March 5 — On This Day

Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.

Roman Emperor · Julian (emperor) · Antioch · Julian's Persian War · Sasanian Empire

Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.

Nasir Khusraw · Safarnama

The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Livonian Order · Battle of Aizkraukle · Grand Duchy of Lithuania

King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.

Henry VII of England · John Cabot

Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.

Nicolaus Copernicus · De revolutionibus orbium coelestium · Index Librorum Prohibitorum

Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.

Antonio de Ulloa · Louisiana · New Orleans

Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.

Boston Massacre · United States · Crispus Attucks · American Revolutionary War

Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa.

Peninsular War · Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno · Siege of Cádiz · Battle of Barrosa

First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.

First Anglo-Burmese War · Burma

Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.

Samuel Colt · Revolver

The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.

Britannia Bridge · Menai Strait · Anglesey

Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Parma · Tuscany · Modena · Romagna · Referendum

Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its premiere performance at La Scala.

Mefistofele · Arrigo Boito · La Scala

George Westinghouse patents the air brake.

George Westinghouse · Railway air brake

Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.

Moro Rebellion · United States Army · Moro people · First Battle of Bud Dajo

Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.

Italo-Turkish War · Kingdom of Italy · Airship · Reconnaissance · Ottoman Empire

The British Raj: Gandhi-Irwin Pact is signed.

British Raj · Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.

Great Depression · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Emergency Banking Act

Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.

Adolf Hitler · Nazi Party · German federal election, March 1933 · Enabling Act of 1933

First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.

Supermarine Spitfire

Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.

Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Joseph Stalin · Intelligentsia · Prisoner of War · Katyn massacre

World War II: Japanese forces captures Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which left undefended after the withdrawal of KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.

World War II · Empire of Japan · Batavia, Dutch East Indies · Dutch East Indies · Royal Netherlands East Indies Army

World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman-Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.

World War II · Red Army · Uman-Botoșani Offensive · Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.

Winston Churchill · Iron Curtain · Westminster College, Missouri

Indonesian President Soekarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.

President of Indonesia · Sukarno · Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat

American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.

Patsy Cline · Hawkshaw Hawkins · Cowboy Copas · 1963 Camden PA-24 crash · Camden, Tennessee

March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.

March Intifada · Left-wing politics · Bahrain

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.

Yom Kippur War · Israel · Suez Canal

The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Landsat program · Vandenberg Air Force Base · California

Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.

Venera 11 · Venera 12 · Helios (spacecraft) · Gamma-ray burst · Soft gamma repeater

The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.

ZX81 · Home computer · Sinclair Research

Soviet probe Venera 14 landed on Venus.

Venera 14 · Venus

Six thousand miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.

UK miners' strike (1984-85)

In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.

Haifa · Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing

Henry II of England (d. 1189)

Henry II of England

Saint Kinga of Poland (d. 1292)

Kinga of Poland

David II of Scotland (d. 1371)

David II of Scotland

Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)

Louis I of Hungary

Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1375)

Cansignorio della Scala

William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English Earl (d. 1491)

William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (d. 1594)

Gerardus Mercator

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, Spanish cardinal (d. 1600)

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio

Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1603)

Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg

Christoph Pezel, German theologian (d. 1604)

Christoph Pezel

John Coke, English civil servant and politician (d. 1644)

John Coke

William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (d. 1660)

William Oughtred

John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)

John George I, Elector of Saxony

Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (d. 1638)

Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer (d. 1712)

Jan van der Heyden

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (d. 1730)

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac · List of colonial governors of Louisiana

Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar (d. 1754)

Johann Jakob Wettstein

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1768)

Vasily Trediakovsky

Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (d. 1776)

Edward Cornwallis · Governor of Gibraltar

Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (d. 1783)

Frederick Cornwallis

Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)

Princess Mary of Great Britain

Vincenzo Galeotti, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1816)

Vincenzo Galeotti

Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and physician (d. 1819)

Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge

Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist (d. 1810)

Jonas Carlsson Dryander

William Shield, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)

William Shield

Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic (d. 1805)

Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison

Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator (d. 1829)

Jan Křtitel Kuchař

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer (d. 1842)

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse

Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician (d. 1865)

Benjamin Gompertz

Carlo Odescalchi, Italian cardinal (d. 1841)

Carlo Odescalchi

Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1872)

Jacques Babinet

Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1870)

Robert Cooper Grier

Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian and academic (d. 1889)

Wilhelm von Giesebrecht

Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher (d. 1875)

Georg Friedrich Daumer

John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1888)

John Wentworth (Illinois) · Mayor of Chicago

Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist, academic, and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (d. 1894)

Austen Henry Layard · Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Étienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and chronophotographer (d. 1904)

Étienne-Jules Marey

Charles Wyville Thomson, Scottish historian and zoologist (d. 1882)

Charles Wyville Thomson

Félix de Blochausen, Luxembourgian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1915)

Félix de Blochausen · List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg

Marietta Piccolomini, Italian soprano (d. 1899)

Marietta Piccolomini

Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)

Howard Pyle

Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (d. 1934)

Siegbert Tarrasch

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau · Premier of Quebec

Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (d. 1952)

Michael von Faulhaber

Frank Norris, American journalist and author (d. 1902)

Frank Norris

Evgeny Paton, French-Ukrainian engineer (d. 1953)

Evgeny Paton

Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher (d. 1919)

Rosa Luxemburg

Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general and politician, Minister Governor-General of Macedonia (d. 1941)

Konstantinos Pallis · Minister Governor-General of Macedonia

Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer (d. 1961)

Olav Bjaaland

Henry Travers, English-American actor (d. 1965)

Henry Travers

Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1947)

Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote · Lord Chief Justice of England

Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player (d. 1959)

Elisabeth Moore

William Beveridge, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic (d. 1963)

William Beveridge

Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)

Andres Larka · Estonian Minister of War

Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1968)

Sergei Natanovich Bernstein

Dora Marsden, English author and activist (d. 1960)

Dora Marsden

Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (d. 1969)

Marius Barbeau

Dong Biwu, Chinese judge and politician, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1975)

Dong Biwu · List of Presidents of the People's Republic of China

Freddie Welsh, Welsh boxer (d. 1927)

Freddie Welsh

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1959)

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Henry Daniell, English-American actor (d. 1963)

Henry Daniell

Zhou Enlai, Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)

Zhou Enlai · Premier of the People's Republic of China

Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2015)

Misao Okawa

Lilli Jahn, Jewish German doctor (d. 1944) [1]

Lilli Jahn

Johanna Langefeld, German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (d. 1974)

Johanna Langefeld

Louis Kahn, American architect and academic (d. 1974)

Louis Kahn

Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg (d. 1971)

Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg

Julian Przyboś, Polish poet, essayist and translator (d. 1970)

Julian Przyboś

Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (d. 1984)

Karl Rahner

László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)

László Benedek

Fritz Fischer, German historian and author (d. 1999)

Fritz Fischer

Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (d. 1990)

Irving Fiske

Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)

Rex Harrison

Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (d. 2007)

Momofuku Ando · Nissin Foods

Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1972)

Ennio Flaiano

Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1988)

Jack Marshall · Prime Minister of New Zealand

Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1990)

Henry Hicks (Nova Scotia politician) · Premier of Nova Scotia

Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic (d. 2002)

Laurent Schwartz

Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2017)

Milt Schmidt

Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (d. 2006)

Red Storey

James Tobin, American economist and academic (d. 2002)

James Tobin

José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist (d. 2009)

José Aboulker

Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)

Virginia Christine

Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer (d. 1997)

Wang Zengqi

Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (d. 1998)

Elmer Valo

James Noble, American actor (d. 2016)

James Noble (actor)

Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1975)

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Juan A. Rivero, Puerto Rican biologist and academic (d. 2014)

Juan A. Rivero

Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (d. 2003)

Laurence Tisch · Loews Corporation

Roger Marche, French footballer (d. 1997)

Roger Marche

Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (d. 1976)

Jack Cassidy

Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician

Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford

J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic

J. Hillis Miller

Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 2015)

Erik Carlsson

J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)

J. B. Lenoir

John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2008)

John Ashley (ice hockey)

Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager

Del Crandall

Fred, French author and illustrator (d. 2013)

Fred (cartoonist)

Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator

Barry Tuckwell

Walter Kasper, German cardinal and theologian

Walter Kasper

Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate

Daniel Kahneman · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Letizia Battaglia, Italian photographer and journalist

Letizia Battaglia

Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer

Philip K. Chapman

Paul Sand, American actor

Paul Sand

Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)

Canaan Banana · President of Zimbabwe

Dale Douglass, American golfer

Dale Douglass

Dean Stockwell, American actor

Dean Stockwell

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria

Olusegun Obasanjo · President of Nigeria

Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Paul Evans (musician)

Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (d. 2011)

Lynn Margulis

Fred Williamson, American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Fred Williamson

Samantha Eggar, English actress

Samantha Eggar

Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor and comedian (d. 1995)

Benyamin Sueb

Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer (d. 2010)

Peter Woodcock

Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef

Pierre Wynants

Tom Butler, English bishop

Tom Butler (bishop)

Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player (d. 1990)

Ken Irvine

Graham McRae, New Zealand race car driver

Graham McRae

Sepp Piontek, German footballer and manager

Sepp Piontek

Des Wilson, New Zealand-English businessman and activist

Des Wilson

Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain

Felipe González · Prime Minister of Spain

David Watkins, Welsh rugby player

David Watkins (rugby)

Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)

Lucio Battisti

Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor

Peter Brandes

Roy Gutman, American journalist and author

Roy Gutman

Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (d. 2007)

Richard Bell (Canadian musician)

Murray Head, English actor and singer

Murray Head

Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter

Guerrino Boatto

Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager

Graham Hawkins

Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress

Clodagh Rodgers

Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster

Kent Tekulve

Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)

Paquirri

Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician

Eddy Grant

Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar (d. 2008)

Richard Hickox

Elaine Paige, English singer and actress

Elaine Paige

Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach

Jan van Beveren

Bernard Arnault, French businessman, philanthropist, and art collector

Bernard Arnault

Franz Josef Jung, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence

Franz Josef Jung · Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)

Tom Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tom Russell

Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer and coach

Rodney Hogg

Willis Alan Ramsey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Willis Alan Ramsey

Petar Borota, Serbian footballer and coach (d. 2010)

Petar Borota

Alan Clark, English keyboard player

Alan Clark (keyboardist)

Mike Squires, American baseball player and scout

Mike Squires

Michael J. Sandel, American philosopher and academic

Michael J. Sandel

Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng

Tokyo Sexwale · Premier of Gauteng

Katarina Frostenson, Swedish poet and author

Katarina Frostenson

Marsha Warfield, American actress

Marsha Warfield

Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author

Penn Jillette

Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)

Teena Marie

Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic

Christopher Snowden

Ray Suarez, American journalist and author

Ray Suarez

Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician

Mark E. Smith

Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager

Volodymyr Bezsonov

Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Bob Forward

Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1988)

Andy Gibb

Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)

Vazgen Sargsyan · Prime Minister of Armenia

Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology

Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson · Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology

Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host

Joel Osteen

Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter

Bertrand Cantat

Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager

Gerald Vanenburg

José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach

José Semedo (footballer, born 1965)

Oh Eun-sun, South Korean mountaineer

Oh Eun-sun

Bob Halkidis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Bob Halkidis

Michael Irvin, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

Michael Irvin

Aasif Mandvi, Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Aasif Mandvi

Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Hungary

Gordon Bajnai · Prime Minister of Hungary

Theresa Villiers, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Theresa Villiers · Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Paul Blackthorne, English actor and producer

Paul Blackthorne

Danny King, English author and playwright

Danny King (author)

Moussa Saïb, Algerian footballer and manager

Moussa Saïb

Mike Brown, American basketball player and coach

Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)

John Frusciante, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

John Frusciante

Yuu Watase, Japanese illustrator

Yuu Watase

Greg Berry, English footballer and coach

Greg Berry

Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player and scout

Jeffrey Hammonds

Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter

Yuri Lowenthal

Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist

Filip Meirhaeghe

Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer and manager

Yannis Anastasiou

Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (d. 2009)

Nelly Arcan

Juan Esnáider, Argentinian footballer and manager

Juan Esnáider

Ryan Franklin, American baseball player

Ryan Franklin

Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster

Nicole Pratt

Kevin Connolly, American actor and director

Kevin Connolly (actor)

Eva Mendes, American model and actress

Eva Mendes

Luciano Burti, Brazilian race car driver and sportscaster

Luciano Burti

Sasho Petrovski, Australian footballer

Sasho Petrovski

Chris Silverwood, English cricketer and coach

Chris Silverwood

Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

Neil Jackson

Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach

Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Paul Konerko, American baseball player

Paul Konerko

Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player

Norm Maxwell

Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player

Taismary Agüero

Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player

Bryan Berard

Mike MacDougal, American baseball player

Mike MacDougal

Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player and sportscaster

Wally Szczerbiak

Jared Crouch, Australian footballer

Jared Crouch

Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach

Mike Hessman

Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer

Kimberly McCullough

Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer

Carlos Ochoa

Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer

Martin Axenrot

Lee Mears, English rugby player

Lee Mears

Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios

Shay Carl · Maker Studios

Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player

Barret Jackman

Paul Martin, American ice hockey player

Paul Martin (ice hockey)

Dan Carter, New Zealand rugby player

Dan Carter

Philipp Haastrup, German footballer

Philipp Haastrup

Édgar Dueñas, Mexican footballer

Édgar Dueñas

Branko Cvetković, Serbian basketball player

Branko Cvetković

Guillaume Hoarau, French footballer

Guillaume Hoarau

David Marshall, Scottish footballer

David Marshall (footballer)

Brad Mills, American baseball player

Brad Mills (pitcher)

Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor

Kenichi Matsuyama

Alexandre Barthe, French footballer

Alexandre Barthe

Matty Fryatt, English footballer

Matty Fryatt

Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player

Anna Chakvetadze

Chris Cohen, English footballer

Chris Cohen

Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer

Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba

Danny Drinkwater, English footballer

Danny Drinkwater

Alex Smithies, English footballer

Alex Smithies

Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentinian footballer

Ramiro Funes Mori

Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer

Daniil Trifonov

El-Hadji Ba, French footballer

El-Hadji Ba

Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer

Joshua Coyne

Harry Maguire, English footballer

Harry Maguire

Daria Gavrilova, Russian tennis player

Daria Gavrilova

Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player

Kyle Schwarber

Pope Lucius I (b. 200)

Pope Lucius I

Suppo I, Frankish nobleman

Suppo I · Nobility

Hermann Balk, German knight

Hermann Balk

Matthew of Kraków, Polish reformer (b. 1335)

Matthew of Kraków

Manuel III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1364)

Manuel III of Trebizond · Empire of Trebizond

Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter and educator (b. 1489)

Antonio da Correggio

Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1487)

Nuno da Cunha · List of governors of Portuguese India

Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1533)

Shimazu Yoshihisa

Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)

Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma

Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)

Henry Wharton

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull · Lord President of the Council

Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)

Crispus Attucks

Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)

Thomas Arne

Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)

Franz Mesmer

Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)

Alessandro Volta

John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)

John Adams (mutineer)

David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)

David Scott (painter)

Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)

Marie d'Agoult

Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)

Hippolyte Taine

Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)

Nikolai Leskov

Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)

Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)

Friedrich Blass

Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)

Johan Jensen (mathematician)

Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)

Franz Mertens

David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)

David Dunbar Buick · Buick

Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)

Reşit Galip · List of Ministers of National Education of Turkey

Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)

Roque Ruaño

Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)

Cai Yuanpei

Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)

Max Jacob

Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)

Lena Baker · African American

Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)

Alfredo Casella

Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)

Edgar Lee Masters

Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)

Roman Shukhevych

Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)

Sergei Prokofiev

Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)

Joseph Stalin · Georgia (country) · List of leaders of the Soviet Union

Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)

Antanas Merkys · Prime Minister of Lithuania

Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)

Patsy Cline

Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)

Cowboy Copas

Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)

Hawkshaw Hawkins

Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)

Chen Cheng · List of premiers of the Republic of China

Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)

Pepper Martin

Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)

Anna Akhmatova

Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)

Mischa Auer

Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)

Mohammad Mosaddegh · Prime Minister of Iran

Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)

Georges Vanier · Governor General of Canada

Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (b. 1890)

Allan Nevins

Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (b. 1918)

Robert C. O'Brien (author)

John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)

John Samuel Bourque

Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)

Billy De Wolfe

Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)

Sol Hurok

Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)

Otto Tief · List of heads of government of Estonia

Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)

Tom Pryce

Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)

Jay Silverheels

Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)

Yip Harburg

John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)

John Belushi

Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)

Pierre Cochereau

Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)

Tito Gobbi

William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)

William Powell

Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (b. 1933)

Alberto Olmedo

Gary Merrill, American actor and director (b. 1915)

Gary Merrill

Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1943)

Vivian Stanshall

Whit Bissell, American character actor (b. 1909)

Whit Bissell

Samm Sinclair Baker, American writer (b. 1909)

Samm Sinclair Baker

Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)

Jean Dréville

Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (b. 1922)

Richard Kiley

Lolo Ferrari, French dancer, actress and singer (b. 1963)

Lolo Ferrari

David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)

David Sheppard

Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)

Joseph Weizenbaum

Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)

Charles B. Pierce

Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)

Richard Stapley

Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

Manolis Rasoulis

Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1970)

Paul Haines (fiction writer)

Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (b. 1934)

Philip Madoc

Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1925)

Robert B. Sherman

William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (b. 1922)

William O. Wooldridge

Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (b. 1954)

Paul Bearer

Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1954)

Hugo Chávez · List of Presidents of Venezuela

Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (b. 1921)

Duane Gish

Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (b. 1931)

Geoff Edwards

Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (b. 1963)

Ailsa McKay

Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1948)

Leopoldo María Panero

Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)

Vlada Divljan

Edward Egan, American cardinal (b. 1932)

Edward Egan

Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (b. 1932)

Hassan Al-Turabi

Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (b. 1941)

Ray Tomlinson

Al Wistert, American football player and coach (b. 1920)

Al Wistert