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06-09-2014, 05:09 PM
Events:
411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
53 – The Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
68 – The Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
1311 – Duccio's Maest� Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
1650 – The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
1762 – British forces begin the Siege of Havana and capture the city during the Seven Years' War.
1772 – The British schooner Gasp�e is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
1815 – End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set.
1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1862 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
1873 – Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
1885 – Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
1900 – Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in a British prison under mysterious circumstances.
1915 – William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
1923 – Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
1930 – A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
1944 – World War II: 99 civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
1944 – World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
1946 – King Ananda Mahidol is found shot dead in his bedroom, Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
1948 – Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
1953 – Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
1957 – First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
1958 – Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London's Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
1965 – The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Qu�t, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
1965 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Dong Xoai, one of the largest battles in the war.
1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1972 – Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
1973 – In horseracing, Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
1974 – Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
1979 – The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney (Australia) kills seven.
1985 – Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 1991.
1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
2006 – 60th Anniversary Celebrations of Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession.
2008 – Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
2008 – In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drains as a result of heavy flooding, breaking the dam holding the lake back.
2009 – An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
2010 – At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 others are wounded as an explosion rips through an evening wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
Births:
1580 – Daniel Heinsius, Belgian scholar (d. 1655)
1588 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (d. 1666)
1595 – Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (d. 1648)
1640 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
1661 – Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
1672 – Peter the Great, Russian emperor (d. 1725)
1686 – Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (d. 1747)
1732 – Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1791)
1768 – Samuel Slater, English-American businessman (d. 1835)
1781 – George Stephenson, English engineer (d. 1848)
1810 – Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (d. 1849)
1812 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
1836 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (d. 1917)
1843 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
1845 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English politician, 36th Governor-General of India (d. 1914)
1845 – Frank Norton, American baseball player (d. 1920)
1849 – Michael Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
1851 – Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Attorney General (d. 1921)
1861 – Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (d. 1916)
1861 – Gustav Tammann, Baltic German chemist (d. 1938)
1865 – Alb�ric Magnard, French composer (d. 1914)
1865 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)
1868 – Jane Avril, French dancer (d. 1943)
1874 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter (d. 1930)
1875 – Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1879 – Harry DeBaecke, American rower (d. 1961)
1882 – Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
1885 – Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1962)
1890 – Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1952)
1891 – Cole Porter, American composer (d. 1964)
1893 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)
1895 – Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (d. 1981)
1898 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
1900 – Fred Waring, American bandleader and television host (Waring's Pennsylvanians) (d. 1984)
1902 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969)
1903 – Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (d. 1996)
1906 – Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (d. 1997)
1908 – Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (d. 1993)
1908 – Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (d. 1970)
1910 – Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1990)
1912 – Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
1912 – Philip Simmons, American blacksmith (d. 2009)
1915 – Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (d. 2008)
1915 – Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (d. 1997)
1915 – Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
1916 – Jurij Brězan, German author (d. 2006)
1916 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2009)
1917 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 2012)
1918 – John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (d. 2011)
1921 – Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (d. 2006)
1921 – Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author
1922 – George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1922 – John Gillespie Magee, Jr., Chinese-American pilot and poet (d. 1941)
1922 – Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and educator (d. 1988)
1924 – Tony Britton, English actor
1924 – Ed Farhat, American wrestler (d. 2003)
1925 – Keith Laumer, American author (d. 1993)
1926 – Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American electric blues bassist and singer (d. 2010)
1927 – Jim Nolan, American basketball player (d. 1983)
1928 – R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh language scholar
1929 – Johnny Ace, American singer (d. 1954)
1930 – Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1997)
1930 – Jordi Pujol i Soley, Spanish politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
1930 – Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Norwegian daughter of Olav V of Norway (d. 2012)
1931 – Joe Santos, American actor
1931 – Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1933 – Al Cantello, American javelin thrower
1934 – Michael Mates, British politician
1934 – Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (Billy Ward and his Dominoes) (d. 1984)
1935 – Dutch Savage, American wrestler (d. 2013)
1936 – Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1936 – Mick O'Dwyer, Irish footballer and manager
1936 – George Radda, Hungarian chemist
1937 – Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist
1937 – Willard Cox, American musician (The Cox Family)
1938 – Jeremy Hardie, British economist and businessman
1938 – Giles Havergal, Scottish theatre director, actor and playwright
1938 – Charles Wuorinen, American composer
1939 – Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress
1939 – Eric Fernie, Scottish art historian
1939 – David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster
1939 – Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1939 – Charles Webb, American author
1940 – Andr� Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician
1941 – Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Deep Purple, Paice Ashton Lord, The Flower Pot Men, and The Artwoods) (d. 2012)
1942 – Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager
1942 – Nicholas Lloyd, British newspaper editor and broadcaster
1943 – Kenny Barron, American pianist (Sphere)
1943 – John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver
1943 – Joe Haldeman, American author
1943 – Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi
1944 – Janric Craig, British peer and politician
1944 – Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster
1945 – Faina Melnik, Soviet discus thrower
1945 – Luis Oca�a, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)
1945 – Nike Wagner, German author and critic
1946 – Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (d. 2004)
1946 – James Kelman, Scottish writer
1946 – Peter Kilfoyle, English politician
1946 – Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Italy
1947 – Howie Chizek, American radio host (d. 2012)
1947 – John Gurda, American historian and author
1948 – Jim Bailey, American football player
1948 – Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
1949 – Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist
1950 – Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Uriah Heep, The Spiders from Mars, and Cybernauts) (d. 2013)
1950 – Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
1950 – Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
1950 – David Troughton, English actor
1951 – Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer (d. 2013)
1951 – James Newton Howard, American composer
1951 – Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach
1951 – Reinhard Schmitz, German footballer
1951 – Brian Taylor, American basketball player
1952 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1952 – Billy Knight, American basketball player
1953 – Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer
1954 – Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (UFO, Lone Star, and Skid Row)
1954 – Richard Hudson, Zimbabwean stage designer
1954 – Gregory Maguire, American author
1954 – Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician
1954 – George P�rez, American author and illustrator
1955 – Wolfgang Schilling, German footballer
1956 – Patricia Cornwell, American author
1958 – David Ancrum, American basketball player
1960 – Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author
1961 – Thomas Benson, American football player
1961 – Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author
1961 – Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright
1962 – Yuval Banay, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mashina)
1962 – Ken Rose, American football player
1963 – Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-English saxophonist, author, and activist (The Blockheads)
1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor, singer, producer, and director
1963 – David Koepp, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Slaid Cleaves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress and singer
1964 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (d. 2009)
1964 – Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
1966 – Tamela Mann, American singer-songwriter and actress
1966 – Jan Vayne
1967 – Richard Cooey, American murderer (d. 2008)
1967 – Jian Ghomeshi, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and radio host (Moxy Fr�vous)
1967 – Rub�n Maza, Venezuelan runner
1968 – Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper
1969 – Nick Kiriazis, American actor
1969 – Andr� Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
1970 – Erika Mikl�sa, Hungarian soprano
1971 – Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster
1971 – Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter
1971 – Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Yummy Fur and 1990s)
1972 – Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress
1972 – Matt Horsley, Australian footballer
1973 – Aigars Apinis, Latvian discus thrower
1973 – Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Fr�d�ric Choffat, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer
1973 – Iain Lee, English comedian and television host
1973 – Grant Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Laura Ponte, Spanish model
1974 – Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Emperor, Zyklon, and Scum)
1975 – Otto Addo, German-Ghanaian footballer
1975 – Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer
1977 – Usman Afzaal, Pakistani cricketer
1977 – Olin Kreutz, American football player
1977 – Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and producer
1977 – Peja Stojaković, Croatian-Greek basketball player
1978 – Matthew Bellamy, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Muse)
1978 – Michaela Conlin, American actress
1978 – Shandi Finnessey, American model and actress, Miss USA 2004
1978 – Miroslav Klose, German footballer
1978 – Heather Mitts, American soccer player
1978 – Eric Papilaya, Austrian singer
1978 – Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Brian Patrick Wade, American actor
1979 – Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer
1979 – Akiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actor and singer
1979 – Ryoko Kuninaka, Japanese actress and singer
1979 – Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player
1979 – Jasper Redd, American comedian and actor
1979 – Chris Tilton, American composer
1979 – Andrew Walker, Canadian actor and producer
1980 – D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player
1980 – Nav�d Akhavan, Iranian-German actor
1980 – James DeBello, American actor
1980 – Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
1980 – Timothy Glanfield, English journalist
1980 – Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
1980 – Nikolai Novosjolov, Estonian fencer
1980 – Kevin Owens, American basketball player
1980 – Paul Preiss, American model and actor
1980 – Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
1980 – Kana Ueda, Japanese voice actress
1980 – David Williams, American poker player
1981 – Cameron Bunce, American model and actor
1981 – Vic Chou, Taiwanese actor and singer (F4)
1981 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
1981 – Anoushka Shankar, English-Indian sitar player and composer
1981 – Sara Tommasi, Italian actress and model
1982 – Thomas Aldridge, English actor
1982 – Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
1982 – Christina St�rmer, Austrian singer-songwriter
1982 – Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
1983 – Firas Al-Khatib, Syrian footballer
1983 – Alektra Blue, American porn actress
1983 – Erin Cafaro, American rower
1983 – Josh Cribbs, American football player
1983 – Dwayne Jones, American basketball player
1983 – Marina Lizorkina, Russian singer and dancer (Serebro)
1983 – Danny Richar, Dominican-American baseball player
1983 – Jim Tang, Hong Kong actor
1983 – Alex Templeton-Ward, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and poet
1983 – Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
1984 – Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
1984 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1984 – Jake Newton, Guyanese footballer
1984 – Asko Paade, Estonian basketball player
1984 – Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
1984 – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
1985 – Anthimos Ananiadis, Greek actor
1985 – Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress
1985 – Jon N�rgaard, Danish singer-songwriter
1985 – Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
1986 – Kevin Borg, Maltese-Swedish singer
1986 – Doug Legursky, American football player
1986 – Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress (Cookies and Ping Pung)
1986 – Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (d. 2013)
1986 – Ashley Postell, American gymnast
1986 – Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor
1986 – Karan Wahi, Indian actor
1987 – Jaan M�lder, Estonian rally driver
1987 – Sof�a Stamatiades, Mexican actress
1987 – Rheagan Wallace, American actress
1988 – Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer
1988 – Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek footballer
1988 – Mae Whitman, American actress
1989 – Chlo� Agnew, Irish singer (Celtic Woman)
1989 – Logan Browning, American actress and singer
1989 – Nina Kodaka, Japanese-Filipino television host
1989 – D�dac Vil�, Spanish footballer
1990 – Lauren Socha, English actress
1992 – Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
1992 – Lucien Laviscount, English actor and singer
1993 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
1994 – Lee Hyeri, South Korean idol singer (Girl's Day)
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411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
53 – The Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
68 – The Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
1311 – Duccio's Maest� Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
1650 – The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
1762 – British forces begin the Siege of Havana and capture the city during the Seven Years' War.
1772 – The British schooner Gasp�e is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
1815 – End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set.
1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1862 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
1873 – Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
1885 – Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
1900 – Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in a British prison under mysterious circumstances.
1915 – William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
1923 – Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
1930 – A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
1944 – World War II: 99 civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
1944 – World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
1946 – King Ananda Mahidol is found shot dead in his bedroom, Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
1948 – Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
1953 – Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
1957 – First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
1958 – Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London's Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
1965 – The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Qu�t, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
1965 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Dong Xoai, one of the largest battles in the war.
1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1972 – Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
1973 – In horseracing, Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
1974 – Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
1979 – The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney (Australia) kills seven.
1985 – Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 1991.
1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
2006 – 60th Anniversary Celebrations of Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession.
2008 – Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
2008 – In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drains as a result of heavy flooding, breaking the dam holding the lake back.
2009 – An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
2010 – At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 others are wounded as an explosion rips through an evening wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
Births:
1580 – Daniel Heinsius, Belgian scholar (d. 1655)
1588 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (d. 1666)
1595 – Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (d. 1648)
1640 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
1661 – Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
1672 – Peter the Great, Russian emperor (d. 1725)
1686 – Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (d. 1747)
1732 – Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1791)
1768 – Samuel Slater, English-American businessman (d. 1835)
1781 – George Stephenson, English engineer (d. 1848)
1810 – Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (d. 1849)
1812 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
1836 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (d. 1917)
1843 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
1845 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English politician, 36th Governor-General of India (d. 1914)
1845 – Frank Norton, American baseball player (d. 1920)
1849 – Michael Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
1851 – Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Attorney General (d. 1921)
1861 – Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (d. 1916)
1861 – Gustav Tammann, Baltic German chemist (d. 1938)
1865 – Alb�ric Magnard, French composer (d. 1914)
1865 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)
1868 – Jane Avril, French dancer (d. 1943)
1874 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter (d. 1930)
1875 – Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1879 – Harry DeBaecke, American rower (d. 1961)
1882 – Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
1885 – Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1962)
1890 – Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1952)
1891 – Cole Porter, American composer (d. 1964)
1893 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)
1895 – Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (d. 1981)
1898 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
1900 – Fred Waring, American bandleader and television host (Waring's Pennsylvanians) (d. 1984)
1902 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969)
1903 – Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (d. 1996)
1906 – Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (d. 1997)
1908 – Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (d. 1993)
1908 – Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (d. 1970)
1910 – Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1990)
1912 – Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
1912 – Philip Simmons, American blacksmith (d. 2009)
1915 – Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (d. 2008)
1915 – Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (d. 1997)
1915 – Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
1916 – Jurij Brězan, German author (d. 2006)
1916 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2009)
1917 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 2012)
1918 – John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (d. 2011)
1921 – Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (d. 2006)
1921 – Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author
1922 – George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1922 – John Gillespie Magee, Jr., Chinese-American pilot and poet (d. 1941)
1922 – Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and educator (d. 1988)
1924 – Tony Britton, English actor
1924 – Ed Farhat, American wrestler (d. 2003)
1925 – Keith Laumer, American author (d. 1993)
1926 – Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American electric blues bassist and singer (d. 2010)
1927 – Jim Nolan, American basketball player (d. 1983)
1928 – R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh language scholar
1929 – Johnny Ace, American singer (d. 1954)
1930 – Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1997)
1930 – Jordi Pujol i Soley, Spanish politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
1930 – Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Norwegian daughter of Olav V of Norway (d. 2012)
1931 – Joe Santos, American actor
1931 – Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1933 – Al Cantello, American javelin thrower
1934 – Michael Mates, British politician
1934 – Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (Billy Ward and his Dominoes) (d. 1984)
1935 – Dutch Savage, American wrestler (d. 2013)
1936 – Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1936 – Mick O'Dwyer, Irish footballer and manager
1936 – George Radda, Hungarian chemist
1937 – Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist
1937 – Willard Cox, American musician (The Cox Family)
1938 – Jeremy Hardie, British economist and businessman
1938 – Giles Havergal, Scottish theatre director, actor and playwright
1938 – Charles Wuorinen, American composer
1939 – Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress
1939 – Eric Fernie, Scottish art historian
1939 – David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster
1939 – Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1939 – Charles Webb, American author
1940 – Andr� Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician
1941 – Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Deep Purple, Paice Ashton Lord, The Flower Pot Men, and The Artwoods) (d. 2012)
1942 – Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager
1942 – Nicholas Lloyd, British newspaper editor and broadcaster
1943 – Kenny Barron, American pianist (Sphere)
1943 – John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver
1943 – Joe Haldeman, American author
1943 – Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi
1944 – Janric Craig, British peer and politician
1944 – Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster
1945 – Faina Melnik, Soviet discus thrower
1945 – Luis Oca�a, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)
1945 – Nike Wagner, German author and critic
1946 – Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (d. 2004)
1946 – James Kelman, Scottish writer
1946 – Peter Kilfoyle, English politician
1946 – Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Italy
1947 – Howie Chizek, American radio host (d. 2012)
1947 – John Gurda, American historian and author
1948 – Jim Bailey, American football player
1948 – Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
1949 – Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist
1950 – Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Uriah Heep, The Spiders from Mars, and Cybernauts) (d. 2013)
1950 – Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
1950 – Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
1950 – David Troughton, English actor
1951 – Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer (d. 2013)
1951 – James Newton Howard, American composer
1951 – Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach
1951 – Reinhard Schmitz, German footballer
1951 – Brian Taylor, American basketball player
1952 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1952 – Billy Knight, American basketball player
1953 – Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer
1954 – Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (UFO, Lone Star, and Skid Row)
1954 – Richard Hudson, Zimbabwean stage designer
1954 – Gregory Maguire, American author
1954 – Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician
1954 – George P�rez, American author and illustrator
1955 – Wolfgang Schilling, German footballer
1956 – Patricia Cornwell, American author
1958 – David Ancrum, American basketball player
1960 – Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author
1961 – Thomas Benson, American football player
1961 – Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author
1961 – Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright
1962 – Yuval Banay, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mashina)
1962 – Ken Rose, American football player
1963 – Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-English saxophonist, author, and activist (The Blockheads)
1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor, singer, producer, and director
1963 – David Koepp, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Slaid Cleaves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress and singer
1964 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (d. 2009)
1964 – Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
1966 – Tamela Mann, American singer-songwriter and actress
1966 – Jan Vayne
1967 – Richard Cooey, American murderer (d. 2008)
1967 – Jian Ghomeshi, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and radio host (Moxy Fr�vous)
1967 – Rub�n Maza, Venezuelan runner
1968 – Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper
1969 – Nick Kiriazis, American actor
1969 – Andr� Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
1970 – Erika Mikl�sa, Hungarian soprano
1971 – Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster
1971 – Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter
1971 – Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Yummy Fur and 1990s)
1972 – Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress
1972 – Matt Horsley, Australian footballer
1973 – Aigars Apinis, Latvian discus thrower
1973 – Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Fr�d�ric Choffat, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer
1973 – Iain Lee, English comedian and television host
1973 – Grant Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Laura Ponte, Spanish model
1974 – Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Emperor, Zyklon, and Scum)
1975 – Otto Addo, German-Ghanaian footballer
1975 – Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer
1977 – Usman Afzaal, Pakistani cricketer
1977 – Olin Kreutz, American football player
1977 – Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and producer
1977 – Peja Stojaković, Croatian-Greek basketball player
1978 – Matthew Bellamy, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Muse)
1978 – Michaela Conlin, American actress
1978 – Shandi Finnessey, American model and actress, Miss USA 2004
1978 – Miroslav Klose, German footballer
1978 – Heather Mitts, American soccer player
1978 – Eric Papilaya, Austrian singer
1978 – Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Brian Patrick Wade, American actor
1979 – Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer
1979 – Akiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actor and singer
1979 – Ryoko Kuninaka, Japanese actress and singer
1979 – Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player
1979 – Jasper Redd, American comedian and actor
1979 – Chris Tilton, American composer
1979 – Andrew Walker, Canadian actor and producer
1980 – D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player
1980 – Nav�d Akhavan, Iranian-German actor
1980 – James DeBello, American actor
1980 – Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
1980 – Timothy Glanfield, English journalist
1980 – Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
1980 – Nikolai Novosjolov, Estonian fencer
1980 – Kevin Owens, American basketball player
1980 – Paul Preiss, American model and actor
1980 – Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
1980 – Kana Ueda, Japanese voice actress
1980 – David Williams, American poker player
1981 – Cameron Bunce, American model and actor
1981 – Vic Chou, Taiwanese actor and singer (F4)
1981 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
1981 – Anoushka Shankar, English-Indian sitar player and composer
1981 – Sara Tommasi, Italian actress and model
1982 – Thomas Aldridge, English actor
1982 – Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
1982 – Christina St�rmer, Austrian singer-songwriter
1982 – Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
1983 – Firas Al-Khatib, Syrian footballer
1983 – Alektra Blue, American porn actress
1983 – Erin Cafaro, American rower
1983 – Josh Cribbs, American football player
1983 – Dwayne Jones, American basketball player
1983 – Marina Lizorkina, Russian singer and dancer (Serebro)
1983 – Danny Richar, Dominican-American baseball player
1983 – Jim Tang, Hong Kong actor
1983 – Alex Templeton-Ward, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and poet
1983 – Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
1984 – Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
1984 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1984 – Jake Newton, Guyanese footballer
1984 – Asko Paade, Estonian basketball player
1984 – Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
1984 – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
1985 – Anthimos Ananiadis, Greek actor
1985 – Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress
1985 – Jon N�rgaard, Danish singer-songwriter
1985 – Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
1986 – Kevin Borg, Maltese-Swedish singer
1986 – Doug Legursky, American football player
1986 – Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress (Cookies and Ping Pung)
1986 – Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (d. 2013)
1986 – Ashley Postell, American gymnast
1986 – Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor
1986 – Karan Wahi, Indian actor
1987 – Jaan M�lder, Estonian rally driver
1987 – Sof�a Stamatiades, Mexican actress
1987 – Rheagan Wallace, American actress
1988 – Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer
1988 – Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek footballer
1988 – Mae Whitman, American actress
1989 – Chlo� Agnew, Irish singer (Celtic Woman)
1989 – Logan Browning, American actress and singer
1989 – Nina Kodaka, Japanese-Filipino television host
1989 – D�dac Vil�, Spanish footballer
1990 – Lauren Socha, English actress
1992 – Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
1992 – Lucien Laviscount, English actor and singer
1993 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
1994 – Lee Hyeri, South Korean idol singer (Girl's Day)
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