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451 – Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul. 529 – First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. 611 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico. 1141 – Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'. 1348 – Charles University is founded in Prague. 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. 1541 – Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies. 1724 – Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV 245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. 1767 – End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67). 1776 – Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward. 1788 – American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory. 1789 – Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. 1798 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812. 1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River. 1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. 1827 – John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year. 1829 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe. 1831 – Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV. 1862 – American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee. 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist. 1890 – Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal. 1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. 1906 – The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. 1922 – The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms. 1927 – The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover). 1933 – Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States.) 1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. 1943 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches. 1943 – Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. 1945 – World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go. 1945 – World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces. 1948 – The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations. 1949 – The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards. 1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. 1955 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. 1964 – IBM announces the System/360. 1964 – A bulldozer kills Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a civil rights activist, during a school segregation protest in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking a riot. 1965 – Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.[1] 1968 – Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. 1969 – The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1. 1971 – President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization. 1976 – Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death. 1977 – German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. 1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter. 1980 – During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran. 1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk. 1989 – Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors. 1990 – Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal). 1990 – A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people. 1994 – Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda. 1994 – Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. 1995 – First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. 1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas. 2001 – Mars Odyssey is launched. 2003 – U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later. 2009 – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. 2009 – Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent. 2017 – The 2017 Stockholm attack kills five and injures fifteen others. |
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1206 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1253) 1330 – John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (d. 1352) 1470 – Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498) 1506 – Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1552) 1539 – Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 1584) 1613 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (d. 1675) 1644 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (d. 1730) 1648 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1721) 1652 – Pope Clement XII (d. 1740) 1713 – Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1801) 1718 – Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (d. 1800) 1727 – Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (d. 1806) 1763 – Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846) 1770 – William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850) 1772 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author (d. 1837) 1780 – William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (d. 1842) 1803 – James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859) 1803 – Flora Tristan, French author and activist (d. 1844) 1811 – Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1881) 1848 – Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (d. 1930) 1859 – Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925) 1860 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951) 1867 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953) 1870 – Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist (d. 1919) 1871 – Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (d. 1927) 1873 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934) 1874 – Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (d. 1939) 1876 – Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1945) 1882 – Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (d. 1971) 1882 – Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934) 1883 – Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (d. 1966) 1884 – Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963) 1886 – Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1971) 1889 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) 1890 – Paul Berth, Danish footballer (d. 1969) 1890 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (d. 1998) 1891 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958) 1893 – Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1969) 1895 – John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1942) 1895 – Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985) 1896 – Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974) 1897 – Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918) 1897 – Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972) 1899 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (d. 1972) 1900 – Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975) 1900 – Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984) 1902 – Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941) 1903 – M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1965) 1903 – Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (d. 1984) 1904 – Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996) 1908 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976) 1908 – Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994) 1909 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic (d. 1978) 1913 – Louise Currie, American actress (d. 2013) 1913 – Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (d. 2007) 1914 – Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995) 1915 – Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977) 1915 – Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1959) 1915 – Henry Kuttner, American author (d. 1958) 1916 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003) 1917 – R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012) 1918 – Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach (d. 2017) 1919 – Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1992) 1919 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012) 1920 – Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012) 1921 – Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992) 1922 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003) 1924 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009) 1925 – Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011) 1925 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011) 1927 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003) 1927 – Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper 1928 – James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014) 1928 – Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) 1928 – James White, Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999) 1929 – Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007) 1929 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972) 1930 – Jane Priestman, English interior designer 1930 – Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009) 1930 – Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2016) 1930 – Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015) 1931 – Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989) 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author 1932 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013) 1933 – Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (d. 2015) 1933 – Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004) 1934 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007) 1935 – Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1935 – Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs 1937 – Charlie Thomas, American singer 1938 – Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California 1938 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (d. 2005) 1938 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008) 1938 – Iris Johansen, American author 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1939 – David Frost, English journalist and game show host (d. 2013) 1939 – Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977) 1939 – Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (d. 1992) 1940 – Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs 1941 – James Di Pasquale, American composer 1941 – Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator 1941 – Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (d. 2018) 1941 – Gorden Kaye, English actor (d. 2017) 1942 – Jeetendra, Indian actor, TV and film producer 1943 – Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1943 – Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager 1944 – Shel Bachrach, American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist 1944 – Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (d. 2012) 1944 – Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor 1944 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (d. 2002) 1944 – Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany 1944 – Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager 1945 – Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter 1945 – Gerry Cottle, English businessman 1945 – Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic 1945 – Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author 1945 – Joël Robuchon, French chef and author (d. 2018) 1945 – Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (d. 2010) 1945 – Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer 1946 – Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player 1946 – Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005) 1946 – Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 1946 – Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate 1946 – Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008) 1947 – Patricia Bennett, American singer 1947 – Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer 1947 – Michèle Torr, French singer and author 1948 – John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer 1949 – Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana 1950 – Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary 1951 – Bruce Gary, American drummer (d. 2006) 1951 – Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1952 – David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic 1952 – Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete 1952 – Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer 1952 – Dennis Hayden, American actor 1953 – Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist[2] 1953 – Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic 1954 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter 1954 – Tony Dorsett, American football player 1955 – Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014) 1955 – Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist 1956 – Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm 1956 – Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author 1956 – Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete 1957 – Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor 1957 – Thelma Walker, British politician 1958 – Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1958 – Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect 1960 – Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor 1960 – Sandy Powell, English costume designer 1961 – Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor 1961 – Pascal Olmeta, French footballer 1961 – Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician 1962 – Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician 1962 – Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist 1963 – Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman 1963 – Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing 1963 – Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator 1964 – Jace Alexander, American actor and director 1964 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor 1964 – Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player 1965 – Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer 1965 – Rozalie Hirs, Dutch composer and poet 1965 – Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer 1965 – Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach 1966 – Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician 1966 – Zvika Hadar, Israeli entertainer 1966 – Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer 1966 – Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player 1967 – Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter 1967 – Bodo Illgner, German footballer 1967 – Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player 1968 – Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster 1968 – Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter 1968 – Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist 1968 – Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper 1969 – Ricky Watters, American football player 1970 – Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator 1971 – Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008) 1971 – Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater 1972 – Tim Peake, British astronaut 1973 – Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer 1973 – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence 1973 – Carole Montillet, French skier 1973 – Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter 1973 – Brett Tomko, American baseball player 1975 – Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer 1975 – Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster 1975 – Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist 1975 – Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player 1975 – John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player 1975 – Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player 1976 – Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer 1976 – Martin Buß, German high jumper 1976 – Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician 1976 – Aaron Lohr, American actor 1976 – Barbara Jane Reams, American actress 1976 – Gang Qiang, Chinese anchor 1978 – Jo Appleby, English soprano 1978 – Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor 1978 – Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player 1979 – Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player 1979 – Patrick Crayton, American football player 1979 – Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player 1979 – Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player 1980 – Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer 1980 – Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor 1981 – Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer 1981 – Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000) 1981 – Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress 1981 – Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer 1982 – Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress 1982 – Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler 1982 – Kelli Young, English singer 1983 – Hamish Davidson, Australian musician 1983 – Franck Ribéry, French footballer 1983 – Jon Stead, English footballer 1983 – Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider 1983 – Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player 1984 – Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer 1985 – KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer 1985 – Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician 1986 – Brooke Brodack, American comedian 1986 – Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist 1986 – Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer 1986 – Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer 1987 – Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer 1987 – Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete 1987 – Jamar Smith, American football player 1988 – Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer 1988 – Ed Speleers, English actor and producer 1989 – Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer 1989 – Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player 1989 – Teddy Riner, French judoka 1990 – Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter[3] 1990 – Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler 1990 – Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player 1990 – Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer 1991 – Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer 1991 – Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter 1992 – Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast 1992 – Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer 1993 – Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler 1994 – Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater 1994 – Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player 1996 – Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player[4] 1997 – 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AD 30 – Jesus Christ, (possible date of the crucifixion)[5][6][7] (b. circa 4 BC) 821 – George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene (b. c. 776) 924 – Berengar I of Italy (b. 845) 1206 – Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine 1340 – Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia (b. 1308) 1498 – Charles VIII of France (b. 1470) 1499 – Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442) 1501 – Minkhaung II, king of Ava (b. 1446) 1606 – Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (b. 1561) 1614 – El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541) 1638 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (b. 1576) 1651 – Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603) 1658 – Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595) 1661 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604) 1663 – Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583) 1668 – William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606) 1719 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651) 1739 – Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705) 1747 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676) 1761 – Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701) 1766 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685) 1767 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715) 1782 – Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734) 1789 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725) 1789 – Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722) 1801 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724) 1804 – Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743) 1811 – Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) 1823 – Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746) 1833 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (b. 1775) 1836 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756) 1849 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777) 1850 – William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762) 1858 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781) 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825) 1879 – Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820) 1885 – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804) 1889 – Youssef Bey Karam,[8] Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823) 1889 – Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)[9] 1891 – P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810) 1917 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861) 1918 – David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885) 1918 – George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857) 1920 – Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841) 1922 – James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855) 1928 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873) 1932 – Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875) 1938 – Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865) 1939 – Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879) 1943 – Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871) 1943 – Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859) 1947 – Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863) 1949 – John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872) 1950 – Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883) 1955 – Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885) 1956 – Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879) 1960 – Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874) 1965 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919) 1966 – Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919) 1968 – Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893) 1968 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936) 1972 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929) 1972 – Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905) 1981 – Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935) 1981 – Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899) 1982 – Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948) 1984 – Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924) 1985 – Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888) 1986 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912) 1990 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933) 1991 – Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (b. 1913) 1992 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903) 1992 – Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (b. 1937) 1994 – Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952) 1994 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923) 1994 – Golo Mann, German historian and author (b. 1909) 1994 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953) 1995 – Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (b. 1927) 1997 – Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1923) 1997 – Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935) 1998 – Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator (b. 1905) 1999 – Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911) 2001 – David Graf, American actor (b. 1950) 2001 – Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914) 2002 – John Agar, American actor (b. 1921) 2003 – Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (b. 1903) 2003 – David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) 2004 – Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934) 2004 – Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901) 2005 – Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932) 2005 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922) 2005 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920) 2005 – Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951) 2007 – Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (b. 1931) 2007 – Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917) 2008 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915) 2009 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947) 2011 – Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922) 2012 – Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984) 2012 – Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914) 2012 – Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (b. 1930) 2012 – David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (b. 1917) 2012 – Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (b. 1959) 2012 – Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (b. 1918) 2013 – Marty Blake, American businessman (b. 1927) 2013 – Les Blank, American director and producer (b. 1935) 2013 – Andy Johns, English-American record producer (b. 1950) 2013 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (b. 1931) 2013 – Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (b. 1937) 2013 – Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1935) 2013 – Carl Williams, American boxer (b. 1959) 2014 – George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930) 2014 – James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926) 2014 – V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923) 2014 – Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952) 2014 – John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931) 2014 – George Shuffler, American guitarist (b. 1925) 2014 – Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927) 2014 – Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942) 2015 – Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (b. 1919) 2015 – José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981) 2015 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926) 2015 – Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983) 2015 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935) 2016 – Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (b. 1942) 2019 – Seymour Cassel, American actor (b. 1935)[10] |
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