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33 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.

527 - Justinian I becomes the only ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

607 - Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).

902 - Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army.

1203 - Isaac II Angelus, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declares his son Alexius IV Angelus co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Ciaran Fourth Crusade.

1291 - The Swiss Confederation is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.

1461 - Edward IV is crowned king of England.

1492 - Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jews out of Spain.

1498 - Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit Venezuela.

1619 - First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia.

1664 - The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.

1774 - The element oxygen is discovered for the third (and last) time.

1798 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) - Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.

1800 - The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1820 - London's Regent's Canal opens.

1828 - Bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic.

1831 - A new London Bridge opens.

1832 - The Black Hawk War ends.

1834 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.

1838 - Slaves in Trinidad and Tobago are emancipated.

1876 - Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

1894 - The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.

1902 - The United States buys the rights to the Panama Canal from France.

1907 - First Scout camp opens on Brownsea Island.

1914 - Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilises because of World War I

1927 - The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

1936 - Olympic Games: Summer Olympic Games - The Games of the XI Olympiad open in Berlin.

1937 - Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.

1941 - The first Jeep is produced.

1944 - Anne Frank makes the last entry in her diary.

1944 - Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.

1948 - The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.

1957 - The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

1960 - Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.

1960 - Communist Party of Independence and Work is banned in Senegal.

1960 - Islamabad declared as the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.

1964 - The Belgian Congo is renamed the Republic of the Congo.

1965 - Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands announces her engagement to Claus von Amsberg.

1966 - Charles Whitman kills 15 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.

1966 - Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People's Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

1968 - The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.

1970 - Powder Ridge Rock Festival.

1971 - Concert for Bangladesh.

1975 - CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

1977 - Frank H.T. Rhodes is elected President of Cornell University, a post he would hold for 18 years.

1977 - Former Lockheed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers crashes the news helicopter he was flying in Los Angeles

1980 - Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in Ireland.

1981 - MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles.

1996 - Michael Johnson breaks the 200m world record by 0.30 seconds with a time of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

2001 - An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian language in the Republic of Macedonia.

2001 - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia join the European Environment Agency.

2001 - Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.

2004 - A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 in Asunción, Paraguay.

2005 - German spelling reform of 1996 is formally implemented.

2007 - The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed during the evening rush hour.

Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC - 30s BC - 20s BC 10s BC 0s 10s 20s Years: 38 BC 37 BC 36 BC 35 BC 34 BC 33 BC 32 BC 31 BC 30 BC 29 BC... For other persons named Octavian, see Octavian (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in Egypt. ... This article is about the state which existed from the 6th century BC to the 1st century BC. For the state which existed in the 18th century, see Roman Republic (18th century). ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the Roman emperor. ... Byzantine redirects here. ... To suck the phallus or penis of another. ... Ono no Imoko (å°é‡Žå¦¹å) was a Japanese clan leader during the late 6th and early 7th century. ... The Sui Dynasty of China amongst the Asian, African, and European spheres of the world, 600 AD. The Sui Dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; 581-618 AD[1]) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. ... Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ... is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... To suck the phallus or penis of another. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 902 ... Isola Bella from the North Isola Bella Bay from the south Greek theatre in Taormina Taormina is a small town in the island of Sicily in Italy. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 kmÂ² (9,926 sq. ... An Aghlabid cistern in Kairuan The Aghlabid dynasty of emirs, members of the Arab tribe of Bani Tamim, ruled Ifriqiya (northern Africa), nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph, for about a century, until overthrown by the new power of the Fatimids. ... Events April 16 - Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France. ... Isaac II Angelus (or Isaakios Angelos) (September 1156-1204), was the Byzantine emperor from 1185-1195, and again 1203-1204. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Alexius IV Angelus (c. ... An emperorrefers to Nick Herringshaw, a title, empress may only indicate the wife of an emperor (empress consort. ... Belligerents Crusaders Holy Roman Empire Republic of Venice Montferret Champagne Blois Amiens ÃŽle-de-France Saint-Pol Burgundy Flanders Balkans Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Hungary Croatia Dalmatia Commanders Otto IV Boniface I Theobald I Lois I Alexios V Doukas Isaac II Angelos Alexios III Angelos Emeric I The Fourth Crusade... For broader historical context, see 1290s and 13th century. ... Federal Charter of 1291 The Federal Charter or Letter of Alliance (in German Bundesbrief) is documenting the Eternal Alliance or League Of The Three Forest Cantons (in German Ewiger Bund der Drei Waldstätten), the union of three cantons in what is now central Switzerland, formed in early August, 1291. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Mortimers Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales. ... Edward IV (April 28, 1442 â€“ April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470â€“1471. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Also film, 1492: Conquest of Paradise. ... Ferdinand II of Aragon (Fernando de Aragón in Spanish and Ferran dAragó in Catalan), nicknamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. ... Isabella I of Castile (April 22, 1451 â€“ November 26, 1504) was Queen regnant of Castile and Leon. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 â€“ May 20, 1506) was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer and one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas after the Vikings. ... The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. ... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Slave redirects here. ... At Jamestown Settlement, replicas of Christopher Newports 3 ships are docked in the harbour. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Motto Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1683, see: list of territories Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299â€“1326) Bursa (1326â€“1365) Edirne (1365â€“1453) Ä°stanbul (1453â€“1922) Government Monarchy Sultans - 1281â€“1326 (first) Osman I - 1918â€“22 (last) Mehmed VI Grand Viziers - 1320... // Combatants Austria, Holy Roman Empire, League of the Rhine, France Ottoman Empire Commanders Raimondo Montecuccoli, Leopold Wilhelm of Baden-Baden, Count Coligny Ahmed KÃ¶prÃ¼lÃ¼ Strength ~ 40,000 including Imperial and French troops [1] ~ 60,000 Casualties Minimal 10,000 The Battle of Saint Gotthard (Hungarian: ) was fought on... Raimondo, Count of Montecuccoli or Montecucculi (born February 21, 1608 or 1609 at the castle of Montecucculo in Modena; died October 16, 1680 at Linz) was prince of the holy Roman Empire and Neapolitan duke of Melfi, Austrian general. ... The Peace of VasvÃ¡r was a treaty between the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire which followed the Battle of Saint Gotthard of August 1, 1664. ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... This article is about the chemical element and its most stable form, or dioxygen. ... 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). ... Combatants Great Britain Austria Prussia Spain[1] Russia Sardinia Ottoman Empire Portugal Dutch Republic[2] France The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states. ... Combatants Britain France Commanders Horatio Nelson FranÃ§ois-Paul Brueys DAigalliersâ€ Strength 14 ships of the line: * 13 x 74-gun, * 1 x 50-gun, 1 sloop 13 ships of the line: * 1 x 120-gun, * 3 x 80-gun, * 9 x 74gun, 4 frigates, some smaller Casualties 218... The French Navy, officially called the National Navy (French: Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military. ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF... The phrase Act of Union 1800 (or sometimes Act of Union 1801) (Irish: Acht an Aontais 1800) is used to describe two complementary Acts[1] whose official United Kingdom titles are the Union with Ireland Act 1800 (1800 c. ... For an explanation of terms such as Scotland, Wales, England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom, see British Isles (terminology). ... This article is about the Irish kingdom existing from 1541 to 1800. ... This article is about the historical state called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801â€“1927). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Regents Canal is a canal across an area just to the north of central London. ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Bolton (Great Moor Street) SD 716 088 Rumworth & Daubhill SD 700 073 Daubhill SD 702 074 Chequerbent SD 674 061 Chequerbent SD 674 061 <-- Wigan to Manchester --> Bag Lane SD 651 003, renamed Atherton by 1847, renamed Atherton Bag Lane 1924. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see London Bridge (disambiguation). ... Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Black Hawk War (disambiguation). ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) 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 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Slave redirects here. ... For a comprehensive list of the territories that formed the British Empire, see Evolution of the British Empire. ... | JÃ¶ns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) // January 31 - United States orders all Indigenous peoples in the United States to move onto reservations February 2 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. ... Official language(s) English Demonym Coloradan Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area Ranked 8th in the US - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 kmÂ²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Japan and Qing China fought the First Sino-Japanese War (or the Qing-Japanese War) during 1894 and 1895, primarily over control of Korea. ... This article is about the Korean civilization. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Panama Canal is a waterway in Central America which joins the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first scout camp The Brownsea Island Scout Camp was the worlds first Scout camp, and is regarded as the formal birth of the worldwide Scout movement. ... Brownsea Island is the largest of eight islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... â€œThe Great War â€ redirects here. ... Military of Switzerland On May 18, 2003, Swiss voters approved the military reform project Army XXI that will drastically reduce the size of the Swiss Army. ... â€œThe Great War â€ redirects here. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nanchang Uprising (Chinese: ; pinyin: NÃ¡nchÄng QÇyÃ¬) (August 1, 1927) was the first major Kuomintang-Communist engagement of the Chinese Civil War. ... Belligerents Nationalist Party of China Communist Party of China Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 4,300,000 (July 1946) 3,650,000 (June 1948) 1,490,000 (June 1949) 1,200,000 (July 1946) 2,800,000 (June 1948) 4,000,000 (June 1949) The Chinese Civil War... The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT) [1], also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China (ROC), now on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in terms of seats in the Legislative Yuan, and the oldest political party in the... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China and also the worlds largest political party. ... Peoples Liberation Army redirects here. ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ... The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... Look up manifesto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Congress in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Congress in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Croatian Communist Party (Croatian KomunistiÄka Partija Hrvatske, KPH) also known as the Croatian League of Communists (Croatian Savez Komunista Hrvatske, SKH) was the Croatian branch of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). ... Samobor is a town in Zagreb county, Croatia. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Jeep (disambiguation). ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Annelies Marie Anne Frank ( ) (June 12, 1929 â€“ early March 1945) was a German-born Jewish girl from the city of Frankfurt, who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family, the Van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer in Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War... == c programming[[a--203. ... For other uses, see Warsaw Uprising (disambiguation). ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation). ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) is a U.S. military command that provides professional investigative service to commanders of all United States Air Force activities. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... The NORAD logo. ... NORAD Headquarters Building. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dahomey was a kingdom in Africa, situated in what is now the nation of Benin. ... In modern usage, the term communist party is generally used to identify any political party which has adopted communist ideology. ... The Party of Independence and Work (Parti de lIndÃ©pendence et du Travail) is a communist political party in Senegal. ... Location within Pakistan Coordinates: , Country Pakistan Province Constructed 1960s Union Council 40 UC (District Govt. ... ... 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Beatrix (born January 31, 1938 as Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld) has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since April 30, 1980. ... Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born: Claus Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg) (September 6, 1926 â€“ October 6, 2002) was a German-born aristocrat who became the husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the tower sniper. ... University of Texas redirects here. ... This article is about the Peoples Republic of China. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... East Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem which was held by Jordan from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, GCB GCMG (born July 15, 1946) is the 29th Sultan of Brunei, the eldest son of His Majesty Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the previous Sultan of Brunei, and Her Majesty Raja... The Sultan of Brunei is the head of state of Brunei. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scheduled for July 30, August 1 and August 2, 1970 in Middlefield, Ct. ... 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. ... 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Buttevant Rail Disaster was a train crash in Buttevant, County Cork in the Republic of Ireland on August 8, 1980. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Video Killed the Radio Star is a New Wave song released in 1979 by the British group Buggles that celebrates the golden days of radio. ... Buggles (the official version of the band name, used on their albums, singles, and publicity material, omits the prefix The) were a New Wave band formed in 1977 consisting of Trevor Horn, born 1949 in Durham (bass guitar, guitar, percussion, and vocals), Geoff Downes, born 1952 in Stockport, Cheshire (percussion... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... 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The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth- or other countries with an Anglosaxon type of justice, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the Supreme... For the baseball player, see Roy Moore (baseball). ... For other uses, see Ten Commandments (disambiguation). ... The case of Glassroth v. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Paraguay supermarket fire was a disastrous fire that occurred on Sunday, August 1, 2004 in AsunciÃ³n, Paraguay. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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[edit] Births

10 BC - Claudius, Roman Emperor (d. 54)

126 - Pertinax, Roman Emperor (d. 193)

1313 - Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)

1377 - Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)

1545 - Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)

1555 - Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)

1579 - Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)

1630 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)

1713 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)

1714 - Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782)

1738 - Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)

1744 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829)

1770 - William Clark, American explorer (d. 1838)

1779 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)

1779 - Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)

1815 - Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882)

1818 - Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d. 1889)

1819 - Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891)

1837 - Mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)

1843 - Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln; United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)

1858 - Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884)

1858 - Gaston Doumergue, French President (d. 1937)

1871 - John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969)

1885 - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966)

1881 - Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician (d. 1940)

1889 - Walter Gerlach, German physicist (d. 1979)

1891 - Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968)

1893 - King Alexander I of Greece (d. 1920)

1894 - Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927)

1901 - Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (d. 1925)

1910 - James Henry Govier, British artist (d. 1974)

1910 - Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003)

1912 - Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)

1914 - J. Lee Thompson, British film director (d. 2002)

1916 - Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)

1921 - Jack Kramer, American tennis player

1922 - Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)

1924 - Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel laureate

1924 - Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (d. 2007)

1925 - Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d. 2000)

1926 - Theo Adam, German bass-baritone

1927 - Raymond Leppard, English conductor

1930 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)

1930 - Lionel Bart, English song-writer (d. 1999)

1930 - Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (d. 1991)

1932 - Meir Kahane, American founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)

1932 - Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (d. 1972)

1933 - Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian

1933 - Jesse Corti, Venezuelan-born actor and comedian

1933 - Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player

1933 - Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian (d. 2007)

1936 - Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer

1937 - Al D'Amato, United States Senator from New York

1941 - Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1942 - Jerry Garcia, American musician (The Grateful Dead) (d. 1995)

1942 - André Gagnon, French Canadian pianist and composer

1942 - Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor

1945 - Douglas D. Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel laureate

1945 - Sandi Griffiths, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show

1946 - Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist

1946 - Boz Burrell, British bass guitarist (King Crimson, Bad Company) (d. 2006)

1947 - Chris L. Barnard, Welsh footballer

1947 - Dennis Zine, Los Angeles City Councilman

1949 - Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan

1950 - Jim Carroll, American poet and actor

1951 - Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (Deep Purple) (d. 1976)

1951 - Pete Mackanin, American baseball player

1952 - Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)

1953 - Robert Cray, American singer

1953 - Charles Gilpin, American Scientist (d. 1998)

1953 - Howard Kurtz, American journalist

1955 - Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer

1956 - Tom Leykis, American radio personality

1958 - Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor

1958 - Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)

1958 - Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian cross country skier

1958 - Michael Penn, American singer and songwriter

1959 - Joe Elliott, English musician (Def Leppard)

1959 - Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician

1960 - Chuck D, American rapper (Public Enemy)

1960 - Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic

1962 - Robert Clift, British field hockey player

1962 - Jacob Matlala, South African boxer

1963 - Coolio, American rapper

1963 - Demián Bichir, Mexican actor

1963 - John Carroll Lynch, American actor

1963 - Dean Wareham, New Zealand musician (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean and Britta)

1964 - Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows)

1965 - Sam Mendes, British stage and film director

1967 - Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player

1968 - Dan Donegan, American musician (Disturbed)

1969 - Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player

1969 - David Wain, American actor

1970 - David James, English footballer

1971 - Stuart Wade, English actor

1972 - Devon Hughes, American professional wrestler

1972 - Nicke Royale, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)

1972 - Tanya Reid, Canadian actress

1973 - Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress

1973 - Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor

1973 - Gregg Berhalter, American footballer

1974 - Beckie Scott, Canadian cross-country skiing athlete

1976 - Kevin Joseph, American baseball player

1976 - Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer

1976 - Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer

1976 - Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer

1977 - Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 - Damien Saez, French musician, songwriter, and author

1978 - Dhani Harrison, English musician

1978 - Edgerrin James, American football player

1979 - Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer

1979 - Jason Momoa, American actor

1979 - Honeysuckle Weeks, English actress

1980 - Mancini, Brazilian footballer

1981 - Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer

1981 - Ashley Parker Angel, North American singer and actor

1982 - Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress

1984 - Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress

1984 - Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer

1986 - Andrew Taylor, English footballer

1986 - Anton Stralman, Swedish ice hockey player

1998 - Khamani Griffin, American actor

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