October 14 — On This Day

Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings: In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England.

Norman Conquest · Battle of Hastings · Senlac Hill · Hastings · Normans

Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.

Robert the Bruce · Edward II of England · Battle of Old Byland

Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

Adoption of the Gregorian calendar

Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England.

Mary, Queen of Scots · Elizabeth I of England

Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.

Massachusetts · Religious Society of Friends · Puritanism

Seven Years' War: Austria defeats Prussia at the Battle of Hochkirch.

Seven Years' War · Prussia · Battle of Hochkirch

The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Ministry (government department) · Commission of National Education · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.

American Revolutionary War · British East India Company · Annapolis, Maryland

Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria.

Battle of Elchingen

Battle of Jena-Auerstedt France defeats Prussia.

Battle of Jena-Auerstedt · Prussia

The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.

Republic of Ragusa

Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell arrested by British on charges of criminal conspiracy.

Daniel O'Connell

American Civil War: Battle of Bristoe Station: Confederate troops under the command of General Robert E. Lee fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

American Civil War · Battle of Bristoe Station · Confederate States Army · Robert E. Lee · Union Army

American inventor George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

George Eastman · Patent · Photographic film

Louis Le Prince films first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene.

Louis Le Prince · Roundhay Garden Scene

The steamer ship SS Mohegan sinks after impacting the Manacles near Cornwall, United Kingdom, killing 106.

SS Mohegan · The Manacles · Cornwall

The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the World Series; this would be their last until clinching the 2016 World Series.

Chicago Cubs · Detroit Tigers · World Series

English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his Farman Aircraft biplane on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

Claude Grahame-White · Farman Aircraft · White House

While campaigning in Milwaukee, the former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, is shot and mildly wounded by John Schrank, a mentally-disturbed saloon keeper. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Mr. Roosevelt still carries out his scheduled public speech.

Milwaukee · Theodore Roosevelt · John Schrank

Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident claims the lives of 439 miners.

Senghenydd colliery disaster · Miner

World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Bulgaria during World War I

Part of Petsamo Province is ceded by the Soviet Union to Finland.

Pechengsky District · Soviet Union

The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

Children's literature · Winnie-the-Pooh · A. A. Milne

Nazi Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.

Nazi Germany · League of Nations · World Disarmament Conference

The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.

German submarine U-47 (1938) · HMS Royal Oak (08) · Scapa Flow

World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.

Balham underground station disaster · The Blitz

World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.

Sobibór extermination camp

World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortress during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.

Eighth Air Force · B-17 Flying Fortress · Second Raid on Schweinfurt

World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet of the Empire of Japan, was inaugurated with Jose P. Laurel as its president.

Second Philippine Republic · Empire of Japan · José P. Laurel

World War II: Athens, Greece, is liberated by British Army troops entering the city as the Wehrmacht pulls out. This clears the way for the Greek government-in-exile to return to its historic capital city, with Georgios Papandreou, as the head of government.

Athens · Wehrmacht · Georgios Papandreou · Head of government

World War II: Linked to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is forced to commit suicide.

20 July plot · Erwin Rommel

Captain Chuck Yeager of the United States Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the Glamorous Glennis, faster than the speed of sound at Mach 1.06 (700 miles per hour (1,100 km/h; 610 kn) over the high desert of Southern California and becomes the first pilot and the first airplane to do so in level flight.

Chuck Yeager · United States Air Force · Bell X-1 · Rocket · Experimental aircraft

Eleven leaders of the American Communist Party are convicted, after a nine-month trial in a Federal District Court, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. Federal Government.

American Communist Party · Federal District Court · U.S. Federal Government

Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy Guangzhou.

Chinese Civil War · People's Liberation Army · Guangzhou

Korean War: United Nations and South Korean forces launch Operation Showdown against Chinese strongholds at the Iron Triangle. The resulting Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.

Korean War · United Nations · Operation Showdown · Iron Triangle (Korea) · Battle of Triangle Hill

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian Untouchable caste leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).

B. R. Ambedkar · Dalit · Neo-Buddhism

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian monarch to open up an annual session of the Canadian Parliament, presenting her Speech from the throne in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Elizabeth II · Monarchy in Canada · Parliament of Canada · Speech from the throne · Ottawa

At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.

1957 Valencia flood · Valencia

The District of Columbia's Bar Association votes to accept African-Americans as member attorneys.

District of Columbia · African-American · Attorney at law

The Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane and its pilot flies over the island of Cuba and takes photographs of Soviet SS-4 Sandal missiles being installed and erected in Cuba.

Cuban Missile Crisis · Lockheed U-2 · Pilot (aeronautics) · Cuba · SS-4 Sandal

Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.

Martin Luther King Jr. · Nobel Peace Prize

Leonid Brezhnev becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thereby, along with his allies, such as Alexei Kosygin, the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), ousting the former monolithic leader Nikita Khrushchev, and sending him into retirement as a nonperson in the USSR.

Leonid Brezhnev · General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Alexei Kosygin · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Nikita Khrushchev

The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.

Montreal · Montreal Metro · Rapid transit system

Vietnam War: American folk singer and activist Joan Baez is arrested concerning a physical blockade of the U.S. Army's induction center in Oakland, California.

Vietnam War · Joan Baez · Oakland, California

Vietnam War: Twenty-seven soldiers are arrested at the Presidio of San Francisco in California for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War.

Presidio of San Francisco · California

Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps will send about 24,000 soldiers and Marines back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours of duty in the combat zone there.

United States Department of Defense · U.S. Army · U.S. Marine Corps · Vietnam

Apollo program: The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit performed by the Apollo 7 crew.

Apollo program · Broadcasting · Low Earth orbit · Apollo 7

The 6.5 Mw Meckering earthquake shook the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20-28 people dead.

1968 Meckering earthquake · Western Australia · Mercalli intensity scale

Jim Hines of the United States of America becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint in the Summer Olympic Games held in Mexico City with a time of 9.95 seconds.

Jim Hines · 100 metres · Summer Olympic Games

The United Kingdom introduces the British fifty-pence coin, which replaces, over the following years, the British ten-shilling note, in anticipation of the decimalization of the British currency in 1971, and the abolition of the shilling as a unit of currency anywhere in the world.

Fifty pence (British coin) · Ten-shilling note · Decimal Day · 1971

In the Thammasat student uprising over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the Thanom military government, 77 are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.

1973 Thai popular uprising · Thailand · Thanom Kittikachorn

The first Gay Rights March on Washington, D.C., the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, demands "an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people", and draws approximately 100,000 people.

Gay Rights · National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U.S. Federal Government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner.

Amnesty International · American Indian Movement

Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.

Hosni Mubarak · President of Egypt · Anwar Sadat

U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.

Ronald Reagan · War on Drugs

Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada, is overthrown and later executed in a military coup d'état led by Bernard Coard.

Maurice Bishop · Prime Minister of Grenada · Coup d'état · Bernard Coard

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Aung San Suu Kyi · Nobel Peace Prize

The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the Foreign Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres, receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of the future Palestinian Self Government.

Yasser Arafat · Prime Minister of Israel · Yitzhak Rabin · Foreign Minister of Israel · Shimon Peres

Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.

Eric Rudolph · Centennial Olympic Park bombing · Atlanta

Felix Baumgartner successfully jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere in the Red Bull Stratos project.

Felix Baumgartner · Red Bull Stratos

A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.

2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster · Nepal · Himalayas · Cyclone Hudhud

Utah State University receives a bomb threat against feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian, who was to give a lecture the next day.

Anita Sarkeesian

A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan, kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.

Taunsa Sharif bombing · Pakistan

A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others.

14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings · Somalia

Przemysł II of Poland (d. 1296)

Przemysł II

Marie of Anjou (d. 1463)

Marie of Anjou

Alesso Baldovinetti, Italian painter (d. 1499)

Alesso Baldovinetti

Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (d. 1547)

Konrad Peutinger

Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyo (d. 1568)

Shimazu Tadayoshi

Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1602)

Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Jodocus Hondius, Flemish engraver and cartographer (d. 1611)

Jodocus Hondius

Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (d. 1625)

Giambattista Marino

Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1689)

Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Sophia of Hanover (d. 1714)

Sophia of Hanover

James II of England (d. 1701)

James II of England

Simon van der Stel, Dutch commander and politician, 1st Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (d. 1712)

Simon van der Stel · Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony

Joachim Tielke, German instrument maker (d. 1719)

Joachim Tielke

Bahadur Shah I, Mughal emperor (d. 1712)

Bahadur Shah I

William Penn, English businessman who founded Pennsylvania (d. 1718)

William Penn · Pennsylvania

Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (d. 1768)

Robert Simson

George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1770)

George Grenville · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (d. 1813)

Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham

François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (d. 1798)

François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt

Ferdinand VII of Spain (d. 1833)

Ferdinand VII of Spain

Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic, created the Phenakistoscope (d. 1883)

Joseph Plateau · Phenakistoscope

Preston King, American lawyer and politician (d. 1865)

Preston King (politician)

Adolphe Monticelli, French painter (d. 1886)

Adolphe Monticelli

Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (d. 1868)

Dmitry Pisarev

Joe Start, American baseball player and manager (d. 1927)

Joe Start

John See, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1907)

John See · Premier of New South Wales

Byron Edmund Walker, Canadian banker and philanthropist (d. 1924)

Byron Edmund Walker

John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman (d. 1924)

John William Kendrick

Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (d. 1902)

Masaoka Shiki

Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer (d. 1939)

Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen

Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (d. 1910)

Reginald Doherty

Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (d. 1975)

Éamon de Valera · President of Ireland

Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1959)

Charlie Parker (cricketer)

Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1923)

Katherine Mansfield

Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (d. 1947)

Yukio Sakurauchi · Minister of Finance (Japan)

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)

Dwight D. Eisenhower · President of the United States

Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State (d. 1961)

Sumner Welles · Under Secretary of State

Lillian Gish, American actress (d. 1993)

Lillian Gish

E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (d. 1962)

E. E. Cummings

Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer (d. 1978)

Victoria Drummond

Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1950)

Thomas William Holmes · Victoria Cross

W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (d. 1993)

W. Edwards Deming

Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (d. 1963)

Learco Guerra

Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1995)

Christian Pineau · Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France)

Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1978)

Mikhail Pervukhin · First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union

Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949)

Hassan al-Banna · Muslim Brotherhood

Hannah Arendt, German-American philosopher and theorist (d. 1975)

Hannah Arendt

Allan Jones, American actor and singer (d. 1992)

Allan Jones (actor)

Ruth Hale, American actress and playwright (d. 2003)

Ruth Hale (playwright and actress)

Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (d. 2000)

Mochitsura Hashimoto

Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)

Dorothy Kingsley

Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (d. 1938)

Bernd Rosemeyer

John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)

John Wooden

Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)

Lê Đức Thọ · Nobel Peace Prize

Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)

Harry Brecheen

Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)

Raymond Davis Jr. · Nobel Prize in Physics

Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic (d. 1985)

Alexis Rannit

Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (d. 2016)

Loris Francesco Capovilla

C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013)

C. Everett Koop · United States Surgeon General

Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician (d. 1991)

Marcel Chaput

Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain (d. 2015)

Thelma Coyne Long

Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2003)

Doug Ring

José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (d. 2009)

José Arraño Acevedo

Joel Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (d. 2014)

Joel Barnett · Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Clancy Lyall, American sergeant (d. 2012)

Clancy Lyall

Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985)

Willy Alberti

Roger Moore, English actor and producer (d. 2017)

Roger Moore

Frank E. Resnik, American chemist and businessman (d. 1995)

Frank E. Resnik

Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer and wrestler (d. 2007)

Yvon Durelle

Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

Ahmad Shah of Pahang

Robert Parker, American singer and saxophonist

Robert Parker (singer)

Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (d. 1997)

Mobutu Sese Seko · President of Zaire

Alan Williams, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (d. 2014)

Alan John Williams · Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor and actor (d. 2005)

Enrico Di Giuseppe

Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and academic (d. 2005)

Anatoly Larkin

Hans Kraay, Dutch footballer and manager

Hans Kraay

Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (d. 2014)

Jürg Schubiger

Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran

Farah Pahlavi

John Dean, American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel

John Dean · White House Counsel

Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, English curator and academic

Elizabeth Esteve-Coll

Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2008)

Ron Lancaster

Shula Marks, South African historian and academic

Shula Marks

Melba Montgomery, American country music singer

Melba Montgomery

Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation

Ralph Lauren · Ralph Lauren Corporation

Rocky Thompson, American golfer and politician

Rocky Thompson (golfer)

Perrie Mans, South African snooker player

Perrie Mans

Cliff Richard, Indian-English singer-songwriter and actor

Cliff Richard

J. C. Snead, American golfer

J. C. Snead

Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter

Christopher Timothy

Jerry Glanville, American football player and coach

Jerry Glanville

Eddie Keher, Irish sportsman (hurling)

Eddie Keher

Laurie Lawrence, Australian rugby player and coach

Laurie Lawrence

Art Shamsky, American baseball player and manager

Art Shamsky

Roger Taylor, English tennis player

Roger Taylor (tennis)

Bob Hiller, English rugby player

Bob Hiller

Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1986)

Evelio Javier

Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright

Péter Nádas

Suzzanna, Indonesian actress (d. 2008)

Suzzanna

Udo Kier, German-American actor and director

Udo Kier

Colin Hodgkinson, English bass player

Colin Hodgkinson

Daan Jippes, Dutch author and illustrator

Daan Jippes

Lesley Joseph, English actress

Lesley Joseph

François Bozizé, Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic

François Bozizé · President of the Central African Republic

Joey de Leon, Filipino comedian, actor and television host

Joey de Leon

Justin Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Justin Hayward

Dan McCafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter

Dan McCafferty

Al Oliver, American baseball player

Al Oliver

Craig Venter, American biologist, geneticist, and academic

Craig Venter

Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)

Norman Harris (musician)

Charlie Joiner, American football player

Charlie Joiner

Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-American wrestler

Nikolai Volkoff

Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-English singer

Marcia Barrett

Norman Ornstein, American political scientist and scholar

Norman Ornstein

Damian Lau, Hong Kong actor, director, and producer

Damian Lau

Katy Manning, English-Australian actress and production manager

Katy Manning

Katha Pollitt, American poet and author

Katha Pollitt

Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player and referee

Dave Schultz (ice hockey)

Joey Travolta, American actor, director, and producer

Joey Travolta

Aad van den Hoek, Dutch cyclist

Aad van den Hoek

Harry Anderson, American actor and screenwriter

Harry Anderson

Nikolai Andrianov, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2011)

Nikolai Andrianov

Rick Aviles, American comedian and actor (d. 1995)

Rick Aviles

Kazumi Watanabe, Japanese guitarist and composer

Kazumi Watanabe

Carole Malone, English journalist

Carole Malone

Mordechai Vanunu, Moroccan-Israeli technician and academic

Mordechai Vanunu

Iwona Blazwick, English curator and critic

Iwona Blazwick

Ümit Besen, Turkish singer-songwriter

Ümit Besen

Beth Daniel, American golfer and sportscaster

Beth Daniel

Jennell Jaquays, American game designer

Jennell Jaquays

Arleen Sorkin, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Arleen Sorkin

Michel Després, Canadian lawyer and politician

Michel Després

Gen Nakatani, Japanese lawyer and politician, 13th Japanese Minister of Defense

Gen Nakatani · Minister of Defense (Japan)

Thomas Dolby, English singer-songwriter and producer

Thomas Dolby

A. J. Pero, American drummer (d. 2015)

A. J. Pero

Steve Cram, English runner and coach

Steve Cram

Zbigniew Kruszyński, Polish footballer and coach

Zbigniew Kruszyński

Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer

Isaac Mizrahi

Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player

Jaan Ehlvest

Trevor Goddard, English-American actor (d. 2003)

Trevor Goddard

Chris Thomas King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

Chris Thomas King

Lori Petty, American actress

Lori Petty

Joe Girardi, American baseball player and manager

Joe Girardi

Steve Coogan, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

Steve Coogan

Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower and politician

Jüri Jaanson

Constantine Koukias, Greek-Australian flute player and composer

Constantine Koukias

Karyn White, American singer-songwriter

Karyn White

Pat Kelly, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Pat Kelly (infielder)

Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Sylvain Lefebvre

Jason Plato, English race car driver and television host

Jason Plato

Werner Daehn, German actor

Werner Daehn

Jay Ferguson, Canadian guitarist and songwriter

Jay Ferguson (Canadian musician)

Johnny Goudie, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

Johnny Goudie

Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer and journalist

Matthew Le Tissier

Timothy Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer

Timothy Lincoln Beckwith

Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)

Dwayne Schintzius

P. J. Brown, American basketball player

P. J. Brown

David Strickland, American actor (d. 1999)

David Strickland

Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2013)

Martin Barbarič

Jim Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster

Jim Jackson (basketball)

Meelis Lindmaa, Estonian footballer

Meelis Lindmaa

Hiromi Nagasaku, Japanese actress and singer

Hiromi Nagasaku

Pär Zetterberg, Swedish footballer

Pär Zetterberg

Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer and manager

Jorge Costa

Robert Jaworski Jr., Filipino basketball player and politician

Robert Jaworski Jr.

Erika de Lone, American tennis player

Erika de Lone

Julian O'Neill, Australian rugby league player

Julian O'Neill

Thom Brooks, American-British political philosopher and legal scholar

Thom Brooks

Lasha Zhvania, Georgian businessman and politician

Lasha Zhvania

Jessica Drake, American porn actress and director

Jessica Drake

Samuel José da Silva Vieira, Brazilian footballer

Samuel José da Silva Vieira

Natalie Maines, American singer-songwriter

Natalie Maines

Viktor Röthlin, Swiss runner

Viktor Röthlin

Shaggy 2 Dope, American rapper and producer

Shaggy 2 Dope

Tümer Metin, Turkish footballer

Tümer Metin

Michael Duberry, English footballer

Michael Duberry

Floyd Landis, American cyclist

Floyd Landis

Shaznay Lewis, English singer-songwriter

Shaznay Lewis

Carlos Spencer, New Zealand rugby player

Carlos Spencer

Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricketer

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Saeed Ajmal, Pakistani cricketer

Saeed Ajmal

Barry Ditewig, Dutch footballer

Barry Ditewig

Carl Johan Grimmark, Swedish guitarist

Carl Johan Grimmark

Kelly Schumacher, American-Canadian basketball and volleyball player

Kelly Schumacher

Justin Lee Brannan, American guitarist and songwriter

Justin Lee Brannan

Ryan Church, American baseball player

Ryan Church

Paul Hunter, English snooker player (d. 2006)

Paul Hunter (snooker player)

Jana Macurová, Czech tennis player

Jana Macurová

Steven Thompson, Scottish footballer

Steven Thompson (Scottish footballer)

Usher, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

Usher (singer)

Javon Walker, American football player

Javon Walker

Stacy Keibler, American wrestler and actress

Stacy Keibler

Liina-Grete Lilender, Estonian figure skater and coach

Liina-Grete Lilender

Paúl Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer

Paúl Ambrosi

Amjad Khan, Danish-English cricketer

Amjad Khan (English cricketer)

Scott Kooistra, American football player

Scott Kooistra

Niels Lodberg, Danish footballer

Niels Lodberg

Terrence McGee, American football player

Terrence McGee

Ben Whishaw, English actor

Ben Whishaw

Boof Bonser, American baseball player

Boof Bonser

Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer

Gautam Gambhir

Ryan Hall, American runner

Ryan Hall (runner)

Matt Roth, American football player

Matt Roth

Joel Dry, Australian television journalist

Joel Dry

Betty Heidler, German hammer thrower

Betty Heidler

Abdelaziz Khourdifi, Moroccan short story writer

Abdelaziz Khourdifi

David Oakes, English actor

David Oakes

LaRon Landry, American football player

LaRon Landry

Alex Scott, English footballer

Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)

Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian race car driver

Alexandre Sarnes Negrão

Ivan Pernar, Croatian Member of Parliament

Ivan Pernar (Croatian politician)

Tom Craddock, English footballer

Tom Craddock

Skyler Shaye, American actress

Skyler Shaye

Lorena Xtravaganza, an American transgender performer and member of The House of Xtravaganza.

Lorena Xtravaganza · House of Xtravaganza

Will Atkinson, English footballer

Will Atkinson

Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer

Glenn Maxwell

Mario Titone, Italian footballer

Mario Titone

Ocean Vuong, Vietnamese-American poet

Ocean Vuong

Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress

Mia Wasikowska

Jordan Clark, English cricketer

Jordan Clark (cricketer)

Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer

Ahmed Musa (footballer)

Savannah Outen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Savannah Outen

Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer

Ashton Agar

Joe Burgess, English rugby league player

Joe Burgess

Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player

Jaelen Feeney

Laura Zeng, American rhythmic gymnast

Laura Zeng

Rowan Blanchard, American actress

Rowan Blanchard

Antipope Dioscorus

Antipope Dioscorus

Shi Yuanzhong, Chinese governor

Shi Yuanzhong

Pang Xun, Chinese rebel leader

Pang Xun

Gerloc, Frankish noblewoman

Gerloc

Harold Godwinson, English king (b. 1022)

Harold Godwinson

Leofwine Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1035)

Leofwine Godwinson · Godwin, Earl of Wessex

Gyrth Godwinson, brother of King Harold II

Gyrth Godwinson · Harold Godwinson

Andronicus Ducas, Byzantine courtier (b. 1022)

Andronikos Doukas (cousin of Michael VII)

Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and politician (b. 1018)

Nizam al-Mulk

Yusuf I, Almohad Caliph (b. 1135)

Abu Yaqub Yusuf

Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex

Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex

Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, wife of King John of England (b. c. 1173)

Isabella, Countess of Gloucester · John of England

Kujō Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239)

Kujō Yoritsugu

Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (b. 1275)

Edward Bruce

Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet (b. 1503)

Garcilaso de la Vega (poet)

Oswald Myconius, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1488)

Oswald Myconius

Thomas Chaloner, English poet and politician (b. 1521)

Thomas Chaloner (statesman)

Jacques Arcadelt, Dutch singer and composer (b. 1507)

Jacques Arcadelt

Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1540)

Amago Yoshihisa

Samuel Daniel, English poet and historian (b. 1562)

Samuel Daniel

Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen and regent of Denmark (b. 1557)

Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)

Gabriello Chiabrera

Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (b. 1623)

Antonio Cesti

Thomas Kingo, Danish bishop and poet (b. 1634)

Thomas Kingo

Tewoflos, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1708)

Tewoflos

James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)

James Francis Edward Keith

Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)

Jean-Louis Pons

John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)

John Marshall Harlan

Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)

Marcellus Emants

Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)

Henri Berger

Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)

Samuel van Houten · List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands

Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)

Noboru Yamaguchi

Sobibór uprising: Rudolf Beckmann, German SS officer (b. 1910) Siegfried Graetschus, German sergeant (b. 1916) Johann Niemann, German lieutenant (b. 1913)

Sobibór uprising · Rudolf Beckmann · SS · Siegfried Graetschus · Johann Niemann

Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)

Erwin Rommel

Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)

Émile Sarrade · Tug of war

Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

Kyuichi Tokuda

Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

Douglas Mawson

Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)

Jack Davey

Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)

Errol Flynn

Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)

Abram Ioffe

Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)

Paul Ramadier · Prime Minister of France

Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (b. 1876)

Harriet Shaw Weaver

William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)

William Hogenson

Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (b. 1914)

Randall Jarrell

Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)

Marcel Aymé

Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)

Haguroyama Masaji · Yokozuna (sumo)

August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1914)

August Sang

Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897)

Edmund A. Chester

Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (b. 1929)

Ahmed Hamdi

Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)

Edith Evans

Bing Crosby, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1903)

Bing Crosby

Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1889)

Louis Rougier

Willard Price, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1887)

Willard Price

Martin Ryle, English astronomer and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

Martin Ryle · Nobel Prize in Physics

Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (b. 1916)

Emil Gilels

Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)

Keenan Wynn

Takahiko Yamanouchi, Japanese physicist (b. 1902)

Takahiko Yamanouchi

Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1918)

Leonard Bernstein

Harold Robbins, American author (b. 1915)

Harold Robbins

Cleveland Amory, American author and activist (b. 1917)

Cleveland Amory

Frankie Yankovic, American accordion player (b. 1916)

Frankie Yankovic

Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922)

Julius Nyerere · President of Tanzania

Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1909)

Art Coulter

Tony Roper, American race car driver (b. 1964)

Tony Roper (racing driver)

Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (b. 1911)

Norbert Schultze

Patrick Dalzel-Job, English linguist, commander, and navigator (b. 1913)

Patrick Dalzel-Job

Freddy Fender, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

Freddy Fender

Klaas Runia, Dutch theologian and journalist (b. 1926)

Klaas Runia

Gerry Studds, American educator and politician (b. 1937)

Gerry Studds

Robert Furman, American engineer and intelligence officer (b. 1915)

Robert Furman

Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1926)

Kazys Petkevičius

Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)

Martyn Sanderson

Collin Wilcox, American actress (b. 1935)

Collin Wilcox (actress)

Lou Albano, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)

Lou Albano

Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)

Simon MacCorkindale

Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (b. 1924)

Benoit Mandelbrot

Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1948)

Reg Alcock

Ashawna Hailey, American computer scientist and philanthropist (b. 1949)

Ashawna Hailey

John Clive, English actor and author (b. 1933)

John Clive

Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (b. 1920)

Max Fatchen

James R. Grover Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1919)

James R. Grover Jr.

Larry Sloan, American publisher, co-founded Price Stern Sloan (b. 1922)

Larry Sloan · Price Stern Sloan

Arlen Specter, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)

Arlen Specter

Dody Weston Thompson, American photographer (b. 1923)

Dody Weston Thompson

Gart Westerhout, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)

Gart Westerhout

Wally Bell, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1965)

Wally Bell

Max Cahner, German-Catalan historian and politician (b. 1936)

Max Cahner

Kōichi Iijima, Japanese author and poet (b. 1930)

Kōichi Iijima

Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (b. 1954)

Bruno Metsu

Frank Moore, American painter and poet (b. 1946)

Frank Moore (performance artist)

Käty van der Mije-Nicolau, Romanian-Dutch chess player (b. 1940)

Käty van der Mije-Nicolau

A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (b. 1923)

A. H. Halsey

Leonard Liggio, American author and academic (b. 1933)

Leonard Liggio

Elizabeth Peña, American actress (b. 1959)

Elizabeth Peña

Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (b. 1947)

Nurlan Balgimbayev · Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (b. 1933)

Mathieu Kérékou · President of Benin

Margaret Keyes, American historian and academic (b. 1918)

Margaret Keyes

Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Indian admiral (b. 1930)

Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani

Helen Kelly, New Zealand trade union leader (b. 1964)

Helen Kelly (trade unionist)

Daniel Webb, American baseball player (b. 1989)

Daniel Webb (baseball)