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Events

1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor as Holy Roman Emperor.
1199 - Richard the Lionheart is fatally wounded by a crossbow bolt during a siege in France, he dies eleven days later. The marksman, a french nobility named Pierre Basile, is executed.
1484 - William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1552 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
1636 - Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands.
1808 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII of Spain.
1812 - An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
1839 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
1881 - Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople.
1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza - United Kingdom troops are halted after 17,000 Turkish people block their advance.
1934 - Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom.
1942 - World War II: In Poland, Auschwitz receives its first female prisoners.
1945 - World War II: In Iwo Jima, US forces declare Iwo Jima as "secure."
1953 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
1958 - The United States Army launches Explorer III.
1958 - The African Regroupment Party (PRA) is launched at a meeting in Paris.
1965 - A truck loses control down Moosic Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania, killing the driver. This accident later inspired the 1974 Harry Chapin song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas."
1967 - Ten thousand people gather for the Central Park Be-In.
1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1975 - The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
1976 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
1977 - Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson
1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC.
1982 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.
1995 - The Schengen Treaty goes into effect.
1996 - The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia.
1997 - Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate (cult) cult suicides.
1998 - Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2.
1999 - The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
1999 - A jury in Michigan finds Physician Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
2000 - Kingdome is Building implosion. First live event to be covered by ESPN Classic.
2000 - Presidential elections are held in Russia, and Vladimir Putin is elected President.
2005 - The Taiwan government calls on 1 million Taiwanese people to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk.
2006 - In Scotland, the prohibition of tobacco smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force.
2006 - The military junta ruling Myanmar officially named Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital.

Births

1516 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
1554 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
1698 in science - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech people theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765 in science)
1749 - William Blount, Founding Father (d. 1800)
1753 - Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)
1794 - Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
1859 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936)
1859 - Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
1868 - King Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
1874 - Robert Frost, American poet (d. 1963)
1875 - Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)
1875 - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (d. 1965)
1876 - William, Prince of Albania, sovereign Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
1879 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss-born bridge engineer (d. 1965)
1882 - Hermann Obrecht, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1940)
1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (d. 1969)
1886 - Hugh Mulzac, First African-America captain of the Merchant Marine (d. 1971)
1894 - Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
1896 - Rudolf Dassler, Founder of Puma AG (d. 1974)
1888 - Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, Italian communist leader (d. 1964)
1904 - Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
1904 - Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (d. 1986)
1904 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
1905 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
1906 - Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
1908 - Franz Stangl, commandant of Nazi concentration camps (d. 1971)
1911 - Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2003)
1911 - Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (d. 1983)
1911 - T. Hee, American animator (d. 1988)
1913 - Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
1914 - Toru Kumon, Japanese educator (d. 1995)
1914 - William Westmoreland, U.S. general (d. 2005)
1916 - Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1995)
1916 - Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986)
1916 - Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986)
1917 - Rufus Thomas, American musician (d. 2001)
1919 - Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
1922 - Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist
1923 - Gert Bastian, German politician (d. 1992)
1923 - Bob Elliott (comedian), American comedian
1925 - Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor
1925 - James Moody (saxophonist), American jazz musician, composer, and actor
1930 - Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1931 - Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director
1934 - Alan Arkin, American actor
1935 - Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestine National Authority
1937 - Wayne Embry, American basketball player
1938 - Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
1940 - James Caan, American actor
1940 - Nancy Pelosi, American politician
1941 - Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist
1941 - Yvon Marcoux, Quebec politician
1942 - Erica Jong, American author
1943 - Bob Woodward, American journalist
1944 - Diana Ross, American singer (Supremes)
1945 - Mikhail Voronin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2004)
1946 - Johnny Crawford, American actor
1946 - Alain Madelin, French politician
1947 - Dar Robinson, American stuntman (d. 1986)
1948 - Richard Tandy, British keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra)
1948 - Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith)
1949 - Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
1949 - Patrick Süskind, German writer
1950 - Teddy Pendergrass, American singer
1950 - Martin Short, Canadian comedian
1950 - Ernest Thomas, American actor
1951 - Carl Wieman, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics
1952 - Didier Pironi, French Formula One driver (d. 1987)
1953 - Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor
1953 - Lincoln Chafee, American Senator from Rhode Island
1953 - Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (d. 2002)
1954 - Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1954 - Curtis Sliwa, American founder of the Guardian Angels
1955 - Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Charly McClain, American singer
1957 - Leeza Gibbons, American television host
1958 - Chris Codiroli, American baseballer
1958 - Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (d. 1986)
1959 - Chris Hansen, American reporter and correspondent
1960 - Catherine Keener, American actress
1960 - Marcus Allen, American football player
1960 - Jennifer Grey, American actress
1961 - William Hague, British politician
1962 - John Stockton, American basketball player
1962 - Paul de Leeuw, Dutch television host
1963 - Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
1963 - Amparo Larrañaga, Spanish actress
1963 - Roch Voisine, Canadian singer and songwriter
1964 - Martin Donnelly, Irish racecar driver
1964 - Marc Pichette, Canadian television communication planner
1964 - Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1966 - Nick Wirth, British engineer
1966 - Michael Imperioli, actor on The Sopranos
1968 - Kenny Chesney, American singer
1968 - James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle)
1968 - Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
1971 - Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
1972 - Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
1973 - Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
1973 - Lawrence E. Page, American search engine pioneer
1973 - T.R. Knight, American actor
1974 - Mike Peca, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Amy Smart, American actress
1976 - Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
1976 - Ufuk Talay, Australian soccer player
1977 - Kevin Davies, English footballer
1977 - Sylvain Grenier, Canadian professional wrestler
1978 - Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
1979 - Hiromi Uehara, Japanese jazz pianist
1979 - Pierre Wome, Cameroonian footballer
1981 - Baruch Dego, Israeli football player
1981 - Josh Wilson (baseball player), American baseball player
1982 - Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
1983 - Michael Brendli, American professional wrestler
1984 - Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
1984 - Stéphanie Lapointe (singer), Canadian artist and singer, 2004 Star Académie winner
1984 - Sara Jean Underwood, American model
1985 - Keira Knightley, English actress
1985 - Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricket captain
1985 - Jonathan Groff, American stage actor
1987 - Yui (singer), Japanese musician
1991 - Brittney Wilson, Canadian actress

Deaths

304 - Saint Emmanuel, Christian martyr killed under Diocletian
922 - Al-Hallaj, Persian Sufi teacher and writer
1130 - King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)
1212 - King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
1517 - Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer
1535 - Georg Tannstetter, Austrian scientist (b. 1482)
1546 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat
1566 - Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1510)
1649 - John Winthrop, second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1679 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)
1697 - Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer (executed) (b. 1640)
1726 - Sir John Vanbrugh, English dramatist (b. 1664)
1772 - Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
1776 - Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)
1780 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713)
1793 - John Mudge, English physician (b. 1721)
1797 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (b. 1726)
1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)
1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
1858 - John Addison Thomas, American soldier (b. 1811)
1881 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat (b. 1800)
1892 - Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819)
1902 - Cecil Rhodes, English explorer (b. 1853)
1905 - Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (b. 1849)
1910 - Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
1910 - An Jung-geun, Japanese assassin of Ito Hirobumi (executed) (b. 1879)
1920 - William Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)
1923 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
1926 - Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
1929 - Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (b. 1859)
1933 - Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)
1940 - Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)
1942 - Jimmy Burke (baseball), American baseball player (b. 1874)
1945 - David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
1957 - Édouard Herriot, French politician (b. 1872)
1958 - Phil Mead, English cricketer (b. 1887)
1959 - Raymond Chandler, American-born novelist (b. 1888)
1969 - John Kennedy Toole, American author (b. 1937)
1973 - Noel Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899)
1973 - Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
1973 - Don Messer, Canadian fiddler (b. 1909)
1973 - George Sisler, American baseball player (b. 1893)
1976 - Josef Albers, German artist (b. 1888)
1976 - Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
1983 - Anthony Blunt, British art historian and spy (b. 1907)
1984 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (b. 1922)
1987 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
1990 - Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
1992 - Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (b. 1937)
1995 - Eazy-E, American rapper (b. 1963)
1996 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
1996 - David Packard, American engineer and businessman (b. 1912)
1997 - Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (b. 1931)
2000 - Alex Comfort, American author (b. 1920)
2002 - Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
2003 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator (b. 1927)
2004 - Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)
2004 - Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
2005 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
2005 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
2005 - Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2006 - Anil Biswas (politician), Indian politician (b. 1944)
2006 - Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
2006 - Nikki Sudden, British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)

Holidays and observances

Bangladeshi Independence Day - Bangladesh
Zoroastrianism - Prophet Zoroaster's Birthday.
Prince Kuhio Day in Hawaii

Liturgical feasts Catholic:

Saint Emmanuel (died 304)
Saint Ludger
Saint Larissa
Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Synaxis of St. Archangel Gabriel

External links

BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada

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