1923 - Florence Halop, Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere) 1923 - Horace Ashenfelter, US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympic-gold-1952) 1923 - Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars) 1924 - Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ, 1983- ) 1925 - Marty Paich, Oakland Calif, orch leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell) 1927 - Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (d. 1994) 1928 - Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968) 1928 - Jeanne Moreau, Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim) 1928 - Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952) 1928 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005) 1929 - Ian Thomson, cricketer (England seam bowler v South Africa 1964-65) 1929 - John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986) 1929 - Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate 1930 - Derek Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992) 1930 - Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen) 1930 - William Reid Pogue, Okemah Okla, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4) 1932 - Bud Shuster, (Rep-R-PA, 1973- ) 1933 - Arlene Golonka, Chicago Ill, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD) 1933 - Chita Rivera, Wash DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity) 1933 - Joel Spiegelman, composer 1934 - Lou Antonio, Okla City, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It) 1934 - Pierre Bourgault, Quebec politician and essayist (d. 2003) 1936 - Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay) 1938 - Anatoly Marchenko, Siberia, Soviet dissident 1938 - Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999) 1939 - Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist 1939 - Arlene Golonka, American actress 1940 - Johnny Russell, country singer 1942 - Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut 1942 - Laurie Mayne, cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70) 1942 - Willy Bogner Jr, Munich, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) 1942 - Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director 1943 - Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century) 1943 - William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer 1943 - Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist 1944 - Jerry Lawson, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk) 1944 - Marty Russo, (Rep-D-IL, 1975- ) 1944 - Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend) 1944 - Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972) 1945 - Mike Harris, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario 1946 - Asif Masood, cricketer (Pakistani quick with long & erratic run-up) 1946 - Don Whittington, American businessman, car & airplane racer and convicted felon 1947 - Thomas R Carper, (Rep-D-DE, 1983- ) 1947 - Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia 1948 - Anita Pointer, Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy) 1949 - Robert Cabana, Minneapolis, Mjr USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68, sk:88) 1950 - Bill Cunningham, rock keyboardist/bassist (Box Tops) 1950 - Danny Federici, rocker (E Street Band)
1976 - Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer 1976 - Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler 1979 - Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician (Lordi) 1979 - Larry Hughes, American basketball player 1979 - Juan Rincn, Venezuelan baseball player 1980 - Theresa Kulikowski, Tacoma Wash, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Oly-96) 1981 - Rob Friend, Canadian footballer 1981 - Greg Smith, American UFC fighter 1982 - Wily Mo Pea, Dominican baseball player 1984 - Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer 1985 - Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer 1985 - Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel 1986 - Steven Taylor, English footballer 1987 - Felicia Brandstrm, Swedish singer
1966 - Haywoode Workman, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers) 1966 - Mike Brim, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals) 1966 - Scott Fortune, Newport Beach Calif, volleyballer (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96) 1967 - Christine Parris-Washington, Truro Nova Scotia, softball (Olympics-96) 1967 - Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Oly-gold-1988) 1968 - Eric Metcalf, NFL receiver/running back (Atl Falcons, SD Chargers) 1968 - Lubomir Kolnik, Skalica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia, Espoo) 1968 - Petr Korda, Prague Czech, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati) 1968 - Todd Scott, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs) 1969 - Brendan Shanahan, Mimico Ont, NHL left wing (Whalers, Red Wings) 1969 - Eric Carter, CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1969 - Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress 1969 - Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer 1970 - Alan Embree, Vancouver WA, pitcher (Cleveland Indians) 1970 - Jim Schwantz, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, SF 49ers) 1970 - Mark Wohlers, Holyoke MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1970 - Marquel Fleetwood, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1970 - Richard Smehlik, Ostrava Cze, NHL defenseman (Buf Sabres, Oly-Gold-98) 1970 - Sherman Obando, Changuinola Panama, outfielder (Montreal Expos) 1971 - Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion) 1971 - James Logan, WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores) 1971 - Julie Foudy, SD Calif, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96) 1971 - Kevin Mawae, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks) 1971 - Mark Grimmette, Ann Arbor Mich, doubles luger (Olympics-1994) 1971 - Lorne Spicer, British TV presenter 1971 - Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and lyricist 1972 - Anthony Peterson, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, SF 49ers) 1972 - Gary Harrell, NFL/WLAF receiver (NY Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy) 1972 - Kez McCorvey, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions) 1972 - Tanya Harding, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1972 - Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor 1972 - Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer 1973 - Mark Kolesar, Minnedosa, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
3102 BCE - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 - In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. 1368 - In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. 1510 - Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity. 1533 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant. 1546 - Having published nothing for eleven years, Franois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. 1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. 1571 - The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1579 - The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1656 - Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. 1719 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1789 - Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) 1793 - Second Partition of Poland: Russia and Prussia partition Poland for the second time. 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. 1855 - The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge. 1870 - In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre. 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
1897 - Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. 1899 - Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic. 1900 - The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat. 1904 - lesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town lesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. 1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. 1912 - The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. 1920 - The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. 1937 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. 1941 - Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. 1943 - World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. 1943 - World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression.
1943 - Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. 1943 - World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. 1945 - World War II: Karl Dnitz launches Operation Hannibal. 1950 - The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. 1958 - Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Prez Jimnez 1960 - The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean. 1961 - The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by foes of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator Antnio de Oliveira Salazar was overthrown. 1963 - Guinea-Bissau War of Independence offially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. 1964 - The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. 1967 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established. 1968 - North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying. 1973 - President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. 1973 - A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland. 1986 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. 1997 - Antonis Daglis, a 23-year-old Greek truck driver is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others. 2002 - "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody. 2002 - Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered . 2003 - Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10. 2009 - Dendermonde nursery attack in Dendermonde, Belgium.
1976 - Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer 1976 - Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler 1979 - Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician (Lordi) 1979 - Larry Hughes, American basketball player 1979 - Juan Rincn, Venezuelan baseball player 1980 - Theresa Kulikowski, Tacoma Wash, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Oly-96) 1981 - Rob Friend, Canadian footballer 1981 - Greg Smith, American UFC fighter 1982 - Wily Mo Pea, Dominican baseball player 1984 - Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer 1985 - Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer 1985 - Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel 1986 - Steven Taylor, English footballer 1987 - Felicia Brandstrm, Swedish singer
1966 - Haywoode Workman, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers) 1966 - Mike Brim, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals) 1966 - Scott Fortune, Newport Beach Calif, volleyballer (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96) 1967 - Christine Parris-Washington, Truro Nova Scotia, softball (Olympics-96) 1967 - Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Oly-gold-1988) 1968 - Eric Metcalf, NFL receiver/running back (Atl Falcons, SD Chargers) 1968 - Lubomir Kolnik, Skalica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia, Espoo) 1968 - Petr Korda, Prague Czech, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati) 1968 - Todd Scott, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs) 1969 - Brendan Shanahan, Mimico Ont, NHL left wing (Whalers, Red Wings) 1969 - Eric Carter, CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1969 - Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress 1969 - Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer 1970 - Alan Embree, Vancouver WA, pitcher (Cleveland Indians) 1970 - Jim Schwantz, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, SF 49ers) 1970 - Mark Wohlers, Holyoke MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1970 - Marquel Fleetwood, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1970 - Richard Smehlik, Ostrava Cze, NHL defenseman (Buf Sabres, Oly-Gold-98) 1970 - Sherman Obando, Changuinola Panama, outfielder (Montreal Expos) 1971 - Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion) 1971 - James Logan, WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores) 1971 - Julie Foudy, SD Calif, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96) 1971 - Kevin Mawae, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks) 1971 - Mark Grimmette, Ann Arbor Mich, doubles luger (Olympics-1994) 1971 - Lorne Spicer, British TV presenter 1971 - Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and lyricist 1972 - Anthony Peterson, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, SF 49ers) 1972 - Gary Harrell, NFL/WLAF receiver (NY Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy) 1972 - Kez McCorvey, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions) 1972 - Tanya Harding, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1972 - Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor 1972 - Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer 1973 - Mark Kolesar, Minnedosa, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
3102 BCE - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 - In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. 1368 - In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. 1510 - Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity. 1533 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant. 1546 - Having published nothing for eleven years, Franois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. 1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. 1571 - The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1579 - The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1656 - Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. 1719 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1789 - Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) 1793 - Second Partition of Poland: Russia and Prussia partition Poland for the second time. 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. 1855 - The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge. 1870 - In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre. 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
1897 - Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. 1899 - Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic. 1900 - The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat. 1904 - lesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town lesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. 1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. 1912 - The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. 1920 - The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. 1937 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. 1941 - Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. 1943 - World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. 1943 - World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression.
1943 - Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. 1943 - World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. 1945 - World War II: Karl Dnitz launches Operation Hannibal. 1950 - The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. 1958 - Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Prez Jimnez 1960 - The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean. 1961 - The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by foes of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator Antnio de Oliveira Salazar was overthrown. 1963 - Guinea-Bissau War of Independence offially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. 1964 - The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. 1967 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established. 1968 - North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying. 1973 - President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. 1973 - A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland. 1986 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. 1997 - Antonis Daglis, a 23-year-old Greek truck driver is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others. 2002 - "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody. 2002 - Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered . 2003 - Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10. 2009 - Dendermonde nursery attack in Dendermonde, Belgium.
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