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1988 Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
1981 Roger Federer, Swiss Athlete
1976 Liraz Mesilaty, Miss Universe-Israel 1996
1974 Andrei Mezin, NHL goaltender, Team Belarus, 1998 Olympics
1973 Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder, NSW and Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-
1971 John Raposo, CFL defensive tackle for the Toronto Argonauts
1971 Marcello Simmons, CFL defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts
1971 Steve Hinton, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics
1970 Catriona Fallon, born in Burlingame, California, rower, Olympics-4th-92, 96
1970 Trev Alberts, NFL linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
1969 Jerome Henderson, NFL cornerback, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles
1968 Abey Kuruvila, cricketer, promising Bombay fast bowler
1968 Matthew Lane, born in Wellington, New Zealand, Nike golfer, 1991 S Australian Open-4th
1968 Patricia Arquette, born in New York City actress, Ed Wood, Pretty Smart
1968 Suzy Hamilton, U.S. olympic 1500m runner
1967 Ben Fouchee, born in Kuruman, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Africa Amateur
1967 Howard Cross, NFL tight end for the New York Giants
1967 Margo Malowney, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1965 Akitoshi Saito, wrestler, NJPW
1965 Angus Fraser, cricketer, England right-arm pace bowler 1989-
1964 Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, U.S., 400m runner, world record
1964 Paul Taylor, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993
1963 Carol Lewis, born in Willingboro, New Jersey, high jumper, Olympic-9th-1984
1963 Ron Karkovice, born in Union, New Jersey, catcher, Chicago White Sox
1962 Charmaine Crooks, Mandeville JAM, Can 800m runner, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics
1962 Jim Sweeney, NFL center/guard, Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers
1962 Suzee Pai, born in Toledo, Ohio, actress, Big Trouble in Little China
1962 Kool Moe Dee, American Musician
1961 Bruce Matthews, NFL guard/center for the Houston Oilers
1961 Charmaine Crooks, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer, Silver Medal 1984 Olympics
1961 The Edge, Dave Evans, London, rock guitarist, U2-I Will Follow
1959 Rikki Rockett, rocker, Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn
1959 Ronald Weigel, East Germany speed walker, 5 km indoor
1958 Chris Foreman, rock guitarist, Madness
1958 Deborah Norville, news anchor, Today Show, Inside Edition
1958 Harry Crosby, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Friday the 13th
1957 Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess
1957 Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster, American Journal
1956 Chris Foreman, guitarist, Madness-Burning Down the House
1956 David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows
1956 Wes Chandler, Florida, WLAF wide receiver coach for the Rhein Fire
1955 Ali Score, rock drummer, Flock Of Seagulls
1954 Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer, Portugal Grand Prix-1990
1953 "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters
1953 Donny Most, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ralph Malph-Happy Days
1952 Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality, Howard Stern's sidekick
1952 Philip E. Berger, American Politician
1951 Martin Brest, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1951 Phil Carlson, cricketer, Australian all-rounder 1979
1950 Willie Hall, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rocker, drummer, played with Isaac Hayes' The Movement, member of The Bo-Keys
1949 Airrion Love, U.S. singer, Stylistics-16 Bars
1949 Bela Magyari, Hungary, cosmonaut
1949 Keith Carradine, San Mateo California, actor, Young Guns, Pretty Baby
1948 Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-7, T-12, T-15A
1947 Jose Cruz, leftfielder, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros
1947 Larry Wilcox, SD California, actor, Lassie, Officer Jon Baker-CHiPs
1946 French W. Weisglas, Dutch MP, VVD
1946 Robin Tallon, born in Hemingway, South Carolina, Representative-D-South Carolina 1983 - 1993
1945 Erskine Bowles, American Businessman
1944 Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist, Jumping Jewels
1944 Michael Johnson, born in Alamosa, Colorado, pop, guitarist, country, pop music, known for song, 'Bluer Than Blue'
1944 Smokey Bear, named after New York City fireman Smokey Joe Martin
1943 Denny Payton, saxophonist, harmonica player, guitarist, singer, performed with the Dave Clark Five, English pop rock group
1942 Jay David, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show
1940 Dilip Sardesai, cricketer, high scoring Indian batsman of 60's
1939 Philip E Baisley, Augusta, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57
1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics
1939 William Alden Hibbard, composer
1938 Connie Stevens, born in Brooklyn, singer and actress, Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach
1938 Jacques Hetu, born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, composer, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1989, Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001
1937 Dustin Hoffman, born in Louisiana, actor, Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer
1937 Louis Neefs, Belgian singer
1936 Don Bowden, U.S., 1st American to run a sub 4 minute mile
1936 Frank Howard, baseball player, NL Rookie of the Year 1960
1936 Keith Barron, born in Mexborough, England, actor, At Earth's Core, Baby Love
1935 Ron Marlenee, born in Scobey, Montana, Representative-R-Montana 1977 - 1993
1935 Sandy Horn, lesbian activist
1934 Julian C. Dixon, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-California 1979 - 2000
1933 Joe Tex, singer and songwriter, Hold What You've Got
1932 Jimmy Witherspoon, singer
1932 Mel Tillis, born in Tampa, Florida, country singer, Who's Julie, M-M-Mel
1931 Roger Penrose, English Physicist
1930 Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach, California State, UNLV, 625-122
1930 Joan Mondale, wife of U.S. vice-president Walter Mondale, 1977-81
1930 Nita Talbot, born in New York City, New York, actress, Supertrain, Here We Go Again
1930 Terry Nation, writer, Dr. Who, Blake 7
1929 Josef Suk, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, violinist, Artist of Merit-1977
1929 Ronald Biggs, British Celebrity
1928 Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
1927 Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/poet, Lady of the Night: A flower
1927 James H. Weaver, born in Brookings, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1975 - 1987
1927 Juri Kasakow, writer
1926 Richard Anderson, born in Long Beach, New Jersey, actor, Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man
1926 Webb Pierce, born in West Monroe, Louisiana, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1925 Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist
1925 Alija Izetbegovic, Bosniak Activist
1924 Thomas Beversdorf, composer
1923 Esther Williams, born in Inglewood, California, actress/swimmer, Dangerous when Wet
1922 Michael Parkin, journalist
1922 Rory Calhoun, actor, Blue and Gray, Judson Tyler-Capitol
1922 Rudi Gernreich, designer, 1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt
1921 Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University
1920 Don Cook, foreign Correspondent
1919 Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer, King Kong
1918 Rory Calhoun, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan
1914 Arthur Holt, politician
1913 Axel Stordahl, born in Staten Island, New York, orchestra leader, Frank Sinatra Show
1913 Daan Wildschut, painter/glazenier/author
1913 Robert Stafford, born in Rutland, Vermont, Senator-R-Vermont 1971 - 1989, Governor of Vermont 1959 - 1961
1912 Daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director, Willard, Butterfield 8
1911 Rosetta LeNoire, New York City, actor, Grandma Winslow-Family Matters
1910 Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil, 1962
1910 Sylvia Sidney, born in Bronx, New York, actress, WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon
1909 Bill Voce, cricketer, England left-arm bodyline bowler
1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Illinois, United Nations ambassador/Supreme Court justice, 1962-65
1908 Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania, 1955-61
1908 Arthur J. Goldberg, American Judge
1908 Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman
1907 Benny Carter, born in New York City, musician/composer, Easy Money, King Carter
1906 Andre Demedts, Flemish writer, Rainfall of the Days
1905 Andre Jolivet, Paris, France, composer, L'Eunuque
1905 Nino Martini, Verona Italy, actor, Here's to Romance
1905 Wachtang Ananjan, writer
1904 Istvan Szelenyi, composer
1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
1902 Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933
1902 Paul Dirac, British Physicist
1901 Ernest Lawrence, born in Canton, South Dakota, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 1939
1901 Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist
1900 Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on New York stock exchange
1900 Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California
1898 Paul Belmondo, French sculptor, Bathing Woman, Orleans
1896 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Washington D.C., writer, Yearling
1895 Law Pendleton, U.S., wrestler/actor, Laughing Lady
1889 Jack Ryder, cricketer, athletic Australian all-rounder and captain
1887 Esme Percy, born in London, England, actor, Old Spanish Custom
1887 J C Heldring, Dutch businessman
1887 Malcolm Keen, Bristol England, actor, Uncle Chris-Mama
1887 Ullrich Haupt, Prussia, actor, Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion
1886 Daniel Ruyneman, composer
1886 Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer
1884 Sara Teasdale, U.S., poet, 1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-Love Songs
1881 Paul L E von Kleist, German general-Field Marshal, Eastern Front
1879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
1871 William Henry Squire, composer
1866 Matthew A. Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole, Jun 4 1909
1866 Matthew Henson, American Explorer
1864 Henri de Vries, Van Walterop, Dutch actor, Cleopatra, White Cargo
1861 William Bateson, English biologist, originator of term "genetics"
1857 Cecile Chaminade, composer
1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author, 52 Years of Research
1852 Barend Barendse, actor and director, Wandering Jew
1839 Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General Union volunteers
1839 Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier
1835 James William Forsyth, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1823 Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter
1820 Winfield Scott "Old Swet" Featherston, Army Brigadier General, Confederate
1819 Charles Anderson Dana, Assistant Secretary War, Union
1814 Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist
1812 John Rodgers II, Commander Union Navy
1805 Antoon Jurgens, Dutch margarine manufacturer
1794 Robert Nelson, Canadian Politician
1763 Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House
1755 Luigi Marchesi, composer
1746 Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet, church songs
1732 Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian
1705 Gustaaf Imhoff, Governor of Ceylon, 1736 - 1740, Governor of Netherlands-Indies, 1743 - 1750
1694 Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism
1693 Laurent Belissen, composer
1653 Jacques Basnage, French/Netherlands historian/vicar
1617 Adriaan W. "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, Bantu Dictionary
1586 Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen
1571 John Ward, born in Canterbury, England, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba
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