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[edit] Births

  • 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (d. 1375)
  • 1514 - John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)
  • 1583 - Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
  • 1591 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
  • 1606 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (d. 1675)
  • 1612 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
  • 1613 - John Cleveland, English poet (d. 1658)
  • 1633 - Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d. 1667)
  • 1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
  • 1738 - Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816)
  • 1792 - John Linnell, English artist (d. 1882)
  • 1792 - Sir Thomas Mitchell, Australian explorer (d. 1855)
  • 1801 - Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
  • 1806 - Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885)
  • 1813 - Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
  • 1820 - Athanase Coquerel, French protestant preacher (d. 1875)
  • 1826 - Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (d. 1897)
  • 1829 - Geronimo, Apache leader (d. 1909)
  • 1836 - Wesley Merritt, American soldier (d. 1910)
  • 1837 - Ernst Laas, German philosopher (d. 1885)
  • 1838 - Cushman Davis, American politician (d. 1900)
  • 1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
  • 1858 - King Gustav V of Sweden (d. 1950)
  • 1874 - Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960)
  • 1880 - Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
  • 1890 - Stan Laurel, British-born actor and comedian (d. 1965)
  • 1896 - Murray Leinster, American author (d. 1976)
  • 1897 - Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
  • 1902 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist (d. 1992)
  • 1902 - George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (d. 1984)
  • 1903 - Helen Traubel, American soprano (d. 1972)
  • 1907 - Jack Albertson, American actor (d. 1981)
  • 1909 - Archie Fairley Carr, biologist (d. 1987)
  • 1910 - Juan Velasco, President of Peru (d. 1977)
  • 1912 - Enoch Powell, British politician (d. 1998)
  • 1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956)
  • 1916 - Hank Luisetti, baseball player (d. 2002)
  • 1917 - Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
  • 1917 - Irving Penn, American photographer
  • 1920 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (d. 2004)
  • 1920 - John Howard Griffin, American writer (d. 1980)
  • 1927 - Tom Graveney, English cricketer
  • 1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and playwright (d. 2001)
  • 1929 - Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001)
  • 1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian cinematographer
  • 1934 - Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress
  • 1935 - Jim Dine, American artist
  • 1937 - Erich Segal, American author
  • 1938 - James Bolam, English actor
  • 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist
  • 1940 - Neil Goldschmidt, Governor of Oregon
  • 1941 - Lamont Dozier, American record company executive
  • 1942 - Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist
  • 1947 - -minu, Swiss columnist and writer
  • 1951 - Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
  • 1952 - George Papandreou, junior, Greek politician
  • 1952 - Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer and songwriter
  • 1955 - Laurie Metcalf, American actress
  • 1966 - Jan Zelezný, Czech athlete
  • 1967 - John Franklin, American actor
  • 1970 - Phil Mickelson, American golfer
  • 1970 - James Shaffer, American guitarist (KoЯn)
  • 1971 - Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor (d. 1996)
  • 1971 - Derek R. Audette, Canadian artist and poet
  • 1972 - Hank von Helvete, Norwegian musician
  • 1977 - Kerry Wood, baseball player
  • 1980 - Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
  • 1980 - Nehir Erdoğan, Turkish actress
  • 1988 - Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer

[edit] Deaths

  • AD 1216 - Pope Innocent III
  • 1397 - Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (b. 1358)
  • 1464 - Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1399)
  • 1468 - Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)
  • 1622 - Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
  • 1623 - Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German protestant military leader (b. 1599)
  • 1666 - Richard Fanshawe, English poet, translator, and diplomat (b. 1608)
  • 1671 - Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader (executed)
  • 1707 - Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)
  • 1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650)
  • 1749 - Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)
  • 1752 - Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (b. 1664)
  • 1752 - Joseph Butler, English philosopher (b. 1692)
  • 1777 - Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)
  • 1778 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720)
  • 1779 - Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712)
  • 1804 - Johann Hiller, German composer (b. 1728)
  • 1817 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (b. 1759)
  • 1849 - Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian (b. 1780)
  • 1855 - John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)
  • 1858 - John Snow, English obstetrician (b. 1813)
  • 1866 - Joseph Méry French poet (b. 1798)
  • 1869 - Charles Sturt, English explorer (b. 1795)
  • 1872 - Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)
  • 1878 - Crawford Long, American physician (b. 1815)
  • 1881 - Sir Josiah Mason, English manufacturer (b. 1795)
  • 1885 - Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter (b. 1818)
  • 1894 - William Calder Marshall, Scottish sculptor (b. 1813)
  • 1925 - Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter (b. 1870)
  • 1925 - Emmett Hardy, American musician (b. 1903)
  • 1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor (b. 1860)
  • 1940 - DuBose Heyward, American writer (b. 1885)
  • 1944 - Marc Bloch, French historian (executed) (b. 1886)
  • 1953 - Margaret Bondfield, English politician and feminist (b. 1873)
  • 1958 - Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
  • 1959 - George Reeves, American actor (b. 1914)
  • 1969 - Harold Alexander, British military commander (b. 1891)
  • 1970 - Heino Eller, Estonian composer (b. 1887)
  • 1970 - Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
  • 1971 - Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (b. 1889)
  • 1977 - Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1912)
  • 1979 - Nicholas Ray, American film director (b. 1911)
  • 1981 - Jule Gregory Charney, meteorologist (b. 1917)
  • 1986 - Maurice Duruflé, French composer and organist (b. 1902)
  • 1988 - Kim Milford, American actor (b. 1951)
  • 1993 - Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (b. 1913)
  • 1996 - Mel Allen, baseball announcer (b. 1913)
  • 1996 - Curt Swan, American comic book artist (b. 1920)
  • 2000 - Empress Nagako of Japan (b. 1903)
  • 2003 - Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b. 1916)
  • 2004 - Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1912)
  • 2005 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (b. 1906)

[edit] Events

  • 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses
  • 1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir
  • 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada
  • 1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French Fortress Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
  • 1746 - War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza
  • 1755 - French and Indian War: French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
  • 1774 - Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
  • 1779 - Spain declares war on Britain and the siege of Gibraltar begins
  • 1815 - Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo.
  • 1836 - Formation of the London Working Men's Association begins the Chartist Movement
  • 1846 - The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected pope, beginning the longest reign in the history of the post-apostolic papacy.
  • 1858 - Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois
  • 1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny.
  • 1871 - University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
  • 1884 - The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York
  • 1891 - John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.
  • 1902 - Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
  • 1903 - Ford Motor Company incorporates.
  • 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
  • 1904 - Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
  • 1904 - Leopold Bloom walks around Dublin. (see Ulysses) Known as Bloomsday.
  • 1911 - A 772 gram stony meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
  • 1915 - Foundation of the British Women's Institute
  • 1922 - General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
  • 1924 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded
  • 1925 - The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek established.
  • 1940 - World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France
  • 1940 - A Communist government is installed in Lithuania
  • 1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by the Cathay Pacific airline, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane.
  • 1955 - Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perón
  • 1956 - Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath
  • 1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens in New York
  • 1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris
  • 1962 - Two U.S. Army officers are killed in Saigon,Vietnam.
  • 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
  • 1972 - Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
  • 1972 - Red Army Faction member Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
  • 1972 - Opening of the New York Jazz Museum
  • 1972 - Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland
  • 1976 - Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
  • 1977 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
  • 1981 - Ken Taylor honoured for helping six Americans escape from Iran during hostage crisis
  • 1983 - Yuri Andropov becomes president of the USSR
  • 1994 - A Chinese operated Northwest Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160
  • 1995 - The Astronomy Picture of the Day was born
  • 1996 - First round of voting in the Russian presidential election
  • 1997 - Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; some 50 people killed.
  • 1999 - Thabo Mbeki elected President of South Africa.
  • 2001 - George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin meet in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
  • 2002 - Politically Incorrect is cancelled (from sponsors dropping the show) after host Bill Maher makes controversial comments on air regarding the integrity of President George W. Bush.
  • 2003 - The Hatfields and McCoys sign a formal truce.
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