1484 - Johann Spangenberg, composer
1919 - Eileen Heckart, Columbus Ohio, actress (Doll's House, Trauma Center)
1553 - Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)
1908 - Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (d. 1968)
1921 - Sam Loxton, cricketer (flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's)
1923 - Julia Montgomery Walsh, political consultant/writer
1924 - Jules de Corte, blind Dutch ballad singer
1636 - Esaias Reusner, composer
1916 - Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005)
1927 - Arthur Ravenel Jr, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
1917 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947)
1918 - Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (d. 1990)
1918 - Sam Walton, American businessman (d. 1992)
1928 - Vaclav Felix, composer
1928 - Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (d. 2005)
1920 - Theodore Trautwein, American judge (d. 2000)
1959 - Marina Sirtis, London, actress (Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1929 - Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993)
1819 - Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
1961 - Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
1930 - Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford
1822 - Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter
1931 - Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1931 - James Weatherhead, moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1964 - Elle MacPherson, Sydney Austrailia, model (SI)/actress (Sirens)
1964 - Jill Goodacre Connick, Lubbock Texas, model (Victoria Secrets)
1964 - Michael A. Jackson, Maryland politician
1848 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War
1965 - William Oefelein, American Astronaut
1935 - Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer (Softly Softly)
1936 - Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer
1966 - Eric Gunderson, Portland OR, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1937 - Anne Stoddart, diplomat
1937 - Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of Pres Carter
1938 - Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
1875 - Paul Rubens, composer
1939 - Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut)
1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature)
1883 - Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Micromanometric analysis)
1968 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
1969 - Darren Chandler, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1888 - James E Casey, founder (United Parcel Service)
1889 - Howard Lindsay, Waterford NY, playwright/actor/dir (State of Union)
1969 - Jimmy Spencer, NFL cornerback (NO Saints, Cincinnati Bengals)
1891 - Ivan Goll, writer
1891 - Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1980)
1892 - Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal
1944 - James Diggle, FBA, classicist
1971 - Ryan Mark Lambert
1972 - Alex Ochoa, Miami FL, outfielder (NY Mets)
1945 - Walt "Clyde" Frazier, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1945 - Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show)
1901 - Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (d. 1981)
1902 - Onslow Stevens, LA Calif, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life)
1946 - Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (d. 2007)
1947 - Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20)
1905 - Annunzio Mantovani, Venice Italy, orch leader (Mantovani)
1973 - John Oppio, Sparks Nevada, double trap (Olympics-1996)
1906 - E Power Biggs, Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS)
1949 - Michael Brecker, rocker (Brecker Brothers)
1908 - Arthur O'Connell, NYC, actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years)
1974 - Kristoffer Cusick, American actor
1951 - Barry Goudreau, rocker
1909 - Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke)
1911 - Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu)
1976 - Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
1912 - Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (d. 1979)
1980 - Kim Tae Hee, South Korean actress
1955 - Earl Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans, 1977 Heisman)
1980 - Amy Mathews, Australian actress
1955 - Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
1914 - Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author (about secret service)
1956 - Kurt Thomas, US, gymnist (Olympics), actor (Gymkata)
1983 - Luiza S, Brazilian musician
1956 - Lisa J Allen, TV reporter/lawyer
1917 - Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds)
1986 - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
1987 - 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins
1918 - John Read, CEO (TSB Group)
1918 - Pearl Bailey, Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly)
1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
1500 - Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
1549 - The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1632 - Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1638 - Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1806 - Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
1809 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'tat. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
1831 - Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
1847 - Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
1849 - The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
1857 - Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857 also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1865 - American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
1867 - Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
1871 - The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
1882 - The Knights of Columbus are established.
1886 - Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
1911 - The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
1930 - Heinrich Brning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
1936 - In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
1941 - The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
1941 - World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
1942 - The Bombing of Lbeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1945 - World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
1946 - Instituto Tecnolgico Autnomo de Mxico, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
1957 - The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1961 - The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1971 - My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1971 - A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
1973 - Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
1973 - Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
1974 - NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
1982 - The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
1990 - The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
1993 - Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the internet boom.
1999 - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
2002 - In reaction to the Passover massacre three days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation since the 1967 Six-Day War.
2004 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2004 - The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
2008 - Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
2010 - Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
1919 - Eileen Heckart, Columbus Ohio, actress (Doll's House, Trauma Center)
1553 - Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)
1908 - Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (d. 1968)
1921 - Sam Loxton, cricketer (flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's)
1923 - Julia Montgomery Walsh, political consultant/writer
1924 - Jules de Corte, blind Dutch ballad singer
1636 - Esaias Reusner, composer
1916 - Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005)
1927 - Arthur Ravenel Jr, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
1917 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947)
1918 - Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (d. 1990)
1918 - Sam Walton, American businessman (d. 1992)
1928 - Vaclav Felix, composer
1928 - Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (d. 2005)
1920 - Theodore Trautwein, American judge (d. 2000)
1959 - Marina Sirtis, London, actress (Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1929 - Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993)
1819 - Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
1961 - Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
1930 - Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford
1822 - Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter
1931 - Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1931 - James Weatherhead, moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1964 - Elle MacPherson, Sydney Austrailia, model (SI)/actress (Sirens)
1964 - Jill Goodacre Connick, Lubbock Texas, model (Victoria Secrets)
1964 - Michael A. Jackson, Maryland politician
1848 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War
1965 - William Oefelein, American Astronaut
1935 - Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer (Softly Softly)
1936 - Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer
1966 - Eric Gunderson, Portland OR, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1937 - Anne Stoddart, diplomat
1937 - Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of Pres Carter
1938 - Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
1875 - Paul Rubens, composer
1939 - Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut)
1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature)
1883 - Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Micromanometric analysis)
1968 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
1969 - Darren Chandler, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1888 - James E Casey, founder (United Parcel Service)
1889 - Howard Lindsay, Waterford NY, playwright/actor/dir (State of Union)
1969 - Jimmy Spencer, NFL cornerback (NO Saints, Cincinnati Bengals)
1891 - Ivan Goll, writer
1891 - Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1980)
1892 - Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal
1944 - James Diggle, FBA, classicist
1971 - Ryan Mark Lambert
1972 - Alex Ochoa, Miami FL, outfielder (NY Mets)
1945 - Walt "Clyde" Frazier, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1945 - Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show)
1901 - Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (d. 1981)
1902 - Onslow Stevens, LA Calif, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life)
1946 - Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (d. 2007)
1947 - Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20)
1905 - Annunzio Mantovani, Venice Italy, orch leader (Mantovani)
1973 - John Oppio, Sparks Nevada, double trap (Olympics-1996)
1906 - E Power Biggs, Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS)
1949 - Michael Brecker, rocker (Brecker Brothers)
1908 - Arthur O'Connell, NYC, actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years)
1974 - Kristoffer Cusick, American actor
1951 - Barry Goudreau, rocker
1909 - Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke)
1911 - Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu)
1976 - Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
1912 - Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (d. 1979)
1980 - Kim Tae Hee, South Korean actress
1955 - Earl Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans, 1977 Heisman)
1980 - Amy Mathews, Australian actress
1955 - Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
1914 - Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author (about secret service)
1956 - Kurt Thomas, US, gymnist (Olympics), actor (Gymkata)
1983 - Luiza S, Brazilian musician
1956 - Lisa J Allen, TV reporter/lawyer
1917 - Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds)
1986 - Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
1987 - 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins
1918 - John Read, CEO (TSB Group)
1918 - Pearl Bailey, Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly)
1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
1500 - Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
1549 - The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1632 - Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1638 - Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1806 - Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
1809 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'tat. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
1831 - Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
1847 - Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
1849 - The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
1857 - Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857 also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1865 - American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
1867 - Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
1871 - The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
1882 - The Knights of Columbus are established.
1886 - Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
1911 - The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
1930 - Heinrich Brning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
1936 - In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
1941 - The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
1941 - World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
1942 - The Bombing of Lbeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1945 - World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
1946 - Instituto Tecnolgico Autnomo de Mxico, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
1957 - The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1961 - The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1971 - My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1971 - A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
1973 - Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
1973 - Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
1974 - NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
1982 - The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
1990 - The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
1993 - Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
1999 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the internet boom.
1999 - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
2002 - In reaction to the Passover massacre three days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation since the 1967 Six-Day War.
2004 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2004 - The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
2008 - Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
2010 - Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
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