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[edit] Events

• 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
• 1348 - Charles University is founded in Prague.
• 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
• 1541 - Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
• 1776 - Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward.
• 1795 - France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length.
• 1798 - The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain.
• 1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
• 1805 - First public performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony (Eroica).
• 1827 - John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match. He had invented it the previous year.
• 1829 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
• 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ends - the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee.
• 1868 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician.
• 1890 - Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
• 1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• 1906 - The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• 1908 - H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
• 1922 - Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming.
• 1927 - First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, DC to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
• 1933 - Prohibition is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.
• 1939 - World War II: Italy invades Albania.
• 1940 - Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
• 1943 - Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka. There they are shot dead and buried in ditches.
• 1945 - World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go.
• 1945 - World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.
• 1946 - Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.
• 1948 - The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• 1948 - A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.
• 1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• 1956 - Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
• 1963 - Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a Socialist republic and Josip Broz Tito is named President for life.
• 1964 - IBM announces the System/360.
• 1969 - The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
• 1971 - U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
• 1976 - Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party.
• 1977 - German Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
• 1978 - Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
• 1983 - During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
• 1985 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
• 1989 - Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
• 1990 - Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction was reversed on appeal).
• 1992 - Republika Srpska announces its independence.
• 1994 - Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
• 1999 - The World Trade Organisation rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
• 2001 - Mars Odyssey is launched.
• 2003 - U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.

For other uses, see number 529. ... Justinian I depicted on a mosaic in the church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy The Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law) is the modern name[1] for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor. ... For the jurisprudence of courts, see Case law. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... This article is about the Roman emperor. ... April 7 - Charles University is founded in Prague. ... The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). ... For other uses, see Prague (disambiguation). ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... For the Presidential railcar named Ferdinand Magellan, see Ferdinand Magellan Railcar. ... Cebu is an island of the Philippines. ... Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. ... Saint Francis Xavier (Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa; Spanish: San Francisco Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; Chinese: 聖方濟各沙勿略) (7 April 1506 - 2 December 1552) was a Spanish pioneering Roman Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). ... For other uses, see Lisbon (disambiguation). ... The Indies, on the display globe of the Field Museum, Chicago The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and South-East Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... Portrait by Gilbert Stuart Statue in Independence Square John Barry (1745 – 13 September 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. ... The first USS Lexington of the United States Navy was a brigantine purchased in 1776. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Year 1798 (MDCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... all about mississippi! Mississippi state bird is a mocking bird mississippi state tree is mangoila tree ... Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N  - Longitude 78° 32′ W to 83... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Thomas Jefferson. ... Lewis and Clark redirects here. ... The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. ... This article is about the Native American tribe. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ... “Beethoven” redirects here. ... Eroica Symphony Title Page The Symphony No. ... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... John Walker was an English chemist from Stockton-on-Tees, who in 1826 accidentally invented the friction match by mixing potash and antimony. ... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... The mortar and pestle is an international symbol of pharmacists and pharmacies. ... Household safety matches burning match A match is a simple and convenient means of producing fire under controlled circumstances and on demand. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Joseph Smith redirects here. ... For other uses, see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (disambiguation). ... // The Book of Mormon [1] is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint movement. ... Photograph of Oliver Cowdery found in the Library of Congress, taken in the 1840s Oliver Hervy Pliny Cowdery[1] (3 October 1806 – 3 March 1850) was the primary participant with Joseph Smith, Jr. ... This article is about 1862 . ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Belligerents United States (Union) CSA (Confederacy) Commanders Ulysses S. Grant, Don Carlos Buell Albert Sidney Johnston â€ , P.G.T. Beauregard Strength Army of West Tennessee (48,894), Army of the Ohio (17,918)[1] Army of Mississippi (44,699)[1] Casualties and losses 13,047: 1,754 killed, 8,408... The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ulysses S. Grant,[2] born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). ... Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial)  States that seceded under CSA control  States and territories claimed by CSA without formal secession and/or control Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia... This battlefield monument, Passing of Honor, by artist G. L. Sanders was unveiled by the state of Tennessee in 2005, the largest such monument added to the park in 88 years. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... McGee in 1868 Thomas DArcy McGee, PC, (April 13, 1825 – April 7, 1868) was a Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Portal of a canal tunnel in ÅŒtsu Lake Biwa Canal ) is a waterway in Japan built during the Meiji Period in order to transport water, freight and passengers from Lake Biwa to the nearby City of Kyoto. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the mountain in Italy. ... Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... The Algeciras Conference of 1906 took place in Algeciras, Spain, and lasted from January 16 to April 7. ... Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) , also known as Andie McDowell, was a British Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister from December 5, 1905 until resigning due to ill health on April 3, 1908. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The location of Teapot Dome in the US state of Wyoming. ... The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... Teapot Dome is the commonly used name applied to the scandal that rocked the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding. ... Petro redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  Ranked 10th  - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²)  - Width 280 miles (450 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 0. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Seal of the United States Department of Commerce The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... For other uses, see Beer (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Weight (disambiguation). ... Amendment XXI in the National Archives The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... A selection of Hong Kong postage stamps A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... Languages Historical Jewish languages Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, others Liturgical languages: Hebrew and Aramaic Predominant spoken languages: The vernacular language of the home nation in the Diaspora, significantly including English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian Religions Judaism Related ethnic groups Arabs and other Semitic groups For the Jewish religion, see Judaism. ... A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ... Terebovlia (Ukrainian: , also Terebovlya, Polish: ) is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Yamato (大和), named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... This article is about the prefecture. ... A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker or attackers intend and expect to die (see suicide). ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Marc A. Mitscher Seiichi Ito â€  Strength 11 aircraft carriers 386 aircraft 1 battleship 1 light cruiser 8 destroyers Casualties 10 aircraft destroyed 12 dead 1 battleship sunk 1 light cruiser sunk 4 destroyers sunk 3,700 dead Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign Iwo... Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina General Information Entity Federation Canton Zenica - Doboj Land area 232 km² Population (1991 census) 46,130 Population density Coordinates Area code +387 32 Mayor Munib Alibegović (SDA) Website http://www. ... Yugoslav Partisan Flag The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II, the Yugoslav Peoples Liberation War. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... WHO redirects here. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Dwight David Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was a five-star General in the United States Army and U.S. politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). ... The domino theory was a mid-20th century foreign policy theory, promoted by the government of the United States, that speculated that if one land in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about states protected and/or dominated by a foreign power. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... 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In internetworking and computer network engineering, Request for Comments (RFC) documents are a series of memoranda encompassing new research, innovations, and methodologies applicable to Internet technologies. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the thirty-sixth (1953–1961) Vice President, and the thirty-seventh (1969–1974) President of the United States. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Private Eyes take on the matter John Thomson Stonehouse (28 July 1925 - 14 April 1988) was a British politician and minister under Harold Wilson. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... United States Attorneys represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court. ... Siegfried Buback (January 3, 1920 in Wilsdruff – April 7, 1977 in Karlsruhe) was the chief federal prosecutor from 1974-1977 for the Bundesgerichtshof, the highest court of appeals in Germany. ... Red Army Faction Insignia - a Red Star and a Heckler & Koch MP5 The Red Army Faction or RAF (German Rote Armee Fraktion) (in its early stages commonly known as Baader-Meinhof Group [or Gang]), was one of postwar West Germanys most active and prominent militant left-wing groups. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... A neutron bomb is a type of tactical nuclear weapon developed specifically to release a relatively large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... STS-6 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Challenger, launched April 4, 1983. ... Franklin Story Musgrave (born August 19, 1935) is a retired NASA Astronaut. ... Donald H. Peterson (Colonel, USAF, ret. ... This article is about the space vehicle. ... This article is about the year. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev[1] (Russian: , IPA: ; born 2 March 1931) is a Russian politician. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets was a prototype of a new deep-diving class of nuclear attack submarines. ... Location of the Barents Sea. ... This article is about the year. ... In the Iran-Contra Affair, United States President Ronald Reagans administration secretly sold arms to Iran, which was engaged in a bloody war with its neighbor Iraq from 1980 to 1988 (see Iran-Iraq War), and diverted the proceeds to the Contra rebels fighting to overthrow the leftist and... Rear Admiral John Poindexter USN (Ret. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Not to be confused with Serbia. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The Tutsi are one of three native peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa: the other two being the Twa (or Watwa), a pygmy people, and the original inhabitants; and the Hutu (Wahutu), a Bantu-derived people. ... Kigali, population 851,024 (2005), is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... For other uses of the initials WTO, see WTO (disambiguation). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Artists concept of the 2001 Mars Odyssey Spacecraft 2001 Mars Odyssey is an unmanned spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ...

[edit] Births

• 1506 - Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)
• 1539 - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter (d. 1584)
• 1613 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
• 1644 - François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (d. 1730)
• 1648 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721)
• 1652 - Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)
• 1718 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800)
• 1727 - Michel Adanson, French botanist (d. 1806)
• 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
• 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
• 1803 - Flora Tristan, French feminist and socialist philosopher (d. 1844)
• 1803 - James Curtiss, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)
• 1848 - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930)
• 1859 - Walter Camp, sports authority known as the "Father of American Football" (d. 1925)
• 1860 - Will Keith Kellogg, American cereal manufacturer (d. 1951)
• 1867 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (d. 1953)
• 1870 - Gustav Landauer, German anarchist and revolutionary (d. 1919)
• 1873 - John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
• 1883 - Gino Severini, Italian painter (d. 1966)
• 1886 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (d. 1971)
• 1889 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
• 1890 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. 1998)
• 1891 - Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor (d. 1958)
• 1893 - Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969)
• 1897 - Walter Winchell, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1972)
• 1899 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. 1972)
• 1908 - Percy Faith, Canadian composer and musician (d. 1976)
• 1909 - Robert Charroux, French writer (d. 1978)
• 1911 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (d. 1996)
• 1913 - Charles Vanik, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1914 - Ralph Flanagan, American big band leader (d. 1995)
• 1915 - Stanley Adams, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1915 - Billie Holiday, American singer (d. 1959)
• 1915 - Henry Kuttner, American writer (d. 1958)
• 1916 - Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1917 - R.G. Armstrong, American actor
• 1918 - Bobby Doerr, American baseball player
• 1919 - Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer
• 1919 - Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (d. 1992)
• 1920 - Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player
• 1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
• 1924 - Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer
• 1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
• 1928 - James Garner, American actor
• 1928 - Alan J. Pakula, American film producer and director (d. 1998)
• 1928 - James White, Northern Irish science fiction writer (d. 1999)
• 1929 - Bob Denard, French mercenary (d. 2007)
• 1930 - Andrew Sachs, English actor
• 1931 - Donald Barthelme, American author
• 1933 - Wayne Rogers, American actor
• 1934 - Swami Shantananda, Hindu Saint, Philosopher, Disciple of Swami Sivananda, Founder of Temple of Fine Arts
• 1934 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007)
• 1935 - Bobby Bare, American musician
• 1935 - Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician
• 1936 - Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist
• 1938 - Jerry Brown, American politician
• 1938 - Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 2005)
• 1938 - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter
• 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
• 1939 - Sir David Frost, English broadcaster and TV host
• 1941 - Gorden Kaye, British actor
• 1942 - Jeetendra, Indian actor
• 1944 - Julia Phillips, American film producer and writer (d. 2002)
• 1944 - Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany
• 1944 - Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 - Martin Lewis, British newsreader
• 1945 - Megas, Icelandic singer, songwriter and writer
• 1945 - Joël Robuchon, French chef
• 1945 - Werner Schroeter, German film director
• 1946 - Colette Besson, French runner (d. 2005)
• 1947 - Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons)
• 1947 - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
• 1947 - Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
• 1948 - Carol Douglas, American singer
• 1949 - John Oates, American musician (Hall & Oates)
• 1951 - Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
• 1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor
• 1954 - Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 1955 - Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
• 1956 - Annika Billström, Swedish politician
• 1956 - Christopher Darden, American O.J. Simpson prosecutor
• 1957 - Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
• 1961 - Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
• 1962 - Andrew "Andy" Hampsten, American cyclist
• 1962 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1962 - Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber
• 1963 - Jaime de Marichalar, duke of Lugo, Spanish royalty
• 1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor
• 1964 - Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian
• 1965 - Alison Lapper, British artist
• 1966 - Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
• 1967 - Artemis Gounaki, composer, writer and music producer
• 1968 - Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer
• 1969 - Ricky Watters, American football player
• 1970 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist
• 1971 - Guillaume Depardieu, French actor
• 1971 - Victor Kraatz, Canadian figure skater
• 1971 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
• 1973 - Carole Montillet, French skier
• 1973 - Ève Salvail, Canadian model
• 1973 - Brett Tomko, American baseball player
• 1975 - Ronde Barber, American football player
• 1975 - Tiki Barber, American football player
• 1975 - Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
• 1976 - Kevin Alejandro, American actor
• 1977 - Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
• 1977 - Guido van der Werve, Dutch artist
• 1978 - Vladimir Voltchkov, Belarusian tennis player
• 1979 - Adrián Beltré, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 - Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
• 1982 - Sonjay Dutt, Indian American professional wrestler
• 1986 - Brooke Brodack, American internet celebrity
• 1987 - Alexa Demara, American model and actress

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Flora Tristan, grandmother of Paul Gauguin Flora Tristan (born April 7, 1803 in Paris, France - died November 14, 1844 in Bordeaux, France) was a socialist writer and activist. ... Jan. ... James Curtiss (also Curtis) (born: April, 1803; died: November 2, 1859; originally buried in City Cemetery). ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Randall Thomas Davidson, by Leslie Ward, 1901. ... The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England, recognized by convention as the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the American football coach. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Will Keith Kellogg, usually referred to as W. K. Kellogg (April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951) was a U.S. industrialist in food manufacturing. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Holger Pedersen (April 7, 1867 - October 25, 1953) was a Danish linguist who made significant contributions to language science and wrote about 30 authoritative works concerning several languages. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Gustav Landauer (7 April 1870 in Karlsruhe, Germany — 2 May 1919 in Munich, Germany) was a German anarchist. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873–February 25, 1934), nicknamed Little Napoleon and Muggsy, was a Major League Baseball player and manager. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Gino Severini (April 7, 1883 – February 26, 1966), was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Edward Francis Lafitte (born April 7, 1886 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died April 12, 1971) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common