1971 - Dana Eskelson, American actress 1971 - Brian Stepanek, American actor 1972 - David Binn, NFL safety (SD Chargers) 1972 - Mark Labbrook, Australian 200m/400m runner (Olympics-96) 1972 - Shawn Respert, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors) 1973 - Arie Obdam, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam) 1973 - Fred Miller, tackle (St Louis Rams) 1973 - Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper (Kwazulu for E Province) 1974 - Nathan Davis, defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons) 1974 - Olaf Lindenbergh, soccer player (Ajax, De Graafschap) 1975 - Chad Allen, Dallas Tx, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96) 1975 - Leo Insam, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998) 1975 - Svend-Allan Srensen, Danish artist
1732 - Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782) 1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795) 1748 - Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811) 1753 - Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet 1756 - Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler 1757 - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841) 1778 - Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) 1793 - Pietro Rovelli, composer 1797 - Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs 1802 - Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7] 1804 - Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler 1807 - Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer 1811 - Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) 1818 - William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901 1830 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865) 1832 - John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 1833 - James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army) 1833 - Jos Mara de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906) 1834 - William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 1834 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889)
1982 - Tank, Mandopop singer. 1983 - Brodie Croyle, American football player 1983 - S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer 1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver 1983 - Melrose Bickerstaff, American fashion model 1983 - Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician 1984 - Brandon Hammond, actor (Grgory Hines Show) 1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer 1984 - Piret Jrvis, Estonian singer 1985 - Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer 1985 - Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater 1985 - Kris Humphries, American basketball player 1986 - Alice Greczyn, American actress 1986 - Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer 1988 - Allison Holker, American dancer 1989 - Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer 2004 - Princess Louise of Belgium
1892 - William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987) 1893 - Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63) 1894 - Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979) 1895 - George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) 1897 - Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) 1897 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (d. 1944) 1899 - Ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur) 1900 - Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist 1900 - Rudolf Vornlund, Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen) 1901 - Ben Lyon, Atlanta GA, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse) 1902 - Louis Nizer, lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw) 1902 - George Brunies, American musician (d. 1974) 1903 - John Dunning, cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30's) 1903 - Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty) 1904 - Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra) 1905 - Władysław Gomułka, Polish leader (d. 1982) 1907 - Sam Green, industrialist/inventor 1908 - Amintore Fanfani, premier of Italy 1908 - Edward Lansdale, general/model (Quiet American, Ugly American) 1908 - Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden 1909 - Israel Citkowitz, composer 1910 - George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager (Brentford) 1910 - Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982) 1910 - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (d. 1993)
1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia. 1840 - Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony. 1843 - The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). 1862 - American Civil War: US Navy gives the Union its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry. 1899 - Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. 1900 - The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. 1922 - The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect. 1934 - Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France. 1942 - World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
1951 - The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history. 1952 - Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and several other realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. 1958 - Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster. 1959 - Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. 1959 - At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. 1978 - The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour. 1981 - The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War. 1987 - Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed. 1989 - The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe. 1996 - Flooding in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. 1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. 2000 - Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
1732 - Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782) 1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795) 1748 - Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811) 1753 - Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet 1756 - Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler 1757 - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841) 1778 - Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) 1793 - Pietro Rovelli, composer 1797 - Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs 1802 - Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7] 1804 - Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler 1807 - Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer 1811 - Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) 1818 - William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901 1830 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865) 1832 - John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 1833 - James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army) 1833 - Jos Mara de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906) 1834 - William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 1834 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889)
1982 - Tank, Mandopop singer. 1983 - Brodie Croyle, American football player 1983 - S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer 1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver 1983 - Melrose Bickerstaff, American fashion model 1983 - Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician 1984 - Brandon Hammond, actor (Grgory Hines Show) 1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer 1984 - Piret Jrvis, Estonian singer 1985 - Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer 1985 - Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater 1985 - Kris Humphries, American basketball player 1986 - Alice Greczyn, American actress 1986 - Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer 1988 - Allison Holker, American dancer 1989 - Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer 2004 - Princess Louise of Belgium
1892 - William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987) 1893 - Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63) 1894 - Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979) 1895 - George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) 1897 - Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) 1897 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (d. 1944) 1899 - Ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur) 1900 - Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist 1900 - Rudolf Vornlund, Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen) 1901 - Ben Lyon, Atlanta GA, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse) 1902 - Louis Nizer, lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw) 1902 - George Brunies, American musician (d. 1974) 1903 - John Dunning, cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30's) 1903 - Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty) 1904 - Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra) 1905 - Władysław Gomułka, Polish leader (d. 1982) 1907 - Sam Green, industrialist/inventor 1908 - Amintore Fanfani, premier of Italy 1908 - Edward Lansdale, general/model (Quiet American, Ugly American) 1908 - Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden 1909 - Israel Citkowitz, composer 1910 - George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager (Brentford) 1910 - Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982) 1910 - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (d. 1993)
1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia. 1840 - Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony. 1843 - The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). 1862 - American Civil War: US Navy gives the Union its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry. 1899 - Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. 1900 - The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. 1922 - The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect. 1934 - Far right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France. 1942 - World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
1951 - The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history. 1952 - Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and several other realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. 1958 - Eight Manchester United F.C. players are killed in the Munich air disaster. 1959 - Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. 1959 - At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. 1978 - The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour. 1981 - The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War. 1987 - Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed. 1989 - The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe. 1996 - Flooding in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. 1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. 2000 - Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
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