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Events
- 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- 480 BC - Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistokles, defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.
- 61 BC - Pompey celebrates his third Roman triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- 440 - Pope Leo I becomes pope.
- 855 - Pope Benedict III becomes pope.
- 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England.
- 1364 - Battle of Auray: England forces defeat France at Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession.
- 1567 - The second War of Religion in France breaks out.
- 1567 - At a dinner, the Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn for treason.
- 1650 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters - the first historically documented dating service - in Threadneedle Street, London.
- 1789 - The United States United States War Department first establishes a regular United States Army with a strength of several hundred men.
- 1789 - The first Congress of the United States adjourns.
- 1829 - The Metropolitan Police Service of Greater London, also known as the Met, is founded.
- 1848 - Battle of Pákozd: Hungary forces defeat Croatia at Pákozd; the first battle of the Revolutions of 1848 in Hungary.
- 1850 - The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
- 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
- 1885 - The first practical public electric tramway in the world was opened in Blackpool tramway, England.
- 1907 - The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the United States capital.
- 1911 - Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1918 - The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allies forces during World War I. Bulgaria signed an armistice.
- 1924 - Plutarco Elías Calles is proclaimed President of Mexico.
- 1941 - Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: Germany Einsatzgruppe C starts Babi Yar massacre. According to the Einsatzgruppen Operational Situation Report No. 101, at least 33,771 Jews from Kiev and its suburbs were killed at Babi Yar on September 29 - September 30, 1941.
- 1943 - United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italy Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the United Kingdom ship HMS Nelson off the shore of Malta.
- 1954 - The convention establishing CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
- 1954 - Major League Baseball: Willie Mays of the then New York Giants makes "The Catch (baseball)" at The Polo Grounds in game one of the World Series.
- 1957 - 20 MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.
- 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disorders a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.
- 1962 - Alouette 1, the first Canada satellite, is launched.
- 1963 - The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
- 1964 - The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.
- 1965 - The National Security Agency memorial lists ten agents lost on this date.
- 1971 - Oman joins the Arab League.
- 1972 - Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
- 1975 - WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station.
- 1975 - Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush becomes American television's first African-American weathercaster.
- 1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
- 1982 - Tylenol Crisis of 1982 began when the first of seven individuals died in metropolitan Chicago.
- 1988 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L, with STS-26.
, flown by
OV-103.
- 1990 - Washington National Cathedral finished.
- 1990 - The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
- 1991 - Military coup in Haiti.
- 1992 - President of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.
- 1995 - Khaled Kelkal is killed by the French Police.
- 1995 - The United States Navy disestablishes Fighter Squadron #84 (VF-84), the celebrated Jolly Rogers.
- 2001 - The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.
- 2003 - Hurricane Juan makes landfall at Nova Scotia.
- 2004 - The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
- 2004 - The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performed a successful spaceflight, the first of two needed to win the prize.
- 2005 - US Senate confirms John Roberts to be the next Chief Justice of the United States.
- 2005 - Amnesty referendum in Algeria.
- 2006 - United States House of Representatives Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to house pages were introduced.
Births
- 106 BC - Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (d. 48 BC)
- 1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)
- 1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
- 1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
- 1511 - Miguel Servet, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)
- 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)
- 1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
- 1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)
- 1571 - Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (d. 1610)
- 1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
- 1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
- 1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
- 1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
- 1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
- 1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
- 1725 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)
- 1758 - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)
- 1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
- 1803 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850)
- 1803 - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)
- 1808 - Henry Bennett (US politician), American politician (d. 1868)
- 1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)
- 1842 - Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
- 1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
- 1853 - Princess Thyra of Denmark, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)
- 1863 - Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (d. 1919)
- 1864 - Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)
- 1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1881 - Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist
- 1895 - Joseph Banks Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980)
- 1895 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)
- 1897 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
- 1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (d. 1976)
- 1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1954)
- 1900 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
- 1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
- 1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)
- 1907 - Gene Autry, American actor and businessman (d. 1998)
- 1907 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (d. 1996)
- 1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)
- 1910 - Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (d. 2007)
- 1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
- 1913 - Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1915 - Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)
- 1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1922 - Lizabeth Scott, American actress
- 1923 - Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Steve Forrest, American actor
- 1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels
- 1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
- 1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1932 - Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director
- 1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
- 1934 - Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricket team cricketer
- 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
- 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy
- 1938 - Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- 1939 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter
- 1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic
- 1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
- 1941 - Fred West, British serial killer (d. 1995)
- 1942 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1942 - Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
- 1942 - Ian McShane, British actor
- 1942 - Bill Nelson, American politician
- 1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist
- 1942 - Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1943 - Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
- 1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
- 1943 - Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1944 - Mike Post, American composer
- 1945 - Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
- 1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor
- 1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
- 1948 - Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk
- 1948 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
- 1949 - George Dalaras, Greek singer
- 1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
- 1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
- 1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
- 1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
- 1952 - Gabor Csupo, Hungarian-born animator
- 1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician
- 1953 - Warren Cromartie, American baseball player
- 1953 - Drake Hogestyn, American actor
- 1953 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec film director (d. 1997)
- 1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete
- 1957 - Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
- 1957 - Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer
- 1960 - Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
- 1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian
- 1962 - Roger Bart, American actor
- 1962 - Al Pitrelli, American musician, guitarist
- 1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus (band))
- 1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress
- 1967 - Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede (band), The Tears)
- 1968 - Patrick Burns (paranormal investigator), American television presenter
- 1968 - Soulja Boy, American rapper
- 1968 - Samir Soni, Indian film actor
- 1969 - Erika Eleniak, American actress and Playboy Playmate
- 1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
- 1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
- 1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress
- 1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkey singer
- 1971 - Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
- 1972 - Robert Webb (actor), British actor, comedian, and writer
- 1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
- 1973 - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
- 1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
- 1973 - Scout Niblett, British musician
- 1974 - Brian Ash, American film producer
- 1974 - Alexis Cruz, American actor
- 1975 - Albert Celades, Spanish football player
- 1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
- 1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player
- 1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
- 1977 - Won Bin, South Korean actor
- 1977 - Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
- 1977 - Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
- 1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
- 1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
- 1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
- 1979 - Shelley Duncan, American Baseball Player
- 1980 - Dallas Green (musician), Canadian musician (Alexisonfire,City and Colour)
- 1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player
- 1982 - Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
- 1982 - Rob Smith (musician) - Irish musician and songwriter
- 1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player
- 1985 - John Nash, American photographer and writer
- 1986 - Benoit Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Mark Fraser (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 - Kevin Durant, American basketball player
- 1989 - Sebastian Elmaloglou, Australian soap actor
- 1999 - Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
Deaths
- 1364 - Charles, Duke of Brittany
- 1560 - King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
- 1637 - Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint
- 1642 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary, one of Canadian Martyrs (b. 1608)
- 1703 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b. 1610)
- 1800 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet (b. 1729)
- 1804 - Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
- 1833 - King Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
- 1887 - Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810)
- 1889 - Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818)
- 1900 - Samuel Fenton Cary, congressman, prohibitionist (b. 1814)
- 1902 - William Topaz McGonagall, British poet (b. 1825)
- 1902 - Émile Zola, French writer (b. 1840)
- 1908 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (b. 1839)
- 1925 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1851)
- 1927 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
- 1927 - Arthur Achleitner, German writer (b. 1858)
- 1930 - Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter (b. 1844)
- 1937 - Ray Ewry, American athlete (b. 1873)
- 1952 - John Cobb (motorist), British racing driver (b. 1899)
- 1967 - Carson McCullers, American author (b. 1917)
- 1970 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
- 1973 - W. H. Auden, English poet (b. 1907)
- 1975 - Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
- 1976 - Sheik Ali, Greco-Roman professional wrestler, (b. 1927)
- 1981 - Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (b. 1913)
- 1982 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)
- 1987 - Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917)
- 1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
- 1989 - Gussie Busch, American brewing magnate (b. 1899)
- 1994 - Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968)
- 1996 - Leslie Crowther, British comedian (b. 1933)
- 1997 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923)
- 1998 - Jared High, victim of bullying and suicide (b. 1985)
- 1998 - Tom Bradley (politician), Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
- 2001 - Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
- 2004 - Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider (b. 1970)
- 2005 - Austin Leslie, American chef, the "Godfather of Fried Chicken" (b. 1934)
- 2006 - Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
- 2006 - Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
- 2006 - Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912)
- 2007 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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Events
- 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- 480 BC - Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistokles, defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I.
- 61 BC - Pompey celebrates his third Roman triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- 440 - Pope Leo I becomes pope.
- 855 - Pope Benedict III becomes pope.
- 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England.
- 1364 - Battle of Auray: England forces defeat France at Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession.
- 1567 - The second War of Religion in France breaks out.
- 1567 - At a dinner, the Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn for treason.
- 1650 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters - the first historically documented dating service - in Threadneedle Street, London.
- 1789 - The United States United States War Department first establishes a regular United States Army with a strength of several hundred men.
- 1789 - The first Congress of the United States adjourns.
- 1829 - The Metropolitan Police Service of Greater London, also known as the Met, is founded.
- 1848 - Battle of Pákozd: Hungary forces defeat Croatia at Pákozd; the first battle of the Revolutions of 1848 in Hungary.
- 1850 - The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
- 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
- 1885 - The first practical public electric tramway in the world was opened in Blackpool tramway, England.
- 1907 - The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the United States capital.
- 1911 - Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1918 - The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allies forces during World War I. Bulgaria signed an armistice.
- 1924 - Plutarco Elías Calles is proclaimed President of Mexico.
- 1941 - Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: Germany Einsatzgruppe C starts Babi Yar massacre. According to the Einsatzgruppen Operational Situation Report No. 101, at least 33,771 Jews from Kiev and its suburbs were killed at Babi Yar on September 29 - September 30, 1941.
- 1943 - United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italy Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the United Kingdom ship HMS Nelson off the shore of Malta.
- 1954 - The convention establishing CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
- 1954 - Major League Baseball: Willie Mays of the then New York Giants makes "The Catch (baseball)" at The Polo Grounds in game one of the World Series.
- 1957 - 20 MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.
- 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disorders a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.
- 1962 - Alouette 1, the first Canada satellite, is launched.
- 1963 - The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
- 1964 - The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.
- 1965 - The National Security Agency memorial lists ten agents lost on this date.
- 1971 - Oman joins the Arab League.
- 1972 - Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
- 1975 - WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station.
- 1975 - Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush becomes American television's first African-American weathercaster.
- 1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to set foot on Irish soil with his pastoral visit to the Republic of Ireland.
- 1982 - Tylenol Crisis of 1982 began when the first of seven individuals died in metropolitan Chicago.
- 1988 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L, with STS-26.
, flown by OV-103.
Births
- 106 BC - Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (d. 48 BC)
- 1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)
- 1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
- 1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
- 1511 - Miguel Servet, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)
- 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)
- 1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
- 1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)
- 1571 - Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (d. 1610)
- 1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
- 1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
- 1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
- 1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
- 1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
- 1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
- 1725 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)
- 1758 - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)
- 1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
- 1803 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850)
- 1803 - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)
- 1808 - Henry Bennett (US politician), American politician (d. 1868)
- 1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)
- 1842 - Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
- 1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
- 1853 - Princess Thyra of Denmark, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)
- 1863 - Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (d. 1919)
- 1864 - Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)
- 1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1881 - Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist
- 1895 - Joseph Banks Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980)
- 1895 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)
- 1897 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
- 1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (d. 1976)
- 1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1954)
- 1900 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
- 1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
- 1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)
- 1907 - Gene Autry, American actor and businessman (d. 1998)
- 1907 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (d. 1996)
- 1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)
- 1910 - Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (d. 2007)
- 1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
- 1913 - Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1915 - Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)
- 1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1922 - Lizabeth Scott, American actress
- 1923 - Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Steve Forrest, American actor
- 1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels
- 1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
- 1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1932 - Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director
- 1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
- 1934 - Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricket team cricketer
- 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
- 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy
- 1938 - Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- 1939 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter
- 1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic
- 1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
- 1941 - Fred West, British serial killer (d. 1995)
- 1942 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1942 - Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
- 1942 - Ian McShane, British actor
- 1942 - Bill Nelson, American politician
- 1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist
- 1942 - Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1943 - Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
- 1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
- 1943 - Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1944 - Mike Post, American composer
- 1945 - Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer
- 1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor
- 1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality
- 1948 - Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk
- 1948 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
- 1949 - George Dalaras, Greek singer
- 1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
- 1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
- 1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
- 1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
- 1952 - Gabor Csupo, Hungarian-born animator
- 1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician
- 1953 - Warren Cromartie, American baseball player
- 1953 - Drake Hogestyn, American actor
- 1953 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec film director (d. 1997)
- 1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete
- 1957 - Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor
- 1957 - Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer
- 1960 - Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician
- 1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian
- 1962 - Roger Bart, American actor
- 1962 - Al Pitrelli, American musician, guitarist
- 1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus (band))
- 1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress
- 1967 - Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede (band), The Tears)
- 1968 - Patrick Burns (paranormal investigator), American television presenter
- 1968 - Soulja Boy, American rapper
- 1968 - Samir Soni, Indian film actor
- 1969 - Erika Eleniak, American actress and Playboy Playmate
- 1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
- 1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
- 1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress
- 1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkey singer
- 1971 - Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
- 1972 - Robert Webb (actor), British actor, comedian, and writer
- 1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
- 1973 - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
- 1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
- 1973 - Scout Niblett, British musician
- 1974 - Brian Ash, American film producer
- 1974 - Alexis Cruz, American actor
- 1975 - Albert Celades, Spanish football player
- 1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
- 1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player
- 1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
- 1977 - Won Bin, South Korean actor
- 1977 - Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
- 1977 - Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
- 1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
- 1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
- 1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
- 1979 - Shelley Duncan, American Baseball Player
- 1980 - Dallas Green (musician), Canadian musician (Alexisonfire,City and Colour)
- 1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player
- 1982 - Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
- 1982 - Rob Smith (musician) - Irish musician and songwriter
- 1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player
- 1985 - John Nash, American photographer and writer
- 1986 - Benoit Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Mark Fraser (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 - Kevin Durant, American basketball player
- 1989 - Sebastian Elmaloglou, Australian soap actor
- 1999 - Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
Deaths
- 1364 - Charles, Duke of Brittany
- 1560 - King Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1496)
- 1637 - Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint
- 1642 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary, one of Canadian Martyrs (b. 1608)
- 1703 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b. 1610)
- 1800 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet (b. 1729)
- 1804 - Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the United States (b. 1728)
- 1833 - King Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
- 1887 - Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (b. 1810)
- 1889 - Louis Faidherbe, French general (b. 1818)
- 1900 - Samuel Fenton Cary, congressman, prohibitionist (b. 1814)
- 1902 - William Topaz McGonagall, British poet (b. 1825)
- 1902 - Émile Zola, French writer (b. 1840)
- 1908 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (b. 1839)
- 1925 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1851)
- 1927 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
- 1927 - Arthur Achleitner, German writer (b. 1858)
- 1930 - Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter (b. 1844)
- 1937 - Ray Ewry, American athlete (b. 1873)
- 1952 - John Cobb (motorist), British racing driver (b. 1899)
- 1967 - Carson McCullers, American author (b. 1917)
- 1970 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
- 1973 - W. H. Auden, English poet (b. 1907)
- 1975 - Casey Stengel, baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
- 1976 - Sheik Ali, Greco-Roman professional wrestler, (b. 1927)
- 1981 - Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (b. 1913)
- 1982 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)
- 1987 - Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917)
- 1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
- 1989 - Gussie Busch, American brewing magnate (b. 1899)
- 1994 - Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer (b. 1968)
- 1996 - Leslie Crowther, British comedian (b. 1933)
- 1997 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923)
- 1998 - Jared High, victim of bullying and suicide (b. 1985)
- 1998 - Tom Bradley (politician), Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
- 2001 - Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
- 2004 - Richard Sainct, French motorcycle rally rider (b. 1970)
- 2005 - Austin Leslie, American chef, the "Godfather of Fried Chicken" (b. 1934)
- 2006 - Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
- 2006 - Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet and critic (b. 1926)
- 2006 - Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1912)
- 2007 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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