Births

• 1442 – King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)

• 1545 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)

• 1630 – Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)

• 1686 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)

• 1715 – Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)

• 1758 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)

• 1765 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (d. 1834)

• 1819 – Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)

• 1838 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)

• 1863 – Josiah Thomas, Australian politician (d. 1933)

• 1868 – Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)

• 1868 – Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)

• 1874 – Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)

• 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)

• 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)

• 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)

• 1900 – Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945)

• 1900 – Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)

• 1902 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)

• 1906 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)

• 1906 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)

• 1908 – Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (d. 1974)

• 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)

• 1911 – Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)

• 1912 – Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)

• 1912 – Kaneto Shindō, Japanese film director

• 1914 – Philip E. High, Science fiction author (d. 2006)

• 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)

• 1921 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (d. 2001)

• 1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)

• 1923 – William Guarnere, WWII Veteran

• 1924 – Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor

• 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia

• 1925 – T. John Lesinski, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan

• 1926 – Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer (d. 2009)

• 1926 – Harper Lee, American author

• 1928 – Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)

• 1928 – Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)

• 1930 – James Baker, American politician

• 1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)

• 1934 – Lois Duncan, American novelist

• 1937 – Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)

• 1938 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)

• 1941 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress

• 1941 – Nico Mastorakis, Greek filmmaker, director and radio producer

• 1941 – K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate

• 1941 – Lucien Aimar, French cyclist

• 1941 – Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet

• 1942 – Mike Brearley, English cricketer

• 1943 – Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor

• 1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director

• 1944 – Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician

• 1944 – Alice Waters, American chef

• 1946 – Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

• 1948 – Terry Pratchett, English author

• 1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress

• 1948 – Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer

• 1949 – Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)

• 1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)

• 1950 – Jay Leno, American comedian and television host

• 1950 – Willie Colón , Puerto Rican salsa musician

• 1952 – Mary McDonnell, American actress

• 1953 – Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)

• 1953 – Roberto Bolano, Chilean novelist and poet (d. 2003)

• 1954 – Ron Zook, American Football Coach

• 1955 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor

• 1955 – Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest

• 1956 – Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer

• 1957 – Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer

• 1958 – Hal Sutton, American golfer

• 1960 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)

• 1960 – Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist

• 1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)

• 1960 – Walter Zenga, Italian footballer

• 1961 – Anna Oxa, Italian singer

• 1961 – Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer

• 1963 – Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater

• 1964 – Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer

• 1964 – Barry Larkin, American baseball player

• 1965 – Steven Blum, American voice actor

• 1966 – John Daly, American golfer

• 1966 – Too Short, American rapper

• 1967 – Kari Wührer, American actress

• 1968 – Howard Donald, English musician

• 1968 – Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer

• 1968 – Scott Putesky, American musician (Marilyn Manson)

• 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1970 – Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer

• 1971 – Bridget Moynahan, American actress

• 1972 – Joseph Bruce, American musician

• 1973 – Jorge Garcia, American actor

• 1973 – Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer

• 1973 – Elisabeth Röhm, German/American actress

• 1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress

• 1974 – Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer

• 1974 – Vernon Kay, English disc jockey and television presenter

• 1977 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (d. 2006)

• 1978 – Lauren Laverne, English disc jockey and television presenter

• 1979 – Bahram Radan, Iranian actor

• 1980 – Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)

• 1981 – Jessica Alba, American actress

• 1982 – Nikki Grahame, English television personality

• 1982 – Chris Kaman, American basketball player

• 1983 – Roger Johnson, English footballer

• 1986 – Jennifer Palm Lundberg, Swedish beauty pageant contestant

• 1986 – George Nozuka, Canadian singer/songwriter

• 1986 – Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player

• 1998 – Jesse McCartney,American Singer

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Deaths

• 1192 – Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem

• 1489 – Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician

• 1533 – Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)

• 1695 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)

• 1710 – Thomas Betterton, English actor

• 1716 – Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)

• 1726 – Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)

• 1741 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)

• 1772 – Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)

• 1781 – Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)

• 1813 – Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)

• 1816 – Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)

• 1841 – Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)

• 1853 – Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)

• 1858 – Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)

• 1865 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)

• 1905 – Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)

• 1926 – Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)

• 1936 – King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)

• 1944 – Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)

• 1945 – Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1883)

• 1945 – Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912)

• 1945 – Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)

• 1946 – Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870)

• 1949 – Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (shot) (b. 1888)

• 1954 – Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)

• 1957 – Heinz "Pritzl" Bär, German fighter pilot (b. 1913)

• 1964 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)

• 1970 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)

• 1973 – Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)

• 1975 – Tom Donahue, American FM radio DJ (pioneer, freeform radio) (b. 1928)

• 1978 – Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)

• 1988 – B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)

• 1991 – Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (b. 1905)

• 1992 – Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)

• 1992 – Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)

• 1993 – Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)

• 1994 – Berton Roueché, American medical writer, The New Yorker magazine staff writer (b. 1910)

• 1998 – Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)

• 1998 – Jerome Bixby, American writer (b. 1923)

• 1999 – Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)

• 1999 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1921)

• 1999 – Alf Ramsey, English football manager (b. 1920)

• 2000 – Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)

• 2000 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (b. 1925)

• 2002 – Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)

• 2002 – Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)

• 2005 – Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1972)

• 2005 – Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)

• 2005 – Taraki Sivaram, Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka (b. 1959)

• 2007 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)

• 2007 – René Mailhot, Canadian journalist (b. 1942)

• 2007 – Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)

• 2007 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)

• 2009 – Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer (b. 1947)

• 2009 – Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (b. 1939)

• 2009 – Richard Pratt, Australian Businessman (b.1934)

Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire – first day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.

• Bahá'í Faith – Feast of Jamál (Beauty) – First day of the third month of the Bahá'í calendar.

• National Day of Mourning in Canada to commemorate workers killed, injured, or suffering illness from occupational hazards and accidents.

• National Heroes Day – Barbados.

• Workers Memorial Day – International Workers Memorial Day

• Feast day, in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, of

• *Saint Peter Chanel and of

• *Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

• but, in the General Roman Calendar as in 1954, of

• *Saint Paul of the Cross