These people were born
In 1552, Edward Coke,
Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)
In 1603, Michael Trumper, composer
In 1605, Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic
In 1633, Gabriel Schutz, composer
In 1659, Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)
In 1669, Miguel Lopez, composer
In 1690, Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer
In 1710, Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
In 1757, John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent
Garden)
In 1763, Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)
In 1789, Hippolyte-Andr‚-Baptiste Chelard, composer
In 1791, Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
In 1801, Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
In 1801, Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River
School)
In 1805, Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)
In 1807, Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (M‚moire sur lesson Olim)
In 1807, William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died
in 1867
In 1810, Charles Lenox Remond, Salem Mass, famous black
In 1819, Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in
1885
In 1821, Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer
In 1827, Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker
In 1829, John Potts Slough, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in
1867
In 1833, Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop
In 1839, James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)
In 1841, William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium
In 1844, Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)
In 1844, Granville Stanley Hall, US, psychologist
In 1848, Adh‚mar Esmein, French lawyer
In 1859, Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in
Toyland)
In 1869, Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap)
In 1872, Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose
In 1873, Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope &
Glory)
In 1874, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist
In 1875, Eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway)
In 1877, Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer
In 1878, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to
senate
In 1879, Sydney Baynes, composer
In 1880, Antonio Guarnieri, composer
In 1880, Francesco Balilla Pratella, composer
In 1881, Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer
In 1882, Louis St Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM
(1948-57)
In 1883, Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric
XIV)
In 1884, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We)
In 1885, Camille Chautemps, premier France
In 1887, Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect
In 1889, Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So
Arabia)
In 1891, James Price Johnson, composer
In 1892, K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert
Hall)
In 1895, John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)
In 1896, Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56)
In 1897, Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)
In 19--, Bill Leydon, Chicago Ill, TV host (Musical Chairs)
In 19--, Brandis Kemp, Palo Alto Calif, comedienne (Fridays)
In 19--, Don Amendolia, Glassboro NJ, actor (Dino-Mama Malone)
In 19--, Elle Rio, Brazil, XXX actress (Cheating, Love Probe, Man Hunt)
In 19--, Jeff Coldwater, XXX actor (Buttwiser, Toying Around)
In 19--, Randy Josselyn, actor (Rodney-Family Matters)
In 1900, Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels,
Shipbuilders)
In 1901, Clark Gable, Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind)
In 1902, Carlo Borbolla, composer
In 1902, Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues)
In 1903, Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (The Bees Novel)
In 1904, S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80
Days)
In 1905, Emilio Segre
In 1905, Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg
In 1906, Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I'll Be Seeing
You)
In 1906, Pierre Cardevielle, French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs)
In 1907, Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor (coined the terms U &
non-U)
In 1907, Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer/conductor
In 1907, Gnter Eich, German literary (Underground Highway, Girls of
Viterbo)
In 1907, John Canaday, art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portfolios)
In 1907, Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, composer
In 1907, S ndor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer
In 1908, Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)
In 1908, Edward Staempfli, composer
In 1908, George Pal, Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide,
Puppetoons)
In 1909, Douglas Hall, Governor (Somaliland Protectorate)
In 1909, Helen Chandler, Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong,
Dracula)
In 1910, H Stanley Cayzer
In 1910, Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player
1932-36)
In 1910, Michael Kanin, Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of
the Year)
In 1913, Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot
In 1914, Hans Zlig, Swiss dancer
In 1915, Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted
In 1916, Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire)
In 1918, Maurice Laing, life president (John Laing)
In 1918, Muriel Spark, Edinburgh Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean
Brodie)
In 1920, Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman
In 1920, Pierre Jonqu‚res d'Oriola, France, equest jumper
(Oly-gold-1952, 64)
In 1921, Peter Sallis, actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula)
In 1922, Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski, professor of Cushtic Languages
In 1922, Clifford McWatt, cricketer (WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests
1954-55)
In 1926, Douglas Johnson, historian
In 1926, Peter Crill, Bailiff of Jersey
In 1926, Stuart Whitman, SF Calif, actor (Capt Apache, Ransom, Cimarron
Strip)
In 1927, Galway Kinnell, Providence RI, author (Body Rags, Book of
Nightmares)
In 1928, Eric Evans, Dean (St Paul's)
In 1928, Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer
In 1928, Sam Edwards, physicist
In 1928, Thoams Eric Evans, dean (St Paul's)
In 1928, Tom Lantos, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
In 1928, Ursula Mamlok, composer
In 1930, Peter Tapsell, British MP
In 1931, Barrel, [ABM] Frinking, teacher/Dutch MP (CVP)
In 1931, Boris Yeltsin, Ural Mts USSR, president of Russian SSR
In 1931, Madeline Berthod, Switzerland, downhill skier
(Olympic-gold-1956)
In 1931, Mark Richmond, CEO (Science & Engineering Research Council)
In 1931, Ton [ABM] Frinking, Dutch MP (CDA)
In 1932, John Hart, Denver Colo, newsman (CBS News Retrospective, NBC
News)
In 1932, John Nott, British MP
In 1933, Reynolds Price, US writer (Strengthened by a Pale Green Light)
In 1934, Bob Shane, vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
In 1935, Ruth Clarke, Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform
Church)
In 1935, Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2)
In 1936, G H Blake, Principal (Collingwood College, Durham U)
In 1937, Don Everly, Brownie Ky, vocalist (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little
Susie)
In 1937, Dr Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in
Love)
In 1937, Garrett Morris, New Orleans La, actor (SNL, Martin, Carwash)
In 1938, Jacky Cupit, golfer (Rookie of Year 1961)
In 1938, Jimmy Carl Black, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
In 1938, Sherman Hemsley, Phila, actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons,
Amen)
In 1939, Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician
In 1939, Paul E Gillmor, (Rep-R-Ohio)
In 1939, Ray Sawyer, rocker
In 1940, Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress (Star Trek 2, Beast Within)
In 1940, Herve Filion, sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame)
In 1941, Anatoliy Firssov, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68,
72)
In 1941, Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier
(Olympic-gold-1968)
In 1941, Robert Walmsley, British Vice-Admiral
In 1942, Dave Sincock, cricketer (chinaman bowler played for Aust
1964-66)
In 1942, Terry Jones, Colwyn Bay North Wales, comedian (Monty Python)
In 1943, Josceline Dimbleby, cookery writer
In 1943, Lord Mountevans
In 1943, Tina Sloan, NY, actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for
Tomorrow)
In 1944, Leo Burmester, Louisville Ky, actor (Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd
Jobs)
In 1944, Tommy Duffy, rocker (Echos)
In 1945, Ole Buck, composer
In 1946, Bart Braverman, LA Calif, actor (Bobby-Vega$, Roy-New Odd
Couple)
In 1947, Adam Ingram, British MP
In 1947, Terry Hibbitt, soccer star
In 1948, Debbie Austin, LPGA golfer
In 1948, Jennifer Adams, superintendent (Central Royal Parks)
In 1949, Jimmy Lee Thorpe, Roxboro NC, PGA golfer (1985 Greater
Milwaukee Open)
In 1951, Andrew Smith, British MP
In 1952, Rick James, [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super
Freak)
In 1953, Andy Mill, skier/husband of Chris Everet
In 1953, C A Barnett, headmaster (Whitgift School)
In 1954, Billy Mumy, Calif, actor (Will Robinson-Lost in Space, Dear
Brigitte)
In 1954, Mike Campbell, guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown)
In 1955, Kate Ashbrook, general secretary (Open Spaces Society)
In 1955, Virginia Elliot, three-day eventer
In 1957, Donna Adamek, Duarte Calif, bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81)
In 1958, Maureen Madill, Coleraine No Ireland, golfer (Brit Open Amateur
1979)
In 1959, Anthony LaPlagia, actor (Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding)
In 1959, Carolyn Hill, Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's
Classic)
In 1959, Mike Horan, NFL punter (NY Giants)
In 1959, Wade Wilson, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
In 1961, Daniel M Tani, Ridley Park MD, astronaut
In 1961, Gabrielle Carteris, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
In 1961, Gina Hull, Jacksonville FL, LPGA golfer (1989 USX Golf
Classic-8th)
In 1963, Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
In 1964, Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician
In 1964, Kaitlin Hopkins, NYC, actress (Kelsey-Another World)
In 1964, Sharon Bruneau, Toronto Ontario, actress (Sensuous Muscle)
In 1965, Brandon Lee, Emerson Colo, actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo)
In 1965, David Callaghan, cricketer (S African all-rounder in one-dayers
1992)
In 1965, Sherilyn Fenn, Detroit Mich, actress (2 Moon Junction, Twin
Peaks)
In 1965, Stephanie Marie Elisabeth de Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco,
Princess
In 1966, Donna Edmondson, Greensboro NC, playmate of year (Nov, 1986)
In 1966, Eddie Zambrano, Venezuelan/US baseball outfielder (Chicago
Cubs)
In 1966, Michelle Akers, Santa Clara Calif, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
In 1967, Laura E Dern, LA Calif, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth
Talk)
In 1967, Tim Naehring, Cincinnati OH, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
In 1968, George Quigley Jr, Cin Ohio, skeet (Olympics-1996)
In 1968, Javier Sanchez, Spain, tennis star
In 1968, Kent Mercker, Dublin OH, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Balt Orioles)
In 1968, Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson, Memphis Tenn, daughter of
Elvis
In 1968, Mark Recchi, Kamloops, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)
In 1968, Pauly Shore, Hollywood, comedian (Totally Pauly, Encino Man)
In 1968, Sean Millington, CFL fullback (BC Lions)
In 1969, Bryan Jacob, Palatka Fla, 59 kg (130 lbs) weightlifter
(Oly-1992, 96)
In 1969, John Moore, Australian baseball catcher (Olympics-1996)
In 1970, Eric Mobley, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
In 1970, Malik Sealy, NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, LA Clippers)
In 1971, Ajay Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman)
In 1971, Derek Byrd, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
In 1971, Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
In 1971, Tommy Salo, Surahammar SWE, NHL goalie (Team Sweden, NY
Islanders)
In 1972, Brian Krause, actor (December, Sleepwalkers, Return to Blue
Lagoon)
In 1972, Geoff Sanderson, Hay River, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers)
In 1972, Richard Becker, Aurora IL, outfielder (Minn Twins)
In 1972, [Thomas] Carlton Bruner, US, 1500m freestyle swimmer
(Olympics-96)
In 1973, Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors, Boston
Celtics)
In 1973, Elena Makarova, Moscow Russia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Val)
In 1973, Michael Joyce, Santa Monica CA, tennis star (1989 USTA Natl
Boys' 18)
In 1973, Tlia Reima, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
In 1974, Jennifer Lien, actress (Hannah Moore-Another World)
In 1974, Lisa Marie Scott, Pensacola FL, playmate (Feb, 1994)
In 1974, Walter McCarty, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
In 1975, Martijn Reuser, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
In 1980, Courtney Hamilton, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1996)
and these people died
In , Sigebert III, king of
Austrasia, dies at about 25
In 1204, Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
In 1248, Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
In 1294, Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
In 1328, Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
In 1502, Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies
In 1542, Hieronymus Aleander, [Gir¢lamo Aleandro], Ital diplomat, dies
at 61
In 1650, Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops
thinking
In 1666, Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal),
dies
In 1669, Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers,
buried at 31
In 1691, Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies
at 80
In 1691, George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at
56
In 1694, John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies
at 73
In 1733, August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at
62
In 1743, Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
In 1747, Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
In 1795, Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66
In 1818, Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74
In 1824, Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64
In 1832, Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies
at 71
In 1838, Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at
71
In 1839, Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
In 1851, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at
53
In 1869, Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at
68
In 1871, Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51
In 1873, Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies
In 1875, William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58
In 1877, Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71
In 1878, George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
In 1883, Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies
In 1889, Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78
In 1902, Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70
In 1903, George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at
83
In 1904, Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
In 1905, Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77
In 1908, Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at
44
In 1910, Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies
at 44
In 1916, Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65
In 1922, William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at
49
In 1929, August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59
In 1937, Marguerite Audoux, writer, dies
In 1944, Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72
In 1944, Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at
71
In 1945, Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at
72
In 1946, Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70
In 1949, Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63
In 1950, Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Dr”m), dies at 56
In 1954, Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69
In 1957, Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies
at 66
In 1958, Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies
In 1959, Madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies
at 85
In 1966, Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69
In 1966, Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75
In 1966, Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in
descent
In 1966, William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at
71
In 1967, Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies
In 1967, Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th
birthday
In 1968, Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at
57
In 1970, Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69
In 1971, Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34
33), dies
In 1974, Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
In 1974, Marieluise Fleiáer, writer, dies at 71
In 1975, Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62
In 1976, Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at
66
In 1976, Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies
at 74
In 1977, Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet),
dies at 72
In 1979, Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60
In 1980, Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
In 1980, Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54
In 1981, Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88
In 1981, Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79
In 1981, Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72
In 1981, Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies
In 1983, Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
In 1986, Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at
84
In 1986, Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London
at 58
In 1987, Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82
In 1988, Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal
ailment at 12
In 1988, Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75
In 1991, Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89
In 1991, H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies
In 1991, James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84
In 1991, Phil Watson, NHL coach (NY Rangers), dies
In 1992, George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts & Kings), dies at 70
In 1992, Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81
In 1994, Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at
88
In 1994, Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at
83
In 1995, George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107
In 1995, John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74
In 1995, Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52
In 1996, Clive Burton, neuropathologist, dies at 54
In 1997, Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80
In 1997, Mitchell Goodman, writer, dies at 71
In 1997, Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50
In 1997, Thelma Moss, psychologist, dies at 78
