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1993 Primera, an Andean condor, hatched at Cleveland Zoo, 5th born in captivity
1986 Kaitlin Cullum, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Libby Kelly-Grace Under Fire
1980 Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1996
1977 Cliff Bayer, born in New York City, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics
1976 Tyce Routson, Bellevue Wash, diver 1996 Olympics
1974 Adam Treu, guard and tackle for the Oakland Raiders
1974 Carrie Zarse, born in Chicago, Illinois, diver 1996 Olympics
1973 Jere Lehtinen, Espoo Fin, NHL right wing, Dallas Stars, Olympic-bronze-98
1973 Michael Cheever, corner for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1972 Jose Simon, WLAF defensive tackle, Barcelona Dragons
1972 Mitch Berger, punter for the Minnesota Vikings
1972 Shawn King, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers
1971 LaMonte Coleman, NFL fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1970 Carlos Yancy, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots
1970 Glenn Medeiros, singer, Someday Love
1969 Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986
1969 Todd Lewis, born in Flint, Michigan, 10k runner
1968 Jean Charest, Canadian Lawyer
1967 Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars
1967 Crystal Carson, born in Spaulding NE, actress, Cartel, Julia-General Hospital
1967 Jeff Cease, born in Nashville, guitarist, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker
1967 Olaf Hampel, WLAF offensive linebacker, Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire
1967 Sherry Stringfield, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, actress, Laura-NYPD Blue, ER
1966 John Randle, golfer, 1992 Canadian Tour Fall-3rd
1965 Danielle Spencer, born in Bronx, actress, Dee Thomas-What's Happening
1965 Patrick Jeffrey, born in Morristown, New Jersey, diver, Olympics-5th-96
1965 Shane Churla, Fernie, NHL right wing, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers
1965 Uwe Krupp, born in Cologne, Germany, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Germany 98
1964 Gary Suter, born in Madison, Wisconsin, NHL defenseman, Chicago Blackhawks, USA
1963 Duval Love, NFL guard for the Arizona Cardinals
1961 Bernie Nicholls, NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks
1961 Curt Smith, born in Bath, England, rock bassist/vocalist, Tears For Fears
1961 Jim Laver Carter, born in Spring Lake, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1995 Anheuser-Busch
1961 Natalya Shaposhnikova, born in U.S.S.R., sidehorse vaulter, 1980 Olympics gold
1960 Juli Inkster, born in Santa Cruz, California, LPGA golfer, Dinah Shore-1984, 89
1960 Nate Carr, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, freestyle wrestler 1988 Olympics bronze
1959 Andy McClusky, rocker, Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark-Electricity
1959 Rob Delahaye, soccer player, MVV
1958 Victor M Gerena, born in New York City, security guard robbed $7 million, FBI wanted
1957 Astro, Terrence Wilson, England, rock vocalist, UB40-Red Red Wine
1955 Loren Lloyd Roberts, born in San Luis Obispo, California, PGA golfer, Nestle-1994, 95
1951 Ivar Formo, born in Norway, 50K cross country skier 1976 Olympics gold
1951 Raelene Boyle, born in Australia, sprinter, Silver Medal 1972 Olympics
1950 Derrick Simpson, born in Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru
1950 Leon J P M Frissen, Dutch MP, CDA
1950 Mercedes R. Lackey, U.S., sci-fi author, Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn
1950 Nancy Allen, born in New York City, actress, Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill
1950 Mercedes Lackey, American Author
1949 John Illsley, born in Leicester, England, rock bassist, Dire Straits
1948 Patrick Morza, born in Morges, Switzerland, rock keyboardist, Yes
1947 Walter Willison, born in Monterrey Park, California, actor, McDuff the Talking Dog, Two By Two [Tony Award nomination, Theatre World Award]
1947 Marianne Delgorge, singer and actress, Ice Cream Soda
1947 Peter Weller, born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, actor, Robocop, Of Unknown Origin
1946 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-51C, 51L-Chal disaster
1946 Robert Reich, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Clinton
1945 Betty Stove, born in Netherlands, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1972
1945 Colin Blunstone, born in England, rocker, Zombies-Never Even Thought
1945 George Pataki, American Politician
1945 George E. Pataki, American Politician
1944 Chris Wood, rocker, Traffic
1944 Jeff Beck, born in Surrey, England, singer/guitarist, Jeff Beck Group
1943 Georg Stanford Brown, born in Havana, Cuba, actor, Terry Webster-Rookies
1942 Gerhart Roth, writer
1942 Michele Lee, born in Los Angeles, California, actress and singer, Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug
1942 Mick Fleetwood, born in London, rock drummer, Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way
1941 Graham McKenzie, cricketer, prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71
1939 Henry Lawrence Garett III, born in Miami, Florida, Sect of Navy, 1989-92
1938 Boris Lagutin, U.S.S.R., light-middleweight boxer, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics
1938 Lowell Cross, composer
1937 Anita Desai, Indian Novelist
1935 Pete Hamill, born in Brooklyn, New York, journalist, New York Post
1935 Terry Riley, born in Colfax, California, composer, Spectra
1932 David McTaggart, co-founder, Greenpeace
1932 Peter Bart, American Editor
1931 Billy Casper, born in San Diego, California, William Earl Billy Casper, Jr., professional golfer, golf course designer, won the PGA Tour 27 times, named 15th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest in 2000, considered best putter of his era
1931 Billy Casper, born in San Diego, California, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year, '66, '68, '70
1930 Claude Chabrol, born in Paris, France, director, Les Cousins, Ophelia
1930 Herbert C. Klein, born in Newark, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1993 - 1995
1927 Martin Lewis Perl, American Physicist
1925 Len Jagger, English businessman/multi-millionaire
1924 Ranasinghe Premadasa, president of Sri Lanka, 1989-93
1923 Jack Carter, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian/actor, Amazing Dobermans, Octagon
1922 Aadje [Alida WM] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik
1922 Rietje [Maria SC] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik
1922 Roy Elihu Travis, born in New York City, composer, Passion of Dedipus
1920 Bernhard Krol, composer
1920 James Eric Storrar, fighter Pilot
1919 Al Molinaro, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Murray-Odd Couple, Al-Happy Days
1916 John Ciardi, poet and critic, translated Dante
1915 Charles James Dunn, Japanese scholar
1915 Fred Hoyle, cosmologist, proposed steady-state universe theory
1913 John Kubris, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter
1913 Max van Praag, Dutch singer
1912 Brian Johnston, cricketer, BBC radio commentator and cake connoisseur
1912 Norman Cousins, editor, Saturday Review
1912 Selwyn Powell, art editor
1911 Juan Manuel Fangio, racing driver
1910 Denis Dowling, baritone
1910 Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge
1909 Milton Katims, born in New York City, conductor/violist, WOR-NYC
1909 William G Penney, British physicist, 1st British Atom Bomb
1908 Hugo Distler, composer
1907 Jose de Lima Siquiera, composer
1906 Pierre Fournier, born in Paris, France, violon cellist, Paris Conservatoire
1904 Kurt Kusenberg, German writer, Wein Auf Lebenszeit
1903 Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver
1903 Phil Harris, born in Linton, Indiana, actor, Anything Goes, Robin Hood
1901 Harry Partch, born in Oakland, California, composer, Oedipus
1900 Memphis Minnie, rocker
1899 Bruce Marshall, writer
1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!
1899 Magdalene Szekely-Lulofs, Dutch writer, Honger tocht
1895 Jack Dempsey, born in Manassa, Colorado, 'Manassa Mauler', heavyweight boxing champion, 1919 - 1926
1891 Irving Pichel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor and director, Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist
1888 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect, Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion
1883 Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist
1879 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer
1877 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer, Iveren
1873 Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer
1852 Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister, 1918
1851 Peter S Koyer, Danish painter/sculptor/graphic artist
1850 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member
1848 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher, Theory of Social Revolutions
1847 Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer
1842 Ambrose Bierce, U.S., satirist, Devil's Dictionary
1840 Louis Brassin, composer
1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift and Co
1838 Gustav von Schmoller, German economist, Lectern Socialism
1832 Edward Harland, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1822 Birkett Davenport Fry, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1820 Henry Rootes Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1813 Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield, Connecticut, clergyman/orator, Independent
1811 John Archibald Campbell, Assistant Secretary War, Confederacy
1808 Anna Caroline Oury, composer
1804 Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botanist
1803 George James Webb, composer
1797 John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx
1783 Johann Heinrich von Thunen, economist/geographer/farmer
1771 E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist, Du Pont
1762 Johann Paul Wessely, composer
1753 William Hull, American Soldier
1747 Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer
1746 Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer
1669 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch Vice-Admiral, Suriname/Algeria
1619 Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general, Netherlands East Indies
1590 Samuel Ampzing, poet, Taelbericht der Netherlands Spellinge
1572 Jan Campanus, composer
1561 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden
1546 Robert Parsons, English jesuit, A Letter Disclosure
1542 Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint
1499 Johannes Brenz, German theologist, Dutch Brentians
1322 Johanna, duchess of Brabant/Limburg, Joyful Entry
1244 Hendrik I, the Child, 1st count of Hessen, 1256-1308
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