April 7 — On This Day

Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul.

Attila · Metz · Gaul

First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.

Corpus Juris Civilis · Jurisprudence · Eastern Roman Emperor · Justinian I

Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.

Scroll Serpent · Calakmul · Palenque

Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'.

Empress Matilda

Charles University is founded in Prague.

Charles University in Prague · Prague

Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.

Ferdinand Magellan · Cebu (island)

Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.

Francis Xavier · Lisbon

Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.

Johann Sebastian Bach · St John Passion · Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis · St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig

End of Burmese-Siamese War (1765-67).

Burmese-Siamese War (1765-67)

Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward.

John Barry (naval officer) · USS Lexington (1776)

American pioneers to the Northwest Territory establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.

American pioneers to the Northwest Territory · Marietta, Ohio · Northwest Territory

Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.

Selim III · Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · Caliph of Islam

The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.

Mississippi Territory

Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.

Lewis and Clark Expedition · Corps of Discovery · Mandan · West · Missouri River

German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) · Theater an der Wien · Vienna

John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.

John Walker (inventor) · Pharmacist · Friction match

Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.

Joseph Smith · Latter Day Saint movement · Book of Mormon · Oliver Cowdery

Emperor Pedro I of Brazil resigns. He goes to his native Portugal to become King Pedro IV.

Pedro I of Brazil

American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.

American Civil War · Army of the Tennessee · Army of the Ohio · Battle of Shiloh · Army of Mississippi

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by a Fenian activist.

Thomas D'Arcy McGee · Fathers of Confederation · Fenian

Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.

Lake Biwa Canal

Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

Mount Vesuvius · Naples

The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.

Algeciras Conference · Morocco

H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.

H. H. Asquith · Liberal Party (UK) · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · Henry Campbell-Bannerman

The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.

United States Secretary of the Interior · Teapot Dome scandal

The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).

Television broadcast · Commerce Secretary · Herbert Hoover

Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States of America)

Prohibition in the United States · Beer · Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution · National Beer Day (United States) · United States of America

World War II: Italy invades Albania.

World War II · Kingdom of Italy · Albania

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.

Booker T. Washington · African American

The Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.

The Holocaust · Terebovlia

Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.

Ioannis Rallis · Collaborationism · Prime Minister of Greece · Axis occupation of Greece

World War II: The Yamato, one of the two largest battleships ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.

Japanese battleship Yamato · Operation Ten-Go

World War II: Visoko is liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces.

Visoko · Yugoslav Partisan

Syria's independence from France is officially recognised.

Syria

The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.

World Health Organization

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.

Rodgers and Hammerstein · South Pacific (musical) · Broadway theatre · Tony Award

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.

Dwight D. Eisenhower · Domino theory

Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.

Winston Churchill · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

IBM announces the System/360.

IBM · IBM System/360

A bulldozer kills Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a civil rights activist, during a school segregation protest in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking a riot.

Bulldozer · Bruce W. Klunder · Cleveland · Ohio

Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.

Jim Clark · Formula Two · Hockenheimring

The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.

Internet · Request for Comments

President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.

Richard Nixon · Vietnamization

Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.

John Stonehouse · Labour Party (UK) · Faked death

German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.

Siegfried Buback · Red Army Faction

Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.

Neutron bomb · Jimmy Carter

During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.

Iran hostage crisis

During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.

STS-6 · Story Musgrave · Donald H. Peterson · Space Shuttle

Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.

Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets · Barents Sea

Iran-Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).

Iran-Contra affair · John Poindexter

A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.

Passenger ferry · MS Scandinavian Star

Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.

Rwandan genocide · Tutsi · Kigali · Rwanda

Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy.

Federal Express Flight 705 · Life insurance

First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

First Chechen War · Samashki massacre · Samashki · Chechnya

The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.

World Trade Organization · European Union

Mars Odyssey is launched.

Mars Odyssey

U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.

Baghdad · Saddam Hussein

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.

Peru · Alberto Fujimori

Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.

2009 Moldova civil unrest · Moldova · Moldovan parliamentary election, April 2009

2017 Stockholm attack happened on Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, Sweden. A stolen truck slams into people at high speed, killing five and injuring fifteen others.

2017 Stockholm attack · Drottninggatan · Stockholm · Sweden

Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1253)

Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (d. 1352)

John, 3rd Earl of Kent

Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)

Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire

Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1552)

Francis Xavier · Society of Jesus

Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 1584)

Tobias Stimmer

Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (d. 1675)

Gerrit Dou

François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (d. 1730)

François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1721)

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby · Lord President of the Council

Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)

Pope Clement XII

Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1801)

Nicola Sala

Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (d. 1800)

Hugh Blair

Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (d. 1806)

Michel Adanson

Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846)

Domenico Dragonetti

William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)

William Wordsworth

Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author (d. 1837)

Charles Fourier

William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian (d. 1842)

William Ellery Channing

James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1859)

James Curtiss · Mayor of Chicago

Flora Tristan, French author and activist (d. 1844)

Flora Tristan

Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1881)

Hasan Tahsini

Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (d. 1930)

Randall Davidson

Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925)

Walter Camp

Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951)

Will Keith Kellogg · Kellogg Company

Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953)

Holger Pedersen (linguist)

Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist (d. 1919)

Gustav Landauer

Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar (d. 1927)

Epifanio de los Santos

John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)

John McGraw

Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (d. 1939)

Frederick Carl Frieseke

Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1945)

Fay Moulton

Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (d. 1971)

Bert Ironmonger

Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)

Kurt von Schleicher · Chancellor of Germany

Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (d. 1966)

Gino Severini

Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963)

Clement Smoot

Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1971)

Ed Lafitte

Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

Gabriela Mistral · Nobel Prize in Literature

Paul Berth, Danish footballer (d. 1969)

Paul Berth

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and activist (d. 1998)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958)

Ole Kirk Christiansen · The Lego Group

Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1969)

Allen Dulles · Director of Central Intelligence

John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1942)

John Bernard Flannagan

Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)

Margarete Schön

Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)

Frits Peutz · Glaspaleis

Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)

Erich Löwenhardt

Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972)

Walter Winchell

Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (d. 1972)

Robert Casadesus

Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975)

Adolf Dymsza

Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984)

Tebbs Lloyd Johnson

Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941)

Eduard Eelma

M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1965)

M. Balasundaram

Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (d. 1984)

Edwin T. Layton

Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996)

Roland Wilson (economist)

Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader (d. 1976)

Percy Faith

Robert Charroux, French author and critic (d. 1978)

Robert Charroux

Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994)

Peter Zaremba (athlete)

Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (d. 1996)

Hervé Bazin

Louise Currie, American actress (d. 2013)

Louise Currie

Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (d. 2007)

Charles Vanik

Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)

Ralph Flanagan

Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)

Stanley Adams (actor)

Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1959)

Billie Holiday

Henry Kuttner, American author (d. 1958)

Henry Kuttner

Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)

Anthony Caruso (actor)

R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012)

R. G. Armstrong

Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach

Bobby Doerr

Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1992)

Roger Lemelin

Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012)

Edoardo Mangiarotti

Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (d. 2012)

Ravi Shankar · Sitar

Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)

Feza Gürsey

Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003)

Mongo Santamaría

Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian-English author and screenwriter (d. 2009)

Johannes Mario Simmel

Chaturanan Mishra, Indian trade union leader and politician (d. 2011)

Chaturanan Mishra

Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)

Jan van Roessel

Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003)

Babatunde Olatunji

Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper

Leonid Shcherbakov

James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)

James Garner

Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)

Alan J. Pakula

James White, Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999)

James White (author)

Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007)

Bob Denard

Jane Priestman, English interior designer

Jane Priestman

Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009)

Yves Rocher · Yves Rocher (company)

Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)

Andrew Sachs

Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015)

Roger Vergé

Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1989)

Donald Barthelme

Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and author

Daniel Ellsberg

Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)

Cal Smith

Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (d. 2015)

Wayne Rogers

Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004)

Sakıp Sabancı

Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007)

Ian Richardson

Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bobby Bare

Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

Hodding Carter III · Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

Charlie Thomas, American R&B singer

Charlie Thomas (musician)

Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician, 34th and 39th Governor of California

Jerry Brown · Governor of California

Spencer Dryden, American rock drummer (d. 2005)

Spencer Dryden

Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)

Freddie Hubbard

Iris Johansen, American author

Iris Johansen

Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Francis Ford Coppola

David Frost, English journalist and game show host (d. 2013)

David Frost

Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977)

Gary Kellgren · Record Plant

Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (d. 1992)

Brett Whiteley

Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

Marju Lauristin · Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

James Di Pasquale, American composer

James Di Pasquale

Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator

Peter Fluck

Gorden Kaye, English actor (d. 2017)

Gorden Kaye

Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mick Abrahams

Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager

Dennis Amiss

Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (d. 2012)

Warner Fusselle

Julia Phillips, Jewish-American film producer and author (d. 2002)

Julia Phillips

Gerhard Schröder, German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany

Gerhard Schröder · List of Chancellors of Germany

Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager

Bill Stoneman

Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter

Megas

Gerry Cottle, English businessman

Gerry Cottle

Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic

Marilyn Friedman

Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author

Martyn Lewis

Joël Robuchon, French chef and author

Joël Robuchon

Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (d. 2010)

Werner Schroeter

Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer

Hans van Hemert

Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player

Zaid Abdul-Aziz

Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005)

Colette Besson

Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

Herménégilde Chiasson · Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008)

Stan Winston

Patricia Bennett, American singer

Patricia Bennett

Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer

Florian Schneider

Michèle Torr, French singer and author

Michèle Torr

Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana

Mitch Daniels · Governor of Indiana

John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer

John Oates

Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary

Brian J. Doyle

Bruce Gary, American drummer (d. 2006)

Bruce Gary

Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Janis Ian

David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic

David Baulcombe

Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete

Jane Frederick

Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer

Gilles Valiquette

Dennis Hayden, American actor

Dennis Hayden (actor)

Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic

Douglas Kell

Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter

Jackie Chan

Tony Dorsett, American football player

Tony Dorsett

Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)

Tim Cochran

Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist

Gregg Jarrett

Annika Billström, Swedish businessman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm

Annika Billström · List of mayors of Stockholm

Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author

Christopher Darden

Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete

Georg Werthner

Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor

Kim Kap-soo

Thelma Walker, British politician

Thelma Walker

Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Brian Haner

Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect

Hindrek Kesler

Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor

Buster Douglas

Sandy Powell, English costume designer

Sandy Powell (costume designer)

Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor

Thurl Bailey

Pascal Olmeta, French footballer

Pascal Olmeta

Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician

Brigitte van der Burg

Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician

Jon Cruddas

Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist

Andrew Hampsten

Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman

Jaime de Marichalar

Nick Herbert, English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing

Nick Herbert · Minister for Policing

Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator

Dave Johnson (decathlete)

Jace Alexander, American actor and director

Jace Alexander

Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor

Russell Crowe

Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player

Steve Graves

Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer

Bill Bellamy

Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer

Alison Lapper

Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach

Nenad Vučinić

Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician

Richard Gomez

Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player

Gary Wilkinson (snooker player)

Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter

Artemis Gounaki

Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player

Simone Schilder

Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster

Duncan Armstrong

Jennifer Lynch, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

Jennifer Lynch

Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper

Vasiliy Sokov

Ricky Watters, American football player

Ricky Watters

Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator

Leif Ove Andsnes

Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)

Guillaume Depardieu

Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater

Victor Kraatz

Tim Peake, British astronaut

Tim Peake

Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer

Marco Delvecchio

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert · List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands

Carole Montillet, French skier

Carole Montillet

Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter

Christian O'Connell

Brett Tomko, American baseball player

Brett Tomko

Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Karin Dreijer Andersson

Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster

Ronde Barber

Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist

Tiki Barber

Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player

Ronnie Belliard

John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player

John Cooper (musician)

Simon Woolford, Australian rugby league player

Simon Woolford

Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer

Kevin Alejandro

Martin Buß, German high jumper

Martin Buß

Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician

Jessica Lee

Barbara Jane Reams, American actress

Barbara Jane Reams

Jo Appleby, English soprano

Jo Appleby

Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor

Duncan James

Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player

Lilia Osterloh

Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player

Adrián Beltré

Patrick Crayton, American football player

Patrick Crayton

Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player

Pascal Dupuis

Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player

Danny Sandoval

Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer

Dragan Bogavac

Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor

Tetsuji Tamayama

Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer

Hitoe Arakaki

Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)

Kazuki Watanabe (musician)

Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress

Vanessa Olivarez

Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer

Suzann Pettersen

Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress

Silvana Arias

Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler

Sonjay Dutt

Kelli Young, English singer

Kelli Young

Franck Ribéry, French footballer

Franck Ribéry

Jon Stead, English footballer

Jon Stead

Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider

Jakub Smrž

Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player

Janar Talts

Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer

Hiroko Shimabukuro

KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer

KC Concepcion

Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician

Humza Yousaf

Brooke Brodack, American comedian

Brooke Brodack

Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist (Eme 15)

Jack Duarte · Eme 15

Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer

Andi Fraggs

Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer

Christian Fuchs

Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer

Martín Cáceres

Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete

Eelco Sintnicolaas

Jamar Smith, American football player

Jamar Smith

Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer

Antonio Piccolo

Ed Speleers, English actor and producer

Ed Speleers

Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer

Franco Di Santo

Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player

Mitchell Pearce

Teddy Riner, French judoka

Teddy Riner

Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler

Anna Bogomazova

Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player

Sorana Cîrstea

Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer

Trent Cotchin

Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer

Luka Milivojević

Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter

Anne-Marie (singer)

Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast

Andreea Acatrinei

Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer

Guilherme Negueba

Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler

Ichinojō Takashi

Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater

Johanna Allik

Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player

Aaron Gray (rugby league)

Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

Rafaela Gómez

Jesus Christ of Nazareth, (possible date of the crucifixion)[1][2][3] (b. circa 4 BC)

Jesus · Date of the crucifixion · 4 BC

George the Standard-Bearer, archbishop of Mytilene (b. c. 776)

George the Standard-Bearer · Mytilene

Berengar I of Italy (b. 845)

Berengar I of Italy

Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine

Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine

Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia (b. 1308)

Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia

Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)

Charles VIII of France

Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (b. 1442)

Galeotto I Pico

Minkhaung II, king of Ava (b. 1446)

Minkhaung II

Edward Oldcorne, English martyr (b. 1561)

Edward Oldcorne

El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1541)

El Greco

Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyo (b. 1576)

Shimazu Tadatsune

Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)

Lennart Torstensson

Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)

Juan Eusebio Nieremberg

Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)

Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet

Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)

Francis Cooke

William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)

William Davenant

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle · Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)

Dick Turpin

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)

Thomas Bayes

Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)

Tiberius Hemsterhuis

Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)

Franz Sparry

Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)

Taksin

Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)

Abdul Hamid I

Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)

Petrus Camper

Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)

Noël François de Wailly

Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743)

Toussaint Louverture

Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)

Garsevan Chavchavadze

Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746)

Jacques Charles

Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (b. 1775)

Antoni Radziwiłł

William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)

William Godwin

Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)

Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros

William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)

William Lisle Bowles

Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)

Anton Diabelli

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)

Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold

Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)

Youssef Bey Karam

P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)

P. T. Barnum · Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)

Spyridon Samaras

David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)

David Kolehmainen

George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)

George E. Ohr

Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)

Karl Binding

Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)

Alexander Bogdanov

Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)

Grigore Constantinescu

Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)

Suzanne Valadon

Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)

Joseph Lyons · Prime Minister of Australia

Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)

Jovan Dučić

Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)

Alexandre Millerand · President of France

Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)

Henry Ford · Ford Motor Company

John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)

John Gourlay (soccer)

Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)

Walter Huston

Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)

Theda Bara

Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)

Fred Appleby

Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)

Henri Guisan

Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)

Roger Leger

Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)

Walt Hansgen

Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)

Edwin Baker (CNIB) · Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)

Jim Clark

Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)

Abeid Karume · President of Zanzibar

Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)

Kit Lambert

Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)

Norman Taurog

Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)

Harald Ertl

Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)

Frank Church

Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888)

Carl Schmitt

Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912)

Leonid Kantorovich

Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)

Ronald Evans (astronaut)

Memduh Ünlütürk, Turkish general (b. 1913)

Memduh Ünlütürk

Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903)

Ace Bailey

Antonis Tritsis, Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens (b. 1937)

Antonis Tritsis · List of mayors of Athens

Lee Brilleaux, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

Lee Brilleaux

Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician (b. 1923)

Albert Guðmundsson

Golo Mann, German historian and author (b. 1909)

Golo Mann

Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)

Agathe Uwilingiyimana · Prime Minister of Rwanda

Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (b. 1927)

Philip Jebb

Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1923)

Luis Aloma

Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)

Georgy Shonin

Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)

Alex Schomburg

Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)

Heinz Lehmann

David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)

David Graf

Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)

Beatrice Straight

John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)

John Agar

Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (b. 1903)

Cecile de Brunhoff

David Greene, English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

David Greene (director)

Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)

Victor Argo

Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)

Konstantinos Kallias

Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932)

Cliff Allison

Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922)

Grigoris Bithikotsis

Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)

Bob Kennedy

Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951)

Melih Kibar

Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)

Johnny Hart

Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)

Barry Nelson

Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915)

Ludu Daw Amar

Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947)

Dave Arneson · Dungeons & Dragons

Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922)

Pierre Gauvreau

Steven Kanumba Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984)

Steven Kanumba

Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914)

Satsue Mito

Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (b. 1930)

Ignatius Moses I Daoud

David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (b. 1917)

David E. Pergrin

Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (b. 1959)

Bashir Ahmed Qureshi

Mike Wallace, American television news journalist (b. 1918)

Mike Wallace

Marty Blake, American businessman (b. 1927)

Marty Blake

Les Blank, American director and producer (b. 1935)

Les Blank

Andy Johns, English-American record producer (b. 1950)

Andy Johns

Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (b. 1931)

Lilly Pulitzer

Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (b. 1937)

Irma Ravinale

Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1935)

Mickey Rose

Carl Williams, American boxer (b. 1959)

Carl Williams (boxer)

George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930)

George Dureau

James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)

James Alexander Green

V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923)

V. K. Murthy

Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952)

Zeituni Onyango

John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931)

John Shirley-Quirk

George Shuffler, American guitarist (b. 1925)

George Shuffler

Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927)

Josep Maria Subirachs

Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)

Royce Waltman

Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (b. 1919)

Tim Babcock · Governor of Montana

José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981)

José Capellán

Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926)

Stan Freberg

Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983)

Richard Henyekane

Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935)

Geoffrey Lewis (actor)

Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (b. 1942)

Blackjack Mulligan