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Events

660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
244 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
1531 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
1794 – First session of United States Senate open to the public.
1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
1826 – University College London is founded under the name University of London.
1826 – Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within the Swaminarayan faith.
1840 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.
1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
1861 – American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1873 – King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
1889 – Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1929 – Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.
1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
1939 – A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1943 – World War II: General Dwight Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
1953 – President Dwight Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
1953 – The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1964 – Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
1964 – The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with France.
1968 – Israeli-Jordanian border clashes.
1971 – Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1973 – Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
1978 – Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
1979 – Islamic revolution of Iran establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1981 – 100,000 US gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
1987 – The Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect.
1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

Births

1377 – King Ladislaus of Naples (d. 1414)
1380 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)
1466 – Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII of England (d. 1503)
1535 – Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625)
1637 – Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns, German composer and music director in Hamburg (d. 1718)
1649 – William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)
1657 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (d. 1757)
1708 – Egidio Duni, Italian composer (d. 1775)
1755 – Albert Christoph Dies, German composer (d. 1822)
1764 – Marie-Joseph de Chénier, French poet (d. 1811)
1774 – Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)
1799 – The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Patrice Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (d. 1873)
1800 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and inventor (d. 1877)
1802 – Lydia Maria Child, American abolitionist (d. 1880)
1812 – Alexander Hamilton Stephens, American politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America and 50th Governor of Georgia (d. 1883)
1813 – Otto Ludwig, German writer and critic (d. 1865)
1819 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (d. 1890)
1821 – Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
1829 – The Rev. Samuel Lodge, English clergyman, author and headmaster (d. 1897)
1830 – Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian musician (d. 1913)
1833 – Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist and 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
1839 – Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (d. 1903)
1847 – Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor (d. 1931)
1860 – Ellen Day Hale,American painter and printmaker (d. 1940)
1860 – Rachilde, French author (d. 1953)
1869 – Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder (d. 1939)
1869 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (d. 1945)
1872 – Hannah Mitchell, English socialist and suffragette (d. 1956)
1874 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author (d. 1953)
1874 – Fritz Hart, English-born composer (d. 1949)
1887 – John van Melle, South African writer (d. 1953)
1889 – Acharya Ramlochan Saran, Indian writer (d. 1971)
1890 – David Drummond, Australian politician (d. 1965)
1891 – J.W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)
1894 – Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer (d. 1974)
1898 – Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 1964)
1900 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)
1900 – Josei Toda, Japanese educator (d. 1958)
1901 – Roddy Connolly, Irish politician, son of James Connolly (d. 1980)
1902 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect (d. 1971)
1903 – Hans Redlich, Austrian composer (d. 1968)
1904 – Sir Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1983)
1908 – Philip Dunne, American screenwriter, director and producer (d. 1992)
1908 – Vivian Ernest Fuchs, English geologist (d. 1999)
1909 – Max Baer, American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
1909 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director (d. 1993)
1912 – Roy Fuller, English writer (d. 1991)
1914 – Matt Dennis, American singer (d. 2002)
1915 – Patrick Leigh Fermor, English author
1917 – T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)
1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author (d. 2007)
1919 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born actress (d. 1995)
1920 – King Farouk I of Egypt (d. 1965)
1920 – Daniel F. Galouye, science fiction author (d.1976)
1920 – Billy Halop, American actor (d. 1976)
1920 – Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American general (d. 1978)
1921 – Lloyd Bentsen, American politician and 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2006)
1921 – Edward Seidensticker, American scholar (d. 2007)
1923 – Antony Flew, British philosopher (d. 2010)
1925 – Virginia E. Johnson, of Masters and Johnson renown. American psychologist.
1925 – Kim Stanley, American actress (d. 2001)
1926 – Paul Bocuse, French chef
1926 – Sir Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (d. 1995)
1926 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
1927 – Sinclair Stevens, Canadian businessman and politician
1930 – Roy De Forest, American Painter (d. 2007)
1931 – Larry Merchant, American sportswriter
1932 – Jerome Lowenthal, American pianist
1932 – Dennis Skinner, British politician
1934 – Mel Carnahan, American politician and 51st Governor of Missouri (d. 2000)
1934 – Tina Louise, American actress
1934 – Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator
1934 – Mary Quant, English fashion designer
1934 – John Surtees, English motorcycle and race car driver
1935 – Bent Lorentzen, Danish composer
1935 – Gene Vincent, American musician (d. 1971)
1936 – Burt Reynolds, American actor
1937 – Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer
1937 – Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
1938 – Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer
1938 – Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress
1938 – Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007)
1939 – Gerry Goffin, American lyricist
1939 – Jane Yolen, American author
1941 – Sergio Mendes, Brazilian musician
1943 – Joselito, Spanish singer
1943 – Serge Lama, French singer
1946 – Pierre Curzi, Canadian actor and politician
1946 – Ian Porterfield, English footballer (d. 2007)
1947 – Roy Carrier, American Zydeco musician (d. 2010)
1947 – Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese politician
1947 – Joselito, Spanish singer
1947 – Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress
1947 – Derek Shulman, English musician
1948 – Chris Rush, American stand-up comedian
1949 – Guy Cloutier, French-Canadian music executive; father of Véronique Cloutier
1953 – Philip Anglim, American actor
1953 – Jeb Bush, American politician and 43rd Governor of Florida
1954 – Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer
1954 – Wesley Strick, American screenwriter
1956 – Catherine Hickland, American actress
1956 – Didier Lockwood, French violinist
1956 – H.R., American singer
1957 – Peter Klashorst, Dutch painter, sculptor, and photographer
1957 – Mitchell Symons, British writer
1959 – Bradley Cole, American actor
1959 – Deborah Meaden, British entrepreneur
1959 – Roberto Moreno, Brazilian racing driver
1960 – Nick Currie, Scottish musician
1960 – Richard Mastracchio, NASA astronaut
1961 – Mary Docter, American speed skater
1961 – Carey Lowell, American actress
1962 – Tammy Baldwin, American politician
1962 – Sheryl Crow, American musician
1962 – Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist
1963 – José Mari Bakero, Spanish footballer
1963 – Diane Franklin, American actress
1964 – Sarah Palin, American politician and 9th Governor of Alaska
1964 – Ken Shamrock, American martial artist
1965 – Vicki Wilson, Australian netballer
1966 – Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, French comedian, actor and political activist
1967 – Uwe Daßler, German swimmer
1967 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (d. 1990)
1967 – Ty Treadway, American actor
1969 – Jennifer Aniston, American actress
1969 – Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer
1969 – P.J. Sparxx, American pornographic actress
1970 – Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish musician
1971 – Damian Lewis, British actor
1971 – Evan Tanner, American mixed-martial artist (d. 2008)
1972 – Brian Daubach, American baseball player
1972 – Craig Jones, American musician (Slipknot)
1972 – Steve McManaman, English footballer
1972 – Kelly Slater, American surfer
1973 – Jeon Do-yeon, Korean actress
1973 – Ethan Iverson, jazz pianist
1973 – Varg Vikernes, Norwegian musician (Burzum, Mayhem)
1974 – D'Angelo, American singer
1974 – Nick Barmby, English footballer
1974 – Alex Jones, American radio host
1974 – Isaiah Mustafa, American actor, spokesman
1974 – Jaroslav Spacek, Czech ice hockey player
1974 – Zain Verjee, American newsreporter
1975 – Andy Lally, American racing driver
1975 – Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player
1976 – Tony Battie, American basketball player
1976 – Brice Beckham, American actor
1976 – Peter Hayes, American musician
1976 – Jorge Luís, Brazilian footballer
1976 – André Wickström, Finland-Swedish comedian and actor
1977 – Mike Shinoda, American musician (Linkin Park and Fort Minor)
1979 – Brandy, American singer and actress
1980 – Marco Bresciano, Australian footballer
1980 – Titi Buengo, Angolan footballer
1980 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor
1980 – Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (d. 2004)
1981 – Kelly Rowland, American singer
1981 – Scot Thompson, American footballer
1982 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
1982 – Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
1982 – Jürgen Schmid, German footballer
1983 – Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress
1983 – Tony Curtis, American football player
1983 – Emmanuel Krontiris, German footballer
1983 – Huang Shengyi, Chinese actress
1983 – Tihhon Šišov, Estonian footballer
1983 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
1984 – Aubrey O'Day, American singer
1984 – Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Harris Allan, Canadian actor
1985 – William Beckett, American singer
1985 – Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Brian Matusz, American baseball player
1989 – Lovi Poe, Filipina singer and television actress
1990 – Go Ara, South Korean actress (SM Entertainment)
1990 – Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal, Jordanian royalty
1991 – Georgia May Foote, British actress
1991 – Christofer Ingle, American musician (Never Shout Never)
1992 – Taylor Lautner, American actor
1994 – Dominic Janes, American actor

Deaths

244 – Gordian III, Emperor of Rome
641 – Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium
731 – Pope Gregory II
821 – Saint Benedict of Aniane
824 – Pope Paschal I
1141 – Hugo of St. Victor, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1096)
1160 – Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
1503 – Elizabeth of York, queen consort of Henry VII of England (b. 1466)
1626 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
1650 – René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1596)
1685 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)
1713 – Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of India (b. 1664)
1755 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)
1762 – Johann Tobias Krebs, German composer (b. 1690)
1763 – William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
1795 – Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
1797 – Antoine Dauvergne, French composer (b. 1713)
1829 – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
1862 – Elizabeth Siddal, British poet and artist (b. 1829)
1868 – Léon Foucault, French astronomer (b. 1819)
1879 – Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808)
1917 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)
1923 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (b. 1854)
1939 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
1940 – John Buchan, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1875)
1860 – Ellen Day Hale,American painter and printmaker (b. 1855)
1945 – Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (b. 1891)
1948 – Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet film director (b. 1898)
1954 – Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (b. 1877)
1958 – Ernest Jones, British psychonanalyst (b. 1879)
1959 – Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
1963 – John Olof Dahlgren, American recipient of the Medal of Honor (b. 1872)
1963 – Sylvia Plath, American writer (b. 1932)
1967 – Tran Tu Binh, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1907)
1967 – A.J. Muste, American peace activist (b. 1885)
1968 – Howard Lindsay, American playwright (b. 1888)
1972 – Jan Wils, Dutch architect (b. 1891)
1973 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1907)
1975 – Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and statesman, assassinated (b. 1931)
1976 – Frank Arnau, German writer (b. 1894)
1976 – Lee J Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
1976 – Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b. 1894)
1977 – Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
1978 – James B Conant, American chemist and university president (b. 1893)
1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1904)
1981 – Franz Sondheimer, British chemist (b. 1926)
1982 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
1982 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
1985 – Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist (b. 1930)
1985 – Henry Hathaway, American actor and director (b. 1898)
1985 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer (b. 1901)
1986 – Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
1986 – Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer, and civil servant (b. 1942)
1989 – George O'Hanlon, American actor and director (b. 1912)
1993 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922)
1993 – George A. Stephen, founder of Weber-Stephen Products Co. (b. 1922)
1994 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1994 – Sorrell Booke, American actor (b. 1930)
1994 – William Conrad, American actor (b. 1920)
1994 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher (b. 1924)
1994 – Nicole Germain, Canadian actress (b. 1917)
1996 – Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
1996 – Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921)
1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
1997 – Don Porter, American actor (b. 1912)
2000 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (b. 1917)
2000 – Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)
2002 – Frankie Crosetti, baseball player (b. 1910)
2002 – Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931)
2004 – Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
2005 – Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
2005 – Guy Lechasseur, Quebec politician (b. 1916)
2005 – Stan Richards English television actor (b. 1930)
2006 – Peter Benchley, American author (b. 1940)
2006 – Jackie Pallo, wrestler (b. 1926)
2006 – Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1943)
2007 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
2008 – Tom Lantos, American politician (b. 1928)
2008 – Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer (b. 1919)
2009 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (The Ronettes) (b. 1941)
2009 – Eleanor Harz Jorden American linguistics scholar and an influential Japanese language educator and expert. (b. 1920)
2010 – Heward Grafftey, Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1928)
2010 – Vance A. Larson, American artist (b. 1951)
2010 – Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer (b. 1969)
2011 – Bad News Brown, Canadian entertainer and hip hop MC (b. 1977)
2011 – Tom Carnegie, American sports announcer (b. 1919)
2011 – Chuck Tanner, American Baseball player (b. 1928)