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YEAR EVENTS
641   Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
922   French republic chooses Robert I, King of France
1075   Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen
1456   23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1525   Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
1529   Zrich declares war on Catholic kantons
1531   Pope Clemens VII & Fran‡ois I sign secret treaty against Karel V
1534   Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1549   Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
1549   England enforces Act of Supremacy
1572   Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
1588   Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England
1628   1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass
1720   Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
1732   Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
1742   Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
1752   French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India
1772   1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI
1772   1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion
1784   John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
1789   Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I
1790   1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"
1802   US Academy at West Point founded
1822   Charles Graham patents false teeth
1851   SF Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time)
1860   1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter"
1862   Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
1863   Battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)
1864   Battle of Big Shanty, GA
1864   Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)
1865   Battle of Grand Gulf, MS
1868   1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
1869   Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
1870   Washington: Pres Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud
1877   11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
1883   17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42«
1883   1st commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El)
1887   21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43«
1888   22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40¬
1890   Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago
1891   Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
1892   26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
1898   China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
1899   James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title
1901   NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
1902   1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)
1906   Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3
1910   Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)
1914   Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
1919   General steel strike in France
1919   Red Army captures Ufa
1923   55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19
1923   Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans
1923   Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown
1924   "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton
1928   60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2
1928   Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
1929   Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Cura‡aose hostages free
1930   Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)
1931   1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R Goddard)
1931   1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1933   Spanish president Zamora takes power
1933   Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
1934   1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
1934   38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA
1934   66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
1934   Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen")
1934   Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for US Open
1936   Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for US Open
1936   Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA
1938   Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to nazi-Germany
1940   44th US Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH
1940   General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill
1940   Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1941   Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
1941   Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio
1942   Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy govt
1942   German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe
1942   Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice Czechoslovakia
1943   "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized
1944   Russian offensive in Carelia
1945   "Gruesome Twosome," premieres in USA
1945   -10] Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo
1945   71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr wins in 2:07
1945   Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged hi
1946   19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque Iowa)
1946   66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest
1946   Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand
1946   Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1946   NY Giant Mel Ott is 1st mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader
1948   WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949   Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US
1951   "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1953   "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV
1953   South African premier Malan visits Netherlands
1953   Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless)
1954   Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
1955   100øF - Hottest day in Seattle Washington
1955   Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa, Trent Bridge
1956   Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
1957   Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
1958   "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
1959   1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
1960   ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract
1960   Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
1961   Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1962   "Bill of Hare," premieres in USA
1962   94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
1962   Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC
1963   1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1963   Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open
1963   Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1963   Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game
1963   Equal Pay Act enacted
1963   JFK names Winston Churchill US honorary citizen
1963   Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY
1964   Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
1965   Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
1966   5 Minn Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9
1967   Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
1967   Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
1967   Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl
1968   38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)
1968   38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)
1968   Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational
1968   Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms
1969   Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems
1969   Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
1970   Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out pres Ongan¡a
1970   Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton U
1970   Harry A Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1971   Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
1971   Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold
1972   14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 237
1972   1st all-nite grad parties
1972   Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
1973   105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24
1974   Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
1974   Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert
1975   107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
1975   Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla)
1975   House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time
1975   Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"
1977   50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist
1977   George & Patti Harrison divorce
1977   Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
1978   Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
1978   Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
1978   Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1979   111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
1979   49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)
1979   Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
1979   Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time
1979   Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
1980   14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
1980   Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
1980   Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
1980   Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1982   General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala
1982   Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
1983   56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
1983   M Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
1983   Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
1984   "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
1984   116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
1984   54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61)
1984   Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"
1984   Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
1984   Jrgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
1984   NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed
1984   Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984   Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
1985   39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
1985   55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)
1985   Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1985   American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon
1985   Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
1985   USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
1986   20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
1986   Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0
1986   Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
1986   Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
1988   "Bloodsport (1987)," premieres in Germany
1988   Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
1989   "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA
1989   Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
1989   Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1989   Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
1990   122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
1990   60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)
1990   Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990   Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit HRs in 10 games
1990   Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
1990   Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage
1990   Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title
1991   61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)
1991   9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus
1991   Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa
1991   Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
1991   Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
1991   WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
1993   "Amantes" (1991), premieres in France
1993   "Body Snatchers" (1993), premieres in France
1993   "Ce que femme veut" (1993), premieres in France
1993   "Passion Fish" (1992), premieres in France
1993   "Tout capour ca!" (1993), premieres in France
1993   "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993), premieres
1993   Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada
1993   Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1
1993   Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
1994   "Hudsucker Proxy," premieres in Germany
1994   5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico
1994   Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)
1995   Brady Bunch Movie, (1995), premieres in UK
1995   Congo (1995), premieres in USA
1995   Dumb & Dumber (1994), premieres in Sweden
1995   Killer (1994), premieres in UK
1995   Kiss of Death (1995), premieres in UK
1995   Man of the House (1995), premieres in UK
1995   Neak Sre (1993), premieres in UK
1995   Party Girl (1995), premieres in USA
1995   Smoke (1995), premieres in USA
1995   Wigstock The Movie (1994), premieres in USA
1996   66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76)
1996   Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1996   Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311
1997   British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1997   Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning

BIRTHS
1510   Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem
1573   Henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher
1588   Johann Andreas Herbst, composer
1597   Pieter J Saenredam, architecture painter
1640   Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
1672   Peter I "the Great" Romanov, tsar of Russia (1682-1725) [OS=May 30]
1781   George Stephenson, Newcastle England, inventor (RR locomotive)
1791   John Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home)
1792   Fr‚d‚ric L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary
1810   Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer
1812   Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens)
1812   Johann G Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune)
1828   Carlo Marsili, composer
1829   Gaetano Braga, composer
1833   John Rogers Cooke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1836   Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1st woman mayor in England (Aldeburgh)
1843   Bertha von Suttner, Austria, novelist/pacifist (Nobel 1905)
1849   Joseph Vezina, composer
1854   Gerardus J P J Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society)
1861   Floris H Verster, [van Wulverhorst], painter/cartoonist/etcher
1865   Alberic Magnard, composer
1865   Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige)
1865   Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, composer
1875   Henry Dale, London, physiologist (Nobel-1936)
1877   Rudolf Borchardt, writer
1879   Dudley Digges
1879   Oscar Back, Austrian-Dutch viola player
1884   Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor
1886   Kusaku Yamada, composer
1888   Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer
1888   Hugo Kauder, composer
1890   Leslie Banks, English actor/director (Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours)
1892   Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics CEO/founder (Helena Rubinstein)
1893   Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)
1893   Samuel N Behrman, US screenwriter (Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs)
1896   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)
1896   Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute)
1898   C Malaparte, writer
1898   Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt)
1900   Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender)
1900   Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot
1901   George Price, cartoonist
1901   Marion Gering, actress (Sarumba, Rumba, Ready for Love, 24 Hours)
1905   Harry "Bull" Alexander, cricketer (Aus quick 1 Test Bodyline series)
1905   Walter Kraft, composer
1906   Tonio Selwart, Germany, actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja)
1908   J F Williams-Wynne, Lord-Lieutenant (Gwynedd)
1908   Robert Cummings, Joplin Mo, actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder)
1909   Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher
1910   Geoffrey Musson, British General
1910   Vbilmos Demian, composer
1912   Edgar Evans, tenor
1912   Ingolf Dahl, Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso)
1913   Alida Margaretha Bosshardt, lt-colonel of Dutch Salvation Army
1914   Barbara Mullen, Boston MA, actress (Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners)
1914   Hermann Haller, composer
1915   Jane Cowan, cello teacher
1915   Les Paul, Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar)
1916   Robert S McNamara, US Sec of Defense (1961-68)/head (World Bank)
1918   Rob de Vries, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/dir/actor (Ciske de Rat)
1919   Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player
1920   Isobel June Braybrooke English, novellist
1921   Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1922   George Axelrod, playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany, Bus Stop)
1922   P G Beazley, MEP
1923   Gerald G”tting, German DR president (CDU)
1924   Christine Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1964)
1924   Peter Heatly, CEO (Commonwealth Games Federation)
1924   Tony Britton, Birmingham Eng, actor (Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup)
1925   Roy Hughes, MP
1925   [John] Keith Laumer, [Anthony LeBaron], US, sf author (Retief's War)
1926   Mona Freeman, Baltimore, actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress)
1926   Roy Smalley, shortstop (Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Twins, Yankees)
1927   Franco Donatoni, composer
1927   Norman Sisisky, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
1928   Geraint Gruffydd, director (U of Wales Centre for Welsh Studies)
1929   Johnny Ace, [John M Alexander Jr], Memphis Tn, R&B singer (My Song)
1929   June O'Dell, deputy CEO (Equal Opportunities Commission)
1929   Keith A St H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1960)
1929   Robert E Badham, (Rep-R-CA, 1977- )
1930   Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, US, sci-fi author (Thongor of Lemuria)
1930   Marvin Kalb, NYC, educator/newscaster (CBS/NBC, Meet the Press)
1931   Bill Virdon, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)/mgr (NY Yankees)
1931   Jackie Mason, Wisc, comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup)
1932   Douglas Smith, CEO (Acas)
1933   Dick Orkin, Williamsport Pa, actor (Tim Conway Show)
1933   Don Young, (Rep-R-AK, 1973- )
1933   Patrick Symons, British vice-admiral
1934   Donald Duck, famous fowl
1934   Helga Haase, German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934   Jackie Wilson, Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops, Night)
1934   Joe Santos, Bkln NY, actor (Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus)
1934   Michael Mates, MP
1934   Pal Karolyi, composer
1934   Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist
1935   Diana Van Der Vlis, actress (Lovespell, Girl in Black Stockings)
1937   Sven Conrad Stayers, cricketer (WI fast bowler 1962)
1938   Anne Kenny, Mudgee NSW, golfer (1968, 71 Australian Champ)
1938   Charles Wuorinen, NYC, composer (Pulitzer 1980)
1938   Jeremy Hardie, CEO (W H Smith Group)
1938   Peter Sanders, CEO (Commission for Racial Equality)
1938   Roger Hurn, CEO (Smith's Industries)
1939   David Hobbs (auto racer)
1939   Derek Hunt, CEO (MFI Furniture Group)
1940   Dick Vitale, US, sportscaster (ESPN, ABC "Oh Baby!")
1941   Billy Hatton, rocker
1941   Jon Lord, England, keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake)
1941   Peter Wilson, CEO (Gallaher)
1942   Nicholas Lloyd, editor (Daily Express)
1942   Richard Hutton, cricketer (son of Len, 5 Tests 1971)
1943   Charles Saatchi, English magnate (Saatchi & Saatchi)
1943   Joe [William] Haldeman, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart)
1944   23 puppies, (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944   Brigid Bazlen, Wisc, actress (Pam-Too Young to go Steady)
1944   record litter of 23 puppies is born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944   Viscount Craigavon
1945   Faina Myelink, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1972)
1946   Peter Kilfoyle, British MP
1947   Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze)
1948   Jim Bailey, NCAA punter (most punts in season-101, Va Milt Academy)
1948   Nathaniel Rosen, Altadena Ca, cellist (Tchaikovsky-gold-1978)
1949   Douglas Henderson, British MP
1951   Benny Neyman, Dutch singer (I Don't Know How)
1951   Bonnie Tyler, [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker (Total Eclipse of the Heart)
1951   Dave Parker, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978)
1954   Pete Byrne Bath England,, rocker (Naked Eyes)
1957   Elly van Holly, running star (3k indoor world record)
1958   Donald Michael Santini, Mass, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1959   Peter Fowler, Hornsby NSW, Australasia golfer
1960   Nancy Taylor, SF CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester Intl-54th)
1961   Michael J Fox, Edm, actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf)
1962   Eddie Lundon, rocker (China Crisis-Christian)
1963   Johnny Depp, Queensboro Ky, actor (21 Jump Street, Ed Wood)
1964   Gloria Reuben, Toronto, actress (Jeanie Boulet-ER)
1964   Wayman Tisdale, NBA center/forward (Phoenix Suns)
1965   Gloria Reuben, actress (Jeanie Boulet-ER)
1965   Jeff Williams, Santa Monica Calif, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1965   Michelle Francis Bird, campaigner
1966   Anthony Martino, CFL punter (Calgary Stampeders)
1967   Robert Reading, Buffalo NY, 110m hurdler
1968   Tom Rouen, NFL punter (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1969   Keith Alex, NFL guard (Minn Vikings)
1969   Mitch McLee, [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang)
1970   Harry Van Hofwegen, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
1970   Russ Romaniuk, Winnipeg, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
1971   D'Marco Farr, defensive tackle (St Louis Rams)
1971   Joey Gullion, Gallopolis OH, Nike golfer (NIKE SC Classic-18th)
1971   Roderick Lewis, NFL tight end (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1971   Romano Sion, soccer player (Dordrecht '90/FC Groningen)
1972   Bryan Strang, cricket pace bowler (brother of Paul Zimbabwe 1995- )
1972   Steven Salter, CFL offensive linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1972   Wardell Rouse, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1973   Chris Villarrial, center/guard (Chicago Bears)
1973   Grant Marshall, Mississauga, NHL right wing (Dallas Stars)
1973   Orlondo Steinauer, CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1973   Tedy Bruschi, linebacker (New England Patriots)
1974   Jana Nejedly, Prague Czech, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96)
1974   Jon Harris, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1975   Andrew Symonds, cricketer (Birmingham, brilliant Qld & Gloucs batsman)
1975   Carolyne Lepage, Montreal Quebec, 48 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1975   Paul Agostino, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1977   Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen
1978   Elizabeth Reid, Fairfax Va, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1978   Lucia Povraznikova, Miss Slovak republic Universe (1997)
1981   Natalie Portman, actress (Professional, Everyone Says I Love You)
1982   Amber Yoder, Miss Indiana Teen USA (1997)
1991   Abraham Joseph Groening, son of Simpson creator Matt Groening

DEATHS
68   Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31
1171   Jacob Ben Meir, [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies
1361   Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69
1382   Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
1572   Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44
1597   Jos‚ de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies
1656   Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies
1681   William Lilly, English astrologer, dies
1717   Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69
1717   Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64
1820   Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68
1825   M Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla, dies at 44
1832   Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57
1839   Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89
1847   Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orph‚e), dies
1863   Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30
1868   James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies
1870   Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58
1870   Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82
1892   Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59
1897   Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens
1901   Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies
1907   Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered
1908   Jos‚ FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46
1911   Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies
1922   Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56
1929   Lewis Bennison, dies
1931   Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79
1932   Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76
1939   Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52
1944   99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS
1946   Rama VIII, king of Siam (1935-46), dies at 21
1947   Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62
1953   Ugo Betti, dramatist, dies
1957   Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56
1958   Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53
1960   Ren‚ Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies
1962   Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance & Riches), dies at 65
1964   Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies
1964   W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Engl Min of Info, dies at 85
1967   Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64
1971   Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40
1974   M A Asturias, writer, dies
1974   Phillip Tead, actor (Lightnin', Fighting Blade), dies at 80
1975   David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48
1976   James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88
1976   Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet/writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
1976   Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
1977   Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies
1977   Hans Andreus, [Johan W van de Zant], Dutch poet, dies at 51
1980   Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73
1981   Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63
1981   Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies
1982   Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60
1982   Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74
1987   Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies
1987   Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies
1989   Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies
1989   W Schnurre, writer, dies at 68
1991   Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88
1991   Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies
1991   Claudio Arrau, Chilian/US pianist/composer, dies at 88
1991   Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77
1992   Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41
1992   Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1993   Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72
1993   Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53
1993   Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
1994   Angela Lakeberg, siamese twin, dies at 11 months
1994   Dhirendra Bhramachari, [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70
1994   Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91
1994   Lloyd Lindroth, the Liberace of the Harp, dies at 63
1995   Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ v Aust 1946), dies
1995   Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81
1995   Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81
1996   Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91
1996   Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
1996   Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81
1997   Reid Shelton, actor (Daddy Warbucks-Annie), dies of stroke at 71

   
 
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