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Go onto www.wikipedia.org and type in the day and month of your birthday. E.g. 22nd November (my birthday)

Your job is to list all the important births, deaths and events that happened that day, that make YOUR birthday an important day.

22nd November

Births
1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
1967 - Boris Becker, German tennis player
1940 - Terry Gilliam, American/British comedian
1808 - Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892)
1976 - Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)
1978 - Karen O, American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
1984 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress

Deaths
1718 - Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate
1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
1963 - C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898)
1993 - Anthony Burgess, British author (b. 1917)
1996 - Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)

Events
1718 - Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

1830 - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1922 - Egyptology: Howard Carter, assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opens the tomb of Tutankhamun.

1942 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad - General Friedrich von Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.

1943 - Lebanese Independence Day. Lebanon gains independence from France.

1963 - John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded. Later the same day, US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States.

1968 - The Beatles release the double-album The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album.

1972 - Vietnam War: The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war.

1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1996 - The first Tomb Raider game is released in the UK.

2002 - In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest

2003 - England defeat Australia to win England's first Rugby World Cup.

2004 - The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.

2005 - System of a Down release Hypnotize, the first half of their double album Mezmerize/Hypnotize in the UK.

2005 - The Xbox 360 is released in North America.
 
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good gawd y'all!
 
September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years).




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Damn, that's a popular day. :dry:
 
* 1305 - Flemish-French peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
* 1314 - Start of the Battle of Bannockburn south of Stirling, Edward II of England & Robert I of Scotland met in battle. Scotland won and Edward fled the field and Scotland.
* 1532 - Henry VIII & François I sign secret treaty against Emperor Charles V.
* 1611 - The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in the Atlantic Ocean; they are never heard from again.
* 1661 - Marriage contract between Charles II of England & Catharina of Portugal.
* 1683 - William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
* 1713 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada. [1]
* 1757 - Battle of Plassey - 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey.
* 1758 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld - British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
* 1760 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Landshut - Austria beats Prussia.
* 1794 - Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.
* 1810 - John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
* 1812 - War of 1812: Great Britain had revoked the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
* 1858 - Six-year-old Edgardo Mortara is seized by Papal authorities.
* 1860 - The US Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
* 1865 - American Civil War: At Fort Towson in Oklahoma Territory Confederate General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.
* 1887 - The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. [2]
* 1888 - Frederick Douglass is the first African-American nominated for US president.
* 1894 - International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
* 1919 - Defeat of German forces at Cesis in northern Latvia during Estonian Liberation War, now celebrated annually as Estonian Victory Day.
* 1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
* 1938 - The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
* 1940 - World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.
* 1941 - Lithuanian Activist Front initiates Lithuanian 1941 independence from the Soviet Union; it lasted only briefly as the Nazis occupied Lithuania a few weeks later.
* 1945 - The Imperial Japanese armed forces ended organized resistance to the U.S. armed forces in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island of Okinawa.
* 1947 - The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
* 1955 - In the Strahov Stadium in Prague the 1st all-national Spartakiáda begins.
* 1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt.
* 1958 - The Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers.
* 1959 - Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany (where he resumed a scientific career).
* 1959 - A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim, Norway kills 34 people.
* 1967 - Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
* 1968 - 74 are killed and 150 injured in a soccer stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
* 1969 - Warren E. Burger is sworn in as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring chief Earl Warren.
* 1972 - Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
* 1972 - 45 countries leave the Sterling Area, allowing their currencies to fluctuate independently of the British Pound.
* 1973 - A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six year old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
* 1985 - A bomb planted by terrorists in Air India Flight 182, a Boeing 747, blew-up 31,000 feet (9500 m) above the Atlantic Ocean, South of Ireland, killing all 329 aboard.
* 1990 - Moldavia declares independence.
* 1991 - The release date of the best-selling video game Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Births

* 47 BC - Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egypt
* 1433 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
* 1456 - Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)
* 1534 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
* 1596 - Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)
* 1612 - André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)
* 1668 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)
* 1683 - Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)
* 1716 - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (d. 1789)
* 1750 - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
* 1763 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)
* 1800 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)
* 1824 - Carl Reinecke, German musician and composer (d. 1910)
* 1884 - Cyclone Taylor, professional ice hockey player (d. 1979)
* 1888 - Bronson M. Cutting, American politician
* 1889 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
* 1894 - Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)
* 1894 - King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)
* 1903 - Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)
* 1907 - James Meade, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
* 1909 - David Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
* 1910 - Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (d. 1987)
* 1910 - Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* 1910 - Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (d. 2000)
* 1912 - Alan Turing, English mathematician (d. 1954)
* 1916 - Len Hutton, English cricketer (d. 1990)
* 1919 - Muhammad Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
* 1927 - Bob Fosse, American choreographer (d. 1987)
* 1929 - June Carter Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
* 1935 - Maurice Ferre, former Puerto Rican mayor of Miami
* 1936 - Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece
* 1937 - Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland
* 1940 - Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
* 1940 - Lord Irvine of Lairg, Scottish Lord Chancellor
* 1940 - Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)
* 1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe, first bassist with The Beatles (d. 1962)
* 1941 - Robert Hunter, American lyricist and poet (The Grateful Dead)
* 1943 - James Levine, American conductor
* 1943 - Vint Cerf, American Internet pioneer
* 1946 - Ted Shackleford, American actor
* 1947 - Bryan Brown, Australian actor
* 1948 - Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
* 1948 - Darhyl S. Ramsey, American author and professor of music education
* 1955 - Glenn Danzig, American musician (The Misfits and Danzig)
* 1955 - Jean Tigana, French footballer
* 1957 - Frances McDormand, American actress
* 1961 - Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist
* 1962 - Chuck Billy, American singer
* 1963 - Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
* 1964 - Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter
* 1964 - Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast
* 1965 - Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)
* 1966 - Chico DeBarge, American musician (DeBarge)
* 1971 - Felix Potvin, Canadian professional hockey goaltender
* 1972 - Selma Blair, American actress
* 1972 - Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
* 1973 - Marie N, Latvian singer
* 1975 - Kevin Dyson, American football player
* 1975 - KT Tunstall, Scottish singer and songwriter
* 1976 - Brandon Stokley, American football player
* 1976 - Patrick Monahan, British comedian
* 1976 - Patrick Vieira, French footballer
* 1977 - Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter
* 1979 - LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
* 1980 - Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer

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Deaths

* 79 - Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9)
* 1018 - Henry I of Austria
* 1516 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)
* 1555 - Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)
* 1582 - Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537)
* 1615 - Ma****a Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)
* 1677 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
* 1686 - William Coventry, English statesman
* 1707 - John Mill, English theologian
* 1733 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
* 1770 - Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
* 1775 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692)
* 1806 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (b. 1723)
* 1832 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (b. 1761)
* 1891 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (b. 1804)
* 1893 - Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (b. 1817)
* 1926 - Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
* 1956 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
* 1959 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
* 1969 - Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (b. 1907)
* 1980 - Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
* 1991 - Eric Andolsek, African American football player (b. 1966)
* 1995 - Jonas Salk, American medical researcher (b. 1914)
* 1995 - Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
* 1996 - Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
* 1998 - Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911)
* 1999 - Buster Merryfield, British actor (b. 1920)
* 2001 - Yvonne Dionne, one of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
* 2002 - Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
* 2003 - Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (b. 1938)
* 2005 - Shana Alexander, American columnist (b. 1926)
* 2006 - Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
* 2006 - Luke Graham, Wrestler, and 1-half of First-ever Tag Team Champions (b. 1940)

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Holidays and observances

* Jāņi (Līgo) - Latvia
* Midsummer's Eve, Christianized the eve of the feast of Saint John the Baptist, is celebrated in much of Northern Europe and the British Islands
* Victory Day - Estonia
* Father's Day - Poland
* Grand Duke's Official Birthday - Luxembourg

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March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). There are 304 days remaining.

Events

* 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
* 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
* 1717 - The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England.
* 1791 - Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
* 1807 - The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
* 1836 - Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
* 1855 - Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
* 1861 - Nevada Territory and Dakota Territory are organized as political divisions of the United States.
* 1861 - Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signed the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
* 1865 - Second Taranaki War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
* 1877 - U.S. presidential election, 1876: The U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876 (Reconstruction ends).
* 1888 - The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
* 1896 - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the Battle of Adwa, marking the first victory of an African nation over a colonial power.
* 1899 - In Washington State, USA, Mount Rainier National Park is established.
* 1901 - The U.S. Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
* 1903 - In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
* 1917 - The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans, United States citizenship.
* 1917 - (Old Style) - Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Michael II of Russia.
* 1919 - The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
* 1933 - King Kong premieres in New York City.
* 1939 - Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
* 1940 - Elmer Fudd makes his debut in the cartoon Elmer's Candid Camera.
* 1943 - World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea - United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.
* 1946 - Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
* 1949 - Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
* 1955 - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.
* 1956 - Morocco declares its independence from France.
* 1959 - Miles Davis holds the first recording session for Kind of Blue at Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York, NY.
* 1962 - In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.
* 1962 - In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup.
* 1963 - Release of Please Please Me in the United Kingdom, the first LP from The Beatles.
* 1969 - In Toulouse, France the first test flight of the Concorde is conducted.
* 1969 - Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
* 1970 - Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
* 1972 - The Pioneer 10 spaceprobe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
* 1978 - Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
* 1987 - Chrysler acquires American Motors.
* 1989 - Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
* 1990 - Nelson Mandela elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
* 1991 - Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings end to the 1991 Gulf War.
* 1992 - Uzbekistan joins the UN.
* 1992 - Moldova joins the UN.
* 1995 - Nick Leeson is arrested for his role in the collapse of Barings Bank.
* 1995 - Yahoo! is incorporated, establishing the Internet Portal as a model.
* 1996 - John Howard is appointed as Prime Minister of Australia.
* 1998 - Data sent from the Galileo spaceprobe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
* 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 allied troop fatalities).
* 2003 - The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics is held at Chung Cheng University.
* 2004 - Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia vote on a referendum concerning its Confederacy-derived flag.
* 2004 - War in Iraq: Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
* 2004 - War in Iraq: A United Nations report from the weapons inspection teams states that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction of any significance after 1994, despite President George W. Bush's and Prime Minister Blair's objection to the contrary before the invasion.
* 2006 - Sir Menzies Campbell is elected the new leader of the UK Liberal Democrat Party.
* 2006 - The newest version of the United States ten-dollar bill enters circulation.

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Births

* 1316 - Robert II of Scotland, (d. 1390)
* 1409 - John II of Alençon, French soldier (d. 1476)
* 1459 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
* 1545 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613)
* 1578 - George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
* 1705 - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
* 1770 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (d. 1826)
* 1779 - Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
* 1793 - Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
* 1800 - Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
* 1810 - Pope Leo XIII, (d. 1903)
* 1820 - Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
* 1824 - Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)
* 1829 - Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (d. 1906)
* 1849 - Robert Means Thompson, U.S. naval officer (d. 1930)
* 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
* 1860 - Susanna M. Salter, Mayor of Argonia, Kansas (d. 1961)
* 1862 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
* 1876 - Pope Pius XII, (d. 1958)
* 1878 - William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
* 1886 - Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
* 1900 - Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)
* 1902 - Moe Berg, baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
* 1904 - Dr. Seuss, American author (d. 1991)
* 1908 - Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
* 1909 - Mel Ott, baseball player (d. 1958)
* 1913 - Godfried Bomans, Dutch author and television personality (d. 1971)
* 1913 - Mort Cooper, baseball player (d. 1958)
* 1914 - Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990)
* 1917 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, bandleader, and musician (d. 1986)
* 1917 - Jim Konstanty, baseball player (d. 1976)
* 1919 - Jennifer Jones, American actress
* 1923 - Robert H. Michel, American politician
* 1926 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. 1995)
* 1927 - Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist
* 1930 - John Cullum, American actor and singer
* 1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, President of the Soviet Union, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
* 1931 - Tom Wolfe, American author
* 1935 - Al Waxman, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
* 1937 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
* 1938 - Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile
* 1940 - Tony Croatto, Italian-born singer and composer (d. 2005)
* 1942 - John Irving, American author
* 1942 - Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist
* 1942 - Peter Guber, American film producer
* 1943 - Peter Straub, American author
* 1943 - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player
* 1944 - Uschi Glas, German actress
* 1948 - Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist (d. 1995)
* 1948 - Jeff Kennett, Australian politician
* 1949 - Eddie Money, New York police officer and singer
* 1949 - JPR Williams, Welsh rugby player
* 1949 - Gates McFadden, American actress
* 1950 - Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (d. 1983)
* 1952 - Mark Evanier, American writer
* 1952 - Laraine Newman, American actress and comedian
* 1953 - Russ Feingold, American politician
* 1955 - Shoko Asahara, Japanese religious leader
* 1956 - Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
* 1958 - Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
* 1961 - Simone Young, Australian conductor
* 1962 - Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
* 1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American singer, songwriter, and actor
* 1963 - Tuff Hedeman, 4-Time PRCA World Champion Bull Rider
* 1964 - Megan Leigh, American pornstar (d. 1990)
* 1964 - Mike Von Erich, Professional wrestler
* 1965 - Ron Gant, baseball player
* 1968 - Daniel Craig, English actor
* 1972 - Amber Smith, American actress and model
* 1973 - Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
* 1974 - Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete
* 1977 - Chris Martin, British musician (Coldplay)
* 1977 - Heather McComb, American actress
* 1977 - Andrew Strauss, English cricketer
* 1979 - Damien Duff, Irish footballer
* 1980 - Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
* 1981 - Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
* 1981 - Lance Cade, Professional wrestler
* 1982 - Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
* 1982 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish hockey
* 1982 - Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
* 1982 - Corey Webster, American football player
* 1985 - Robert Iler, American actor
* 1985 - Reggie Bush, American football player
* 1989 - Will Makar, American Idol contestant

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Deaths

* 855 - Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
* 1316 - Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
* 1572 - Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
* 1589 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
* 1729 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
* 1730 - Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
* 1755 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
* 1758 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
* 1791 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
* 1793 - Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
* 1797 - Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717)
* 1830 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
* 1835 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
* 1840 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758)
* 1865 - Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
* 1880 - Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
* 1895 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
* 1895 - Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830)
* 1921 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
* 1930 - D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885)
* 1938 - Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
* 1939 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
* 1953 - Jim Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
* 1960 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
* 1962 - Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
* 1973 - Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918). See Khartoum diplomatic assassinations.
* 1974 - Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
* 1975 - Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b. 1929)
* 1982 - Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
* 1987 - Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
* 1991 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
* 1992 - Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
* 1997 - Bloodshed, American rapper (b. 1975)
* 1999 - Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
* 2001 - John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
* 2003 - Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
* 2003 - Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer, (b. 1931)
* 2004 - Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
* 2004 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
* 2004 - Marge Schott, baseball team owner (b. 1928)
* 2005 - Rick Mahler, baseball player (b. 1953)
* 2006 - Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)

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Holidays and observances

* Bahá'í Faith - Feast of 'Alá (Loftiness) - First day of the 19th month of the Bahá'í Calendar.
* Bahá'í Faith - Beginning of the Fast (sunrise to sunset fast for 19 days).
* Texas Independence Day (1836).

I will take solace in my star sign from here onward, knowing that Dr. Seuss, Jon Bon Jovi, Daniel Craig and Bryce Dallas Howard share my birthday date.
 
November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining.

1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
1783 - John Austin, a highwayman, is the last to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
1783 - The Continental Army is disbanded.
1793 - French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
1817 - The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
1838 - The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
1844 - Debut of Giuseppe Verdi's I due Foscari, at Teatro Argentina, Rome.
1848 - A greatly revised constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of the parliament and the ministers, is proclaimed. This constitution is still in effect today.
1868 - U.S. presidential election: Republican Ulysses S. Grant is elected to the first of his two terms in a victory over Democrat Horatio Seymour.
1883 - American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the Po-8" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.
1896 - U.S. presidential election: Republican William McKinley is elected over Democrat William Jennings Bryan.
1903 - With the encouragement of the United States, Panama proclaims itself independent from Colombia. US President Theodore Roosevelt had wanted the United States to build the Panama Canal, but was not willing to pay what Colombia asked.
1908 - U.S. presidential election: Republican William Howard Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate in his third and final nomination.
1911 - Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1913 - The USA introduces an income tax.
1918 - Austria-Hungary enters an armistice with the World War I Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
1918 - Poland declares its independence from Russia.
1930 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
1935 - George II of Greece regains his throne.
1936 - U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over Alf Landon.
1942 - World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein ends - German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night.
1944 - World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
1954 - The first in the Godzilla series of films is released in Japan.
1957 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit: a dog named Laika.
1964 - U.S. presidential election, 1964: Incumbent US President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, Sr with over 60 percent of the popular vote.
1967 - Vietnam War: Battle of Dak To begins.
1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
1970 - Salvador Allende is inaugurated as president of Chile.
1973 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury, on March 29, 1974 becoming the first space probe to reach that planet.
1975 - An independent audit of Mattel, one of the United States's largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."
1978 - Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1979 - Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally.
1982 - The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000+ people.
1984 -Indira Gandhi was cremated at Shakti Sthal.
1986 - Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
1988 - Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries try to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.
1991 - Fifteen people are killed in the Barrios Altos massacre in Lima, Peru.
1992 - U.S. presidential election: Democratic challenger Bill Clinton defeats incumbent Republican George H.W. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot.
1998 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is elected Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Births

39 - Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)
1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571)
1558 - Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (d. 1594)
1560 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
1587 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
1604 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1622)
1618 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707)
1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
1718 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d. 1792)
1793 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836)
1794 - William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878)
1801 - Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (d. 1859)
1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
1816 - Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894)
1816 - Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (d. 1898)
1845 - Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
1852 - Meiji Emperor, Japanese emperor (d. 1912)
1856 - Jim McCormick, Baseball player (d. 1918)
1857 - Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (d. 1918)
1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian novelist (d. 1942)
1876 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1940)
1887 - Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (d. 1964)
1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)
1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna Romanova (d. 1918)
1899 - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (d. 1986)
1901 - King Léopold III of Belgium (d. 1983)
1901 - André Malraux, French writer (d. 1976)
1903 - Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975)
1908 - Bronko Nagurski, American football player (d. 1990)
1909 - James Reston, American journalist (d. 1995)
1910 - Richard Hurndall, British actor (d. 1984)
1912 - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (d. 2006)
1918 - Bob Feller, baseball player
1918 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (d. 2003)
1919 - Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d. 1995)
1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993)
1921 - Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003)
1923 - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990)
1924 - Samuel Ruiz García, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
1930 - Brian Robinson, British cyclist
1931 - Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005)
1933 - Ken Berry, American actor
1933 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995)
1933 - Michael Dukakis, American politician
1933 - Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 - John Barry, English composer
1936 - Roy Emerson, Australian tennis champion
1938 - Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician
1946 - Tom Savini, American actor, filmmaker, and makeup artist
1948 - Lulu, British actress and singer
1949 - Larry Holmes, American boxer
1950 - Joe Queenan, American writer, essayist, satirist and critic
1952 - Roseanne, American actress and comedienne
1953 - Kate Capshaw, American actress
1953 - Dennis Miller, American comedian
1953 - Larry Herndon, baseball player
1954 - Adam Ant, English singer
1954 - Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress
1955 - Phil Simms, American football player
1956 - Kevin Murphy, American actor, author, and puppeteer
1957 - Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor
1960 - Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player
1962 - Marilyn, British musician
1963 - Ian Wright, English footballer
1967 - Steven Wilson, English musician and producer (Porcupine Tree)
1969 - Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian model and tv show hostess
1970 - Dawn Marie Psaltis, American professional wrestler
1971 - Dwight Yorke, Trinidadian footballer
1971 - Dylan Moran, Irish comedian
1972 - Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer
1973 - Nemone, Athlete and broadcaster
1973 - Mick Thompson, American guitarist (Slipknot)
1974 - Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player
1977 - Aria Giovanni, American model
1979 - Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
1981 - Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler
1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
1982 - Travis Richter, American guitarist/throat From First To Last
1986 - Jasmine Trias, American singer
1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model

Deaths

361 - Constantius II, Roman Emperor (b. 317)
1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1193)
1428 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)
1580 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512)
1600 - Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
1643 - John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582)
1643 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577)
1711 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666)
1787 - Robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710)
1793 - Olympe de Gouges, French feminist and revolutionary (b. 1748)
1794 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715)
1890 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
1891 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte, French politician and linguist (b. 1813)
1918 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian scientist (b. 1857)
1926 - Annie Oakley, American sharp-shooter (b. 1860)
1929 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883)
1933 - Emile Roux, French scientist (b. 1853)
1939 - Charles Tournemire, French composer and organist (b. 1870)
1954 - Henri Matisse, French artist (b. 1869)
1957 - Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychotherapist (b. 1897)
1964 - John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b. 1905)
1970 - Peter II of Yugoslavia (b. 1923)
1990 - Mary Martin, American actress (b. 1913)
1993 - Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (b. 1895)
1995 - Gordon S. Fahrni, physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association (b. 1887)
1996 - Abdullah Çatlı, a Turkish nationalist and neofascist activist (b. 1956)
1996 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921)
1998 - Bob Kane, comic artist & Batman co creator (b. 1915)
1999 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
2001 - Ernst Gombrich, Austrian art historian (b. 1909)
2002 - Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931)
2002 - Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
2003 - Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
2004 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b. 1972)
 
June 10

* 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.

TEH FAIL!
 
Not much but i never knew so many cool peeps have the same birthday as me

Hugo Weaving
Robert Downey Jr
David Blaine
Dave Mirra
Heath Ledger
Anthony Perkins

1964 - The Beatles occupy all of the top five positions on the Billboard singles chart in the United States.
# 1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
# 1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
 
I was born on December 8th and I'm sure that the United States entered World War II on that day, Jim Morrison was born, Sammy Davis Jr. was born and John Lennon was killed.
 
Events

* 49 BC - Julius Caesar's general Gaius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
* 79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash.
* 410 - The Visigoths under Alaric begin to pillage Rome for three days.
* 1215 - Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid.
* 1349 - Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz because they are blamed for the bubonic plague.
* 1391 - Jews massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
* 1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
* 1459 - Vlad Tepes (aka Dracula) had 30,000 of the merchants and officials of the Transylvanian city of Braşov impaled.[citation needed]
* 1511 - Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca.
* 1561 - Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon.
* 1572 - Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
* 1608 - The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
* 1662 - Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
* 1682 - William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
* 1690 - Calcutta, India is founded.
* 1814 - British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
* 1816 - The Treaty with the Ottawa, etc. is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
* 1821 - The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
* 1831 - Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
* 1847 - Charlotte Brontë finishes Jane Eyre.
* 1853 - Potato chips are first prepared.
* 1857 - The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.
* 1858 - In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.
* 1891 - Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
* 1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
* 1912 - Alaska becomes a United States territory.
* 1914 - World War I: German troops capture Namur.
* 1929 - Turkey and Persia sign a friendship treaty.
* 1929 - Riots in Palestine of 1929: 18 Jews in Safed, 67 in Hebron, and 22 in Jerusalem killed by Arab Palestinians.
* 1931 - France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
* 1931 - Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
* 1932 - Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
* 1936 - The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
* 1942 - World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo is sunk and US carrier Enterprise heavily damaged.
* 1944 - World War II: Allied troops start the attack on Paris.
* 1949 - The treaty creating NATO goes into effect.
* 1950 - Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the UN.
* 1954 - The Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American Communist Party is outlawed.
* 1954 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
* 1960 - A temperature of −88°C (−127°F) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica — a world-record low.
* 1963 - The 200-metre freestyle is swum in less than 2 minutes for the first time by Don Schollander (1:58).
* 1967 - Led by Abbie Hoffman, a group of hippies temporarily disrupt trading at the NYSE by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing a cease in trading as the brokers scramble to grab them up.
* 1968 - France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power.
* 1971 - Pink Floyd performs their most famous concert, in an abandoned Pompeii amphitheatre on the 1892nd anniversary of the infamous disappearance of Pompeii.
* 1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
* 1989 - Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
* 1989 - Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
* 1989 - Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
* 1990 - A judge rules that Judas Priest are not responsible for the deaths of two youths who committed suicide after listening to the band's music.
* 1990 - Sinéad O'Connor refuses to perform at the Garden State Arts Plaza in Holmdel, New Jersey if "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played before her show, as is customary.
* 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
* 1991 - Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
* 1992 - Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.
* 1992 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida as a Category 5 Hurricane.
* 1994 - Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
* 1995 - Windows 95, a computer operating system by Microsoft, is released with much fanfare.
* 1998 - The Netherlands is selected as the site for the trial of the two Libyan suspects of the 1988 PanAm bombing.
* 2001 - Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from New York) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
* 2004 - Two airliners in Russia, carrying a total of 89 passengers, explode within minutes of each other after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow, leaving no survivors. The explosions were caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya.
* 2006 - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

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Births

* 1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
* 1198 - King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
* 1358 - King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
* 1393 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
* 1552 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
* 1580 - John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)
* 1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
* 1635 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
* 1669 - Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747)
* 1759 - William Wilberforce, English campaigner against slavery (d. 1833)
* 1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (1814-1840)
* 1787 - James Weddell, Antarctica explorer (d. 1834)
* 1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
* 1837 - Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924)
* 1852 - Deacon White, baseball player (d. 1919)
* 1863 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
* 1865 - King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
* 1872 - Max Beerbohm, British parodist and caricaturist (d. 1956)
* 1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1965)
* 1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933)
* 1887 - Harry Hooper, baseball player (d. 1974)
* 1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian swimmer and surfer (d. 1968)
* 1890 - Jean Rhys, Dominican writer (d. 1979)
* 1895 - Richard Cardinal Cushing,archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)
* 1897 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954)
* 1898 - Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic, writer, and editor (d. 1989)
* 1899 - Gaylord DuBois, American comic book writer(d. 1993)
* 1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986)
* 1901 - Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970)
* 1904 - Alice White, American film actress (d. 1983)
* 1915 - James Tiptree, Jr., American writer (d. 1987)
* 1916 - Hal Smith, American actor and voice actor (d. 1994)
* 1916 - Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993)
* 1918 - Sikander Bakht Indian politician, Cabinet Minister, Governor of Kerala (d.2004)
* 1922 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
* 1923 - Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
* 1927 - Harry Markowitz, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner
* 1929 - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2004)
* 1934 - Kenny Baker, English actor
* 1936 - A. S. Byatt, English novelist
* 1938 - Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician
* 1938 - David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship)
* 1938 - Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
* 1942 - Howard Jacobson, British novelist and newspaper columnist
* 1943 - John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989)
* 1944 - Bill Goldsworthy, National Hockey League player (d. 1996)
* 1945 - Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
* 1945 - Vincent K. McMahon, American professional wrestling entrepreneur
* 1947 - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author
* 1947 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
* 1948 - Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force
* 1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
* 1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer
* 1951 - Oscar Hijuelos, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner
* 1956 - John Culberson, American politician
* 1957 - Stephen Fry, English comedian, author, and actor
* 1958 - Steve Guttenberg, American actor
* 1958 - Tracy Harris, American artist
* 1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr., baseball player
* 1962 - Craig Kilborn, American talk show host
* 1962 - David Koechner, American actor
* 1963 - John Bush, American singer (Anthrax)
* 1963 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director
* 1964 - Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut
* 1965 - Marlee Matlin, American actress
* 1965 - Reggie Miller, American basketball player
* 1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
* 1972 - Jean-Luc Brassard, Québécois freestyle skier
* 1973 - David Chappelle, American actor and comedian
* 1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
* 1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
* 1973 - Andrew Brunette, Canadian National Hockey League player
* 1974 - Jennifer Lien, American actress
* 1975 - Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
* 1978 - Rafael Furcal, Dominican Major League Baseball player
* 1981 - Chad Michael Murray, American actor
* 1983 - Christopher Parker, British actor
* 1988 - Rupert Grint, English actor

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Deaths

* 79 - Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)
* 1042 - Michael V, Byzantine Emperor) (b. 1015)
* 1103 - King Magnus III of Norway (b. 1073)
* 1217 - Eustace the Monk, French mercenary and pirate (bc. 1170)
* 1540 - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
* 1542 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)
* 1572 - Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
* 1572 - Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (b. 1519)
* 1572 - Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (b. 1515)
* 1572 - Charles de Téligny, French Huguenot soldier (bc. 1535)
* 1595 - Thomas Digges, English astronomer (b. 1546)
* 1647 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
* 1664 - Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)
* 1679 - Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
* 1680 - Thomas Blood, Irish-born thief of the British crown jewels (b. 1618)
* 1683 - John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)
* 1759 - Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (b. 1715)
* 1779 - Kosmas Aitolos, Greek Orthodox martyr (b. 1714)
* 1831 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
* 1832 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mathematician (b. 1796)
* 1841 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (b. 1788)
* 1888 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (b. 1822)
* 1921 - Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (b. 1886)
* 1940 - Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German television pioneer (b. 1860)
* 1946 - James Clark McReynolds, U.S. Supreme Court justice (b. 1862)
* 1954 - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (b. 1882)
* 1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)
* 1958 - Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (b. 1876)
* 1967 - Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b. 1882)
* 1967 - Lam Bun, Hong Kong radio commentator (murdered) (b. 1930)
* 1974 - Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (b. 1894)
* 1978 - Louis Prima, American band leader (b. 1910)
* 1979 - Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (b. 1912)
* 1980 - Yootha Joyce, British actress (b. 1927)
* 1985 - Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906)
* 1987 - Malcolm Kirk, wrestler (b. 1936)
* 1990 - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)
* 1991 - Bernard Castro, Italian inventor (b. 1904)
* 1995 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photographer (b. 1898)
* 1998 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
* 2003 - Sir Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer (b. 1910)
* 2004 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (b. 1926)
* 2006 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (b. 1916)
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Also, I was born, allegedly.
 
January 13th

Events
888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
1099 - Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria.
1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey sentenced to death.
1559 - Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey.
1602 - William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.
1605 - The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1607 - Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter.
1622 - Work on the printing of the First Folio of William Shakespeare is suspended.
1625 - John Milton, 16, is admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge.
1733 - James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
1785 - John Walter publishes first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
1830 - Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
1832 - President Andrew Jackson writes Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
1840 - The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
1854 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas.
1869 - National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C..
1893 - The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.
1893 - US Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1898 - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
1915 - An Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
1930 - Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.
1934 - the Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
1935 - A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
1938 - Church of England accepts theory of evolution.
1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
1942 - The United States begins Japanese American internment.
1953 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia.
1957 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.
1958 - Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1968 - Johnny Cash records his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison
1972 - Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
1982 - Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
1986 - A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
1990 - L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
1991 - Soviet Union military troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius.
1992 - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
2001 - An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.

Births
1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
1596 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
1610 - Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1665)
1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
1749 - Friedrich Müller, painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1825)
1805 - Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
1808 - Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
1812 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)
1861 - Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
1864 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
1878 - Lionel-Adolphe Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967).
1879 - Melvin Jones, American founder of Lions Clubs International (d. 1961)
1884 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer, comedienne, and vaudeville performer (d. 1966)
1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
1905 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)
1911 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
1924 - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
1925 - Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
1926 - Michael Bond, British writer
1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
1927 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress
1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer
1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor
1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor
1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
1942 - Richard Moll, American actor
1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress
1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
1947 - Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków
1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
1950 - Bob Forsch, baseball player
1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer
1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director
1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
1961 - Graham McPherson, English singer
1961 - Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)
1962 - Trace Adkins, American musician
1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
1968 - Mike Whitlow, English footballer
1969 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
1969 - Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
1970 - Keith Coogan, American actor
1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
1972 - Nicole Eggert, American actress
1972 - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarussian gymnast
1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player
1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor
1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese National Football Player
1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
1983 - Julian Morris, English actor

Deaths
85 BC - Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician
703 - Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
858 - King Ethelwulf of Wessex
888 - Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor
1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
1151 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian
1177 - Henry II of Austria (b. 1107)
1330 - Duke Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)
1363 - Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol
1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
1599 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
1658 - Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1691 - George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (b. 1624)
1766 - King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
1775 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693)
1790 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
1796 - John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
1797 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)
1864 - Stephen Foster, American composer (b. 1826)
1906 - Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
1923 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842)
1929 - Wyatt Earp, Western lawman (b. 1848)
1934 - Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
1943 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
1962 - Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
1974 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States and Senator from Minnesota (b. 1911)
1978 - Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (b. 1908)
1979 - Donny Hathaway, American musician (b. 1945)
1988 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
1993 - Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
2001 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
2002 - Ted Demme, American film and television director (b. 1963)
2002 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916)
2003 - Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
2004 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (b. 1937)
2004 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
2005 - Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
2005 - Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
2006 - Frank Fixaris, Sportscaster (b. 1934)
 
September 14

Events
786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1812 - French grenadiers enter Moscow.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.
1829 - Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War
1847 - Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
1886 - Typewriter ribbon patented.
1901 - President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
1910 - Huo Yuanjia defeated all four of his challengers, one from France, Britain, Russia, and Japan, which boosted Chinese nationalism pride even more.
1917 - Republican government declared in Russia.
1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
1944 - United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.
1948 - Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
1958 - Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere.
1959 - The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
1964 - The opening of the third period of the Second Vatican Council.
1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of Second Vatican Council.
1969 - On December 1, 1969 September 14th is drawn as the first birthdate in the U.S. draft during the Vietnam War.
1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1987 - ITV Schools was broadcast on Channel 4 for the very first time.
1990 - Ken Griffey, Jr. and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
1994 - The Major League Baseball season is canceled due to strike.
1998 - Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
1999 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
2001 - Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. While the rest of the world sees the service at the National Cathedral, Canada sees the similar service on Parliament Hill, the largest single vigil ever in the nation's capital. The successor to the Nintendo 64; the Nintendo Gamecube was released in Japan.
2003 - In a referendum Sweden rejects adopting the euro.
2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
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Births
1388 - Claudius Claussön Swart, Danish geographer
1486 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)
1543 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)
1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
1656 - Thomas Baker, British antiqurian (d. 1746)
1721 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807)
1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)
1771 - Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (d. 1829)
1804 - John Gould, British ornithologist (d. 1881)
1804 - Louis Maigret, French Catholic prelate (d. 1882)
1837 - Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d. 1903)
1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
1864 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)
1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d. 1944)
1869 - Kid Nichols, baseball player (d. 1953)
1879 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966)
1880 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)
1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)
1889 - Maria Capovilla, Previous oldest living person (d. 2006)
1891 - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
1898 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)
1909 - Peter Scott, British naturalist, artist, and explorer (d. 1989)
1910 - Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)
1913 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
1914 - Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)
1914 - Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
1914 - Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer
1920 - Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1920 - Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (d. 1998)
1921 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (d. 2001)
1926 - Michel Butor, French novelist
1929 - Larry Collins, American writer (d. 2005)
1932 - Harry Sinden, National Hockey League executive
1933 - Harve Presnell, American actor
1934 - Kate Millett, American feminist writer
1936 - Walter Koenig, American actor
1936 - Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1936 - Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician
1938 - Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor
1940 - Larry Brown, American basketball coach
1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
1942 - Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer
1944 - Joey Heatherton, American actress and singer
1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
1949 - Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)
1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer
1950 - Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)
1950 - Masami Kuwashima, Japanese Formula One driver
1957 - Tim Wallach, Major League Baseball player
1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)
1960 - Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
1968 - Michelle Stafford, American actress
1970 - Ben Garant, American actor
1970 - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)
1970 - Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
1971 - Kimberly Williams, American actress
1972 - David Bell, Baseball player
1973 - Nas, American rapper
1974 - Chad Bradford, Reliever for the New York Mets
1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
1978 - Carmen Kass, Estonian model
1980 - Phillip Tobias, American illustrator and musician
1981 - Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor
1981 - Moray Swan, Scottish Engineer, Musician, Hunk and all round nice guy
1982 - Shawn Cloninger, Radio Personality
1985 - Paolo Gregoletto, American Bassist (Trivium)
1985 - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress idol and singer
1986 - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1986 - Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
1989 - Jesse James, American actor
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Deaths
258 - Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage
585 - Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)
775 - Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718)
786 - Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph
891 - Pope Stephen V
1146 - Zengi, ruler of Syria (b. 1087)
1164 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
1214 - Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149)
1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b. 1265)
1404 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (b. 1377)
1435 - John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b. 1389)
1523 - Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
1538 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (b. 1483)
1605 - Jan Tarnowski, Archbishop of Krakow (b. 1550)
1638 - John Harvard, American clergyman (b. 1607)
1646 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (b. 1591)
1712 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-born astronomer (b. 1625)
1743 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
1749 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (b. 1675)
1759 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (b. 1712)
1807 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (b. 1724)
1836 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American author (b. 1789)
1852 - Augustus Pugin, English architect (b. 1812)
1852 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
1879 - Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808)
1886 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (b. 1802)
1898 - William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (b. 1857)
1901 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (assassinated) (b. 1843)
1910 - Huo Yuan Jia, Chinese martial artist, founder of the martial arts school Jing Wu Men in Shanghai
1927 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b. 1877)
1936 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
1937 - Tomáš Masaryk, first President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
1942 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (b. 1855)
1959 - Wayne Morris, American actor (b. 1914)
1965 - J.W. Hearne English cricketer (b. 1891)
1966 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (b. 1899)
1974 - Warren Hull, American actor (b. 1903)
1981 - Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (b. 1899)
1982 - Bachir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon (b. 1947)
1982 - John Gardner, American novelist (motorcycle accident) (b. 1933)
1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress (automobile accident) (b. 1929)
1982 - Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
1984 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
1989 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)
1991 - Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (b. 1930)
1992 - Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
1996 - Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (b. 1937)
1999 - Charles Crichton, English film director (b. 1910)
2000 - Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
2003 - Yetunde Price, sister of American tennis players Venus and Serena Williams (murdered) (b. 1972)
2005 - William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915)
2005 - Robert Wise, American filmmaker (b. 1914)
2005 - Vladimir Volkoff, French writer (b. 1932)



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In ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusis to Athens.
Roman Catholic Church - Triumph of the Cross (compare May 3, Finding of the Holy Cross).
Eastern Orthodox Church - Exaltation of the Cross, which commemorates the discovery of the (allegedly) original Christian cross in 326 by Helena, mother of Constantine, as well as the recovery from the Persians by Heraclius in 628.
Formerly, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following 14 September were observed as one of the four sets of Ember days. In the Irish calendar they were known as Quarter tense.
 
I just found out that I share a birthday with serial killer Ed Gein, Pee Wee Herman and the rapper Mase. I can't decide which one is worse.
 
1886 - The ticker-tape parade is invented in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1901 - In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
1901 - Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
1921 - The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
1923 - Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
1929 - The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or Black Tuesday, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
1942 - Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
1944 - Breda in the Netherlands is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division
1945 - Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil, resigns.
1948 - Safsaf massacre
1955 - The Soviet battleship Novorossiisk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
1956 - Suez Crisis begins: Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
1956 - Tangier Protocol signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco.
1957 - Israel's prime minister David Ben Gurion and five of his ministers are injured as a hand grenade is tossed into Israel's parliament, the Knesset.
1960 - In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
1964 - A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of theives including Jack Murphy from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
1969 - The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
1971 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - The total number of American troops still in Vietnam drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest level since January 1966).
1980 - Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
1985 - Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multiparty election in Liberia.
1988 - In Japan, the Sega Megadrive is released for the first time.
1989 - After years of delays, the 63rd Street Tunnel opens for service, the first expansion of the New York City subway system since 1967.
1991 - The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
1992 - The Food and Drug Administration approves Depo Provera for use as a contraceptive in the United States.
1994 - Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran was later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton).
1998 - Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
1998 - Space Shuttle Discovery blasts-off with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. He became the first American to orbit Earth on February 20, 1962.
1998 - While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he was landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.
1998 - In Freehold Borough, New Jersey, Melissa Drexler pleads guilty to aggravated manslaughter for killing her baby moments after delivering him in the bathroom at her senior prom, and is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
1998 - Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras.
2004 - The Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
2004 - In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution.
2005 - 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings kill more than 60.
2005 - Ghana International Airlines launched with inaugural flight from Accra to London.
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Births
1017 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)
1656 (O.S.) - Edmond Halley, English astronomer (d. 1742)
1682 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
1690 - Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
1704 - John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
1740 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795)
1815 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
1827 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907)
1861 - Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
1877 - Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973)
1879 - Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941)
1879 - Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
1880 - Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist (d. 1960)
1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944)
1891 - Fanny Brice, American singer (d. 1951)
1897 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945)
1899 - Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972)
1910 - Alfred Ayer, British philosopher (d. 1989)
1915 - William Berenberg, American physician (d. 2005)
1920 - Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate
1920 - Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic clergyman
1921 - Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
1923 - Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist
1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author
1926 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor
1930 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor (d. 2002)
1935 - Takahata Isao, Japanese director of animated movies
1936 - Akiko Kojima, Japanese model
1938 - Ralph Bakshi, Israeli cartoonist
1938 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia
1940 - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996)
1940 - Connie Mack, U.S. Senator from Florida
1940 - José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Catholic bishop
1944 - Denny Laine, English musician (Moody Blues,Wings)
1944 - Otto Wiesheu, German minister
1946 - Peter Green, English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
1948 - Kate Jackson, American actress
1953 - Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 - Roger O'Donnell, English musician (The Cure)
1956 - Wilfredo Gomez, Puerto Rican boxer
1959 - Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Finola Hughes, British actress
1961 - Randy Jackson, American musician
1964 - Yasmin Le Bon, British model
1967 - Joely Fisher, American actress
1968 - Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater
1970 - Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer
1970 - Philip Cocu, Dutch footballer
1971 - Winona Ryder, American actress
1972 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur
1972 - Gabrielle Union, American actress
1973 - Robert Pirès, French footballer
1974 - Michael Vaughan, English cricketer
1976 - Stephen Craigan, Northern Irish footballer
1977 - Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
1978 - Travis Henry, American football player
1979 - Benjamin S Adams, American Male
1980 - Ben Foster, American actor
1980 - B.J. Sams, American football player
1981 - Amanda Beard, American swimmer
1981 - Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
1983 - Maurice Clarett, American football player
1983 - Dana Eveland, American baseball player
1983 - Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
1984 - Eric Staal, Canadian hockey player
1985 - Whitney Hollowell, American Female
1987 - Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

WOW WINONA RYDER and also mine seems to have a lot of terrorism to do with it
 
Sept 11th
1185 - Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt which deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
1226 - The Catholic practice of perpetual adoration begins.
1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English.
1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors.
1609 - Henry Hudson lands on Manhattan island.
1609 - Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.
1683 - Battle of Vienna
1649 - Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and massacre its garrison.
1708 - Charles XII of Sweden stop outside Smolensk heading (by the lack of food since the Russians use the tactic of the burning soil) to the south, culminating in the disastrous battle of Poltava, the end of Sweden as a major power.
1709 - Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
1714 - Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbonic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1773 - The Public Advertiser publishes a satrical essay titled Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One, which is written by Benjamin Franklin.
1776 - British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolution.
1777 - Battle of Brandywine - Major American Revolutionary war victory for British in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1786 - The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
1789 - Alexander Hamilton is appointed as first Secretary of the Treasury.
1792 - Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men broke into the house used to store the jewels.
1814 - The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, which ended the War of 1812.
1847 - Stephen Foster's most well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1857 - The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
1869 - Work completed on the Wallace Monument.
1888 - Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day was chosen.
1893 - First World Parliament of Religions conference held.
1897 - After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
1906 - Mahatma Gandhi starts Non-Violence movement
1911 - Middle Tennessee State University is founded in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as Middle Tennessee Normal School.
1914 - Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there.
1916 - The Quebec Bridge collapses for a second time, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed on August 29, 1907.
1918 - Baseball: The Boston Red Sox won the World Series; they would not do so again until October 27, 2004 after 86 years.
1919 - US Marines invade Honduras.
1921 - Motion picture star Fatty Arbuckle is arrested for rape.
1922 - The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
1922 - The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
1922 - One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
1926 - An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails.
1931 - Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.
1932 - Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, killed in a plane crash as their RWD 6 crashed into the ground during a storm.
1940 - George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
1941 - Ground broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
1941 - World War II: US Navy ordered to attack German U-boats.
1943 - World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija
1943 - World War II: start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis
1944 - World War II: the first allied troops of the US Army cross the western border of Nazi Germany. The RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
1948 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.
1955 - Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple.
1960 - Young Americans for Freedom meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr. promulgates the Sharon Statement.
1961 - Formation of the World Wildlife Fund.
1962 - The Beatles record their debut single, Love Me Do.
1965 - The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.
1970 - 88 of the hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews or Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
1970 - The Ford Pinto is introduced.
1971 - The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
1972 - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in America begins regular service.
1973 - A military coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years.
1974 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
1978 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel met at Camp David and agreed on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
1981 - The Pee-wee Herman Show airs as a special on HBO.
1982 - The international forces, which were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon, left Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees were massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
1985 - Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.
1987 - 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
1987 - CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, angry over being preempted for a tennis match, marches off the set, leaving affiliates with six minutes of an empty news desk.
1987 - Reggae musician Peter Tosh is murdered in his own home in Kingston.
1989 - The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany.
1990 - President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait, which Iraq had recently invaded.
1992 - Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricane in United States history during its time, devastates the State of Hawai'i, especially the islands of Kaua'i and Oahu.
1996 - Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad

The explosion resulting from the crashing of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower on September 11 2001. A huge plume of smoke and fire can be seen emerging from the North Tower to the left.1997 - Scotland votes to re-establish its own parliament on the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, after 290 years of union with England.
1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
1998 - Yevgeny Primakov is appointed Prime Minister of Russia.
1998 - Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia was the first Asian country to host the games.
1999 - Tennis: Serena Williams, 2 weeks short of her 18th birthday, wins her first Grand Slam tournament when she became US Open champion, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.
2000 - Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia. See S11.
2001 - The September 11 attacks destroy the World Trade Center in New York City, part of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and crash a passenger airliner in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 are killed.
2003 - Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on September 10.
2003 - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into effect.
2004 - Petros VII, the (Greek Orthodox) Patriarch of Alexandria and his company are killed in an unexplained helicopter crash outside Mount Athos, Greece.
2005 - The State of Israel officially declares an intent to leave the disputed territory, the Gaza Strip after 38 years
 
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i'm going to do highlights, rather than post everything

FEBRUARY 15TH

EVENTS:
-399 BC - The philosopher Socrates sentenced to death.
-1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
-1764 - The city of St. Louis, Missouri established.
-1965 - A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.

BIRTHS:
-1564 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
-1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906)
-1907 - Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
-1954 - Matt Groening, American cartoonist
-1964 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
-1981 - Matt Hoopes, American musician (Relient K)

DEATHS:
-1637 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
-1965 - Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
 
EVENTS

* 331 BC - Greek Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
* 959 - Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
* 965 - John XIII becomes Pope.
* 1788 - Nguyen Hue declares himself emperor of Vietnam.
* 1795 - Belgium is conquered by France.
* 1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
* 1811 - The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.
* 1869 - Austria issues the world's first postcards.
* 1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Corps Band.
* 1880 - First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.
* 1885 - United States begins special-delivery mail service.
* 1886 - The U.S. mint in Carson City, Nevada, closes.
* 1890 - The Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
* 1891 - In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
* 1898 - Czar Nicholas II expels Jews from major Russian cities.
* 1903 - Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
* 1908 - Ford introduces the Model T car.
* 1910 - A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
* 1918 - World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (aka "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.
* 1931 - The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
* 1931 - The original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
* 1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
* 1942 - USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she was carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
* 1943 - World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
* 1946 - Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
* 1949 - The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
* 1957 - First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
* 1958 - NASA created to replace NACA.
* 1960 - Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1961 - Baseball: Roger Maris sets new record for most home runs in a single season with 61, surpassing Babe Ruth's previous mark of 60.
* 1962 - Johnny Carson begins a 30-year run as the host of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson at NBC.
* 1963 - California State Board of Education created.
* 1964 - The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
* 1964 - Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
* 1969 - The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
* 1971 - Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States. Awesome, and because I was born that day, I get in free for life
* 1975 - Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
* 1977 - Brazilian soccer star Pelé retires.
* 1979 - The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
* 1979 - Activision founded
* 1982 - EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World in Florida, United States.
* 1983 - Horizons opens at EPCOT Center, Walt Disney World in Florida, United States.
* 1988 - Mikhail Gorbachev is named head of the Supreme Soviet.
* 1992 - Cartoon Network debuts.
* 1993 - Polly Klaas is kidnapped by Richard Allen Davis during a slumber party at her Petaluma, California, home; Davis will be sentenced to death for her murdering Klaas

BIRTHS

* 1207 - King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
* 1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
* 1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
* 1730 - Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
* 1760 - William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
* 1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
* 1881 - William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
* 1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
* 1887 - Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (d. 1971)
* 1890 - Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
* 1896 - Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
* 1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1989)
* 1909 - Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)
* 1910 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934) cool
* 1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
* 1921 - James Whitmore, American actor
* 1924 - James Earl Carter, Jr. , 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
* 1924 - William Hubbs Rehnquist , 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
* 1927 - Tom Bosley, American actor
* 1928 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973)
* 1928 - George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994) Hannibal!
* 1930 - Sir Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
* 1935 - Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
* 1936 - Stella Stevens, American actress
* 1945 - Rod Carew, Panamanian Major League Baseball player
* 1945 - Spider Sabich, American skiier (d. 1976)
* 1950 - Randy Quaid, American actor
* 1962 - Esai Morales, American actor
* 1963 - Mark McGwire, baseball player
* 1964 - Harry Hill, British comedian
* 1971 - Dewdrop Karma Mosenberg, Empress of Latveria
* 1976 - Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic actress

DEATHS


* 1404 - Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
* 1708 - John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)
* 1876 - James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796) Not Blow and Lick!
* 1929 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)
* 1955 - Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)
* 1985 - E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)
* 2000 - Reginald Kray, British organised crime leader (b. 1933)


HOLIDAYS

* RC Church - Feast days of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux; formerly of Saint Bavo and Saint Remigius
* People's Republic of China - National Day (1949)
* Republic of Cyprus - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
* Nigeria - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
* Tuvalu - Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), 1975)
* World Vegetarian Day
* Singapore - Children's Day
 
1973 - Shannon Elizabeth, American actress

1940 - World War II: The Blitz - Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.

1997 - The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place.
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