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1187 - Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
1568 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
1600 - Loreto Vittori, Italian composer
1638 - Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
1735 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d. 1782)
1750 - Robert Fergusson , Scottish poet (d. 1774)
1771 - Archduke Charles, Austrian general
1774 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)
1791 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer (d. 1864)
1807 - Richard Chenevix Trench, clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)
1827 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer
1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, scientist and inventor (d. 1935)
1867 - Amy Beach, American composer and pianist
1874 - Nap Lajoie, baseball player (d. 1959)
1879 - Frank Jewett, inventor
1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India (d. 1975)
1892 - Irene Lewisohn, philanthropist and social worker
1892 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)
1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck, film producer and executive (d. 1979)
1905 - Arthur Koestler, Austrian writer (d. 1983)
1912 - John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)
1912 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
1913 - Frank Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)
1916 - Frank Yerby, novelist (d. 1991)
1918 - Rin Tin Tin, dog actor
1921 - Jack Valenti, political advisor and film executive
1924 - Paul Volcker, American banker
1929 - Bob Newhart, actor and comedian
1929 - Andrian Nikolayev, cosmonaut
1934 - Carol Lawrence, actress, singer
1936 - Bill Mazeroski, baseball star
1939 - George Lazenby, actor
1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands
1939 - William Devane, actor
1939 - Susumu Tonegawa, Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist
1940 - Raquel Welch, actress
1942 - Werner Herzog, film director
1946 - Freddie Mercury, British singer ([[Queen (band)|Queen} (d. 1991)
1946 - Loudon Wainwright III, singer and composer
1946 - Buddy Miles, musician
1948 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
1950 - Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist
1962 - Peter Wingfield, actor
1965 - Chris Morris, British writer
1969 - Dweezil Zappa, musician and son of Frank Zappa
1973 - Rose McGowan, actress
1976 - Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast

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1201 - Constance, Duchess of Brittany
1235 - Henry I, Duke of Brabant
1548 - Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1512)
1803 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (born 1741)
1836 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright
1877 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (born 1849)
1898 - Sarah Edmonds, nurse, soldier, and spy
1901 - Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovene physicist (born 1853)
1902 - Rudolf Virchow, German doctor, pathologist, biologist, and politician
1906 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian phsyicist
1910 - Julian Edwards, composer
1912 - Arthur MacArthur, Jr., soldier
1930 - Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer
1965 - Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician
1966 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman
1970 - Jochen Rindt, Austrian racing driver
1988 - Gert Fröbe, actor
1990 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary and leader of the IMRO
1992 - Fritz Leiber, science fiction and fantasy author
1995 - William Kunstler, lawyer, liberal activist
1997 - Georg Solti, conductor
1997 - Mother Teresa, Albanian development worker
1998 - Leo Penn, film director
1999 - Allen Funt, radio and television personality
2001 - Justin Wilson, celebrity chef
2001 - Heywood Hale Broun, sports commentator
2001 - Vladimir Zerjavic, Croat UN statistician
2003 - Gisele MacKenzie, singer

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1666 - Great Fire of London ended: A large fire in London burns out after three days. 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral were destroyed, but only 16 people are known to have died.
1698 - In an effort to move his people away from Asiatic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards; All men except priests and peasants, are required to pay a tax of one hundred rubles a year and the commoners had to pay one kopek each.
1774 - First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1793 - In France, the French National Convention votes to implement terror measures to enforce the principles of the French Revolution, initiating the Reign of Terror.
1836 - Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1862 - American Civil War: In the Confederacy's first invasion of the North, General Robert E. Lee leads 55,000 men of the Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River at White's Ford near Leesburg, Virginia into Maryland.
1877 - Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1882 - The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball), is formed in Chicago.
1905 - Russo-Japanese War: Treaty of Portsmouth signed - In New Hampshire a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, is signed by victor Japan and defeated party Russia.
1906 - Brandbury Robinson throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game.
1914 - World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins - Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: The fall of Llanes.
1939 - World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
1943 - World War II: The 503rd Parachute Regiment under American General Douglas MacArthur lands and occupies Nazdab in Papua New Guinea.
1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1948 - Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France
1949 - A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey with a souvenir Luger to become America's first single-episode mass murderer.
1960 - Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.
1969 - My Lai Massacre: Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1970 - Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien Province.
1972 - Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.
1975 - In Sacramento, California, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson named Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.
1977 - Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
1978 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 - The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.
1983 - The half-hour Robert MacNeil Report changes its name to the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, becoming the first hour-long network news show.
1983 - Peter Jennings becomes lead anchor for ABC World News Tonight
1983 - Tom Brokaw becomes lead anchor for NBC Nightly News
1984 - STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1986 - Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1988 - With US$2 billion in federal aid, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy the United States's largest bankrupt thrift, American Savings and Loan Association.
1997 - At least 87 people killed in the Beni-Messous massacre
2000 - Tuvalu joins the United Nations.
2001 - Peru's attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto Fujimori.
2001 - Young Left formed in Toronto, Ontario.
2002 - A car bomb kills 30 people in Kabul, Afghanistan, in an apparent assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
2002 - The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²), is finally contained.
2004 - Future Hurricane Ivan becomes a Hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.

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