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Events
- 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats Roman usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
- 1594 - Having already inherited the List of Polish rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa of the House of Vasa is coronation List of Swedish monarchs of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
- 1600 - The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina exploded in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
- 1674 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster (1674), ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York.
- 1807 - In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddart.
- 1819 - British Empire exploration William Smith (mariner) discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of George III of the United Kingdom.
- 1846 - In Austin, Texas the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States.
- 1847 - The Donner Party is rescued. It is noted that some of the survivors seem to be remarkably well-fed considering their ordeal.
- 1852 - The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Washington and Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1861 - Serfdom is Emancipation of the serfs in Russia.
- 1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
- 1881 - Kansas became the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
- 1913 - Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time.
- 1915 - World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli began.
- 1937 - During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
- 1941 - World War II: The Afrika Korps, the corps-level headquarters controlling the German Panzer division (military)s in North Africa, was formed.
- 1942 - World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes Bombing of Darwin, February 19, 1942 the northern Australian city of Darwin, Northern Territory killing anywhere from 243 to 1100 people.
- 1942 - World War II: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Executive order (United States) Executive Order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese American internment camps.
- 1943 - World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
- 1945 - World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima - about 30,000 United States Marines land on Iwo Jima.
- 1949 - Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
- 1953 - Censorship: Georgia (U.S. state) approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
- 1959 - The United Kingdom grants Cyprus its independence, which is then on formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
- 1968 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States) debuts the children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- 1968 - Egyptian commando forces attempt to intervene in a hijacking situation at Larnaca International Airport, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
- 1982- Maiden flight of Boeing 757
- 1985 - Artificial heart patient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
- 1985 - Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
- 1985 - EastEnders first airs on televisions across the United Kingdom, on the first night of a major identity change for BBC1.
- 1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
- 1999 - Official dedication and unveiling of the cornerstone at Air Canada Centre.
- 2001 - An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
- 2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars (planet) using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 2004 - Nazism-hunter Simon Wiesenthal is awarded an List of honorary British Knights in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity."
- 2006 - The Rolling Stones made the largest show open to the public of the world in Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1.3 million people went to the show.
- 2007 - Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala.
Births
- 1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
- 1526 - Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
- 1552 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
- 1630 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
- 1660 - Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
- 1717 - David Garrick, British actor (d. 1779)
- 1722 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
- 1743 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (d. 1805)
- 1780 - Richard McCarty (US politician), American politician (d. 1844)
- 1802 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
- 1804 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
- 1804 - David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
- 1821 - August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
- 1833 - Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906)
- 1859 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1927)
- 1865 - Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (d. 1952)
- 1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
- 1877 - Gabriele Munter, German painter (d. 1962)
- 1880 - Alvaro Obregon, Mexican president (d. 1928)
- 1888 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928)
- 1893 - Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964)
- 1895 - Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956)
- 1897 - Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
- 1899 - Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
- 1900 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1971)
- 1902 - Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- 1904 - Havank, Dutch writer (d. 1964)
- 1911 - Merle Oberon, British actress (d. 1979)
- 1912 - Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne
- 1914 - Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997)
- 1917 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
- 1920 - C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Jaan Kross, Estonian writer
- 1920 - George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
- 1924 - David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1924 - Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive (d. 1986)
- 1929 - Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
- 1930 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002)
- 1934 - Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1936 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1936 - Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997)
- 1937 - Robert Walker (musician), American blues guitarist
- 1940 - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Smokey Robinson, American singer
- 1941 - David Gross, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1942 - Paul Krause (football player), American football player
- 1943 - Lou Christie, American singer
- 1943 - Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
- 1943 - Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1945 - Michael Nader, American actor
- 1946 - Paul Dean (guitarist), Canadian guitarist (Loverboy)
- 1946 - Peter Hudson, Australian rules footballer
- 1946 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
- 1947 - Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
- 1948 - Mark Andes, American musician
- 1948 - Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
- 1948 - Tony Iommi, British musician (Black Sabbath)
- 1948 - Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Dan Bunten, American software developer (d. 1998)
- 1950 - Andy Powell, British musician
- 1951 - Stephen Nichols, American actor
- 1951 - Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic scholar
- 1952 - Amy Tan, American novelist
- 1952 - Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican astronaut
- 1953 - Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
- 1954 - Socrates (football player), Brazilian footballer
- 1955 - Jeff Daniels (actor), American actor
- 1956 - Kathleen Beller, American actress
- 1956 - Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1957 - Falco (musician), Austrian singer (d. 1998)
- 1957 - Ray Winstone, British actor
- 1960 - Andrew, Duke of York
- 1960 - Leslie Ash, English actress
- 1961 - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
- 1962 - Hana Mandlíková, Czech tennis player
- 1962 - John Laroche, American orchid poacher
- 1963 - Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
- 1963 - Seal (singer), English singer
- 1964 - Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer
- 1964 - Sonu Walia, Indian actress
- 1966 - Justine Bateman, American actress
- 1966 - Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player
- 1966 - Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
- 1967 - Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
- 1969 - Burton C. Bell, American vocalist
- 1971 - Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player
- 1971 - Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
- 1972 - Francine Fournier, American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer
- 1975 - Katja Schuurman, Dutch actress and singer
- 1975 - Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder
- 1977 - Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark (band))
- 1977 - Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1978 - Immortal Technique, American rapper
- 1979 - Mariska, Finnish rapper
- 1979 - Clinton Morrison, Irish footballer
- 1979 - Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress
- 1980 - Neleh Dennis, American Survivor (TV series) contestant
- 1980 - Mike Miller (basketball), American basketball player
- 1981 - Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1981 - Gil Reyes, American boxer
- 1981 - Nicky Shorey, English footballer
- 1981 - Vitas, Russian singer
- 1983 - Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
- 1984 - Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
- 1985 - Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
- 1986 - Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress
- 1986 - Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
- 1986 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
- 1986 - Marta Vieira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1993 - Victoria Justice, American actress
Deaths
- 197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
- 1133 - Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)
- 1553 - Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
- 1589 - Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens, Greece (b. 1522)
- 1605 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550)
- 1602 - Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
- 1620 - Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (b. 1547)
- 1622 - Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)
- 1653 - Luigi de Rossi, Italian composer (b. 1597)
- 1663 - Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
- 1670 - King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
- 1672 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)
- 1709 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
- 1716 - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)
- 1789 - Nicholas Van Dyke (governor), American lawyer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1738)
- 1799 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)
- 1806 - Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)
- 1837 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
- 1873 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837)
- 1887 - Multatuli, Dutch writer (b. 1820)
- 1897 - Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (b. 1815)
- 1916 - Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
- 1927 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (b. 1847)
- 1936 - Billy Mitchell, American general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879)
- 1936 - Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
- 1936 - Charles Harding Firth, British historian (b. 1857)
- 1942 - Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
- 1951 - André Gide, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1869)
- 1952 - Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1859)
- 1957 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
- 1962 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
- 1968 - Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
- 1969 - Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1972 - John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
- 1972 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
- 1973 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
- 1973 - Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904)
- 1977 - Mike González (baseball catcher), Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
- 1977 - Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
- 1980 - Bon Scott, Australian musician and singer for the band AC/DC (b. 1946)
- 1983 - Alice White, American film actress (b. 1904)
- 1986 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- 1988 - André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
- 1994 - Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
- 1996 - Charles O. Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
- 1997 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
- 1997 - Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
- 1998 - John Acheson, British actor
- 1998 - Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated)
- 2000 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
- 2001 - Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Johnny PayCheck, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2007 - Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
Holidays and observances
- Chaoflux (Discordianism)
- Astrology: First day of sun sign Pisces (astrology)
- Astrology: Can also be last day of sun sign Aquarius (astrology) depending on the time of birth and the astrologer's viewpoint.
- February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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Events
- 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats Roman usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
- 1594 - Having already inherited the List of Polish rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa of the House of Vasa is coronation List of Swedish monarchs of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
- 1600 - The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina exploded in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
- 1674 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster (1674), ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York.
- 1807 - In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddart.
- 1819 - British Empire exploration William Smith (mariner) discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of George III of the United Kingdom.
- 1846 - In Austin, Texas the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States.
- 1847 - The Donner Party is rescued. It is noted that some of the survivors seem to be remarkably well-fed considering their ordeal.
- 1852 - The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Washington and Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1861 - Serfdom is Emancipation of the serfs in Russia.
- 1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
- 1881 - Kansas became the first U.S. state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
- 1913 - Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time.
- 1915 - World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli began.
- 1937 - During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
- 1941 - World War II: The Afrika Korps, the corps-level headquarters controlling the German Panzer division (military)s in North Africa, was formed.
- 1942 - World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes Bombing of Darwin, February 19, 1942 the northern Australian city of Darwin, Northern Territory killing anywhere from 243 to 1100 people.
- 1942 - World War II: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Executive order (United States) Executive Order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese American internment camps.
- 1943 - World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
- 1945 - World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima - about 30,000 United States Marines land on Iwo Jima.
- 1949 - Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
- 1953 - Censorship: Georgia (U.S. state) approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
- 1959 - The United Kingdom grants Cyprus its independence, which is then on formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
- 1968 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States) debuts the children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- 1968 - Egyptian commando forces attempt to intervene in a hijacking situation at Larnaca International Airport, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
- 1982- Maiden flight of Boeing 757
- 1985 - Artificial heart patient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
- 1985 - Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
- 1985 - EastEnders first airs on televisions across the United Kingdom, on the first night of a major identity change for BBC1.
- 1986 - The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
- 1999 - Official dedication and unveiling of the cornerstone at Air Canada Centre.
- 2001 - An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
- 2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars (planet) using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 2004 - Nazism-hunter Simon Wiesenthal is awarded an List of honorary British Knights in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity."
- 2006 - The Rolling Stones made the largest show open to the public of the world in Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1.3 million people went to the show.
- 2007 - Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala.
Births
- 1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
- 1526 - Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
- 1552 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
- 1630 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
- 1660 - Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
- 1717 - David Garrick, British actor (d. 1779)
- 1722 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
- 1743 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (d. 1805)
- 1780 - Richard McCarty (US politician), American politician (d. 1844)
- 1802 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
- 1804 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
- 1804 - David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
- 1821 - August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
- 1833 - Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906)
- 1859 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1927)
- 1865 - Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (d. 1952)
- 1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
- 1877 - Gabriele Munter, German painter (d. 1962)
- 1880 - Alvaro Obregon, Mexican president (d. 1928)
- 1888 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928)
- 1893 - Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964)
- 1895 - Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956)
- 1897 - Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
- 1899 - Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
- 1900 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1971)
- 1902 - Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- 1904 - Havank, Dutch writer (d. 1964)
- 1911 - Merle Oberon, British actress (d. 1979)
- 1912 - Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne
- 1914 - Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997)
- 1917 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
- 1920 - C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Jaan Kross, Estonian writer
- 1920 - George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
- 1924 - David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1924 - Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive (d. 1986)
- 1929 - Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
- 1930 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002)
- 1934 - Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1936 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1936 - Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997)
- 1937 - Robert Walker (musician), American blues guitarist
- 1940 - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Smokey Robinson, American singer
- 1941 - David Gross, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1942 - Paul Krause (football player), American football player
- 1943 - Lou Christie, American singer
- 1943 - Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
- 1943 - Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1945 - Michael Nader, American actor
- 1946 - Paul Dean (guitarist), Canadian guitarist (Loverboy)
- 1946 - Peter Hudson, Australian rules footballer
- 1946 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
- 1947 - Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
- 1948 - Mark Andes, American musician
- 1948 - Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
- 1948 - Tony Iommi, British musician (Black Sabbath)
- 1948 - Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Dan Bunten, American software developer (d. 1998)
- 1950 - Andy Powell, British musician
- 1951 - Stephen Nichols, American actor
- 1951 - Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic scholar
- 1952 - Amy Tan, American novelist
- 1952 - Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican astronaut
- 1953 - Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
- 1954 - Socrates (football player), Brazilian footballer
- 1955 - Jeff Daniels (actor), American actor
- 1956 - Kathleen Beller, American actress
- 1956 - Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1957 - Falco (musician), Austrian singer (d. 1998)
- 1957 - Ray Winstone, British actor
- 1960 - Andrew, Duke of York
- 1960 - Leslie Ash, English actress
- 1961 - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
- 1962 - Hana Mandlíková, Czech tennis player
- 1962 - John Laroche, American orchid poacher
- 1963 - Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
- 1963 - Seal (singer), English singer
- 1964 - Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer
- 1964 - Sonu Walia, Indian actress
- 1966 - Justine Bateman, American actress
- 1966 - Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player
- 1966 - Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
- 1967 - Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
- 1969 - Burton C. Bell, American vocalist
- 1971 - Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player
- 1971 - Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
- 1972 - Francine Fournier, American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer
- 1975 - Katja Schuurman, Dutch actress and singer
- 1975 - Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder
- 1977 - Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark (band))
- 1977 - Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1978 - Immortal Technique, American rapper
- 1979 - Mariska, Finnish rapper
- 1979 - Clinton Morrison, Irish footballer
- 1979 - Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress
- 1980 - Neleh Dennis, American Survivor (TV series) contestant
- 1980 - Mike Miller (basketball), American basketball player
- 1981 - Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1981 - Gil Reyes, American boxer
- 1981 - Nicky Shorey, English footballer
- 1981 - Vitas, Russian singer
- 1983 - Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
- 1984 - Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
- 1985 - Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
- 1986 - Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress
- 1986 - Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
- 1986 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
- 1986 - Marta Vieira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1993 - Victoria Justice, American actress
Deaths
- 197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
- 1133 - Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)
- 1553 - Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
- 1589 - Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens, Greece (b. 1522)
- 1605 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b. 1550)
- 1602 - Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
- 1620 - Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (b. 1547)
- 1622 - Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)
- 1653 - Luigi de Rossi, Italian composer (b. 1597)
- 1663 - Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
- 1670 - King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
- 1672 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)
- 1709 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
- 1716 - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)
- 1789 - Nicholas Van Dyke (governor), American lawyer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1738)
- 1799 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)
- 1806 - Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)
- 1837 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
- 1873 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837)
- 1887 - Multatuli, Dutch writer (b. 1820)
- 1897 - Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (b. 1815)
- 1916 - Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
- 1927 - Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (b. 1847)
- 1936 - Billy Mitchell, American general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879)
- 1936 - Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
- 1936 - Charles Harding Firth, British historian (b. 1857)
- 1942 - Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
- 1951 - André Gide, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1869)
- 1952 - Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1859)
- 1957 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
- 1962 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
- 1968 - Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
- 1969 - Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1972 - John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
- 1972 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
- 1973 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
- 1973 - Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904)
- 1977 - Mike González (baseball catcher), Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
- 1977 - Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
- 1980 - Bon Scott, Australian musician and singer for the band AC/DC (b. 1946)
- 1983 - Alice White, American film actress (b. 1904)
- 1986 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- 1988 - André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
- 1994 - Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
- 1996 - Charles O. Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
- 1997 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
- 1997 - Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
- 1998 - John Acheson, British actor
- 1998 - Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated)
- 2000 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
- 2001 - Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Johnny PayCheck, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2007 - Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
Holidays and observances
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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