Famous people who were born and died on the date you were born.
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HBK-aholic
Shawn Michaels ❤
I was born on my birthday, who else matters?
The Hiphopapotamus
The Dude abides
david beckham
Shadowmancer
I am The Last Baron
Births
# 1795 – John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
# 1930 – Michael Collins, American astronaut
# 1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor
# 1949 – Bob Siebenberg, American drummer (Supertramp)
# 1950 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
# 1951 – Nick Saban, American college football coach
# 1959 – Neal Stephenson, American author
# 1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
# 1961 – Larry Mullen, Irish drummer (U2)
# 1963 – Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician, drummer for Motörhead
# 1963 – Johnny Marr, English guitarist and songwriter (The Smiths, Modest Mouse)
# 1970 – Linn Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
Deaths
# 1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b. 1874)
# 1987 – Joseph Campbell, American author and expert on mythology (b. 1904)
# 1993 – River Phoenix, American actor (b. 1970)
Famous Events
# 475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
# 1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
# 1863 – The Maori Wars resumes as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
# 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
# 1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba – "last successful cavalry charge in history".
# 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Britain ends – the United Kingdom prevents a German invasion.
# 1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Tomb.
# 2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
# 1795 – John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
# 1930 – Michael Collins, American astronaut
# 1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor
# 1949 – Bob Siebenberg, American drummer (Supertramp)
# 1950 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
# 1951 – Nick Saban, American college football coach
# 1959 – Neal Stephenson, American author
# 1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
# 1961 – Larry Mullen, Irish drummer (U2)
# 1963 – Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician, drummer for Motörhead
# 1963 – Johnny Marr, English guitarist and songwriter (The Smiths, Modest Mouse)
# 1970 – Linn Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
Deaths
# 1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b. 1874)
# 1987 – Joseph Campbell, American author and expert on mythology (b. 1904)
# 1993 – River Phoenix, American actor (b. 1970)
Famous Events
# 475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
# 1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
# 1863 – The Maori Wars resumes as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
# 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
# 1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba – "last successful cavalry charge in history".
# 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Britain ends – the United Kingdom prevents a German invasion.
# 1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Tomb.
# 2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
The Hiphopapotamus
The Dude abides
And The Fucking Rock I just found out.
Then there's brian lara, Zat knight, and lily allen.
Then there's brian lara, Zat knight, and lily allen.
Shadowmancer
I am The Last Baron
Brian lara FTW
Mantaur Rodeo Clown
X-Pac Rules
If Owen hart wasnt enough for you, which it clearly isnt, how about:
1972 – Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist
1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
Swan Lake Mo'fugger
It occured to me that it would have been May the 6th in america when I was born, so how about:
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)
1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)
I hardly know who those last two people are. It's all creek to me. Whoops freudian.
1972 – Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist
1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
Swan Lake Mo'fugger
It occured to me that it would have been May the 6th in america when I was born, so how about:
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)
1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)
I hardly know who those last two people are. It's all creek to me. Whoops freudian.
Births
1930 – Clint Eastwood, American film director and actor
1943 – Joe Namath, American football player
1948 – John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
1949 – Tom Berenger, American actor
1961 – Lea Thompson, American actress
1964 – Darryl McDaniels, American musician (Run-D.M.C.)
1965 – Brooke Shields, American actress and supermodel
1967 – Vampiro, Canadian professional wrestler
1976 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor
1981 – Jake Peavy, American baseball player
No major deaths on mine
1930 – Clint Eastwood, American film director and actor
1943 – Joe Namath, American football player
1948 – John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
1949 – Tom Berenger, American actor
1961 – Lea Thompson, American actress
1964 – Darryl McDaniels, American musician (Run-D.M.C.)
1965 – Brooke Shields, American actress and supermodel
1967 – Vampiro, Canadian professional wrestler
1976 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor
1981 – Jake Peavy, American baseball player
No major deaths on mine
Viola Moonlight
I'm Literally Just Here for WZCW
secret titan
Death from above
1803 – Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist
1921 - Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1971 – Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
1972 – Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1979 – Jayceon "The Game" Taylor, American rapper
1982 – Ashley Force, American race car driver ----- good looking too!
Oh, yeah I forgot to add Jerry Lawler.
1921 - Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1971 – Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
1972 – Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1979 – Jayceon "The Game" Taylor, American rapper
1982 – Ashley Force, American race car driver ----- good looking too!
Oh, yeah I forgot to add Jerry Lawler.
TheBigRedMember
Dark Match Jobber
King Patrick Star
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January 12
Births
1483 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (d. 1538)
1562 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. 1660)
1577 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)
1580 – Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)
1591 – José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
1597 – François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
1628 – Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
1715 – Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789)
1716 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
1721 – Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
1723 – Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)
1729 – Edmund Burke, Irish statesman (d. 1797)
1737 – John Hancock, American statesman (d. 1793)
1746 – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. 1827)
1751 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
1772 – Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
1786 – Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855)
1792 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)
1797 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)
1810 – King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
1822 – Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900)
1849 – Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)
1852 – Joseph Joffre, French general (d. 1931)
1856 – John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. 1925)
1860 – Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)
1863 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902)
1873 – Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940)
1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
1876 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
1877 – Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)
1878 – Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (d. 1952)
1879 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968)
1882 – Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
1884 – Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933)
1892 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1976)
1893 – Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
1893 – Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
1894 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
1896 – David Wechsler, American psychologist (d. 1981)
1899 – Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979)
1899 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1903 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
1904 – Fred McDowell, American blues musician (d. 1972)
1905 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997)
1905 – Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. 1974)
1906 – Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (d. 1942)
1906 – Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
1907 – Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. 1981)
1907 – Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
1908 – Jean Delannoy, French film director (d. 2008)
1908 – Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
1910 – Luise Rainer, German actress
1915 – Paul Jarrico, American writer (d. 1997)
1915 – Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Catholic archbishop of Ottawa
1916 – Pieter Willem Botha, South African politician (d. 2006)
1916 – Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006)
1916 – William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999)
1917 – Walter Hendl, American conductor (d. 2007)
1917 – Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (d. 2007)
1917 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
1920 – James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist (d. 1999)
1920 – Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist (d. 2009)
1922 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and art historian (d. 1994)
1923 – Ira Hayes, US Marine (d. 1955)
1924 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)
1924 – Grethe Holmer, Danish actress (d. 2004)
1925 – Bill Burrud, American television host (d. 1990)
1925 – Scottie MacGregor, American actress
1925 – Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008)
1926 – Morton Feldman, American composer
1926 – Ray Price, American singer
1928 – Ruth Brown, American singer (d. 2006)
1928 – Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver
1929 – Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottis-born American philosopher
1930 – Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974)
1930 – Glenn Yarborough, American singer
1932 – Des O'Connor, British television presenter
1933 – Michael Aspel, English broadcaster
1934 – Mick Sullivan, English rugby league footballer
1935 – Kreskin, American mentalist
1935 – Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress
1936 – Raimonds Pauls, Latvian Composer
1937 – Marie Dubois, French actress
1937 – Shirley Eaton, British actress
1937 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. 2002)
1938 – Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
1941 – Long John Baldry, British blues singer (d. 2005)
1942 – Bernardine Dohrn, former leader of the radical leftist organization Weather Underground
1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer
1944 – Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate
1944 – Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian chess player
1944 – Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
1944 – Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
1945 – Maggie Bell, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows)
1946 – Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure
1946 – George Duke, American musician
1946 – Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
1948 – Kenny Allen, English footballer
1948 – Anthony Andrews, English actor
1948 – Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (d. 2001)
1948 – William Nicholson, English writer
1949 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
1949 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager
1949 – Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
1949 – Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist
1949 – Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director
1950 – Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician
1950 – Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician
1950 – Bob McEwen, American politician
1950 – Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
1950 – Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992)
1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress
1951 – Ann Althouse, American law professor
1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality and political commentator
1952 – Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author
1952 – Walter Mosley, American author
1952 – John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner
1954 – Howard Stern, American radio personality
1955 – Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter
1957 – John Lasseter, American animation director
1958 – Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach
1959 – Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
1959 – Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
1959 – Nick Nairn, British celebrity chef
1960 – Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
1960 – Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
1962 – Luna Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler
1963 – François Girard, French-Canadian film director and screenwriter
1963 – Jon King, Pornographic actor
1964 – Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur
1964 – Laura Gildemeister, Argentine tennis player
1965 – Mark Moore, British record producer
1965 – Rob Zombie, American musician and film director (White Zombie, Solo)
1966 – Olivier Martinez, French actor
1967 – Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel
1968 – Keith Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
1968 – Rachael Harris, American actress
1968 – Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
1968 – Heather Mills, British activist and model
1968 – Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
1969 – Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer
1969 – Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer
1970 – Raekwon, American rapper
1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
1970 – Mig Ayesa, Australian musician
1971 – Scott Burrell, American basketball player
1972 – Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
1972 – Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player
1972 – Jason Sklar, American comedian
1972 – Randy Sklar, American comedian
1973 – Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay)
1973 – Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1973 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer
1974 – Melanie Chisholm, British singer
1974 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier
1975 – Jason Freese, American musician
1975 – Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
1977 – Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
1977 – Cade McNown, American football player
1977 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor
1978 – Amerie, American singer and songwriter
1978 – Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher
1978 – Jeremy Camp, American musician
1978 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1978 – Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress
1978 – Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris)
1979 - King Patrick
1979 – Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
1979 – Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
1979 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
1980 – Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
1981 – Dan Klecko, American football player
1982 – Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer
1982 – Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
1982 – Chris Ray, American baseball player
1982 – Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
1982 – Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
1982 – Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
1984 – Scott Olsen, American baseball player
1985 – Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
1985 – Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
1986 – Kieron Richardson, English actor
1987 – Will Rothhaar, American actor
1987 – Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
1988 – Chris Casement, Irish footballer
1988 – Andrew Lawrence, American actor
1990 – Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
1992 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
1993 – Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
1995 – Laurel McGoff, American singer
1998 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
Deaths
690 – Benedict Biscop, saint (b. 628)
1167 – Ailred of Rievaulx, saint (b. 1110)
1321 – Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
1519 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
1665 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)
1674 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605)
1700 – Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)
1705 – Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
1732 – John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)
1735 – John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
1759 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
1765 – Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696)
1777 – Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
1781 – Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)
1817 – Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
1829 – Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (b. 1772)
1833 – Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
1834 – William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
1856 – Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)
1892 – William Reeves, bishop, antiquarian (b. 1815)
1897 – Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)
1899 – Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)
1909 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)
1921 – Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
1926 – Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)
1934 – Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. 1887)
1938 – Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1890)
1940 – Edward Smith, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1899)
1943 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1902)
1944 – Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
1956 – Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894)
1958 – Charles Mallory Hatfield, U.S. rainmaker (b. 1875)
1960 – Nevil Shute, English writer (b. 1899)
1962 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (b. 1869)
1965 – Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (b. 1936)
1974 – Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
1976 – Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
1977 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1983 – Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)
1983 – Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903)
1988 – Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
1990 – Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-born educator et writer (b. 1919)
1991 – Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (b. 1904)
1996 – Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
1997 – Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)
1997 – Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1901)
1999 – Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. 1914)
1999 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
2000 – Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
2000 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2001 – Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975)
2001 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
2001 – William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. 1913)
2002 – Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911)
2002 – Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
2003 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
2003 – Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930)
2003 – Brandon Vedas (b. 1981)
2003 – Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926)
2003 – Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
2003 – Allan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911)
2004 – Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
2004 – Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2005 – Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003)
2005 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
2005 – Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)
2007 – Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
2007 – Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2009 – Claude Berri, French movie director (b. 1934)
2009 – Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
Births
1483 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (d. 1538)
1562 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. 1660)
1577 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)
1580 – Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)
1591 – José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
1597 – François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
1628 – Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
1715 – Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789)
1716 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
1721 – Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
1723 – Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)
1729 – Edmund Burke, Irish statesman (d. 1797)
1737 – John Hancock, American statesman (d. 1793)
1746 – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. 1827)
1751 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
1772 – Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
1786 – Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855)
1792 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)
1797 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)
1810 – King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
1822 – Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900)
1849 – Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)
1852 – Joseph Joffre, French general (d. 1931)
1856 – John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. 1925)
1860 – Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)
1863 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902)
1873 – Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940)
1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
1876 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
1877 – Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)
1878 – Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (d. 1952)
1879 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968)
1882 – Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
1884 – Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933)
1892 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1976)
1893 – Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
1893 – Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
1894 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
1896 – David Wechsler, American psychologist (d. 1981)
1899 – Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979)
1899 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1903 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
1904 – Fred McDowell, American blues musician (d. 1972)
1905 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997)
1905 – Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. 1974)
1906 – Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (d. 1942)
1906 – Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
1907 – Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. 1981)
1907 – Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
1908 – Jean Delannoy, French film director (d. 2008)
1908 – Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
1910 – Luise Rainer, German actress
1915 – Paul Jarrico, American writer (d. 1997)
1915 – Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Catholic archbishop of Ottawa
1916 – Pieter Willem Botha, South African politician (d. 2006)
1916 – Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006)
1916 – William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999)
1917 – Walter Hendl, American conductor (d. 2007)
1917 – Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (d. 2007)
1917 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
1920 – James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist (d. 1999)
1920 – Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist (d. 2009)
1922 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and art historian (d. 1994)
1923 – Ira Hayes, US Marine (d. 1955)
1924 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)
1924 – Grethe Holmer, Danish actress (d. 2004)
1925 – Bill Burrud, American television host (d. 1990)
1925 – Scottie MacGregor, American actress
1925 – Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008)
1926 – Morton Feldman, American composer
1926 – Ray Price, American singer
1928 – Ruth Brown, American singer (d. 2006)
1928 – Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver
1929 – Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottis-born American philosopher
1930 – Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974)
1930 – Glenn Yarborough, American singer
1932 – Des O'Connor, British television presenter
1933 – Michael Aspel, English broadcaster
1934 – Mick Sullivan, English rugby league footballer
1935 – Kreskin, American mentalist
1935 – Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress
1936 – Raimonds Pauls, Latvian Composer
1937 – Marie Dubois, French actress
1937 – Shirley Eaton, British actress
1937 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. 2002)
1938 – Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
1941 – Long John Baldry, British blues singer (d. 2005)
1942 – Bernardine Dohrn, former leader of the radical leftist organization Weather Underground
1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer
1944 – Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate
1944 – Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian chess player
1944 – Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
1944 – Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
1945 – Maggie Bell, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows)
1946 – Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure
1946 – George Duke, American musician
1946 – Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
1948 – Kenny Allen, English footballer
1948 – Anthony Andrews, English actor
1948 – Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (d. 2001)
1948 – William Nicholson, English writer
1949 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
1949 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager
1949 – Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
1949 – Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist
1949 – Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director
1950 – Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician
1950 – Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician
1950 – Bob McEwen, American politician
1950 – Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
1950 – Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992)
1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress
1951 – Ann Althouse, American law professor
1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality and political commentator
1952 – Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author
1952 – Walter Mosley, American author
1952 – John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner
1954 – Howard Stern, American radio personality
1955 – Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter
1957 – John Lasseter, American animation director
1958 – Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach
1959 – Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
1959 – Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
1959 – Nick Nairn, British celebrity chef
1960 – Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
1960 – Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
1962 – Luna Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler
1963 – François Girard, French-Canadian film director and screenwriter
1963 – Jon King, Pornographic actor
1964 – Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur
1964 – Laura Gildemeister, Argentine tennis player
1965 – Mark Moore, British record producer
1965 – Rob Zombie, American musician and film director (White Zombie, Solo)
1966 – Olivier Martinez, French actor
1967 – Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel
1968 – Keith Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
1968 – Rachael Harris, American actress
1968 – Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
1968 – Heather Mills, British activist and model
1968 – Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
1969 – Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer
1969 – Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer
1970 – Raekwon, American rapper
1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
1970 – Mig Ayesa, Australian musician
1971 – Scott Burrell, American basketball player
1972 – Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
1972 – Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player
1972 – Jason Sklar, American comedian
1972 – Randy Sklar, American comedian
1973 – Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay)
1973 – Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1973 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer
1974 – Melanie Chisholm, British singer
1974 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier
1975 – Jason Freese, American musician
1975 – Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
1977 – Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
1977 – Cade McNown, American football player
1977 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor
1978 – Amerie, American singer and songwriter
1978 – Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher
1978 – Jeremy Camp, American musician
1978 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1978 – Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress
1978 – Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris)
1979 - King Patrick
1979 – Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
1979 – Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
1979 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
1980 – Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
1981 – Dan Klecko, American football player
1982 – Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer
1982 – Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
1982 – Chris Ray, American baseball player
1982 – Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
1982 – Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
1982 – Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
1984 – Scott Olsen, American baseball player
1985 – Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
1985 – Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
1986 – Kieron Richardson, English actor
1987 – Will Rothhaar, American actor
1987 – Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
1988 – Chris Casement, Irish footballer
1988 – Andrew Lawrence, American actor
1990 – Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
1992 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
1993 – Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
1995 – Laurel McGoff, American singer
1998 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
Deaths
690 – Benedict Biscop, saint (b. 628)
1167 – Ailred of Rievaulx, saint (b. 1110)
1321 – Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
1519 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
1665 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)
1674 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605)
1700 – Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)
1705 – Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
1732 – John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)
1735 – John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
1759 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
1765 – Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696)
1777 – Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
1781 – Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)
1817 – Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
1829 – Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (b. 1772)
1833 – Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
1834 – William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
1856 – Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)
1892 – William Reeves, bishop, antiquarian (b. 1815)
1897 – Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)
1899 – Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)
1909 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)
1921 – Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
1926 – Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)
1934 – Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. 1887)
1938 – Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1890)
1940 – Edward Smith, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1899)
1943 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1902)
1944 – Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
1956 – Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894)
1958 – Charles Mallory Hatfield, U.S. rainmaker (b. 1875)
1960 – Nevil Shute, English writer (b. 1899)
1962 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (b. 1869)
1965 – Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (b. 1936)
1974 – Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
1976 – Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
1977 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1983 – Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)
1983 – Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903)
1988 – Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
1990 – Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-born educator et writer (b. 1919)
1991 – Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (b. 1904)
1996 – Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
1997 – Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)
1997 – Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1901)
1999 – Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. 1914)
1999 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
2000 – Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
2000 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2001 – Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975)
2001 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
2001 – William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. 1913)
2002 – Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911)
2002 – Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
2003 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
2003 – Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930)
2003 – Brandon Vedas (b. 1981)
2003 – Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926)
2003 – Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
2003 – Allan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911)
2004 – Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
2004 – Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2005 – Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003)
2005 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
2005 – Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)
2007 – Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
2007 – Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2009 – Claude Berri, French movie director (b. 1934)
2009 – Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
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K. O. T. R. 2007 - Team Undisputed
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Births
1452 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
1667 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1733 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1740 – Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
1752 – Samuel Smith, American politician (d. 1839)
1768 – Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1773 – Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
1777 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
1777 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
1781 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
1784 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 – Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
1824 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
1833 – Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
1835 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
1848 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
1853 – Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
1857 – José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
1866 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
1867 – Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
1870 – Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
1877 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
1879 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
1881 – Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
1882 – Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
1886 – Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
1889 – Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972)
1896 – Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
1903 – Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1903 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
1905 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1906 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
1906 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (d. 2000)
1908 – Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
1910 – Julien Gracq, French writer (d. 2007)
1911 – Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist (d. 1981)
1913 – Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
1913 – George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
1915 – Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (d. 1982)
1915 – Josef Priller, German fighter pilot (d. 1961)
1916 – Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (d. 2007)
1916 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 – Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1918 – Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
1921 – Émile Genest, Quebec actor (d. 2003)
1922 – Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
1922 – Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
1923 – Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
1924 – Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
1927 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician
1928 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
1929 – Jack Higgins, British novelist
1930 – Shirley Williams, British politician
1931 – Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
1931 – Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
1933 – Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (d. 1995)
1933 – Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
1935 – Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1936 – J. Robert Hooper, American politician
1937 – Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)
1938 – Isabelle Aubret, French singer
1938 – Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator (d. 2008)
1939 – Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
1940 – Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1941 – Christian Boesch, Austrian baritone
1942 – Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1942 – John Pleshette, American actor
1942 – Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
1944 – Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003)
1944 – Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
1944 – Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter
1946 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor
1947 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
1948 – Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
1948 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1949 – André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player
1949 – Maureen McGovern, American singer
1950 – Simon Jones, English actor
1952 – Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
1953 – Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
1954 – G. S. Bali, Indian politician
1954 – Philippe Alliot, French racecar driver
1955 - King Reggie
1955 – Cat Bauer, American novelist
1955 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
1956 – Carol Leifer, American actress
1957 – Bill Engvall, American comedian
1957 – Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
1958 – Christopher Dean, English figure skater
1959 – Hugh Green, American football player
1959 – Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1962 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
1963 – Karrin Allyson, American Jazz musician & songstress
1963 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong film actor
1964 – Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera)
1965 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
1967 – Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1967 – Sasha Mitchell, American actor
1967 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
1967 – Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Neil Smith, Former England cricketer
1968 – Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
1968 – Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
1968 – Julian McMahon, Australian actor
1968 – Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
1969 – Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
1969 – Timo Maas, German electronica DJ
1969 – Triple H, American professional wrestler
1969 – Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
1970 – Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
1972 – Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
1972 – Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
1972 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in space
1973 – Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones)
1973 – Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league footballer
1973 – Erik Nijs, Belgian long jumper
1974 – Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
1974 – Pete Yorn, American musician
1975 – Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
1975 – Fred Mascherino, American musician
1975 – Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
1975 – Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1976 – Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
1977 – Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean comic book artist
1978 – Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Cork Hurler
1979 – Shannon Moore, American wrestler
1979 – Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1980 – Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
1980 – Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
1981 – Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
1981 – Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
1983 – Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
1985 – Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress
1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
1986 – Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
1986 – Ryan Griffen, Australian rules footballer
1988 – Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
1989 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
1990 – Cheyenne Kimball, American musician
1990 – Nick Hogan, American reality TV star
1990 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress
1994 – Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor
2000 – Kali Rodriguez, American actress
2008 - Prince Kai
Deaths
1101 – Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276 – King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
1656 – Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
1675 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
1759 – Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1770 – Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814)
1844 – John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
1863 – William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1876 – Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811)
1883 – Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813)
1917 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)
1924 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866)
1931 – Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
1934 – Hubert Lyautey, French army general and marshal (b. 1854)
1941 – Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
1946 – Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
1948 – Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (b. 1898)
1948 – Joe Tinker, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1880)
1958 – Claire Chennault, American military leader (b. 1893)
1962 – Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
1962 – James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
1965 – Henri Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901)
1968 – Babe Adams, baseball player (b. 1882)
1970 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
1971 – Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
1978 – Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
1980 – Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
1981 – William Wyler, French-born film director (b. 1902)
1984 – James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
1985 – Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
1987 – Travis Jackson, baseball player (b. 1903)
1988 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
1990 – Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
1992 – Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
1993 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
1994 – Kevin Carter, Photographer (b. 1960)
1995 – Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1907)
1995 – Rick Ferrell, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1905)
1998 – Binnie Barnes, British actress (b. 1903)
1999 – Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
1999 – Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
2000 – Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
2001 – Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
2001 – Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2003 – Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
2003 – Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903)
2005 – Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)
2006 – Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925)
2007 – Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
2008 – Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
2008 – Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
2008 – Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican Businessman (b. 1923)
Births
1452 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)
1667 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
1733 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
1740 – Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)
1752 – Samuel Smith, American politician (d. 1839)
1768 – Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1773 – Jakob Aall, Norwegian journalist and statesman (d. 1844)
1777 – Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (d. 1844)
1777 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
1781 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
1784 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (d. 1839)
1812 – Thomas Clingman, American Confederate general (d. 1897)
1824 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
1833 – Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
1835 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
1848 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (d. 1919)
1853 – Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (d. 1921)
1857 – José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
1866 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
1867 – Enrique Granados, Spanish composer (d. 1916)
1870 – Hilaire Belloc, English writer (d. 1953)
1877 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1960)
1879 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1960)
1881 – Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
1882 – Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (d. 1965)
1886 – Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970)
1889 – Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1972)
1896 – Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
1903 – Nikolai Cherkasov, Russian actor (d. 1966)
1903 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician (d. 2002)
1905 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1906 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian physiologist and neurologist (d. 1999)
1906 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (d. 2000)
1908 – Joseph Mitchell, American writer (d. 1996)
1910 – Julien Gracq, French writer (d. 2007)
1911 – Rayner Heppenstall, British novelist (d. 1981)
1913 – Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
1913 – George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
1915 – Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (d. 1982)
1915 – Josef Priller, German fighter pilot (d. 1961)
1916 – Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (d. 2007)
1916 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 – Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1918 – Leonard Rose, American cellist (d. 1984)
1921 – Émile Genest, Quebec actor (d. 2003)
1922 – Norman Lear, American television writer and producer
1922 – Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (d. 1986)
1923 – Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
1924 – Vincent Canby, American film critic (d. 2000)
1927 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician
1928 – Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
1929 – Jack Higgins, British novelist
1930 – Shirley Williams, British politician
1931 – Jerry Van Dyke, American actor
1931 – Khieu Samphan, Cambodian politician
1933 – Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer (d. 1995)
1933 – Nick Reynolds, American folk singer
1935 – Billy McCullough, Northern Irish footballer
1936 – J. Robert Hooper, American politician
1937 – Don Galloway, American actor (d. 2009)
1938 – Isabelle Aubret, French singer
1938 – Gary Gygax, American role-playing game creator (d. 2008)
1939 – Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet
1940 – Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1941 – Christian Boesch, Austrian baritone
1942 – Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1942 – John Pleshette, American actor
1942 – Édith Butler, Canadian singer and songwriter
1944 – Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003)
1944 – Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist
1944 – Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter
1946 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor
1947 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
1948 – Betty Thomas, American actor and film director
1948 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1949 – André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player
1949 – Maureen McGovern, American singer
1950 – Simon Jones, English actor
1952 – Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
1953 – Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
1954 – G. S. Bali, Indian politician
1954 – Philippe Alliot, French racecar driver
1955 - King Reggie
1955 – Cat Bauer, American novelist
1955 – Allan Border, Australian cricketer
1956 – Carol Leifer, American actress
1957 – Bill Engvall, American comedian
1957 – Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler
1958 – Christopher Dean, English figure skater
1959 – Hugh Green, American football player
1959 – Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1962 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (d. 2005)
1963 – Karrin Allyson, American Jazz musician & songstress
1963 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong film actor
1964 – Rex Brown, American musician (Pantera)
1965 – José Luis Chilavert, Paraguayan footballer
1967 – Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1967 – Sasha Mitchell, American actor
1967 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
1967 – Craig Wolanin, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Neil Smith, Former England cricketer
1968 – Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
1968 – Tom Goodwin, American baseball player
1968 – Julian McMahon, Australian actor
1968 – Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One driver
1969 – Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian actress
1969 – Timo Maas, German electronica DJ
1969 – Triple H, American professional wrestler
1969 – Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer
1970 – Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
1972 – Jill Arrington, American sports reporter
1972 – Takako Fuji, Japanese actress
1972 – Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
1972 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, first Malaysian in space
1973 – Abe Cunningham, American musician (Deftones)
1973 – Gorden Tallis, Australian rugby league footballer
1973 – Erik Nijs, Belgian long jumper
1974 – Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
1974 – Pete Yorn, American musician
1975 – Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player
1975 – Fred Mascherino, American musician
1975 – Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player
1975 – Alessandro Pistone, Italian footballer
1976 – Scott Mason, Australian cricketer (d. 2005)
1977 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
1977 – Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean comic book artist
1978 – Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Cork Hurler
1979 – Shannon Moore, American wrestler
1979 – Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
1980 – Nick Nemeth, American professional wrestler
1980 – Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
1981 – Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
1981 – Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
1983 – Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
1985 – Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress
1985 – Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor
1986 – Courtney Kupets, American gymnast
1986 – Ryan Griffen, Australian rules footballer
1988 – Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
1989 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
1990 – Cheyenne Kimball, American musician
1990 – Nick Hogan, American reality TV star
1990 – Indiana Evans, Australian actress
1994 – Spencer Achtymichuk, Canadian actor
2000 – Kali Rodriguez, American actress
2008 - Prince Kai
Deaths
1101 – Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
1276 – King James I of Aragon (b. 1208)
1365 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
1656 – Salomo Glassius, German theologian (b. 1593)
1675 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
1759 – Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
1770 – Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
1841 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814)
1844 – John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776)
1863 – William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
1876 – Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811)
1883 – Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813)
1917 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)
1924 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866)
1931 – Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
1934 – Hubert Lyautey, French army general and marshal (b. 1854)
1941 – Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
1946 – Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
1948 – Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (b. 1898)
1948 – Joe Tinker, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1880)
1958 – Claire Chennault, American military leader (b. 1893)
1962 – Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892)
1962 – James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (b. 1895)
1965 – Henri Daniel-Rops, French writer and historian (b. 1901)
1968 – Babe Adams, baseball player (b. 1882)
1970 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
1971 – Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
1978 – Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
1980 – Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919)
1981 – William Wyler, French-born film director (b. 1902)
1984 – James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
1985 – Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
1987 – Travis Jackson, baseball player (b. 1903)
1988 – Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
1990 – Bobby Day, American singer (b. 1928)
1992 – Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911)
1993 – Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1965)
1994 – Kevin Carter, Photographer (b. 1960)
1995 – Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1907)
1995 – Rick Ferrell, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1905)
1998 – Binnie Barnes, British actress (b. 1903)
1999 – Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
1999 – Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
2000 – Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
2001 – Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
2001 – Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2003 – Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
2003 – Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903)
2005 – Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912)
2006 – Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925)
2007 – Lucky Grills, Australian actor (b. 1928)
2008 – Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
2008 – Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
2008 – Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican Businessman (b. 1923)
It was fucking crazy around here that day. I ended up having to call in to work because I physically couldn't get there. They had every road in Blacksburg blocked off. Most of the town just closed up and went home.
Little Jerry Lawler
Sigmund Freud On Ritalin And Roids
Jim Varney, Waylon Jennnigs, and Mary Carey were all born on June 15.
The Notorious Big.Pad.Dee
Destroy. Erase. Improve.
I was born on September 4th. Same birthday as Beyonce, and the same day Steve Irwin died in 2006.
...Excuse me?
You don't remember that? The guy's girlfriend dumped him, so he went on a killing spree on VT campus Columbine style?
Ah, yeah, I assumed he was saying that was on his birthday.
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