September 12 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire

Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.

Battle of Marathon

Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi as Emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.

Sixteen Kingdoms · Emperor Xiaowu of Jin · Emperor Jianwen of Jin · Jin dynasty (265-420)

Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos brutally put to death in Constantinople.

Andronikos I Komnenos · Constantinople

Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret.

Albigensian Crusade · Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester · Peter II of Aragon · Aragon · Battle of Muret

Battle of Portopí: The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.

Battle of Portopí · James I of Aragon · Santa Ponça · Majorca

The First Siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada resulting in a Castilian victory.

First Siege of Gibraltar · Reconquista · Kingdom of Castile · Emirate of Granada

Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.

Henry Hudson · Hudson River · Halve Maen

A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.

1634 Valletta explosion · Valletta

Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.

Great Turkish War · Battle of Vienna · Ottoman Empire

Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.

Battle of North Point · Baltimore · War of 1812

Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning · Robert Browning

Mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.

Mexican-American War · Battle of Chapultepec

Switzerland approves its 1st Constitution and becomes a Federal state.

Switzerland

The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13-15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.

SS Central America · Cape Hatteras · North Carolina · William Lewis Herndon · California Gold Rush

Arbroath 36-0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.

Arbroath 36-0 Bon Accord

Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.

Harare · Rhodesia

Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi.

Tirah Campaign · Battle of Saragarhi

The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.

Newport Transporter Bridge · Newport, Wales · Viscount Tredegar

Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter)

Gustav Mahler · Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) · Conductor (music) · Bruno Walter

French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

Armenian Genocide · Musa Dagh

Adolf Hitler joins the German Workers' Party (later the Nazi Party).

Adolf Hitler · German Workers' Party · Nazi Party

Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

Southern Rhodesia · Zimbabwe · United Kingdom

Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.

Leó Szilárd · Southampton Row · Bloomsbury · Nuclear chain reaction

Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

Adolf Hitler · Autonomy · Self-determination · Germans · Sudetenland

Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.

Cave painting · Lascaux

An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.

Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey

World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.

World War II · RMS Laconia (1921) · Prisoner of war · Laconia incident

World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.

Battle of Edson's Ridge · Guadalcanal Campaign · United States Marine Corps · Henderson Field (Guadalcanal) · Guadalcanal

World War II: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.

Benito Mussolini · Gran Sasso raid · Gran Sasso · Abruzzi · Commando

World War II: The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.

Serbia · Nazi Germany · Bajina Bašta

Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.

Flatwoods monster · Flatwoods, West Virginia

U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.

John F. Kennedy · Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis · St. Mary's Church Complex (Newport, Rhode Island) · Newport, Rhode Island

Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.

Jack Kilby · Integrated circuit · Texas Instruments

The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.

Soviet Union · Lunik II

Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.

Bonanza

The African and Malagasy Union is founded.

African and Malagasy Union

President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

John F. Kennedy · Rice University

Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions)

Gemini 11 · Gemini program · Apollo program

Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.

Dawson's Field hijackings · Palestinian people · Jordan · Amman

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.

Haile Selassie · Ethiopia · Messiah · Rastafari movement · Coup d'état

Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.

African Youth Amílcar Cabral · Guinea-Bissau

South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.

Apartheid · Steve Biko

Military coup in Turkey.

1980 Turkish coup d'état

A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.

Wells Fargo · West Hartford, Connecticut · Los Macheteros

The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.

Soviet Union · United Nations Security Council · Korean Air Lines Flight 007

Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 246, previously set by Herb Score in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.

Dwight Gooden · Baseball · Strikeout · Herb Score

Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.

Hurricane Gilbert · Jamaica

The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.

Allied Control Council · Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany · German reunification

NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.

NASA · Space Shuttle Endeavour · STS-47 · Mae Jemison · African-American

Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.

Abimael Guzmán · Shining Path · Peru · Shining Path

Frank Eugene Corder fatally crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West wing. There were no other casualties.

Frank Eugene Corder · Cessna · White House

Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.

Ansett Australia

The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

United Nations · International sanctions · Libya · Pan Am Flight 103

Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.

Iraq War · Fallujah

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.

Joseph Estrada · Plunder

The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.

2008 Chatsworth train collision · Metrolink (Southern California) · Union Pacific

The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public.

9/11 Memorial Museum

Three-year-old William Tyrrell disappears in Kendall, New South Wales, Australia

Disappearance of William Tyrrell

A series of explosions involving propane triggering nearby illegally stored mining detonators in the Indian town of Petlawad in the state of Madhya Pradesh(मध्य प्रदेश) kills at least 105 people with over 150 injured.

Petlawad explosion · Propane · Petlawad · Madhya Pradesh

John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (d. 1461)

John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)

Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino

Francis I of France (d. 1547)

Francis I of France

André Schott, Jesuit priest, academic, linguist, translator, editor (d. 1629)

André Schott

María de Zayas, Spanish writer (d. 1661)

María de Zayas

William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (d. 1686)

William Dugdale

Peter Dens, Flemish theologian and academic (d. 1775)

Peter Dens

Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)

Guillaume Le Gentil

Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (d. 1776)

Hsinbyushin

Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (d. 1817)

Johann Heinrich Jung

Benjamin Carr, English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (d. 1831)

Benjamin Carr

Samuel Joseph May, American activist (d. 1871)

Samuel Joseph May

Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (d. 1878)

Edward Shepherd Creasy

Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (d. 1886)

Richard March Hoe · Rotary printing press

Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (d. 1903)

Richard Jordan Gatling · Gatling gun

Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1882)

Theodor Kullak

William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (d. 1883)

William Morgan (Australian politician) · Premier of South Australia

Anselm Feuerbach, German painter (d. 1880)

Anselm Feuerbach

William Sprague, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1915)

William Sprague IV · Governor of Rhode Island

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1892)

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)

H. H. Asquith · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (d. 1920)

Simon-Napoléon Parent · Premier of Quebec

Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor (d. 1924)

Johann Heinrich Beck

Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician (d. 1919)

Manuel Espinosa Batista

Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1925)

Carl Eytel

Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada (d. 1941)

Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon · Governor General of Canada

Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor (d, 1957)

Paweł Owerłło

Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (d. 1926)

Matsunosuke Onoe

H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (d. 1956)

H. L. Mencken

Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop (d. 1963)

Ion Agârbiceanu

Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1947)

Martin Klein (wrestler)

Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer (d. 1957)

Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)

Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1972)

Maurice Chevalier

Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1942)

Ugo Pasquale Mifsud · Prime Minister of Malta

Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (d. 1965)

Pedro Albizu Campos

Jean-François Martial, Belgian actor (d. 1977)

Jean-François Martial

Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 1968)

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (d. 1984)

Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. · Alfred A. Knopf

Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 1953)

Kyuichi Tokuda

Dorothy Maud Wrinch, Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher (d. 1976)

Dorothy Maud Wrinch

Freymóður Jóhannsson, Icelandic painter and composer (d. 1973)

Freymóður Jóhannsson

Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956)

Irène Joliot-Curie · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Walter B. Gibson, American magician and author (d. 1985)

Walter B. Gibson

Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)

Salvador Bacarisse

Alma Moodie, Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)

Alma Moodie

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)

Ben Shahn

Haskell Curry, American mathematician, logician, and academic (d. 1982)

Haskell Curry

Shmuel Horowitz, Israeli agronomist and academic (d. 1999)

Shmuel Horowitz

Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (d. 1976)

Juscelino Kubitschek · President of Brazil

Marya Zaturenska, Ukrainian-American poet and author (d. 1982)

Marya Zaturenska

István Horthy, Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent (d. 1942)

István Horthy

John Courtney Murray, American priest and theologian (d. 1967)

John Courtney Murray

Lou Moore, American race car driver (d. 1956)

Lou Moore

Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (d. 1963)

Louis MacNeice

Donald MacDonald, Canadian trade union leader and politician (d. 1986)

Donald MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)

Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 1980)

Jesse Owens

Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)

Rais Amrohvi

Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English soldier and actor (d. 1999)

Desmond Llewelyn

Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)

Tony Bettenhausen

Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004)

Pierre Sévigny

Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)

Han Suyin

Irene Dailey, American actress (d. 2008)

Irene Dailey

Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)

Frank McGee (journalist)

Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish philosopher and author (d. 2006)

Stanisław Lem

Turgut Cansever, Turkish Architect, city planner, thinker (d. 2009)

Turgut Cansever

Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 2014)

Antonio Cafiero · Governor of Buenos Aires Province

Jackson Mac Low, American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 2004)

Jackson Mac Low

Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (d. 2009)

Mark Rosenzweig

Amílcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissauan political leader (d. 1973)

Amílcar Cabral

Stan Lopata, American baseball player (d. 2013)

Stan Lopata

Dickie Moore, American actor (d. 2015)

Dickie Moore (actor)

Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress

Mathé Altéry

Robert Irwin, American painter and gardener

Robert Irwin (artist)

Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

Muriel Siebert

Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (d. 2014)

Ernie Vandeweghe

Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator

Harvey Schmidt

Larry Austin, American composer and educator

Larry Austin

Ian Holm, English actor

Ian Holm

George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

George Jones

Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2005)

Atli Dam · Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

Glenn Davis, American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (d. 2009)

Glenn Davis (athlete)

Jaegwon Kim, South Korean-American philosopher and academic

Jaegwon Kim

Richard Hunt, American sculptor

Richard Hunt (sculptor)

George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer

George Chuvalo

Wes Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician

Wes Hall

Judy Clay, American soul and gospel singer (d. 2001)

Judy Clay

Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

Claude Ruel

Tatiana Troyanos, American operatic soprano (d. 1993)

Tatiana Troyanos

Phillip Ramey, American pianist and composer

Phillip Ramey

Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician

Henry Waxman

Linda Gray, American model and actress

Linda Gray

Mickey Lolich, American baseball player

Mickey Lolich

Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (d. 2010)

Stephen J. Solarz

Michel Drucker, French journalist

Michel Drucker

Tomás Marco, Spanish composer

Tomás Marco

François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (d. 2004)

François Tavenas

Maria Muldaur, American folk and blues singer

Maria Muldaur

Leonard Peltier, American political activist and convicted criminal

Leonard Peltier

Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (d. 1978)

Lonnie Mayne

Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor

Vladimir Spivakov

Barry White, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

Barry White

Milo Manara, Italian author and illustrator

Milo Manara

John Mauceri, American conductor and producer

John Mauceri

Tony Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)

Tony Bellamy

Neil Lyndon, British journalist and writer

Neil Lyndon

David Grant, English engineer and academic

David Grant (academic)

Gerald Howarth, English soldier, pilot, and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy

Gerald Howarth · Minister for International Security Strategy

Steve Turre, American trombonist and educator

Steve Turre

Max Walker, Australian cricketer, sportscaster, and architect (d. 2016)

Max Walker

Charles Burlingame, American captain and pilot (d. 2001)

Charles Burlingame

Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater and politician

Irina Rodnina

Tony Stevens, English rock bassist and songwriter (Savoy Brown; Foghat)

Tony Stevens · Savoy Brown · Foghat

Marguerite Blais, Canadian journalist and politician

Marguerite Blais

Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer

Gustav Brunner

Bruce Mahler, American actor and screenwriter

Bruce Mahler

Mike Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950)

Bertie Ahern, Irish accountant and politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland

Bertie Ahern · Taoiseach

Norm Dubé, Canadian ice hockey player

Norm Dubé

Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player and actor (d. 2007)

Ray Gravell

Joe Pantoliano, American actor and producer

Joe Pantoliano

Ali-Ollie Woodson, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2010)

Ali-Ollie Woodson

Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gerry Beckley

Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer

Neil Peart

Nan Goldin, American photographer

Nan Goldin

Fiona Mactaggart, Scottish educator and politician

Fiona Mactaggart

Robert Gober, American sculptor

Robert Gober

Scott Hamilton, American saxophonist

Scott Hamilton (musician)

Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer-songwriter and actor

Peeter Volkonski

Brian Smith, English footballer (d. 2013)

Brian Smith (footballer, born 1955)

Barry Andrews, English singer and keyboard player

Barry Andrews (musician)

Chip Beck, American golfer

Chip Beck

Sam Brownback, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Kansas

Sam Brownback · Governor of Kansas

Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)

Leslie Cheung

David Goodhart, English journalist and author

David Goodhart

Brian Robertson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Brian Robertson

Ricky Rudd, American race car driver and sportscaster

Ricky Rudd

Walter Woon, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7th Attorney-General of Singapore

Walter Woon · Attorney-General of Singapore

Paul M. Sharp, British academic and educator

Paul M. Sharp

Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian

Jan Egeland

Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress

Rachel Ward

Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer

Hans Zimmer

Wilfred Benítez, American boxer

Wilfred Benítez

Gregg Edelman, American actor and singer

Gregg Edelman

Scott Brown, American colonel and politician

Scott Brown (politician)

Deron Cherry, American football player and sportscaster

Deron Cherry

Sigmar Gabriel, German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany

Sigmar Gabriel · Vice-Chancellor of Germany

Evan Jenkins, American academic and politician

Evan Jenkins (politician)

Stefanos Korkolis, Greek pianist and composer

Stefanos Korkolis

Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Mylène Farmer

Sunay Akın, Turkish poet, journalist, and philanthropist

Sunay Akın

Amy Yasbeck, American actress

Amy Yasbeck

Greg Gutfeld, American television journalist and author

Greg Gutfeld

Dieter Hecking, German footballer and manager

Dieter Hecking

Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian animator and producer

Einstein Kristiansen

Vernon Maxwell, American basketball player

Vernon Maxwell

Midnight, Jamaican wrestler

Midnight (wrestler)

Ben Folds, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Ben Folds

Vezio Sacratini, Canadian ice hockey player

Vezio Sacratini

Louis C.K., American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

Louis C.K.

Pat Listach, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Pat Listach

Larry LaLonde, American guitarist and songwriter

Larry LaLonde

Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, English politician (d. 2014)

Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell

Richard Snell, South African cricketer and physiotherapist

Richard Snell (cricketer)

Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor, and writer

Paul F. Tompkins

Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author

Max Boot

Ángel Cabrera, Argentinian golfer

Ángel Cabrera

James Frey, American author and screenwriter

James Frey

Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer

Shigeki Maruyama

Nathan Larson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nathan Larson

Younes El Aynaoui, Moroccan tennis player

Younes El Aynaoui

Shocker, Mexican wrestler

Shocker (wrestler)

Gideon Emery, English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Gideon Emery

Paul Green, Australian rugby league player and coach

Paul Green (rugby league)

Sidney Souza, Brazilian footballer

Sidney Souza

Kara David, Filipino journalist and documentarian

Kara David

Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Martin Lapointe

Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)

Paul Walker

Caroline Aigle, French soldier and pilot (d. 2007)

Caroline Aigle

Jennifer Nettles, American singer-songwriter

Jennifer Nettles

Guy Smith, English race car driver

Guy Smith (racing driver)

Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter

Kenichi Suzumura

Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer and coach

Nuno Valente

Luis Castillo, Dominican baseball player

Luis Castillo (baseball)

Bill Kirby, Australian swimmer and coach

Bill Kirby

Bizzy Bone, American rapper

Bizzy Bone

Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer

Maciej Żurawski

Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer

Nathan Bracken

Grant Denyer, Australian race car driver and journalist

Grant Denyer

Jeff Irwin, American singer-songwriter and producer

Jeff Irwin

James McCartney, English singer-songwriter

James McCartney

David Thompson, English footballer

David Thompson (footballer, born 1977)

Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress

Elisabetta Canalis

Benjamin McKenzie, American actor

Benjamin McKenzie

Ruben Studdard, American R&B, pop, and gospel singer

Ruben Studdard

Sean Burroughs, American baseball player

Sean Burroughs

Fernando César de Souza, Brazilian footballer

Fernando César de Souza

Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player

Yao Ming

Kevin Sinfield, English rugby player

Kevin Sinfield

Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)

Josef Vašíček

Marty Adams, Canadian actor and screenwriter

Marty Adams

Alan Arruda, Brazilian footballer

Alan Arruda

Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress

Jennifer Hudson

Staciana Stitts, American swimmer

Staciana Stitts

Zoran Planinić, Croatian basketball player

Zoran Planinić

Sal Rinauro, American wrestler

Sal Rinauro

Tom Geißler, German footballer

Tom Geißler

Rami Haikal, Jordanian guitarist

Rami Haikal

Sebastian Hofmann, German footballer

Sebastian Hofmann

Daniel Muir, American football player

Daniel Muir

Sergio Parisse, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

Sergio Parisse

Clayton Richard, American baseball player

Clayton Richard

Carly Smithson, Irish singer-songwriter

Carly Smithson

Nashat Akram, Iraqi footballer

Nashat Akram

Chelsea Carey, Canadian curler

Chelsea Carey

Kamila Chudzik, Polish heptathlete

Kamila Chudzik

Akwasi Fobi-Edusei, English footballer

Akwasi Fobi-Edusei

Joanne Jackson, English swimmer

Joanne Jackson (swimmer)

Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer

Yuto Nagatomo

Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter

Dimitrios Regas

Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress

Emmy Rossum

Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Amanda Jenssen

Freddie Freeman, American-Canadian baseball player

Freddie Freeman

Andrew Luck, American football player

Andrew Luck

Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (d. 2016)

Mike Towell

Scott Wootton, English footballer

Scott Wootton

Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarusian tennis player

Sviatlana Pirazhenka

Kelsea Ballerini, American Singer

Kelsea Ballerini

Rap Monster, South Korean Rapper, songwriter and record producer

Rap Monster

Ryan Potter, American actor

Ryan Potter

Sak K'uk', Mayan queen

Sak K'uk'

Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)

Andronikos I Komnenos

Peter II of Aragon (b. 1174)

Peter II of Aragon

Pope Innocent VI (b. 1295)

Pope Innocent VI

Blanche of Lancaster (b. 1345/1347)

Blanche of Lancaster

Sidi El Houari, Algerian imam (b. 1350)

Sidi El Houari

Albert III, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)

Albert III, Duke of Saxony

Clément Marot, French poet (b. 1496)

Clément Marot

Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)

Vasili IV of Russia

Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, French conspirator (b. 1620)

Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars

Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (b. 1577)

Jacob Cats

Jean Bolland, Belgian priest and hagiographer (b. 1596)

Jean Bolland

Tanneguy Le Fèvre, French scholar and author (b. 1615)

Tanneguy Le Fèvre

Nicolaes Tulp, Dutch anatomist and politician (b. 1593)

Nicolaes Tulp

Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)

Afonso VI of Portugal

Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1637)

Jan van der Heyden

Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (b. 1683)

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1711)

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple · Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740)

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet

Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)

Robert Ross (British Army officer)

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)

Christian Dietrich Grabbe

Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)

Peter Mark Roget

Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)

Fitz Hugh Ludlow

François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)

François Guizot · Prime Minister of France

Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)

Duncan Gillies · Premier of Victoria

Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)

Ilia Chavchavadze

Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)

Pierre-Hector Coullié

George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)

George Reid (Australian politician) · Prime Minister of Australia

Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)

Leonid Andreyev

Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)

Jules Violle

Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)

Sarah Frances Whiting

Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)

Valentine Baker (pilot) · Martin-Baker

Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)

Hajime Sugiyama · Ministry of War of Japan

James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)

James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn · Governor of Northern Ireland

Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)

Hugo Schmeisser

Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)

Lewis Stone

Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)

Sándor Festetics · Ministry of Defence (Hungary)

Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)

Carl Hermann

Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)

Spot Poles

Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)

Rangeya Raghav

Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903)

Vladimir Bartol

Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)

Tommy Armour

Walter Egan, American golfer (b. 1881)

Walter Egan (golfer)

William Boyd, American actor and producer (b. 1895)

William Boyd (actor)

Steve Biko, South African activist (b. 1946)

Steve Biko

Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1898)

Les Haylen

Robert Lowell, American poet (b. 1917)

Robert Lowell

William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (b. 1896)

William Hudson (engineer)

Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, essayist and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)

Eugenio Montale · Nobel Prize in Literature

Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1891)

Federico Moreno Torroba

Jacques Henri Lartigue, French painter and photographer (b. 1894)

Jacques Henri Lartigue

Charlotte Wolff, German-English psychotherapist and physician (b. 1897)

Charlotte Wolff

John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1899)

John Qualen

Athene Seyler, English actress (b. 1889)

Athene Seyler

Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (b. 1909)

Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer)

Anthony Perkins, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1932)

Anthony Perkins

Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1917)

Raymond Burr

Tom Ewell, American actor (b. 1909)

Tom Ewell

Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1937)

Boris Yegorov

Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)

Jeremy Brett

Yasutomo Nagai, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1965)

Yasutomo Nagai

Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (b. 1907)

Ernesto Geisel · President of Brazil

Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)

Bill Quackenbush

Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)

Stanley Turrentine

Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)

Johnny Cash

Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (b. 1927)

Serge Lang

Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1934)

Bobby Byrd

Bob Quinn, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)

Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)

David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1962)

David Foster Wallace

Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)

Norman Borlaug · Nobel Peace Prize

Jack Kramer, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)

Jack Kramer

Willy Ronis, French photographer and author (b. 1910)

Willy Ronis

Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

Claude Chabrol

Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)

Giulio Zignoli

Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)

Alexander Galimov

Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet and author (b. 1946)

Arkadii Dragomoshchenko

Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)

Jon Finlayson

Derek Jameson, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)

Derek Jameson

Tom Sims, American skateboarder and snowboarder, founded Sims Snowboards (b. 1950)

Tom Sims · Sims Snowboards

Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (b. 1933)

Ray Dolby · Dolby Laboratories

Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (b. 1924)

Warren Giese

Erich Loest, German author and screenwriter (b. 1926)

Erich Loest

Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (b. 1946)

Candace Pert

Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932)

Atef Ebeid · List of Prime Ministers of Egypt

John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1942)

John Gustafson (musician)

Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1926)

Ian Paisley · Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster · First Minister of Northern Ireland

Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939)

Joe Sample

Hugh Royer, Jr., American golfer (b. 1936)

Hugh Royer, Jr.

Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (b. 1940)

Claudia Card

Frank D. Gilroy, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1925)

Frank D. Gilroy

Al Monchak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)

Al Monchak

Aronda Nyakairima, Ugandan general and politician (b. 1959)

Aronda Nyakairima

Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1921)

Allan MacEachen · Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (b. 1929)

Edith Windsor