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1983 Lee Ryan, British Musician
1980 Andee Pickens, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics
1980 Brittney McConn, born in Largo, Florida, figure skater, 1997 Eastern Sr champ
1980 Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star
1979 Cawey Schau, born in Seattle, Washington canoist alternate for 1996 Olympics
1978 Jenny Keim, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, diver, Olympics-9th-96
1977 Andrea Deak, Miss Universe-Hungary 1996
1977 Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands
1977 Jason Miller, born in Silver Springs, Maryland, actor, New Mickey Mouse Club
1975 Frederick Koehler, born in Queens, New York, actor, Chip-Kate and Allie
1975 Petra Vaarakallio, ice hockey center, Finland, 1998 Olympics
1975 Joshua Leonard, American Actor
1972 Dirk-Jan Derksen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1972 James McKnight, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
1971 Tripp Schwenk, U.S., 100m/200m backstroke, 1996 Olympics silver
1970 Arnold Ale, WLAF linebacker for the Scottish Claymores
1970 Jason Hanson, NFL kicker, Detroit Lions
1970 Popeye Jones, NBA center for the Toronto Raptors
1970 Ron "Popeye" Jones, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks
1970 Stephane Fiset, Montreal, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche
1969 Karen Nystrom, ice hockey forward, Canada, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics
1969 Kevin Thornton, born in Amarillo, vocalist, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up
1969 Patric Kjellberg, hockey forward, Team Sweden Olympics-1998
1967 Keith Sims, NFL guard for the Miami Dolphins
1967 Robyn Meagher, born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 5k runner 1996 Olympics
1967 Terry Davis, NBA forward and center, Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
1966 Clare Look-Jaeger, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, high jumper
1966 Fred Barnett, NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
1965 Dan Jansen, born in West Allis, Wisconsin, speed skater, Gold Medal 1994 Olympics
1965 Danny McManus, CFL quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos
1965 Dermontti Dawson, NFL center for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1965 Gianluca Pozzi, born in Bari, Italy, tennis star, 1991 Brisbane
1965 Kami Cotler, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Elizabeth-Waltons
1965 Mike Magnante, born in Glendale California, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
1965 Ray Seals, NFL defensive end, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers
1964 Diane Murphy, actress, Tabitha Stevens-Bewitched
1964 Erin Murphy, actress, Tabitha Stevens-Bewitched
1964 Michael Gross, born in West Germany, swimmer, Olympic-2 world records-1984
1964 Steve Rhodes, cricketer, England wicket-keeper 1994-95
1963 Greg Kinnear, actor/talk show host, Talk Soup, Sabrina, Later
1963 Kevin Glover, NFL center, Detroit Lions
1962 Ed Brady, NFL linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1960 Mitzi Edge, born in Albany, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 SAFECO Classic
1958 Dan McVicar, born in Independence, Missouri, actor, Clarke-Bold and Beautiful
1958 Jello Biafra, American Musician
1958 Bobby Farrelly, American Director
1957 Philip Chevron, English pop musician, Pogues-Peace and Love
1956 Nick Cook, cricketer, England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89
1954 Mark Linn-Baker, born in St. Louis, actor, Larry Appleton-Perfect Strangers
1951 Joe Piscopo, born in Passaic, New Jersey, comedian, SNL, Miller Lite commercials
1950 Cathy Sherk, born in Bancroft, Ontario, professional golfer, achieved No. 1 World ranking by Golf Digest, 1978, earned silver medal with Canadian team at 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, joined LPGA tour, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, 1995
1949 Helen Rosenthal, British teacher/health administrator
1948 David Concepcion, born in Venezuela, all star shortstop, Cincinnati Reds
1948 Ruben Blades, born in Panama, singer and actor, Fatal Beauty, Critical Condition
1948 Joaquin Almunia, Spanish Politician
1947 Linda Chavez, American Author
1946 Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs
1946 Marcy Kaptur, born in Toledo, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1983 -
1945 Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist, 5 time winner of Tour de France
1945 Ken Livingstone, MP, Labour
1945 Tony Roche, born in Tarcutta, Australia, professional tennis player, coach, upset Adriano Panatta to win the Davis Cup, 1977
1945 Art Bell, American Entertainer
1945 Tommy Franks, American Soldier
1945 Kenneth Robert Livingstone, British Politician
1945 Mercer Reynolds, American Businessman
1944 Bill Rafferty, comedian, Real People, Laugh-in '77
1944 Chris Spedding, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, born Peter Robinson, rocker, jazz guitarist, rock and roll, considered the most versatile session guitarist in the U.K.
1943 Christopher Brown, composer
1943 Newt Gingrich, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Georgia 1979 - 1999, Speaker of House 1995 - 1997
1943 Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days
1942 Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good
1942 Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Scientist
1940 Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
1940 Tony Marlow, MP, Conservative
1939 Dickey Do, Gerry Granahan, rocker, Dickey Doo and The Dont's
1939 Donald Anderson, MP, Labour
1938 Judy Kimball-Simon, LPGA golfer
1937 Peter Lupus, actor, Mission Impossible
1933 Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor
1933 Harry Browne, American Writer
1933 Rod Paige, American Politician
1932 Derek Ibbotson, 5K runner, Olympic-bronze-1956
1932 John P. Murtha, born in New Martinsville, West Virginia, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1974 -
1930 Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009
1930 James Gathers, Sumter, South Carolina, 200m runner 1952 Olympics bronze
1930 Romuald Twardowski, composer
1929 Michael L. Strang, born in Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Colorado 1985 - 1987
1929 Tigran Petrosyan, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1963-69
1927 Austin J. Murphy, born in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1993 and 1993 - 1995
1927 Lucio Fulci, born in Rome, Italy, director, screenwriter, actor, known for directing gore films, Zombi 2 and The Beyond, other genres, including giallo, western, comedy
1926 Alan Walters, political economist
1926 Manuel Enriquez, composer
1925 Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle
1924 Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist, NAACP
1924 Gotthold Gloger, writer
1924 Henk J Hoekstra, president, Dutch Communist Party
1923 Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end, Los Angeles Rams
1922 Herbert Kelsey Jones, composer
1922 Jerry Fielding, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer, Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes
1922 Paul Schalluck, German writer, Don Quixote in Cologne
1920 Beryl Reid, actress, Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard
1920 Francois Jacob, born in France, biologist/bacteriologist, Nobel 1965
1919 Antonius C "Ton" Lutz, Dutch actor and director, Lucifer
1919 Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya, composer
1919 Kingman Brewster, college president, Yale
1919 Max Dendermonde, Henk Hazelhoff, Dutch literary
1918 Maldwyn Thomas, president, Welsh Liberal Party
1916 Einar Englund, composer
1916 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live
1915 Stringbean, David Akeman, Kentucky, banjoist/comedian, Hee Haw
1914 John Hersey, American Writer
1913 Felix Hartlaub, writer
1912 Don Gillis, born in Cameron, Missouri, composer, Symphony #5
1912 Wessel Couzijn, sculptor/cartoonist, Auschwitz-monument
1910 Herbert Owen Reed, composer
1910 Red Foley, born in Blue Lick, Kentucky, country singer, Mr Smith Goes to Washington
1908 Frank Sully, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief
1908 Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/Writer
1908 John Verrall, composer
1907 Charles Eames, American Designer
1906 Thomas G. Cowling, British mathematician/astronomer
1904 Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist
1904 Ralph Bellamy, born in Chicago, actor, Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places
1903 Michail Swetlow, writer
1900 Hermann Reuter, composer
1898 Maurits C Escher, Dutch graphic artist
1895 Louise Fazenda, Lafayette, Indiana, actress/comedienne, Almost an actress
1895 Slavko Osterc, composer
1888 Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer
1888 Heinz Guderian, German Soldier
1884 Christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist
1883 Alexandre Cellier, composer
1882 Igor Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring,
1880 Russell Simpson, actor, Abraham Lincoln
1880 Carl Van Vechten, American Writer
1878 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1875 Philipp A. Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist, Mensch and World
1874 Grant Mitchell, Columbus, Ohio, actor, Man Who Came to Dinner
1871 James Weldon Johnson, lawyer, 1st black admitted to Florida Bar
1871 Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/president of Romania
1870 George Cormack, cereal inventor, Wheaties
1867 John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor, shorthand
1867 Henry Lawson, Australian Writer
1861 Sidney James Jones, composer
1858 Eben Sumner Draper, Gov-MA
1855 Fritz Steinbach, composer
1845 Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker
1838 Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer, Kapala-Kundala
1838 Chattopadhyaya/Bankim Chandra, Bengalese writer, Monastery of Delight
1837 Vincent Strong, civil war fighter
1832 William Crookes, English chemist/physicist, Crookes-pipe, thallium
1830 Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1828 Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian
1823 John Henry Hobart Ward, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1818 Charles Francois Gounod, born in Paris, France, opera composer, Faust
1818 Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III
1818 Charles Gounod, French Composer
1817 Ivan K Aivazovski, Russan painter, Harbor Scenes
1811 Jon Sigurdsson, born in Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends
1810 F Freiligrath, writer
1797 Alexandre Vinet, Swiss Criitic
1756 Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public
1750 Michel Woldemar, composer
1742 William Hooper, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence
1725 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer
1714 Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer, geodesic labor
1703 John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder, Methodists
1682 Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1697-1718
1604 Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, Maurits House
1239 Edward I, King of England, 1272-1307, chased Jews out of England
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