225 - Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)
1949 - Kieron Walsh, academic
1910 - Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician
1950 - Liza Goddard, British actress
1950 - Edward Hirsch. American poet
1950 - Chuck Lefley, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 - Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger
1654 - Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet
1915 - Joe Hitchcock, darts player (leader of St Dunstan's Four)
1681 - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer
1703 - Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer
1955 - Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US)
1716 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1955 - Hiromi Ota, Japanese singer
1919 - Stepan Lucky, composer
1956 - John McNally, Naha Okinawa, US rapid fire pistol (Oly-84, 88, 92, 96)
1920 - Peter Clemoes, anglo-Saxon scholar
1920 - Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist
1920 - Sam M Gibbons, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- )
1775 - Andr-Marie Ampre, French physicist (d. 1836)
1959 - Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star
1782 - Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria
1963 - James Denton, American actor
1922 - Ray Anthony, Penn, orch leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
1964 - Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player
1923 - Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer
1964 - Victoria Sellers, London England, actress (Crime Zone, Warlords)
1964 - Kazushige Nojima, Japanese game scenario writer
1965 - Brad Brink, US baseball pitcher (SF Giants, Phila Phillies)
1925 - Edwin Gordon, NYC, VOA correspondant
1965 - Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
1925 - George Connol, NFL Hall-of-Famer
1926 - David Eugene Tudor, Phila Penn, composer
1926 - Michael Higgins, Brooklyn NY, actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion)
1843 - Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
1926 - Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean
1847 - W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)
1855 - Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer
1967 - Mark Stepnoski, NFL center (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1927 - Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor/ceramist
1968 - Junior Murray, cricketer (WI keeper, no relation to Derryck or David)
1928 - Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, (Flamingo Road, Different Story)
1928 - William Berger, Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules)
1929 - Arte Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie)
1876 - Jzef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967)
1930 - Edwin E "Buzz" Aldrin Jr, Montclair NJ, USAF/astro (Gem 12, Ap 11)
1931 - Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife)
1931 - Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator
1931 - Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (d. 1992)
1932 - Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 - Deon Figures, cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Marvin Benard, Bluefields Nicaragua, outfielder (SF Giants)
1891 - Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist
1936 - Eldred G Maduro, minister (Netherland Antilles)
1937 - Dorothy Provine, Deadwood SD, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)
1970 - Terry Kirby, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, SF 49ers)
1970 - Thomas "Tom" Murray, Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
1970 - Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter, actor
1939 - Paul Coverdell, American politician (d. 2000)
1896 - Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
1896 - George Burns, [Nathan Birnbaum], NYC, actor/comedian (Oh God)
1971 - Karin Smith, Miss Minnesota USA (1996)
1971 - Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That)
1942 - Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range)
1898 - Colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)
1972 - Alcides Catanho, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1973 - Eddie Kennison, wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
1973 - Jalen Rose, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
1900 - Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer
1945 - Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10cc-I'm Not in Love)
1900 - Colin Clive, British actor (d. 1937)
1903 - Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride)
1975 - Norberto Fontana, Argentine racing driver
1947 - George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
1947 - Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
1904 - Theodore Brameld, author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)
1907 - Roy Welensky, Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63)
1908 - Ian Peebles, cricketer (Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31)
1908 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer (Masquerade)
1908 - Wilfred Conwell Bain, composer
250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
1265 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament".
1320 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
1356 - Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.
1502 - The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
1523 - Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1576 - The Mexican city of Len is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martn Enrquez de Almanza.
1649 - Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
1783 - The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
1788 - The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.
1801 - John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
1839 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
1841 - Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
1885 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
1887 - The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1920 - The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1921 - The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
1929 - In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1934 - Fujifilm, the photographic and electronics company, is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
1936 - Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1941 - A Nazi officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
1942 - World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".
1945 - World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
1945 - World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
1949 - Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
1954 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
1959 - The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
1960 - Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
1969 - East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1972 - Pakistan launched its Nuclear detterent program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1981 - Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
1986 - Martin Luther King, Jr.
1949 - Kieron Walsh, academic
1910 - Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician
1950 - Liza Goddard, British actress
1950 - Edward Hirsch. American poet
1950 - Chuck Lefley, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 - Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger
1654 - Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet
1915 - Joe Hitchcock, darts player (leader of St Dunstan's Four)
1681 - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer
1703 - Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer
1955 - Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US)
1716 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1955 - Hiromi Ota, Japanese singer
1919 - Stepan Lucky, composer
1956 - John McNally, Naha Okinawa, US rapid fire pistol (Oly-84, 88, 92, 96)
1920 - Peter Clemoes, anglo-Saxon scholar
1920 - Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist
1920 - Sam M Gibbons, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- )
1775 - Andr-Marie Ampre, French physicist (d. 1836)
1959 - Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star
1782 - Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria
1963 - James Denton, American actor
1922 - Ray Anthony, Penn, orch leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
1964 - Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player
1923 - Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer
1964 - Victoria Sellers, London England, actress (Crime Zone, Warlords)
1964 - Kazushige Nojima, Japanese game scenario writer
1965 - Brad Brink, US baseball pitcher (SF Giants, Phila Phillies)
1925 - Edwin Gordon, NYC, VOA correspondant
1965 - Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
1925 - George Connol, NFL Hall-of-Famer
1926 - David Eugene Tudor, Phila Penn, composer
1926 - Michael Higgins, Brooklyn NY, actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion)
1843 - Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
1926 - Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean
1847 - W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)
1855 - Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer
1967 - Mark Stepnoski, NFL center (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1927 - Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor/ceramist
1968 - Junior Murray, cricketer (WI keeper, no relation to Derryck or David)
1928 - Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, (Flamingo Road, Different Story)
1928 - William Berger, Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules)
1929 - Arte Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie)
1876 - Jzef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967)
1930 - Edwin E "Buzz" Aldrin Jr, Montclair NJ, USAF/astro (Gem 12, Ap 11)
1931 - Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife)
1931 - Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator
1931 - Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (d. 1992)
1932 - Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 - Deon Figures, cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Marvin Benard, Bluefields Nicaragua, outfielder (SF Giants)
1891 - Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist
1936 - Eldred G Maduro, minister (Netherland Antilles)
1937 - Dorothy Provine, Deadwood SD, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)
1970 - Terry Kirby, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, SF 49ers)
1970 - Thomas "Tom" Murray, Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
1970 - Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter, actor
1939 - Paul Coverdell, American politician (d. 2000)
1896 - Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
1896 - George Burns, [Nathan Birnbaum], NYC, actor/comedian (Oh God)
1971 - Karin Smith, Miss Minnesota USA (1996)
1971 - Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That)
1942 - Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range)
1898 - Colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)
1972 - Alcides Catanho, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1973 - Eddie Kennison, wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
1973 - Jalen Rose, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
1900 - Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer
1945 - Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10cc-I'm Not in Love)
1900 - Colin Clive, British actor (d. 1937)
1903 - Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride)
1975 - Norberto Fontana, Argentine racing driver
1947 - George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
1947 - Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
1904 - Theodore Brameld, author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)
1907 - Roy Welensky, Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63)
1908 - Ian Peebles, cricketer (Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31)
1908 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer (Masquerade)
1908 - Wilfred Conwell Bain, composer
250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
1265 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament".
1320 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
1356 - Edward Balliol abdicates as King of Scotland.
1502 - The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
1523 - Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1576 - The Mexican city of Len is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martn Enrquez de Almanza.
1649 - Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
1783 - The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
1788 - The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.
1801 - John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
1839 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
1841 - Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
1885 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
1887 - The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1920 - The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1921 - The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
1929 - In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1934 - Fujifilm, the photographic and electronics company, is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
1936 - Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1941 - A Nazi officer is murdered in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
1942 - World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".
1945 - World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
1945 - World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
1949 - Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
1954 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
1959 - The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
1960 - Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
1969 - East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1972 - Pakistan launched its Nuclear detterent program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1981 - Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
1986 - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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