| On this day in history .. |
- 0417 - St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0731 - St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1123 - 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
- 1167 - Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians
- 1190 - Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England
- 1229 - German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem
- 1438 - Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany
- 1509 - Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands
- 1532 - English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome
- 1541 - Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R)
- 1582 - Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp
- 1583 - Dutch States General & Anjou sign treaty
- 1673 - Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers
- 1754 - Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier
- 1766 - Britain repeals the Stamp Act
- 1773 - Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London
- 1793 - 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France
- 1810 - "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY
- 1813 - David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
- 1818 - Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
- 1834 - 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long)
- 1835 - Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass
- 1847 - 1st Dutch public telegram
- 1850 - Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo
- 1858 - Dutch Van der Brugghen govt resigns
- 1859 - Vera Cruz besieged by Miram¢n (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
- 1864 - Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
- 1865 - Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL
- 1865 - Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time
- 1870 - 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif)
- 1871 - Communards revolt in Paris
- 1874 - J Palisa discovers asteroid #136 Austria
- 1877 - President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC
- 1881 - Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)
- 1890 - 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
- 1891 - Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone
- 1892 - Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
- 1892 - Max Wolf discovers asteroid #328 Gudrun
- 1895 - 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia
- 1899 - Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering
- 1900 - Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms
- 1902 - Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
- 1902 - Sch”nberg's "Verkl„rte Nacht," premieres in Vienna
- 1904 - 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"
- 1906 - Max Wolf discovers asteroid #592 Bathseba
- 1909 - Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
- 1910 - 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC
- 1911 - North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
- 1914 - J Palisa discovers asteroid #782 Montefiore & #783 Nora
- 1914 - White Wolf gang beats govt army in Jingdezhen China
- 1915 - Failed British attack in Dardanelles
- 1915 - French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed
- 1918 - Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms
- 1918 - Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam
- 1919 - Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City
- 1920 - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
- 1921 - 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged
- 1921 - Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
- 1922 - 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
- 1922 - Brit magistrates in India sentence Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience
- 1922 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #973 Aralia & #974 Lioba
- 1922 - Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment
- 1922 - WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
- 1923 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #994 Otthild
- 1925 - (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689
- 1929 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad
- 1930 - Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
- 1931 - 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)
- 1931 - Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain
- 1933 - Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
- 1933 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
- 1933 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
- 1936 - R Suvanto discovers asteroid #1927 Suvanto
- 1936 - Vaisala discovers asteroids #1421 Esperanto, #1723 Klemola & 2020 Ukko
- 1937 - Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die
- 1938 - Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
- 1938 - NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
- 1938 - Pres Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies
- 1939 - H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1512 Oulu
- 1939 - Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1696 Nurmela
- 1940 - Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain
- 1941 - L Oterma discovers asteroids #1679 Nevanlinna & #2640 Hallstrom
- 1942 - Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
- 1942 - 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out
- 1943 - James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks
- 1943 - Red Army evacuates Belgorod
- 1944 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
- 1944 - 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois dept store
- 1945 - 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin
- 1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
- 1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
- 1948 - France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
- 1948 - Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
- 1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified
- 1949 - WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1950 - "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
- 1950 - CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
- 1951 - Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
- 1952 - 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila)
- 1952 - Communist offensive in Korea
- 1953 - 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
- 1953 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
- 1953 - Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
- 1953 - KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 - NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
- 1955 - I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
- 1957 - WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
- 1958 - Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
- 1959 - Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
- 1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
- 1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
- 1962 - Algerian War ends after 7« yrs (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees
- 1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR
- 1963 - "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
- 1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1963 - Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers
- 1963 - WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1965 - "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 220 performances
- 1965 - Rolling Stones fined œ5 each for public urination
- 1965 - USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 mins)
- 1966 - "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
- 1966 - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
- 1966 - Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
- 1967 - Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1
- 1967 - Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock & spills oil
- 1968 - Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
- 1968 - WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 - WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1969 - "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 7 performances
- 1970 - -25) US Postal begins strike
- 1970 - Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees
- 1970 - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
- 1970 - Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike
- 1970 - NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
- 1971 - 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
- 1972 - AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
- 1972 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
- 1972 - Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
- 1972 - Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game
- 1973 - "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 296 performances
- 1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
- 1974 - Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
- 1975 - Kurds end fight against Iraqi army
- 1977 - Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot"
- 1977 - US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia
- 1977 - Vietnam hands over MIA to US
- 1978 - 250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario Calif
- 1978 - Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death
- 1979 - "On the 20th Century" closes at St James Theater NYC after 460 perfs
- 1979 - Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran
- 1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
- 1980 - Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
- 1981 - Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
- 1982 - H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2814 Vieira, #6367 & #7556
- 1982 - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
- 1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open
- 1985 - Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
- 1985 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle
- 1986 - Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld
- 1986 - Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money
- 1987 - Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew)
- 1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1989 - 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth
- 1989 - California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
- 1989 - Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game
- 1989 - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen
- 1990 - 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
- 1990 - 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
- 1990 - A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch
- 1990 - Biggest US art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston
- 1990 - Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
- 1990 - Endate & Watanabe discover asteroid #4973 Showa & #5213 Takahashi
- 1991 - A Sugie discovers asteroid #6326 & #7288
- 1991 - Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell
- 1991 - E F Helin discovers asteroid #8168
- 1991 - Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
- 1991 - Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
- 1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
- 1991 - Spacewatch discovers asteroid #5626
- 1992 - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 perf
- 1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
- 1992 - Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
- 1992 - Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
- 1993 - "Sisters Rosensweig" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 556 perfs
- 1993 - Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ12.2 billion
- 1993 - Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC
- 1993 - Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets
- 1994 - A Vagnozzi discovers asteroid #7260
- 1994 - South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
- 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands
- 1994 - Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy
- 1995 - Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
- 1995 - STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16« days
- 1995 - Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada
- 1996 - 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
- 1996 - JPL/GEODSS NEAT discovers asteroid #7363 Esquibel
- 1997 - Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
| Famous birthdays for this day .. |
- 1380 - Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint
- 1548 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet
- 1556 - Fran‡ois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant
- 1578 - Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized
- 1609 - Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist
- 1644 - Gottfried Wegner, composer
- 1657 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer
- 1690 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
- 1734 - Joseph Schmitt, composer
- 1756 - Johann Christoph Vogel, composer
- 1765 - David H Chass‚, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)
- 1781 - Gustave Vogt, composer
- 1782 - John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)
- 1809 - Gabriel de la Concepci¢n Vald‚s, [Placido], Cuban poet
- 1813 - Friedrich Hebbel, writer
- 1829 - William Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
- 1830 - Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist
- 1837 - Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)
- 1838 - Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter
- 1838 - Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903)
- 1839 - Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
- 1843 - Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899)
- 1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade)
- 1848 - Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer
- 1858 - Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor)
- 1864 - Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten)
- 1866 - Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer
- 1866 - John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18)
- 1867 - Michael G de Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam)
- 1869 - [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40)
- 1872 - Frank Hoyt Losey, composer
- 1877 - Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)
- 1880 - Christopher K H de Ner‚e tot Babberich, cartoonist
- 1881 - Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)
- 1881 - Paul Le Flem, composer
- 1882 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer
- 1886 - Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show)
- 1886 - Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist
- 1886 - Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth)
- 1888 - Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor
- 1889 - F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands
- 1890 - Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education
- 1892 - Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)
- 1893 - Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth)
- 1897 - Betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York)
- 1898 - Otto Jochum, composer
- 1899 - Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
- 1901 - Piotr Perkowski, composer
- 1905 - John Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata)
- 1905 - Mollie Parnis, NYC, fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection)
- 1905 - Robert Donat, England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel)
- 1906 - Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)
- 1907 - Eleanor L "Betty" Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble)
- 1908 - Louis Gaste, songwriter
- 1910 - Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek/pres (1978-88)
- 1911 - Smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)
- 1913 - Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine
- 1913 - Rene Clement, Bordeaux France, director/writer (Is Paris Burning)
- 1913 - William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author
- 1914 - Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer
- 1914 - James Pack, naval officer museum curator
- 1915 - Richard Thomas Condon, author
- 1916 - Louis Toebosch, composer
- 1919 - Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
- 1919 - Len Johnson, cricketer (Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948)
- 1920 - Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator
- 1920 - John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- )
- 1922 - Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician
- 1924 - Madhussudan Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49)
- 1925 - Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)
- 1927 - George Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion)
- 1927 - John Harold Kander, composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer)
- 1928 - Fidel V Ramos, pres (Phillipines)
- 1928 - William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
- 1929 - Christa Wolf, German novelist (Divided Heaven)
- 1929 - Ctirad Kohoutek, composer
- 1929 - Kai Winding, rocker
- 1930 - Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80)
- 1931 - Howard Coble, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
- 1932 - F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk, president South Africa (1989-94)
- 1932 - John Updike, Shillington Pa, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run)
- 1933 - Unita Blackwell, 1st black mayor in Mississippi
- 1934 - Pavle Despalj, composer
- 1936 - Hans Peter Bleuel, writer
- 1936 - Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy)
- 1936 - Tony Nash, England, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1964)
- 1937 - Mark Donohue, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500)
- 1937 - Robin Wright, race horse trainer
- 1938 - Carl Gottlieb, comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show)
- 1938 - Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country)
- 1938 - Shashi Kapoor, Calcutta India, actor (Shalimar, Heat & Dust)
- 1939 - Travis Pritchett, rocker (Travis & Bob)
- 1940 - Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer
- 1941 - Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway)
- 1941 - Wolfgang Bauer, writer
- 1943 - Kevin Dobson, Jackson Hgts NY, actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon)
- 1945 - Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964)
- 1946 - Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son
- 1947 - Barry Wilson, Engld, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
- 1947 - David Lloyd, cricketer (England opener, 214 v India 1974)
- 1947 - Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico)
- 1948 - Eknath Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder)
- 1949 - Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player (2X world-champ)
- 1949 - Starr Danias, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point)
- 1950 - Brad Dourif, WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty)
- 1950 - James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979)
- 1950 - John Hartman, Falls Church Va, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers)
- 1953 - Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
- 1953 - Jamie West-Oram, rocker (Fixx)
- 1953 - Margaret L Augustine, Buffalo NY, project manager (Biosphere 2)
- 1953 - Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer (son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974)
- 1954 - James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100)
- 1955 - Graham Porter, cricketer (1 day intl for Australia 1979)
- 1956 - "The Model" Rick Martel, [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA)
- 1956 - Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
- 1957 - Christer Fuglesang, Stockholm Sweden, physicist/astronaut (Mir backup)
- 1957 - Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
- 1958 - Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
- 1959 - Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury)
- 1960 - Claudia Udy, Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce)
- 1960 - Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
- 1960 - Patricia Farinelli, LA Calif, playmate (December, 1981)
- 1960 - Richard Biggs, Columbus Ohio, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives)
- 1961 - Kevan James, cricketer (all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls & ton v India 1996)
- 1961 - Mark Van Thillo, Wilrijk Belgium, co-capt (Biosphere 2)
- 1961 - Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star
- 1962 - Trevor Franklin, cricketer (opened for NZ mid-80's)
- 1963 - Vanessa L Williams, Millwood NY, 1st black Miss America (1983)/singer
- 1964 - Bonnie Blair, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Oly-5 gold/brz-88, 92, 94)
- 1964 - Christina Ferguson, Phoenix Az, playmate (Apr, 1983)
- 1965 - Geronimo Berroa, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Oakland A's)
- 1965 - Jeff Labarr, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
- 1966 - Jerry Cantrell, US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt)
- 1967 - Andre Rison, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, KC Chiefs)
- 1967 - Derrick Graham, NFL tackle (GB Packers, Car Panthers, Seat Seahawks)
- 1968 - Joseph Ouellet, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
- 1968 - Pat Terrell, NFL strong safety (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
- 1969 - Michael Dumas, NFL free safety (SD Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1969 - Shaun Udal, cricketer (Hants off-spinner, England to Aust 1994-95)
- 1969 - Sheila Taormina, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
- 1970 - Michael Rapaport, actor (Zak-Zebrahead)
- 1970 - Queen Latifah, rap singer/actress (Khadijah James-Living Single)
- 1970 - Sarah Thorsett, Winona Minn, 1.5k runner
- 1971 - Mariaan de Swardt, Johannesburg, tennis star (1996 3rd round Aust))
- 1973 - Marlon Kerner, NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills)
- 1973 - Rob Johnson, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1974 - Petra Kamstra, Rotterdam Holland, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles)
- 1974 - Tina Krizan, Maribor Slovenia, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles)
- 1974 - Torrian Gray, safety (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1975 - Claude N'Goran, Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro
- 1975 - Kimmo Timonen, hockey defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998)
- 1978 - Dionne Bainbridge, Brisbane QLD Aust, NZ 200m swimmer (Olympics-96)
- 1996 - ?, son of woman in coma raped by John Horace
| Famous deaths for this day .. |
- 0235 - Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered
- 0978 - Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15
- 1227 - Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies
- 1314 - Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies
- 1493 - John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82
- 1582 - Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched
- 1584 - Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53
- 1690 - Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies
- 1745 - Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]
- 1768 - Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
- 1799 - John Randall, composer, dies at 82
- 1816 - Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67
- 1817 - Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
- 1823 - Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69
- 1870 - Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48
- 1875 - Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
- 1876 - F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65
- 1886 - Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91
- 1889 - William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
- 1899 - Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
- 1899 - Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35
- 1900 - Ant¢nio Nobre, Portuguese poet (S¢ [Lonely]), dies at 32
- 1913 - George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67
- 1917 - William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
- 1918 - Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80
- 1924 - John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79
- 1928 - Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32
- 1933 - Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60
- 1936 - Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58
- 1938 - Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62
- 1944 - Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79
- 1954 - Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies
- 1956 - Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85
- 1956 - Louis Bromfield, writer, dies at 59
- 1964 - Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69
- 1965 - Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45
- 1967 - Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42
- 1968 - Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85
- 1969 - Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43
- 1971 - George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies
- 1973 - Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82
- 1974 - David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87
- 1976 - James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
- 1976 - Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69
- 1977 - Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered
- 1978 - Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84
- 1978 - Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
- 1980 - Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79
- 1980 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (13 Tests for WI, 44 wickets), dies
- 1982 - Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60
- 1983 - Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies
- 1984 - Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50
- 1984 - Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
- 1985 - Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
- 1986 - Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71
- 1987 - Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82
- 1989 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51
- 1989 - William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies
- 1990 - Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36
- 1991 - Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72
- 1991 - Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93
- 1992 - Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56
- 1995 - Charles Drain, singer, dies at 65
- 1995 - Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author, dies at 80
- 1995 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84
- 1996 - Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis, poet, dies at 84
- 1996 - Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley, archaeologist, dies at 85
- 1997 - ?, raped comatose woman who bore a child 1 year earlier, dies at 30
- 1997 - Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92
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