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1917- Buddy Rich, jazz drummer
1921- Deborah Kerr, actress
1924- Truman Capote, novelist
1931- Angie Dickinson, actress
1935- Johnny Mathis, singer
1954- Barry Williams, actor
1957- Fran Drescher, actress
1964- Crystal Bernard, actress
1971- Jenna Elfman, actress, "Dharma" on TV series "Dharma and Greg"
1981- Dominique Moceanu, 14 year old became the youngest U.S gymnast to win a gold medal
Rayon is patented. (1902)
1790 - The first boat specializing as a Lifeboat (rescue) or lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
1835 - In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence (failed assassin) known as Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen.
1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS e.g Monitor is launched.
1908 - Mahatma Gandhi named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to 2 months in jail earlier in the month.
1911 - The destroyer USS Terry DD-25 6 makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
1933 - Adolf Hitler Machtergreifung e.g is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) named Chancellor of Germany.
1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known for his non-violent freedom struggle, is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
1959 - Ship MS Hans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMS Titanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
1972 - Bloody Sunday (1972) or Bloody Sunday: Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) called British Paratroopers open fire on and kill fourteen unarmed civil rights/anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland.1975 - The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC Computer virus e.g virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple Inc. or Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
1994 - Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grandmaster.
1995 - Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
1791- The first performance of 'The Magic Flute', the last opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.
1895 - Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
1927 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
1935 - The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
1939 - NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. Fordham won the game 34-7.
1947 - The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is television or televised for the first time.
1955 - Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
1965 - The 30 September Movement attempts a 'coup' against the Indonesian government, which is crushed by the military under Suharto and leads to Indonesian killings of 1965–66 or a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
1968 - The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
1972 - Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
1980 - Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1982 - Cyanide-laced Tylenol Chicago Tylenol murders known as kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all.
1996 - The United States Congress passes an Amendment that bars the possession of firearms for people who were convicted of domestic violence, even misdemeanor level.
2004 - The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
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Events Edit
489 – Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona (Northern Italy).
737 – Battle of the Baggage: Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus and capture their baggage train.
1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
1541 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
1744 – France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.
1791 – The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.
1791 – The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as "incorruptible patriots".
1813 – Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.
1860 – Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
1882 – Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
1895 – Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
1903 – The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
1906 – The Royal Galician Academy, Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.
1907 – McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
1915 – A Serbian Army private becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
1931 – Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
1935 – The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
1938 – At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
1939 – General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.
1939 – NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. Fordham won the game 34-7.
1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.
1943 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1945 – The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
1947 – Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
1947 – The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
1949 – The Berlin Airlift ends.
1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
1955 – Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
1962 – Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers.
1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
1965 – The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
1965 – The 30 September Movement attempts a coup against the Indonesian government, which is crushed by the military under Suharto and leads to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
1965 – Trapped in the Sky, the pilot episode of Gerry Anderson's beloved Thunderbirds, airs on ITV for the first time.
1966 – The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
1967 – BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched with Tony Blackburn presenting its first show.
1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
1970 – Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
1972 – Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
1975 – The Hughes (later McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.
1977 – Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
1979 – The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
1980 – Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1982 – Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all.
1986 – Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel's covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad.
1988 – Al Holbert was fatally injured when his privately owned propeller driven Piper PA-60 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near Columbus, Ohio when a clamshell door was not closed.
1990 – The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.
1993 – An earthquake hits India's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.
1994 – Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years in service.
1994 – Ongar railway station, the furthest London Underground from Central London, closes.
1996 – The United States Congress passes an Amendment that bans the possession of firearms for people who were convicted of domestic violence, even misdemeanor level.
1999 – Japan's second-worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura, northeast of Tokyo.
2004 – The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
2005 – The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
2009 – The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes occur, killing over 1,115 people.
Births Edit
1207 – Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)
1832 – Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-founded Mother's Day (d. 1905)
1897 – Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (d. 1966)
1897 – Charlotte Wolff, German-British physician (d. 1986)
1898 – Renée Adorée, French-American actress (d. 1933)
1898 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (d. 1977)
1898 – Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
1898 – Orestis Makris, Greek actor and tenor (d. 1975)
1901 – Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (d. 1966)
1904 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (d. 1971)
1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1905 – Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1906 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist (d. 1974)
1910 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish soldier (d. 1962)
1911 – Bill Boswell, Australian public servant (d. 1976)
1912 – Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)
1913 – Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
1915 – Lester Maddox, American politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)
1917 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (d. 2014)
1917 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987)
1918 – Lewis Nixon, American captain (d. 1995)
1918 – René Rémond, French historian and economist (d. 2007)
1919 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1992)
1919 – Elizabeth Gilels, Russian violinist (d. 2008)
1919 – William L. Guy, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of North Dakota (d. 2013)
1919 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
1920 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator
1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress and singer (d. 2007)
1922 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
1922 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1922 – Alan Stretton, Australian general (d. 2012)
1923 – Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (Flanders and Swann) (d. 1994)
1924 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1924 – Nikos Rizos, Greek actor (d. 1999)
1925 – Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and educator (d. 1998)
1926 – Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1926 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2010)
1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet, translator, and essayist
1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 – Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 2013)
1929 – Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
1929 – Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic
1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress
1931 – Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (d. 2015)
1932 – Anthony Hawkins, Australian actor (d. 2013)
1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo
1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
1933 – Michel Aoun, Lebanese general and politician, President of Lebanon
1933 – Ben Cooper, American actor
1933 – Cissy Houston, American singer (Sweet Inspirations and The Drinkard Singers)
1933 – Barbara Knox, English actress
1934 – Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (d. 2009)
1934 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2014)
1934 – Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (d. 2015)
1935 – Z. Z. Hill, American singer and guitarist (d. 1984)
1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer-songwriter and actor
1936 – Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China
1937 – Jurek Becker, Polish-German author (d. 1997)
1937 – Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukrainian pianist and composer
1937 – Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
1938 – Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (d. 2012)
1939 – Len Cariou, Canadian actor and singer
1939 – Anthony Green, English painter
1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (d. 2015)
1940 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
1940 – Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (Buffalo Springfield and The Standells) (d. 2009)
1941 – Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and educator
1941 – Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General
1941 – Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver
1942 – Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (d. 2002)
1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (The Teenagers) (d. 1968)
1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer and actress (The 5th Dimension)
1943 – Philip Moore, English organist and composer
1943 – Ian Ogilvy, English actor, playwright, and author
1944 – Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer and painter
1944 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
1944 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)
1945 – Richard Edwin Hills, British astronomer
1945 – Bob Lassiter, American radio host (d. 2006)
1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
1946 – Fran Brill, American actress, singer, and puppeteer
1946 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (d. 1993)
1946 – Jochen Mass, German race car driver
1946 – Paul Sheahan, Australian cricketer and educator
1946 – Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism
1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (T. Rex and John's Children) (d. 1977)
1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress
1948 – Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
1950 – Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
1950 – Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
1950 – Renato Zero, Italian singer-songwriter and actor
1951 – John Lloyd, English screenwriter and producer
1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1951 – Simon White, English astrophysicist and academic
1952 – John Lombardo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (10,000 Maniacs and John & Mary)
1952 – Jack Wild, English actor and singer (d. 2006)
1952 – Al Leong, American stuntman and actor
1952 – Andrew Shore, English actor and singer
1953 – Matt Abts, American drummer (Gov't Mule)
1953 – Deborah Allen, American singer-songwriter and producer
1953 – Keith Burnett, Welsh physicist and academic
1953 – Hilton Dawson, English politician
1953 – S. M. Stirling, French-American author
1954 – Basia, Polish singer-songwriter and producer (Perfect)
1954 – Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer
1954 – Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer (CAB)
1954 – Barry Williams, American actor and singer
1955 – Andy Bechtolsheim, German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems
1955 – Frankie Kennedy, Irish flute player (Altan) (d. 1994)
1955 – Desmond Shawe-Taylor, English historian and academic
1956 – Trevor Morgan, English footballer and manager
1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Marty Stuart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Debrah Farentino, American actress
1959 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach
1960 – Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer (The Fall)
1960 – Nicola Griffith, English author
1960 – Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Side Effect)
1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician
1961 – Crystal Bernard, American singer-songwriter and actress
1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
1961 – Mel Stride, English politician
1961 – Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
1961 – Sally Yeh, Chinese singer and actress
1962 – Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indian actor, director, and producer
1962 – Marley Marl, American rapper and producer (Juice Crew)
1962 – Frank Rijkaard, Dutch footballer and manager
1963 – David Barbe, American bass player and producer (Sugar)
1964 – Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Phish, Oysterhead, Dave Matthews & Friends, Phil Lesh and Friends, Surrender to the Air, and SerialPod)
1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian model and actress
1964 – Robby Takac, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Goo Goo Dolls and Amungus)
1965 – Omid Djalili, English comedian, actor, and producer
1965 – Matt Fallon, American singer-songwriter (Skid Row and Anthrax)
1965 – Kathleen Madigan, American comedian, actress, and producer
1966 – Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player
1966 – Shankar Balasubramanian, chemist
1966 – Markus Burger, German pianist, composer, and educator
1966 – Kerry G. Johnson, American graphic designer and illustrator
1967 – Emmanuelle Houdart, Swiss artist
1967 – Andrea Roth, Canadian actress
1967 – Magnus Falkehed, Swedish journalist
1969 – Erica Andrews, Mexican-American drag queen and performer (d. 2013)
1969 – Gintaras Einikis, Lithuanian basketball player
1969 – Mark Smith, English bodybuilder and actor
1969 – Chris Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1991)
1970 – Tony Hale, American actor and producer
1970 – Eric Piatkowski, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer
1972 – Shaan, Indian singer and actor
1972 – Jamal Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Ari Behn, Norwegian author
1972 – John Campbell, American bass player and songwriter (Lamb of God)
1972 – Mayumi Kojima, Japanese singer-songwriter
1972 – José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (d. 2010)
1977 – Maia Brewton, American actress
1978 – Stark Sands, American actor and singer
1982 – Lacey Chabert, American actress and singer
1982 – Kieran Culkin, American actor
1982 – Teal Redmann, American actress
1992 – Ezra Miller, American actor
2002 – Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
