March 28 — On This Day

Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.

Roman emperor · Caligula · Principate · Senate

Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.

Pertinax · Assassination · Praetorian Guard · Auction · Didius Julianus

Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

Valentinian I · Valens · Emperor

The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Valletta · Malta · Jean Parisot de Valette · List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

Juan Bautista de Anza · Presidio of San Francisco

Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau.

Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld · Battle of Le Cateau (1794) · Le Cateau-Cambrésis

Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.

Partitions of Poland · Duchy of Courland and Semigallia · Fief · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Imperial Russia

Treaty of Florence is signed.

Treaty of Florence

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers · 2 Pallas · Asteroid

Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.

Peninsular War · Battle of Medellín

War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength.

War of 1812 · Battle of Valparaíso

First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Otto Nicolai.

Vienna Philharmonic · Otto Nicolai

Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.

Crimean War

First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

First Taranaki War

American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.

American Civil War · Battle of Glorieta Pass · Union (American Civil War) · Confederate States of America · New Mexico Territory

The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.

Paris Commune

Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.

Tonkin Campaign · Battle of Gia Cuc

Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.

Henri Fabre · Seaplane · Fabre Hydravion · Martigues

Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.

Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 · Great Lakes · Deep South

The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.

Imperial Airways · Sabotage · 1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.

Spanish Civil War · Generalissimo · Francisco Franco · Madrid · Siege of Madrid

World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.

World War II · Mediterranean Fleet · Battle of Cape Matapan · Regia Marina

World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.

Combined Operations Headquarters · St Nazaire Raid · Louis Joubert Lock · Saint-Nazaire · German battleship Tirpitz

Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.

Cold War · United States Department of State · Acheson-Lilienthal Report · Nuclear power

First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.

First Indochina War · Battle of Mạo Khê · French Union · Jean de Lattre de Tassigny · Việt Minh

The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.

State Council of the People's Republic of China · History of Tibet (1950-present)

Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.

Edson Luís de Lima Souto

Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.

Nobel Prize in Literature · Giorgos Seferis · BBC World Service

An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.

1970 Gediz earthquake · Turkey

The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

Supreme Court of the United States · Stump v. Sparkman · Human sterilization · Judicial immunity

A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.

Three Mile Island · Nuclear reactor · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · Three Mile Island accident

The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.

House of Commons of the United Kingdom · 1979 vote of no confidence in the government of James Callaghan · James Callaghan · United Kingdom general election, 1979

United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

George H. W. Bush · Jesse Owens · Congressional Gold Medal

In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.

African National Congress · Shell House massacre · Inkatha Freedom Party

Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.

Kosovo War · Serb paramilitary · Kosovo Albanians · Izbica massacre

In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.

Friendly fire · A-10 Thunderbolt II · 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident · 2003 invasion of Iraq

An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915-1,314 people dead and 340-1,146 injured.

2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake · Sumatra · Mercalli intensity scale

Massive protests are mounted against France's First Employment Contract law, meant to reduce youth unemployment.

First Employment Contract · Youth unemployment

Marwan I, Umayyad general and caliph (d. 685)

Marwan I

Muawiya II, Umayyad caliph (d. 684)

Muawiya II

Liu Chengyou, emperor of Later Han (d. 951)

Liu Chengyou · Later Han (Five Dynasties)

Atsiz, Abbasid caliph (d. 1156)

Atsiz

Jodha of Mandore, Ruler of Marwar (d. 1489)

Jodha of Mandore

Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490)

Charles I, Duke of Savoy

Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)

Fra Bartolomeo

Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)

Raphael

Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)

Teresa of Ávila

Albert the Warlike, German prince (d. 1557)

Albert the Warlike

Isabella Markham, English courtier (d. 1579)

Isabella Markham

William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English earl (d. 1668)

William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury

John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)

John Amos Comenius

Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch captain (d. 1658)

Witte Corneliszoon de With

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang

Heinrich Schwemmer German composer and educator (d. 1696)

Heinrich Schwemmer

Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)

Frederik Ruysch

Samuel Sewall, English judge (d. 1730)

Samuel Sewall

Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (d. 1795)

Andrew Kippis

Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)

Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria

Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Russian academic and politician (d. 1810)

Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova

Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1816)

Francisco de Miranda · President of Venezuela

Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)

Thomas Clarkson

Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)

Henri Gatien Bertrand

Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)

Henry Schoolcraft

Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (d. 1876)

Georg Heinrich Pertz

Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)

Thomas Hare (political scientist)

John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)

John Neumann

Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)

Arsène Houssaye

Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)

Wade Hampton III · Governor of South Carolina

Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge and Battersea Bridge (d. 1891)

Joseph Bazalgette · Hammersmith Bridge · Battersea Bridge

Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (d. 1914)

Melchior Anderegg

Henry D. Washburn, American politician, general and explorer (d. 1871)

Henry D. Washburn

Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)

Frederick Pabst · Pabst Brewing Company

Emin Pasha, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)

Emin Pasha

William Harvey Carney, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1908)

William Harvey Carney · Medal of Honor

Gyula Farkas, Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930)

Gyula Farkas (natural scientist)

James Darmesteter, French historian and author (d. 1894)

James Darmesteter

Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)

Bernardino Machado · President of Portugal

Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)

Aristide Briand · Prime Minister of France · Nobel Peace Prize

Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)

Jimmy Ross (footballer, born 1866)

Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)

Maxim Gorky

Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor (d. 1951)

Willem Mengelberg

John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)

John Geiger

Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-born American painter (d. 1965)

Abraham Walkowitz

Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)

Terence MacSwiney · Lord Mayor of Cork

Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)

Martin Sheridan

Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)

Angelos Sikelianos

Gustave Mesny, French general (d. 1945)

Gustave Mesny

Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)

Paul Whiteman

Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

Corneille Heymans · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Tom Maguire, Irish general (d. 1993)

Tom Maguire

Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)

Spyros Skouras

Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)

Ernst Lindemann

Ángela Ruiz Robles, Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book (d. 1975)

Ángela Ruiz Robles

Christian Herter, American politician, 53rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)

Christian Herter · United States Secretary of State

Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)

Donald Grey Barnhouse

Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)

Spencer W. Kimball · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)

Sepp Herberger

Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975)

Tillie Voss

Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)

Gussie Busch

Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1973)

Harold B. Lee · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)

Buck Shaw

Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)

Edward Wagenknecht

Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)

Flora Robson

Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech fiddler and composer (d. 1988)

Jaromír Vejvoda

Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)

Rudolf Serkin

Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (d. 1996)

Pandro S. Berman

Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)

Marlin Perkins

Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)

Murray Adaskin

Robert Allen, American actor (d. 1998)

Robert Allen (actor)

Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)

Dorothy Knowles (academic)

Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)

Sister Lúcia

Norrey Ford, English author (d. 1985)

Norrey Ford

Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)

Irving Paul Lazar

Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)

Nelson Algren

Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American librarian and art collector (d. 2001)

Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr.

Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)

Jimmie Dodd

Ingrid of Sweden, (d. 2000)

Ingrid of Sweden

Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998)

Consalvo Sanesi

J. L. Austin, British philosopher (d. 1960)

J. L. Austin

A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984)

A. Bertram Chandler

Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)

Marina Raskova

Kazuo Taoka, Japanese crime boss (d. 1981)

Kazuo Taoka

Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist

Toko Shinoda

Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)

Edward Anhalt

Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)

Bohumil Hrabal

Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist and academic (d. 2003)

Kenneth Richard Norris

Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)

Edmund Muskie · United States Secretary of State

Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)

Everett Ruess

Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)

Jay Livingston

Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington, English lawyer

Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington

Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon and scholar (d. 2014)

Claude Bertrand (neurosurgeon)

Edward Amy, Canadian soldier (d. 2011)

Edward Amy

Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (d. 2013)

Jacob Avshalomov

Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007)

Tom Brooks

Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)

Vic Raschi

Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)

Harold Agnew

Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)

Dirk Bogarde

Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath (d. 1960)

Herschel Grynszpan · Ernst vom Rath

Walter Neugebauer, Croatian-German author and illustrator (d. 1992)

Walter Neugebauer

Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)

Neville Bonner

Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)

Grace Hartigan

Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (d. 2001)

Joey Maxim

B. Neminathan, Sri Lankan politician

B. Neminathan

Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)

Paul C. Donnelly

Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)

Thad Jones

René Vuaillat, French engineer and inventor

René Vuaillat

Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)

Freddie Bartholomew

Fred Flanagan, Australian footballer (d. 2013)

Fred Flanagan

Byrd Baylor, American author

Byrd Baylor

Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor (d. 1994)

Innokenty Smoktunovsky

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014)

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba

Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)

Polly Umrigar

Theo Colborn, American zoologist and academic (d. 2014)

Theo Colborn

Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007)

Marianne Fredriksson

Vina Mazumdar, Indian academic and activist (d. 2013)

Vina Mazumdar

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; 10th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2017)

Zbigniew Brzezinski · United States National Security Advisor

Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)

Alexander Grothendieck

Paul England, Australian race car driver and engineer (d. 2014)

Paul England

Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (d. 2014)

Robert Ashley

Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Jerome Isaac Friedman · Nobel Prize in Physics

Elizabeth Bainbridge, English soprano

Elizabeth Bainbridge

Tete Montoliu, Spanish pianist (d. 1997)

Tete Montoliu

Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska

Frank Murkowski · Governor of Alaska

Lester R. Brown, American environmentalist, founded the Earth Policy Institute and Worldwatch Institute

Lester R. Brown · Earth Policy Institute · Worldwatch Institute

Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)

Laurie Taitt

Frank Judd, Baron Judd, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development

Frank Judd, Baron Judd · Secretary of State for International Development

Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author

Michael Parkinson

Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper

Józef Szmidt

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist, playwright, and essayist Nobel Prize laureate

Mario Vargas Llosa · Nobel Prize in Literature

Hans-Jürgen Bäsler, German footballer (d. 2002)

Hans-Jürgen Bäsler

Dov Frohman, Israeli electrical engineer and business executive

Dov Frohman

Tony Barber, English-Australian television host

Tony Barber

Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)

Luis Cubilla

Alf Clausen, American composer and producer

Alf Clausen

Philip Fang, Hong Kong simultaneous interpretation specialist, United Nations official (d. 2013)

Philip Fang · Simultaneous interpretation

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, American author and academic

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

Jack Simmons, English cricketer

Jack Simmons (cricketer)

Jim Turner, American football player and sportscaster

Jim Turner (placekicker)

Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic

Daniel Dennett

Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Yokozuna

Kitanofuji Katsuaki · Makuuchi

Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission

Neil Kinnock · Vice-President of the European Commission

Mike Newell, English director and producer

Mike Newell (director)

Samuel Ramey, American opera singer

Samuel Ramey

Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach

Jerry Sloan

Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter

Richard Eyre

Conchata Ferrell, American actress

Conchata Ferrell

Rick Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster

Rick Barry

Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)

Ken Howard

Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines

Rodrigo Duterte · President of the Philippines

Johnny Famechon, French-Australian boxer

Johnny Famechon

Björn Hamilton, Swedish engineer and politician

Björn Hamilton

Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)

Wubbo Ockels

Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury

Henry Paulson · United States Secretary of the Treasury

Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, 48th President of Peru

Alejandro Toledo · President of Peru

Greg Thompson, Canadian educator and politician, 25th Minister of Veterans Affairs

Greg Thompson · Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)

John Evan, English keyboard player and songwriter (Jethro Tull)

John Evan · Jethro Tull (band)

Dianne Wiest, American actress

Dianne Wiest

Milan Williams, American keyboard player (d. 2006)

Milan Williams

Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)

Ronnie Ray Smith

Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician

Keith Ashfield

Tony Brise, English race car driver (d. 1975)

Tony Brise

Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)

Melchior Ndadaye · President of Burundi

Donald Brown, American pianist and educator

Donald Brown (musician)

John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Northern Irish psychiatrist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice · Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Reba McEntire

Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author

Susan Ershler

Harvey Glance, American sprinter and coach

Harvey Glance

Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer

Edesio Alejandro

Elisabeth Andreassen, Swedish-Norwegian singer

Elisabeth Andreassen

Bart Conner, American gymnast and sportscaster

Bart Conner

Curt Hennig, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2003)

Curt Hennig

Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica

Laura Chinchilla · President of Costa Rica

Chris Myers, American journalist and sportscaster

Chris Myers

Chris Barrie, British actor and comedian

Chris Barrie

José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde

José Maria Neves · Prime Minister of Cape Verde

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French-Belgian author and playwright

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach

Byron Scott

Jure Franko, Slovenian skier

Jure Franko

Simon Bazalgette, English businessman

Simon Bazalgette

Jan Masiel, Polish politician

Jan Masiel

Karen Lumley, English politician

Karen Lumley

Cheryl James, American rapper and actress

Cheryl James

John Ziegler, German-American radio host and director

John Ziegler (talk show host)

Iris Chang, Chinese-American journalist and author (d. 2004)

Iris Chang

Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster

Nasser Hussain

Colin Brazier, English journalist

Colin Brazier

Rodney Atkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Rodney Atkins

Brett Ratner, American director and producer

Brett Ratner

Vince Vaughn, American actor

Vince Vaughn

Jennifer Weiner, Jewish-American journalist and author

Jennifer Weiner

Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-American journalist and educator

Christianne Meneses Jacobs

Nick Frost, English actor and screenwriter

Nick Frost

Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player

Keith Tkachuk

Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee

Björn Kuipers

Fabrizio Gollin, Italian race car driver

Fabrizio Gollin

Kate Gosselin, American television personality

Kate Gosselin

Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer

Iván Helguera

Dave Keuning, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dave Keuning

Lauren Weisberger, American author

Lauren Weisberger

Nathan Cayless, Australian-NewZealand rugby league player

Nathan Cayless

David Lee, English footballer

David Lee (footballer, born 1980)

Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter and producer

Rasmus Seebach

Luke Walton, American basketball player

Luke Walton

Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player

Edwar Ramírez

Julia Stiles, American actress

Julia Stiles

Ladji Doucouré, French sprinter and hurdler

Ladji Doucouré

Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer

Christopher Samba

Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer

Stefano Ferrario

Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player

Stanislas Wawrinka

Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, and actress

Lady Gaga

Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant

Bowe Bergdahl

Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Czech tennis player

Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer

Yohan Benalouane

Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player

Simeon Jackson

Ryan Kalish, American baseball player

Ryan Kalish

David Goodwillie, Scottish footballer

David Goodwillie

Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer

Lukas Jutkiewicz

Marek Suchý, Czech footballer

Marek Suchý

Joe Bennett, English footballer

Joe Bennett (footballer)

Zac Clarke, Australian footballer

Zac Clarke

Zoella (Zoe Sugg), English Youtuber

Zoella

Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player

Lisa-Maria Moser

Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player

Marie-Philip Poulin

Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer

Sergi Gómez

Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)

Pertinax

Hatsusebe, Japanese princess

Princess Hatsusebe

Arnulf I, count of Flanders

Arnulf I, Count of Flanders · County of Flanders

Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler

Flodoard · Canon (priest) · Chronicle

Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (b. 1022)

Ordulf, Duke of Saxony

Saint Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order

Stephen Harding

Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)

Emperor Go-Toba

Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)

Valdemar II of Denmark

William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (b. 1193)

William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby

Pope Martin IV (b. 1220)

Pope Martin IV

Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (b. 1304)

Venturino of Bergamo

John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (b. 1435)

John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford

Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)

Heinrich Glarean

Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)

Sigismund von Herberstein

Magnus, Duke of Holstein (b. 1540)

Magnus, Duke of Holstein

Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)

Ivan the Terrible

Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)

Constantijn Huygens

Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)

Marquis de Condorcet

Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)

Antonio Capuzzi

Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)

Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp

Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)

Solomon Foot

James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)

James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan

George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)

George Henry Thomas

Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)

Peter Andreas Hansen

Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)

Modest Mussorgsky

Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)

Edmund Kirby Smith

Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)

Édouard Colonne

Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)

Charles Hubbard (archer)

Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian archbishop (b. 1853)

Joseph-Médard Émard

Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)

Katharine Lee Bates

Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)

Lomer Gouin · Premier of Quebec

Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)

Mahmoud Mokhtar

Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)

Marcus Hurley

Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)

Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara

Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1882)

Virginia Woolf

Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)

Miguel Hernández

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)

Stephen Leacock

Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)

Karol Świerczewski

Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)

Grigoraș Dinicu

Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)

Jim Thorpe

W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)

W. C. Handy

Hugo Wast, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1883)

Hugo Wast

Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)

Antonius Bouwens

Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)

Clemence Dane

Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)

Jack Hoxie

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)

Dwight D. Eisenhower · President of the United States

Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)

Robert Hunter (golfer)

Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)

Donie Bush

Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)

Arthur Crudup

Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)

Dorothy Fields

Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)

Françoise Rosay

Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)

Richard Arlen

Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)

Eric Shipton

Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)

Dick Haymes

William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

William Giauque · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (b. 1914)

Carmen Dragon

Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter and poet (b. 1887)

Marc Chagall

Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)

Virginia Gilmore

Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)

Maria von Trapp

Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1909)

Nikolaos Platon

Scott Cunningham, American author (b. 1956)

Scott Cunningham

Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)

Eugène Ionesco

Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)

Shin Kanemaru · Deputy Prime Minister of Japan

Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)

Anthony Powell

Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1928)

Moe Koffman

Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Peter Ustinov

Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)

Moura Lympany

Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)

Robin Spry

Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)

Pro Hart

Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1911)

Vethathiri Maharishi

Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)

Charles Schepens

Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)

Caspar Weinberger · United States Secretary of Defense

Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)

Maurice Jarre

June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)

June Havoc

Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)

Wenche Foss

John Arden, English author and playwright (b. 1930)

John Arden

Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian pianist and composer (b. 1920)

Alexander Arutiunian

Harry Crews, American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1935)

Harry Crews

George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)

George E. P. Box

Manuel García Ferré, Spanish-Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

Manuel García Ferré

Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)

Richard Griffiths

Art Malone, American race car driver (b. 1936)

Art Malone

Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)

Hugh McCracken

Heinz Patzig, German footballer and manager (b. 1929)

Heinz Patzig

Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)

Bob Teague

Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)

Gus Triandos

Robert Zildjian, American businessman, founded Sabian (b. 1923)

Robert Zildjian · Sabian

Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)

Jeremiah Denton

Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)

Lorenzo Semple, Jr.

Avraham Yaski, Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)

Avraham Yaski

Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)

Chuck Brayton

Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)

Joseph Cassidy (priest)

Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)

Miroslav Ondříček

Gene Saks, American actor and director (b. 1921)

Gene Saks

Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)

Walter Schuck

James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)

James Noble (actor)