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Events
- 43 BC - Augustus, later known as Augustus, compels the senate to elect him Consul.
- 1504 - Battle of Knockdoe.
- 1561 - An 18-year-old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, after spending 13 years in France.
- 1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
- 1745 - Jacobite Rising, Prince Charles Edward Stuart lands from a France warship in Glenfinnan, raises his standard and marches on London - the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion known as "the 45".
- 1768 - Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 1782 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks - The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the Briton commander Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
- 1812 - War of 1812: United States frigate USS Constitution defeats the Royal Navy frigate HMS Guerriere (1806) off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".
- 1813 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.
- 1839 - Presentation of Louis Daguerre new photography process to the French Academy of Sciences.
- 1848 - California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
- 1862 - Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota people warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, Minnesota, killing white settlers along the way.
- 1895 - American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a bar (establishment) in El Paso, Texas.
- 1915 - World War I: The Battle of Van begins
- 1919 - Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1927 - Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow proclaimed the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state.
- 1934 - The first All-United States Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1934 - The creation of the position Führer approved by the Germany electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
- 1942 - World War II: Operation Jubilee - The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an Allies of World War II amphibious warfare on Dieppe, France.
- 1944 - World War II: Liberation of Paris - Paris rises against Nazi Germany occupation with the help of Allies of World War II troops.
- 1945 - Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1953 - Cold War: The CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
- 1955 - In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
- 1960 - Cold War: In Moscow, downed United States Lockheed U-2 aviator Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
- 1960 - Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 - The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mouse, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
- 1965 - Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
- 1975 - The cricket test match between England and Australia is called off after the pitch is vandalised by supporters of George Davis (armed robber).
- 1980 - Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed Martin Lockheed L-1011 burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
- 1981 - Gulf of Sidra incident (1981): United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
- 1987 - Hungerford Massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan (mass murderer) kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
- 1989 - President of Poland Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years.
- 1989 - Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments.
- 1990 - Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven).
- 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union, August Coup: President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.
- 1997 - The Teamsters end their 15-day walkout against United Parcel Service.
- 1999 - In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević.
- 2002 - A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen people missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
- 2003 - A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
- 2003 - A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.
- 2005 - The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and People's Republic of China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
- 2005 - List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks#2000s lash Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as ceating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its Greater Toronto Area.
Births
- 1398 - Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)
- 1557 - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
- 1590 - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)
- 1596 - Elizabeth Stuart (d. 1662)
- 1621 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)
- 1631 - John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)
- 1646 - John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719)
- 1686 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
- 1686 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
- 1689 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
- 1711 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)
- 1743 - Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)
- 1846 - Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)
- 1853 - Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)
- 1870 - Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965)
- 1871 - Wright brothers, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
- 1875 - Mirko and Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)
- 1878 - Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines (d. 1944)
- 1881 - George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955)
- 1883 - Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)
- 1883 - Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (d. 1961)
- 1892 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1896 - Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (d. 1974)
- 1899 - Charlie Hall, English comedian actor (d. 1959)
- 1900 - Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976)
- 1902 - Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
- 1903 - James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (d. 1978)
- 1906 - Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)
- 1907 - Thruston Ballard Morton, American politician (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Austin Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1963)
- 1913 - Richard Simmons (actor), American actor (d. 2003)
- 1913 - John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer, one of the creators of the Finite Element Method (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Ring Lardner Jr, American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (d. 1985)
- 1919 - Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990)
- 1921 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)
- 1925 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971)
- 1926 - Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist
- 1928 - Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)
- 1928 - Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (d. 2006)
- 1930 - Frank McCourt, Irish-American author
- 1931 - Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Renee Richards, American physician
- 1935 - Bobby Richardson, American baseball player
- 1938 - Diana Muldaur, American actress
- 1939 - Ginger Baker, English musician
- 1940 - Johnny Nash, American singer
- 1940 - Jill St. John, American actress
- 1942 - Fred Thompson, American politician and actor
- 1943 - Billy J. Kramer, British singer
- 1944 - Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer
- 1944 - Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist
- 1945 - Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple)
- 1946 - Bill Clinton, Former American president
- 1946 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
- 1946 - Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)
- 1947 - Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
- 1947 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
- 1948 - Gerald McRaney, American actor
- 1948 - Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States
- 1950 - Jennie Bond, British journalist
- 1951 - John Deacon, English musician (Queen (band))
- 1952 - Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director
- 1953 - Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
- 1953 - Mary Matalin, US political consultant and commentator
- 1954 - Oscar Larrauri, Argentine racing driver
- 1955 - Peter Gallagher, American actor
- 1955 - Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
- 1956 - Adam Arkin, American actor
- 1957 - Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet
- 1958 - Anthony Muñoz, American football player
- 1958 - Gary Gaetti, American baseball player
- 1960 - Morten Andersen, American football player
- 1961 - Jonathan Coe, British author
- 1962 - Tammy Bruce, American political commentator
- 1962 - Valérie Kaprisky, French actress
- 1963 - John Stamos, American actor
- 1963 - Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong musician (Beyond (band))
- 1963 - Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe (band))
- 1964 - Whitney Prescott, American model
- 1965 - Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
- 1965 - Kevin Dillon, American actor
- 1965 - Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director
- 1966 - Lee Ann Womack, American musician
- 1968 - Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer, gold medalist
- 1969 - Matthew Perry (actor), Canadian actor
- 1969 - Nate Dogg, American rapper
- 1969 - Clay Walker (musician), American singer
- 1969 - Patrick Van Horn, American actor
- 1969 - Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
- 1970 - Fat Joe, American rapper
- 1971 - João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football player
- 1972 - Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer
- 1972 - Sammi Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1973 - Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
- 1973 - Callum Blue, British actor
- 1973 - Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer
- 1973 - Lilian Garcia, wrestling announcer
- 1975 - Tracie Thoms, American actress
- 1977 - Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
- 1978 - Chris Capuano, American baseball player
- 1979 - Dave Douglas (drummer), American musician (Relient K)
- 1979 - Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
- 1980 - Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
- 1980 - Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor
- 1982 - Erika Christensen, American actress
- 1982 - J. J. Hardy, American baseball player
- 1983 - Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1983 - Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer
- 1983 - Mike Conway, British racing driver
- 1984 - Micah Alberti, American actor
- 1984 - Ryan Taylor (footballer born 1984), English footballer
- 1985 - Megan Rochell, American singer
- 1986 - Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
- 1987 - Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play (band))
- 1987 - Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress
- 1987 - Richard Stearman, English footballer
- 1988 - Travis Tedford, American actor
- 1989 - Romeo (American rapper), American rapper and actor
- 1998 - Ella Guevara, Filipino child actress
Deaths
- 14 - Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)
- 1186 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
- 1245 - Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
- 1284 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)
- 1297 - Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)
- 1493 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
- 1580 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508)
- 1646 - Alexander Henderson (theologian), Scottish theologian
- 1662 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1680 - Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (b. 1601)
- 1753 - Balthasar Neumann, German architect (b. 1687)
- 1819 - James Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736)
- 1822 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (b. 1749)
- 1883 - Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810)
- 1889 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
- 1895 - John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853)
- 1900 - Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)
- 1914 - Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
- 1923 - Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
- 1929 - Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (b. 1872)
- 1936 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish author (b. 1898)
- 1944 - Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882)
- 1945 - Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875)
- 1950 - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871)
- 1954 - Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
- 1957 - David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)
- 1957 - Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)
- 1959 - Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1967 - Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)
- 1968 - George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904)
- 1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (b. 1886)
- 1970 - Pawel Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)
- 1975 - Jim Londos, wrestler (b. 1897)
- 1976 - Alastair Sim, Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University (b. 1900)
- 1977 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
- 1979 - Dorsey Burnette, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1980 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)
- 1982 - August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- 1994 - Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901)
- 1995 - Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
- 2000 - Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)
- 2001 - Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)
- 2000 - Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo literateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)
- 2001 - Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
- 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
- 2005 - Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
Holidays and observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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Events
- 43 BC - Augustus, later known as Augustus, compels the senate to elect him Consul.
- 1504 - Battle of Knockdoe.
- 1561 - An 18-year-old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, after spending 13 years in France.
- 1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
- 1745 - Jacobite Rising, Prince Charles Edward Stuart lands from a France warship in Glenfinnan, raises his standard and marches on London - the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion known as "the 45".
- 1768 - Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 1782 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks - The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the Briton commander Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
- 1812 - War of 1812: United States frigate USS Constitution defeats the Royal Navy frigate HMS Guerriere (1806) off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".
- 1813 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.
- 1839 - Presentation of Louis Daguerre new photography process to the French Academy of Sciences.
- 1848 - California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
- 1862 - Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota people warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, Minnesota, killing white settlers along the way.
- 1895 - American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a bar (establishment) in El Paso, Texas.
- 1915 - World War I: The Battle of Van begins
- 1919 - Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1927 - Patriarch Sergius I of Moscow proclaimed the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state.
- 1934 - The first All-United States Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1934 - The creation of the position Führer approved by the Germany electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
- 1942 - World War II: Operation Jubilee - The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an Allies of World War II amphibious warfare on Dieppe, France.
- 1944 - World War II: Liberation of Paris - Paris rises against Nazi Germany occupation with the help of Allies of World War II troops.
- 1945 - Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1953 - Cold War: The CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
- 1955 - In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
- 1960 - Cold War: In Moscow, downed United States Lockheed U-2 aviator Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
- 1960 - Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 - The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mouse, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
- 1965 - Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
- 1975 - The cricket test match between England and Australia is called off after the pitch is vandalised by supporters of George Davis (armed robber).
- 1980 - Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed Martin Lockheed L-1011 burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
- 1981 - Gulf of Sidra incident (1981): United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
- 1987 - Hungerford Massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan (mass murderer) kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.
- 1989 - President of Poland Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years.
- 1989 - Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments.
- 1990 - Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven).
- 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union, August Coup: President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.
- 1997 - The Teamsters end their 15-day walkout against United Parcel Service.
- 1999 - In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević.
- 2002 - A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen people missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
- 2003 - A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
- 2003 - A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.
- 2005 - The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and People's Republic of China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
- 2005 - List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks#2000s lash Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as ceating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its Greater Toronto Area.
Births
- 1398 - Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)
- 1557 - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
- 1590 - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)
- 1596 - Elizabeth Stuart (d. 1662)
- 1621 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)
- 1631 - John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)
- 1646 - John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719)
- 1686 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)
- 1686 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
- 1689 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
- 1711 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)
- 1743 - Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)
- 1846 - Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)
- 1853 - Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)
- 1870 - Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965)
- 1871 - Wright brothers, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
- 1875 - Mirko and Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)
- 1878 - Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines (d. 1944)
- 1881 - George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955)
- 1883 - Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)
- 1883 - Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (d. 1961)
- 1892 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. 1977)
- 1896 - Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (d. 1974)
- 1899 - Charlie Hall, English comedian actor (d. 1959)
- 1900 - Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976)
- 1902 - Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
- 1903 - James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (d. 1978)
- 1906 - Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)
- 1907 - Thruston Ballard Morton, American politician (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Austin Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1963)
- 1913 - Richard Simmons (actor), American actor (d. 2003)
- 1913 - John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer, one of the creators of the Finite Element Method (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Ring Lardner Jr, American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (d. 1985)
- 1919 - Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990)
- 1921 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)
- 1925 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971)
- 1926 - Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist
- 1928 - Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)
- 1928 - Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (d. 2006)
- 1930 - Frank McCourt, Irish-American author
- 1931 - Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Renee Richards, American physician
- 1935 - Bobby Richardson, American baseball player
- 1938 - Diana Muldaur, American actress
- 1939 - Ginger Baker, English musician
- 1940 - Johnny Nash, American singer
- 1940 - Jill St. John, American actress
- 1942 - Fred Thompson, American politician and actor
- 1943 - Billy J. Kramer, British singer
- 1944 - Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer
- 1944 - Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist
- 1945 - Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple)
- 1946 - Bill Clinton, Former American president
- 1946 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
- 1946 - Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)
- 1947 - Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
- 1947 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
- 1948 - Gerald McRaney, American actor
- 1948 - Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States
- 1950 - Jennie Bond, British journalist
- 1951 - John Deacon, English musician (Queen (band))
- 1952 - Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director
- 1953 - Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
- 1953 - Mary Matalin, US political consultant and commentator
- 1954 - Oscar Larrauri, Argentine racing driver
- 1955 - Peter Gallagher, American actor
- 1955 - Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager
- 1956 - Adam Arkin, American actor
- 1957 - Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet
- 1958 - Anthony Muñoz, American football player
- 1958 - Gary Gaetti, American baseball player
- 1960 - Morten Andersen, American football player
- 1961 - Jonathan Coe, British author
- 1962 - Tammy Bruce, American political commentator
- 1962 - Valérie Kaprisky, French actress
- 1963 - John Stamos, American actor
- 1963 - Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong musician (Beyond (band))
- 1963 - Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe (band))
- 1964 - Whitney Prescott, American model
- 1965 - Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
- 1965 - Kevin Dillon, American actor
- 1965 - Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director
- 1966 - Lee Ann Womack, American musician
- 1968 - Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer, gold medalist
- 1969 - Matthew Perry (actor), Canadian actor
- 1969 - Nate Dogg, American rapper
- 1969 - Clay Walker (musician), American singer
- 1969 - Patrick Van Horn, American actor
- 1969 - Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
- 1970 - Fat Joe, American rapper
- 1971 - João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football player
- 1972 - Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer
- 1972 - Sammi Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1973 - Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
- 1973 - Callum Blue, British actor
- 1973 - Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer
- 1973 - Lilian Garcia, wrestling announcer
- 1975 - Tracie Thoms, American actress
- 1977 - Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
- 1978 - Chris Capuano, American baseball player
- 1979 - Dave Douglas (drummer), American musician (Relient K)
- 1979 - Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
- 1980 - Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
- 1980 - Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor
- 1982 - Erika Christensen, American actress
- 1982 - J. J. Hardy, American baseball player
- 1983 - Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1983 - Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer
- 1983 - Mike Conway, British racing driver
- 1984 - Micah Alberti, American actor
- 1984 - Ryan Taylor (footballer born 1984), English footballer
- 1985 - Megan Rochell, American singer
- 1986 - Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player
- 1987 - Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play (band))
- 1987 - Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress
- 1987 - Richard Stearman, English footballer
- 1988 - Travis Tedford, American actor
- 1989 - Romeo (American rapper), American rapper and actor
- 1998 - Ella Guevara, Filipino child actress
Deaths
- 14 - Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)
- 1186 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
- 1245 - Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)
- 1284 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)
- 1297 - Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)
- 1493 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
- 1580 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508)
- 1646 - Alexander Henderson (theologian), Scottish theologian
- 1662 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1680 - Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (b. 1601)
- 1753 - Balthasar Neumann, German architect (b. 1687)
- 1819 - James Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736)
- 1822 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (b. 1749)
- 1883 - Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810)
- 1889 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
- 1895 - John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853)
- 1900 - Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)
- 1914 - Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
- 1923 - Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
- 1929 - Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (b. 1872)
- 1936 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish author (b. 1898)
- 1944 - Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882)
- 1945 - Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875)
- 1950 - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871)
- 1954 - Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
- 1957 - David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)
- 1957 - Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)
- 1959 - Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1967 - Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)
- 1968 - George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904)
- 1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (b. 1886)
- 1970 - Pawel Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)
- 1975 - Jim Londos, wrestler (b. 1897)
- 1976 - Alastair Sim, Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University (b. 1900)
- 1977 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
- 1979 - Dorsey Burnette, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1980 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)
- 1982 - August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- 1994 - Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901)
- 1995 - Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
- 2000 - Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)
- 2001 - Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)
- 2000 - Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo literateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)
- 2001 - Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
- 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
- 2005 - Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
Holidays and observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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