Mary Queen of Scots beheaded
After 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England for her complicity in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1542, while just six days old, Mary ascended to the Scottish throne upon the death of her father, King James V. Her mother sent her to be raised in the French court, and in 1558 she married the French dauphin, who became King Francis II of France in 1559 but died the following year. After Francis' death, Mary returned to Scotland to assume her designated role as the country's monarch.
In 1565, she married her English cousin Lord Darnley in order to reinforce her claim of succession to the English throne after Elizabeth's death. In 1567, Darnley was mysteriously killed in an explosion at Kirk o' Field, and Mary's lover, the Earl of Bothwell, was the key suspect. Although Bothwell was acquitted of the charge, his marriage to Mary in the same year enraged the nobility. Mary brought an army against the nobles, but was defeated and imprisoned at Lochleven, Scotland, and forced to abdicate in favor of her son by Darnley, James.
In 1568, Mary escaped from captivity and raised a substantial army but was defeated and fled to England. Queen Elizabeth initially welcomed Mary but was soon forced to put her friend under house arrest after Mary became the focus of various English Catholic and Spanish plots to overthrow Elizabeth. Nineteen years later, in 1586, a major plot to murder Elizabeth was reported, and Mary was brought to trial. She was convicted for complicity and sentenced to death.
On February 8, 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason. Her son, King James VI of Scotland, calmly accepted his mother's execution, and upon Queen Elizabeth's death in 1603 he became king of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Source:www.history.com
| 7-February-1273 | Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away. |
| 7-February-1687 | Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. |
| 7-February-1795 | Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. |
| 7-February-1856 | Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule. |
| 7-February-1864 | P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born. |
| 7-February-1908 | Manmanath Gupta was born. |
| 7-February-1922 | Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. |
| 7-February-1931 | Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born. |
| 7-February-1931 | Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born. |
| 7-February-1954 | The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra se Shakti"" was |
| 7-February-1975 | Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away. |
| 7-February-1981 | 61 die in circus fire in Bangalore. |
| 7-February-1983 | Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta . |
| 7-February-1985 | Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away. |
| 7-February-1990 | Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997. |
| 7-February-1992 | Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy. |
| 7-February-1993 | Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time. |
| 7-February-1994 | C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 7-February-1995 | Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities. |
| 7-February-1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
| 7-February-1999 | Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi. |
| 7-February-2000 | Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP. |
The Russo-Japanese War begins
Following the Russian rejection of a Japanese plan to divide Manchuria and Korea into spheres of influence, Japan launches a surprise naval attack against Port Arthur, a Russian naval base in China. The Russian fleet was decimated.
During the subsequent Russo-Japanese War, Japan won a series of decisive victories over the Russians, who underestimated the military potential of its non-Western opponent. In January 1905, the strategic naval base of Port Arthur fell to Japanese naval forces under Admiral Heihachiro Togo; in March, Russian troops were defeated at Shenyang, China, by Japanese Field Marshal Iwao Oyama; and in May, the Russian Baltic fleet under Admiral Zinovi Rozhdestvenski was destroyed by Togo near the Tsushima Islands.
These three major defeats convinced Russia that further resistance against Japan's imperial designs for East Asia was hopeless, and in August 1905 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt mediated a peace treaty at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (He was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this achievement.) Japan emerged from the conflict as the first modern non-Western world power and set its sights on greater imperial expansion. However, for Russia, its military's disastrous performance in the war was one of the immediate causes of the Russian Revolution of 1905.
Source:www.history.com
First Human Satellite
While in orbit 170 miles above Earth, Navy Captain Bruce McCandless becomes the first human being to fly untethered in space when he exits the U.S. space shuttle Challengerand maneuvers freely, using a bulky white rocket pack of his own design. McCandless orbited Earth in tangent with the shuttle at speeds greater than 17,500 miles per hour and flew up to 320 feet away from the Challenger. After an hour and a half testing and flying the jet-powered backpack and admiring Earth, McCandless safely reentered the shuttle.
Later that day, Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stewart tried out the rocket pack, which was a device regarded as an important step toward future operations to repair and service orbiting satellites and to assemble and maintain large space stations. It was the fourth orbital mission of the space shuttle Challenger.
Source:www.history.com
Soviet communist party gives up monopoly on political power Soviet
On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands atNew York's Kennedy Airport--and "Beatlemania" arrives. It was the first visit to the United States by the Beatles, a British rock-and-roll quartet that had just scored its first No. 1 U.S. hit six days before with "I Want to Hold Your Hand." At Kennedy, the "Fab Four"--dressed in mod suits and sporting their trademark pudding bowl haircuts--were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans who caused a near riot when the boys stepped off their plane and onto American soil.
Two days later, Paul McCartney, age 21, Ringo Starr, 23, John Lennon, 23, and George Harrison, 20, made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, a popular television variety show. Although it was difficult to hear the performance over the screams of teenage girls in the studio audience, an estimated 73 million U.S. television viewers, or about 40 percent of the U.S. population, tuned in to watch. Sullivan immediately booked the Beatles for two more appearances that month. The group made their first public concert appearance in the United States on February 11 at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C., and 20,000 fans attended. The next day, they gave two back-to-back performances at New York's Carnegie Hall, and police were forced to close off the streets around the venerable music hall because of fan hysteria. On February 22, the Beatles returned to England.
The Beatles' first American tour left a major imprint in the nation's cultural memory. With American youth poised to break away from the culturally rigid landscape of the 1950s, the Beatles, with their exuberant music and good-natured rebellion, were the perfect catalyst for the shift. Their singles and albums sold millions of records, and at one point in April 1964 all five best-selling U.S. singles were Beatles songs. By the time the Beatles first feature-film, A Hard Day's Night, was released in August, Beatlemania was epidemic the world over. Later that month, the four boys from Liverpool returned to the United States for their second tour and played to sold-out arenas across the country.
Later, the Beatles gave up touring to concentrate on their innovative studio recordings, such as 1967's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, a psychedelic concept album that is regarded as a masterpiece of popular music. The Beatles' music remained relevant to youth throughout the great cultural shifts of the 1960s, and critics of all ages acknowledged the songwriting genius of the Lennon-McCartney team. In 1970, the Beatles disbanded, leaving a legacy of 18 albums and 30 Top 10 U.S. singles.
During the next decade, all four Beatles pursued solo careers, with varying success. Lennon, the most outspoken and controversial Beatle, was shot to death by a deranged fan outside his New York apartment building in 1980. McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for his contribution to British culture. In November 2001, George Harrison succumbed to cancer.
Famous Birthday's on Feb, 07th
1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
1556 - Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren
1589 - Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
1612 - Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)
1655 - Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
1688 - Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange
1693 - Anna Ivanova Romanova, Empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]
1700 - Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)
1707 - Carl August Thielo, composer
1710 - William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music
Princess of Orange Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel(1688)1739 - Joseph Pouteau, composer
1740 - Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP
1753 - Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)
1758 - Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer
1801 - John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist
1804 - John Deere, Rutland, Vermont, pioneer American blacksmith and manufacturer of agricultural equipment who founded Deere & Company
1809 - Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden)
1812 - Charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)
1814 - Gardner Quincy Colton, Georgia, Vermont, USA, American lecturer who was the first to use nitrous oxide as an anesthetic in dentistry
Novelist Charles Dickens(1812)1817 - Leroy Pope Walker, US lawyer/Confederate minister of War (1861)
1822 - Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer
1823 - Richard Genee, composer
1824 - William Higgins, discoverer (nature of spiral nebulae)
1825 - Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer
1833 - Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)
1834 - Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table)
1837 - James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary
1839 - Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)
1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
1847 - Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor
1862 - Bernard Maybeck, US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF)
1863 - Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer
1864 - Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet)
1864 - Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer
1866 - Raf[ael] Verhulst, [Koen Ravestein], Flemish writer (Jesus of Nazarus)
1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisc, kid book author (Little House on Prarie)
1869 - Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura)
1870 - Alfred Adler, Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)
1871 - Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer
1872 - Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister
1875 - Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer
1875 - Walter Courvoisier, composer
1877 - Feliks Nowowiejski, composer
1877 - Godfrey H Hardy, England, number theorist
1877 - Julius Curtius, German minister of Foreign affairs (1929-..)
1878 - Ossip Gabrilovich, composer
1883 - Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist
1885 - Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930)
1887 - Eubie Blake, Baltimore Maryland, US ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You) (d. 1983)
1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
1891 - Joachim Stutschewsky, composer
1891 - Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
1896 - Harold Hoffman, South Amboy NJ, (Gov-NJ)
1896 - Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Jorgen Stein)
1897 - Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer
1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
1899 - Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member
1901 - Bob den Doolaard, [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer (Grape Pickers)
1902 - Ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920)
1904 - Milton Krims, writer (Speed)
1905 - Olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist
1905 - Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (L'Humanité, La Conspiration)
1905 - Ulf Svante von Euler, Sweden, physiologist (Nobel 1970)
1906 - Henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo
1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
1907 - Arthur George Bottomley, politician
1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
1909 - Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37) [OS]
1909 - Hélder Câmara, Roman catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
1910 - Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)
1912 - Derek Farr, actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large), born in London, England
1912 - Jane Ross, Spokane Wash, actress (Audrey-Phyllis, Coed Fever)
1912 - Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist {d. 1981}
1914 - David Ignatow, US poet (Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead)
1914 - Jacques Mornard, [Ramon Mercader], murderer (Trotsky)
1914 - Ralph Whitlock, writer
1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
1917 - Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), born in London, England
1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
1919 - Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
1920 - Eddie Bracken, Astoria actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing), born in NYC, New York
1920 - Oscar Brand, Winnipeg Canada, folk vocalist (Draw Me a Laugh)
1921 - Athol Rowan, cricketer (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner)
1921 - Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk
1922 - Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress (Carry on films) (d. 1980)
1923 - George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader (Covent Garden)
1923 - Keefe Brasselle, Elyria Ohio, actor (Be Our Guest)
1923 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
1924 - Cathy Long, (Rep-D-LA, 1985-86)
1924 - Dora Bryan, [Broadhurst], English actress (Taste of Honey), born in Southport England, (d. 2014)
1924 - Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist
1925 - Arthur Berry, artist
1925 - H Eisenreich, writer
1925 - Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost)
1925 - Romolo Valli, actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia)
1926 - Konstantin Petrovich Feokistov, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod I)
1927 - John Buller, composer
1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
1928 - Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player
1932 - Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
1932 - Gay Talese, author (Honor Thy Father)
1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
1934 - Earl King [Solomon Johnson], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Come On), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1934 - King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew)
1934 - Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid (CDA)
1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
1935 - Herb Kohl, (Sen-D Wisconsin)
1938 - Juan Pizarro, baseball player
1938 - Robert Frank Baksa, composer
1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1940 - Gary Bond, England, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days)
1941 - Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist
1942 - Ton [ACHM] de Kok, Dutch MP (CDA)
1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
1944 - Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect (CDA)
1944 - Berry [AH] Esselink, Dutch MP (CDA)
1944 - Michael A Andrews, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
1945 - Gerald Davies, British rugby player
1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, actor (The Boxer)
1945 - Ian Jack, Scottish journalist
1946 - Hector Babenco, director (Ironweed, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
1946 - Lawrence Ascott, rocker (Isotope)
1946 - Sammy Johns, rocker (Politics, Religion & Her), (d. 2013)
1947 - Joe Shea, American journalist
1948 - Jimmy Greenspoon, LA Cal, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1949 - Alan Lancaster, bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level)
1949 - Sunil Wettimuny, cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups)
1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1950 - Burt Hooton, baseball player
1950 - Marilyn Cochran, Burlington Vt, skier (Olympics-1972)
1951 - Benny Ayala, baseball player
1951 - Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
1953 - Robert Brazile, NFLer
1953 - Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player, born in Santa Monica, California, (d. 1998)
1954 - Miguel Ferrer, actor (Robocop), born in Santa Monica, California
1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
1954 - Brian Morton, Scottish writer
1955 - Charlie Puleo, baseball player
1955 - Rolf Benirschke, NFL place kicker/TV host (Wheel of Fortune), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1955 - Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian
1956 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007)
1957 - Carney Lansford, baseball player
1957 - Damaso Garcia, baseball player
1957 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
1958 - Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita)
1958 - Michele Drake, La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979)
1958 - Matt Ridley, British science writer
1959 - Brian Travers, rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine)
1959 - Sammy Lee, British soccer player
1960 - James Spader, actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin), born in NYC, New York
1960 - Steve Bronski, rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
Country Music Singer and Songwriter Garth Brooks(1962)1962 - Garth Brooks, Tulsa Oklahoma, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live)
1962 - Alan Sippy, cricketer (dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's)
1962 - David Bryan, rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
1963 - Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St Paul Minn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1963 - Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan & Holland)
1964 - Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, Riverside California, swimmer (Olympic-silver-84)
1964 - Dona L Speir, Norwalk California, playmate (March, 1984)
1964 - Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star
1965 - Jason Gedrick, actor (Heavenly Kid, Class of '96), born in Chicago, Illinois
1965 - Kristal Parker-Gregory, Columbus OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th)
1965 - Reginald Thal, soccer player (MVV)
1966 - Chris Rock, comedian (SNL, CB4, Boomerang)
1967 - Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, Dayton Ohio, long jumper (Oly-br-92, 96)
1967 - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
1967 - Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
1968 - Ashely Allen, San Antonio TX, playmate (Aug, 1992)
1968 - Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria)
1968 - Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
1968 - Peter Bondra, Lutsk Ukr, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
1969 - Bucky Richardson, US football quarterback (Houston Oilers)
1969 - Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player (Oly-bronze-96)
1970 - Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Denis Chasse, Montreal, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1970 - Stanley Roberts, NBA center (LA Clippers, Minn Timberwolves)
1971 - Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Marvin Graves, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
1972 - Aftab Habib, cricketer (Leicestershire righty batsman 1996)
1972 - John Slaney, St John's, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1972 - Essence Atkins, American actress
1972 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
1972 - Robyn Lively, American actress
1973 - Billy Baumhoff, St Louis MO, soccer midfielder/forward (Oly-gold-96)
1973 - Juwan Howard, NBA forward/center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1973 - Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore)
1973 - Leanne Schuster, Mesa Az, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1995)
1973 - Sonia Paquette, St-Janvier Quebec, hurdler (Olympics-96)
1973 - Tim Bowens, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Ryan Phillips, linebacker (NY Giants)
Basketball Player Steve Nash(1974)1974 - Steve Nash, Johannesburg South Africa, Canadian NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, LA Lakers)
1974 - Emma McLaughlin, American novelist
1975 - Alexandre Daigle, Montreal, NHL center (Ottawa Senators)
1975 - Marika Lehtimaki, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
1976 - Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir, Miss Universe-Iceland (1996)
1976 - Terry Battle, running back (Detroit Lions)
1976 - Sreto Ristić, German footballer
1977 - Christine Scheels, New Berlin Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1977 - Hillary Wolf, extra lightweight judoka (Olympics-96), born in Chicago, Illinois
1977 - Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman competitor
Actor Ashton Kutcher (1978)1978 - Ashton Kutcher, Cedar Rapids Iowa, American actor (That 70s Show)
1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
1978 - Endy Chávez, baseball player
1978 - David Aebischer, National Hockey League goaltender
1979 - Cerina Vincent, Miss Nevada Teen USA (1996)
1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1985 - Tina Majorino, actress, (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman)
1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress
1986 - Deanna Casaluce, Canadian actress
1986 - Michael Orozco, American footballer
1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
1988 - Matthew Stafford, American college football player
1989 - Louisa Lytton - British actress
1990 - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 - Rachel Sibner, American actress
1992 - Miguel Andres Matienzo Guerra, Mexican athlete
1992 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
1993 - David Dorfman, American actor
1993 - Philip Wiegratz, German actor
1996 - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
1556 - Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren
1589 - Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
1612 - Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)
1655 - Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
1688 - Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange
1693 - Anna Ivanova Romanova, Empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]
1700 - Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)
1707 - Carl August Thielo, composer
1710 - William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music
Princess of Orange Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel(1688)1739 - Joseph Pouteau, composer1740 - Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP
1753 - Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)
1758 - Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer
1801 - John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist
1804 - John Deere, Rutland, Vermont, pioneer American blacksmith and manufacturer of agricultural equipment who founded Deere & Company
1809 - Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden)
1812 - Charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)
1814 - Gardner Quincy Colton, Georgia, Vermont, USA, American lecturer who was the first to use nitrous oxide as an anesthetic in dentistry
Novelist Charles Dickens(1812)1817 - Leroy Pope Walker, US lawyer/Confederate minister of War (1861)1822 - Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer
1823 - Richard Genee, composer
1824 - William Higgins, discoverer (nature of spiral nebulae)
1825 - Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer
1833 - Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)
1834 - Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table)
1837 - James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary
1839 - Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)
1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
1847 - Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor
1862 - Bernard Maybeck, US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF)
1863 - Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer
1864 - Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet)
1864 - Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer
1866 - Raf[ael] Verhulst, [Koen Ravestein], Flemish writer (Jesus of Nazarus)
1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisc, kid book author (Little House on Prarie)
1869 - Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura)
1870 - Alfred Adler, Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)
1871 - Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer
1872 - Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister
1875 - Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer
1875 - Walter Courvoisier, composer
1877 - Feliks Nowowiejski, composer
1877 - Godfrey H Hardy, England, number theorist
1877 - Julius Curtius, German minister of Foreign affairs (1929-..)
1878 - Ossip Gabrilovich, composer
1883 - Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist
1885 - Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930)
1887 - Eubie Blake, Baltimore Maryland, US ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You) (d. 1983)
1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
1891 - Joachim Stutschewsky, composer
1891 - Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
1896 - Harold Hoffman, South Amboy NJ, (Gov-NJ)
1896 - Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Jorgen Stein)
1897 - Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer
1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
1899 - Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member
1901 - Bob den Doolaard, [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer (Grape Pickers)
1902 - Ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920)
1904 - Milton Krims, writer (Speed)
1905 - Olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist
1905 - Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (L'Humanité, La Conspiration)
1905 - Ulf Svante von Euler, Sweden, physiologist (Nobel 1970)
1906 - Henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo
1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
1907 - Arthur George Bottomley, politician
1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
1909 - Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37) [OS]
1909 - Hélder Câmara, Roman catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
1910 - Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)
1912 - Derek Farr, actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large), born in London, England
1912 - Jane Ross, Spokane Wash, actress (Audrey-Phyllis, Coed Fever)
1912 - Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist {d. 1981}
1914 - David Ignatow, US poet (Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead)
1914 - Jacques Mornard, [Ramon Mercader], murderer (Trotsky)
1914 - Ralph Whitlock, writer
1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
1917 - Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), born in London, England
1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
1919 - Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
1920 - Eddie Bracken, Astoria actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing), born in NYC, New York
1920 - Oscar Brand, Winnipeg Canada, folk vocalist (Draw Me a Laugh)
1921 - Athol Rowan, cricketer (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner)
1921 - Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk
1922 - Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress (Carry on films) (d. 1980)
1923 - George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader (Covent Garden)
1923 - Keefe Brasselle, Elyria Ohio, actor (Be Our Guest)
1923 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
1924 - Cathy Long, (Rep-D-LA, 1985-86)
1924 - Dora Bryan, [Broadhurst], English actress (Taste of Honey), born in Southport England, (d. 2014)
1924 - Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist
1925 - Arthur Berry, artist
1925 - H Eisenreich, writer
1925 - Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost)
1925 - Romolo Valli, actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia)
1926 - Konstantin Petrovich Feokistov, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod I)
1927 - John Buller, composer
1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
1928 - Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player
1932 - Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
1932 - Gay Talese, author (Honor Thy Father)
1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
1934 - Earl King [Solomon Johnson], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Come On), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1934 - King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew)
1934 - Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid (CDA)
1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
1935 - Herb Kohl, (Sen-D Wisconsin)
1938 - Juan Pizarro, baseball player
1938 - Robert Frank Baksa, composer
1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1940 - Gary Bond, England, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days)
1941 - Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist
1942 - Ton [ACHM] de Kok, Dutch MP (CDA)
1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
1944 - Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect (CDA)
1944 - Berry [AH] Esselink, Dutch MP (CDA)
1944 - Michael A Andrews, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
1945 - Gerald Davies, British rugby player
1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, actor (The Boxer)
1945 - Ian Jack, Scottish journalist
1946 - Hector Babenco, director (Ironweed, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
1946 - Lawrence Ascott, rocker (Isotope)
1946 - Sammy Johns, rocker (Politics, Religion & Her), (d. 2013)
1947 - Joe Shea, American journalist
1948 - Jimmy Greenspoon, LA Cal, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1949 - Alan Lancaster, bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level)
1949 - Sunil Wettimuny, cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups)
1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1950 - Burt Hooton, baseball player
1950 - Marilyn Cochran, Burlington Vt, skier (Olympics-1972)
1951 - Benny Ayala, baseball player
1951 - Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
1953 - Robert Brazile, NFLer
1953 - Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player, born in Santa Monica, California, (d. 1998)
1954 - Miguel Ferrer, actor (Robocop), born in Santa Monica, California
1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
1954 - Brian Morton, Scottish writer
1955 - Charlie Puleo, baseball player
1955 - Rolf Benirschke, NFL place kicker/TV host (Wheel of Fortune), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1955 - Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian
1956 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007)
1957 - Carney Lansford, baseball player
1957 - Damaso Garcia, baseball player
1957 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
1958 - Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita)
1958 - Michele Drake, La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979)
1958 - Matt Ridley, British science writer
1959 - Brian Travers, rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine)
1959 - Sammy Lee, British soccer player
1960 - James Spader, actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin), born in NYC, New York
1960 - Steve Bronski, rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
Country Music Singer and Songwriter Garth Brooks(1962)1962 - Garth Brooks, Tulsa Oklahoma, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live)1962 - Alan Sippy, cricketer (dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's)
1962 - David Bryan, rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
1963 - Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St Paul Minn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1963 - Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan & Holland)
1964 - Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, Riverside California, swimmer (Olympic-silver-84)
1964 - Dona L Speir, Norwalk California, playmate (March, 1984)
1964 - Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star
1965 - Jason Gedrick, actor (Heavenly Kid, Class of '96), born in Chicago, Illinois
1965 - Kristal Parker-Gregory, Columbus OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th)
1965 - Reginald Thal, soccer player (MVV)
1966 - Chris Rock, comedian (SNL, CB4, Boomerang)
1967 - Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, Dayton Ohio, long jumper (Oly-br-92, 96)
1967 - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
1967 - Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
1968 - Ashely Allen, San Antonio TX, playmate (Aug, 1992)
1968 - Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria)
1968 - Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
1968 - Peter Bondra, Lutsk Ukr, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
1969 - Bucky Richardson, US football quarterback (Houston Oilers)
1969 - Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player (Oly-bronze-96)
1970 - Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Denis Chasse, Montreal, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1970 - Stanley Roberts, NBA center (LA Clippers, Minn Timberwolves)
1971 - Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
1971 - Marvin Graves, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
1972 - Aftab Habib, cricketer (Leicestershire righty batsman 1996)
1972 - John Slaney, St John's, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1972 - Essence Atkins, American actress
1972 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
1972 - Robyn Lively, American actress
1973 - Billy Baumhoff, St Louis MO, soccer midfielder/forward (Oly-gold-96)
1973 - Juwan Howard, NBA forward/center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1973 - Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore)
1973 - Leanne Schuster, Mesa Az, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1995)
1973 - Sonia Paquette, St-Janvier Quebec, hurdler (Olympics-96)
1973 - Tim Bowens, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Ryan Phillips, linebacker (NY Giants)
Basketball Player Steve Nash(1974)1974 - Steve Nash, Johannesburg South Africa, Canadian NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, LA Lakers)1974 - Emma McLaughlin, American novelist
1975 - Alexandre Daigle, Montreal, NHL center (Ottawa Senators)
1975 - Marika Lehtimaki, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
1976 - Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir, Miss Universe-Iceland (1996)
1976 - Terry Battle, running back (Detroit Lions)
1976 - Sreto Ristić, German footballer
1977 - Christine Scheels, New Berlin Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1977 - Hillary Wolf, extra lightweight judoka (Olympics-96), born in Chicago, Illinois
1977 - Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman competitor
Actor Ashton Kutcher (1978)1978 - Ashton Kutcher, Cedar Rapids Iowa, American actor (That 70s Show)1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
1978 - Endy Chávez, baseball player
1978 - David Aebischer, National Hockey League goaltender
1979 - Cerina Vincent, Miss Nevada Teen USA (1996)
1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1985 - Tina Majorino, actress, (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman)
1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress
1986 - Deanna Casaluce, Canadian actress
1986 - Michael Orozco, American footballer
1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
1988 - Matthew Stafford, American college football player
1989 - Louisa Lytton - British actress
1990 - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 - Rachel Sibner, American actress
1992 - Miguel Andres Matienzo Guerra, Mexican athlete
1992 - Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer
1993 - David Dorfman, American actor
1993 - Philip Wiegratz, German actor
1996 - Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
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