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1990 Jeremy Snider, U.S. actor, Eric Jr-Bold and Beautiful
1981 Elize Du Toit, British Actress
1973 Jenny Whittle, Australian basketball center 1996 Olympics bronze
1973 Tina Yothers, actress, Family Ties
1973 Rose McGowan, American Actress
1973 Alexandra Kerry, American Actress
1972 Cari Shayne, Penn, actress, Karen Cates-General Hospital
1972 Dirk Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, pursuit cyclist, 1992, 1996 Olympics
1972 Jimmy Haynes, born in La Grange, Georgia, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
1972 Tom Carter, NFL cornerback for the Washington Redskins
1971 Carlester Crumpler, NFL tight end for the Seattle Seahawks
1971 Kim Maher, Saigon Vietnam, U.S. softball infielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1970 Brad Hopkins, NFL tackle for the Houston Oilers
1970 Lori Harrigan, born in Anaheim, California, softball pitcher, 1996 Olympics gold
1970 Michael Potts, Langdale AL, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
1970 Willie Clay, NFL safety, Detroit Lions
1969 Dweezil Zappa, born in Hollywood, California, rock guitarist/son of Frank/VJ, MTV
1969 Maurice Miller, CFL linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos
1968 Dennis Scott, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks
1968 Yuki Ishikawa, wrestler, NJPW
1967 Michele Ebadi, born in Omaha, Nebraska, Miss Nebraska-America 1991
1967 Rein van Duynhoven, soccer player, Helmond Sport, MVV
1966 Simone Jacobs, England, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics bronze
1965 Barbara Lufthansa Herzog, born during Lufthansa Frankfurt-NY flight
1965 Christopher Nolan, born in Ireland, handicapped writer, Under Eye of Clock
1965 Tony Martin, NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
1964 Kristian Alfonso, born in Brockton, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Lives, Falcon Crest
1963 Brandon Krovoza, born in Newport Beach, California, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics
1963 Dave Brantley, born in Florence, Alabama, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
1963 John Elliot, Bristol CT, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Miss Gulf Coast
1963 Tim McKyer, NFL defensive back, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32
1962 Beth Underhill, born in Guelph, Ontario, equestrian jumper, Olympics-26-92, 96
1960 Rob Stull, born in Damascus, Maryland, U.S. pentathlete 1992 Olympics
1960 Willie Gault, bob sledder/NFL receiver, Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Raiders
1959 Tom Pernice, Jr., born in Kansas City, Missouri, Nike golfer, 1989 Centel Classic-4th
1956 Sandra Guiboard, born in U.S. AFB West Germany, actress, Donna-One Life to Live
1955 Bruno Zarrillo, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
1954 Hans-Jurgen Gerhardt, born in East Germany, bobsled, 1980 Olympics gold
1953 Paulie Carmen, born in Champaign, Illinois, rock vocalist
1952 Graham Salmon, blind runner, fastest 100m by a blind man
1950 Cathy Guisewite, U.S. cartoonist, Cathy
1950 Kathy Cronkite, actress, Annie-Hizzonner
1949 David "Clem" Clempson, rocker, Humble Pie
1946 Buddy Miles, born in Omaha, Nebraska, George Allen Miles, Jr., drummer, member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, played with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon
1946 Dennis Dugan, born in Wheaton, Illinois, actor and director, Can't Buy Me Love, Howling
1946 Freddie Mercury, Bulsara, British vocalist, Queen-We are Champions
1946 Loudon Wainwright III, vocalist, April Fool's Day Morn
1945 Al Stewart, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rocker, Year of the Cat
1944 Dario Bellezza, born in Rome, Italy, poet, author, playwright, associate director of Nuovi argomenti, published texts by Alberto Moravia, won the Viareggio prize in 1976 for Morte segreta, the Gatto prize in 1991
1944 Rod Arrants, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Vamping, Ape, Young and Restless
1943 Steve Miller, Milwaukee, rocker
1942 Eduardo Mata, Mexico City Mexico, conductor, Improvisaciones
1942 Werner Herzog, director, Burden of Dreams, Stroszek, Woyzeck
1940 Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College
1940 Raquel Welch, born in Chicago, Illinois, Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles
1939 George Lazenby, born in Goulburn, Australia, actor, OHMSS-James Bond
1939 John Stewart, born in San Diego, California, rocker, Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind
1937 William Devane, born in Albany, New York, actor, Family Plot, Missles of October
1936 Alcee Hastings, born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Representative-D-Florida, 1993 -
1936 Bill Mazeroski, MLB 2nd baseman, won 1960 World Series for Pitts
1936 Cornelius Boyson, bassist
1936 John Danforth, born in Missouri, Senator-R-Missouri 1977 - 1995
1935 Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russia, cosmonaut
1935 Werner Erhard, Philadelphia, founded EST
1934 Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress, West Side Story
1933 Vincent McDermott, composer
1929 Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Vostok III, Soyuz 9
1929 Bob Newhart, born in Oak Park, Illinois, comedian, Bob Newhart Show, Newhart
1927 Paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman
1927 Paul A. Volcker, American Economist
1925 Jos Vandeloo, Flemish journalist/playwright, Cola Drinkers
1925 Justin Kaplan, born in New York, New York, writer, editor, Pulitzer-prize winner and National Book Award-winner for biography on Mark Twain, edited Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition
1924 Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar, composer
1923 Arthur C Nielsen, market researcher, TV's Nielsen's Ratings
1921 Jack Valenti, born in Houston, Texas, Motion Picture Association of America President, created MPAA film rating system
1920 Fons Rademakers, director, Assault, actor, Daughter of Darkness
1920 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author, Anna and her Father
1920 Peter Racine Fricker, British composer
1917 Jack Buetel, born in Dallas, Texas, actress, Outlaw, Half Breed
1914 Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, composer, Gerald McBoing Boing
1914 Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet, Defense of Violeta Parra
1913 Connie Stuart, Cornelia van Meygard, Dutch cabaret performer
1912 John Cage, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, Imaginary Landscape No 1/O'O
1908 Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer
1907 Henri Storck, Flemish poet, Cantico do Lomem, Olympics Bichos
1907 Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist
1906 Peter Mieg, composer
1906 Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet, Semj Dnej Nedeli
1905 Arthur Koestler, Hungary, British writer, Arrow in Blue
1902 Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president, 20th Century Fox
1901 Florence Elridge, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Days Journey into the Night
1901 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer
1898 Ebbe Hamerik, composer
1897 Doris Kenyon, Syracuse, New York, silent screen actress, Alexander Hamilton
1897 Luella Gear, New York City, actress, Joe and Mabel
1897 Morris Carnovsky, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dead Reckoning
1897 Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman
1892 Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist, Violinist Notebook 1933
1890 Albert H Edelkoort, theologist, Zondebesef
1888 Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president, India, philosopher
1885 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam
1883 Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist, Schubert-Brevier
1881 Otto Bauer, Austrian social-democrat
1877 O. W. Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher
1875 Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, Rhode Island, hall of fame shortstop, .426 in 1901
1867 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer
1867 Amy Marcy Beach, American Musician
1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian Scientist
1856 Jacobus C J Hermans, actor, 7th Command
1852 Gustav Enestrom, Swedish mathematician
1848 Manuel Giro, composer
1847 Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman
1842 Louis F J Bouwmeester, Dutch actor, Shakespeare
1817 Aleksei K Tolstoi, Kozjma Prutkov, Russian poet and writer
1815 Carl Wilhelm, composer
1815 Tyree Harris Bell, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1792 Alexis-Charles-Maximilien Thibault, composer
1791 Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vogelsdorf Germany, composer, Golt Und Die Natur
1774 Caspar David Friedrich, German Artist
1771 Charles L J, archduke of Austria/Gov, Austria Netherland
1767 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/translator/critic
1750 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet, Scots poems
1737 Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer
1735 Johann Christian Bach, composer, son of JS Bach, English Bach
1734 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer
1733 Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet
1694 Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer
1688 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet, Fight of Kings and Mice
1666 Gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter
1644 Gillis Schey, Dutch Admiral, battle at Lowestoft
1638 Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France, 1643-1715,
1600 Loreto Vittori, composer
1568 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, Citt del sole
1568 Tommaso Campanella, Philosopher
1319 Pedro IV, king of Aragon
1187 Louis VIII, Coeur-de-Lion, king of France, 1223-26
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