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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475-1564

Events

12 BC – The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor
1454 – Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
1788 – The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
1820 – The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
1834 – York, Upper Canada is incorporated as Toronto.
1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo – After a thirteen day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
1840 – The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opens, the first dental school.
1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1882 – The Serbian kingdom is refounded.
1899 – Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
1921 – Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
1930 – International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern
1945 – Cologne is captured by American Troops.
1946 – Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1951 – The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
1953 – Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1957 – Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain Independence from the British
1964 – Nation of Islam's Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
1964 – Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
1967 – Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
1968 – The first of the East L.A. Walkouts take place at several high schools.
1968 – Three black males are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
1970 – Blast at Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
1975 – For the first time, ever, the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
1975 – Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
1981 – After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
1983 – The first United States Football League game is played.
1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.
1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are killed by Special Air Service on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius.
1992 – Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
2008 – A Palestinian gunman shoots and kills 8 students and critically injures 11 in the library of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, in Jerusalem, Israel.

Births

1340 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
1405 – King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
1459 – Jakob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
1475 – Michelangelo, Italian artist and sculptor (d. 1564)
1483 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian statesman and historian (d. 1540)
1495 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (d. 1556)
1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier, poet (d. 1655)
1663 – Francis Atterbury, British man of letters (d. 1732)
1706 – George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
1716 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
1724 – Henry Laurens, American merchant, slave trader, and political leader (d. 1792)
1761 – Antoine-Francois Andreossy, French General (d. 1828)
1779 – Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (d. 1869)
1785 – Karol Kurpinski, Polish composer (d. 1857)
1787 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (d. 1826)
1806 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, British poet (d. 1861)
1812 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison American watch manufacturer (d. 1895)
1817 – Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
1818 – William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
1823 – Charles I of Württemberg, King of Württemberg from 1864 (d. 1891)
1831 – Philip Sheridan, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. 1888)
1834 – George du Maurier British illustrator and writer (d. 1896)
1849 – Georg Luger, Austrian inventor (d. 1923)
1870 – Oscar Straus, Viennese operetta composer (d. 1954)
1871 – Afonso Costa, Portuguese politician (d. 1937)
1882 – Guy Kibbee, American actor d. 1956
1884 – Molla Mallory, Norwegian-born American tennis player (d. 1959)
1885 – Ring Lardner, American writer (d. 1933)
1893 – Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (d. 1981)
1895 – Albert Tessier, French Canadian priest and film maker (d. 1976)
1900 – Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975)
1900 – Henri Jeanson, French writer and journalist (d. 1970)
1903 – Empress Kojun of Japan (d. 2000)
1904 – José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
1905 – Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)
1906 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959)
1909 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politician (d. 1987)
1909 – Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, Polish author (d. 1966)
1910 – Ejler Bille, Danish artist, member of the COBRA group (d. 2004)
1914 – Kiril Kondrashin, Russian conductor (d. 1981)
1915 – Mohammed Burhanuddin, Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader
1917 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher (d. 2003)
1917 – Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
1917 – Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
1918 – Leslie Charles Smith, English businessman (d. 2005)
1920 – Olive Dickason, Canadian historian (d. 2011)
1920 – Lewis Gilbert, English film director, producer and screenwriter
1923 – Herman Leonard, American photographer (d. 2010)
1923 – Ed McMahon, American television personality (d. 2009)
1924 – William H. Webster, American lawyer
1925 – Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968)
1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist
1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
1927 – William J. Bell, creator and executive producer of soap operas (The Young and the Restless) (d. 2005)
1927 – Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (d. 2004)
1927 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (d. 1975)
1930 – Lorin Maazel, French-born American conductor
1931 – Hal Needham, American stuntman
1932 – Marc Bazin, Haitian politician (d. 2010)
1932 – Bronislaw Geremek, Polish social historian and politician.
1933 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1934 – John Noakes, British television presenter
1934 – Keith Spicer, Canadian academic, public servant, journalist and writer
1935 – Ron Delany, Irish athlete
1936 – Marion Barry Jr., American politician
1936 – Sylvia Robinson, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia), musician and record producer (d. 2011)
1936 – Choummaly Sayasone, president of Laos
1937 – Ivan Boesky, American stock trader
1937 – Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut
1939 – Kit Bond, American politician
1939 – Infanta Margarita of Spain, duchess of Soria
1939 – Adam Osborne, British author and computer designer (d. 2003)
1939 – Cookie Rojas, Cuban baseball player
1940 – Joanna Miles, American actress
1940 – Willie Stargell, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1941 – Peter Brötzmann, German jazz saxophonist
1942 – Ben Murphy, American actor
1942 – Flora Purim, Brazilian jazz singer
1944 – Richard Corliss, American film critic
1944 – Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander opera singer
1944 – Mary Wilson, American singer (The Supremes)
1946 – David Gilmour, British musician (Pink Floyd)
1946 – Martin Kove, American actor
1947 – Kiki Dee, British singer
1947 – Dick Fosbury, American athlete
1947 – Martin Kove, American actor
1947 – Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer
1947 – John Stossel, American author and pundit
1948 – Stephen Schwartz, American musical theatre lyricist and composer
1949 – Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani statesman
1949 – Martin Buchan, Scottish soccer player
1950 – Hirotaka Suzuoki, Japanese Seiyu (d. 2006)
1951 – Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
1953 – Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
1953 – Madhav Kumar Nepal, former Prime Minister of Nepal
1953 – Carolyn Porco, American planetary scientist
1954 – Harald Schumacher, German footbal goalkeeper
1955 – Alberta Watson, Canadian actress
1957 – Yves Bolduc, Canadian doctor and politician
1958 – Eddie Deezen, American actor
1959 – Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
1960 – Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player
1962 – Erika Hess, Swiss alpine ski racer
1963 – D. L. Hughley, American comedian and actor
1964 – Skip Ewing, American country music singer and songwriter
1964 – Madonna Wayne Gacy, American musician
1966 – Alan Davies, British comedian and actor
1967 – Julio Bocca, Argentine ballet dancer
1967 – Connie Britton, American actress
1968 – Moira Kelly, American actress
1968 – Michael Romeo, American musician (Symphony X)
1969 – Andrea Elson, American actress
1969 – Tari Phillips, American basketball player
1969 – Amy Pietz, American actress
1970 – Chris Broderick, American musician (Megadeth)
1971 – Darrick Martin, American basketball player
1971 – Sean Morley, American professional wrestler
1972 – Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
1972 – Jaret Reddick, American musician (Bowling For Soup)
1973 – Michael Finley, American basketball player
1973 – Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist (ex-Opeth)
1973 – Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
1974 – Beanie Sigel, American rapper
1975 – Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer
1975 – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, French Canadian conductor
1976 – Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
1977 – Giorgos Karagounis, Greek soccer player
1977 – Bubba Sparxxx, American rapper
1977 – Marcus Thames, American baseball player
1978 – Lara Cox, Australian actress
1978 – Sage Rosenfels, American football player
1979 – Clint Barmes, American baseball player
1979 – Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
1979 – David Flair, American professional wrestler
1979 – Rufus Hound, British comedian
1979 – Tim Howard, American soccer player
1980 – Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor
1981 – Ellen Muth, American actress
1983 – Andranik Teymourian, Iranian soccer player
1984 – Becky, Japanese-British entertainer
1984 – Edmund Yeo, Malaysian filmmaker
1986 – Jake Arrieta, American baseball pitcher
1986 – Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish football player
1986 – Eli Marienthal, American actor
1987 – Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian/German footballer
1987 – Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
1988 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
1989 – Agnieszka Radwanska, Polish tennis player
1991 – Nicole Fox, American model
1991 – Lex Luger, American rap producer
1991 – Tyler the Creator, American rapper
1992 – Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese actress and singer (Berryz Kobo)
2001 – Aryana Engineer, Canadian actress

Deaths

766 – Chrodegang of Metz, Frankish bishop of Metz
1252 – Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)
1490 – Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
1531 – Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador (b. 1140)
1627 – Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)
1658 – Ivan Bunic Vucic, politician and poet from the Republic of Dubrovnik (b. 1591 or 1592)
1754 – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
1758 – Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)
1764 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690)
1796 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)
1836 – James Butler Bonham, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1807)
1836 – James "Jim" Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (b. 1796)
1836 – Davy Crockett, American frontiersman (b. 1786)
1836 – William Barret Travis, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1809)
1842 – Constanze Mozart, former widow of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)
1854 – Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British soldier and politician (b. 1778)
1860 – Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)
1866 – William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher and historian (b. 1794)
1867 – Artemus Ward, American comic writer (b. 1834)
1881 – Horatia Nelson, daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801)
1888 – Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (b. 1832)
1895 – Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813)
1899 – Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)
1900 – Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and industrialist (b. 1834)
1905 – John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818)
1932 – John Philip Sousa, American conductor, and composer (b. 1854)
1933 – Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
1935 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American politician (b. 1841)
1935 – Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (b. 1895)
1939 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (b. 1852)
1941 – Gutzon Borglum, Danish sculptor (b. 1867)
1948 – Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (b. 1914)
1950 – Albert Lebrun, President of France (b. 1871)
1951 – Ivor Novello, Welsh actor, musician, and composer (b. 1893)
1951 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1880)
1952 – Jürgen Stroop, Nazi SS-leader (b. 1895)
1961 – George Formby, British comedian and singer (b. 1904)
1964 – King Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
1965 – Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
1967 – John Haden Badley, English author and educator (b. 1865)
1967 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (b. 1901)
1967 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
1969 – Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (b. 1952)
1970 – William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
1971 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (b. 1921)
1973 – Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1976 – Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, American boxer and actor (b. 1903)
1978 – Dennis Viollet, English footballer (b. 1933)
1981 – George Geary, English cricketer (b. 1893)
1982 – Ayn Rand, Russian-American author (b. 1905)
1984 – Martin Niemöller, German theologian (b. 1892)
1984 – Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican actor (b. 1905)
1986 – Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist (b. 1887)
1988 – Mairéad Farrell, Irish Republican (b. 1957)
1988 – Daniel McCann, Irish Republican (b. 1957)
1988 – Seán Savage, Irish Republican (b. 1965)
1994 – Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and Minister for Culture of Greece (b. 1920)
1997 – Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
1997 – Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
1998 – Frank Barrett, American baseball player (b. 1913)
1999 – Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, Emir of Bahrain (b. 1933)
2000 – John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
2001 – Kim Walker, American actress (b. 1968)
2001 – Balla Moussa Keïta, Malian actor and comedian (b. 1934)
2002 – Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
2004 – Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)
2004 – Ray Fernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
2005 – Hans Bethe, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
2005 – Danny Gardella, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2005 – Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1943)
2005 – Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918)
2006 – Anne Braden, American civil rights activist (b. 1924)
2006 – King Floyd, American musician (b. 1945)
2006 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (b. 1960)
2006 – Dana Reeve, American actress and activist, widow of Christoper Reeve (b. 1961)
2007 – Jean Baudrillard, French theorist and photographer (b. 1929)
2007 – Allen Coage ("Bad News Brown"), American wrestler and judoka (b. 1943)
2007 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
2007 – Pierre Moinot, French novelist (b. 1920)
2008 – Peter Poreku Dery, Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale (b. 1918)
2009 – Francis Magalona, Filipino media artist and photographer. (b. 1964)
2009 – Susan Tsvangirai, wife of Morgan Tsvangirai (b. 1959)
2010 – Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
2010 – Mark Linkous, member of Sparklehorse (b. 1962)
2010 – Betty Millard, writer, artist, political activist, philanthropist, and a feminist (b.1911)