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by Tracy Rocelyn


1948 - Donald Fagen, Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)

1502 - Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)

1910 - Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer

1573 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)

1912 - Maria Mandel, Camp leader at Auschwitz (d. 1948)

1913 - Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslavakia (1975-89)

1913 - Haywood Frank Henry, sax player

1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)

1950 - Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers)

1914 - Polly Rowles, Phila Pa, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)

1683 - Gasparo Visconti, composer

1915 - Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor

1702 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)

1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)

1738 - Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)

1747 - Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker

1750 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)

1957 - Robert Thompson, Houston TX, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-2nd)

1921 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)

1958 - Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist

1769 - Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo)

1959 - Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84)

1797 - Annette von Droste-Hlshoff, German writer (d. 1848)

1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)

1959 - Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter

1960 - Benot Pelletier, Canadian politician

1960 - Samira Said, Moroccan singer

1928 - Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)

1961 - Janet Jones, Bridgeton MO, actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid)

1828 - Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892)

1962 - Jim Lindeman, US baseball outfielder (NY Mets)

1962 - Michael Fortier, Canadian politician

1840 - Louis Nazaire Bgin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)

1931 - Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, S Africa vicar/MP

1850 - John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)

1854 - Peter Gast, composer

1932 - Elaine Devry, American actress

1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)

1933 - Len Coldwell, cricket bowler (Engld medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64)

1864 - Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931)

1965 - Butch Hartman, American animator

1871 - Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)

1967 - Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown)

1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)

1876 - Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith

1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. 2002)

1936 - Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate

1880 - Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp

1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge

1880 - Manuel Azaa y Diaz, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)

1882 - Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)

1970 - Deon Figures, NFL cornerback/PR (Pitts Steelers)

1970 - James Wilson, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)

1883 - Francis X Bushman, Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur)

1939 - Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)

1971 - Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star

1939 - Jared Carter, American poet

1972 - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler

1888 - Grock, Switzerland, clown

1939 - Scott McKenzie, American singer

1973 - Travis Davis, NFL strong safety (NO Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars)

1940 - Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole

1891 - Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter

1942 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut

1974 - Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer

1894 - Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)

1942 - Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)

1898 - Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director (Alexandr Nevski) [OS]

1974 - Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor

1903 - Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover)

1903 - Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor

1945 - Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)

1903 - Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)

1945 - Edward Wiskoski, American professional wrestler

1980 - Matt Roney, American baseball player

1980 - Sarah Shahi, American actress and model

1981 - Brian Joo, Korean-American singer

1982 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)

1909 - Grace Mitchell, educator

1909 - Rudolf Kubin, composer

49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.

69 - Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor.

236 - Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus as the twentieth pope of Rome.

1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.

1475 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.

1645 - Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.

1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.

1806 - Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.

1810 - Napoleon divorces his first wife Josphine.

1861 - American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.

1863 - The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.

1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.

1901 - The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.

1916 - Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.

1920 - The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.

1922 - Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.

1923 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.

1941 - World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.

1946 - The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.

1946 - The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.

1962 - Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster. It became better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission.

1972 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.

1981 - Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazn and Chalatenango departments

1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.

1990 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.

1999 - Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.

2003 - Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.

2005 - A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.