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[edit] Births
- 1265 - Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet (d. 1321)
- 1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
- 1630 - King Charles II of England (d. 1685)
- 1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot (d. 1799)
- 1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
- 1863 - Arthur Mold, controversial Lancashire fast bowler and alleged "chucker" (d. 1921)
- 1874 - G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
- 1880 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1893 - Max Brand, American author, war correspondent (d. 1944)
- 1894 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
- 1894 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American writer, director (d. 1969)
- 1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
- 1903 - Bob Hope, British-born American comedian and actor (d. 2003)
- 1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
- 1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer, world middleweight champion (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (d. 1986)
- 1914 - Eduard Pestel, scientist and engineer (d. 1988)
- 1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
- 1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
- 1922 - Iannis Xenakis, composer (d. 2001)
- 1933 - John Mayall, musician
- 1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
- 1933 - Edward Whittemore, writer
- 1938 - Fay Vincent, former commissioner of baseball
- 1939 - Al Unser, race car driver
- 1940 - Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan
- 1942 - Kevin Conway, actor
- 1944 - Helmut Berger, actor
- 1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
- 1948 - Anthony Geary, actor
- 1953 - Danny Elfman, composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo")
- 1955 - John Hinckley Jr., assassin (attempted)
- 1956 - LaToya Jackson, musician
- 1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician
- 1958 - Annette Bening, actress
- 1959 - Rupert Everett, actor
- 1959 - Adrian Paul, actor
- 1961 - Melissa Etheridge, musician
- 1963 - Lisa Whelchel, actress
- 1967 - Noel Gallagher, musician, Oasis
- 1975 - Melanie Brown, musician, actress
- 1984 - Carmelo Anthony, NBA basketball player
- 1991 - James Eastman
[edit] Deaths
- 1998 - Barry Goldwater
[edit] Events
- 1953 -Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary become the first humans to reach the top of Mount Everest
