1342 - Philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy 1463 - Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther 1484 - George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545) 1501 - Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants) 1504 - Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72) 1517 - Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) 1545 - Antonio Pace, composer 1560 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624) 1574 - Robert Fludd, composer 1600 - Calderon, writer 1612 - Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general 1657 - Pieter van Bloemen, [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized 1659 - Antonio Veracini, composer 1683 - Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian 1686 - Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766) 1706 - Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor 1712 - John Stanley, composer 1719 - Jean-Joseph Vade, composer 1719 - William Vernon, American merchant (d. 1806) 1728 - Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer 1732 - Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland (1764-95) 1733 - Thomas Linley, composer 1734 - Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pcheurs, Mirza) 1745 - Nicolas Roze, composer 1759 - Paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist 1761 - James Hall, Scotland, geologist
1968 - Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch writer 1968 - Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete 1969 - Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director 1969 - Naveen Andrews, British actor 1969 - Tijs Verwest, (DJ Tisto) Dutch DJ 1970 - Candace Murray, Vancouver BC, softball shortstop (Olympics-96) 1970 - Darnell Walker, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers) 1970 - Jeremy Roenick, Boston MA, NHL center (Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes) 1970 - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-born animator 1970 - James Wattana, Thai snooker player 1971 - Derek Plante, Cloquet, NHL center (Buffalo Sabres) 1971 - Peter Winter, Australian decathlete (Olympics-96) 1971 - Tyler Houston, US baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves) 1971 - Kid Rock, American singer 1971 - Richard Burns, English rally driver (d. 2005) 1971 - Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician 1971 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress 1971 - Ann Wolfe, female boxer 1972 - Rohn Meyer, CFL offensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders) 1972 - Wendall Gaines, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals) 1972 - Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter 1972 - Benno Frmann, German actor 1973 - Amanda Elizabeth Spivey, Spartanburg SC, Miss America-SC (1996) 1973 - Cuauhtmoc Blanco, Mexican footballer 1973 - Liz Ellis, Australian netball captain 1974 - Derrick Mason, wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers) 1974 - Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder (Texas Rangers) 1974 - Marcus Spriggs, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) 1974 - Sharon Marie Ferris, NZ, yachter (Olympics-96) 1974 - Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician 1974 - Yang Chen, Chinese footballer 1975 - Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher) 1975 - Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor 1975 - Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer
1977 - Ali el Kattabi, soccer player (Sparta) 1977 - Kevin Fertig, American professional wrestler 1977 - Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter/actor 1978 - Irina A Borisova, Miss Universe-Ukraine (1996) 1980 - Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer 1980 - Gareth McLearnon, Northern Irish flautist 1980 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress 1980 - Kimberly Spicer, American model 1981 - Ray J, singer 1981 - Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer 1981 - Scott Mechlowicz, American actor 1981 - Ray J, American R&B singer 1982 - Dwyane Wade, American basketball player 1982 - Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer 1982 - Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu) 1983 - Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer 1983 - Andrea Lowell, American Model 1983 - Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver 1983 - Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician 1983 - Johannes Herber, German basketball player 1985 - Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica) 1985 - Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU 1985 - Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior)
38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca. 1377 - Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. 1562 - France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain. 1595 - Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. 1608 - Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 men. 1648 - England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. 1773 - Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens - Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina. 1799 - Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed. 1811 - Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Caldern Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionists. 1852 - The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal. 1873 - A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War. 1885 - A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan. 1893 - The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston, overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii. 1899 - The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. 1903 - El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve. 1904 - Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. 1912 - Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. 1913 - Raymond Poincar is elected President of France.
1917 - The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. 1918 - Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard. 1929 - Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. 1929 - Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days into his reign. 1941 - Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive victory over the Royal Thai Navy. 1944 - World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four battles with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties. 1945 - World War II: Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw. 1945 - The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in. 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. 1946 - The UN Security Council holds its first session. 1949 - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs. 1950 - The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts. 1961 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex". 1961 - Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. 1966 - A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident. 1969 - Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA. 1977 - Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States. 1981 - President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it. 1982 - "Cold Sunday" - in the United States temperatures fell to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities. 1983 - The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating. 1989 - Cleveland School massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground in Stockton, California, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.
1991 - Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. 1991 - Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V. 1992 - During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. 1994 - 1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California. 1995 - The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people. 1996 - The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union. 1997 - A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad. 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report. 2001 - U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain. 2002 - Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. 2007 - The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing. 2008 - British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities. It is the first complete hull loss of a Boeing 777. 2010 - Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.
1968 - Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch writer 1968 - Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete 1969 - Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director 1969 - Naveen Andrews, British actor 1969 - Tijs Verwest, (DJ Tisto) Dutch DJ 1970 - Candace Murray, Vancouver BC, softball shortstop (Olympics-96) 1970 - Darnell Walker, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers) 1970 - Jeremy Roenick, Boston MA, NHL center (Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes) 1970 - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-born animator 1970 - James Wattana, Thai snooker player 1971 - Derek Plante, Cloquet, NHL center (Buffalo Sabres) 1971 - Peter Winter, Australian decathlete (Olympics-96) 1971 - Tyler Houston, US baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves) 1971 - Kid Rock, American singer 1971 - Richard Burns, English rally driver (d. 2005) 1971 - Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician 1971 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress 1971 - Ann Wolfe, female boxer 1972 - Rohn Meyer, CFL offensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders) 1972 - Wendall Gaines, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals) 1972 - Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter 1972 - Benno Frmann, German actor 1973 - Amanda Elizabeth Spivey, Spartanburg SC, Miss America-SC (1996) 1973 - Cuauhtmoc Blanco, Mexican footballer 1973 - Liz Ellis, Australian netball captain 1974 - Derrick Mason, wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers) 1974 - Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder (Texas Rangers) 1974 - Marcus Spriggs, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills) 1974 - Sharon Marie Ferris, NZ, yachter (Olympics-96) 1974 - Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician 1974 - Yang Chen, Chinese footballer 1975 - Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher) 1975 - Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor 1975 - Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer
1977 - Ali el Kattabi, soccer player (Sparta) 1977 - Kevin Fertig, American professional wrestler 1977 - Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter/actor 1978 - Irina A Borisova, Miss Universe-Ukraine (1996) 1980 - Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer 1980 - Gareth McLearnon, Northern Irish flautist 1980 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress 1980 - Kimberly Spicer, American model 1981 - Ray J, singer 1981 - Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer 1981 - Scott Mechlowicz, American actor 1981 - Ray J, American R&B singer 1982 - Dwyane Wade, American basketball player 1982 - Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer 1982 - Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu) 1983 - Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer 1983 - Andrea Lowell, American Model 1983 - Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver 1983 - Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician 1983 - Johannes Herber, German basketball player 1985 - Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica) 1985 - Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU 1985 - Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior)
38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca. 1377 - Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. 1562 - France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain. 1595 - Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. 1608 - Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 men. 1648 - England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. 1773 - Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens - Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina. 1799 - Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed. 1811 - Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Caldern Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionists. 1852 - The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal. 1873 - A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War. 1885 - A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan. 1893 - The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston, overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii. 1899 - The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. 1903 - El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve. 1904 - Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. 1912 - Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. 1913 - Raymond Poincar is elected President of France.
1917 - The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. 1918 - Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard. 1929 - Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. 1929 - Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days into his reign. 1941 - Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive victory over the Royal Thai Navy. 1944 - World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four battles with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties. 1945 - World War II: Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw. 1945 - The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in. 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. 1946 - The UN Security Council holds its first session. 1949 - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs. 1950 - The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts. 1961 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex". 1961 - Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. 1966 - A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident. 1969 - Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA. 1977 - Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States. 1981 - President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it. 1982 - "Cold Sunday" - in the United States temperatures fell to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities. 1983 - The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating. 1989 - Cleveland School massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground in Stockton, California, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.
1991 - Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. 1991 - Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V. 1992 - During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. 1994 - 1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California. 1995 - The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people. 1996 - The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union. 1997 - A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad. 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report. 2001 - U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain. 2002 - Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. 2007 - The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing. 2008 - British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities. It is the first complete hull loss of a Boeing 777. 2010 - Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.
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