July 1 — Este Día en la Historia

Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.

Tiberius Julius Alexander · Roman legion · Alexandria · Allegiance · Vespasian

Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy. During the fighting king Totila is mortally wounded.

Battle of Taginae · Byzantine Empire · Narses · Ostrogoths · Totila

Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I.

Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) · Crusaders · Bohemond I of Antioch · Seljuk Turks · Kilij Arslan I

The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista.

Battle of La Higueruela · Granada · Kingdom of Castile · Reconquista

Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.

Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes · Lutheran · Roman Catholic · Brussels

Union of Lublin: The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.

Union of Lublin · Grand Duchy of Lithuania · Real union · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.

Westminster Assembly · Parliament of England · Church of England · Westminster Abbey

Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).

Glorious Revolution · Battle of the Boyne · Julian calendar

François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.

François-Jean de la Barre · Pyre · Voltaire · Dictionnaire philosophique · Roman Catholic

Lexell's Comet passes closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 a.u.

Lexell's Comet

Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782) · Privateer · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819, (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.

Johann Georg Tralles · Great Comet of 1819 · Polarimetry · François Arago

A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.

Civil registration

Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.

Quinault Treaty · Quinault people · Quileute

Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society of London.

Charles Darwin · Alfred Russel Wallace · Evolution · Linnean Society of London

The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.

Russian State Library

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom · Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.

American Civil War · Battle of Malvern Hill · Seven Days Battles · George B. McClellan · Peninsula Campaign

Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.

Keti Koti · Suriname · Slavery

American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.

Battle of Gettysburg

The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.

Constitution Act, 1867 · Province of Canada · New Brunswick · Nova Scotia · Canadian Confederation

The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.

United States Department of Justice

Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.

Prince Edward Island · Canadian Confederation

The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.

Sholes and Glidden typewriter · Typewriter

Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

Universal Postal Union

Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.

Charles Taze Russell · The Watchtower

The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.[1]

Telephone call · St. Stephen, New Brunswick · Calais, Maine

General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.

Cardwell Reforms · Childers Reforms · British Army

The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

Reciprocity (Canadian politics) · Fishery

Clay Allison, eccentric gunfighter and rancher, dies in a freak wagon accident in Texas.

Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.

Bermuda · Telegraphy

Spanish-American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.

Spanish-American War · Battle of San Juan Hill · Santiago de Cuba

Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.

1903 Tour de France

SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.

SOS · Distress signal

Germany despatches the gunship SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.

SMS Panther · Agadir Crisis

Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.

Leutnant · Kurt Wintgens · German Army (German Empire) · Luftstreitkräfte · Synchronization gear

World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.

First day on the Somme · Battle of the Somme · British Army

The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.

Great Railroad Strike of 1922

The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.

Canadian Parliament · History of Chinese immigration to Canada

United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).

United Airlines

Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a fixed-wing aircraft.

Wiley Post · Harold Gatty

Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.

Regina, Saskatchewan · Royal Canadian Mounted Police · On-to-Ottawa Trek

World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.

First Battle of El Alamein

The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.

Australian Federal Government · Income tax in Australia

Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since this date, no city in Japan has the name "Tokyo" (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city).

Tokyo City · Tokyo Prefecture

The Philippine Air Force is established.

Philippine Air Force

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah · Central bank · State Bank of Pakistan

The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.

Cochin · Travancore · Thiru-Kochi · Kerala · Cochin royal family

The International Geophysical Year begins.

International Geophysical Year

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation · Television · Microwave

Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.

Saint Lawrence Seaway

Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.

Yard · Avoirdupois pound · Ounce · International yard and pound · Commonwealth of Nations

Independence of Somalia.

Somalia

Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.

Ghana · Republic · Kwame Nkrumah · President of Ghana · Elizabeth II

Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.

Rwanda · Burundi

ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.

ZIP code · United States Postal Service

The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.

Kim Philby · Soviet Union · Espionage

The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.

Color television

Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.

Merger Treaty · European Community · Common Market · European Coal and Steel Community · Euratom

The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.

Central Intelligence Agency · Phoenix Program

The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.

Nuclear non-proliferation treaty

Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO in the United States.

United Auto Workers · AFL-CIO

The first Gay pride march in England takes place.

Gay pride · Pride London

Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.

Madeira

The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.

Northern Territory

Sony introduces the Walkman.

Sony · Walkman

"O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.

O Canada · National anthem

A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.

North Korea · Ilyushin Il-62 · Conakry Airport · Guinea · Fouta Djallon

The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.

PG-13 · Motion Picture Association of America

The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.

WFAN · Sports radio

German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.

German reunification · East Germany · Deutsche Mark

The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.

Warsaw Pact · Prague

China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prince Charles of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Colonialism · Tony Blair · Prince Charles of Wales · Jiang Zemin · Madeleine Albright

The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.

Scottish Parliament · Elizabeth II · Scottish Office · Scottish Executive · Edinburgh

The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

International Criminal Court · Genocide · Crimes against humanity · War crime · Crime of aggression

Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.

Tupolev Tu-154 · Boeing 757 · Überlingen mid-air collision · Überlingen

Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23

Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.

Saturn · Orbit insertion · Cassini-Huygens · UTC

The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.

Smoking ban in England

Rioting erupts in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.

2008 riot in Mongolia

Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.

Croatia · Accession of Croatia to the European Union · European Union

Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, statesman and poet (d. 1375)

Liu Bowen

Clara Gonzaga, Italian noble (d. 1503)

Clara Gonzaga

Christian II of Denmark (d. 1559)

Christian II of Denmark

Louis II of Hungary (d. 1526)

Louis II of Hungary

Frederick II of Denmark (d. 1588)

Frederick II of Denmark

Peter Street, English carpenter and builder (d. 1609)

Peter Street (carpenter)

Joseph Hall, English bishop and mystic (d. 1656)

Joseph Hall (bishop)

Claudio Saracini, Italian lute player and composer (d. 1630)

Claudio Saracini

Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1698)

Johann Heinrich Heidegger

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1716)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and theorist (d. 1738)

Franz Xaver Murschhauser

Rhoda Delaval, English painter (d. 1757)

Rhoda Delaval

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (d. 1807)

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan Scottish-English admiral (d. 1804)

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (d. 1799)

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1839)

Ferdinando Paer

Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1867)

Jean-Victor Poncelet

Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (d. 1886)

Charles Gordon Greene

George Sand, French author and playwright (d. 1876)

George Sand

Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and educator, founded Clemson University (d. 1888)

Thomas Green Clemson · Clemson University

Ygnacio del Valle, Mexican-American landowner (d. 1880)

Ygnacio del Valle

Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (d. 1884)

Robert Torrens · Premier of South Australia

Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian-Austrian physician and obstetrician (d. 1865)

Ignaz Semmelweis

Karl von Vierordt, German physician, psychologist, and academic (d. 1884)

Karl von Vierordt

Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and activist (d. 1888)

Nguyễn Đình Chiểu

Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet and author (d. 1908)

Jadwiga Łuszczewska

William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)

William Paine Lord · Governor of Oregon

Florence Earle Coates, American poet (d. 1927)

Florence Earle Coates

Willard Metcalf, American painter (d. 1925)

Willard Metcalf

Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (d. 1924)

Velma Caldwell Melville

William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (d. 1892)

William Grant Stairs

William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (d. 1946)

William Strunk Jr.

Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer (d. 1936)

Louis Blériot

William Duddell, English physicist and engineer (d. 1917)

William Duddell

Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)

Alice Guy-Blaché

Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1954)

Andrass Samuelsen · Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

Joseph Weil, American con men (d. 1976)

Joseph Weil · 1976

T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (d. 1921)

T.J. Ryan · Premier of Queensland

Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (d. 1944)

Jacques Rosenbaum

Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)

Léon Jouhaux · Nobel Peace Prize

Edward Battersby Bailey, English geologist (d. 1965)

Edward Battersby Bailey

Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1962)

Bidhan Chandra Roy · Chief Minister of West Bengal

Arthur Borton, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1933)

Arthur Borton · Victoria Cross

Dorothea Mackellar, Australian author and poet (d. 1968)

Dorothea Mackellar

Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (d. 1981)

Amber Reeves

James M. Cain, American author and journalist (d. 1977)

James M. Cain

László Lajtha, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1963)

László Lajtha

Thomas A. Dorsey, American pianist and composer (d. 1993)

Thomas A. Dorsey

Charles Laughton, English-American actor and director (d. 1962)

Charles Laughton

Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, President of Greece (d. 1987)

Konstantinos Tsatsos · President of Greece

Irna Phillips, American screenwriter (d. 1973)

Irna Phillips

William Wyler, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)

William Wyler

Amy Johnson, English pilot (d. 1941)

Amy Johnson

Beatrix Lehmann, English actress (d. 1979)

Beatrix Lehmann

Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (d. 1992)

Jean Dieudonné

Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies (d. 2004)

Estée Lauder (businesswoman) · Estée Lauder Companies

Norman Pirie, Scottish-English biochemist and virologist (d. 1997)

Norman Pirie

Emmett Toppino, American sprinter (d. 1971)

Emmett Toppino

Glenn Hardin, American hurdler (d. 1975)

Glenn Hardin

Arnold Alas, Estonian landscape architect and artist (d. 1990)

Arnold Alas

Sergey Sokolov, Russian marshal and politician, Soviet Minister of Defence (d. 2012)

Sergey Sokolov (commander) · Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)

David Brower, American environmentalist, founded Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000)

David Brower · Sierra Club Foundation

Sally Kirkland, American journalist (d. 1989)

Sally Kirkland (editor)

Frank Barrett, American baseball player (d. 1998)

Frank Barrett (baseball)

Lee Guttero, American basketball player (d. 2004)

Lee Guttero

Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1979)

Vasantrao Naik · Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Thomas Pearson, British Army officer

Thomas Pearson (British Army officer)

Christl Cranz, German alpine skier (d. 2004)

Christl Cranz

Bernard B. Wolfe, American politician (d. 2016)

Bernard B. Wolfe

Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter, bass player, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)

Willie Dixon

Joseph Ransohoff, American soldier and neurosurgeon (d. 2001)

Joseph Ransohoff

Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme, British peer (d. 2000)

Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme

Nguyễn Văn Linh, Vietnamese politician (d. 1998)

Nguyễn Văn Linh

Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress

Olivia de Havilland

Iosif Shklovsky, Ukrainian astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1985)

Iosif Shklovsky

George C. Stoney, American director and producer (d. 2012)

George C. Stoney

Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist (d. 2004)

Humphry Osmond

Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocratic (d. 2005)

Álvaro Domecq y Díez · 2005

Ralph Young, American singer and actor (d. 2008)

Ralph Young (singer)

Ahmed Deedat, South African writer and public speaker (d. 2005)

Ahmed Deedat

Pedro Yap, Filipino lawyer (d. 2003)

Pedro Yap

Arnold Meri, Estonian colonel (d. 2009)

Arnold Meri

Malik Dohan al-Hassan, Iraqi politician

Malik Dohan al-Hassan

Gerald E. Miller, American vice admiral (d. 2014)

Gerald E. Miller

Henri Amouroux, French historian and journalist (d. 2007)

Henri Amouroux

Harold Sakata, Japanese-American wrestler and actor (d. 1982)

Harold Sakata

Seretse Khama, Batswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (d. 1980)

Seretse Khama · President of Botswana

Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (d. 2005)

Michalina Wisłocka

Toshi Seeger, German-American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (d. 2013)

Toshi Seeger · Clearwater Festival

Scotty Bowers, American Marine, author and pimp

Scotty Bowers

Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)

Antoni Ramallets

Florence Stanley, American actress (d. 2003)

Florence Stanley

Georges Rivière, French actor

Georges Rivière

Farley Granger, American actor (d. 2011)

Farley Granger

Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

Robert Fogel · Nobel Prize in Economics

Carl Hahn, German businessman

Carl Hahn

Mohamed Abshir Muse, Somali general (d. 2017)

Mohamed Abshir Muse

Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (d. 2012)

Hans Werner Henze

Alan J. Charig, English paleontologist and author (d. 1997)

Alan J. Charig

Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1990)

Bobby Day

Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)

Gerald Edelman · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (d. 2005)

Moustapha Akkad

Carol Chomsky, American linguist and academic (d. 2008)

Carol Chomsky

Leslie Caron, French actress and dancer

Leslie Caron

Ze'ev Schiff, French-Israeli journalist and author (d. 2007)

Ze'ev Schiff

C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2010)

C. Scott Littleton

Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2009)

Claude Berri

Jamie Farr, American actor

Jamie Farr

Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter

Jean Marsh

Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)

Sydney Pollack

James Cotton, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 2017)

James Cotton

David Prowse, English actor

David Prowse

Craig Anderson, American baseball player and coach

Craig Anderson (right-handed pitcher)

Hariprasad Chaurasia, Indian flute player and composer

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Karen Black, American actress (d. 2013)

Karen Black

Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2008)

Delaney Bramlett

Craig Brown, Scottish footballer and manager

Craig Brown (footballer, born 1940)

Ela Gandhi, South African activist and politician

Ela Gandhi

Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author (d. 1987)

Cahit Zarifoğlu

Rod Gilbert, Canadian-American ice hockey player

Rod Gilbert

Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

Alfred G. Gilman · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Myron Scholes, Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Myron Scholes · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Twyla Tharp, American dancer and choreographer

Twyla Tharp

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Iraqi field marshal and politician (d. 2015)

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress

Geneviève Bujold

Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (d. 2015)

Andraé Crouch

Julia Higgins, English chemist and academic

Julia Higgins

Philip Brunelle, American conductor and organist

Philip Brunelle

Peeter Lepp, Estonian politician, 37th Mayor of Tallinn

Peeter Lepp · Mayor of Tallinn

Jeff Wayne, American composer, musician, and lyricist

Jeff Wayne

Mike Burstyn, American actor and singer

Mike Burstyn

Debbie Harry, American singer-songwriter and actress

Debbie Harry

Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2013)

Mick Aston

Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish sergeant and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs

Erkki Tuomioja · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland)

Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese race car driver

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (d. 2012)

Malcolm Wicks

John Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Ford (musician)

Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Tunisian-Belgian director and screenwriter

Néjia Ben Mabrouk

John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter

John Farnham

David Hogan, American composer and educator (d. 1996)

David Hogan (composer)

Venkaiah Naidu, Indian lawyer and politician

Venkaiah Naidu

David Duke, American white supremacist, politician and former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard

David Duke · Ku Klux Klan · Grand Wizard

Trevor Eve, English actor and producer

Trevor Eve

Anne Feeney, American singer-songwriter and activist

Anne Feeney

Julia Goodfellow, English physicist and academic

Julia Goodfellow

Klaus-Peter Justus, German runner

Klaus-Peter Justus

Tom Kozelko, American basketball player

Tom Kozelko

Terrence Mann, American actor, singer, and dancer

Terrence Mann

Fred Schneider, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Fred Schneider

Victor Willis, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor

Victor Willis

Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

Dan Aykroyd

David Lane, English oncologist and academic

David Lane (oncologist)

Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Steve Shutt

Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)

Timothy J. Tobias

Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Malta

Lawrence Gonzi · Prime Minister of Malta

Jadranka Kosor, Croatian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Croatia

Jadranka Kosor · Prime Minister of Croatia

Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1989)

Keith Whitley

Nikolai Demidenko, Russian pianist and educator

Nikolai Demidenko

Li Keqiang, Chinese economist and politician, 7th Premier of the People's Republic of China

Li Keqiang · Premier of the People's Republic of China

Lisa Scottoline, American lawyer and author

Lisa Scottoline

Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (d. 2010)

Lisa Blount

Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player

Hannu Kamppuri

Sean O'Driscoll, English footballer and manager

Sean O'Driscoll

Jack Dyer Crouch, II, American diplomat, United States Deputy National Security Advisor

Jack Dyer Crouch, II · Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)

Michael Beattie, Australian rugby league player and coach

Michael Beattie

Lynn Jennings, American runner

Lynn Jennings

Evelyn "Champagne" King, American soul/disco singer

Evelyn "Champagne" King

Kevin Swords, American rugby player

Kevin Swords

Malcolm Elliott, English cyclist

Malcolm Elliott

Ivan Kaye, English actor

Ivan Kaye

Carl Lewis, American long jumper and runner

Carl Lewis

Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)

Diana, Princess of Wales

Michelle Wright, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michelle Wright

Andre Braugher, American actor and producer

Andre Braugher

Roddy Bottum, American singer and keyboard player

Roddy Bottum

Nick Giannopoulos, Australian actor

Nick Giannopoulos

David Wood, American lawyer and environmentalist (d. 2006)

David Wood (environmental campaigner)

Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach

Bernard Laporte

Carl Fogarty, English motorcycle racer

Carl Fogarty

Garry Schofield, English rugby player and coach

Garry Schofield

Harald Zwart, Norwegian director and producer

Harald Zwart

Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer and coach

Enrico Annoni

Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2013)

Shawn Burr

Pamela Anderson, Canadian-American model and actress

Pamela Anderson

Séamus Egan, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Séamus Egan

Missy Elliott, American rapper, producer, dancer, and actress

Missy Elliott

Julianne Nicholson, American actress

Julianne Nicholson

Claire Forlani, English actress

Claire Forlani

Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorian race walker

Jefferson Pérez

Sean Colson, American basketball player and coach

Sean Colson

Sufjan Stevens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sufjan Stevens

Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer and coach

Patrick Kluivert

Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer

Hannu Tihinen

Albert Torrens, Australian rugby league player

Albert Torrens

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer and manager

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Szymon Ziółkowski, Polish hammer thrower

Szymon Ziółkowski

Tom Frager, Senegalese-French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tom Frager

Keigo Hayashi, Japanese musician

Keigo Hayashi

Jarome Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player

Jarome Iginla

Liv Tyler, American model and actress

Liv Tyler

Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist and actor

Forrest Griffin

Patrick Aufiero, American ice hockey player

Patrick Aufiero

Carlo Del Fava, South African-Italian rugby player

Carlo Del Fava

Tadhg Kennelly, Irish-Australian footballer

Tadhg Kennelly

Justin Huber, Australian baseball player

Justin Huber

Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player

Joachim Johansson

Adrian Ward, American football player

Adrian Ward (American football)

Hilarie Burton, American actress.

Hilarie Burton

Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Marit Larsen

Donald Thomas, Bahamian high jumper

Donald Thomas (athlete)

Chris Perez, American baseball player

Chris Perez (baseball)

Charlie Blackmon, American baseball player

Charlie Blackmon

Andrew Lee, Australian footballer

Andrew Lee (Australian footballer)

Julian Prochnow, German footballer

Julian Prochnow

Michael Schrader, German decathlete

Michael Schrader

Dedé, Brazilian footballer

Dedé (footballer, born 1988)

Aleksander Lesun, Russian modern pentathlete

Aleksander Lesun

Kent Bazemore, American basketball player

Kent Bazemore

Leah McFall, Northern Irish singer-songwriter

Leah McFall

Daniel Ricciardo, Australian race car driver

Daniel Ricciardo

Hannah Murray, English actress

Hannah Murray

Ben Coker, English footballer

Ben Coker

Natsuki Sato, Japanese singer and actress

Natsuki Sato

Michael Wacha, American baseball player

Michael Wacha

Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player

Aaron Sanchez (baseball)

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo

Savvy Shields, Miss America 2015

Savvy Shields · Miss America 2015

Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater

Adelina Sotnikova

Aleksandra Golovkina, Lithuanian figure skater

Aleksandra Golovkina

Totila, Ostrogoth king

Totila

Alfonso VI of León and Castile (b. 1040)

Alfonso VI of León and Castile

Hōjō Yoshitoki, regent of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan (b. 1163)

Hōjō Yoshitoki · Kamakura shogunate

Chagatai Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1183)

Chagatai Khan

Baibars, Egyptian sultan (b. 1223)

Baibars

María de Molina, queen consort of Castile (b. c. 1265)

María de Molina

Joan, Princess of England

Joan of England (1335-1348)

John Bradford, English Reformer, prebendary of St. Paul's (b. 1510)

John Bradford · English Reformation · Prebendary · Old St Paul's Cathedral

Lady Saigō, Japanese concubine (b. 1552)

Lady Saigō

Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer and educator (b. 1535)

Marc'Antonio Ingegneri

Isaac Casaubon, French philologist and scholar (b. 1559)

Isaac Casaubon

William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, English politician (b. 1575)

William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle

Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop and saint (b. 1629)

Oliver Plunkett

Ahmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1673)

Ahmed III

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1705)

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland · Secretary of State for the Southern Department

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English admiral and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1730)

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham · Prime Minister of Great Britain

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1710)

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Charles, Prince of Soubise (b. 1715)

Charles, Prince of Soubise

Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1785)

Mahmud II

Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (b. 1800)

Charles Goodyear

John F. Reynolds, American general (b. 1820)

John F. Reynolds

Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)

Allan Pinkerton

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)

John Hay · United States Secretary of State

Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)

Harriet Quimby

Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)

Erik Satie

Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)

Ernst Röhm

Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)

Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich

Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)

Willem Arondeus

Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)

Carl Mayer

Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)

Tanya Savicheva

Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)

Achille Varzi

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (b. 1865)

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (b. 1873)

Eliel Saarinen · National Museum of Finland

Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, novelist and journalist (b. 1922)

Tadeusz Borowski

Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (b. 1894)

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)

Purushottam Das Tandon

Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1882)

Bidhan Chandra Roy · Chief Minister of West Bengal

Pierre Monteux, French-American viola player and conductor (b. 1875)

Pierre Monteux

Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903)

Wally Hammond

Robert Ruark, American journalist and author (b. 1915)

Robert Ruark

Frank Verner, American runner (b. 1883)

Frank Verner

Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (b. 1888)

Gerhard Ritter

Fritz Bauer, German judge and politician (b. 1903)

Fritz Bauer

William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)

William Lawrence Bragg · Nobel Prize in Physics

Learie Constantine, Trinidadian-English cricketer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1901)

Learie Constantine

Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, President of Argentina (b. 1895)

Juan Perón · President of Argentina

Kurt Student, German general and pilot (b. 1890)

Kurt Student

Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese author and poet (b. 1921)

Carlos de Oliveira

Buckminster Fuller, American architect, designed the Montreal Biosphère (b. 1895)

Buckminster Fuller · Montreal Biosphère

Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1904)

Moshé Feldenkrais

Michael Landon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)

Michael Landon

Franco Cristaldi, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)

Franco Cristaldi

Merriam Modell, American author (b. 1908)

Merriam Modell

Wolfman Jack, American radio host (b. 1938)

Wolfman Jack

Ian Parkin, English guitarist (Be-Bop Deluxe) (b. 1950)

Ian Parkin · Be-Bop Deluxe

William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1904)

William T. Cahill · Governor of New Jersey

Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (b. 1954)

Margaux Hemingway

Steve Tesich, Serbian-American author and screenwriter (b. 1942)

Steve Tesich

Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)

Robert Mitchum

Charles Werner, American cartoonist (b. 1909)

Charles Werner

Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (b. 1908)

Edward Dmytryk

Forrest Mars Sr., American businessman, created M&M's and the Mars bar (b. 1904)

Forrest Mars Sr. · M&M's · Mars (chocolate bar)

Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910)

Sylvia Sidney

Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)

Walter Matthau

Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)

Nikolay Basov · Nobel Prize in Physics

Jean-Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1925)

Jean-Louis Rosier

Herbie Mann, American flute player and saxophonist (b. 1930)

Herbie Mann

Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1931)

Peter Barnes (playwright)

Marlon Brando, American actor and director (b. 1924)

Marlon Brando

Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (b. 1909)

Todor Skalovski

Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (Four Tops) (b. 1936)

Renaldo Benson · Four Tops

Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1923)

Gus Bodnar

Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (Change) (b. 1951)

Luther Vandross · Change (band)

Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese politician, 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)

Ryutaro Hashimoto · Prime Minister of Japan

Robert Lepikson, Estonian race car driver and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (b. 1952)

Robert Lepikson · Minister of the Interior (Estonia)

Fred Trueman, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1931)

Fred Trueman

Mel Galley, English guitarist (b. 1948)

Mel Galley

Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)

Karl Malden

Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (b. 1917)

Onni Palaste

Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)

Mollie Sugden

Don Coryell, American football player and coach (b. 1924)

Don Coryell

Arnold Friberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1913)

Arnold Friberg

Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (b. 1929)

Ilene Woods

Peter E. Gillquist, American priest and author (b. 1938)

Peter E. Gillquist

Ossie Hibbert, Jamaican-American keyboard player and producer (b. 1950)

Ossie Hibbert

Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (b. 1926)

Evelyn Lear

Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1961)

Alan G. Poindexter

Jack Richardson, American author and playwright (b. 1934)

Jack Richardson (writer)

Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (b. 1926)

Sidney Bryan Berry

Charles Foley, American game designer, co-created Twister (b. 1930)

Charles Foley (inventor) · Twister (game)

William H. Gray, American minister and politician (b. 1941)

William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician)

Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)

Jean Garon

Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (b. 1935)

Stephen Gaskin · The Farm (Tennessee)

Bob Jones, English lawyer and politician (b. 1955)

Bob Jones (police commissioner)

Anatoly Kornukov, Ukrainian-Russian general (b. 1942)

Anatoly Kornukov

Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (b. 1937)

Walter Dean Myers

Val Doonican, Irish singer and television host (b. 1927)

Val Doonican

Czesław Olech, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1931)

Czesław Olech

Nicholas Winton, English lieutenant and humanitarian (b. 1909)

Nicholas Winton

Robin Hardy, English author and film director (b. 1929)

Robin Hardy (film director)