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2006 Calendar

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1315 - Bonne of Luxembourg, queen of John II of France (d. 1349)
1470 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
1554 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
1660 - Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)
1663 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
1706 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
1726 - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
1737 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)
1759 - William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828)
1768 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
1772 - Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)
1799 - Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. 1873)
1822 - Frédéric Passy, French economist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1912)
1830 - Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907)
1838 - Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925)
1851 - Emil Berliner, German-born telephone and recording pioneer (d. 1929)
1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
1882 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1883 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
1895 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (d. 1937)
1901 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. 1981)
1903 - Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor (d. 1975)
1906 - Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
1908 - James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
1911 - Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986)
1913 - William Hewlett, American engineer and computer manufacturer (d. 2001)
1915 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician (d. 1981)
1916 - Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete
1916 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
1917 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
1918 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004)
1919 - George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)
1920 - Betty Driver, English singer and actress
1921 - Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. 1947)
1921 - Hal Newhouser, baseball player (d. 1998)
1926 - Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
1927 - Bud Grant, American football coach
1931 - Ken Boyer, baseball player (d. 1982)
1935 - Marinella, Greek singer
1936 - Anthony Zerbe, American actor
1940 - Stan Mikita, Slovak-born hockey player
1940 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player
1943 - Al Bano, Italian singer
1944 - Joe Cocker, British singer
1944 - Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
1946 - Cher, American actress and singer
1947 - Greg Dyke, British broadcast executive
1952 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
1953 - Robert Doyle, Australian politician
1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
1956 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
1958 - Ron Reagan, American dancer and talk show host
1958 - Jane Wiedlin, American singer (The Go-Go's)
1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer
1959 - Bronson Pinchot, American actor
1960 - John Billingsley, American actor
1960 - Chuck Brodsky, American musician
1960 - Tony Goldwyn, American actor
1962 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
1966 - Mindy Cohn, American actress
1968 - Timothy Olyphant, American actor
1970 - Louis Theroux, British television presenter
1971 - Tony Stewart, American race car driver
1972 - Tina Hobley, British actress
1972 - Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper
1976 - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
1977 - Miriam Parrish, American actress
1981 - Íker Casillas, Spanish footballer
1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
1982 - Petr Cech, Czech footballer