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Arab-Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins.

Arab-Byzantine wars · Battle of Yarmouk · Byzantine Empire · Rashidun Caliphate

Arab-Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.

Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik · Second Arab Siege of Constantinople

Arab-Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.

Second Arab Siege of Constantinople

Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.

Carloman (mayor of the palace) · Austrasia · Majordomo · Monastery · Pepin the Short

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.

Battle of Roncevaux Pass · Roland

Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising

Bavaria · Dachau · Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising

The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.

Saracen · Taranto

Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria

Holy Roman Emperor · Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor · Saracen · Battle of Capo Colonna · Calabria

Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.

Eustathios Daphnomeles · Ivats · Basil II · Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria

King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.

Stephen I of Hungary · Peter Orseolo

King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.

Macbeth, King of Scotland · Battle of Lumphanan · Malcolm III of Scotland

The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.

Pavia · Benedictine · Lanfranc · Archbishop of Canterbury

The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.

Vardzia · Tamar of Georgia

The Battle of the Puig takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon. The battle resulted in an Aragonese victory.

Battle of the Puig · Spanish Reconquista · Taifa of Valencia · Kingdom of Aragon

The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)

Cornerstone · Cologne Cathedral · Shrine of the Three Kings · Biblical Magi · 1880

Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.

Michael VIII Palaiologos · List of Byzantine emperors · Constantinople

Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.

Mongol invasions of Japan · Mongol Empire · Kublai Khan · Kamikaze (typhoon) · Battle of Kōan

The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.

Rhodes (city) · Knights Hospitaller · Rhodes · Knights Hospitaller

Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.

Francesco I Sforza · Milan · Lucca

The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.

Empire of Trebizond · Mehmed II · Byzantine Empire · David of Trebizond

Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.

Pope Sixtus IV · Sistine Chapel

Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.

Afonso de Albuquerque · Capture of Malacca (1511) · Malacca · Malacca Sultanate

Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.

Watercraft · Fernão Pires de Andrade · Pearl River Delta

Panama City, Panama is founded.

Panama City, Panama

Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.

Ignatius of Loyola · Society of Jesus

Asunción, Paraguay is founded.

Asunción, Paraguay

Arequipa, Peru is founded.

Arequipa, Peru

Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549).

Society of Jesus · Francis Xavier · Kagoshima · Japanese calendar

Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.

Nine Years' War (Ireland) · Battle of Curlew Pass · Hugh Roe O'Donnell · Conyers Clifford

French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.

Bombardment of Brussels

Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.

Seven Years' War · Battle of Liegnitz (1760) · Frederick the Great · Austrians · Ernst Gideon von Laudon

The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette · American Revolutionary War · Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.

Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace · Honolulu · Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu · Catholic Church · Cathedral

Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tivoli Gardens · Amusement park · Copenhagen

The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).

Bombardment of Kagoshima · Satsuma Domain · Japanese calendar

Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.

Ibadan · Protectorate · Olubadan · Lagos Colony

Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.

Raphael Morgan · Eastern Orthodox Church

A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.

Architect · Frank Lloyd Wright · Wisconsin · Taliesin (studio)

The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.

Panama Canal · SS Ancon (1901)

World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.

World War I · 1st Army (Russian Empire) · Paul von Rennenkampf · East Prussia

World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.

Battle of Cer · Allies of World War I

A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.

New York World · German Empire · Phenol · Thomas Edison · Great Phenol Plot

Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.

Polish-Soviet War · Battle of Warsaw (1920)

Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.

Will Rogers · Wiley Post · Barrow, Alaska

Thirteen Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.

Junkers Ju 87

The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.

The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) · Los Angeles

An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.

Kingdom of Italy · Greek cruiser Elli (1912) · Tinos · Greco-Italian War

Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.

Josef Jakobs · Tower of London · Espionage

World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.

World War II · Operation Pedestal · SS Ohio · Malta

World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.

World War II · Battle of Trahili

World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.

Operation Dragoon · Southern France

Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.

Jewel Voice Broadcast · Hirohito · Surrender of Japan · World War II · Korea under Japanese rule

India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

India · Indian independence movement · British Raj · Commonwealth of Nations

Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah · Governor-General of Pakistan · Karachi

The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.

South Korea · 38th parallel north

A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.

Lynmouth Flood · Lynmouth

Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.

Alfredo Stroessner · Paraguay

Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.

Republic of the Congo · Brazzaville · French Fourth Republic

Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.

Conrad Schumann · East Germany · Berlin Wall

James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.

James Joseph Dresnok · North Korea · Korean Demilitarized Zone

Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.

Henry John Burnett

President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.

Fulbert Youlou · Republic of the Congo · Trois Glorieuses (1963)

The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.

The Beatles · The Beatles' 1965 US tour · Arena rock

The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.

Woodstock

Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.

Patricia Palinkas · American football

President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.

Richard Nixon · Gold standard · Nixon Shock · United States dollar

Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.

Bahrain · Independence Day (Bahrain)

Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.

Vietnam War · Cambodia

Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.

Yuk Young-soo · First Lady · President of South Korea · Park Chung-hee

Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.

Bangladeshi · Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.

Takeo Miki · Yasukuni Shrine · Prime Minister of Japan

The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.

Ohio State University Radio Observatory · Radio telescope · Ohio State University · Search for extraterrestrial intelligence · Wow! signal

The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh

Kurdistan Workers' Party · Turkey · 1984 PKK attacks

In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).

South Carolina · Shannon Faulkner · Cadet · The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina

Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.

Northern Ireland · Omagh bombing

Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.

Béni Ounif · Algeria · Morocco

Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.

Israel's unilateral disengagement plan · Israelis · Gaza Strip · Israeli settlement · West Bank

The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.

Free Aceh Movement · Government of Indonesia · Insurgency in Aceh

An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.

2007 Peru earthquake · Ica Region · Peru

At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.

August 2013 Beirut bombing · Beirut · Hezbollah · Syria · Sunni

The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.

Smithsonian · Olinguito

North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 8½ hours ahead of UTC.

North Korea · Time in North Korea · UTC

Alfonso IX of León (d. 1230)

Alfonso IX of León

Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)

Anthony of Padua

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (d. 1417)

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford

Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d. 1460)

Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)

Luigi Pulci

George, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)

George, Duke of Bavaria

George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (d. 1553)

George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)

Bartol Kašić

Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613)

Gabriel Báthory

Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1652)

Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel

Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)

Gilles Ménage

Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise (d. 1688)

Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise

John Grubb, American politician (d. 1708)

John Grubb

Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (d. 1788)

Francesco Zuccarelli

Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810)

John Metcalf (civil engineer)

Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)

Johann Christoph Kellner

Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (d. 1815)

Matthias Claudius

Napoleon, French general and emperor (d. 1821)

Napoleon

Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832)

Walter Scott

Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859)

Thomas De Quincey

Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831)

Sangolli Rayanna

Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891)

Jules Grévy · President of the French Republic

John Chisum, American businessman (d. 1884)

John Chisum

Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker (d. 1915)

Antonín Petrof

Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)

Thomas-Alfred Bernier

Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator (d. 1915)

Walter Crane

Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915)

Keir Hardie

Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)

Albert Ballin

E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924)

E. Nesbit

Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)

Charles Comiskey

Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924)

Florence Harding · First Lady of the United States

Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)

Aleksey Krylov

Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (d. 1926)

Mikao Usui · Reiki

Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)

Italo Santelli

Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)

Sri Aurobindo

Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)

Ramaprasad Chanda

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)

Stylianos Gonatas · Prime Minister of Greece

Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)

Tachiyama Mineemon · Makuuchi

Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)

Ethel Barrymore

Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (d. 1956)

Alfred Wagenknecht

Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (d. 1955)

Marion Bauer

Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)

Gisela Richter

Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)

Ivan Meštrović

Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)

Edna Ferber

Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)

Bill Whitty

Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (d. 1962)

Jacques Ibert

Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

Louis de Broglie · Nobel Prize in Physics

Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)

Leslie Comrie

Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

Gerty Cori · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)

Catherine Doherty · Madonna House Apostolate

Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (d. 1958)

Paul Outerbridge

Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (d. 1966)

Jan Brzechwa

Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (d. 1995)

Estelle Brody

Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)

Jack Tworkov

Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá (d. 1988)

Arnulfo Arias

Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)

Pyotr Novikov

Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)

Jan Campert

George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the Motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)

George Klein (inventor) · Motorized wheelchair

Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)

Hugo Winterhalter

Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)

Julia Child

Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)

Wendy Hiller

Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)

Paul Rand

Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)

Signe Hasso

Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)

Aleks Çaçi

Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)

Jack Lynch · Taoiseach

Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)

Óscar Romero

Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)

Huntz Hall

Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)

Benedict Kiely

Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008)

Judy Cassab

August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)

August Kowalczyk

Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)

Leonard Baskin

Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)

Giorgos Mouzakis

Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)

Sabino Barinaga

Rose Marie, American actress and singer

Rose Marie

Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)

Robert Bolt

Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)

Hedy Epstein

Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009)

Yoshirō Muraki

Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016)

Phyllis Schlafly

Mike Connors, American actor and producer (d. 2017)

Mike Connors

Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)

Rose Maddox

Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)

Oscar Peterson

Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)

Bill Pinkney · The Drifters

Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)

Erik Schmidt (painter)

Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (d. 1969)

Julius Katchen

Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright

Sami Michael

John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)

John Silber

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (d. 2016)

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos · President of Greece

Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)

Eddie Leadbeater

Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge

Oliver Popplewell

Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)

Carl Joachim Classen

Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)

Malcolm Glazer

Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer

Nicolas Roeg

Jackie Brenston, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)

Jackie Brenston

Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)

Ernest C. Brace

Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

Richard F. Heck · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Abby Dalton, American actress

Abby Dalton

Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge

Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn

Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)

Bobby Helms

Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (d. 1984)

Stanley Milgram

Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)

Mike Seeger

Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)

Bobby Byrd

Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach

Reginald Scarlett

Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)

Régine Deforges

Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (d. 2014)

Rita Shane

Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and judge

Stephen Breyer

Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer (The Crusaders)

Stix Hooper · The Crusaders

Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)

Pran Kumar Sharma

Maxine Waters, American educator and politician

Maxine Waters

Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author

Janusz Zajdel

Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)

Gudrun Ensslin · Red Army Faction

Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)

Jim Brothers

Don Rich, American country musician (The Buckaroos) (d. 1974)

Don Rich · The Buckaroos

Pete York, English rock drummer

Pete York

Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Eileen Bell · Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health

Dimitris Sioufas · Ministry of Health (Greece)

Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Khaleda Zia · Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Jimmy Webb

Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

Patsy Gallant

Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tom Johnston (musician)

Tommy Aldridge, American drummer

Tommy Aldridge

Tom Kelly, American baseball player

Tom Kelly (baseball)

Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom

Anne, Princess Royal

Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer

Ann Biderman

Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter

Bobby Caldwell

John Childs, English cricketer

John Childs (cricketer)

Chuck Burgi, American drummer

Chuck Burgi

Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author

Carol Thatcher

Mark Thatcher, English businessman

Mark Thatcher

Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)

Stieg Larsson

Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer

Lorraine Desmarais

Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist

Freedom Neruda

Robert Syms, English businessman and politician

Robert Syms

Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor

Željko Ivanek

Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author

Simon Baron-Cohen

Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Craig MacTavish

Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)

Simple Kapadia

Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host

Victor Shenderovich

Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

Scott Altman

Ed Gillespie, American political strategist

Ed Gillespie

Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician

Matt Johnson (singer)

Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach

Gary Kubiak

Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter

Suhasini Maniratnam

Tom Colicchio, American chef and author

Tom Colicchio

Rıdvan Dilmen, Turkish footballer and manager

Rıdvan Dilmen

Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian lawyer and politician

Vilja Savisaar-Toomast

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician

Simon Hart

Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach

Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963)

Jane Ellison, English lawyer and politician

Jane Ellison

Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Melinda Gates · Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer

Rob Thomas (writer)

Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach

Scott Brosius

Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach

Dimitris Papadopoulos (basketball)

Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach

Tony Hand

Debra Messing, American actress

Debra Messing

Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter

Bernard Fanning

Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer

Anthony Anderson

Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios

Ben Silverman · Electus

Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor

Adnan Sami

Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Ben Affleck

Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)

Jennifer Alexander

Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress

Natasha Henstridge

Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer

Tomasz Suwary

Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host

Bertrand Berry

Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach

Vijay Bharadwaj

Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player

Brendan Morrison

Kara Wolters, American basketball player

Kara Wolters

Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager

Boudewijn Zenden

Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player

Martin Biron

Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach

Anthony Rocca

Tim Foreman, American bass player

Tim Foreman

Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast

Lilia Podkopayeva

Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer

Stavros Tziortziopoulos

Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player

Kerri Walsh Jennings

Carl Edwards, American race car driver

Carl Edwards

Jon Hopkins, English producer and musician

Jon Hopkins

Brendan Hansen, American swimmer

Brendan Hansen

Óliver Pérez, American baseball player

Óliver Pérez

Casey Burgener, American weightlifter

Casey Burgener

Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer

Germán Caffa

David Harrison, American basketball player

David Harrison (basketball)

Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper

Siobhan Chamberlain

Ted Dwane, British musician (Mumford & Sons) and photographer

Ted Dwane · Mumford & Sons

Ryan D'Imperio, American football player

Ryan D'Imperio

Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist

Michel Kreder

Sean McAllister, English footballer

Sean McAllister

Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer

Oussama Assaidi

Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter

Joe Jonas

Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer

Ryan McGowan

Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player

Jordan Rapana

Jennifer Lawrence, American actress

Jennifer Lawrence

Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter and producer

Nyusha

Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder

Petja Piiroinen

Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player

Baskaran Adhiban

Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer

Clinton N'Jie

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer

Lasse Vigen Christensen

Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer

Kosuke Hagino

Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Lan Yan

Lan Han · Xianbei · Lan Yan

Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384)

Honorius (emperor)

Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)

Libius Severus

Roland, Frankish military leader

Roland

Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 833)

Emperor Yizong of Tang

Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim

Altfrid · Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim

Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855)

Han Jian (Zhenguo warlord)

Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (b. 899)

Ma Xisheng

Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel

Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos

Stephen I, Hungarian king (b. 975)

Stephen I of Hungary

Macbeth, King of Scotland

Macbeth, King of Scotland

Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)

Alexios I Komnenos

Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)

Conrad II, Duke of Swabia

Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1198)

Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant

Saint Hyacinth of Poland

Hyacinth of Poland

Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)

Robert de Sorbon · College of Sorbonne

Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice

Lorenzo Tiepolo

Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1293)

Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty) · Yuan Dynasty

Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (b. 1314)

Philippa of Hainault

Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (b. circa 1320)

Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio · Kingdom of Bohemia · University of Paris

Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (b. 1428)

Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile

Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)

Alexander Agricola

John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)

John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)

Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec

Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)

Hermann of Wied

Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)

Thomas Kyd

John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)

John Barclay (poet)

Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)

Johann Adam Schall von Bell

Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)

Constantin Brâncoveanu

Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)

Marin Marais

Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)

Pierre Bouguer

Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)

Giuseppe Parini

Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)

Johan Gadolin

Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)

Nathaniel Claiborne

Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)

Joseph Joachim

Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)

Euclides da Cunha

Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)

Thomas J. Higgins · Medal of Honor

Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)

Konrad Mägi

Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)

Anatole von Hügel · St Edmund's College, Cambridge

Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)

Wiley Post

Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

Will Rogers

Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)

Paul Signac

Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

Grazia Deledda · Nobel Prize in Literature

Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

Mahadev Desai

Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)

Korechika Anami · Ministry of War of Japan

Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)

Fred Hockley

Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)

Artur Schnabel

Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

Ludwig Prandtl

Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)

Lei Feng

René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)

René Magritte

Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)

Paul Lukas

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman · President of Bangladesh

Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)

Clay Shaw

Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)

Harun Karadeniz

Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)

Carol Ryrie Brink

Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)

Jørgen Løvset

Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)

Ernie Bushmiller

Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)

Jock Taylor

Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

Hugo Theorell · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)

Minoru Genda

Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)

Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos

Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)

Linda Laubenstein

Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)

Wout Wagtmans

John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)

John Cameron Swayze

Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)

Ida Gerhardt

Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)

Hugh Casson

Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)

Yavuz Çetin

Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)

Richard Chelimo

Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist ad academic (b. 1919)

Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist)

Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

Sune Bergström · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)

Amarsinh Chaudhary · Chief Minister of Gujarat

Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927)

Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana

Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)

Te Atairangikaahu

Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)

Rick Bourke

Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937)

Coenraad Bron

Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)

Faas Wilkes

Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (b. 1944)

Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)

John Gofman

Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)

Geoffrey Orbell

Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)

Sam Pollock

Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929)

Vic Toweel

Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)

Jerry Wexler

Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)

Rick Rypien

Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)

Bob Birch

Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)

Altamiro Carrilho

Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)

Harry Harrison (writer)

Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)

Rosalía Mera · Inditex · Zara (retailer)

Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)

Sławomir Mrożek

Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)

Marich Man Singh Shrestha · Prime Minister of Nepal

Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)

Licia Albanese

Julian Bond, American academic and politician (b. 1940)

Julian Bond

Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (b. 1936)

Hamid Gul

Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (b. 1925)

Gunnar Birkerts