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Events
- 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
- 1093 - The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
- 1139 - Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
- 1149 - Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
- 1271 - In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
- 1492 - Death of Lorenzo de' Medici, dubbed "The Magnificent", ruler of Florence and patron of arts.
- 1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de León declares Florida a territory of Spain .
- 1730 - Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
- 1767 - Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burma invaders.
- 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean Sea island of Melos.
- 1832 - Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans in the United States.
- 1848 - Battle of Goito, part of the Italian Wars of Independence
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield - United States forces are thwarted by a Confederate States of America army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
- 1866 - Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.
- 1867 - The first World's Fair is inaugurated in Paris.
- 1886 - William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Government Bill 1886 into the British House of Commons.
- 1893 - The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
- 1895 - The Supreme Court of the United States declares income tax to be Constitutionality in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
- 1899 - Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.
- 1904 - The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- 1904 - British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law.
- 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- 1913 - The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of United States Senate, becomes law.
- 1916 - In Corona, California, car racer Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.
- 1918 - World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York, New York's financial district.
- 1929 - Indian Independence Movement: At Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts, and bombs to court arrest.
- 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
- 1940 - World War II: Great Britain and France announce that they have mined Norway territorial waters to prevent their use by Germany supply ships.
- 1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet Union forces open a much-needed railway link to Saint Petersburg.
- 1942 - World War II: the Empire of Japan take Bataan in the Philippines.
- 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilities.
- 1946 - The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
- 1950 - India and Pakistan sign the Pact of Delhi.
- 1952 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide Strike action.
- 1953 - Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's United Kingdom rulers.
- 1957 - The Suez Canal in Egypt is reopened.
- 1960 - The U.S. Senate approves a civil rights bill despite Southern senators' marathon filibuster effort.
- 1973 - 32 terrorist bombings in Cyprus
- 1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves passes Babe Ruth for first place on Major League Baseball all-time home run list. Aaron's record would be broken 33 years later by Barry Bonds.
- 1975 - Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
- 1985 - Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
- 1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over race-charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
- 1989 - South Africa: the Democratic Party (South Africa) is formed from the merger of four parties.
- 1989 - The two Greek Communist parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Synaspismos in Greece.
- 1990 - New Democracy (Greece) wins the national election in Greece.
- 1992 - Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
Births
- 1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
- 1533 - Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (d. 1604)
- 1541 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)
- 1605 - King Philip IV of Spain, (d. 1665)
- 1641 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)
- 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770)
- 1732 - David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796)
- 1842 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)
- 1818 - August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (d. 1892)
- 1818 - King Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)
- 1827 - Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)
- 1859 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938)
- 1865 - Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (d. 1940)
- 1869 - Harvey Cushing, American Neurosurgery (d. 1939)
- 1871 - Clarence Hudson White American photographer (d. 1925)
- 1874 - Stanislaw Taczak, Polish general (d. 1960)
- 1875 - King Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934)
- 1883 - R. P. Keigwin, English academic (d. 1972)
- 1889 - Sir Adrian Boult, British conductor (d. 1983)
- 1892 - Richard Neutra, American architect (d. 1970)
- 1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. 1979)
- 1896 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (d. 1981)
- 1904 - John Hicks, British economist, Nobel Prize in Economics winner (d. 1989)
- 1905 - Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1992)
- 1905 - Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971)
- 1906 - Raoul Jobin, French Canadian tenor (d. 1974)
- 1908 - Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (d. 1987)
- 1910 - George Musso, American football player (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. 1995)
- 1912 - Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi
- 1912 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (d. 1969)
- 1914 - María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
- 1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States
- 1918 - Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. 1992)
- 1919 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
- 1920 - Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. 1994)
- 1921 - Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003)
- 1923 - George Fisher (cartoonist), American cartoonist (d. 2003)
- 1923 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (d. 1997)
- 1924 - Frédéric Back, Canadian short film director and screenwriter
- 1926 - Henry N. Cobb, American architect
- 1926 - Shecky Greene, American comedian
- 1926 - Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian
- 1928 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Walter Berry (opera singer), Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
- 1930 - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma
- 1931 - John Gavin, American actor and politician
- 1933 - Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004)
- 1934 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. 2007)
- 1937 - Seymour Hersh, American journalist
- 1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General
- 1940 - John Havlicek, American basketball player
- 1941 - Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-born American Mickey Mouse Club
- 1941 - The Lennon Sisters, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
- 1941 - Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
- 1942 - Roger Chapman, British rock singer (Family (band), Streetwalkers)
- 1943 - Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, British politician (d. 2006)
- 1943 - Michael Bennett, American dancer/choreographer (d. 1987)
- 1943 - Miller Farr, American football player
- 1944 - Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
- 1945 - Derrick Walker, British racing team owner
- 1946 - Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1946 - Stuart Pankin, American actor
- 1946 - Tim Thomerson, American actor
- 1947 - Tom DeLay, American politician
- 1947 - Steve Howe (guitarist), English guitarist (Yes (band), Asia, GTR (band))
- 1947 - Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
- 1947 - Larry Norman, American singer/songwriter
- 1948 - Michael Leshner, Canadian lawyer and gay rights advocate
- 1949 - John Madden (director), English film director
- 1949 - Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
- 1950 - Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer
- 1954 - Gary Carter, American baseball player
- 1955 - Ricky Bell (running back), American football player (d. 1984)
- 1955 - Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist
- 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
- 1956 - Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
- 1957 - Fred Smerlas, American football player
- 1960 - John Schneider (television actor), American actor
- 1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- 1963 - Julian Lennon, English musician and singer
- 1963 - Alec Stewart, English cricketer
- 1963 - Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. 2007)
- 1964 - Biz Markie, American rapper/disc jockey
- 1965 - Michael Niko Jones, former All Black & New Zealand rugby player
- 1966 - Mark Blundell, British racing driver
- 1966 - Mazinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1966 - Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
- 1966 - Robin Wright Penn, American actress
- 1968 - Patricia Arquette, American actress
- 1968 - Tracy Grammer, American folk singer
- 1970 - Sami Lukis, Australian journalist and television presenter
- 1971 - Chino XL, American rapper
- 1972 - Paul Gray (Slipknot), American bassist (Slipknot (band))
- 1973 - Khaled Badra, Tunisian soccer player
- 1973 - Emma Caulfield, American actress
- 1973 - Alex S. Gonzalez, American baseball player
- 1974 - Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist
- 1975 - Timo Pérez, Dominican baseball player
- 1977 - Mark Spencer, American computer programmer
- 1978 - Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
- 1979 - Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player
- 1979 - Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer (Children of Bodom)
- 1980 - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
- 1980 - Katee Sackhoff, American actress
- 1981 - Brian Burres, American baseball player
- 1982 - Judy Star, Canadian porn star
- 1983 - Allu Arjun, Indian film actor
- 1983 - Adrian Bellani, American actor
- 1984 - Júlia Liptáková, Slovakian model
- 1984 - Taran Noah Smith, American actor
- 1984 - Kirsten Storms, American actress
- 1986 - Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
- 1986 - Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1986 - Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress and model
- 1989 - Hitomi Takahashi (singer), Japanese singer
- 1992 - Shelby Young, American actress
- 2005 - Leah Isadora Behn, member of Norway's Royal Family
Deaths
- 217 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 186)
- 956 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy
- 1143 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
- 1364 - King John II of France (b. 1319)
- 1461 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)
- 1492 - Lorenzo de Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1449)
- 1586 - Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522)
- 1587 - John Foxe, English writer (b. 1516)
- 1691 - Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1611)
- 1697 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. 1629)
- 1704 - Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624)
- 1704 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (b. 1641)
- 1725 - John Wise (clergyman), English clergyman (b. 1652)
- 1735 - Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (b. March 27, 1676)
- 1848 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
- 1857 - Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier
- 1861 - Elisha Otis, American elevator builder (b. 1811)
- 1870 - Charles de Bériot, Belgian composer (b. 1802)
- 1919 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. 1848)
- 1920 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (b. 1884)
- 1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1864)
- 1936 - Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1876)
- 1938 - Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
- 1942 - Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (b. 1880)
- 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (b. 1890)
- 1965 - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
- 1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist and sculptor(b. 1881)
- 1974 - James Charles McGuigan, Catholic archbishop of Toronto (b. 1894)
- 1978 - Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (b. 1894)
- 1981 - Omar Bradley, U.S. general (b. 1893)
- 1984 - Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1894)
- 1985 - J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (b. 1897)
- 1986 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967)
- 1990 - Ryan White, American AIDS activist (b. 1971)
- 1991 - Dead (musician), Norwegian black metal musician (b. 1969)
- 1992 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1907)
- 1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)
- 1994 - François Rozet, French Canadian actor (b. 1899)
- 1996 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (b. 1907)
- 1996 - Ben Johnson (actor), American actor (b. 1918)
- 1996 - León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (b. 1906)
- 1997 - Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (b. 1947)
- 2000 - Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2002 - María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
- 2004 - Bruce Edwards (golf), American golf caddy for Tom Watson (golfer) (b. 1954)
- 2005 - Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2005 - Onna White, Canadian choreographer (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1923)
- 2007 - Sol LeWitt, American artist (b. 1928)
- 2007 - Bill Mescher, American politician (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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Events
- 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
- 1093 - The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
- 1139 - Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
- 1149 - Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
- 1271 - In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers.
- 1492 - Death of Lorenzo de' Medici, dubbed "The Magnificent", ruler of Florence and patron of arts.
- 1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de León declares Florida a territory of Spain .
- 1730 - Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
- 1767 - Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burma invaders.
- 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean Sea island of Melos.
- 1832 - Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans in the United States.
- 1848 - Battle of Goito, part of the Italian Wars of Independence
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield - United States forces are thwarted by a Confederate States of America army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
- 1866 - Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.
- 1867 - The first World's Fair is inaugurated in Paris.
- 1886 - William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Government Bill 1886 into the British House of Commons.
- 1893 - The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
- 1895 - The Supreme Court of the United States declares income tax to be Constitutionality in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
- 1899 - Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair.
- 1904 - The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- 1904 - British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law.
- 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- 1913 - The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of United States Senate, becomes law.
- 1916 - In Corona, California, car racer Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.
- 1918 - World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York, New York's financial district.
- 1929 - Indian Independence Movement: At Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts, and bombs to court arrest.
- 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
- 1940 - World War II: Great Britain and France announce that they have mined Norway territorial waters to prevent their use by Germany supply ships.
- 1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad - Soviet Union forces open a much-needed railway link to Saint Petersburg.
- 1942 - World War II: the Empire of Japan take Bataan in the Philippines.
- 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilities.
- 1946 - The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.
- 1950 - India and Pakistan sign the Pact of Delhi.
- 1952 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide Strike action.
- 1953 - Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's United Kingdom rulers.
- 1957 - The Suez Canal in Egypt is reopened.
- 1960 - The U.S. Senate approves a civil rights bill despite Southern senators' marathon filibuster effort.
- 1973 - 32 terrorist bombings in Cyprus
- 1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves passes Babe Ruth for first place on Major League Baseball all-time home run list. Aaron's record would be broken 33 years later by Barry Bonds.
- 1975 - Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
- 1985 - Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
- 1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over race-charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
- 1989 - South Africa: the Democratic Party (South Africa) is formed from the merger of four parties.
- 1989 - The two Greek Communist parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Synaspismos in Greece.
- 1990 - New Democracy (Greece) wins the national election in Greece.
- 1992 - Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
Births
- 1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
- 1533 - Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (d. 1604)
- 1541 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)
- 1605 - King Philip IV of Spain, (d. 1665)
- 1641 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)
- 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770)
- 1732 - David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796)
- 1842 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)
- 1818 - August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (d. 1892)
- 1818 - King Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)
- 1827 - Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)
- 1859 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938)
- 1865 - Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (d. 1940)
- 1869 - Harvey Cushing, American Neurosurgery (d. 1939)
- 1871 - Clarence Hudson White American photographer (d. 1925)
- 1874 - Stanislaw Taczak, Polish general (d. 1960)
- 1875 - King Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934)
- 1883 - R. P. Keigwin, English academic (d. 1972)
- 1889 - Sir Adrian Boult, British conductor (d. 1983)
- 1892 - Richard Neutra, American architect (d. 1970)
- 1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. 1979)
- 1896 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (d. 1981)
- 1904 - John Hicks, British economist, Nobel Prize in Economics winner (d. 1989)
- 1905 - Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1992)
- 1905 - Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971)
- 1906 - Raoul Jobin, French Canadian tenor (d. 1974)
- 1908 - Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (d. 1987)
- 1910 - George Musso, American football player (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. 1995)
- 1912 - Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi
- 1912 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (d. 1969)
- 1914 - María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
- 1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States
- 1918 - Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. 1992)
- 1919 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
- 1920 - Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. 1994)
- 1921 - Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003)
- 1923 - George Fisher (cartoonist), American cartoonist (d. 2003)
- 1923 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (d. 1997)
- 1924 - Frédéric Back, Canadian short film director and screenwriter
- 1926 - Henry N. Cobb, American architect
- 1926 - Shecky Greene, American comedian
- 1926 - Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian
- 1928 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Walter Berry (opera singer), Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
- 1930 - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma
- 1931 - John Gavin, American actor and politician
- 1933 - Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004)
- 1934 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. 2007)
- 1937 - Seymour Hersh, American journalist
- 1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General
- 1940 - John Havlicek, American basketball player
- 1941 - Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-born American Mickey Mouse Club
- 1941 - The Lennon Sisters, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
- 1941 - Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
- 1942 - Roger Chapman, British rock singer (Family (band), Streetwalkers)
- 1943 - Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, British politician (d. 2006)
- 1943 - Michael Bennett, American dancer/choreographer (d. 1987)
- 1943 - Miller Farr, American football player
- 1944 - Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
- 1945 - Derrick Walker, British racing team owner
- 1946 - Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1946 - Stuart Pankin, American actor
- 1946 - Tim Thomerson, American actor
- 1947 - Tom DeLay, American politician
- 1947 - Steve Howe (guitarist), English guitarist (Yes (band), Asia, GTR (band))
- 1947 - Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
- 1947 - Larry Norman, American singer/songwriter
- 1948 - Michael Leshner, Canadian lawyer and gay rights advocate
- 1949 - John Madden (director), English film director
- 1949 - Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
- 1950 - Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer
- 1954 - Gary Carter, American baseball player
- 1955 - Ricky Bell (running back), American football player (d. 1984)
- 1955 - Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist
- 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
- 1956 - Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
- 1957 - Fred Smerlas, American football player
- 1960 - John Schneider (television actor), American actor
- 1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- 1963 - Julian Lennon, English musician and singer
- 1963 - Alec Stewart, English cricketer
- 1963 - Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. 2007)
- 1964 - Biz Markie, American rapper/disc jockey
- 1965 - Michael Niko Jones, former All Black & New Zealand rugby player
- 1966 - Mark Blundell, British racing driver
- 1966 - Mazinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1966 - Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
- 1966 - Robin Wright Penn, American actress
- 1968 - Patricia Arquette, American actress
- 1968 - Tracy Grammer, American folk singer
- 1970 - Sami Lukis, Australian journalist and television presenter
- 1971 - Chino XL, American rapper
- 1972 - Paul Gray (Slipknot), American bassist (Slipknot (band))
- 1973 - Khaled Badra, Tunisian soccer player
- 1973 - Emma Caulfield, American actress
- 1973 - Alex S. Gonzalez, American baseball player
- 1974 - Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist
- 1975 - Timo Pérez, Dominican baseball player
- 1977 - Mark Spencer, American computer programmer
- 1978 - Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
- 1979 - Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player
- 1979 - Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer (Children of Bodom)
- 1980 - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
- 1980 - Katee Sackhoff, American actress
- 1981 - Brian Burres, American baseball player
- 1982 - Judy Star, Canadian porn star
- 1983 - Allu Arjun, Indian film actor
- 1983 - Adrian Bellani, American actor
- 1984 - Júlia Liptáková, Slovakian model
- 1984 - Taran Noah Smith, American actor
- 1984 - Kirsten Storms, American actress
- 1986 - Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
- 1986 - Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1986 - Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress and model
- 1989 - Hitomi Takahashi (singer), Japanese singer
- 1992 - Shelby Young, American actress
- 2005 - Leah Isadora Behn, member of Norway's Royal Family
Deaths
- 217 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 186)
- 956 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy
- 1143 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
- 1364 - King John II of France (b. 1319)
- 1461 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)
- 1492 - Lorenzo de Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1449)
- 1586 - Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522)
- 1587 - John Foxe, English writer (b. 1516)
- 1691 - Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1611)
- 1697 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. 1629)
- 1704 - Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624)
- 1704 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (b. 1641)
- 1725 - John Wise (clergyman), English clergyman (b. 1652)
- 1735 - Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (b. March 27, 1676)
- 1848 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
- 1857 - Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier
- 1861 - Elisha Otis, American elevator builder (b. 1811)
- 1870 - Charles de Bériot, Belgian composer (b. 1802)
- 1919 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. 1848)
- 1920 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (b. 1884)
- 1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1864)
- 1936 - Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1876)
- 1938 - Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
- 1942 - Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (b. 1880)
- 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (b. 1890)
- 1965 - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
- 1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist and sculptor(b. 1881)
- 1974 - James Charles McGuigan, Catholic archbishop of Toronto (b. 1894)
- 1978 - Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (b. 1894)
- 1981 - Omar Bradley, U.S. general (b. 1893)
- 1984 - Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1894)
- 1985 - J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (b. 1897)
- 1986 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967)
- 1990 - Ryan White, American AIDS activist (b. 1971)
- 1991 - Dead (musician), Norwegian black metal musician (b. 1969)
- 1992 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1907)
- 1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)
- 1994 - François Rozet, French Canadian actor (b. 1899)
- 1996 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (b. 1907)
- 1996 - Ben Johnson (actor), American actor (b. 1918)
- 1996 - León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (b. 1906)
- 1997 - Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (b. 1947)
- 2000 - Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2002 - María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
- 2004 - Bruce Edwards (golf), American golf caddy for Tom Watson (golfer) (b. 1954)
- 2005 - Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2005 - Onna White, Canadian choreographer (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1923)
- 2007 - Sol LeWitt, American artist (b. 1928)
- 2007 - Bill Mescher, American politician (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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