Chief, Big Bus)
1749 - William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800)
1753 - Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)
1917 - Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge (England)
1773 - Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)
1919 - Strother Martin, Kokomo Ind, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot)
1953 - Lincoln Chafee, American Senator from Rhode Island
1920 - George E Brown Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1963-71, 73- )
1921 - George Jefferson, CEO (British Telecom)
1921 - Joe Loco, [Jose Esteves, Jr], musician
1819 - Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer
1819 - Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist
1922 - Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist
1827 - Emanuel Kania, composer
1830 - Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer
1830 - John Rogers Thomas, composer
1957 - Walter Rohlfing, Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach (Rhein Fire)
1923 - Bob Elliott, American comedian
1925 - Claudio Spies, composer
1925 - Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords (chief opposition whip)
1854 - Braulio Dueno Colon, composer
1925 - Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56)
1859 - A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)
1859 - Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer
1961 - Leigh Bowery, designer
1961 - William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales
1929 - Maurice Simon, jazz musician
1929 - Edwin Turney, American businessman
1962 - Maarten de Young, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1962 - Richard Coles, rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way)
1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice (1981- )
1963 - Paul de Leeuw, Dutch TV host (Cry of the Lion)
1963 - Rebecca Twigg, Seattle Wash, 79K cyclist (Olympic-silver-1984, 92, 96)
1963 - Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965)
1934 - Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964)
1935 - Earl of Kinnoull
1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905)
1885 - Julius Harrison, composer
1966 - Lee Porter, Greensboro NC, Nike golfer (1992 Texarkana Open-5th)
1966 - Mike Remlinger, Middletown NY, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1888 - Elsa Brndstrm, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
1889 - Vaclav Kapral, composer
1890 - Jozef Arras, Flemish writer
1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy)
1939 - James Caan, Bronx NY, actor (Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather)
1968 - Jose Vizcaino, San Cristobal Dom Rep, infielder (NY Mets)
1968 - Kari Gronroos, WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores)
1940 - Bill Ind, Bishop-designate (Truro)
1898 - Renzo Massarani, composer
1968 - Kenny Chesney, American singer
1899 - James B Connant, chemist/college president (Yale)
1940 - Servaes [J S] Huys, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1941 - Barclay Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Bob Plager
1969 - Luke Richardson, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
1904 - Emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre)
1970 - Evan Richards, LA Calif, actor (Frankie-Mama Malone)
1904 - Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image)
1943 - Robert Woodward, investigative reporter (Watergate, CIA crimes)
1971 - Dave DeGraaf, Lansing Mich, team handball circle (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Jesus Tavarez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1945 - Mikhail Voronin, USSR, horse vault gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968)
1946 - Johnny Crawford, LA Calif, actor (Mark-The Rifleman)
1946 - Alain Madelin, French politician
1908 - Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], US writer (Egg & I)
1972 - Steve Anderson, CFL defensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 - Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
1908 - Kenneth Mellanby, entomologist
1908 - Robert William Paine, architect
1973 - Lawrence E. Page, American search engine pioneer
1909 - Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer
1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1484 - William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1552 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
1636 - Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
1808 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
1812 - An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
1830 - The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1839 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
1881 - Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces invade Adrianople.
1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1934 - The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
1942 - World War II: In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
1958 - The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1967 - Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1974 - Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India.
1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
1976 - Queen Elizabeth II sends the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C..
1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
1991 - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asuncin, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
1995 - The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
1997 - Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
1998 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
1999 - The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
1999 - A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
2005 - The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
2006 - The military junta ruling Burma officially names Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.
2011 - March for the Alternative in London as around 400,000 people march against british government spending cuts and participate in direct action against tax avoiding companies.
1479 - Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III
1950 - Ernest Thomas, Gary Ind, actor (Roger-What's Happening!!)
1913 - Paul Erdos, mathematician
1950 - Martin Short, Hamilton Ontario, comedian (SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos)
1914 - William Westmoreland, Saxon SC, army general (Vietnam era)
1950 - Teddy Pendergrass, Phila, singer (Turn Off the Lights)
1950 - Tony Papenfuss, Minneapolis Minn, (Daryl-Newhart)
1916 - Christian B Anfinsen, US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel 1972)
1951 - Richard B Shull, US actor (Hail to the Chief, Big Bus)
1749 - William Blount, American Statesman (d. 1800)
1753 - Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)
1917 - Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge (England)
1773 - Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)
1919 - Strother Martin, Kokomo Ind, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot)
1953 - Lincoln Chafee, American Senator from Rhode Island
1920 - George E Brown Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1963-71, 73- )
1921 - George Jefferson, CEO (British Telecom)
1921 - Joe Loco, [Jose Esteves, Jr], musician
1819 - Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer
1819 - Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist
1922 - Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist
1827 - Emanuel Kania, composer
1830 - Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer
1830 - John Rogers Thomas, composer
1957 - Walter Rohlfing, Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach (Rhein Fire)
1923 - Bob Elliott, American comedian
1925 - Claudio Spies, composer
1925 - Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords (chief opposition whip)
1854 - Braulio Dueno Colon, composer
1925 - Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56)
1859 - A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)
1859 - Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer
1961 - Leigh Bowery, designer
1961 - William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales
1929 - Maurice Simon, jazz musician
1929 - Edwin Turney, American businessman
1962 - Maarten de Young, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1962 - Richard Coles, rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way)
1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice (1981- )
1963 - Paul de Leeuw, Dutch TV host (Cry of the Lion)
1963 - Rebecca Twigg, Seattle Wash, 79K cyclist (Olympic-silver-1984, 92, 96)
1963 - Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss bridge engineer (d. 1965)
1934 - Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964)
1935 - Earl of Kinnoull
1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905)
1885 - Julius Harrison, composer
1966 - Lee Porter, Greensboro NC, Nike golfer (1992 Texarkana Open-5th)
1966 - Mike Remlinger, Middletown NY, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1888 - Elsa Brndstrm, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
1889 - Vaclav Kapral, composer
1890 - Jozef Arras, Flemish writer
1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy)
1939 - James Caan, Bronx NY, actor (Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather)
1968 - Jose Vizcaino, San Cristobal Dom Rep, infielder (NY Mets)
1968 - Kari Gronroos, WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores)
1940 - Bill Ind, Bishop-designate (Truro)
1898 - Renzo Massarani, composer
1968 - Kenny Chesney, American singer
1899 - James B Connant, chemist/college president (Yale)
1940 - Servaes [J S] Huys, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1941 - Barclay Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Bob Plager
1969 - Luke Richardson, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
1904 - Emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre)
1970 - Evan Richards, LA Calif, actor (Frankie-Mama Malone)
1904 - Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image)
1943 - Robert Woodward, investigative reporter (Watergate, CIA crimes)
1971 - Dave DeGraaf, Lansing Mich, team handball circle (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Jesus Tavarez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1945 - Mikhail Voronin, USSR, horse vault gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968)
1946 - Johnny Crawford, LA Calif, actor (Mark-The Rifleman)
1946 - Alain Madelin, French politician
1908 - Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], US writer (Egg & I)
1972 - Steve Anderson, CFL defensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 - Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
1908 - Kenneth Mellanby, entomologist
1908 - Robert William Paine, architect
1973 - Lawrence E. Page, American search engine pioneer
1909 - Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer
1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1484 - William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1552 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
1636 - Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
1808 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
1812 - An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
1830 - The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1839 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
1881 - Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces invade Adrianople.
1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1934 - The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.
1942 - World War II: In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz.
1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
1958 - The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1967 - Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1974 - Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India.
1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
1976 - Queen Elizabeth II sends the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C..
1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
1991 - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asuncin, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
1995 - The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
1997 - Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
1998 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
1999 - The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
1999 - A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
2005 - The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
2006 - The military junta ruling Burma officially names Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.
2011 - March for the Alternative in London as around 400,000 people march against british government spending cuts and participate in direct action against tax avoiding companies.
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