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1598Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1617Elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1644Thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696Johann Caspar Vogler, composer
1707Carolus Linn‘us, Sweden, biological classifier
1710Fran‡ois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
1718William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
1729Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
1734Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1735Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737Louis Fran‡ois Chambray, composer
1741Andrea Lucchesi, composer
1753Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
1754Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
1756Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
1759Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer
1790Jules-S‚bastien-C‚sar Dumont d'Urville, explorer
1794Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795Charles Barry, architect
1799Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)
1812Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
1813Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1820James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1824Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1832Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1837James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1843Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer
1844'Abdu'l-Bah , early Bah '¡ leader ('Azamat 7, 1)
1848Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)
1848Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator
1849K roly earl Khuen-H‚derv ry, Premier of Hungary (1910-12)
1851Antoni Stolpe, composer
1862William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99
1864Louis Glass, composer
1866Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist
1871Sigurd Lie, composer
1873Leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism)
1882James Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)
1883Douglas Fairbanks, 1st & greatest of Hollywood's swashbucklers.
1883Douglas Fairbanks, Denver CO, actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood)
1886Hermann Neiáe, writer
1888Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired)
1890Herbert Marshall, London, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes)
1890Virginia Eames, Ft Davis TX, entertainer
1891P„r Lagerkvist, Sweden, novelist/dramatist (Barabbas, Nobel 1951)
1898Frank McHugh, actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young)
1898Joseph Hazen, lawyer
1901Edmund Rubbra, Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch) [or 3/23]
1902Mark Lothar, composer
1903Walter Reisch, US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic)
1906Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer
1907Kenneth Allen, engineer
1907Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant
1908Christian GK Ba‰ta, Togolese chairman (International Mission Council)
1908John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)
1908Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building)
1909Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat
1910Artie Shaw, band leader and husband
1910Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House)
1910Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter
1910Hugh Casson CH, architect
1910Scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining)
1911Boris Kremenliev, composer
1911Melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society)
1912David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England)
1912Jean Fran‡aix, Le Mans France, composer (Naked King)
1912John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun)
1912Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust)
1912Samuel Curran, vice chancellor (Strathclyde University)
1913Ian Graeme, major-general
1914Alec Dickson, founder (VSO)
1914Barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)
1914Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)
1914Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher
1915Clyde Wiegand, physicist
1916Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995)
1916M Jean Francaix, composer
1918Bulent Arel, composer
1918Bumps Blackwell, rocker
1918Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward)
1919Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)
1919Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary
1920Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)
1920Sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)
1921Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young)
1921James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)
1921Loren Tindall, OK, actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost)
1921Montague Modlyn, broadcaster
1921Sanderson Temple, circuit judge
1922Dennis Compton, author/crickleter
1923Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
1923Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52)
1924Desmond Carrington, British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow)
1924Michael McCrum, master (Corpus Christi College Cambridge)
1924V N Swamy, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1955, DNB, 0-45)
1928Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor (Without a Clue, Masada)
1928Nina Otkalenko, USSR, 800m runner (9 world records)
1928Rosemary Clooney, Kentucky, singer/paper towels spokeswoman (Coronet)
1929Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1965- )
1929Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress (One Summer of Happiness)
1930Richard Anuszkiewicz, Erie, Pa, painter
1931Barbara Barrie, Chicago, actress (Breaking Away, Barney Miller)
1931Jos‚ Telles Da Concei‡ao, Brazil, high jumper (Olympic-bronze-1952)
1932James Lester, MP
1932John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master (Trinity Hall)
1933Bruce A Peterson, US test pilot (M2, HL-10)
1933Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture & land & fishing (CDA)
1933Joan Henrietta Collins, London, actress (Alexis-Dynasty, Bitch)
1934Malcolm Gill, deputy head (Bank for Intl Settlements)
1934Robert A Moog, inventor (Moog Synthesizer)
1935Juliet Campbell, British ambassador (to Luxembourg)
1935Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
1936Charles Kimbrough, actor (Murphy Brown)
1936Douglas John Gorman, businessman
1936Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer
1937John Mazza, horse trainer
1938John R Miller, (Rep-R-WA, 1985- )
1938Peter Preston, editor (Guardian)
1939Ron Stevens, horse trainer
1941Jackson Hill, composer
1943John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71)
1943Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat
1943Norman Johnson, singer/songwriter
1943Peter Kenilorea, PM Solomon Islands
1944General George Norman Johnson, US singer (Down at the Beach Club)
1944Giles Smith, TV journalist
1944Olga Maitland, MP
1944Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
1945Elliott Bernerd, English broker/multi-millionaire
1945Lauren Chapin, actress (Kathy-Father Knows Best)
1945Misty Morgan, country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard)
1946Tom Dorris, horse trainer
1947Ann Hui, director (Boat People)
1947Jonathan Pryce, North Wales, stage actor (Miss Saigon)
1948Reggie Cleveland, baseball player
1949Alan Garc¡a P‚rez, pres of Peru (1985-90)
1950Linda Thompson, Memphis Tn, actress (Hee Haw)
1951Anatoli Karpov, USSR, world chess champion (1975-85)
1951Judy Rodman, Riverside Calif, country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too)
1952Deborah Adair, actress (Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life)
1952James Mankey, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1952"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, NJ, middleweight boxing champ (1982-83)
1955John Stevens, MEP
1957Jimmy McShane, Pop singer (Baltimora-Tarzan Boy)
1958Shelly West, Cleve OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West)
1958Thomas Reiter, Germany, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-22)
1959Linden Ashby, actor (Mortal Kombat)
1959Marcella Mesker, Netherlands, tennis star
1960Theo Vogelaars, pop bassist (Tr”ckener Kecks/Paid Love)
1961Dave Babych, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1961Drew Carey, Cleve Oh, actor/comedian (Drew-Drew Carey Show)
1961Kevin Romine, baseball player
1962Karen Duffy, [Duff], NYC, MTV VJ/actress (Meet Wally Sparks)
1962Keith Brantley, Scott AFB Ill, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1964Kenny Gattison, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
1964Staci Greason, Denver, actress (Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives)
1965James Hasty, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
1965Lilian Drescher, Venezuela, tennis star
1965Woorkeri Venkat Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder)
1966Gary Roberts, North York, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
1966Graeme Hick, cricketer (in Zimbabwe Massive run-scorer for Worcs)
1966Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress (Ft Worth, Howards End)
1967Craig John Monk, Auckland NZ, finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
1968Daryl Hobbs, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
1968Tiffany Rochelle-Anderson, Laguna Beach Ca, WPVA (Nationals-13th-1995)
1969Pat Hurst, San Leandro CA, LPGA golfer (1995 Rolex Rookie of the Year)
1969Ramon Caraballo, baseball player
1970Grahae Hick, cricketer
1970Ricky Gutierrez, Miami FL, infielder (Houston Astros)
1971Issac Booth, NFL cornerback/safety (Cleve Browns)
1971Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971Marshall Boze, San Manual AZ, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1972Isabelle Fijalkowski, WNBA center/forward (Cleveland Rockers)
1972Marco van Hoogdalem, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1972Rene Ingoglia, running back (Buffalo Bills)
1972Shannon Brown, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1973Verna Vasquez, Miss Universe-best swimsuit (Curacao, 1997)
1974Duane Clemons, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1974Jewel [Kilcher], Alaska, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You)
1974Kimber West, Atlanta GA, playmate (Feb 1997)
1975Vincent Goossens, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1976Kelly Marie Monaco, Phila PA, playmate (April, 1997)
1976Melanie Joyce Bell, Vernon New Jersey, Miss America-New Jersey (1997)
1980Sarah Louise Catherwood, Christchurch NZ, 4x200m swimmer (Oly-96)
1984Adam Wylie, actor (Picket Fences)

Historial events:

1059Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France
1275King Edward I of Engld orders cessation of persecution of French Jews
1420Jews of Syria & Austria expelled
1421Jews of Austria imprisoned & expelled
1430Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne & sold to the British
1493King Charles VIII & Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis
1533King Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null & void
1536Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition
1544German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark
1555Giampietro Caraffa elected Pope Paul IV
1568Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed
1576Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory
1611Matthias von Habsburg chosen king of Bohemia
16182nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War
1618Imperial civil servants thrown out a window of Prague Castle
1644Johan Mauritius van Nassau resigns as head of Civil rights activists
1647Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland
1660King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England
1667King Afonso VI of Portugal flees
1706Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed
1750Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua
1774Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
1785Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
1788SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
1844Declaration of B b (Bah '¡ festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)
1853Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)
18613 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia
1861Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession
1862Battle at Front Royal, Virginia
1862Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft Royal, Virginia
1864Battle of Dallas, GA
1864Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting
1865-24] Victory parade in Washington, DC (Grand Review)
1865Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot
1865Grand Review begins in Washington DC
1867Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken)
18731st Preakness: G Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43
1873Canada's North West Mounted Police Force (RCMPF) forms
1873Postal cards sold in SF for 1st time
18761st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston)
1878Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia
18826" of snow falls in eastern Iowa
18839th Kentucky Derby: William Donohue aboard Leonatus wins in 2:43
1883Baseball game between one-armed & one-legged players
188412th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Knight of Ellerslie wins in 2:39«
18871st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC
1894William Love hosts ground breaking ceremonies for Love Canal
18981st Phillipine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco.
18981st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from SF
1900Associated Press News Service forms in NY
190135th Belmont: H Spencer aboard Commando wins in 2:21
1901Indians score 9 runs after 2 outs in 9th to beat Senators 14-13
1901Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent
1901US captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo
19031st automobile trip across US from SF to NY, ended April 1
19031st direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin
1908Dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die.
1908Dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die
1908Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Wash
1911NY Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by Pres Taft
1915Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I
1916Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun
1917Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft
1918King Oil/Shell refinery on Cura‡ao officially opens
1920Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei
1921"Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC
1922"Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances
1922Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
1922Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
19231st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
1926Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
1926Lebanese constitution forms under French mandate
1928Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die
1931Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England
1932Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds
1934Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon (polymeer 66)
19351st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati)
1939British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented
1939British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949
1939Dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad
1939Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland
1939Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die
19401st great dogfight between Spitfires
1941Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1941Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1k (2:21.5)
1943-24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund
1943In Dr Faustus, Serenus Zeitblom begins his bio of Adrian Leverkhn
1943Thomas Mann begins writing his novel Dr Faustus
1944British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy
1944Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front
1944Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead
1944Polo Grounds host 1st NYC night game since 1941
1945British milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz
1945German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British
1945Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader & Chief of Police, committed suicide
1945Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary
1945Winston Churchill resigns as British PM
1947PC Hooft prize forms for literature
1948Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs
1948Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel
1949Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
1951Peter Ustinov's "Love of Four Colonels," premieres in London
195379th Preakness: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 1:57.8
1953Schools 1st use Cliff's Notes
1953WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers
1956World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, SF
1958Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
1959"Party with Comden & Green" closes at John Golden NYC after 44 perfs
1959Presbyterian church accepts women preachers
1960"Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
1960"Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
1960Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1960WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, PR 1st broadcast
1960WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (NYC)
1962Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1962OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life
1962Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7
1963NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000
1964Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45)
1965Franz Jonas elected president of Austria
1965Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1965Pontoon ferry overturned on Shire River Malawi, kills 150
1966Beatles release "Paperback Writer" 43904 "S
1968AC Milan wins 8th Europe Cup II in Rotterdam
1968Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
1969BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes
1969Who release rock opera "Tommy" 43910 "S
1970SD Padres beat SF Giants 17-16 in 15 innings
1970USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
1971Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale
1971Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
1974Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
1976Amy Alcott wins '76 LPGA Golf Classic
1977Benin adopts its constitution
1977Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell
1977Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Neth, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
1978AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
1978General strike in Peru
1979"Kids Are All Right" premieres
19791st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly" 43925 "S
1979Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
1979West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president
1980ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton
1981Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage
1981NASA launches Intelsat V
1982BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1982Cathy Morse wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic
1982Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
1982Pope John Paul II declares "Peerke" Donders divine
1983Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
1984Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London
1984Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
1986US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
1988Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990
19893rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone
1989Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe
1989Lincoln Square in Bronx named
1989Cleve loses & drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East)
1990A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna
1990Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion
1990Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26
1990NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minn Twins 12-0
1991Last Cubans troops leave Angola
1991Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Mont Expos, 2-0
1991San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship
1991US Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion
1992NY Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game
1992Pres Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees
1993Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1994270 pilgrims dies in bustle round Mina Saudi-Arabia
1994Roman Herzog elected president of Germany
1994Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication
199547th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
1996Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric
1997"King David," closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
1997Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV

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