Today is July 10
Teddy Bear Picnic Day
Don’t Step on a Bee Day
Central Pacific Railway (Opened 1862)
The Real Thing Day (Coke Classic Debuted)
Welcome Wyoming (Named a State in 1890)
Food Holidays – July 10
National Pina Colada Day
Pina Colada Cupcakes
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The Real Thing Day (Coke Classic Debuted)
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Today in History – Interesting Highlights
Holidays and Observances
Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)
National Day of Commemoration (Ireland)
Christian Feast Day:
Amalberga of Maubeuge
Rufina and Secunda
Seven Brothers
Silence Day (Followers of Meher Baba)
Nikola Tesla Day
Beatles Day (Liverpool and Hamburg)
In the News
48 BC – Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
138 – Emperor Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
645 – Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d’état at the imperial palace.
988 – The Norse King Glun Iarainn recognises Máel Sechnaill II, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.
1212 – The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king’s Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
1499 – The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon, after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
1519 – Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhengde a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
1584 – William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
1645 – English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
1778 – American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1789 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
1806 – The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
1821 – The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
1832 – The U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
1850 – Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term.
1877 – The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
1882 – War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
1890 – Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
1913 – Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F (57 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
1921 – Belfast’s Bloody Sunday: 16 people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1925 – Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
1938 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.
1940 – World War II: the Vichy government is established in France.
1940 – World War II: Battle of Britain – The German Luftwaffe begins attacking British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though).
1941 – Jedwabne Pogrom: the massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.
1942 – Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
1942 – World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the “Akutan Zero”) that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft’s flight characteristics.
1946 – Hungarian hyperinflation sets a record with inflation of 348.46 percent per day, or prices doubling every eleven hours.
1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
1951 – Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
1962 – Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
1966 – The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people come to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary.
1967 – Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1967 – New Zealand adopts decimal currency
1971 – Hassan II of Morocco survives an attempted coup d’état, which lasts until June 11.
1973 – The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
1973 – National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.
1973 – John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the oil magnate J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
1976 – The Seveso disaster occurs in Italy.
1976 – One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
1978 – President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d’état.
1980 – Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.
1985 – The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
1991 – The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
1991 – Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
1992 – In Miami, Florida, the former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
1997 – In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the “out of Africa theory” of human evolution placing an “African Eve” at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
1997 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
1998 – Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
2000 – EADS, the world’s second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
2002 – At a Sotheby’s auction, Peter Paul Rubens’ painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
2005 – Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
2007 – Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
2008 – Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
Movies/Television
1949 - 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Ohio
1949 - WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 - “Your Hit Parade” premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV
1978 - World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
1990 - Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show
Movies Released
1936 – The Devil-Doll
1978 – Day of the Animals 1978 filmed in 1977
1985 - Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
1992 – Cool World 1992
1992 - Universal Soldier
1999 – People From Space
1981 – Escape From New York
Music Released
1963: Martha and the Vandellas, “Heatwave”
1965: Wilson Pickett, “In The Midnight Hour”
1965: Sonny and Cher, “I Got You Babe”
1971: Three Dog Night, “Liar”
1972: Harry Nilsson, Son of Schmilsson
Music
1778 – Composer Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm was born.
1835 – Composer Henryk Wieniawski was born.
1900 – ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone machine.
1936 – Billie Holiday recorded “Billie’s Blues.”
1965 – Wilson Pickett’s “In The Midnight Hour” was released.
1967 – Bobbie Gentry recorded “Ode to Billie Joe.”
1968 – Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break up following a farewell tour.
1971 – Three Dog Night’s “Liar” was released.
1975 – The “Gladys Knight & the Pips” summer series premiered on NBC-TV.
1975 – Cher filed for divorce from Greg Allman, just ten days after the couple had married.
1979 – Chuck Berry was sentenced to four months in prison for income tax evasion.
1985 – The Prince song “Poplife” was released.
1986 – Jerry Garcia lapsed into a diabetic coma. He was released from the hospital a couple of weeks later.
1993 – Bob Segar and Juanita Dorricott were married.
Bob Seger apparel and gear
1997 – Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) and Lucho Brieva were married.
1998 – Sheena Easton filed for divorce from her husband of 11 months, Timothy Delarm.
2000 – Diana Ross announced that the “Diana Ross and the Supremes ‘Return to Love’ Tour” had been cancelled by its producers.
2000 – The David Orgell jewelry store in Beverly Hills, CA, filed a $1.45 million lawsuit against Michael Jackson. The suit was over a diamond-encrusted wristwatch that was returned to the store damaged.
Today in Michael Jackson History – Michael Jackson Apparel – Michael Jackson MP3s, DVDs and CDs
2000 – Stephen Hutton filed suit against Kid Rock for “breach of contract and unjust enrichment.” Hutton had been fired several weeks before after a dispute over compensation.
2002 – Dolly Parton launched a 13-city tour. It was her first tour in decades.
2002 – Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli announced that they had secretly separated 10 months before. There was no indication that the two planned to get formally divorced.
Van Halen apparel and gear
2010 – Queen Elizabeth II addressed the United Nations for the first time since 1957. It was her first visit to New York in more than 30 years.
Sports
1914 - Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles
1922 - 42nd Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Gerald Patterson beats R Lycett (6-3 6-4 6-2)
1929 - In game between Pirates & Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning
1956 - 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash DC
1964 - Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a gam
1968 - US Major League baseball announces it will split into 2 divisions for 1969
2007 - 78th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-4 at AT&T Park, San Francisco
Famous Birthdays
1419 – Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)
1452 – James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
1509 – John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (d. 1564)
1517 – Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (d. 1571)
1592 – Pierre d’Hozier, French genealogist (d. 1660)
1614 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish politician (d. 1686)
1625 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
1638 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
1666 – John Ernest Grabe, German theologian (d. 1711)
1682 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716)
1682 – Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German missionary (d. 1719)
1723 – William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (d. 1780)
1736 – Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1807)
1792 – George M. Dallas, American politician, 11th Vice President of the United States (d. 1864)
1802 – Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (d. 1871)
1804 – Emma Smith, American religious leader (d. 1879)
1809 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1889)
1823 – Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1908)
1830 – Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903)
1832 – Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (d. 1897)
1835 – Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1880)
1839 – Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (d. 1913)
1856 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (d. 1943)
1864 – Austin Chapman, Australian politician (d. 1926)
1867 – Prince Maximilian of Baden (d. 1929)
1871 – Marcel Proust, French author and critic (d. 1922)
1874 – Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (d. 1971)
1875 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (d. 1955)
1883 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948)
1883 – Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian playwright (d. 1952)
1888 – Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978)
1888 – Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (d. 1960)
1894 – Jimmy McHugh, American composer (d. 1969)
1895 – Carl Orff, German composer (d. 1982)
1896 – Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (d. 1981)
1897 – Jack Diamond, American gangster (d. 1931)
1897 – Karl Plagge, German army officer and engineer (d. 1957)
1898 – Renée Björling, Swedish actress (d. 1975)
1899 – John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1936)
1899 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978)
1900 – Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (d. 1993)
1900 – Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979)
1902 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1902 – Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer (d. 1989)
1903 – Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (d. 1989)
1903 – John Wyndham, English author (d. 1969)
1904 – Lili Damita, French-American actress (d. 1994)
1905 – Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (d. 2002)
1905 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
1905 – Wolfram Sievers, German physician (d. 1948)
1907 – Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist (d. 1941)
1909 – Donald Sinclair, English businessman (d. 1981)
1913 – Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1985)
1913 – Elizabeth Inglis, British actress (d. 2007)
1914 – Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1992)
1916 – Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (d. 1972)
1917 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
1917 – Don Herbert, American television host and producer (d. 2007)
1917 – Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998)
1919 – Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (d. 2009)
1920 – David Brinkley, American journalist (d. 2003)
1920 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1921 – Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (d. 2001)
1921 – Jeff Donnell, American actress (d. 1988)
1921 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer
1921 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
1922 – Jean Kerr, American author (d. 2003)
1923 – John Bradley, American soldier (d. 1994)
1923 – Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
1923 – Earl Hamner, Jr., American screenwriter and producer
1923 – G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author (d. 1987)
1924 – Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach
1924 – Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998)
1926 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)
1927 – Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician
1927 – David Dinkins, American politician, 106th Mayor of New York City
1928 – Bernard Buffet, French painter (d. 1999)
1928 – Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (d. 2003)
1928 – Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli scholar (d. 2010)
1929 – Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician
1929 – Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (d. 2004)
1930 – Bruce Boa, Canadian-English actor (d. 2004)
1930 – Susan Cummings, German-American actress.
1931 – Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1931 – Jerry Herman, American composer
1931 – Julian May, American author
1931 – Alice Munro, Canadian author
1932 – Carlo Maria Abate, Italian race car driver
1933 – Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (d. 1989)
1934 – Jerry Nelson, American “Muppeteer” for Jim Henson’s Muppets and voice actor (d. 2012)
1935 – Tura Satana, American actress and dancer (d. 2011)
1936 – Selwyn Baptiste, Trinidadian educator (d. 2012)
1936 – Tunne Kelam, Estonian politician
1938 – Paul Andreu, French architect, designed the Osaka Maritime Museum and the National Grand Theater of China
1938 – Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1972)
1939 – Phil Kelly, Irish footballer (d. 2012)
1939 – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist, and educator (d. 1999)
1940 – Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician
1940 – Helen Donath, American soprano
1940 – Tom Farmer, Scottish businessman
1940 – Brian Priestley, English pianist and composer
1941 – Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (d. 2012)
1941 – David G. Hartwell, American anthologist and author
1941 – Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1941 – Robert Pine, American actor
1942 – Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf) (d. 2010)
1942 – Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut
1942 – Sixto Rodriguez, Mexican American folk musician, singer-songwriter
1943 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (d. 1993)
1944 – K. S. Balachandran, Sri Lankan-Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – Ron Glass, American actor
1945 – Hal McRae American baseball player and manager
1945 – Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist
1945 – John Motson, English sportscaster
1945 – Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – Virginia Wade, English tennis player
1946 – Sue Lyon, American actress
1947 – Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (d. 2013)
1948 – Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1949 – Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author
1949 – Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
1949 – Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band)
1949 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor (d. 2012)
1949 – John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (d. 2004)
1950 – Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician
1951 – Phyllis Smith, American actress
1951 – Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Max Webster)
1952 – Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast
1952 – Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
1953 – Rik Emmett, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Triumph and Strung-Out Troubadours)
1953 – Zoogz Rift, American guitarist (d. 2011)
1954 – Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach
1954 – Andre Dawson, American baseball player
1954 – Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Pet Shop Boys and Electronic)
1956 – Tom McClintock, American politician
1957 – Cindy Sheehan, American activist
1958 – Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter (Sparrow Quartet, New Grass Revival, Strength in Numbers, and Trio!)
1958 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director
1959 – Ellen Kuras, American cinematographer
1959 – Sandy West, American musician and drummer (The Runaways) (d. 2006)
1960 – Jeff Bergman, American voice actor
1960 – Seth Godin, American author
1961 – Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
1963 – Richard Waites, English actor
1964 – Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player
1964 – Urban Meyer, American football player and coach
1964 – Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
1965 – Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
1965 – Alec Mapa, American actor
1965 – Scott McCarron, American golfer
1965 – Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Gina Bellman, New Zealand-English actress
1966 – Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (d. 2006)
1966 – Christian Stangl, Austrian mountaineer
1967 – Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
1967 – Silvetty Montilla, Brazilian drag queen performer
1967 – John Yoo, South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator
1968 – Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian runner
1968 – Jonathan Gilbert, American actor
1969 – Jamie Glover, English actor
1969 – Gale Harold, American actor
1969 – Alexandra Hedison, American actress
1969 – Jonas Kaufmann, German tenor
1969 – Vicky Morales, Filipino journalist
1970 – Adam Hills, Australian comedian and actor
1970 – Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter (Rascal Flatts)
1970 – Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Take That)
1970 – John Simm, English actor
1970 – Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
1971 – Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer
1972 – Urve Palo, Estonian politician
1972 – Peter Serafinowicz, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress
1972 – Tilo Wolff, German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Lacrimosa)
1973 – Annie Mumolo, American actress, screenwriter, and producer
1974 – Imelda May, Irish singer-songwriter
1975 – Andrew Firestone, American businessman
1975 – Brendan Gaughan, American race car driver
1975 – Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1975 – Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor
1975 – Richard Westbrook, English race car driver
1976 – Edmílson, Brazilian footballer
1976 – Elijah Blue Allman, American singer and guitarist (Deadsy)
1976 – Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
1976 – Adrian Grenier, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
1976 – Brendon Lade, Australian footballer and coach
1976 – Lars Ricken, German footballer
1977 – Schapelle Corby, Australian-Indonesian drug smuggler
1977 – Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
1977 – Jesse Lacey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brand New and Taking Back Sunday)
1977 – Gwendoline Yeo, Singaporean-American actress
1979 – Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
1980 – Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor and singer
1980 – Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Elfonía and Stream of Passion)
1980 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
1980 – James Rolfe, American actor, director, and producer
1980 – Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
1981 – Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
1982 – Alex Arrowsmith, American guitarist and producer (The Shaky Hands)
1982 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
1983 – Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer
1983 – Matthew Egan, Australian footballer
1983 – Joelson José Inácio, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Kim Heechul, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior and Super Junior-T)
1984 – María Julia Mantilla, Peruvian model, Miss World 2004
1984 – Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer
1984 – Manjari Phadnis, Indian Actress
1985 – B. J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player
1985 – Mario Gómez, German footballer
1985 – Park Chu-Young, South Korean footballer
1986 – Simenona Martinez, American actress
1987 – Brian Belo, English-Nigerian actor
1988 – Antonio Brown, American football player
1988 – Heather Hemmens, American actress
1991 – María Chacón, Mexican actress and singer (Play)
1991 – Atsuko Maeda, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)
1992 – Larissa Marolt, Austrian model
1993 – Carlon Jeffery, American actor
1993 – Perrie Edwards, English singer (Little Mix)
1998 – Haley Pullos, American actress
Deaths
138 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (b. 76)
645 – Soga no Iruka, Japanese politician
649 – Emperor Taizong of Tang (b. 598)
1103 – Eric I of Denmark (b. 1060)
1290 – Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)
1460 – Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander (b. 1402)
1461 – Stephen Thomas of Bosnia (b.1412)
1480 – René of Anjou (b. 1410)
1559 – Henry II of France (b. 1519)
1584 – William the Silent, French prince (b. 1533)
1590 – Charles II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1540)
1594 – Paolo Bellasio, Italian organist and composer (b. 1554)
1603 – Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop (b. 1538)
1621 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (b. 1571)
1653 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
1680 – Louis Moréri, French priest (b. 1643)
1683 – François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
1686 – John Fell, English bishop and academic (b. 1625)
1776 – Richard Peters, English clergyman (b. 1704)
1794 – Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (d. 1754)
1806 – George Stubbs, English painter (b. 1724)
1848 – Karoline Jagemann, German actress and singer (b. 1777)
1851 – Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (b. 1787)
1863 – Clement Clarke Moore, American author and educator (b. 1779)
1881 – Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and educator (b. 1812)
1884 – Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)
1908 – Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (b. 1839)
1920 – John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sri Lankan-English admiral (b. 1841)
1941 – Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers) (b. 1890)
1950 – Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
1952 – Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (b. 1893)
1954 – Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
1956 – Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1962 – Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
1963 – Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)
1970 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
1971 – Laurent Dauthuille, French boxer (b. 1924)
1971 – George Kenner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1888)
1972 – Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)
1972 – Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (b. 1882)
1978 – Joe Davis, English snooker player (b. 1901)
1978 – John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (b. 1906)
1979 – Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (b. 1894)
1980 – Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1981 – Ken McElroy, American murder victim (b. 1936)
1985 – Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer (b. 1950)
1986 – Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1940)
1987 – John Hammond, American record producer, critic, and activist (b. 1910)
1989 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor and singer (b. 1908)
1993 – Ruth Krauss, American author (b. 1901)
1993 – Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
1996 – Eno Raud, Estonian children’s writer (b. 1928)
2000 – Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (b. 1909)
2000 – Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
2002 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1926)
2002 – Evangelos Florakis, Greek general (b. 1943)
2002 – Laurence Janifer, American author (b. 1933)
2003 – Winston Graham, English author (b. 1908)
2003 – Bishnu Maden, Nepalese politician (b. 1942)
2003 – Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1902)
2004 – Pati Behrs, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1922)
2005 – A. J. Quinnell, English author (b. 1940)
2005 – Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
2005 – Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio host (b. 1955)
2006 – Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel leader (b. 1965)
2007 – Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Pakistani cleric (b. 1951)
2007 – Doug Marlette, American cartoonist and author (b. 1949)
2007 – Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (b. 1944)
2008 – Hiroaki Aoki, Japanese-American wrestler and businessman, founded Benihana (b. 1938)
2008 – Mike Souchak, American golfer (b. 1927)
2011 – Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano (b. 1921)
2011 – Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1924)
2012 – Dolphy, Filipino actor (b. 1928)
2012 – Lol Coxhill, English saxophonist (b. 1932)
2012 – Maria Cole, American singer (b. 1922)
2012 – Cheryll Heinze, American politician (b. 1946)
2012 – Peter Kyros, American politician (b. 1925)
2012 – Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant (b. 1919)
2012 – Berthe Meijer, German-Dutch holocaust survivor and author (b. 1938)
2012 – Viktor Suslin, Russian composer (b. 1942)
2013 – Colin Bennetts, English bishop (b. 1940)
2013 – Philip Caldwell, American businessman (b. 1920)
2013 – Józef Gara, Polish linguist (b. 1929)
2013 – Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (b. 1958)
2013 – Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1922)
2013 – Ok-Hee Ku, South Korean golfer (b. 1956)
2013 – Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author (b. 1922)
2013 – Ibrahim Youssef, Egyptian footballer (b. 1959)
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