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Events

8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
435 – Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt .
881 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied
1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera , Spain .
1492 – The Jews of Spain are expelled by the Catholic Monarchs.
1527 – First known letter is sent from North America by John Rut while at St. John's , Newfoundland .
1645 – Thirty Years' War: Second Battle of Nördlingen .
1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes .
1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan , killing 35,000 people.
1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau , third highest summit in the Bernese Alps .
1852 – First Boat Race between Yale and Harvard , the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Harvard won.
1860 – The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand .
1900 – The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded.
1913 – Wheatland Hop Riot.
1914 – World War I: Germany declares war against France .
1916 – World War I: Battle of Romani – Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army, under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal , and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai.
1923 – Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th President of the United States in the early morning following the death of Warren G. Harding the previous day.
1934 – Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.
1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1940 – World War II: Forces of Italy begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union .
1949 – The National Basketball Association is founded in the United States .
1958 – The nuclear submarine travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
1960 – Niger gains independence from France .
1972 – The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 crashes into the mountainside near Agadir , Morocco killing 188.
1977 – The United States Senate hearing on MKULTRA.
1981 – Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
1997 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria ; 40-76 villagers killed.
2001 – The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing , London , U.K injuring seven people.
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
2005 – President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia .

Births

1509 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
1692 – John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
1770 – King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (d. 1840)
1801 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)
1808 – Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
1811 – Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (d. 1861)
1817 – Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)
1832 – Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
1850 – Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926)
1855 – Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1856 – Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
1860 – W. K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
1867 – Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
1872 – King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
1887 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
1895 – Neva Morris, American supercentenarian
1895 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
1899 – Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
1900 – Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945)
1900 – John T. Scopes, American defendant (d. 1970)
1901 – Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Polish Catholic prelate (d. 1981)
1902 – Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
1903 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000)
1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American author (d. 1988)
1905 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
1905 – Franz Cardinal König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 2004)
1911 – Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
1913 – Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian television comedy writer (d. 2007)
1915 – Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician and Nisga'a statesman (d. 2006)
1915 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach (d. 2008)
1916 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)
1916 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)
1917 – Les Elgart, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1995)
1918 – Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)
1918 – Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
1920 – P. D. James, English novelist
1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)
1920 – Elmar Tampõld, Estonian/Canadian architect
1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic (d. 2008)
1923 – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of Coptic Christianity
1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)
1925 – Marv Levy, American football coach
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer
1926 – Anthony Sampson, British journalist (d. 2004)
1927 – Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
1928 – Cécile Aubry, French actress
1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor
1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer
1934 – Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler (d. 1989)
1934 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)
1934 – Michael Chapman, British classical bassoonist (d. 2005)
1935 – Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1997)
1935 – Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
1937 – Steven Berkoff, English actor
1937 – Roland Burris, American politician, junior senator of Illinois
1937 – Duncan Sharpe, Former Pakistani cricketer
1938 – Terry Wogan, Irish television presenter
1939 – Jimmy Nicol, English musician
1939 – Apoorva Sengupta, Indian cricketer
1940 – Lance Alworth, American football player
1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor
1941 – Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)
1941 – Martha Stewart, American media personality
1944 – Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973)
1945 – Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer
1946 – Jack Straw, British politician
1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer and songwriter (d. 2004)
1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
1950 – John Landis, American film director
1950 – Jo Marie Payton, American Actress
1951 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Jay North, American actor
1952 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
1952 – Loles León, Spanish actress
1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer
1955 – Corey Burton, American voice actor
1956 – Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician
1956 – Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer
1958 – Ana Kokkinos, Greek/Australian film director
1958 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
1959 – John C. McGinley, American actor
1959 – Martin Atkins, English musician
1959 – Mike Gminski, American basketball player
1959 – Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate
1960 – Tim Mayotte, American tennis player
1960 – Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
1961 – Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats)
1961 – Molly Hagan, American actress
1963 – James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)
1963 – Ed Roland, American musician (Collective Soul)
1963 – Isaiah Washington, American actor
1963 – Lisa Ann Walter, American actress
1964 – Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician (d. 2007)
1964 – Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
1966 – Eric Esch, American boxer
1967 – Mathieu Kassovitz, French film director and screenwriter
1968 – Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1970 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer
1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
1970 – Manmohan Waris, Punjabi Singer
1971 – Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1972 – Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1973 – Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
1973 – Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
1973 – Michael Ealy, American actor
1975 – Argiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1976 – Troy Glaus, American baseball player
1977 – Tom Brady, American football player
1977 – Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
1977 – Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
1978 – Joi Chua, Singaporean female singer
1978 – Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
1979 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
1980 – Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
1983 – Mamie Gummer, American actress
1983 – Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
1984 – Jon Foster, American actor
1984 – Yasin Avci, Danish footballer
1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
1984 – Sunil Chetri, Indian footballer
1985 – Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby league footballer
1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi, Monegasque royalty
1987 – Kim Hyung Joon, Korean singer (SS501)
1993 – Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer

Deaths

1460 – King James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
1527 – Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
1546 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)
1546 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)
1604 – Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander
1621 – Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
1667 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)
1712 – Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
1720 – Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641)
1721 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)
1761 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
1773 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
1780 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1792 – Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732)
1797 – Jeffrey Amherst, British military commander (b. 1717)
1805 – Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724)
1835 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
1839 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)
1857 – Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
1867 – Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785)
1877 – William Butler Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1879 – Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
1916 – Sir Roger Casement, Irish rebel (hanged) (b. 1864)
1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849)
1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-born writer (b. 1857)
1925 – William Bruce, Former Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
1929 – Emile Berliner, German-born American telephone and recording pioneer (b. 1851)
1929 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist (b. 1857)
1942 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1872)
1954 – Colette, French writer (b. 1873)
1958 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
1964 – Flannery O'Connor, American writer (b. 1925)
1966 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925)
1972 – Giannis Papaioannou, Greek musician and composer (b. 1913)
1973 – Richard Marshall, U.S. Army general (b. 1895)
1977 – Alfred Lunt, American actor (b. 1892)
1977 – Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (b. 1913)
1979 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1899)
1983 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
1990 – Betty Amann, German-born American actress (b. 1905)
1993 – Chinmayananda, Indian born Swami who spread the teachings of Vedanta (b. 1916)
1995 – Ida Lupino, English actress and director (b. 1914)
1995 – Edward Whittemore, American writer (b. 1933)
1997 – Pietro Rizzuto, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
1998 – Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)
1999 – Byron Farwell, American military historian (b. 1921)
2001 – Christopher Hewett, British actor (b. 1922)
2002 – Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922)
2003 – Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
2004 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908)
2005 – Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920)
2006 – Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (b. 1945)
2006 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born British opera singer (b. 1915)
2007 – John Gardner, British author (b. 1926)
2008 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (b. 1918)
2008 – Skip Caray, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1939)
2008 – Erik Darling, American folk singer/songwriter (b. 1933)