Historical Events on 01st March

Historical Events

752 BC - Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women. 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus. 293 - Roman emperor Maximianus introduces tetrarchy 317 - Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius Iunior, son of Emperor Licinius, are made Caesares 492 - St Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 492 - St Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 705 - John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope 743 - Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited 918 - Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht 1260 - Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus 1382 - French Maillotin uprises against taxes 1420 - Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten 1457 - The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination. 1562 - Blood bath at Vassy: Gen de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder 1565 - Portuguese soldier Estácio de Sá founds the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1587 - English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1591 - Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV 1593 - The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. 1628 - Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England mandating that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date. 1633 - Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu. 1634 - Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians 1642 - Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city 1692 - Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, MA) 1711 - "The Spectator" begins publishing (London) 1780 - Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only) 1781 - Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation 1784 - E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain 1785 - Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized 1790 - 1st US census authorized 1792 - US Presidential Succession Act passed 1796 - 1st National Meeting in the Hague 1803 - Ohio becomes 17th state 1809 - Embargo Act of 1807 repealed & Non-Intercourse Act signed 1811 - Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500 1811 - French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel 1815 - Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law 1840 - Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France. 1845 - President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas 1847 - Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) 1852 - Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 1854 - SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor & is never seen again 1854 - German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg. 1859 - Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd) 1864 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) 1864 - Rebecca Lee (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree 1866 - Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana 1867 - Howard University, Washington DC, chartered 1867 - Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later) 1869 - Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for 1st time 1871 - J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia 1872 - Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park 1873 - E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. 1875 - Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883 1876 - Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Conn) 1878 - First winter ascent of Aneto 1879 - Library of Hawaii founded 1886 - The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham. 1890 - 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published 1893 - Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador 1896 - Battle of Adwa: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians in Ethopia 1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. 1904 - England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia 1909 - 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn 1910 - 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in US history 1912 - Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1912 - Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, NYC 1913 - 1st state law requiring bonding of officers & state employees, ND 1913 - Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment) 1914 - Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum 1914 - The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union. 1916 - Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic 1917 - 1st federal land bank chartered 1917 - U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. 1919 - Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin 1919 - March 1st Movement begins in Korea. 1920 - Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy 1920 - Buriat ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted 1921 - Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England 1921 - Rwanda ceded to Great Britain 1921 - Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia 1923 - Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker 1924 - Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted 1927 - Bank of Italy becomes a Natl Bank 1928 - Paul Whiteman & orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records 1932 - Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12 1933 - Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks 1934 - Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria 1934 - Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1936 - The Hoover Dam is completed. 1936 - A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union. 1937 - 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct) 1937 - Gov Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles 1937 - US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day 1939 - Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump exploded at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. 1940 - Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published 1941 - "Captain America" appears in a comic book 1941 - 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn 1941 - Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner 1941 - German troops invade Bulgaria 1941 - Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp 1942 - 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat 1942 - Baseball decides that players in milt can't play when on furlough 1942 - J Milton Cage Jr's "Imaginary Landscape No 3," premieres in Chicago 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java 1942 - Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews 1942 - Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia 1943 - Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided 1944 - Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns 1944 - U-358 sinks in Atlantic 1945 - British 43rd Division under Gen Essame occupies Xanten 1945 - Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi 1945 - FDR announces success of Yalta Conference 1945 - Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander 1945 - US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach 1946 - British government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years 1946 - Panama accepts its new constitution 1946 - The Bank of England is nationalised. 1947 - International Monetary Fund begins operation 1949 - Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ 1949 - The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals 1949 - Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch. 1950 - Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa 1950 - Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London) 1950 - USSR issues golden rubles 1952 - Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns 1952 - Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain 1953 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open 1953 - KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 - KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins 1953 - WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission 1953 - WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 - Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later. 1954 - 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US house of reps injuring 5 reps 1954 - In spring training, baseballer Ted Williams breaks his collarbone 1954 - Rebellion during visit of pres Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die 1954 - US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll 1955 - Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 1955 - KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast 1955 - Pakistan v India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw 1956 - The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization. 1957 - "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 123 perfs 1957 - KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 - Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor 1958 - Gary Sobers 365* v Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara 1958 - Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260 1958 - West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl v Pakistan 1958 - Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the Roman Curia. 1959 - Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years 1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament 1961 - Cellist Jacqueline du Prés debut in Wigmore Hall 1961 - President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp 1962 - American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95 1962 - K-Mart opens 1962 - US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada 1963 - 200,000 French mine workers strike 1965 - Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct 1965 - Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec) 1965 - WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 - Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria 1966 - Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1967 - Dominica & St Lucia gain independence from Britain 1967 - House of Reps expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116) 1967 - Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London 1967 - WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast 1968 - NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return 1968 - Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting 1968 - Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands 1968 - Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect 1969 - "Red, White, & Maddox" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 41 perfs 1969 - After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts 1969 - Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium 1969 - NY Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires 1969 - Pirate Radio 259 begins operation off the French coast 1970 - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater 1970 - Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released 1970 - End of US coml whale hunting 1970 - Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election 1970 - White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain 1971 - Bomb attack on the Capitol in Wash DC 1971 - Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM 1972 - Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth" 1972 - David Rabe's "Sticks & Bones," premieres in NYC 1972 - KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points 1973 - Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens 1973 - Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race 1974 - George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November 1974 - Ian & Greg Chappell make 264 partnership v NZ cricket at Wellington 1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1975 - 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win 1975 - Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1 1975 - Colour television transmissions begin in Australia. 1977 - Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards 1977 - US extends territorial waters to 200 miles 1978 - "Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 243 performances 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery 1979 - "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 557 performances 1980 - CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established 1980 - Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater 1980 - Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit

1980 - Snow falls in Florida 1981 - "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 perfs 1981 - Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike (he dies) 1981 - Irish Rep Army Bobby Sand begins hunger strike in Maze Prison 1981 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic 1982 - 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees 1982 - 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1982 - NY Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents 1982 - Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1983 - Tamara McKinney becomes 1st US woman skier to win the World Cup 1983 - Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people 1984 - Landsat 5 & ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar, #5502 Brashear & #5943 Lovi 1985 - Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center 1985 - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks 1985 - Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1988 - Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA 1988 - Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran 1988 - Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile 1988 - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist 1989 - Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981 1989 - Comet du Toit at perihelion 1989 - Julianne Philips & Bruce Springsteen divorce 1989 - The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. 1990 - Benin nullifies its constitution 1990 - Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay 1990 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 1991 - US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens 1992 - "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco NYC after 41 perfs 1992 - "Visit" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances 1992 - Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40) 1992 - Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle US record (54.48 secs) 1993 - Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians 1993 - George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of NY Yankees 1993 - New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks 1994 - 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins 1994 - Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as president of Finland 1994 - Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution 1995 - 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Phila, Sheryl Crow 1995 - Belgium ends military conscript 1995 - Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland 1995 - Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay 1995 - Part of Houston begins using new area code 281 1995 - Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol, resigns 1996 - Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory 1996 - New toll-free 888 area code introduced 1996 - Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington & Shap England 1997 - "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC 1997 - 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV 1998 - "Art," opens at Royale Theater NYC 1998 - Australian Ladies Masters Golf 2000 - The Constitution of Finland is rewritten. 2000 - Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC. 2002 - The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€). 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. 2002 - The Envisat environmental satellite successfully reaches an orbit 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth on its 11th launch, carrying the heaviest payload to date at 8500 kilograms (9.5 tons). 2003 - Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. 2004 - Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. 2004 - Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum becomes President of Iraq. 2006 - Tarja Halonen is inaugurated as President of Finland for the second and last time. 2006 - English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station. 2007 - Tornadoes swarm across the southern United States, killing at least 20; eight of the deaths were at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama. 2007 - "Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots. 2012 - Euro zone unemployment reaches historical high of 10.7% 2013 - The 2013 US budget sequestration comes into effect 2013 - 14 people are killed in the Lahad Datu standoff between Malaysian government and rebel forces

Birthdays

40 - Martial, Latin poet (d. 102) 772 - Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/governor of Hang-tsjow 1432 - Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455) 1445 - Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), probable date of birth 1456 - Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516) 1494 - Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter 1528 - Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria 1547 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628) 1597 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652) 1607 - Giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer 1610 - Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian 1610 - John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685) 1630 - Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, baptized 1657 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740) 1683 - Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737) 1690 - Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer 1703 - Dieudonne Raick, composer 1709 - Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer 1711 - Peregrinus Pogl, composer 1732 - William Cushing, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States. (d. 1810) 1734 - Pieter Valck[x], South Netherland sculptor 1760 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794) 1771 - Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer 1779 - Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer 1780 - Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-general of Neth Indies (1826-30) 1788 - Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician 1799 - Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer 1807 - Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898) 1811 - Robert Christie Buchanan, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1878 1812 - Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852) 1817 - Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882) 1820 - George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1896 1820 - Richard Redhead, composer 1821 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Catholic bishop (d. 1896) 1822 - Albin Francisco Schoepf, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1822 - Charles Champion Gilbert, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) 1826 - John Thomas, composer 1828 - James Fleming Fagan, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 1828 - Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright 1831 - Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1832 - Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer 1835 - Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade) 1837 - Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie) 1837 - William Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic) 1838 - Gabriele dell' Addolorata, [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest 1841 - Blanche Kelso Bruce, Virginia, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881) 1841 - Romualdo Marenco, composer 1842 - Nicholaos Gysis, Greek painter (d. 1901) 1848 - Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US, sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold piece) 1852 - Theophile Delcasse, French statesman 1856 - Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw) 1858 - Georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist 1863 - Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (d. 1930) 1865 - Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java) 1865 - Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949) 1871 - Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938) 1874 - Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Neth 1876 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian IOC president (d. 1942) 1878 - Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer 1880 - Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis 1880 - Lytton Strachey, biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923) 1882 - Ida Moore, Altoona Ks, actress (Mr Music, Ma & Pa Kettle at Waikiki) 1883 - Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great (Yale) 1885 - Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum) 1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960) 1888 - Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948) 1889 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960) 1890 - Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Zonnestral) 1892 - Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa) 1893 - Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy) 1893 - Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (d. 1968) 1895 - G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of fame (elected 1958) 1896 - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer 1896 - Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942) 1899 - Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (d. 1972) 1900 - Edna Swithenbank Manley, Jamaican sculptor, wife of PM 1900 - Yorgos Seferis, [Seferi dis], Greek diplomat/poet (Strofi) 1900 - Donald Keith Falkner, singer 1903 - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist) 1904 - Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood) 1904 - Paul Hartman, SF California, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction) 1905 - Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom) 1905 - Doris Hare, Welsh actress (d. 2000) 1907 - Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront) 1909 - Richard de Guide, composer 1909 - Robert Selby Taylor, bishop 1909 - Terence De Marney, England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo) 1910 - David Niven, London UK, actor (Casino Royale, The Pink Panther) 1910 - Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002) 1911 - Harry Golombek, chess grandmaster 1912 - Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, archbishop of Toronto (d. 2003) 1913 - Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photogrpaher/collector 1914 - Archibald J Gumede, S Afr ANC member/chairman (UDF) 1914 - Ralph Waldo Ellison, US writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Cast) 1914 - Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998) 1917 - Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet) 1917 - Robert Lowell, poet/pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean) 1918 - Roger Delgado, London, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June) 1918 - Gladys Noon Spellman, American politician (d. 1988) 1920 - Alfred Grant Goodman, composer 1920 - Harry Caray, baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs) 1920 - Howard Nemerov, US, 3rd US poet laureate/novelist (Blue Swallows) 1920 - Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984) 1921 - Jack Clayton, film director 1921 - Richard Wilbur, 2nd US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep) 1921 - Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke, (NY) 1922 - William M Gaines, publisher (MAD Magazine) 1922 - Yitzak Rabin, premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994) 1923 - Bonita Granville, actress/producer (Perry Mason) 1923 - Duncan White, Ceylon, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1948) 1923 - Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer and editor (d. 1999) 1924 - Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18) 1925 - Al Rosen, Spartanburg SC, 3rd baseman (AL MVP 1953)/NY Yankee pres 1926 - Cesare Danova, Rome Italy, actor (Garrison's Gorillas) 1926 - Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner (1960-89) 1926 - Robert Clary, Paris France, actor (LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes) 1926 - Allan Stanley, Timmons, ON, Hall of Fame ice hockey player, (d. 2013) 1927 - Harry Belafonte, Harlem NYC, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher) 1927 - Lusine Amara, opera/concert singer 1927 - Robert Heron Bork, judge, nominated for supreme court, (d. 2012) 1928 - Seymour Papert, South African mathematician 1928 - Jacques Rivette, French film director 1929 - Sonny James, singer (Young Love, Running Bear) 1929 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978) 1930 - C D Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's) 1930 - Pierre Max Dubois, composer 1930 - Raymond St Jacques, actor/director (Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr Moses) 1930 - Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980) 1932 - Jacques Leduc, composer 1933 - Istvan Lang, composer 1933 - Joan Hackett, NY, actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony) 1933 - Myrlie Evers, politician/commissioner (LA Board of Public works) 1934 - Jim "Ed" Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Road) 1934 - Riet [M J J] Roosen-van Pelt, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1935 - Judith Rossner, author (Looking for Mr Goodbar) 1935 - Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], Chicago, actor (Wild Wild West) 1936 - Camille E Baly, St Maartens poet (Sonny) 1936 - Jean-Edern Hallier, writer 1936 - Marion Farouk-Sluglett, political scientist 1936 - Monique Bégin, French-Canadian politician 1937 - Jed Allan, Bronx NY, actor (Days of our Lives, CC-Santa Barbara) 1938 - Michael J[oseph] Kurland, US, sci-fi author (Infernal Device) 1939 - Leo Brouwer, composer 1939 - Warren Davis, rocker (Monotones) 1940 - David Broome, Show Jumper (world champ-1970) 1940 - Ralph Towner, rocker (Oregon) 1940 - Robert Grossman, American illustrator 1941 - Michael L Lampton, Williamsport Pa, astronaut 1942 - Jerry Fischer, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1942 - Peter Guber, producer (Flashdance) 1942 - Richard Bowman Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1943 - Benjamin W Jipcho, Mt Elgon Kenya, 3K steeplechase (Oly-silver-1972) 1943 - Franz Hohler, writer 1943 - Mauro Checcoli, Italy, 3 day equestrian (Olympic-gold-1964) 1943 - Piet Veerman, Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats-Sailin' Home) 1943 - Wolfgang Scheidel, German DR, luge (Olympic-gold-1972) 1943 - Gil Amelio, American venture capitalist 1943 - Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast 1943 - Richard H. Price, American physicist 1943 - Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist 1943 - José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer 1944 - Dirk Benedict, Helena Mont, actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica) 1944 - John B Breaux, (Rep-D-LA, 1972-88) 1944 - John Napier, London, set designer (Royal Shakesphere Company) 1944 - Mike D'Abo, rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) 1944 - Roger Daltrey, English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy) 1946 - Lana Wood, [Svetlana Gurdin], Santa Rosa California, (Diamonds are Forever) 1946 - Tony Ashton, Blackburn England, rocker (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) 1946 - Gerry Boulet, French-Canadian singer (d. 1990) 1947 - Alan Thicke, Ontario, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains) 1948 - Burning Spear, [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer 1948 - Norman Connors, singer (You Are My Starship) 1949 - Sido Martens, Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus) 1950 - Shahid Israr, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (in one Test v NZ 1976) 1951 - Barbara DeAngelis, talk show hostess (Barbara DeAngelis Show) 1952 - Alice Ritzman, Kalispell MT, LPGA golfer (1995 Rochester Intl-5th) 1952 - David Allen Barr, Kelowna BC, PGA golfer (Atlanta Golf Classic) 1952 - Steven Barnes, American writer 1952 - Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer 1952 - Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager 1953 - Bandula Warnapura, cricketer (1st Sri Lanka Test captain) 1954 - Ron Howard, Oklahoma, American actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days) 1954 - Catherine Bach, Warren Oh, actress (Daisey Duke-Dukes of Hazzard) 1954 - Janis Gill, Torrance Cal, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl) 1955 - Jimmy Fortune, Newport News Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57) 1956 - Balwinder Singh Sandhu, cricketer (Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup) 1956 - Mark Todd, UK, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96) 1956 - Timothy Daly, Sufferin NY, actor (Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven) 1957 - Jon Carroll, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight) 1958 - Nik Kershaw, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good) 1958 - Wayne B Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper (Australia) 1958 - Bertrand Piccard, Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist 1958 - Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor 1960 - Alicia Dibos, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th) 1961 - Davis Daniel, Arlington Heights Ill, country singer 1961 - Mike Rozier, NFL halfback (Heisman Trophy-1983, Houston, Atlanta) 1962 - Bill Leen, rocker (Gin Blossoms) 1962 - Mark Gardner, Los Angeles California, pitcher (SF Giants) 1963 - Arnold Oosterveer, soccer player (SC Heerenveen) 1963 - Barb[ara] Marois, Auburn Mass, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)

1963 - Magnus Svensson, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1963 - Maurice Benard, actor (Sonny Corinthos-General Hospital) 1963 - Robert James Affuso, Newburgh NY, rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love) 1963 - Ron Francis, Sault Ste Marie, NHL center (Pitts Penguins, Team Canada) 1963 - Tony Castillo, Lara Venezuela, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) 1963 - Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking) 1963 - Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer 1964 - Jennifer McCarters, Sevierville Tn, singer (McCarters-The Gift) 1964 - Paul Le Guen, French football manager 1964 - Clinton Gregory, Martinsville, Virginia, American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter (Play, Ruby, Play) 1965 - Les Miller, defensive end (Carolina Panthers) 1965 - Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey 1965 - Booker Huffman, American professional wrestler 1966 - John David Cullum, actor (1776, Sweet Country, Day After) 1966 - Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners) 1966 - Steve Reed, Los Angeles California, pitcher (Colorado Rockies) 1967 - Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio) 1967 - Yelena Afanasyeva, Russian athlete 1967 - George Eads, American actor 1968 - Salil Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989) 1968 - Sanjeeva Weerasinghe, cricketer (Test for Sri Lanka v India at 17) 1969 - Azam Khan, cricketer (Pakistan ODI batsman 1996) 1969 - Doug Creek, Winchester VA, pitcher (SF Giants) 1969 - Vincenzo Esposito, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors) 1969 - Javier Bardem, Spanish actor 1969 - Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals) 1970 - Lisa Eagen, Harlan Iowa, team handball wing/back court (Olympics-1996) 1970 - Ray Crittenden, wide receiver (San Diego Chargers) 1970 - Stuart Thompson, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996) 1971 - Allen Johnson, Wash DC, long jumper/110m hurdler (Olympics-gold-96) 1971 - Andre Karnebeek, soccer player (FC Twente) 1971 - Austin Robbins, NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, NO Saints) 1971 - Shepherd Clark, Atlanta Ga, figure skater (1994, 97 Eastern Sr champ) 1971 - Tim Prinsen, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1971 - Tyler Hamilton, Marblehead Mass, cyclist (Olympics-96) 1971 - Zahoor Elahi, cricketer (Pakistan opening batsman v NZ 1996) 1972 - Omar Daal, Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher (Montreal Expos) 1972 - Profail Grier, CFL running back (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1973 - Chris Webber, NBA forward (Washington Bullets/Wizards) 1973 - Igor Murin, Trencin CZE, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998) 1973 - Jack Davenport, English actor 1973 - Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ 1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell) 1974 - Stephen Davis, running back (Washington Redskins) 1975 - Maria Jose Suarez, Miss Universe-Spain (1996) 1976 - Maringo Vlijter, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) 1976 - Peter F. Bell, Australian rules footballer 1976 - Dave Malkoff, American TV News Reporter 1977 - Rod White, Sharon Pa, archer (Olympics-gold-1996) 1977 - Rens Blom, Dutch athlete 1977 - Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and supermodel 1978 - Jensen Ackles, American actor (Days of our Lives) 1978 - Donovan Patton, Guamanian television star 1978 - Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress 1980 - Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard 1980 - Shahid Afridi, cricketer (ton in 37 balls in 1st ODI innings) 1980 - Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer 1980 - Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer 1981 - Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel 1981 - Adam LaVorgna, American actor 1981 - Will Power, Australian racing driver 1981 - Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player 1983 - Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer 1983 - Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter 1983 - Chris Hackett, English footballer 1983 - Blake Hawksworth, Canadian baseball player 1984 - Naima Mora, American model 1984 - Alexander Steen, Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player 1985 - Andreas Ottl, German footballer 1985 - Jeremy Jacob "J" Leman, Champaign Illinois, American Football Player 1986 - Jonathan Spector, American soccer player 1987 - Sammie Bush, Boyton Beach Florida, American R&B singer ("I Like It") 1988 - Katija Pevec, American actress 1989 - Sonya Kitchell, American singer 1989 - Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer 1990 - Nikolas Tsattalios, Australian soccer player 1990 - Harry Eden, English actor 1990 - Ben Tozer, English footballer 1994 - JustinBieber, London Ontario, Canadian pop singer (Baby, One Time)