Celebrities born on your birthday

[JayTheClown]

Ill go first
I was born on April 24th. I share birthdays with....

Chipper Jones
Barbra Streisand
Kelly Clarkson
Carlos Beltran
Omar Vizquel

[jaffies]

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/13322/_1243554732.jpg (http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/13322/_1243554732.jpg)

http://stereogum.com/img/jeffgoldblum_jurassic.jpg

http://images.wikia.com/southpark/images/0/03/BrianBoitanoSP.jpg

http://sportshistory.historyguy.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ichiro_suzuki_mariners_record_hits.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yW2ANr_nKIc/TLLU5O_kZ8I/AAAAAAAAERw/TQPDE1sUYGM/s400/gagay+dinampo+jonathan+lipnicki.jpg

[baseline bum]

Wow, Hitler and Allan Houston.

[CuckingFunt]

Harvey Fierstein, Sandra Bernhard, Colin Quinn, Steve Vai, Paul Giamatti, Max Casella, Natalie Morales, Danny Strong, Uncle Kracker, Gianna Michaels...

Wiki's list is huge. These are just the names that jumped out at me as I skimmed.

[monosylab1k]

Robert Downey Jr
Heath Ledger
Maya Angelou
David Cross
Craig T Nelson
Hugo Weaving
Ben Gordon
Jamie Lynn Spears (well they cant all be winners)

[Axe Murderer]

just found out the other day i was born the exact same date and year as Andrew Luck (Sep. 12 1989)

[Axe Murderer]

Ruben Studdard, Emmy Rossum, and Yao Ming also born sep 12

[Fpoonsie]

Marvin Gaye's the only stand-out I share a birthday with (unless you consider David Robinson (of The Cars) "notable"). He was actually shot and killed by his father the night before I was born.

[IronMaxipad]

I have the exact same birth date as Emma Stone. We were meant to be together, tbh, imo.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/i/bcst/yahoomovies/3812/69767654.jpg
The one on the right, fwiw.


The rest:

Lamar Odom
Thandie Newton
Ethan Hawke
Maria Shriver
Sally Field

[Texas_Ranger]

http://www.shrani.si/f/3w/Rx/1xo3dMav/magnum-pi-selleck-5.jpg

[DieMrBond]

APRIL 7th: THE MOVIE

Starring:

http://www.nndb.com/people/759/000022693/jackie-chan.jpg
Jackie Chan

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_15RjvmMWygs/TL98uwllQkI/AAAAAAAAAYU/epN0-0wTSNI/s1600/romper-stomper-tattoo.jpg
Russell Crowe

Director:

http://www.getthebigpicture.net/storage/jbaldwin/Francis-Ford-Coppola.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=12880623806 30
Francis Ford Coppola

The Love Interest:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/406011257_163fa5716a_o.jpg
Beverly Peele

Soundtrack: (sigh)

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/att/site1/20060905/xin_15090305153787628991.gif
Victoria Adams

Waterboy: :downspin:

http://www.smiddy.org.au/_CMSImages/smilingforsmiddy/riders/riders09pics/DuncanArmstrong.jpg
Duncan Armstrong

[benefactor]

The only one that matters...

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/01/06/chuck_norris_wideweb__470x371,0.jpg

The rest:

Sharon Stone
Shannon Tweed
Carrie Underwood
Jon Hamm
Timbaland
Tom Scholz
Osama bin Laden
James Earl Ray
Prince Edward

Tom Scholz is kind of a cool one to find out. I've always been a pretty big Boston fan. Not to sure how I feel about sharing a birthday with the worlds biggest terrorist and the guy who assassinated MLK.

[Slydragon]

February 20th
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5469/charlesbarkley280x390.jpg


http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/1314/kurtcobain1.jpg


http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9264/cindycrawford45.jpg

[SpursWoman]

December 28:

Denzel Washington
Sienna Miller
Woodrow Wilson
John Legend
Maggie Smith
Johnny Otis
Lew Ayres

[Blake]

Kobe Bryant, River Phoenix, Gene Kelley

[CubanMustGo]

Cristiano Ronaldo
Hank Aaron
Roger Staubach / Craig Morton
Roberto Alomar
Darrell Waltrip

Bobby Brown
Barbara Hershey
Christopher Guest
Jennifer Jason Leigh
William S. Burroughs

Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln

[lefty]

August 15


Events



778 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/778) – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Roncevaux_Pass), at which Roland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland) is killed.
927 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/927) – The Saracens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saracen) conquer and destroy Taranto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto).
982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/982) – Holy Roman Emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor) Otto II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_II_of_Germany) is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capo_Colonna), in Calabria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria)
1018 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1018) – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustathios_Daphnomeles) blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibatzes_of_Bulgaria) by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II)'s conquest of Bulgaria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire).
1040 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1040) – King Duncan I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_I_of_Scotland) is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_of_Scotland). The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Scotland).
1057 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1057) – King Macbeth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_of_Scotland) is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lumphanan) by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_III_of_Scotland).
1185 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1185) – The cave city of Vardzia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardzia) is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamar_of_Georgia).
1248 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1248) – The foundation stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone) of Cologne Cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral), built to house the relics of the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings_at_Cologne_Cathedral) Three Wise Men (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi), is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880).)
1261 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1261) – Michael VIII Palaeologus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_VIII_Palaeologus) is crowned Byzantine emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperor) in Constantinople (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople).
1309 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1309) – The city of Rhodes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_city_of_Rhodes) surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_St._John), completing their conquest of Rhodes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes). The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Rhodes).
1430 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1430) – Francesco Sforza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Sforza), lord of Milan, conquers Lucca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucca).
1461 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1461) – The Empire of Trebizond (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Trebizond) surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Mehmet_II). This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire). Emperor David (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_of_Trebizond) is exiled and later murdered.
1483 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1483) – Pope Sixtus IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_IV) consecrates the Sistine Chapel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel).
1517 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1517) – Seven Portuguese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal) armed vessels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vessels) led by Fernão Pires de Andrade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern%C3%A3o_Pires_de_Andrade) meet Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China) officials at the Pearl River estuary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_River_estuary).
1519 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1519) – Panama City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_City), Panama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama), is founded.
1534 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1534) – Saint Ignatius of Loyola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola) and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus) in September 1540.
1537 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1537) – Asunción (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n), Paraguay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay), is founded.
1540 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540) – Arequipa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa), Peru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru), is founded.
1549 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1549) – Jesuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus) priest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest) Saint Francis Xavier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier) comes ashore at Kagoshima (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagoshima) (Traditional Japanese date (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calendar): July 22, 1549).
1599 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1599) – Nine Years War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Years_War_%28Ireland%29): Battle of Curlew Pass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Curlew_Pass) – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Roe_O%27Donnell) successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Conyers_Clifford), sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
1695 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1695) – French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_France) forces end the Bombardment of Brussels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Brussels), leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
1760 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1760) – Seven Years' War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War): Battle of Liegnitz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Liegnitz_%281760%29) – Frederick the Great (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great)'s victory over the Austrians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrians) under Ernst von Laudon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Gideon_Freiherr_von_Laudon).
1824 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1824) – Freed American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) slaves found Liberia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia).
1843 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843) – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace) in Honolulu, Hawaii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu,_Hawaii) is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Honolulu), it is the oldest Roman Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic) cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral) in continuous use in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States).
1843 – Tivoli Gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Gardens), one of the oldest still intact amusement parks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_park) in the world, opens in Copenhagen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen), Denmark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark).
1863 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863) – The Anglo-Satsuma War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Satsuma_War) begins between the Satsuma Domain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satsuma_Domain) of Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) and the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) (Traditional Japanese date (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calendar): July 2, 1863).
1869 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869) – The Meiji government (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_government) in Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto).
1891 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891) – San Sebastian Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Sebastian_Church) in Manila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila), the first all-steel church in Asia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia), is officially inaugurated and blessed.
1907 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907) – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Morgan), first African-American Orthodox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church) priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
1909 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909) – A group of mid-level Greek Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Army) officers launches the Goudi coup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goudi_coup), seeking wide-ranging reforms.
1914 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914) – A male servant of American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) architect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect) Frank Lloyd Wright (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright) sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin) home, Taliesin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliesin_%28studio%29), murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
1914 – The Panama Canal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal) opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship Ancon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ancon).
1914 – The First Russian Army, led by Pavel Rennenkampf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Rennenkampf), enters Eastern Prussia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Prussia).
1920 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920) – Polish-Soviet War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Soviet_War): Battle of Warsaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_%281920%29) – Poles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland) defeat the Red Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army).
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) – Will Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers) and Wiley Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post) are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow,_Alaska).
1939 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939) – 13 Stukas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87) dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
1940 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940) – An Italian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy) submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_cruiser_Elli_%281912%29) at Tinos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinos) harbour during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Italian_War) in October.
1941 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941) – Corporal Josef Jakobs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs) is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London) at 7:12am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason).
1942 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) – World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): Operation Pedestal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pedestal) – The SS Ohio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ohio) reaches the island of Malta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta) barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
1944 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944) – World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): Operation Dragoon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dragoon) – Allied forces land in southern France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_France).
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) – World War II: Victory over Japan Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day) – Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) surrenders.
1945 – World War II: Korean Liberation Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Liberation_Day).
1947 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947) – India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India) gains Independence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_India) from the British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire) Indian Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Empire) and joins the Commonwealth of Nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations).
1947 – Founder of Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinnah) is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_General_of_Pakistan) in Karachi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi).
1948 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948) – The Republic of Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_parallel_north).
1950 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950) – Srikakulam district (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srikakulam_district) is formed in Andhra Pradesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh), India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India).
1952 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952) – Devon, United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon) A flashflood drenches the town of Lynmouth, killing 34 people.
1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954) – Alfredo Stroessner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Stroessner) begins his dictatorship in Paraguay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay).
1960 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960) – Republic of the Congo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo) (Brazzaville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville)) becomes independent from France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France).
1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) – Conrad Schumann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Schumann) flees from East Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany) while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall).
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) – James Joseph Dresnok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joseph_Dresnok) defects to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea) after running across the Korean DMZ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_DMZ). Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang).
1963 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963) – Execution of Henry John Burnett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_John_Burnett), the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
1963 – President Fulbert Youlou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbert_Youlou) is overthrown in the Republic of Congo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Congo), after a three-day uprising (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_Glorieuses_%281963%29) in the capital.
1965 – The Beatles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_1965_U.S._tour) in New York City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City), in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_rock).
1969 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969) – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Music_and_Art_Festival) opens.
1971 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971) – President (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President) Richard Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon) completes the break from the gold standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard) by ending convertibility of the United States dollar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar) into gold by foreign investors.
1971 – Bahrain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain) gains independence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain_Independence_Day) from the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom).
1973 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973) – Vietnam War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War): The United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) bombing of Cambodia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia) ends.
1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974) – Yuk Young-soo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuk_Young-soo), First Lady (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady) of South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea), is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President) of South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea), Park Chung-hee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung-hee).
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) – Bangladesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh)'s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman) is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
1975 – Miki Takeo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki_Takeo) makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine) by an incumbent prime minister (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan) on the anniversary of the end of World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II).
1977 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977) – The Big Ear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Ear), a radio telescope (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_telescope) operated by Ohio State University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University) as part of the SETI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI) project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow%21_signal)" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
1984 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984) – The PKK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers_Party) in Turkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey) starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) – In South Carolina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina), Shannon Faulkner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Faulkner) becomes the first female cadet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadet) matriculated at The Citadel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Citadel,_The_Military_College_of_South_Carolin a) (she drops out less than a week later).
1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998) – Omagh bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_Bombing) in Northern Ireland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland), the worst terrorist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism) incident of The Troubles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles)
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) – Beni Ounif massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beni_Ounif_massacre) in Algeria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria); some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco).
2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Peru_Earthquake) off the Pacific coast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_coast) devastates Ica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ica_region) and various regions of Peru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru) killing 514 and injuring 1,090.

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1171 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1171) – King Alfonso IX of Leon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_IX_of_Leon) (d. 1230)
1195 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1195) – Anthony of Padua (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua), Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1432) – Luigi Pulci (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pulci), Italian poet (d. 1484)
1575 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1575) – Bartol Kašić (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartol_Ka%C5%A1i%C4%87), Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1613) – Gilles Ménage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_M%C3%A9nage), French scholar (d. 1692)
1717 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1717) – Blind Jack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Jack), English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1740 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740) – Matthias Claudius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Claudius), German poet (d. 1815)
1769 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1769) – Napoleon Bonaparte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France), Corsican-born French military officer and dictator (d. 1821)
1771 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1771) – Sir Walter Scott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott), Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832)
1785 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1785) – Thomas De Quincey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_De_Quincey), English author (d. 1859)
1813 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1813) – Jules Grévy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Gr%C3%A9vy), French statesman (d. 1891)
1844 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844) – Thomas-Alfred Bernier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas-Alfred_Bernier), Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
1856 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856) – Ivan Franko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Franko), Ukrainian writer (d. 1916)
1857 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857) – Albert Ballin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ballin), German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)
1858 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858) – E. Nesbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Nesbit), English author (d. 1924)
1859 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859) – Charles Comiskey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Comiskey), American baseball owner (d. 1931)
1860 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860) – Henrietta Vinton Davis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Vinton_Davis), American elocutionist (d. 1941)
1860 – Florence Harding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Harding), American First Lady (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady) (d. 1924)
1863 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863) – Alexei Krylov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Krylov), Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
1865 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865) – Mikao Usui (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikao_Usui), Japanese spiritual figure (d. 1926)
1872 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872) – Sri Aurobindo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo), Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
1875 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1875) – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor), English composer (d. 1912)
1876 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876) – Stylianos Gonatas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylianos_Gonatas), Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966)
1877 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877) – Tachiyama Mineemon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachiyama_Mineemon), Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuuchi#Yokozuna) (d. 1941)
1878 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1878) – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Nikolayevich_Wrangel), Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1928)
1879 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879) – Ethel Barrymore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Barrymore), American actress (d. 1959)
1881 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1881) – Alfred Wagenknecht (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wagenknecht), German-born American activist (d. 1956)
1883 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883) – Ivan Meštrović (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mestrovic), Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
1885 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1885) – Edna Ferber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Ferber), American novelist (d. 1968)
1886 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886) – Bill Whitty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Whitty), Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890) – Elizabeth Bolden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bolden), American Supercentenarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercentenarian) (d. 2006)
1890 – Jacques Ibert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ibert), French composer (d. 1962)
1892 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892) – Louis, 7th duc de Broglie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis,_7th_duc_de_Broglie), French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) (d. 1987)
1893 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893) – Leslie Comrie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Comrie), New Zealand astronomer and mechanical computation designer (d. 1950)
1896 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896) – Gerty Cori (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerty_Cori), Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) (d. 1957)
1896 – Catherine Doherty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Doherty), Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
1896 – Paul Outerbridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Outerbridge), American photographer (d. 1958)
1896 – Leon Theremin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Theremin), Russian inventor (d. 1993)
1898 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898) – Jan Brzechwa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Brzechwa), Polish poet (d. 1966)
1900 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900) – Estelle Brody (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Brody), American actress (d. 1995)
1901 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901) – Pyotr Novikov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Novikov), Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
1904 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904) – George Klein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Klein_%28inventor%29), Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
1905 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905) – Emile St. Godard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_St._Godard), Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
1909 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909) – Hugo Winterhalter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Winterhalter), American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1910 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910) – Signe Hasso (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe_Hasso), Swedish actress (d. 2002)
1912 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912) – Julia Child (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Child), American cook and TV personality (d. 2004)
1912 – Dame Wendy Hiller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Hiller), English actress (d. 2003)
1914 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914) – Paul Rand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rand), American graphic designer (d. 1996)
1916 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916) – Aleks Çaçi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleks_%C3%87a%C3%A7i), Albanian writer (d. 1989)
1917 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917) – Jack Lynch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lynch), Irish politician (d. 1999)
1917 – Oscar Romero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Romero), El Salvadorian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador) Roman Catholic priest (d. 1980)
1919 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919) – Huntz Hall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntz_Hall), American actor (d. 1999)
1919 – Benedict Kiely (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Kiely), Irish author (d. 2007)
1922 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922) – Lukas Foss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas_Foss), German-born composer (d. 2009)
1922 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922) – Leonard Baskin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Baskin), American sculptor and graphic artist (d. 2000)
1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgos_Mouzakis), Greek songwriter and musician (d. 2005)
1923 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923) – Rose Marie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Marie), American actress
1924 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924) – Robert Bolt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bolt), English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1924 – Werner Abrolat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Abrolat), German actor (d. 1997)
1925 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925) – Mike Connors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Connors), American actor
1925 – Oscar Peterson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson), Canadian jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Pinkney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pinkney), American baritone singer (d. 2007)
1926 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926) – Sami Michael (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Michael), Iraqi-born Israeli author
1926 – Costis Stephanopoulos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costis_Stephanopoulos), Greek politician
1927 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927) – Eddie Leadbeater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Leadbeater), England cricketer
1928 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928) – Nicolas Roeg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Roeg), English film director
1930 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930) – Ageeda Paavel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageeda_Paavel), Estonian freedom fighter
1933 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933) – Bobby Helms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Helms), American pop singer (d. 1997)
1933 – Jim Lange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lange), American game show host
1934 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934) – Bobby Byrd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Byrd), American soul/funk singer (d. 2007)
1934 – Nino Ferrer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Ferrer), French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
1934 – Reginald Scarlett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Scarlett), West Indian cricketer
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) – Jim Dale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dale), English actor
1935 – Vernon Jordan Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Jordan_Jr.), American presidential advisor
1935 – Lionel Taylor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Taylor), American football player
1938 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938) – Maxine Waters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Waters), American politician
1938 – Janusz A. Zajdel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_A._Zajdel), Polish writer
1940 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940) – Gudrun Ensslin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudrun_Ensslin), German terrorist (d. 1977)
1940 – Rita Shane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Shane), American soprano
1941 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941) – Manolis Mavrommatis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolis_Mavrommatis), Greek politician
1942 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) – Larry Hartsell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hartsell), American martial arts instructor (d. 2007)
1943 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943) – María Rojo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Rojo), Mexican actress and politician
1944 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944) – Linda Ellerbee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ellerbee), American journalist
1944 – Tom Murphy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Murphy_%28mayor%29), American politician
1944 – Dimitris Sioufas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Sioufas), Greek lawyer and politician
1944 – Sylvie Vartan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvie_Vartan), Bulgarian pop singer
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) – Gene Upshaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Upshaw), American football player (d. 2008)
1945 – Begum Khaleda Zia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Khaleda_Zia), Bangladeshi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh) politician
1946 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946) – Tony Robinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Robinson), English actor and television presenter
1946 – Jimmy Webb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Webb), American musician and composer
1947 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947) – Raakhee Gulzar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raakhee_Gulzar), Indian actress
1947 – Jenny Hanley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Hanley), British TV presenter
1948 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948) – Uschi Digard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uschi_Digard), American pornographic actress and model
1948 – Patsy Gallant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Gallant), Canadian pop singer
1948 – George Ryton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ryton), British engineer
1949 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949) – Beverly Lynn Burns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Lynn_Burns), American pilot
1949 – Richard Deacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Deacon_%28sculptor%29), Welsh sculptor
1949 – Garry Disher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Disher), Australian author
1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_B._Rosenberg), American educator
1950 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950) – Tommy Aldridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Aldridge), American musician
1950 – Anne, Princess Royal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal) of the United Kingdom
1950 – Tom Kelly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelly_%28baseball%29), American baseball manager
1951 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951) – Ann Biderman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Biderman), American film and television writer
1951 – Bobby Caldwell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Caldwell), American singer and musician
1951 – John Childs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Childs_%28cricketer%29), England cricketer
1951 – Daba Diawara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daba_Diawara), Malian politician
1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjan_Gunatilleke), Sri Lankan cricketer
1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954) – Stieg Larsson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stieg_Larsson), Swedish writer (d. 2004)
1954 – Mary Jo Salter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Salter), American poet
1956 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956) – Lorraine Desmarais (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Desmarais), French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1957 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957) – Željko Ivanek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Ivanek), Slovenian-American actor
1958 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958) – Simon Baron-Cohen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Baron-Cohen), British psychiatrist and author
1958 – Craig MacTavish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_MacTavish), Canadian ice hockey player/coach
1958 – Victor Shenderovich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Shenderovich), Russian satirist
1958 – Rondell Sheridan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondell_Sheridan), American actor and comedian
1958 – Laurie Bembenek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Bembenek), American convicted murderer and fugitive (d. 2010)
1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) – Ed Gillespie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gillespie), American White House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House) counsel to George W. Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush)
1961 – Gary Kubiak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kubiak), American football coach
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) – Tom Colicchio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Colicchio), American chef
1963 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963) – Alejandro González Iñárritu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu), Mexican film director
1963 – Jack Russell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Russell_%28cricketer_and_artist%29), England cricketer
1963 – Valery Levaneuski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Levaneuski), entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner
1964 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964) – Melinda French Gates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_French_Gates), American wife of Bill Gates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates)
1965 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965) – Rob Thomas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Thomas_%28writer%29), American writer
1966 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966) – Scott Brosius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brosius), American baseball player
1966 – Shirley Kwan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Kwan), Hong Kong singer
1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Papadopoulos_%28basketball%29), Greek basketball player
1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967) – Peter Hermann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hermann) American actor
1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968) – Debra Messing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Messing), American actress
1969 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969) – Kevin Cheng (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cheng), Hong Kong actor and singer
1969 – Cris Judd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris_Judd), American actor/choreographer
1969 – Bernard Fanning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Fanning), Australian singer/songwriter (Powderfinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powderfinger))
1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970) – Anthony Anderson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Anderson), American comedian and actor
1970 – Maddie Corman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddie_Corman), American actress
1970 – Ben Silverman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Silverman), American TV executive
1972 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972) – Ben Affleck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Affleck), American actor
1972 – Chris Morrissey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morrissey_%28actor/film_director%29), American film director/actor
1972 – Matthew Wood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Wood_%28sound_editor%29), American actor and sound editor
1972 – Jennifer Alexander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Alexander), Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1973 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973) – Adnan Sami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Sami), British-born Pakastani music composer and singer
1973 – Adam Willard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Willard), American musician (The Offspring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Offspring))
1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974) – Natasha Henstridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Henstridge), Canadian actress
1974 – Tomasz Suwary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz_Suwary), Polish footballer
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) – Bertrand Berry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Berry), American football player
1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Bharadwaj), Indian cricketer
1975 – Brendan Morrison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Morrison), Canadian hockey player
1975 – Kara Wolters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Wolters), American basketball player
1976 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976) – Boudewijn Zenden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudewijn_Zenden), Dutch football player
1977 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977) – Martin Biron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Biron), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1977 – Igor Cassina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Cassina), Italian gymnast
1977 – Nicole Paggi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Paggi), American actress
1978 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978) – Tim Foreman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Foreman), American bassist (Switchfoot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchfoot))
1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilia_Podkopayeva), Ukrainian gymnast
1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavros_Tziortziopoulos), Greek footballer
1978 – Kerri Walsh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerri_Walsh), American beach volleyball player
1979 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979) – Carl Edwards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Edwards), American NASCAR driver
1980 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980) – Nathalie Press (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Press), English actress
1981 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981) – Brendan Hansen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Hansen), American swimmer
1981 – Song Ji-hyo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Ji-hyo), South Korean actress
1981 – Oliver Perez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Perez), American baseball player
1982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982) – Casey Burgener (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Burgener), American weightlifter
1988 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988) – Tiffanie Anderson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffanie_Anderson), American performer (Girlicious (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlicious))
1989 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989) – Belinda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_%28singer%29), Mexican singer
1989 – Carlos Pena Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Pena_Jr.), American actor and singer
1989 – Joe Jonas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jonas), American actor and singer

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423 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/423) – Flavius Honorius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_%28emperor%29), Roman Emperor (b. 384)
778 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/778) – Roland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland), Frankish commander
1038 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1038) – King Stephen I of Hungary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_I_of_Hungary)
1057 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1057) – Macbeth, King of Scotland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth,_King_of_Scotland)
1118 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1118) – Alexius I Comnenus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexius_I_Comnenus), Byzantine Emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor) (b. 1048)
1196 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1196) – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_II,_Duke_of_Swabia) (b. 1173)
1274 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1274) – Robert de Sorbon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Sorbon), French theologian and educator (b. 1201)
1369 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1369) – Philippa of Hainault (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_of_Hainault), Queen consort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_consort) of Edward III of England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England)
1528 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1528) – Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odet_de_Foix,_Vicomte_de_Lautrec), French military leader (b. 1485)
1552 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1552) – Hermann of Wied (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_of_Wied), German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
1621 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1621) – John Barclay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barclay_%281582-1621%29), Scottish writer (b. 1582)
1666 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1666) – Johann Adam Schall von Bell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Schall_von_Bell), German Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1714 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1714) – Constantin Brâncoveanu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Br%C3%A2ncoveanu), Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
1728 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1728) – Marin Marais (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Marais), French composer and viol player (b. 1656)
1758 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1758) – Pierre Bouguer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bouguer), French mathematician (b. 1698)
1799 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1799) – Giuseppe Parini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Parini), Italian poet (b. 1729)
1852 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1852) – Johan Gadolin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Gadolin), Finnish scientist (b. 1760)
1859 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859) – Nathaniel Claiborne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Claiborne), American politician (b. 1777)
1880 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880) – Adelaide Neilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Neilson), English actress (b. 1848)
1907 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907) – Joseph Joachim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Joachim), Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
1909 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909) – Euclides da Cunha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclides_da_Cunha), Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
1917 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917) – Thomas J. Higgins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Higgins), American Union Army soldier (b. 1831)
1925 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925) – Konrad Mägi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_M%C3%A4gi), Estonian artist (b. 1878)
1931 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931) – Nigar Shikhlinskaya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigar_Shikhlinskaya), Azerbaijani WWI nurse (b. ca. 1878)
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) – Wiley Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post), American pilot (b. 1898)
1935 – Will Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers), American humorist and actor (b. 1879)
1935 – Paul Signac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Signac), French painter (b. 1863)
1936 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936) – Grazia Deledda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazia_Deledda), Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) (b. 1871)
1942 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) – Mahadev Desai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahadev_Desai), personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi) (b.1892)
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) – Korechika Anami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korechika_Anami), Japanese War Minister (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_War_of_Japan#Ministers_of_War_of_Japan .2C_1900-1945) (b. 1887)
1951 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951) – Artur Schnabel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Schnabel), Polish pianist (b. 1882)
1953 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953) – Ludwig Prandtl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Prandtl), German physicist (b. 1875)
1959 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959) – Blind Willie McTell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Willie_McTell), American singer (b. 1901)
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) – Lei Feng (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Feng), Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940)
1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967) – René Magritte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte), Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971) – Paul Lukas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lukas), Hungarian-born actor (b. 1887)
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman), Bangladeshi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh) statesman (b. 1920)
1975 – Clay Shaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Shaw), American lawyer and John F. Kennedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy) assassination investigator (b. 1913)
1982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982) – Hugo Theorell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Theorell), Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) (b. 1903)
1989 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989) – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrasyvoulos_Tsakalotos), Greek Army officer (b. 1897)
1990 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990) – Viktor Tsoi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Tsoi), Russian musician (b. 1962)
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) – John Cameron Swayze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cameron_Swayze), American journalist (b. 1906)
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) – Sir Hugh Casson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Casson), British architect and artist (b. 1910)
2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001) – Richard Chelimo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chelimo), Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003) – Gösta Sundqvist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6sta_Sundqvist), Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) – Sune Bergström (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sune_Bergstr%C3%B6m), Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) (b. 1916)
2004 – Semiha Berksoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiha_Berksoy), first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarsinh_Chaudhary), Indian politician (b. 1941)
2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005) – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendapudi_Venkata_Satyanarayana), Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006) – Te Atairangi Kaahu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Atairangi_Kaahu), Māori queen (b. 1931)
2006 – Rick Bourke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Bourke), Australian rugby league player (b. c. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenraad_Bron), Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faas_Wilkes), Dutch international footballer (b. 1923)
2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) – Richard Bradshaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bradshaw), British opera conductor, (b. 1944)
2007 – John Gofman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gofman), American Manhattan Project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project) scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Orbell), New Zealand bush walker (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Pollock), Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
2008 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008) – Jerry Wexler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Wexler), American music producer (b. 1917)
2008 – James Orthwein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Orthwein), American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) businessman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Businessperson) (b. 1924)
2008 – Leroy Sievers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Sievers), American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) journalist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist) (b. 1955)
2008 – Vic Toweel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Toweel), South African (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa) boxer (b. 1929)

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_15&action=edit&section=4)] Holidays and observances



Armed Forces Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day) (Poland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland))
Christian Feast Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints):

Stanislaus Kostka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_Kostka)
Tarcisius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Tarcisius)
August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_15_%28Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics%29)


Feast day of the Assumption of Mary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary), one of the Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church) Holy Day of Obligation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Day_of_Obligation). (Christianity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity), a public holiday in Austria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Austria), Belgium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Belgium), Benin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Benin), Bosnia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina), Burundi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Burundi), Cameroon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Cameroon), Chile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Chile), Colombia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Colombia), Côte d'Ivoire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire), Croatia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Croatia), Cyprus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Cyprus), France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_France), Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Germany), Greece (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Greece), Guatemala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala), Hungary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Hungary), Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Italy), Lebanon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Lebanon), Liechtenstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein), Lithuania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Lithuania), Luxembourg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg), Macedonia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Republic_of_Macedonia), Malta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malta), Mauritius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Mauritius), Paraguay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Paraguay), Poland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Poland), Portugal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Portugal), Romania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Romania), Senegal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal), Seychelles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles), Slovenia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Slovenia), Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Spain), Switzerland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Switzerland), Togo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo), and Vanuatu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu)), and its related observances:

Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Theotokos) (Eastern Orthodox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church), Oriental Orthodox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Church) and Eastern Catholic Churches (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches))
Ferragosto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferragosto) (Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy))
Mother's Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day) (Antwerp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp) and Costa Rica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica))
National Acadian Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Acadian_Day) (Acadians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadians))
Virgin of Candelaria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_Candelaria), patron of the Canary Islands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands). (Tenerife (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife), Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain))


Earliest day on which Day of Hearts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartjesdag) can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haarlem) and Amsterdam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam))
Independence Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo), celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo) from France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) in 1960.
Independence Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day), celebrates the independence of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India) from the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) in 1947.
Liberation Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_%28Korea%29), celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) in 1945:

Gwangbokjeol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangbokjeol), "Liberation Day" (South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea))
Jogukhaebangui nal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangbokjeol), "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea))


The first day of Flooding of the Nile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooding_of_the_Nile), a commemoration of the belief that the star Sirius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius) would appear when the Nile River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_River) flooded.(Egypt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt) and Coptic Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria))
The main day of Bon Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Festival) (Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan))
Victory over Japan Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day) (United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States))

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August 15


Events



778 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/778) – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Roncevaux_Pass), at which Roland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland) is killed.
927 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/927) – The Saracens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saracen) conquer and destroy Taranto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranto).
982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/982) – Holy Roman Emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor) Otto II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_II_of_Germany) is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capo_Colonna), in Calabria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria)
1018 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1018) – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustathios_Daphnomeles) blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibatzes_of_Bulgaria) by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II)'s conquest of Bulgaria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire).
1040 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1040) – King Duncan I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_I_of_Scotland) is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_of_Scotland). The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Scotland).
1057 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1057) – King Macbeth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth_of_Scotland) is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lumphanan) by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_III_of_Scotland).
1185 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1185) – The cave city of Vardzia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardzia) is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamar_of_Georgia).
1248 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1248) – The foundation stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone) of Cologne Cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral), built to house the relics of the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings_at_Cologne_Cathedral) Three Wise Men (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi), is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880).)
1261 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1261) – Michael VIII Palaeologus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_VIII_Palaeologus) is crowned Byzantine emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperor) in Constantinople (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople).
1309 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1309) – The city of Rhodes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_city_of_Rhodes) surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_St._John), completing their conquest of Rhodes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes). The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Rhodes).
1430 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1430) – Francesco Sforza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Sforza), lord of Milan, conquers Lucca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucca).
1461 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1461) – The Empire of Trebizond (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Trebizond) surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Mehmet_II). This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire). Emperor David (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_of_Trebizond) is exiled and later murdered.
1483 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1483) – Pope Sixtus IV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_IV) consecrates the Sistine Chapel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel).
1517 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1517) – Seven Portuguese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal) armed vessels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vessels) led by Fernão Pires de Andrade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern%C3%A3o_Pires_de_Andrade) meet Chinese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China) officials at the Pearl River estuary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_River_estuary).
1519 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1519) – Panama City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_City), Panama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama), is founded.
1534 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1534) – Saint Ignatius of Loyola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola) and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus) in September 1540.
1537 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1537) – Asunción (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n), Paraguay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay), is founded.
1540 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540) – Arequipa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arequipa), Peru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru), is founded.
1549 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1549) – Jesuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus) priest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest) Saint Francis Xavier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier) comes ashore at Kagoshima (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagoshima) (Traditional Japanese date (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calendar): July 22, 1549).
1599 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1599) – Nine Years War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Years_War_%28Ireland%29): Battle of Curlew Pass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Curlew_Pass) – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Roe_O%27Donnell) successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Conyers_Clifford), sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
1695 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1695) – French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_France) forces end the Bombardment of Brussels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Brussels), leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
1760 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1760) – Seven Years' War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War): Battle of Liegnitz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Liegnitz_%281760%29) – Frederick the Great (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great)'s victory over the Austrians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrians) under Ernst von Laudon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Gideon_Freiherr_von_Laudon).
1824 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1824) – Freed American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) slaves found Liberia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia).
1843 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843) – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace) in Honolulu, Hawaii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu,_Hawaii) is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Honolulu), it is the oldest Roman Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic) cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral) in continuous use in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States).
1843 – Tivoli Gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Gardens), one of the oldest still intact amusement parks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_park) in the world, opens in Copenhagen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen), Denmark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark).
1863 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863) – The Anglo-Satsuma War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Satsuma_War) begins between the Satsuma Domain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satsuma_Domain) of Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) and the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) (Traditional Japanese date (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calendar): July 2, 1863).
1869 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869) – The Meiji government (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_government) in Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto).
1891 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891) – San Sebastian Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Sebastian_Church) in Manila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila), the first all-steel church in Asia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia), is officially inaugurated and blessed.
1907 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907) – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Morgan), first African-American Orthodox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church) priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
1909 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909) – A group of mid-level Greek Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Army) officers launches the Goudi coup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goudi_coup), seeking wide-ranging reforms.
1914 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914) – A male servant of American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) architect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect) Frank Lloyd Wright (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright) sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin) home, Taliesin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliesin_%28studio%29), murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
1914 – The Panama Canal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal) opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship Ancon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ancon).
1914 – The First Russian Army, led by Pavel Rennenkampf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Rennenkampf), enters Eastern Prussia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Prussia).
1920 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920) – Polish-Soviet War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Soviet_War): Battle of Warsaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_%281920%29) – Poles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland) defeat the Red Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army).
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) – Will Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers) and Wiley Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post) are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow,_Alaska).
1939 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939) – 13 Stukas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87) dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
1940 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940) – An Italian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy) submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_cruiser_Elli_%281912%29) at Tinos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinos) harbour during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Italian_War) in October.
1941 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941) – Corporal Josef Jakobs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs) is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London) at 7:12am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason).
1942 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) – World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): Operation Pedestal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pedestal) – The SS Ohio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ohio) reaches the island of Malta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta) barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
1944 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944) – World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II): Operation Dragoon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dragoon) – Allied forces land in southern France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_France).
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) – World War II: Victory over Japan Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day) – Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) surrenders.
1945 – World War II: Korean Liberation Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Liberation_Day).
1947 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947) – India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India) gains Independence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_India) from the British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire) Indian Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Empire) and joins the Commonwealth of Nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations).
1947 – Founder of Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinnah) is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_General_of_Pakistan) in Karachi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi).
1948 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948) – The Republic of Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_parallel_north).
1950 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950) – Srikakulam district (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srikakulam_district) is formed in Andhra Pradesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh), India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India).
1952 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952) – Devon, United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon) A flashflood drenches the town of Lynmouth, killing 34 people.
1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954) – Alfredo Stroessner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Stroessner) begins his dictatorship in Paraguay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay).
1960 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960) – Republic of the Congo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo) (Brazzaville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville)) becomes independent from France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France).
1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) – Conrad Schumann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Schumann) flees from East Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany) while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall).
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) – James Joseph Dresnok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joseph_Dresnok) defects to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea) after running across the Korean DMZ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_DMZ). Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang).
1963 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963) – Execution of Henry John Burnett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_John_Burnett), the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
1963 – President Fulbert Youlou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbert_Youlou) is overthrown in the Republic of Congo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Congo), after a three-day uprising (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_Glorieuses_%281963%29) in the capital.
1965 – The Beatles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles) play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_1965_U.S._tour) in New York City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City), in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_rock).
1969 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969) – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Music_and_Art_Festival) opens.
1971 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971) – President (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President) Richard Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon) completes the break from the gold standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard) by ending convertibility of the United States dollar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar) into gold by foreign investors.
1971 – Bahrain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain) gains independence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain_Independence_Day) from the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom).
1973 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973) – Vietnam War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War): The United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) bombing of Cambodia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia) ends.
1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974) – Yuk Young-soo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuk_Young-soo), First Lady (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady) of South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea), is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President) of South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea), Park Chung-hee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung-hee).
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) – Bangladesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh)'s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman) is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
1975 – Miki Takeo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki_Takeo) makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasukuni_Shrine) by an incumbent prime minister (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan) on the anniversary of the end of World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II).
1977 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977) – The Big Ear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Ear), a radio telescope (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_telescope) operated by Ohio State University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University) as part of the SETI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI) project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow%21_signal)" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
1984 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984) – The PKK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers_Party) in Turkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey) starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) – In South Carolina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina), Shannon Faulkner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Faulkner) becomes the first female cadet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadet) matriculated at The Citadel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Citadel,_The_Military_College_of_South_Carolin a) (she drops out less than a week later).
1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998) – Omagh bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_Bombing) in Northern Ireland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland), the worst terrorist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism) incident of The Troubles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles)
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) – Beni Ounif massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beni_Ounif_massacre) in Algeria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria); some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco).
2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Peru_Earthquake) off the Pacific coast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_coast) devastates Ica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ica_region) and various regions of Peru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru) killing 514 and injuring 1,090.

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1171 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1171) – King Alfonso IX of Leon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_IX_of_Leon) (d. 1230)
1195 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1195) – Anthony of Padua (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua), Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1432) – Luigi Pulci (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pulci), Italian poet (d. 1484)
1575 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1575) – Bartol Kašić (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartol_Ka%C5%A1i%C4%87), Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1613) – Gilles Ménage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_M%C3%A9nage), French scholar (d. 1692)
1717 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1717) – Blind Jack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Jack), English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1740 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740) – Matthias Claudius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Claudius), German poet (d. 1815)
1769 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1769) – Napoleon Bonaparte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France), Corsican-born French military officer and dictator (d. 1821)
1771 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1771) – Sir Walter Scott (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott), Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832)
1785 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1785) – Thomas De Quincey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_De_Quincey), English author (d. 1859)
1813 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1813) – Jules Grévy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Gr%C3%A9vy), French statesman (d. 1891)
1844 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844) – Thomas-Alfred Bernier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas-Alfred_Bernier), Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
1856 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856) – Ivan Franko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Franko), Ukrainian writer (d. 1916)
1857 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857) – Albert Ballin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ballin), German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)
1858 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858) – E. Nesbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Nesbit), English author (d. 1924)
1859 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859) – Charles Comiskey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Comiskey), American baseball owner (d. 1931)
1860 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860) – Henrietta Vinton Davis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Vinton_Davis), American elocutionist (d. 1941)
1860 – Florence Harding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Harding), American First Lady (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady) (d. 1924)
1863 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863) – Alexei Krylov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Krylov), Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
1865 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865) – Mikao Usui (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikao_Usui), Japanese spiritual figure (d. 1926)
1872 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872) – Sri Aurobindo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo), Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
1875 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1875) – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor), English composer (d. 1912)
1876 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876) – Stylianos Gonatas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylianos_Gonatas), Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966)
1877 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877) – Tachiyama Mineemon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachiyama_Mineemon), Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuuchi#Yokozuna) (d. 1941)
1878 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1878) – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Nikolayevich_Wrangel), Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1928)
1879 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879) – Ethel Barrymore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Barrymore), American actress (d. 1959)
1881 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1881) – Alfred Wagenknecht (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wagenknecht), German-born American activist (d. 1956)
1883 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883) – Ivan Meštrović (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mestrovic), Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
1885 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1885) – Edna Ferber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Ferber), American novelist (d. 1968)
1886 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886) – Bill Whitty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Whitty), Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890) – Elizabeth Bolden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bolden), American Supercentenarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercentenarian) (d. 2006)
1890 – Jacques Ibert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ibert), French composer (d. 1962)
1892 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892) – Louis, 7th duc de Broglie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis,_7th_duc_de_Broglie), French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) (d. 1987)
1893 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893) – Leslie Comrie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Comrie), New Zealand astronomer and mechanical computation designer (d. 1950)
1896 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896) – Gerty Cori (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerty_Cori), Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) (d. 1957)
1896 – Catherine Doherty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Doherty), Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
1896 – Paul Outerbridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Outerbridge), American photographer (d. 1958)
1896 – Leon Theremin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Theremin), Russian inventor (d. 1993)
1898 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898) – Jan Brzechwa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Brzechwa), Polish poet (d. 1966)
1900 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900) – Estelle Brody (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Brody), American actress (d. 1995)
1901 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901) – Pyotr Novikov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Novikov), Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
1904 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904) – George Klein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Klein_%28inventor%29), Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
1905 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905) – Emile St. Godard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_St._Godard), Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
1909 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909) – Hugo Winterhalter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Winterhalter), American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1910 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910) – Signe Hasso (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe_Hasso), Swedish actress (d. 2002)
1912 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912) – Julia Child (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Child), American cook and TV personality (d. 2004)
1912 – Dame Wendy Hiller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Hiller), English actress (d. 2003)
1914 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914) – Paul Rand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rand), American graphic designer (d. 1996)
1916 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916) – Aleks Çaçi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleks_%C3%87a%C3%A7i), Albanian writer (d. 1989)
1917 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917) – Jack Lynch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lynch), Irish politician (d. 1999)
1917 – Oscar Romero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Romero), El Salvadorian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador) Roman Catholic priest (d. 1980)
1919 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919) – Huntz Hall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntz_Hall), American actor (d. 1999)
1919 – Benedict Kiely (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Kiely), Irish author (d. 2007)
1922 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922) – Lukas Foss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas_Foss), German-born composer (d. 2009)
1922 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922) – Leonard Baskin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Baskin), American sculptor and graphic artist (d. 2000)
1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgos_Mouzakis), Greek songwriter and musician (d. 2005)
1923 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923) – Rose Marie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Marie), American actress
1924 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924) – Robert Bolt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bolt), English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1924 – Werner Abrolat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Abrolat), German actor (d. 1997)
1925 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925) – Mike Connors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Connors), American actor
1925 – Oscar Peterson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson), Canadian jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Pinkney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pinkney), American baritone singer (d. 2007)
1926 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926) – Sami Michael (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Michael), Iraqi-born Israeli author
1926 – Costis Stephanopoulos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costis_Stephanopoulos), Greek politician
1927 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927) – Eddie Leadbeater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Leadbeater), England cricketer
1928 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928) – Nicolas Roeg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Roeg), English film director
1930 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930) – Ageeda Paavel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageeda_Paavel), Estonian freedom fighter
1933 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933) – Bobby Helms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Helms), American pop singer (d. 1997)
1933 – Jim Lange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lange), American game show host
1934 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934) – Bobby Byrd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Byrd), American soul/funk singer (d. 2007)
1934 – Nino Ferrer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Ferrer), French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
1934 – Reginald Scarlett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Scarlett), West Indian cricketer
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) – Jim Dale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dale), English actor
1935 – Vernon Jordan Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Jordan_Jr.), American presidential advisor
1935 – Lionel Taylor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Taylor), American football player
1938 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938) – Maxine Waters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Waters), American politician
1938 – Janusz A. Zajdel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_A._Zajdel), Polish writer
1940 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940) – Gudrun Ensslin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudrun_Ensslin), German terrorist (d. 1977)
1940 – Rita Shane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Shane), American soprano
1941 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941) – Manolis Mavrommatis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolis_Mavrommatis), Greek politician
1942 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) – Larry Hartsell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hartsell), American martial arts instructor (d. 2007)
1943 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943) – María Rojo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Rojo), Mexican actress and politician
1944 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944) – Linda Ellerbee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ellerbee), American journalist
1944 – Tom Murphy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Murphy_%28mayor%29), American politician
1944 – Dimitris Sioufas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Sioufas), Greek lawyer and politician
1944 – Sylvie Vartan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvie_Vartan), Bulgarian pop singer
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) – Gene Upshaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Upshaw), American football player (d. 2008)
1945 – Begum Khaleda Zia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Khaleda_Zia), Bangladeshi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh) politician
1946 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946) – Tony Robinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Robinson), English actor and television presenter
1946 – Jimmy Webb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Webb), American musician and composer
1947 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947) – Raakhee Gulzar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raakhee_Gulzar), Indian actress
1947 – Jenny Hanley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Hanley), British TV presenter
1948 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948) – Uschi Digard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uschi_Digard), American pornographic actress and model
1948 – Patsy Gallant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Gallant), Canadian pop singer
1948 – George Ryton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ryton), British engineer
1949 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949) – Beverly Lynn Burns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Lynn_Burns), American pilot
1949 – Richard Deacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Deacon_%28sculptor%29), Welsh sculptor
1949 – Garry Disher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Disher), Australian author
1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_B._Rosenberg), American educator
1950 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950) – Tommy Aldridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Aldridge), American musician
1950 – Anne, Princess Royal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal) of the United Kingdom
1950 – Tom Kelly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelly_%28baseball%29), American baseball manager
1951 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951) – Ann Biderman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Biderman), American film and television writer
1951 – Bobby Caldwell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Caldwell), American singer and musician
1951 – John Childs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Childs_%28cricketer%29), England cricketer
1951 – Daba Diawara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daba_Diawara), Malian politician
1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjan_Gunatilleke), Sri Lankan cricketer
1954 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954) – Stieg Larsson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stieg_Larsson), Swedish writer (d. 2004)
1954 – Mary Jo Salter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Salter), American poet
1956 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956) – Lorraine Desmarais (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Desmarais), French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1957 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957) – Željko Ivanek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Ivanek), Slovenian-American actor
1958 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958) – Simon Baron-Cohen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Baron-Cohen), British psychiatrist and author
1958 – Craig MacTavish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_MacTavish), Canadian ice hockey player/coach
1958 – Victor Shenderovich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Shenderovich), Russian satirist
1958 – Rondell Sheridan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondell_Sheridan), American actor and comedian
1958 – Laurie Bembenek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Bembenek), American convicted murderer and fugitive (d. 2010)
1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) – Ed Gillespie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gillespie), American White House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House) counsel to George W. Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush)
1961 – Gary Kubiak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kubiak), American football coach
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) – Tom Colicchio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Colicchio), American chef
1963 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963) – Alejandro González Iñárritu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu), Mexican film director
1963 – Jack Russell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Russell_%28cricketer_and_artist%29), England cricketer
1963 – Valery Levaneuski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Levaneuski), entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner
1964 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964) – Melinda French Gates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_French_Gates), American wife of Bill Gates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates)
1965 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965) – Rob Thomas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Thomas_%28writer%29), American writer
1966 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966) – Scott Brosius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brosius), American baseball player
1966 – Shirley Kwan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Kwan), Hong Kong singer
1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Papadopoulos_%28basketball%29), Greek basketball player
1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967) – Peter Hermann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hermann) American actor
1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968) – Debra Messing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Messing), American actress
1969 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969) – Kevin Cheng (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cheng), Hong Kong actor and singer
1969 – Cris Judd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris_Judd), American actor/choreographer
1969 – Bernard Fanning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Fanning), Australian singer/songwriter (Powderfinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powderfinger))
1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970) – Anthony Anderson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Anderson), American comedian and actor
1970 – Maddie Corman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddie_Corman), American actress
1970 – Ben Silverman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Silverman), American TV executive
1972 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972) – Ben Affleck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Affleck), American actor
1972 – Chris Morrissey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morrissey_%28actor/film_director%29), American film director/actor
1972 – Matthew Wood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Wood_%28sound_editor%29), American actor and sound editor
1972 – Jennifer Alexander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Alexander), Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1973 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973) – Adnan Sami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Sami), British-born Pakastani music composer and singer
1973 – Adam Willard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Willard), American musician (The Offspring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Offspring))
1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974) – Natasha Henstridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Henstridge), Canadian actress
1974 – Tomasz Suwary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz_Suwary), Polish footballer
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) – Bertrand Berry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Berry), American football player
1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Bharadwaj), Indian cricketer
1975 – Brendan Morrison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Morrison), Canadian hockey player
1975 – Kara Wolters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Wolters), American basketball player
1976 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976) – Boudewijn Zenden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudewijn_Zenden), Dutch football player
1977 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977) – Martin Biron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Biron), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1977 – Igor Cassina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Cassina), Italian gymnast
1977 – Nicole Paggi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Paggi), American actress
1978 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978) – Tim Foreman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Foreman), American bassist (Switchfoot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchfoot))
1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilia_Podkopayeva), Ukrainian gymnast
1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavros_Tziortziopoulos), Greek footballer
1978 – Kerri Walsh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerri_Walsh), American beach volleyball player
1979 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979) – Carl Edwards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Edwards), American NASCAR driver
1980 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980) – Nathalie Press (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Press), English actress
1981 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981) – Brendan Hansen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Hansen), American swimmer
1981 – Song Ji-hyo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Ji-hyo), South Korean actress
1981 – Oliver Perez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Perez), American baseball player
1982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982) – Casey Burgener (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Burgener), American weightlifter
1988 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988) – Tiffanie Anderson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffanie_Anderson), American performer (Girlicious (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlicious))
1989 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989) – Belinda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_%28singer%29), Mexican singer
1989 – Carlos Pena Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Pena_Jr.), American actor and singer
1989 – Joe Jonas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jonas), American actor and singer

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_15&action=edit&section=3)] Deaths



423 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/423) – Flavius Honorius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_%28emperor%29), Roman Emperor (b. 384)
778 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/778) – Roland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland), Frankish commander
1038 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1038) – King Stephen I of Hungary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_I_of_Hungary)
1057 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1057) – Macbeth, King of Scotland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth,_King_of_Scotland)
1118 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1118) – Alexius I Comnenus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexius_I_Comnenus), Byzantine Emperor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor) (b. 1048)
1196 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1196) – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_II,_Duke_of_Swabia) (b. 1173)
1274 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1274) – Robert de Sorbon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Sorbon), French theologian and educator (b. 1201)
1369 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1369) – Philippa of Hainault (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_of_Hainault), Queen consort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_consort) of Edward III of England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England)
1528 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1528) – Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odet_de_Foix,_Vicomte_de_Lautrec), French military leader (b. 1485)
1552 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1552) – Hermann of Wied (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_of_Wied), German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
1621 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1621) – John Barclay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barclay_%281582-1621%29), Scottish writer (b. 1582)
1666 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1666) – Johann Adam Schall von Bell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Schall_von_Bell), German Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1714 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1714) – Constantin Brâncoveanu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Br%C3%A2ncoveanu), Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654)
1728 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1728) – Marin Marais (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Marais), French composer and viol player (b. 1656)
1758 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1758) – Pierre Bouguer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bouguer), French mathematician (b. 1698)
1799 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1799) – Giuseppe Parini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Parini), Italian poet (b. 1729)
1852 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1852) – Johan Gadolin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Gadolin), Finnish scientist (b. 1760)
1859 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859) – Nathaniel Claiborne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Claiborne), American politician (b. 1777)
1880 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880) – Adelaide Neilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Neilson), English actress (b. 1848)
1907 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907) – Joseph Joachim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Joachim), Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
1909 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909) – Euclides da Cunha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclides_da_Cunha), Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866)
1917 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917) – Thomas J. Higgins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Higgins), American Union Army soldier (b. 1831)
1925 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925) – Konrad Mägi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_M%C3%A4gi), Estonian artist (b. 1878)
1931 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931) – Nigar Shikhlinskaya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigar_Shikhlinskaya), Azerbaijani WWI nurse (b. ca. 1878)
1935 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935) – Wiley Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post), American pilot (b. 1898)
1935 – Will Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers), American humorist and actor (b. 1879)
1935 – Paul Signac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Signac), French painter (b. 1863)
1936 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936) – Grazia Deledda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazia_Deledda), Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) (b. 1871)
1942 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942) – Mahadev Desai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahadev_Desai), personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi) (b.1892)
1945 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945) – Korechika Anami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korechika_Anami), Japanese War Minister (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_War_of_Japan#Ministers_of_War_of_Japan .2C_1900-1945) (b. 1887)
1951 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951) – Artur Schnabel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Schnabel), Polish pianist (b. 1882)
1953 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953) – Ludwig Prandtl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Prandtl), German physicist (b. 1875)
1959 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959) – Blind Willie McTell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Willie_McTell), American singer (b. 1901)
1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962) – Lei Feng (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Feng), Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940)
1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967) – René Magritte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte), Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971) – Paul Lukas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lukas), Hungarian-born actor (b. 1887)
1975 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975) – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman), Bangladeshi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh) statesman (b. 1920)
1975 – Clay Shaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Shaw), American lawyer and John F. Kennedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy) assassination investigator (b. 1913)
1982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982) – Hugo Theorell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Theorell), Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) (b. 1903)
1989 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989) – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrasyvoulos_Tsakalotos), Greek Army officer (b. 1897)
1990 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990) – Viktor Tsoi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Tsoi), Russian musician (b. 1962)
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) – John Cameron Swayze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cameron_Swayze), American journalist (b. 1906)
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) – Sir Hugh Casson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Casson), British architect and artist (b. 1910)
2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001) – Richard Chelimo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chelimo), Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003) – Gösta Sundqvist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6sta_Sundqvist), Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) – Sune Bergström (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sune_Bergstr%C3%B6m), Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) (b. 1916)
2004 – Semiha Berksoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiha_Berksoy), first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarsinh_Chaudhary), Indian politician (b. 1941)
2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005) – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendapudi_Venkata_Satyanarayana), Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006) – Te Atairangi Kaahu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Atairangi_Kaahu), Māori queen (b. 1931)
2006 – Rick Bourke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Bourke), Australian rugby league player (b. c. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenraad_Bron), Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faas_Wilkes), Dutch international footballer (b. 1923)
2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007) – Richard Bradshaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bradshaw), British opera conductor, (b. 1944)
2007 – John Gofman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gofman), American Manhattan Project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project) scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Orbell), New Zealand bush walker (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Pollock), Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
2008 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008) – Jerry Wexler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Wexler), American music producer (b. 1917)
2008 – James Orthwein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Orthwein), American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) businessman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Businessperson) (b. 1924)
2008 – Leroy Sievers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Sievers), American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) journalist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist) (b. 1955)
2008 – Vic Toweel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Toweel), South African (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa) boxer (b. 1929)

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_15&action=edit&section=4)] Holidays and observances



Armed Forces Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day) (Poland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland))
Christian Feast Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints):

Stanislaus Kostka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_Kostka)
Tarcisius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Tarcisius)
August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_15_%28Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics%29)


Feast day of the Assumption of Mary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary), one of the Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church) Holy Day of Obligation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Day_of_Obligation). (Christianity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity), a public holiday in Austria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Austria), Belgium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Belgium), Benin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Benin), Bosnia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina), Burundi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Burundi), Cameroon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Cameroon), Chile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Chile), Colombia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Colombia), Côte d'Ivoire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire), Croatia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Croatia), Cyprus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Cyprus), France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_France), Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Germany), Greece (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Greece), Guatemala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala), Hungary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Hungary), Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Italy), Lebanon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Lebanon), Liechtenstein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein), Lithuania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Lithuania), Luxembourg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg), Macedonia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Republic_of_Macedonia), Malta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malta), Mauritius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Mauritius), Paraguay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Paraguay), Poland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Poland), Portugal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Portugal), Romania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Romania), Senegal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal), Seychelles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles), Slovenia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Slovenia), Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Spain), Switzerland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Switzerland), Togo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo), and Vanuatu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu)), and its related observances:

Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Theotokos) (Eastern Orthodox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church), Oriental Orthodox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Church) and Eastern Catholic Churches (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches))
Ferragosto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferragosto) (Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy))
Mother's Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day) (Antwerp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp) and Costa Rica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica))
National Acadian Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Acadian_Day) (Acadians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadians))
Virgin of Candelaria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_Candelaria), patron of the Canary Islands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands). (Tenerife (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife), Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain))


Earliest day on which Day of Hearts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartjesdag) can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haarlem) and Amsterdam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam))
Independence Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo), celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo) from France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) in 1960.
Independence Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day), celebrates the independence of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India) from the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) in 1947.
Liberation Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_%28Korea%29), celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan) in 1945:

Gwangbokjeol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangbokjeol), "Liberation Day" (South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea))
Jogukhaebangui nal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangbokjeol), "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea))


The first day of Flooding of the Nile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooding_of_the_Nile), a commemoration of the belief that the star Sirius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius) would appear when the Nile River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_River) flooded.(Egypt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt) and Coptic Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria))
The main day of Bon Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Festival) (Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan))
Victory over Japan Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day) (United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States))

[Dr. Gonzo]

Claire Danes, Shannen Doherty, Andy Garcia, Tom Clancy, David Cassidy, David Letterman, Ed O'Neill, Tiny Tim, Herbie Hancock

[mrsmaalox]

My bd is October 3

India. Arie
Lindsey Buckingham
Neve Campbell
Chubby Checker
Roy Horn
Tommy Lee
Clive Owen
Seann William Scott
Al Sharpton
Gwen Stefani (same year)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (my favorite!)
Gore Vidal
Tommy Wiseau
Thomas Wolfe

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Gianna Michaels...

:tu

[Wild Cobra]

Why should I tell you guys my birthday?

However, there was a famous man who died who was born a few years after me. Guy was from Australia, and married a woman from my state.

Guesses?

I will neither confirm nor deny...

There was also a NBA player well known, and a Charlies Angel.

[Wild Cobra]

Oh...

Wilt - the stilt... set one of his records also.

[TwAnKiEs]

Tyson Chandler born on October 2, 1982 -:lol

Camilla Belle born on October 2, 1986 - yumm :wow

[desflood]

January 9 - I got to Jimmy Page and stopped. That right there is good enough for me.

[rascal]

Sarah Palin
Sheryl Crow
Jennifer Aniston
Tina Louise
Burt Reynolds
Leslie Nielson
Gerry Goffin
James Silas
Thomas Edison
Eva Gabor

[jeebus]

Louis Bonaparte(brother of Napoleon)
Albert Spalding (as in co-founder of the Spalding company)
Terry Bradshaw
Nate Archibald
Mark Harmon
Keanu Reeves :(
Lennox Lewis
Salma Hayek! :D
Cynthia Watros
Tommy Maddox

Had some notable deaths too on Sep. 2
Pheidippides (dude who ran to Sparta to get help, thus the marathon)
Alvin York (WWI bad ass)
Ho Chi Minh
JRR Tolkien
Bob Denver

[manufan10]

August 4

Louis Armstrong
Roger Clemens
Alberto Gonzales (Attorney General)
Jeff Gordon
John Newton
Barack Obama
John Riggins
Cole and Dylan Sprouse (Suite Life of Zach and Cody)
Helen Thomas
Billy Bob Thorton
Louis Vuitton
Dean Malenko

[200 miles]

8/16:

T.E. Lawrence
James Cameron
Steve Carell
Madonna
Both of the Giffords
Rumer Willis

just to name a few

[Kori Ellis]

Natalie Portman, Johnny Depp, Michael J. Fox and Peja Stojakovic :wtf

[ohmwrecker]

Charlotte Bronte
Anthony Quinn
Warren Spahn
Queen Elizabeth II
Charles Grodin
Iggy Pop
Robert Smith
Tony Romo

and . . . Mark Olberding

[PakiDan]

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTa4x6h4OiJ66bP1ptw6_shKZUYBFxcJ kSyLKsgh8sSIwIAag64 http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfPgwFYqz8WvHAY0YtGiyBmO7R9VIzu IiUVU5q34ZEIexUxsqUUg [IMG]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZ_-6uHaCaYN3MYb787QnpPzSrBuHZL5oZO95k2gvWTld9w7TVaA http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJvxMKXrRd7CCVFwNtchUh7G8D7abJG fPv3xbMuUvBNlYe4ubN

[Blake]

Kobe Bryant, River Phoenix, Gene Kelly, PakiDan

[JudynTX]

Val Kilmer
Donna Summer
Tim Matheson
John Denver
Diane von Furstenburg
Andy Summers
Anthony Hopkins
Ben Kingsley

[RobSM64]

Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden....

DeMar Derozan

and David Duchovny

Those are the 3 I can think of at the top of my head

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Albert Einstein, Michael Caine and Sasha Grey.

Solid mix.

[tp2021]

Thomas Henry Huxley
Will Arnett
Erin Andrews
George Hill!

[RGMCSE]

Ill go first
I was born on April 24th. I share birthdays with....

Chipper Jones
Barbra Streisand
Kelly Clarkson
Carlos Beltran
Omar Vizquel


nice

[PakiDan]

Kobe Bryant, River Phoenix, Gene Kelly, PakiDan

Nice! :tu

[Jimcs50]

Andre Agassi
April 29, 1970
Carnie Wilson
April 29, 1919
Dale Earnhardt
April 29, 1951
Daniel Day-Lewis
April 29, 1958
Michelle Pfeffer
Uma Thurman

[RedsLakers24]

Aug 24

Cal Ripken Jr
Charlie Villanueva
Dave Chappelle
Nick Adenhart
Reggie Miller
Rupert Grint
Michael Redd

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Sasha Grey.attention whore.

[eisfeld]

Grace Kelly
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSx2S58H8Xwt4NqTAKwIpOL2Ix-ZmJgIVe7XWQzMzyHpnCR_lhF

Charles Manson
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Neil Young
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Now a real celebrity - Sam Lloyd!
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Anne Hathaway
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and fortunately a bball playa
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[The Reckoning]

alexander hamilton. thats it, ha.

[texas_gator]

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great scotttttttttttt!

1.21 jiggawatts?!?!?!

[tlongII]

tlongII

[resistanze]

Jesus and Jimmy Buffet.

[coyotes_geek]

My list started out awesome..........

Joe Lewis
Harvey Keitel
Steven Colbert
Stevie Wonder
Sunny Leone

.........and then all that awesomeness vanished abruptly.

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[Duff McCartney]

Me and Arnold Schwarzenneger, Hilary Swank, Christine Taylor, Jaimy Pressly, and Christopher Nolan...man some real badasses born on this day!