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Events

• 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
• 1702 - Anne Stuart, the sister of the childless Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the death of William III of Orange.
• 1765 - The British House of Lords passes the Stamp Act to tax the American colonies.
• 1775 - Thomas Paine's "African Slavery in America" was published. It was the first article in the United States calling for the emancipation of all slaves and the abolition of slavery.
• 1782 - Gnadenhütten massacre: Some 90 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity had their skulls crushed with mallets by Pennsylvanian militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
• 1817 - The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
• 1844 - King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
• 1854 - U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry makes his second landing in Japan, where he would conclude a treaty with the Japanese within a month.
• 1862 - American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
• 1884 - Susan B. Anthony addresses the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. Anthony's argument came 16 years after legislators had first introduced a federal women's suffrage amendment.
• 1894 - The state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law.
• 1911 - International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
• 1917 - Riots and strikes break out in St. Petersburg, Russia, marking the start of the Russian Revolution.
• 1917 - The U.S. Senate votes to to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• 1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
• 1924 - The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• 1936 - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
• 1939 - J.R.R. Tolkien delivers his seminal talk "On Fairy Stories."
• 1942 - World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.
• 1942 - World War II: Japan captures Rangoon, Burma.
• 1942 - World War II: British bombers begin a new style of air raid, using incendiary bombs to light the way for a nighttime attack on the Krupp armament works in Essen. The long series of attacks reduce the city to ruins.
• 1943 - World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
• 1945 - Allied forces move large numbers of troops across the Rhine River to significantly reinforce and expand their tenuous hold on the captured Ludendorff Bridge (Bridge at Remagen), allowing them to push armor across the river and better secure the nascent lodgement.
• 1950 - Marshal Kliment Voroshilov announces that the Soviet Union possesses an atomic bomb.
• 1957 - Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• 1957 - The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the state of Georgia.
• 1963 - The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a Coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
• 1965 - Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam.
• 1966 - Vietnam War: Australia announces it is going to substantially increase its number of troops in Vietnam.
• 1966 - A bomb planted by young Irish protesters destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
• 1971 - Joe Frazier becomes the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion by winning a unanimous 15-round decision over Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• 1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
• 1980 - The first festival of rock music kicks off in the Soviet Union.
• 1983 - President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire."
• 1983 - The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses a nuclear weapons freeze with the Soviet Union, a move denounced by President Ronald Reagan.
• 1985 - A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in a car-bombing in Beirut kills 85 people and injures 175.
• 1999 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2004 - A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.

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The Kingdom of Sweden-Norway is a term sometimes, but erroneously, used to refer to the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union, following the Convention of Moss, on August 14, and the Norwegian constitutional revision of... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For other persons of the same name, see Matthew Perry. ... 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... CSS Virginia was an ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War (built using the remains of the scuttled USS Merrimack). ... USS Merrimack was a screw frigate of the United States Navy, best known as the hulk upon which CSS Virginia was built during the American Civil War and then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (often called the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack). Merrimack was launched... This view from space in July 1996 shows portions of each of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads which generally surround the harbor area of Hampton Roads, which framed by the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel visible to the east (right), the Virginia Peninsula subregion to the north (top), and the... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Susan B. Anthony (disambiguation). ... U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, or (more commonly) the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme... The term womens suffrage refers to an economic and political reform movement aimed at extending suffrage — the right to vote — to women. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the state. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Image:IWD 2007 Logo. ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... Stamp Clara Zetkin, maiden name Eissner (5 July 1857 - 20 June 1933) was an influential socialist German politician and a fighter for womens rights. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Saint Petersburg  listen (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... As a form of obstructionism in a legislature or other decision making body, a filibuster is an attempt to extend debate upon a proposal in order to delay or completely prevent a vote on its passage. ... In parliamentary procedure, cloture (pr: KLO-cher) (also called closure) is a motion or process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The President of the Government of Spain (realy in Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno), sometimes known in English as the Prime Minister of Spain, is the Spanish head of government. ... Eduardo Dato Iradier (August 12, 1856-March 8, 1921). ... The Cortes Generales (Spanish for General Courts) is the legislature of Spain. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a coal mine near the town of Castle Gate, Utah (now dismantled), approximately 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Salt Lake City. ... Castle Gate was a mining town in eastern Utah located approximately 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ... Daytona redirects here. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 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... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Yangon (also known as Rangoon) is the largest city of Burma. ... Anthem Kaba Ma Kyei Capital Naypyidaw Largest city Yangon Official languages Burmese Demonym Burmese Government Military junta  -  Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Than Shwe  -  Prime Minister Soe Win  -  Acting Prime Minister Thein Sein Establishment  -  Bagan 849–1287   -  Taungoo Dynasty 1486–1752   -  Konbaung Dynasty 1752–1885   -  Colonial rule... Incendiary bombs are bombs designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using materials such as napalm, thermite, or white phosphorus. ... The three rings were the symbol for Krupp, based on the radreifen - the seamless railway wheels patented by Alfred Krupp. ... Essen is a city in the center of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hill 700 can refer to: Hill 700 (Korea), a battle site in the Korean War Hill 700, a battle site in the Bougainville campaign (1943–45) in World War II. Category: ... Bougainville and neighbouring islands For other uses of Bougainville, see Bougainville. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1. ... The Ludendorff Bridge was a railroad bridge across the Rhine in Germany, connecting the cities of Remagen and Erpel. ... A lodgement is an enclave made by increasing the size of a bridgehead, beachhead or airhead. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...   (Russian: ), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (Russian: ) (February 4 [O.S. January 23] 1881 – December 2, 1969) was a Soviet military commander and politician. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Suez (disambiguation). ... Combatants Israel United Kingdom France Egypt Commanders Moshe Dayan Charles Keightley Pierre Barjot Gamal Abdel Nasser Abdel Hakim Amer Strength 175,000 Israeli 45,000 British 34,000 French 70,000 Casualties 197 Israeli KIA 56 British KIA 91 British WIA 10 French KIA 43 French WIA 650 KIA[1... The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress is a joint resolution by the legislature of the state of Georgia, and approved by the Governor on March 8, 1957, urging the Congress of the United States to declare the 14th and 15th Amendments null and void[3] because of purported violations of... Congress in Joint Session. ... Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Bath Party flag The Arab Socialist Bath Party (also spelled Baath or Baath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي) was founded in 1945 as a radical, left-wing, secular Arab nationalist political party. ... Coup redirects here. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... Anthem Thanh niên Hành Khúc (Call to the Citizens) Capital Saigon Language(s) Vietnamese Government Republic Last President¹ Duong Van Minh Last Prime minister Vu Van Mau Historical era Cold War  - Regime change June 14, 1955  - Dissolution April 30, 1975 Area  - 1973 173,809 km² 67,108... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Nelsons Pillar on OConnell Street Nelsons Pillars viewing platform afforded views over Dublin, as this 1964 photograph of OConnell Street attests. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... 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 Major League Baseball player and manager, see Joe Frazier (baseball) Joseph William Smokin Joe Frazier (born January 12, 1944 in Beaufort, South Carolina) is a former world heavyweight boxing champion, active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. ... For other persons named Muhammad Ali, see Muhammad Ali (disambiguation). ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Charles de Gaulle International Airport (French: A roport de Roissy-Charles de Gaulle), also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French), serving Paris, is one of Europes principal aviation centers, as well as Frances main international airport. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... A double LP compiling the prize-winning songs of the festival was released in 1981 The Spring Rhythms. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... 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      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... Reagan redirects here. ... The term evil empire was applied to the former Soviet Union (USSR) by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, American conservatives, and other Americans, particularly hawks. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... This article is about the year. ... Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (Arabic: محمد حسين فضل الله ) (born November 16, 1935) is a leading Lebanese Shiite Muslim scholar. ... The Beirut car bombing of March 8, 1985, killed 85 people and wounded more than 200 in Beirut, Lebanon. ... This article is about the year. ... 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      The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the... For the Navy sailor, see Timothy R. McVeigh. ... The Oklahoma City bombing was an attack on April 19, 1995 aimed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, a U.S. government office complex in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Iraqi Governing Council. ...

Births

• 1286 - John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)
• 1293 - Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)
• 1495 - John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)
• 1514 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)
• 1560 - Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)
• 1659 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)
• 1712 - John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780)
• 1714 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (d. 1788)
• 1726 - Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799)
• 1746 - André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)
• 1748 - William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic
• 1783 - Hannah Van Buren, wife of American president Martin Van Buren (d. 1819)
• 1799 - Simon Cameron, U.S. Secretary of War (d. 1889)
• 1814 - Ede Szigligeti, Hungarian dramatist (d. 1878)
• 1822 - Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)
• 1827 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
• 1830 - João de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896)
• 1841 - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1935)
• 1856 - Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)
• 1856 - Tom Roberts, Australian artist (d. 1931)
• 1859 - Kenneth Grahame, English author (d. 1932)
• 1865 - Frederic Goudy, American type designer (d. 1947)
• 1872 - Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (d. 1918)
• 1879 - Otto Hahn, German Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1886 - Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1972)
• 1891 - Sam Jaffe, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1892 - Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer and guitarist (d. 1966)
• 1896 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)
• 1899 - Elmer Keith, Firearms enthusiast and Author (d. 1984)
• 1902 - Louise Beavers, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1902 - Jennings Randolph, U.S. Senator from West Virginia (d. 1998)
• 1907 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician, President of Greece (d. 1998)
• 1910 - Bernard Benjamin, statistician, actuary and demographer (d. 2002)
• 1910 - Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1911 - Alan Hovhaness, American composer (d. 2000)
• 1912 - Preston Smith, Governor of Texas (d. 2003)
• 1914 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (d. 1987)
• 1915 - Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (d. 1979)
• 1916 - John Seybold, American economist and computer typesetting pioneer (d. 2004)
• 1921 - Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer
• 1921 - Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)
• 1922 - Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Mangaka
• 1922 - Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1925 - Warren Bennis, American educator and author
• 1926 - Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (d. 2001)
• 1927 - Dick Hyman, American pianist, conductor, and composer
• 1930 - Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1931 - John McPhee, American writer and professor
• 1931 - Neil Postman, American cultural critic (d. 2003)
• 1933 - Luca Ronconi, Italian actor, theater and opera director
• 1934 - Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d.2006)
• 1936 - Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1982)
• 1937 - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (d. 1994)
• 1938 - Pete Dawkins, American football player
• 1939 - Jim Bouton, American baseball player, author, and entrepreneur
• 1939 - Lidia Skoblikova, Russian skater
• 1939 - Robert Tear, Welsh tenor
• 1940 - Susan Clark, Canadian actress
• 1941 - Andrei Mironov, Soviet actor (d. 1987)
• 1942 - Ann Packer, British athlete
• 1942 - Dick Allen, American baseball player
• 1943 - Lynn Redgrave, English actress
• 1944 - Sergey Nikitin, Russian composer
• 1944 - Pepé Romero, Spanish guitarist
• 1944 - Palito Ortega, Argentine singer and actor
• 1945 - Bruce Broughton, American composer
• 1945 - Jim Chapman, American politician
• 1945 - Anselm Kiefer, German painter
• 1945 - Micky Dolenz, American musician (The Monkees)
• 1946 - Randy Meisner, American musician (The Eagles)
• 1947 - Mike Allsup, American musician (Three Dog Night)
• 1947 - Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
• 1947 - Florentino Pérez, former President of Real Madrid
• 1948 - Peggy March, American pop singer
• 1952 - George Felix Allen, former Governor and U.S. Senator from Virginia
• 1953 - Bob Brozman, American musician
• 1953 - Jim Rice, American baseball player
• 1953 - Don Werner, American baseball player
• 1954 - Cheryl Baker, British singer (Bucks Fizz)
• 1954 - David Wilkie, Scottish swimmer
• 1955 - Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 1956 - John Kapelos, Canadian actor
• 1956 - Laurie Cunningham, English former footballer (d. 1989)
• 1957 - Clive Burr, British musician, former drummer for Iron Maiden
• 1957 - Cynthia Rothrock, American actress and martial artist
• 1957 - Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
• 1957 - John Butcher, American baseball player
• 1958 - Gary Numan, British singer
• 1958 - Nick Capra, American baseball player
• 1959 - Aidan Quinn, American actor
• 1960 - Max Metzker, Australian swimmer
• 1961 - Camryn Manheim, American actress
• 1961 - Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 - Mark Salas, American baseball player
• 1963 - Lorelei, American fetish model and photographer
• 1963 - Kathy Ireland, American model, actress, author, and entrepreneur
• 1963 - Mike Lalor, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 - Lance McCullers, American baseball player
• 1965 - Fátima Lopes, Portuguese fashion designer
• 1967 - Joel Johnston, American baseball player
• 1968 - Michael Bartels, German race car driver
• 1968 - Shawn Mullins, American musician
• 1968 - Jim Dougherty, American baseball player
• 1969 - Andrea Parker, American actress, ballet dancer
• 1970 - Jason Elam, American football player
• 1971 - Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
• 1972 - Angie Hart, Australian pop singer
• 1972 - Fergal O'Brien, Irish snooker player
• 1972 - Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer
• 1973 - Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer (The Gathering)
• 1973 - Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model
• 1973 - Kurt Mollekens, Belgian racing car driver
• 1973 - Justin Thompson, American baseball player
• 1973 - Mark Lukasiewicz, American baseball player
• 1974 - Mike Moriarty, American baseball player
• 1975 - Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
• 1975 - Peggy Zina, Greek singer
• 1976 - Gaz Coombes, English singer (Supergrass)
• 1976 - Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player
• 1976 - Ryan Freel, American baseball player
• 1976 - Hines Ward, American football player
• 1976 - Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor
• 1977 - James Van Der Beek, American actor
• 1977 - Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
• 1979 - Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane)
• 1979 - Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)
• 1979 - Nick Zano, American actor
• 1981 - Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer
• 1981 - Jessica Jaymes, American porn actress
• 1981 - Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (d. 2005)
• 1982 - Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast
• 1982 - Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist
• 1982 - Nicolas Armindo, race car driver
• 1982 - Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer
• 1982 - Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
• 1984 - Dave Moffatt, Canadian musician (his brothers Robert and Clint, also musicians, born the same day)
• 1985 - Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer
• 1988 - Armanti Edwards, NCAA football player
• 1990 - Ben Tozer, Newcastle United Footballer
• 1991 - Devon Werkheiser, American Actor
• 1992 - Charlie Ray, American actress
• 1996 - Lorna Fitzgerald, EastEnders actress

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