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On this day in history ..

• 1194 - Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000
• 1508 - Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned
• 1586 - Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Neth
• 1600 - Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler meet for 1st time near Prague
• 1620 - Prince Bethlen G bor signs peace with emperor Ferdinand II
• 1657 - Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal
• 1697 - 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
• 1699 - 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
• 1782 - British garrison surrenders to French & Spanish fleet
• 1783 - Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
• 1787 - 1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London
• 1787 - Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails
• 1789 - 1st electoral college chooses Washington & Adams as Pres & VP
• 1794 - French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery
• 1797 - Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000
• 1803 - William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"
• 1822 - Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
• 1824 - J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public
• 1846 - Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west
• 1847 - 1st US telegraph co established in Maryland
• 1849 - University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
• 1854 - Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc
• 1855 - Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela
• 1861 - Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss & SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy
• 1864 - 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax
• 1864 - Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
• 1865 - Hawaiian Board of Education formed
• 1865 - Robert E Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army
• 1866 - Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible
• 1875 - Princess Louise marries Prince Philip von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha in Belg
• 1880 - Steele MacKay's "Hazel Kirke," premieres in NYC
• 1887 - Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads
• 1895 - 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
• 1899 - Revolt against US occupation of Philippines
• 1903 - Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winn Victorias, 2 games to 1 & 1 tie
• 1904 - John Millington Synges "Well of Saints," premieres in Dublin
• 1913 - Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
• 1913 - National Institute of Arts & Letters founded
• 1914 - US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law
• 1915 - Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary
• 1917 - Belgium Council of Flanders established
• 1919 - City of Bremen's Soviet Republic overthrown
• 1920 - 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (1« months)
• 1922 - WGY-AM in Schenectady NY begins radio transmissions
• 1924 - 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France
• 1924 - George Kelly's "Show-Off," premieres in NYC
• 1926 - Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany
• 1927 - KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
• 1929 - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
• 1930 - 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
• 1931 - National League adopts a deader baseball
• 1932 - 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
• 1932 - Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria
• 1933 - -Feb 10] Crew of Dutch "7 Provinces" mutiny after pay cuts
• 1933 - German Pres Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
• 1936 - 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
• 1937 - Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
• 1938 - "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
• 1938 - Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts
• 1939 - Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort
• 1941 - British tanks occupy Maus Libya
• 1941 - Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin
• 1941 - United Service Organization (USO) founded
• 1942 - Clinton Pierce becomes 1st US general wounded in action in WW II
• 1943 - Bertolt Brecht's "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan," premieres in Z�rich
• 1944 - Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," premieres in Paris
• 1944 - US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein
• 1945 - FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta
• 1946 - Garson Kanin's "Born Yesterday," premieres in NYC
• 1948 - Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK
• 1949 - Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia
• 1951 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer
• 1951 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
• 1952 - 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)
• 1956 - AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training
• 1957 - 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)
• 1958 - "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 192 performances
• 1958 - Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950
• 1959 - Israel begins exporting copper ore
• 1960 - BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member
• 1960 - Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park
• 1960 - Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres
• 1961 - Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
• 1962 - "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances
• 1962 - Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
• 1962 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles
• 1962 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt
• 1964 - Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax
• 1964 - FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City
• 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1966 - All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133
• 1967 - "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
• 1967 - US launches Lunar Orbiter 3
• 1968 - "Golden Rainbow" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 355 performances
• 1968 - Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
• 1969 - 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost
• 1969 - Beatles appoint Eastman & Eastman, as general cousel to Apple
• 1969 - John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders
• 1969 - Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in NYC
• 1969 - Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO
• 1970 - "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 23 performances
• 1970 - "Gantry" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 1 performance
• 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1971 - Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard & Mitchell)
• 1971 - Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks
• 1971 - British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
• 1971 - Govt exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil
• 1971 - National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC
• 1972 - 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria
• 1972 - Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
• 1973 - "No, No Nanette" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 861 performances
• 1973 - Islanders & Sabres had a penalty free game
• 1973 - Manfred Kokot runs world record 50m indoor (5.61 sec)
• 1973 - Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled
• 1974 - Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands
• 1974 - Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2« months
• 1974 - Gas rationing ends in Netherlands
• 1974 - Patricia Hearst (19) kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
• 1976 - 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria
• 1976 - 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras
• 1976 - Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency
• 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1977 - 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver
• 1977 - Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago st (11 die, 200 hurt)
• 1977 - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" released
• 1977 - Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed"
• 1979 - "Co-Ed Fever," TV Comedy, debut & cancelled that outing on CBS
• 1979 - End of last 3+day D/N game for 15 yrs (WSC, SCG)
• 1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
• 1980 - Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran
• 1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
• 1982 - "Pump Boys & Dinettes" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 573 perfs
• 1982 - Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash
• 1982 - Musical "Pump Boys & Dinettes," premieres in NYC
• 1982 - Suriname premier Chin A Sen flees
• 1983 - Jos‚ Happart becomes mayor of Voeren Belgium
• 1983 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
• 1984 - "9" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 739 performances
• 1984 - "Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore
• 1984 - Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas
• 1985 - 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture
• 1985 - Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell NZ of nuclear weapons
• 1986 - 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (OT) at Hartford
• 1986 - Israeli fighters intercept Libyan liner (passenger plane)
• 1987 - Pres Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress
• 1987 - Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup
• 1987 - Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954
• 1988 - Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
• 1989 - Dean Jones scores 216 v WI at the Adelaide Oval
• 1990 - 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo
• 1990 - Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)
• 1990 - Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04)
• 1990 - Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69)
• 1990 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21
• 1990 - Pat Bradley wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
• 1990 - Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
• 1990 - St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
• 1991 - Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose
• 1991 - Martin Crowe & Andrew Jones make 467 stand v SL, world record
• 1991 - US postage raises from 25› to 29›
• 1993 - Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA
• 1993 - Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism
• 1993 - Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror
• 1994 - 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
• 1994 - 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum Sudan
• 1994 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 m indoor (6.00 sec)
• 1994 - Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 m indoor (8:18.71)
• 1995 - Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia
• 1995 - Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77)
• 1995 - Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
• 1996 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13
• 1997 - 73 Israelis die when army copters collide
• 1997 - Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals
• 1997 - OJ Simpson found libel in murders of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson
• 1997 - Sec of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
• 1998 - Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1465 - French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen
• 1549 - Eustache du Caurroy, composer
• 1575 - Pierre de B‚rulle, French cardinal
• 1581 - Daniel Selich, composer
• 1646 - Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet
• 1688 - Pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne)
• 1693 - George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant)
• 1698 - Heinrich A Fouqu‚, Prussian general
• 1747 - Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, (NY Bridge)
• 1751 - Blas de Laserna, composer
• 1758 - Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer
• 1764 - Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy
• 1767 - Johann Franz Volkert, composer
• 1768 - Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop & Boeicop, lawyer/politician
• 1769 - Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer
• 1778 - Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist (Th‚orie ‚l‚mentaire)
• 1799 - Joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright
• 1802 - Mark Hopkins, US, educator/philosopher (Williams College)
• 1805 - Georg Andreas Henkel, composer
• 1805 - William H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood)
• 1819 - Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA
• 1820 - Bozena Nemcov , [Barnora Panklov ], Czech author (Babicka)
• 1826 - Halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
• 1841 - Cl‚ment Ader, French inventor (1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft)
• 1842 - Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic
• 1842 - Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian
• 1848 - [Fran‡ois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances)
• 1849 - Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)
• 1865 - Charles Bally, Swiss linguist (Le langage et la vie)
• 1868 - Constance Gore-booth Markiewicy, Irish patriot/playwright/MP
• 1874 - Robert Liefmann, German economist (Unternehmersverb„nde)
• 1875 - Ludwig Prandtl, Germany, physicist (father of aerodynamics)
• 1875 - Raymond Moulaert, composer
• 1876 - Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer
• 1881 - Fernand L‚ger, France, painter/ceramist/cubist (City)
• 1881 - Kliment J Woroshilov, marshal/president USSR (1953-60)
• 1884 - Julius Callewaert, Flemish dominican/bringing up children
• 1884 - Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (S African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14)
• 1885 - Cairine Ray Wilson, Montr‚al, 1st female Canadian senator (appointed)
• 1888 - Paul Althaus, German theologist (The Christian Truth)
• 1889 - Walter Catlett, SF CA, actor (Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities)
• 1891 - Yuri Losmann, Estonia, marathon runner (Olympic-silver 1920)
• 1892 - Ugo Betti, Italian playwright
• 1892 - Yrl” Henrik Kilpinen, Finnish composer
• 1893 - Bernard Rogers, NYC, composer (Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion)
• 1893 - Raymond Dart, Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus)
• 1895 - Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters)
• 1895 - Hanns [Johann] Rauter, German SS-lt-general/SS police chief in Neth
• 1896 - Friedrich Glauser, writer
• 1897 - Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (CDU)
• 1900 - Jacques Pr‚vert, France, poet/screenwriter (Paroles)
• 1902 - Charles A Lindbergh, Detroit, pilot (1st fly solo across Atlantic)
• 1903 - Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician
• 1903 - Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], actor (Beatrice)
• 1903 - Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, US dance critic/poet (Snoring in N)
• 1903 - Frank Howley, Hampton NY, Brig General (Answers for Americans)
• 1903 - Siro Cisilino, composer
• 1904 - Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch politician (SDAP)/resistance fighter
• 1904 - MacKinlay Kantor, Webster City Iowa, novelist (Andersonville)
• 1904 - Predrag Milosevic, composer
• 1905 - Eddie Foy Jr, New Rochelle NY, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange)
• 1906 - Clyde William Tombaugh, US, astronomer (discovered Pluto)
• 1906 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist (Confessing Church)
• 1906 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (champ-1933)
• 1908 - Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter
• 1908 - Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Mass, newscaster (All Star News)
• 1909 - Kenneth W Howell, English Anglican bishop (Chile/Bolivia/Peru)
• 1909 - Robert Coote, London, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe)
• 1910 - Alfred Mendelsohn, composer
• 1910 - Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert)
• 1912 - Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945)
• 1912 - Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor & banana eater
• 1912 - James Craig, Nashville TN, actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops)
• 1913 - Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist (bus protestor)
• 1913 - Woody Hayes, [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of yr)
• 1914 - Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head)
• 1914 - Ida Lupino, London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
• 1915 - William Talman, Detroit Mich, actor (Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason)
• 1916 - Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner
• 1916 - Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker
• 1916 - David Vassall Cox, composer
• 1916 - Gavin Buchanan Ewart, English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh)
• 1917 - Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician
• 1918 - Ida Lupino, actress screenwriter director/producer (Jennifer)
• 1918 - Norman Wisdom, London England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
• 1919 - Frank van Klingeren, Dutch architect (De Meerpaal, Dronten)
• 1920 - Derek Worlock, English RC archbishop (Liverpool)
• 1920 - John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool
• 1921 - Betty Friedan, Peoria Ill, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique)
• 1923 - Conrad Bain, Alberta Canada, actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes)
• 1925 - Russell Hoban, US children's book author (Riddley Walker/Pilgermann)
• 1926 - John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer
• 1928 - Dave Ketchum, Quincy Ill, actor (Agent 13-Get Smart)
• 1929 - Mary Joan Nielubowicz, rear admiral/nurse
• 1929 - Paul Burlison, rocker
• 1931 - Argentina Rioja
• 1931 - Isabel Per¢n, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina
• 1932 - Ivan Davis, Electra Tx, pianist/writer (Hunger, Corn is Green)
• 1934 - Jouko Sakari Linjama, composer
• 1935 - Martti Talvela, Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso
• 1935 - Wallis Mathias, cricketer (1st non-Muslim to play for Pakistan)
• 1936 - Daan van Golden, Dutch sculptor
• 1936 - Gary Conway, Boston Mass, actor (Burke's Law, Land of the Giants)
• 1937 - Collin Wilcox, Highlands NC, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird)
• 1937 - John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1937 - Magnar Solberg, Norway, 20K biathalete (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
• 1938 - Donald W Riegle Jr, (Sen-D-MI, 1976- )
• 1939 - Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor
• 1939 - Jane Bryant Quinn, newspaper & television reporter
• 1939 - John Schuck, Boston Mass, comedian (McMillan & Wife, Holmes & Yoyo)
• 1939 - Stan Lundine, (Rep-D-NY, 1976-86)
• 1940 - George A Romero, actor/director (Creepshow, Martin, 2 Evil Eyes)
• 1941 - John Steel, rock drummer (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
• 1942 - Johnny Gamble, rocker (Classics)
• 1943 - Cheryl Miller, Sherman Oaks Calif, actress (Paula-Daktari, Born Free)
• 1944 - Daniel A Mica, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
• 1944 - Florence LaRue Gordon, Penn, rocker (5th Dimension-One Less Bell)
• 1945 - David Brenner, Phila, comedian/TV talk show host (Nightlife)
• 1946 - Mary Meyer, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-silver-1968)
• 1946 - Roy Yeager, Doraville Ga, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
• 1947 - Dan Quayle, (Rep-R-Ind)/(44th VP-R, 1989-93)
• 1947 - Jeannie Wilson, Memphis Tenn, actress (Simon & Simon, Stir Crazy)
• 1947 - Sanford Bishop, (Rep-D-Georgia)
• 1948 - Alice Cooper, [Vincent Furnier], Detroit, rocker (School's Out)
• 1948 - Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982)
• 1948 - Robert Coover, novelist (Pricksongs & Descants)
• 1948 - Rod Grams, (Rep-R-Minnesota)
• 1949 - Michael Beck, Memphis Tn, actor (Hans Helms-Holocaust)
• 1950 - James Dunn, US vocalist (Stylistics-You make me feel Brand New)
• 1950 - Pamela Franklin, Tokyo Japan, actress (Satan's School for Girls)
• 1950 - Philip Ehart, rock drummer (Kansas)
• 1950 - Robert-John Stips, rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits)
• 1952 - Jerry Shirley, rock drummer (Humble Pie-Hot N Nasty, Eat It)
• 1952 - Lisa Eichhorn, Reading Pa, actress (Cutter's Way, Yanks)
• 1953 - Svetlana Ulmasova, USSR, 3K (world title 1978)
• 1958 - Mary Ann Pascal, actress (Samantha-Brothers)
• 1958 - Werner Schwab, writer
• 1959 - Lawrence Taylor, [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker (NY Giants)
• 1959 - Zenani Mandela, daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela
• 1960 - Pamelyn Ferdin, actress (Happy Birthday Wanda June, Tool Box Murders)
• 1961 - Denis Savard, Pointe Gatineau Ca, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1961 - Vern Fleming, LIC NY, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
• 1962 - Clint Black, Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man)
• 1962 - Dan Plesac, Gary IN, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
• 1962 - Vern Fleming, NBA guard (NJ Nets)
• 1963 - Jane Leary, Sydney Australia, golfer (1992 Australian Amateur Champ)
• 1963 - Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier (Olympic-gold-1988)
• 1963 - Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, Hawaii, sync swimmer (Oly-2 gold/silver-84, 88)
• 1965 - John van Loen, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord, San Frecce)
• 1966 - Barry Klein, Grand Rapids Mich, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1966 - Marissa Laakso, Boston Mass, Miss Mass-America (1991)
• 1966 - Spike, rocker [or Sep 18]
• 1967 - Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater
• 1968 - Kristen Marie, actress (Cheryl McKinnon-Another World)
• 1969 - Brad Cornett, US baseball pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1969 - Chastity Bono, LA Calif, daughter/actress (Sonny & Cher Show)
• 1969 - Chris Crooms, WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1969 - Dallas Drake, Trail, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
• 1969 - Joe Sacco, Medford, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
• 1970 - Alisa Marie Kimble, Miss USA-California (1997)
• 1970 - Gabrielle Anwar, Laleham England, actress (Body Snatchers)
• 1970 - John Frascatore, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
• 1970 - Nicole Wood, Canton OH, playmate (Apr, 1993)
• 1970 - Todd Peterson, NFL kicker (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1971 - Kevin Farkas, NFL tackle (Carolina Panthers)
• 1971 - Maarten Atmodikoro, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, NAC)
• 1971 - Pete Pierson, NFL tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1971 - Sterling Palmer, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins)
• 1972 - Kelvin Anderson, CFL running back (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1973 - Michael Goorjian, actor (Party Of Five)
• 1973 - Oscar De La Hoya, LA Calif, boxer (Oly-gold-92)
• 1974 - Brandon Convery, Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs)
• 1974 - Chris Ward, defensive end (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1975 - Elana Eve Chomiszak, Providence RI, Miss America-Rhode Island (1997)
• 1975 - Miriam Ruppert, Miss Universe-Germany (1996)
• 1978 - Laurence Borremans, Miss Belgium Universe (1997)
• 1980 - Kelly Marie Sodan, Miss Kentucky Teen USA (1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0211 - Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64
• 0708 - Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies
• 0856 - Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies
• 1189 - Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies
• 1222 - Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies
• 1503 - Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies
• 1505 - Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40
• 1553 - Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37
• 1590 - Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73
• 1617 - Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76
• 1640 - Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies
• 1714 - Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies
• 1746 - Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46
• 1781 - Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43
• 1781 - Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59
• 1815 - Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77
• 1815 - Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58
• 1816 - Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63
• 1834 - Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66
• 1844 - Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49
• 1854 - Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66
• 1869 - Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60
• 1894 - Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79
• 1895 - Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71
• 1896 - Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73
• 1911 - Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75
• 1921 - Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75
• 1927 - Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74
• 1928 - Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74
• 1939 - Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55
• 1939 - Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72
• 1941 - Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian, dies at 79
• 1943 - Frank Calder, 1st NHL president, dies
• 1946 - Margarete Boie, writer, dies
• 1953 - Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60
• 1954 - Vaclav Vackar, composer, dies at 72
• 1956 - Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56
• 1956 - Peder Gram, composer, dies at 74
• 1957 - Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66
• 1957 - Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies
• 1958 - Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46
• 1959 - Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78
• 1964 - Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71
• 1965 - U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33
• 1966 - Gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90
• 1968 - Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70
• 1968 - Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New), dies at 67
• 1969 - Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63
• 1974 - Mihail Andricu, composer, dies at 79
• 1976 - Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62
• 1978 - Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at 73
• 1982 - Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack
• 1983 - Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68
• 1983 - Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32
• 1983 - Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89
• 1987 - Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67
• 1989 - Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69
• 1991 - Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death), dies at 64
• 1992 - Fred Slyter, dialogue coach, dies after long illness at 56
• 1992 - John Dehner, actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76
• 1994 - Han Jansen, Dutch painter, dies at 62
• 1994 - Harold Schneider, US producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55
• 1994 - Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84
• 1994 - Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at 79
• 1995 - Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies
• 1995 - Patricia Highsmith, [Mary Patricia Plangman], US/Swiss, dies at 74
• 1995 - Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62
• 1997 - James Friell, political cartoonist, dies at 84