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0506 King Alarik II of Visigoten delegates Lex Romania Visigothorum out
0962 Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor
1032 Koenraad II succeeds Rudolf III as king of Bourgundy
1119 Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II
1141 Battle at Lincoln: King Stephen captured
1461 2nd battle of St Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists
1536 Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
1550 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed
1633 M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome
1637 Zorilla's "El m s Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid
1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city (later NYC)
1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"
1714 Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London
1731 Georg F Händels opera "Poro," premieres in London
1732 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
1742 British Walpole govt resigns
1762 Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London
1795 Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres
1798 Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire
1802 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25›)
1811 Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF
1823 Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice
1829 Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does œ60,000 damage
1843 US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose govt committee
1848 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF
1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas California, New Mexico & Arizona for $15 million
1852 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London)
1852 Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Camélias," premieres in Paris
1854 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"
1863 Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time
1864 -Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida
1869 James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
1870 Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum
1870 Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, NY
1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis
1878 Greece declares war on Turkey
1880 SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton
1882 Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Conn
1892 Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore)
1892 Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England v Aust SCG
1892 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby
1893 1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, NJ
1894 US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island
1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris
1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization
1904 US blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
1906 Pope encyclical against separation of church & state
1909 Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris
1912 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)
1913 NY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
1913 NYC's Grand Central Terminal opens
1914 James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in NYC
1919 Monarchist riot in Portugal
1920 Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace)
1920 France occupies (German) Memel territory
1920 Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence
1922 It was 2:22:22 on 2/2/22
1922 James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)
1923 Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
1923 US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
1924 International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
1925 Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism & socialism
1925 Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km
1925 NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began
1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22« hours
1927 Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in NYC
1927 Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave & 54th St NYC
1931 1st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students
1931 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)
1932 Al Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Georgia)
1932 Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries
1932 Grimmett takes 14 wickets v South Africa (7-116 & 7-83)
1932 Reconstruction Finance Corp organized
1933 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament
1933 Göring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany
1933 Ucicky's "Rotten Morning," premieres in Berlin
1934 Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism/nazism
1935 Lie detector 1st used in court (Portage Wisc)
1940 Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orch)
1942 LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
1942 US auto factories switch from commercial to war production
1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army
1943 Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest
1943 German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II
1944 4th US marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands
1944 Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory
1944 Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action
1944 Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in NYC
1945 Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp
1946 "Nellie Bly" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 16 performances
1948 President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program
1949 1st 45 RPM record released
1949 Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident
1950 "Arms & the Girl" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 134 performances
1950 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV
1951 -35°F (-37°C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)
1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
1954 Pres Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb (done in 1952)
1954 Snow falls on Gibraltar
1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC
1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
1957 "Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 73 performances
1957 Liz Taylor's 3rd marriage (Mike Todd)
1957 UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
1958 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Havana Biltmore Golf Open
1958 Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
1958 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
1959 Buddy Holly's last performance
1959 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers
1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss
1961 Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam
1962 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16¬', Melrose Games)
1962 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard)
1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy
1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra (Neth) wins Olympic gold for figure skating
1964 Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, & Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame
1965 Joe Ortons "Loot," premieres in Brighton
1967 Bolivia adopts its constitution
1967 Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
1968 Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed
1969 KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1969 Stan Coveleski & Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame
1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda
1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs & William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame
1972 Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," premieres in London
1973 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV
1973 James R Schlesinger, becomes 9th director of CIA (until July)
1973 Richath Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA
1973 Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, NZ v Pakistan, Wellington
1974 Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"
1974 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641)
1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia
1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1975 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1975 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1976 "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV
1976 "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1976 Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom & ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame
1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (USSR)
1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
1977 Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
1980 FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected & public officials for bribes for political favors
1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC
1982 Govt troops & Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
1982 San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead
1983 Chicago Absp Joseph L Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
1983 Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals
1984 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards
1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut
1985 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz NYC after 13 perfs
1986 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
1986 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24
1986 Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica
1987 KC Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
1987 Philippines adopts constitution
1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
1989 0°F (-18°C) or below in 15 US states
1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader
1989 NL announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president
1990 Marina Ogilvy (daughter of Engl princess Alexandra) weds Paul Mowatt
1990 South Africa's Pres FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes ANC & 60 other political orgs
1991 Aravinda De Silva scores 267 v NZ at Wellington
1991 NH snaps its 32-game losing streak at home beating Holy Cross, 72-56
1991 US postage is raised from 25› to 29›
1992 Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1992 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec)
1992 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
1992 IRS & Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)
1992 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
1992 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15
1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song
1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec)
1995 "Moliere Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances
1995 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
1995 US space shuttle Discovery launched
1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA
1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin NYC
1997 Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am
1997 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT)
1997 Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic
1998 Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in NYC for cocaine overdose
1998 Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board

Famous birthdays for this day Events  Deaths

1502Damiao de Góis, Portuguese humanist scholar
1583Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess
1595Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam)
1600Gabriel Naudé, France, librarian (Mazarin Library)
1649Benedict XIII, [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30)
1650Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress (King Charles II)
1669Louis Marchand, composer
1714Gottfried August Homilius, composer
1748Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer
1773Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer
1780Johannes van den Bosch, gov-gen (Neth East Indies)
1802Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist
1803Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1804Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer
1813József Eötvös, Hungarian Minister of Education (1848)
1815Nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1817John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid)
1817Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer
1820Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)
1827Abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1827Oswald Aschenbach, German painter
1835Luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer
1840Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer
1844Leander Schlegel, composer
1847Jules François Blasini, Curaçaos pianist/composer
1850Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker
1852Hƒmid Abdlhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright
1852Teunis Stoel, actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam)
1856Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer
1857Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
1859Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
1861Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)
1861Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22)
1861Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC)
1873Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German secretary of State (1932-38)
1873Johan P earl van Limburg Stirum, Dutch diplomat
1873Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess)
1875Annette Kolb, German/French author (Small Fanfare)
1875Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist/composer
1878Christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)
1881Karl Frederick, pistol champ (Olympic-gold-1920)
1882James Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake)
1882James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold)
1883Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer
1884Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army
1884S Z Sakall, Budapest Hungary, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca)
1885Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi)
1886Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Du und)
1886William R Benét, writer
1888Candelario Huizar, composer
1888Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor/director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist)
1890Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen (Indo-China)
1891Antonio Segni, premier/president (Italy)
1891Frank Foyston, NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle)
1895George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
1896Jane Wilde, writer
1898Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar)
1899Benny Rubin, Boston Mass, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show)
1900Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Springfield Ohio, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65)
1901Connie Gilchrist, Bkln NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives)
1901Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall)
1902Tyra Ryman, Arboga Sweden, actress (Peter the Tramp)
1903Frank McGrath, Mound City Mo, actor (Wagon Train)
1904Buzurg Alavi, Persian author (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha)
1904Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer
1905Ayn Rand, writer (Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead)
1905Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer
1907Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuania, poet/editor/critic
1908Anita Garvin, actress (Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off)
1908Cal Tinney, Okla, comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One)
1908Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, Calif, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)/actor
1908Pavel Sivic, composer
1908Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer
1909Franc Albertson, Fergus Falls MN, actor (Psycho, Alice Adams)
1910Charlotte Auerbach, computer Pioneer/Mathematician
1910Hendrik H K Beernink, Dutch politician (CHU)
1911Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer
1911Johan J "Jussi" Björling, Swedish tenor
1912Burton Lane, Broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow)
1912Burton Lane, composer
1912Stefan Schnabel, German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox)
1915Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (Het Parool)
1918Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse, Dutch author (Cider for Poor People)
1919Allie Reynolds, NY Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07))
1919Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss vocalist
1920An Wang, founder (Wang Labs, Wang Computers)
1923Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
1923Bonita Granville, NYC, actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger)
1923James Dickey, Atlanta, poet/actor (Deliverance)
1923Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Tx, journlist/author (WNBC, NY Daily News)
1923Peter Fowler, physicist
1924Tine Balder, [Clementine AL Cobbaut], Flemish actress (Antigone)
1925David Abell Wood, priest
1925Michel Paul Philippot, composer
1926Elaine Stritch, Detroit Mich, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company)
1926Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
1926Nydia M E Ecury, Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera)
1926Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, pres of France (1974-81)
1926Wanda Lewis, Struther Ohio, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show)
1927Friedrich K Flick, German industrialist
1927Richard Ray, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- ) [or Jan 2]
1927Richard Vance Maxfield, composer
1927Stan Getz, Phila, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey)
1928Alan Fluck, musical educationalist
1928Howard Caine, Nashville Tn, actor (Californians)
1928Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, PM of Italy (1988-89)
1929Reiner Bredemeyer, composer
1931Andreas "Andries" van Agt, Dutch premier (CDA, 1977-82)
1932Robert Mandan, Clever Mo, actor (Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd)
1934[Clyde] Skip Batten, LA Calif, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
1937Martina Arroyo, NYC, opera soprano (NY Met)
1937Tom Smothers, NYC, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial)
1939Rachel English, London, author (My 1st 500)
1940Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter)
1940Martina Arroyo, NYC, soprano
1940Thomas M[ichael] Disch, US, sci-fi author (Genocides, 102 H-Bombs)
1941Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer
1942Barry Diller, founder (Fox-TV)
1942Bo Hopkins, Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files)
1942Graham Nash, guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross)
1943Peter MacBeth, rocker (Foundations)
1944Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London)
1944Katherine Crawford, LA Calif, actress (Gemini Man, Captains & Kings)
1944Ursula Oppens, NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC)
1945Ronnie Goodson, rocker
1946Farrah Fawcett, Texas, actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed)
1946Howard Bellamy, Darby Fla, vocalist (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow)
1947Aleksandr Medved, USSR, wrestler (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1947Derek Shulman, rocker
1947Peter Lucia, rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1948Alan McKay, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland)
1948Jessica Savitch, Kennet Sq PA, news anchor (NBC)
1948Tony DeMeur, rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge)
1949Jetty Weels, Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai)
1949Ross Valory, SF, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms)
1949Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow)
1949Tom Tripplehorn, rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
1950Barbara Sukowa, Germany, actress (Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola)
1950Osamu Kido, wrestler (NJPW/UWF)
1951Alphonso Johnson, jazz bassist
1951Kim Zimmer, Mich, actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live)
1952Simon MacCorkindale, Cambridge Engl, actor (Jaws 3, MacBeth) [or 2/12]
1953James Mndaweni, South African worker's union leader/president (NACTU)
1953Penny Pulz, LPGA golfer
1954Christie Brinkley, [Ex-Mrs Billy Joel], model/actress (SI, Vacation)
1954Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka v NZ 1983)
1955Brent Spiner, Houston TX, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation)
1955Michael Talbott, Waverly Iowa, actor (Stan-Miami Vice)
1957Laurie Mann, current DPS curator/geek
1957Sandra Joyce Cagle Milwukee WI, playmate (Feb, 1980)
1958Dexter Manley, NFLer (Wash Redskins)
1958Holly Hunter, Conyers Ga, actress (Broadcast News, Once Around)
1960Eric Shea, actor (Castaway Cowboy)
1960Lee Chill, Cleveland Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer (1977 Ohio Jr)
1961Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994)
1962Ben Testerman, Knoxville Tenn, tennis star
1962Michael T Weiss, Chicago, actor (Jarod-Pretender, Days of our Lives)
1963Pebbles Flintstone, fictional character on "The Flintstones"
1963Stephen McGann, Liverpool England, actor (Catherine the Great)
1965Harry Swayne, NFL tackle (SD Chargers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1966Andrei Chesnokov, Russia, tennis star
1966Bob Alan Estes, Graham TX, PGA golfer (1994 Texas Open)
1966Tony Plourde, Chibougamau Quebec, sabre (Olympics-96)
1966Victor Muhammad, WLAF running back (London Monarchs)
1968Paul McKenzie, Australian Finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
1968Sari Krooks, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
1968Scott Erickson, Long Beach CA, pitcher (Minnesota Twins, Balt Orioles)
1968Sean Elliott, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1968Steve Henson, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1968Ventson Donelson, CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969Ijaz Ahmed Jr, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1995)
1969Jeff Christy, corner (Minnesota Vikings)
1969Jody Hull, Cambridge, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
1970Chris Luneburg, WLAF T (London Monarchs)
1970Diego Martos, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970Erik ten Hag, soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht)
1970Ivan Vukov, soccer player (FC Volendam)
1971Ken Dilger, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1971Tony Miller, Mount Pleasant Texas, 400m runner
1972Charlie Williams, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1972Ivan Droppa, Liptovsky Mikulas CZE, NHL defenseman (Chicago)
1972Lance Brown, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
1973Dan Brandenburg, linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1973Jose White, WLAF/NFL defensive tackle (Minn Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973Patrick Jeffers, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1973Radka Bobkova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (quarter Bournemouth)
1973Sergio Gonzalez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
1973Tim Denton, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1974David Buck, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1974J R Conrad, offensive tackle/guard (NY Jets)
1974Jeff Cassar, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-gold-96)
1975Macey Brooks, wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1975Todd Bertuzzi, Sudbury, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
1976Steven Dewick, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC)
1979Brandee Dawn McCoskey, Miss Alaska Teen USA (1996)
1979Lindsay Langston, Modesto Calif, archer (Olympics-1996)
1979Petra Cada, Prague Czech, Canadian table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1992Rebop Rundgren, son of Michelle Gray & Todd
2338Data, android character on Star Trek Next Generation

Famous deaths for this day Events  Birthdays

1032 Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies
1435 Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
1491 Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40
1540 George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen
1563 Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54
1594 Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68
1597 Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61
1660 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
1660 Jean BG duke of Orléans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51
1673 Kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56
1685 Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
1704 Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62
1723 Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66
1750 Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65
1769 Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
1779 Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59
1789 Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
1793 William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
1804 Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62
1822 Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79
1827 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62
1828 Frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78
1852 François MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49
1881 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59
1882 Fabio Campana, composer, dies at 63
1902 Emanuil Mandlov, composer, dies at 42
1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72
1909 Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73
1918 John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
1919 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer, dies at 55
1921 Luigi Mancinelli, composer, dies at 72
1925 Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist, dies at 57
1929 Albert Steinrck, German actor (Golem), dies at 56
1931 Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
1934 Ernesto Nazareth, composer, dies at 70
1941 Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78
1945 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60
1952 Charles De Roche, actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72
1952 Johann Babtist Thaller, composer, dies at 79
1953 Gustav Strube, composer, dies at 85
1954 Theodor Rogalski, composer, dies at 52
1956 Charley Grapewin, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 86
1957 Valéry Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75
1959 Frank DeCaires, cricketer (WI bat v Eng 1930, 3 Tests 232 runs), dies
1960 Jeno Huszka, composer, dies at 84
1961 Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87
1961 Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56
1963 Herman Bouber, [Blom], actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77
1965 Richard P Blackmur, US, critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61
1965 Richard Wurz, composer, dies at 79
1969 Boris Karloff, [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81
1969 Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (NY Met), dies at 83
1970 Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies in Merioneth at 97
1970 Jaroslav Vogel, composer, dies at 76
1972 Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
1973 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70
1974 Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Bénédictions), dies at 80
1976 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
1976 Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
1976 Maurice Jacobson, composer, dies at 80
1978 Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
1979 Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide
1979 Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 31
1980 William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68
1981 Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88
1981 Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89
1981 Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies
1982 Stringfellow Barr, US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
1983 Bryan Valentine, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 454 runs), dies
1983 Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide
1983 Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies
1987 Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
1987 Patrick "Spike" Hughes, Brit jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
1988 Clive Epstein, brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
1988 G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit
1989 John Cassavetes, US actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies at 59
1990 Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79
1992 Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77
1992 Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist, dies at 78
1992 Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89
1992 Maurice L Kusell, dies
1993 François Reichenbach, Fren director (L'Amérique Insolite), dies at 70
1994 John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62
1994 Stephen Barclay, actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at 75
1994 Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89
1994 Zilner T Randolph, jazz Trumpeter/ Arranger, dies at 95
1995 Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Condé, French prince/Russian, dies at 47
1995 André Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80
1995 David Kindersley, alphabet Designer/Cutter, dies at 79
1995 Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at 75
1995 Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
1995 Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies
1995 Robert L Haller, coon Dog Trainer, dies at 32
1996 Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at 83
1996 Ray McIntire, chemical engineer, dies at 77
1996 Shamus Culhane, animator, dies at 87
1997 Chico Science Francisco Franca, musician, dies at 40
1997 Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92

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