By Tracy Rocelyn
1973 - Lanei Chapman, American actress 1974 - Glen Chapple, cricketer (Lancashire & England A pace bowler) 1974 - Tiffani-Amber Theissen, Long Beach Ca, actress (Saved by Bell, 90210) 1974 - Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress 1974 - Yosvani Prez, Cuban baseball player 1974 - Richard T. Slone, British artist 1975 - Kevin Alexander, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants) 1975 - Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter 1976 - Byron Hanspard, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons) 1976 - Phil Boudreault, Copper Cliff Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96) 1976 - Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player
1950 - Patrick Simmons, guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute) 1950 - Richard Dean Anderson, Minneapolis, actor (MacGyver, Emerald Pt NAS) 1950 - Richard Gilliland, Ft Worth Tx, actor (Jonesy-Waltons, Tom-Heartland) 1950 - William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter) 1950 - John Greaves, English musician (Henry Cow, National Health) 1951 - Margaret Johnson Bailes, Bronx NY, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1968) 1951 - Michael Matz, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96) 1952 - Omar Henry, cricketer (1st colored player for South Africa 1992) 1953 - Lamont Robin Zander, rocker (Cheap Trick) 1953 - Pat Haden, Westbury, NY, NFL quarterback (LA Rams) 1953 - Antonio Villaraigosa, Hispanic-American 52nd Mayor of Los Angeles 1954 - Edward Ka-spel, English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots) 1954 - Franco De Vita, Caracas Venezuala, spanish singer (Extranjero) 1954 - Rick Finch, rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It) 1954 - Trevor Hohns, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1989) 1955 - Alexander O'Neal, R&B singer 1955 - Reginald Calloway, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking) 1955 - Robin Zander, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police) 1957 - Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, princess 1957 - Lou Schuler, American fitness journalist 1958 - Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate (Apr, 1981) 1959 - Earl Falconer, British reggae bassist (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1959 - Tyrone Power Jr, Los Angeles Calif, actor (Shag) 1960 - Greg Ritchie, cricketer (Qld & Aust batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote) 1960 - Misha Mck, East Orange NJ, actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C) 1960 - Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998) 1961 - Trey Junkin, tight end (Arizona Cardinals) 1961 - Mas Selamat bin Kastari, Singapore's most-wanted terror fugitive 1962 - Elvira Lindo, Spanish writer and journalist 1962 - Vasia Panayopoulou, Greek actress 1963 - Gail O'Grady, Detroit, actress (Hitman, Nobody's Perfect, NYPD Blue) 1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, NBA center (Houston Rockets) 1963 - Rocco Romano, CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders) 1964 - Frank Winters, NFL center (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1964 - Mariska Hargitay, LA Calif, actress (Jesse Smith-Downtown, ER) 1965 - Tim Berrett, Tunbridge Wells Engl, Canadian 20k walker (Oly-14-92, 96)
1966 - Haywoode Workman, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers) 1966 - Mike Brim, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals) 1966 - Scott Fortune, Newport Beach Calif, volleyballer (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96) 1967 - Christine Parris-Washington, Truro Nova Scotia, softball (Olympics-96) 1967 - Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Oly-gold-1988) 1968 - Eric Metcalf, NFL receiver/running back (Atl Falcons, SD Chargers) 1968 - Lubomir Kolnik, Skalica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia, Espoo) 1968 - Petr Korda, Prague Czech, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati) 1968 - Todd Scott, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs) 1969 - Brendan Shanahan, Mimico Ont, NHL left wing (Whalers, Red Wings) 1969 - Eric Carter, CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats) 1969 - Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress 1969 - Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer 1970 - Alan Embree, Vancouver WA, pitcher (Cleveland Indians) 1970 - Jim Schwantz, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, SF 49ers) 1970 - Mark Wohlers, Holyoke MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) 1970 - Marquel Fleetwood, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1970 - Richard Smehlik, Ostrava Cze, NHL defenseman (Buf Sabres, Oly-Gold-98) 1970 - Sherman Obando, Changuinola Panama, outfielder (Montreal Expos) 1971 - Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion) 1971 - James Logan, WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores) 1971 - Julie Foudy, SD Calif, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96) 1971 - Kevin Mawae, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks) 1971 - Mark Grimmette, Ann Arbor Mich, doubles luger (Olympics-1994) 1971 - Lorne Spicer, British TV presenter 1971 - Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and lyricist 1972 - Anthony Peterson, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, SF 49ers) 1972 - Gary Harrell, NFL/WLAF receiver (NY Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy) 1972 - Kez McCorvey, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions) 1972 - Tanya Harding, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1972 - Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor 1972 - Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer 1973 - Mark Kolesar, Minnedosa, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
3102 BCE - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 - In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. 1368 - In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. 1510 - Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity. 1533 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant. 1546 - Having published nothing for eleven years, Franois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. 1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. 1571 - The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1579 - The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1656 - Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. 1719 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1789 - Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) 1793 - Second Partition of Poland: Russia and Prussia partition Poland for the second time. 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. 1855 - The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge. 1870 - In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre. 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
1897 - Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. 1899 - Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic. 1900 - The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat. 1904 - lesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town lesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. 1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. 1912 - The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. 1920 - The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. 1937 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. 1941 - Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. 1943 - World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. 1943 - World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression.
1943 - Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. 1943 - World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. 1945 - World War II: Karl Dnitz launches Operation Hannibal. 1950 - The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. 1958 - Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Prez Jimnez 1960 - The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean. 1961 - The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by foes of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator Antnio de Oliveira Salazar was overthrown. 1963 - Guinea-Bissau War of Independence offially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. 1964 - The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. 1967 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established. 1968 - North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying. 1973 - President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. 1973 - A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland. 1986 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. 1997 - Antonis Daglis, a 23-year-old Greek truck driver is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others. 2002 - "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody. 2002 - Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered . 2003 - Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10. 2009 - Dendermonde nursery attack in Dendermonde, Belgium.