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Dexter Gordon 1923-1990

Events

380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity.
425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France.
1617 – Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
1700 – The island of New Britain is discovered.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
1812 – Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1861 – Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters.
1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
1900 – The British Labour Party is founded.
1900 – FC Bayern Munchen is founded.
1902 – Second Boer War: Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant is executed in Pretoria.
1921 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.
1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14
1942 – World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies
1943 – The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
1943 – The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1955 – Soviet Union regional elections, 1955.
1961 – The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1964 – The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
1973 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
1976 – The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1986 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
1989 – Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots.
1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
2002 – Godhra train burning: a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya;
2004 – A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
2004 – The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released.
2007 – The Chinese Correction: the Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years.
2010 – An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.

Births

272 – Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337)
1689 – Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer (d. 1775)
1691 – Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)
1702 – Johann Valentin Görner, German composer (d. 1762)
1711 – Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (d. 1769)
1779 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
1789 – Manuel Rodríguez, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (d. 1818)
1807 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)
1831 – Hiram Bond Everest, American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
1847 – Ellen Terry, English actress (d.1928)
1848 – Hubert Parry, English composer (d. 1918)
1867 – Irving Fisher, American economist (d. 1947)
1862 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)
1870 – Louis Coerne, American composer and music educator (d. 1922)
1875 – George Rodocanachi, Greek-British physician (d. 1944)
1877 – Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
1877 – Adela Verne, English pianist (d. 1952)
1878 – Alvan T. Fuller, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1879 – René Lefebvre, martyr of the French Resistance (d. 1944)
1886 – Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1971)
1888 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist (d. 1974)
1888 – Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler (d. 1950)
1888 – Lotte Lehmann, German singer (d. 1976)
1890 – Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
1891 – Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (d. 2004)
1891 – David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer (d. 1971)
1892 – William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
1895 – Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943)
1897 – Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993)
1899 – Charles Best, Canadian scientist (d. 1978)
1902 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
1902 – John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
1903 – Grethe Weiser, German actress (d. 1970)
1904 – James T. Farrell, American writer (d. 1979)
1904 – Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1904 – Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (d. 1996)
1904 – André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
1905 – Franchot Tone, American actor (d. 1968)
1907 – Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
1907 – Walter Wolf, German politician (d. 1977)
1910 – Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990)
1910 – Peter De Vries, American writer (d. 1993)
1910 – Genrikh Gasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
1910 – Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948)
1910 – Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aerospace engineer (d. 1990)
1911 – Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilding champion (d. 1991)
1912 – Lawrence Durrell, English writer (d. 1990)
1912 – Kusumagraj,Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1913 – Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (d. 2005)
1913 – Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (d. 1989)
1913 – Irwin Shaw, American writer (d. 1984)
1915 – Denis Whitaker, Canadian soldier, businessman and author (d. 2001)
1915 – Olavi Virta, Finnish singer (d. 1972)
1917 – John Connally, American politician (d. 1993)
1921 – Theodore Van Kirk, American navigator of the Enola Gay
1922 – Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch professor and art historian (d. 1977)
1923 – Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1990)
1925 – Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
1926 – David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
1927 – Lynn Cartwright, American actress (d. 2004)
1927 – Guy Mitchell, American singer (d. 1999)
1929 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby footballer and coach (d. 2008)
1929 – Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
1930 – Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist
1930 – Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
1930 – Joanne Woodward, American actress
1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (d. 2011)
1933 – Raymond Berry, American football player
1934 – Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (d. 1992)
1934 – N. Scott Momaday, American writer
1934 – Ralph Nader, American author, activist and political figure
1934 – Van Williams, American actor
1935 – Mirella Freni, Italian soprano
1954 – Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator
1936 – Ron Barassi, Australian rules footballer
1936 – Roger Mahony, American cardinal and Archbishop
1937 – David Ackles, American singer songwriter (d. 1999)
1937 – Barbara Babcock, American actress
1938 – Jake Thackray, Engish singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1939 – Peter Revson, American racecar driver (d. 1974)
1940 – Pierre Duchesne, Canadian politician
1940 – Howard Hesseman, American actor
1940 – Bill Hunter, Australian actor (d. 2011)
1941 – Paddy Ashdown, British politician
1942 – Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1942 – Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
1942 – Michel Forget, Canadian actor
1943 – Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998)
1943 – Morten Lauridsen, American composer
1944 – Ken Grimwood, American writer (d. 2003)
1944 – Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer
1944 – Roger Scruton, British philosopher
1945 – Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
1947 – Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
1947 – Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist
1949 – Rosalinda Galli, Italian voice actress
1950 – Julia Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
1951 – Lee Atwater, American political figure (d. 1991)
1951 – Steve Harley, British musician (Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel)
1952 – Stathis Psaltis, Greek actor
1953 – Yolande Moreau, Belgian actress
1953 – Gabriela Svobodová, Czech cross country skier
1954 – Neal Schon, American musician (Journey)
1955 – Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director
1957 – Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator
1957 – Viktor Markin, Russian athlete
1957 – Adrian Smith, English musician (Iron Maiden)
1957 – Timothy Spall, English actor
1958 – Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer
1958 – Nancy Spungen, American murder victim (d. 1978)
1959 – Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1960 – Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
1961 – James Worthy, American basketball player
1962 – Adam Baldwin, American actor
1962 – Grant Show, American actor
1963 – Pär Nuder, Swedish politician
1964 – Todd Bodine, American race car driver
1965 – Noah Emmerich, American actor
1965 – Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor and sound designer
1965 – Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
1966 – Donal Logue, Canadian actor
1968 – Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player
1969 – Brad Vander Ark, American musician
1970 – Michael A. Burstein, American writer
1970 – Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
1970 – Matthias Lechner, German art director
1970 – Patricia Petibon, French opera singer
1971 – Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
1971 – Paul Hudson, BBC Look North Weatherman.
1971 – "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
1972 – Jennifer Lyon, American television personality (d. 2010)
1973 – Peter André, Australian singer
1973 – Ali Tabatabaee, American-Iranian rapper (Zebrahead)
1973 – Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby footballer
1974 – Colin Edwards, American motorcycle racer
1974 – Carte Goodwin, American politician
1975 – Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
1975 – Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist (d. 2006)
1976 – Tony Gonzalez, American football player
1977 – Lance Hoyt, American wrestler
1977 – Ji Sung, South Korean actor
1977 – James Wan, Australian film director
1978 – James Beattie, English footballer
1980 – Bobby V, American singer
1980 – Brandon Beemer, American actor
1980 – Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton
1980 – Scott Prince, Australian Rugby League Player
1981 – Josh Groban, American singer
1981 – Cameron Ling, Australian Rules footballer
1981 – Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian athlete
1983 – Duje Draganja, Croatian swimmer
1983 – Devin Harris, American basketball player
1983 – Kate Mara, American actress
1983 – Hayley Angel Wardle, English actress
1984 – David Noel, American basketball player
1984 – Lotta Schelin, Swedish female footballer
1984 – Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer
1985 – Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
1985 – Braydon Coburn, Canadian hockey player
1986 – Yovani Gallardo, American baseball player
1986 – Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Shota Shimizu, Japanese musician
1989 – David Button, English footballer
1991 – Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer
1992 – Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer
1992 – Nick Speed, American Hip Hop producer
1994 – Hou Yifan, Chinese chess player