1911 - Joseph Tomelty, actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba)
1958 - Andy Gibb, Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold)
1326 - Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
1915 - Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1959 - David Fury, American television writer and producer
1574 - William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
1961 - Dan Stuart, US singer/songwriter (Green on Red)
1637 - John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
1658 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1668 - Francesco Gasparini, composer
1918 - James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1962 - Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers)
1920 - Leontine Tg Kelly, 1st black female bishop (Methodist)
1723 - Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1733 - Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
1921 - Berkley Bedell, (Rep-D-IA, 1975- )
1746 - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
1748 - William Shield, composer
1748 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
1967 - Nicole Boegman, Australian long jumper (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
1927 - Jack Cassidy, Richmond Hill VA, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She)
1756 - Thomas Linley, composer
1968 - Shjon Podein, Rochester, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
1930 - Lorin Maazel, Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orch 1941)
1794 - Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)
1931 - Anthony Headges, composer
1814 - Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1970 - Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
1817 - Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat
1824 - Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
1971 - Chad Fonville, Jacksonville NC, infielder (LA Dodgers)
1825 - John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1971 - Jose Mercedes, El Seybo Dom Rep, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1828 - Johann Gungl, composer
1836 - Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
1936 - Dean Stockwell, Calif, actor (Werewolf of Washington, Blue Velvet)
1972 - Brandon Hamilton, CFL cornerback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1937 - Stephen Fitz-Simon, entrepreneur
1972 - Hernan Gumy, Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star
1972 - Mikael Tillstrom, Sweden, tennis star
1938 - Paul Evans, singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road)
1853 - Howard Pyle, illustrator/painter/author (King Stork)
1862 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
1867 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
1973 - Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
1973 - Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
1974 - Brad Schumacher, US, 400m/800m freesytyle (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 - Hans Bond, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1974 - Kevin Connolly, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Rocky V, Angus)
1974 - Jens Jeremies, German footballer
1874 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)
1944 - Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998)
1944 - Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
1879 - Walter Long, actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol)
1946 - Michael Warren, Indiana, actor (Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues)
1975 - Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
1976 - Adriana Serra-Zanetti, Modena Italy, tennis star (1995 Moscow semi)
1947 - Eddie Hodges, Miss, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adv of Huckleberry Finn)
1976 - Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
1947 - Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
1889 - Frits Slomp, [Frits de Rover], Dutch vicar/resistance fighter
1948 - Jacques Kloes, singer (Dizzy Man's Band)
1948 - Richard Hickox, English musical conductor
1948 - Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
1948 - Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
1949 - Franz Josef Jung, Commander-in-chief of the German Bundeswehr
1897 - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
1898 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
1899 - Patrick Hadley, composer
1900 - Ludwig Donath, actor (Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again)
1901 - Julian Przybos, Polish poet (Sruby)
1953 - Russel D Feingold, (Sen-D Wisconsin)
1982 - Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
1985 - Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
1985 - Whitney Port, Cast member of The Hills TV series
1908 - Sophie Stewart, Scotland, actress (As You Like It, Under the Red Robe)
1956 - Mark Handley, writer (Nell)
1988 - Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
1909 - Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47)
1957 - Mark E Smith, English rock vocalist (Fall-Fall in a Hole)
363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
1046 - Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
1279 - the Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1496 - King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
1766 - Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
1770 - Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. At a subsequent trial the soldiers are defended by John Adams.
1824 - First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1850 - The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
1860 - Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
1868 - Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its premire performance at La Scala.
1872 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
1906 - Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
1912 - Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
1931 - The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.
1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
1933 - Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
1940 - Members of Soviet politburo sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre.
1943 - First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
1944 - World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman-Botosani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
1946 - Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
1946 - Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
1960 - Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase, giving rise to the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.
1960 - Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1965 - March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
1966 - BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
1970 - The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
1974 - Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
1975 - First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
1978 - The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
1979 - Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1979 - America's Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
1981 - The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
1984 - 6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
1988 - The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
1999 - Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
2003 - In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
1958 - Andy Gibb, Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold)
1326 - Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
1915 - Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1959 - David Fury, American television writer and producer
1574 - William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
1961 - Dan Stuart, US singer/songwriter (Green on Red)
1637 - John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
1658 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
1668 - Francesco Gasparini, composer
1918 - James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1962 - Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers)
1920 - Leontine Tg Kelly, 1st black female bishop (Methodist)
1723 - Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1733 - Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
1921 - Berkley Bedell, (Rep-D-IA, 1975- )
1746 - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/naval chaplain
1748 - William Shield, composer
1748 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
1967 - Nicole Boegman, Australian long jumper (Olympics-88, 92, 96)
1927 - Jack Cassidy, Richmond Hill VA, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She)
1756 - Thomas Linley, composer
1968 - Shjon Podein, Rochester, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
1930 - Lorin Maazel, Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orch 1941)
1794 - Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1870)
1931 - Anthony Headges, composer
1814 - Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1970 - Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
1817 - Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat
1824 - Elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc
1971 - Chad Fonville, Jacksonville NC, infielder (LA Dodgers)
1825 - John Dunovant, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1971 - Jose Mercedes, El Seybo Dom Rep, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1828 - Johann Gungl, composer
1836 - Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
1936 - Dean Stockwell, Calif, actor (Werewolf of Washington, Blue Velvet)
1972 - Brandon Hamilton, CFL cornerback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1937 - Stephen Fitz-Simon, entrepreneur
1972 - Hernan Gumy, Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star
1972 - Mikael Tillstrom, Sweden, tennis star
1938 - Paul Evans, singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road)
1853 - Howard Pyle, illustrator/painter/author (King Stork)
1862 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
1867 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
1973 - Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
1973 - Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
1974 - Brad Schumacher, US, 400m/800m freesytyle (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 - Hans Bond, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1974 - Kevin Connolly, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Rocky V, Angus)
1974 - Jens Jeremies, German footballer
1874 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)
1944 - Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998)
1944 - Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
1879 - Walter Long, actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol)
1946 - Michael Warren, Indiana, actor (Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues)
1975 - Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
1976 - Adriana Serra-Zanetti, Modena Italy, tennis star (1995 Moscow semi)
1947 - Eddie Hodges, Miss, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adv of Huckleberry Finn)
1976 - Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
1947 - Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
1889 - Frits Slomp, [Frits de Rover], Dutch vicar/resistance fighter
1948 - Jacques Kloes, singer (Dizzy Man's Band)
1948 - Richard Hickox, English musical conductor
1948 - Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
1948 - Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
1949 - Franz Josef Jung, Commander-in-chief of the German Bundeswehr
1897 - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
1898 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
1899 - Patrick Hadley, composer
1900 - Ludwig Donath, actor (Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again)
1901 - Julian Przybos, Polish poet (Sruby)
1953 - Russel D Feingold, (Sen-D Wisconsin)
1982 - Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
1985 - Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
1985 - Whitney Port, Cast member of The Hills TV series
1908 - Sophie Stewart, Scotland, actress (As You Like It, Under the Red Robe)
1956 - Mark Handley, writer (Nell)
1988 - Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
1909 - Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47)
1957 - Mark E Smith, English rock vocalist (Fall-Fall in a Hole)
363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
1046 - Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
1279 - the Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1496 - King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
1766 - Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
1770 - Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. At a subsequent trial the soldiers are defended by John Adams.
1824 - First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1850 - The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
1860 - Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
1868 - Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its premire performance at La Scala.
1872 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
1906 - Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
1912 - Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
1931 - The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.
1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
1933 - Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
1940 - Members of Soviet politburo sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre.
1943 - First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
1944 - World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman-Botosani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
1946 - Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
1946 - Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
1960 - Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase, giving rise to the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.
1960 - Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1965 - March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
1966 - BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
1970 - The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
1974 - Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
1975 - First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
1978 - The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
1979 - Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1979 - America's Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
1981 - The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
1984 - 6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
1988 - The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
1999 - Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
2003 - In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
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