December 10 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire

The son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.

Zoë Porphyrogenita · Byzantine Empire · Michael V Kalaphates

The "Nyköping Banquet" - King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.

Nyköping Banquet · Birger, King of Sweden · Valdemar, Duke of Finland · Eric, Duke of Södermanland

The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.

War of the League of Cambrai · Pope Julius II · Louis XII of France · Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor · Ferdinand II of Aragon

Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.

Portuguese conquest of Goa · Afonso de Albuquerque · Timoji · Adil Shahi dynasty

Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.

Martin Luther · Papal bull · Exsurge Domine · Wittenberg

Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.

Thomas Culpeper · Francis Dereham · Catherine Howard · Henry VIII of England

Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.

Battle of Dungeness · Commonwealth of England

The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter

Royal Netherlands Marine Corps · Michiel de Ruyter

Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.

Isaac Newton · Kepler's laws · De motu corporum in gyrum · Royal Society · Edmond Halley

France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.

Unit of length

Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.

Mississippi · U.S. state

American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

American Civil War · Confederate States of America · Kentucky

Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.

Nguyễn Trung Trực · Vietnam · Lorcha (boat)

American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

Sherman's March to the Sea · William Tecumseh Sherman · Union Army · Confederate States of America · Savannah, Georgia

The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

Traffic light · Palace of Westminster · Railway signal · Railway semaphore signal · Gas lamp

The Kappa Sigma Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.

Kappa Sigma

Russo-Turkish War (1877-78): The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.

Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) · Siege of Plevna · Ottoman Empire · Liberation of Bulgaria

Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Mark Twain · Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.

Alfred Jarry · Ubu Roi

Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

Spanish-American War · Treaty of Paris (1898)

Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.

Delta Sigma Phi · City College of New York

The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.

Nobel Prize

The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

Aswan Low Dam · Egypt

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston.

Pi Kappa Phi · College of Charleston

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

Theodore Roosevelt · Nobel Peace Prize · Russo-Japanese War

The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.

Brown Dog affair

Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Selma Lagerlöf · Nobel Prize in Literature

Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.

Thailand · Constitution of Thailand

Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

Abdication Crisis · Edward VIII · File:Edward abdication.png

World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.

Royal Navy · HMS Prince of Wales (53) · HMS Repulse (1916) · Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse · Imperial Japanese Navy

World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.

Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) · Imperial Japan · Masaharu Homma · Luzon

The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.

United Nations Commission on Human Rights · United Nations

Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

Chinese Civil War · People's Liberation Army · Chengdu · Kuomintang · Mainland China

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize in literature.

United Kingdom · Winston Churchill · Nobel Prize in literature

Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on American television.

Mighty Mouse Playhouse · Television

Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.

Zanzibar · Constitutional monarchy · Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar

Khalifa Abdullah Hassan Khalifa, revolutionary from Aden (1945 - 2007), a commando operation carried a bomb in Aden Airport, in the framework of the struggle against the British occupation, which resulted in the injury of the British High Commissioner were injured and the death of his deputy commander, George Henderson, also wounded 35 different injuries from British officials and some ministers of the Government of the Federation of South Arabia.

Aden Airport

Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.

300 million yen robbery

Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Arab-Israeli conflict · Prime Minister of Israel · Menachem Begin · President of Egypt · Anwar Sadat

Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.

Kaohsiung Incident · KMT

Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.

Democracy · Argentina · Raúl Alfonsín

United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.

United Nations General Assembly · United Nations Convention against Torture

Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.

Mongolian Revolution of 1990 · Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj · Mongolian Democratic Union

Qatar national football team win the Gulf Cup held in Qatar.

Qatar national football team · 1992 Gulf Cup of Nations · Qatar

The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.

Wearmouth Colliery · Sunderland, Tyne and Wear · County Durham · Coalfield

Rwandan Genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.

Rwandan Genocide · Maurice Baril · Secretary-General of the United Nations · Department of Peacekeeping Operations · UNAMIR

The Israeli army withdrew from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.

Israeli army · Nablus · Oslo I Accord

The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.

Constitution of South Africa · Nelson Mandela

Lebanese opposition Popular organize a sit-in against the government is the largest in the history of Lebanon, downtown Beirut, where official agencies estimated the number of demonstrators at more than a million people.

March 8 Alliance · Lebanese government of July 2005 · Lebanon · Beirut

Announcing the formation of Allegiance Council, which was founded by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in the October 20, 2006, he was chosen Prince Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as its chairman.

Allegiance Council · Abdullah of Saudi Arabia · Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

The Lebanese government headed by Saad Hariri get the confidence of Lebanese Parliament by a majority of 122 votes, out of the audience, while the deputy abstained from voting and another deputy withhold confidence from the government, and missed four vice-confidence session.

Lebanese government of November 2009 · Saad Hariri · Parliament of Lebanon

Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.

Ziad Abu Ein · Israel Defense Forces · Turmus Ayya · Ramallah

Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.

December 2016 Istanbul bombings · Vodafone Arena · Istanbul · Turkey

Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 604)

Chen Shubao · Chen dynasty

Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)

Johannes Stöffler

Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (d. 1481)

Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk

Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (d. 1512)

Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours

Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)

Isaac Beeckman

Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1685)

Adriaen van Ostade

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter (d. 1719)

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole

Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (d. 1743)

Lancelot Blackburne

Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (d. 1747)

Johann Nicolaus Mempel

George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)

George Shaw

Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)

Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet · American School for the Deaf

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator (d. 1879)

William Lloyd Garrison · The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper)

Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)

Joseph Škoda

Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)

Ada Lovelace

Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)

Nikolay Nekrasov

César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)

César Franck

George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)

George MacDonald

Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)

Eugene O'Keefe

Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)

Emily Dickinson

Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)

Melvil Dewey · Dewey Decimal Classification

Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)

Louis Bolk

Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (d. 1933)

Adolf Loos · Villa Müller

Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)

Pierre Louÿs

C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)

C. Rajagopalachari · List of Governors-General of India

Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)

Otto Neurath

Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)

Shigenori Tōgō · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (d. 1968)

Giovanni Messe

Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)

Marios Varvoglis

Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (d. 1959)

Victor McLaglen

Ray Collins, American actor (d. 1965)

Ray Collins (actor)

László Bárdossy, Hungarian fascist politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1946)

László Bárdossy · Prime Minister of Hungary

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis · Governor General of Canada

Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)

Arlie Mucks

Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

Nelly Sachs · Nobel Prize in Literature

Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)

Torsten Bergström

Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)

Una Merkel

Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975)

Antonin Novotny · List of presidents of Czechoslovakia · Czechoslovak Socialist Republic · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)

Jules Ladoumègue

Harold Adamson, American lyricist (d. 1980)

Harold Adamson

Rumer Godden, English author and poet (d. 1998)

Rumer Godden

Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (d. 2005)

Lucien Laurent

Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (d. 1979)

Amedeo Nazzari

Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)

Olivier Messiaen

Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)

Hermes Pan

Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)

Ambrosio Padilla

Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)

Chet Huntley

Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)

Philip Hart · Lieutenant Governor of Michigan

René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)

René Toribio

Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer (d. 1988)

Pannonica de Koenigswarter

Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)

Morton Gould

Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)

Harry Locke

Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976)

Ray Nance

Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)

Dorothy Lamour

Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)

Nicky Barr

Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013)

Walt Arfons

Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)

Anne Gwynne

Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)

Anatoli Tarasov

Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)

Alexander Courage

Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)

Clarice Lispector

Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)

Reginald Rose

Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998)

Thanassis Skordalos · Cretan lyra

Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (d. 2016)

Agnes Nixon

Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)

Harold Gould

Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)

Clorindo Testa · National Library of the Argentine Republic · Marriott Plaza Hotel, Buenos Aires

Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007)

Ken Albers

Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)

Michael Manley · Prime Minister of Jamaica

Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)

Carolyn Kizer

Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)

Guitar Slim

Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)

Bob Farrell (motivational speaker) · Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour

Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013)

Danny Matt

Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)

Barbara Nichols

Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

Wayne D. Anderson

Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling · Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)

Peter Baker (footballer, born 1931)

Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (d. 2006)

Mako Iwamatsu

Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007)

Philip R. Craig

Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

Howard Martin Temin · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer

Terry Allcock

Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)

Jaromil Jireš

Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)

Howard Smith (director)

Bill Dunk, Australian golfer

Bill Dunk

Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor

Yuri Temirkanov

Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee

Dick Bavetta

Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic

Barry Cunliffe

Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

Ken Campbell

Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer

Fionnula Flanagan

Jeff Jones, Welsh-English cricketer

Jeff Jones (cricketer, born 1941)

Tommy Rettig, American child actor (d. 1996)

Tommy Rettig

Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman

Ann Gloag

Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia

Andris Bērziņš (Latvian President) · President of Latvia

John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman

John Birt, Baron Birt

Steve Renko, American baseball player

Steve Renko

Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan

Mukhtar Altynbayev · Defence Minister of Kazakhstan

Ace Kefford, English bass player

Ace Kefford

Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan

Rasul Guliyev · Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan

Douglas Kenney, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)

Douglas Kenney

Dušan Bajević, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager

Dušan Bajević

Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

Jessica Cleaves

Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013)

Jasuben Shilpi

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

David Perdue, American politician, junior senator of Georgia

David Perdue

John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician, senior senator of Arkansas

John Boozman

Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer

Simon Owen

Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

Johnny Rodriguez

Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host

Clive Anderson

Susan Dey, American actress

Susan Dey

Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer

Greg Mortimer

Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice

Paul Varul · Ministry of Justice (Estonia)

Chris Bury, American journalist and academic

Chris Bury

Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic

Eudine Barriteau

Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager

Price Cobb

Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois

Rod Blagojevich · Governor of Illinois

Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician

Roberto Cassinelli

Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager

Jan van Dijk (footballer)

Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)

Michael Clarke Duncan

Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer

Paul Hardcastle

Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator

Prem Rawat

Cornelia Funke, German-American author

Cornelia Funke

Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic

Kathryn Stott

Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach

Mark Aguirre

Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013)

Kevin Ash

Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author

Udi Aloni

Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist

Wolf Hoffmann

Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter

Kenneth Branagh

Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor

Kōichi Satō (actor)

Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter

Mark McKoy

Nia Peeples, American singer and actress

Nia Peeples

Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)

Rakhat Aliyev

John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager

John de Wolf

John Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and coach

John Elias (rugby league)

Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian bassist and composer

Ole Amund Gjersvik

Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player

Jahangir Khan

Robin White, American tennis player

Robin White (tennis)

Stephen Billington, English actor

Stephen Billington

Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior

Stef Blok · List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands

Bobby Flay, American chef and author

Bobby Flay

Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)

Greg Giraldo

J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

J Mascis

Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter

Stephanie Morgenstern

Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic

Rein Ahas

Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player

Robin Brooke

Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player

Mel Rojas

Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress

Yōko Oginome

Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach

Darren Berry

Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Rob Blake

Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

Kevin Sharp

Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach

Bryant Stith

Daniel Betts, British actor

Daniel Betts

Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist

Donavon Frankenreiter

Meg White, American drummer

Meg White

Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)

Steve Bradley

Josip Skoko, Australian footballer

Josip Skoko

Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer

Shane Byrne (motorcycle racer)

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler

Anna Jesień

Summer Phoenix, American actress

Summer Phoenix

Matt Bentley, American wrestler

Matt Bentley

Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer

Iain Brunnschweiler

Sarah Chang, American violinist

Sarah Chang

Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer

Taufik Batisah

Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer

Fábio Rochemback

D. S. Bradford, American singer-songwriter, performer, vocalist, guitarist, and composer

D. S. Bradford

Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter

Claudia Hoffmann

Lewis Buxton, English footballer

Lewis Buxton

Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer

Habib Mohamed

Xavier Samuel, Australian actor

Xavier Samuel

Mark Applegarth, English rugby player

Mark Applegarth

Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer

Charlie Adam

Matt Forte, American football player

Matt Forte

T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player

T. J. Hensick

Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer

Trésor Mputu

Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer

Raven-Symoné

Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer

Lê Công Vinh

Matthew Bates, English footballer

Matthew Bates

Kahlil Bell, American football player

Kahlil Bell

Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer

Gonzalo Higuaín

Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer

Wilfried Bony

Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer

Mitchell Donald

Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer

Neven Subotić

Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician

Marion Maréchal-Le Pen

Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player

Tom Sexton (rugby player)

Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer

Kazenga LuaLua

Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress

Sakiko Matsui

Terrell Sinkfield, American football player

Terrell Sinkfield

Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)

Shoya Tomizawa

Eric Reid, American football player

Eric Reid (American football)

Dion Waiters, American basketball player

Dion Waiters

Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player

Richard Kennar

Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer

Matti Klinga

Sancho I, king of Pamplona

Sancho I of Pamplona · Kingdom of Navarra

Herman I, Duke of Swabia

Herman I, Duke of Swabia

Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (b. 1010)

Michael IV the Paphlagonian

Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor (b. c.1002)

Nikephoros III Botaneiates · Byzantine Emperor

Radwan, ruler of Aleppo

Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan

Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1126)

Averroes

Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1271)

Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria

Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (b. 1397)

Paolo Uccello

René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)

René II, Duke of Lorraine

Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514)

Thomas Culpeper

Francis Dereham, English courtier (b. c. 1513)

Francis Dereham

Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer

Caspar Schwenckfeld

Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)

Giulio Caccini

Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)

Edmund Gunter

Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)

Tarquinio Merula

António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)

António Manoel de Vilhena

Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (b. 1726)

Jacob Frank

Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)

Thomas Johann Seebeck

Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)

Józef Bem

François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)

François Sulpice Beudant

Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)

Leopold I of Belgium

Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)

Sakamoto Ryōma

Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)

Alfred Nobel · Dynamite · Nobel Prize

Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)

Red Cloud

Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)

Joseph Dalton Hooker

Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)

Mackenzie Bowell · Prime Minister of Canada

Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)

Horace Elgin Dodge · Dodge

Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)

Clement Lindley Wragge

Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)

Nikola Pašić · Prime Minister of Serbia

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857)

Bobby Abel

Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)

Luigi Pirandello · Nobel Prize in Literature

John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1879)

John Grieb

Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)

Colin Kelly

John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)

John Brunt · Victoria Cross

Theodor Dannecker, German captain (b. 1913)

Theodor Dannecker

Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)

Walter Johnson

Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (b. 1884)

Damon Runyon

Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)

Na Hye-sok

Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)

Algernon Blackwood

Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)

David Shimoni

Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)

Napoleon Zervas

Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)

Adolfo Camarillo

K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)

K. M. Panikkar

Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)

Otis Redding

Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)

Karl Barth

George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)

George Forrest (Northern Ireland politician)

Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)

Thomas Merton

Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)

Mark Van Doren

Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)

Wolf V. Vishniac

Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (b. 1890)

Toshinari Shōji

Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)

Adolph Rupp

Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

Ed Wood

Ann Dvorak, American actress (b. 1911)

Ann Dvorak

Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)

Freeman Gosden

Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)

Jascha Heifetz

Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933)

Richard S. Castellano

Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)

Johnny Lawrence

Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (b. 1895)

Dorothy de Rothschild

Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)

Armand Hammer · Occidental Petroleum

Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (b. 1901)

Greta Kempton

Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908)

Dan Maskell

Alice Tully, American soprano (b. 1902)

Alice Tully

Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918)

Keith Joseph · Secretary of State for Education

Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (b. 1905)

Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter)

Darren Robinson, American rapper (b. 1967)

Darren Robinson (rapper)

Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)

Faron Young

Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1943)

Rick Danko

Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (b. 1922)

Franjo Tuđman · President of Croatia

Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1912)

Woodrow Borah

Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)

Marie Windsor

Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)

Ashok Kumar

Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)

Andres Küng

Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)

Ian MacNaughton

Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (b. 1924)

Sean McClory

Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955)

Gary Webb

Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910)

Mary Jackson (actress)

Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)

Eugene McCarthy

Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)

Richard Pryor

Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (b. 1908)

Olivia Coolidge

Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (b. 1915)

Augusto Pinochet · President of Chile

Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (b. 1913)

Vitali Hakko · Vakko

Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925)

Vladimir Teplyakov

John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

John Fenn (chemist) · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)

J. Michael Hagopian

MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)

MacKenzie Miller

Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)

Iajuddin Ahmed · President of Bangladesh

Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1930)

Antonio Cubillo

Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (b. 1942)

Tommy Roberts (designer)

Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)

Alan Coleman

Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)

Jim Hall (musician)

Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)

Don Lund

Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician (b. 1946)

Srikanta Wadiyar

Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (b. 1923)

Ralph Giordano (writer)

Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (b. 1931)

Robert B. Oakley · United States Ambassador to Pakistan

Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)

Bob Solinger

Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (b. 1944)

Judy Baar Topinka

Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)

Gerard Vianen

Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1948)

Ron Bouchard

Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (b. 1940)

Denis Héroux

Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (b. 1989)

Arnold Peralta

Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)

Dolph Schayes