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1590 Gilles Hayne, composer
1605 Simon Dach, German poet
1620 Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat
1646 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve)
1723 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer
1739 Johannes Ritschel, composer
1755 Franz Gotz, composer
1758 Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment)
1778 Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer
1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America)
1817 James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1820 Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871
1828 Cuvier Grover, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1885
1830 Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1849 Max Nordau, [Südfeld], German arts/writer/zionist leader
1853 Esther de Boer-van Rijk, Dutch actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing)
1853 Henry Morton Dunham, composer
1854 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educator (Theory of Education)
1861 Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt
1861 Sergei D Sazonov, Russian minister of Foreign Affairs (1910-16)
1865 Nicola Spinelli, composer
1867 Enrique Granados, Spain, composer
1869 Booth Tarkington, US, novelist (17, Magnificent Ambersons)
1871 [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk
1874 August Stramm, writer
1876 Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge)
1878 Don Marquis, Ill, journalist/poet (archy & mehitabel)
1883 Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43)
1883 Manuel Infante, Spanish composer/conductor
1884 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright/journalist
1887 Rudi Stephan, composer
1887 Sigmund Romberg, Nagykanizsa Hungary, operetta composer (Blossom Time)
1888 Niles Welch, Hartford CT, actor (Cornered)
1889 Karl Otten, writer
1891 Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist
1892 Charles L Bass, actor (Business in White Slavery)
1892 Ernst van Raalte, lawyer (Seen, heard... wrote)
1892 Karel L Baars, Dutch actor (White Slaves Trade)
1892 William Powell, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Thin Man, My Man Godfrey)
1893 Arre Merikanto, Finnish composer (12-tones music)
1895 Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author
1898 Isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist (explored atom, Nobel 1944)
1900 Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer [OS]
1900 Don Redman, Piedmont WV, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times)
1900 Eyvind Johnson, Sweden, novelist (Return to Ithaca-Nobel 1974)
1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid)
1905 Dag Hammarskjöld, Sweden, 2nd UN Sect-General (1953-61) (Nobel 1961)
1905 Thelma Todd, [Alison Loyd], Lawrence MA, actress (Dangerous Female)
1907 Melvin Mouron Belli, Sonora Calif, lawyer (SF's "King of Torts")
1909 Georgy Mushel, composer
1910 Henry Brian Boyne, journalist
1911 Jan Cikker, composer
1913 Stephen McNally, NYC, actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo)
1914 Abram Games, graphic artist
1914 Dovie Hudson, community activist in rural Mississippi
1914 "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian (Car Wash)
1918 Vladimir Dudentzev, Russian writer
1920 Rodolfo Acosta, Chihuahua Mexico, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw)
1921 Aled Eames, maritime historian
1921 Richard Egan, SF Calif, actor (Empire, Redigo, Pollyanna)
1924 Arnold Weinstock, English industrial/multi-millionaire (GEC)
1924 Lloyd Bochner, Toronto, (Cecil-Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2½)
1924 Robert Horton, LA Calif, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena)
1925 Mikis Michael George Theodorakis, Chios Greece, composer (Raven)
1926 Don Carter, bowler, 6-time Bowler of Year (1953-54, 57-58, 60-61)
1926 Russel Firestone, polo great (Circle F-1959 champs)
1927 Harry K V Mulisch, writer (Message to King Rat)
1928 Bidzina Alexandrovich Kvernadze, composer
1930 Paul Taylor, dancer/choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company) [or 6/5]
1932 Nancy Landon Kassebaum, (Sen-R-Kansas, 1979- )
1933 Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman (1960-62)
1933 Robert Fuller, Troy NY, actor (Laramie, Wagon Train)
1934 Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner (son of O C, Test 0-140)
1935 Leonard Lee, rocker (Shirley & Lee)
1935 Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor (Dresden State Opera 1961)
1936 Elizabeth Hanford Dole, US Secretary of Transportation (1983-87)
1938 Peter Jennings, Toronto Canada, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
1939 Annea Lockwood, composer
1941 David Warner, Manchester NH, actor (Star Trek VI, Time Bandits)
1942 Sharon Gans, actress (Slaughterhouse 5)
1943 Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter)
1943 Ingrid Kramer, Dresden Germany, diver (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 Roz Kelly, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Owl & Pussycat, Happy Days)
1944 Terry Jarvis, NZ cricket opener (387 partnership w/Turner v WI 1972)
1945 Michelle Angelo, Kingsville Tx, actress (Funny Girl)
1946 Bill Forsyth, director (Local Hero, Breaking In, Housekeeping)
1946 Neal Doughty, Evantson Ill, rock keyboardist (Reo Speedwagon)
1947 Janet LePera, LPGA golfer
1949 Marilyn Tucker Quayle, novelist/wife of vice president Dan (1989-93)
1949 Stephen Burleigh, Wheeling WV, actor (Love & Betrayal, Afterburn)
1950 Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record)
1950 Radu Voina, Romania, team handball (Oly-silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80)
1951 Dean Pitchford, rocker
1951 Deborah Pryor, Calif, actress (The Godson)/(Rep-R-Ohio)
1951 Leslie Easterbrook, LA Calif, actress (Ryan's Hope, Police Acadamy 5)
1953 Geddy Lee, Toronto Canada, lead vocalist/bassist (Rush-Tom Sawyer)
1953 Ken Burns, epic documentary maker (Civil War, Baseball)
1954 Flo Hyman, Inglewood Calif, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
1955 "Country" Jem Finer, English banjo player (Pogues-Straight to Hell)
1956 Brenda Hocott, LPGA golfer
1956 Michael Biehn, Anniston AL, actor (Rampage, Hog Wild, Aliens, Abyss)
1956 Patti Scialfa, singer (As Long as I Can Be)/Mrs Bruce Springsteen
1959 Brian James Claar, Santa Monica CA, PGA golfer (1991 AT&T-2nd)
1959 Gary Springer, NYC, actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair)
1959 John Sykes, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-Blue Murder)
1959 Nelli Kim, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1976)
1962 Corinne Dibnah, Brisbane Australia, LPGA golfer (1988 Brit Open)
1962 Steve Pelluer, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1963 Alexandra Paul, NYC, actress (Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet)
1963 Azeem Hafeez, cricketer (fingerless Pakistani lefty quick)
1963 Damon Allen, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)
1963 Michel Boerebach, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
1963 Patty Dodd, Bogota Columbia, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-2nd-1988)
1963 Steve Frey, Meadowbrook PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
1964 Lisa Peluso, Phila, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Ava-Loving)
1965 Doug Burden, Rutland Vt, rower (Olympics-5th-88, 92, 96)
1965 Henry James, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1965 Karen Doell, Winkler Manitoba, softball 2nd baseman (Olympics-96)
1965 Luis Alicea, Santurce Puerto Rico, infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1966 Jeff Herrod, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1966 Martina McBride, country singer
1966 Sally Gunnell, 400m hurdler, (Olympic-gold-92)
1968 Kristen Babb-Sprague, Calif, US synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-92)
1968 Mike Williams, Radford VA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
1969 Alison Dunlap, Denver Colo, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1970 John Rennie, cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler 1993)
1970 Maria Checca, Bogota Colombia, playmate (Aug, 1994)
1970 Sean LaChapelle, NFL/WLAF receiver (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)
1970 Steve Wojciechowski, Blue Island IL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1971 Bryan Dattilo, Kankakee IL, actor (Calif Dreaming, Days of Our Lives)
1971 Jayne Fenner, Four Marks England, US sailing (Olympic-92)
1971 Johnny Ruffin, Butler AL, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1972 Steven Branscombe, WLAF WR (Scotland Claymores)
1972 Wil Wheaton, CA, actor (Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me)
1973 Stephen Dorff, Atlanta, actor (I Know My Name is Steven)
1973 Wanya Morris, [Squirt], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
1974 Derek Wilkinson, Lasalle, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1975 Seth Greisinger, Kansas City KS, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 Sheya Shipanga, Miss Namibia Universe (1997)
1977 Greg Burgess, US, 200m individual medley (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1981 Jennie Thompson, Wichita Falls TX, gymnast (Jr Natl-champ-93, Oly-96)

1590 Gilles Hayne, composer
1605 Simon Dach, German poet
1620 Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat
1646 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve)
1723 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer
1739 Johannes Ritschel, composer

1030 Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad
1095 Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies
1099 Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies
1108 Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56
1164 Olaf, King of Norway, dies
1573 Spanish prince of Eboli, dies

362 Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws
626 Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople
1014 Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies
1030 Battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim)
1179 Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III
1560 Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden

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