1923 - Stephen J Cannell, TV producer/writer 1923 - Claude King, American musician 1924 - Robert Lynn, anarchist 1926 - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, NYC, publisher (NY Times) 1927 - Robert Brown, Herbrides Is, actor (Here Come the Brides, Primus) 1927 - Val Dufour, New Orleans LA, actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World) 1927 - Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (d. 2002) 1928 - Andrew M Greeley, author/reverend 1928 - Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar 1929 - Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician 1929 - Al Worthington, baseball player 1932 - Cesare Maldini - Italian footballer and manager 1933 - Jorn Donner, Helsinki Finland, director (Anna, Tenderness) 1933 - Nick Georgiade, NYC, actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run) 1933 - Ron Wilson, US percussionist (Joy of Cooking) 1934 - Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP) 1934 - Don Cherry, Canadian hockey commentator 1935 - Alex Harvey, rocker (Just Visiting This Planet) 1935 - John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander S Africa army 1980- ) 1937 - Cocky van Oost, [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides) 1937 - Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion 1937 - Stuart Damon, Bkln NY, actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital) 1937 - Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist (d. 2006) 1938 - Dick van Niehoff, Dutch vocalist (Fouryo) 1939 - Brian Luckhurst, cricketer (England opener of 60's & early 70's) 1939 - Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book) 1940 - H R Giger, artist, special effects designer, (Alien) 1941 - Barrett Strong, Detroit, vocalist (Money, That's What I Want)
1976 - John Aloisi, Australian footballer 1976 - Brian Moorman, American football player 1977 - Ben Ainslie, British sailor 1977 - Adam Everett, American baseball player 1977 - Ahmad Merritt, American football player 1978 - Kristina Cherina, Miss Croatia Universe (1997) 1978 - Shawn Reaves, American actor 1978 - Brian Russell, American football player 1980 - Jo Swinson, British politician 1980 - Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer 1980 - Prince Peter, American-born Yugoslav royalty 1981 - Loukas Vyntra, Greek football player 1981 - Nora Zehetner, American actress
1982 - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007) 1982 - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer 1982 - Tomas Kopecky, Ice hockey player 1982 - Kevin Everett, American football player 1984 - Carlos Tvez, Argentinine footballer 1984 - Nate Salley, American football player 1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer 1985 - Laurence Maroney, American football player 1985 - Crystal Hunt, American actress 1985 - Lindsey Cardinale, American singer 1986 - Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver 1986 - Billy Sharp, English footballer 1986 - Manuel Fernandes, Portuguese footballer 1989 - Cristine Reyes, Filipino actress 1989 - Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
62 - Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. 1576 - Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. 1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 1782 - Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca. 1783 - In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. 1810 - Peninsular War: Siege of Cdiz begins. 1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. 1852 - The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public. 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state. 1869 - The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. 1885 - King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal 1913 - Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane. 1917 - The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. 1917 - The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.
62 - Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. 1576 - Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. 1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 1782 - Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca. 1783 - In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. 1810 - Peninsular War: Siege of Cdiz begins. 1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. 1852 - The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public. 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state. 1869 - The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. 1885 - King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal 1913 - Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane. 1917 - The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. 1917 - The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.
1918 - Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military. 1918 - SS Tuscania (1914) is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk. 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists. 1924 - The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips". 1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States. 1939 - Generalsimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de Espaa", or Leader of Spain. 1941 - World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea. 1945 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila. 1946 - The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea. 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic. 1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. 1962 - French President Charles De Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence. 1963 - The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law. 1971 - Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission. 1972 - Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. 1976 - The 1976 swine flu outbreak begins at Fort Dix, NJ. 1988 - Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges. 1994 - Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. 1994 - During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell slams into a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo. 1997 - The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families. 2000 - Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya. 2004 - Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered. 2004 - Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. 2008 - A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves 57 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88. 2009 - The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
1976 - John Aloisi, Australian footballer 1976 - Brian Moorman, American football player 1977 - Ben Ainslie, British sailor 1977 - Adam Everett, American baseball player 1977 - Ahmad Merritt, American football player 1978 - Kristina Cherina, Miss Croatia Universe (1997) 1978 - Shawn Reaves, American actor 1978 - Brian Russell, American football player 1980 - Jo Swinson, British politician 1980 - Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer 1980 - Prince Peter, American-born Yugoslav royalty 1981 - Loukas Vyntra, Greek football player 1981 - Nora Zehetner, American actress
1982 - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007) 1982 - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer 1982 - Tomas Kopecky, Ice hockey player 1982 - Kevin Everett, American football player 1984 - Carlos Tvez, Argentinine footballer 1984 - Nate Salley, American football player 1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer 1985 - Laurence Maroney, American football player 1985 - Crystal Hunt, American actress 1985 - Lindsey Cardinale, American singer 1986 - Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver 1986 - Billy Sharp, English footballer 1986 - Manuel Fernandes, Portuguese footballer 1989 - Cristine Reyes, Filipino actress 1989 - Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
62 - Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. 1576 - Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. 1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 1782 - Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca. 1783 - In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. 1810 - Peninsular War: Siege of Cdiz begins. 1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. 1852 - The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public. 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state. 1869 - The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. 1885 - King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal 1913 - Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane. 1917 - The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. 1917 - The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.
62 - Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. 1576 - Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. 1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1631 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 1782 - Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca. 1783 - In Calabria a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. 1810 - Peninsular War: Siege of Cdiz begins. 1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. 1852 - The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public. 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state. 1869 - The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. 1885 - King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession. 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal 1913 - Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane. 1917 - The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. 1917 - The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia.
1918 - Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane. It is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military. 1918 - SS Tuscania (1914) is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk. 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists. 1924 - The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips". 1937 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States. 1939 - Generalsimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de Espaa", or Leader of Spain. 1941 - World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea. 1945 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila. 1946 - The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea. 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic. 1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. 1962 - French President Charles De Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence. 1963 - The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law. 1971 - Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission. 1972 - Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. 1976 - The 1976 swine flu outbreak begins at Fort Dix, NJ. 1988 - Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges. 1994 - Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. 1994 - During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell slams into a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo. 1997 - The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families. 2000 - Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya. 2004 - Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered. 2004 - Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. 2008 - A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves 57 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88. 2009 - The United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.
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