Program
1799 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch, Austrian Lieutenant Marechal de Nagy-Mihaly Sztaray beat France in Wiesloch.
1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French General Moreau defeated Austrian Archduke John near Munich decisively, coupled with the victory of the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte at Marengo forced Austria to sign a ceasefire and end the war.
1818 - Illinois became the 21st state to the United States.
1854 - Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Australia were killed by state forces in an uprising over mining licenses.
1901 - U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt discussed the 20,000-word for the House is asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits."
1904 - Himalia Jovian moon discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory in California.
1910 - Modern neon lighting was first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Salon de l'Automobile in Paris.
1912 - Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia (the Balkan League) signed an armistice with Turkey, ending two months of the time the First Balkan War.
1912 - First Balkan War: Naval Battle of Elli happen.
1917 - After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
1944 - Greek Civil War: Fighting broke out in Athens between Elas and government forces backed by British troops.
1959 - current flag was adopted in Singapore, six months after Singapore became independent within the British Empire.
1964 - Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building to protest the UC Regents decision 'to ban demonstrations at UC.
1967 - At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard did the first heart transplant on a man (53 years old Louis Washkansky).
1970 - October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross was released by the Home de liberation du Québec terrorist after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate the release and, in turn, the Canadian government grants five terrorists from the FLQ cell Chenier their request for safe passage to Cuba.
1971 - Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: Pakistan launches preemptive strike against India and a full-scale war began claiming hundreds of lives.
1973 - Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends the first close-up images of Jupiter.
1976 - An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He was shot twice, but he plays a concert two days later.
1979 - In Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats in the hall outside Riverfront Coliseum before a concert Who.
1982 - A soil sample taken from Times Beach, Missouri that will be found to contain 300 times the safety level of dioxin.
1984 - Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killing more than 3,800 people and injuring more direct 150000-600000 (about 6,000 of them later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
1989 - Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U. S. President George HW Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Soviet Union may end.
1990 - At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing seven passengers and crew members aboard 1482.
1992 - Security Council Resolution 794 unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peace led by the United States to form UNITAF, with the task of building peace and s ensure that humanitarian aid is distributed in Somalia.
1992 - Greek tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tons of crude oil, ran aground in a storm approaching from La Coruna, Spain, and spills much of his cargo.
1997 - In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries signed the Ottawa treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of landmines. United States, China and Russia did not sign the treaty, however.
1999 - NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
1999 - Six firefighters died in the fire at the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse in Worcester, Massachusetts.
2005 - XCOR Aerospace makes first rocket aircraft delivery of manned U. S. Mail in Mojave, California.
2007 - Winter storms cause the Chehalis River flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, also closing a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages associated with flooding.
1368 - King Charles VI of France (1422)
1560 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (1627)
1596 - Nicolo Amati, Italian violin makers (1684)
1684 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and author (1754)
1729 - Antonio Soler, Spanish composer (1783)
1755 - Gilbert Stuart, American painter (1828)
1776 - Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (1832)
1800 - France Preseren, poet Slovenia (1849)
1826 - George McClellan, American Civil War general (1885)
1838 - Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (1916)
1838 - Octavia Hill, British housing activists and open space (1912)
1842 - Phoebe Hearst, American socialite (1919)
1842 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (1899)
1842 - Ellen Swallow Richards, American scientist (1911)
1857 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British author (1924)
1875 - Max Meldrum, Scottish painter born in Australia (1955)
1880 - Fedor von Bock, German Field Marshal (1945)
1883 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer (1945)
1884 - Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India (1963)
1884 - Walther Stämpfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1965)
1886 - Manne Siegbahn, Nobel laureate (1978)
1887 - Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni Japan (1990)
1888 - Yitzhak Halevi Herzog, Polish-born rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1959)
1889 - Khudiram Bose, Indian revolutionary (1908)
1894 - Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian politician (1975)
1895 - Anna Freud, Austrian-born British psychoanalyst (1982)
1899 - Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister of Japan (1965)
1900 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (2004)
1900 - Richard Kuhn, Austrian and German biochemist, Nobel laureate (1967)
1908 - Edward Underdown, British actor (1989)
1911 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (1979)
1918 - Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesia general (2000)
1921 - Phyllis Curtin, American soprano
1922 - Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (2006)
1923 - Moyra Fraser, British actress (2009)
1923 - Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav soccer players (2010)
1924 - Roberto Mieres, racer Argentina
1924 - John Winter, Australian high jumper (2007)
1924 - Francisco Sionil Jose, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature
1925 - Ferlin Husky, American singer
1925 - Kim Dae-jung, the South Korean president, Nobel laureate (2009)
1927 - Andy Williams, American singer
1930 - Jean-Luc Godard, French film director
1931 - Franz Josef Degenhardt, German writer
1931 - P. Jaye Morgan, American singer
1932 - Corry Brokken, Dutch singer
1933 - Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate
1934 - Abimael Guzman, the revolutionary Peru
1934 - Nicolas Coster, actor
1934 - Viktor Gorbatko, Soviet cosmonaut
1935 - Eddie Bernice Johnson, U.S. politicians
1937 - Bobby Allison, American race car driver
1937 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguistics
1938 - Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian politician (1989)
1940 - Jeffrey R. Dutch, American religious leader
1942 - Alice Schwarzer, German journalist
1945 - British actor Paul Nicholas producer
1946 - Joop Zoetemelk, the Dutch cyclist
1947 - Patricia Krenwinkel, American murderer
1948 - Ozzy Osbourne, English singer
1949 - John Akii-Bua, Uganda athletes (1997)
1949 - Heather Menzies, American actress
1949 - Mickey Thomas, American singer (Jefferson Starship)
1950 - Alberto Juantorena, won gold in the 400 and 800 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1951 - Mike Bantom, American basketball player
1951 - Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (1994)
1951 - Riki Choshu, Japanese professional wrestler
1951 - Rick Mears, American auto racer
1951 - John and Greg Rice, American twin actors
1951 - Nicky Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
1952 - Benny Hinn, American televangelist
1952 - Mel Smith, British comedian
1953 - Franz Klammer, Austrian skier
1953 - Lothar Schneider, German footballer
1954 - Grace Andreacchi, American writer
1955 - Steven Culp, American actor
1955 - Jeff Warren, convicted of polygamy U.S.
1957 - Valerie Quennessen, French actress (1989)
1959 - Eamonn Holmes, Northern Irish TV presenter
1960 - Daryl Hannah, American actress
1960 - Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
1960 - Julianne Moore, actress
1960 - Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey
1961 - Adal Ramones, Mexican television host
1963 - Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi)
1963 - Terri Schiavo, the right to die American figures (2005)
1965 - Steve Harris, American actor
1965 - Andrew Stanton, American animator
1965 - Katarina Witt, German figure skater
1966 - Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer
1968 - Brendan Fraser, American actor Canada
1968 - Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer
1969 - Bill Steer, British guitarist
1970 - Paul Byrd, American baseball player
1970 - Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player
1970 - Christian Karembeu, French footballer
1970 - Lu Parker, American broadcast journalist and former beauty queen
1971 - Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
1971 - Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer
1971 - Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress
1971 - Vernon White, American mixed martial artist
1972 - Bucky Lasek, American skateboarder
1973 - Holly Marie Combs, American actress
1973 - MC Frontalot Damian Hess, American rapper
1973 - Super Crazy, Mexican professional wrestler
1973 - Sammy Leung, Hong Kong disc jockey
1974 - Jason Morris, Canadian pop singer
1975 - Mickey Avalon, American rapper
1975 - Csaba Czébely, drummer Hungary (Pokolgép)
1975 - Malinda Williams, American actress
1976 - Mark Boucher, the South African cricket
1976 - Silvia Fontana, Italian figure skater
1976 - Gary Glover, American baseball player
1976 - Cornelius Griffin, American football player
1976 - Byron Kelleher, a New Zealand rugby union
1976 - Todd Smith American, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1977 - Chad Durbin, American baseball player
1977 - Troy Evans, American football player
1977 - Adam Malysz, Poland Ski Jump
1978 - Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
1978 - Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player
1978 - Trina, American rapper
1979 - Daniel Bedingfield, British singer
1979 - Tiffany Haddish, American dancer, comedienne and actress
1979 - Rainbow Sun Francks, Canadian actor
1979 - Rock Cartwright, American football player
1979 - Sean Parker, American businessman and technology entrepreneur internet
1980 - Anna Chlumsky, American actress
1980 - Jenna Dewan, American actress
1980 - Zlata Filipovic, author of Bosnia
1980 - Laryea Kingston, Ghana soccer player
1980 - Jim Sorgi, American football player
1981 - Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
1981 - Brian Bonsall, American actor
1981 - Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
1981 - Edwin Valero, Venezuela boxer (2010)
1981 - David Villa, Spanish footballer
1982 - Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor
1982 - Michael Essien, Ghana footballer
1982 - Franco Sbaraglini Argentina rugby players born in Italy
1982 - Manny Corpas, baseball players Panama
1983 - Stephen Donald, New Zealand's rugby players
1983 - Sherri Dupree, American singer
1984 - Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1985 - Laszlo Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
1985 - Mike Randolph, American football player
1985 - Sila Sahin, a German actress
1985 - Robert Swift, American basketball player
1985 - Marcus Williams, American basketball player
1985 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress
1986 - Radek Smoleňák, Czech hockey player
1987 - Michael Angarano, American actor
1987 - Brian Robiskie, American football player
1987 - Alicia Sacramone, U.S. gymnast
1992 - Joseph McManners, British actor
1994 - Jake T. Austin, American actor
2005 - Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
Death
311 - Diocletian, Roman Emperor (b. 244)
1154 - Pope Anastasius IV
1265 - Odofredus, Italian jurist
1533 - Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (1479)
1552 - St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary in the East (1506)
1610 - Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (1548)
1706 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and songwriter (1637)
1765 - Lord John Sackville, English cricketer (1713)
1789 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (1714)
1815 - John Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the United States (1735)
1845 - Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con artist (1786)
1882 - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (1811)
1888 - German manufacturer Carl Zeiss (1816)
1890 - Billy Midwinter, Cricket Australia (1851)
1892 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (1820)
1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (b. 1850)
1902 - Robert Lawson, the architect of New Zealand (1833)
1910 - Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist (1821)
1912 - Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (1841)
1919 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter (b. 1841)
1928 - Ezra Meeker, American pioneer and businessman (1830)
1934 - Charles James O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. 1849)
1935 - Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
1939 - Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria (1848)
1941 - Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (1883)
1949 - Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian and American actress (b. 1876)
1955 - Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (1894)
1967 - Harry Wismer, American original owner of the New York Jets (1913)
1969 - Mathias Wieman, German actor (1902)
1972 - Bill Johnson, American musician (1872)
1973 - Emile Christian, American musician (1895)
1973 - Bea Miles, Australian eccentric and writer (1902)
1979 - Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (b. 1905)
1980 - Oswald Mosley, the British fascist (1896)
1981 - Walter Knott, American farmer (b. 1889)
1984 - Vladimir Rokhlin, Soviet mathematics (1919)
1993 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (1913)
1994 - Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (1933)
1994 - Elizabeth Glaser, the AIDS activist (1947)
1995 - Jimmy Jewel, British actor (1909)
1995 - Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (1946)
1996 - Georges Duby, French historian (1919)
1998 - Pierre Hetu, Quebec conductor and pianist (1936)
1999 - Scatman John, American singer (born 1942)
1999 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (b. 1942)
1999 - Jarl Wahlstrom, 12 Hi-General of the Army (1918)
2000 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (1917)
2000 - Hoyt Curtin, American song writer (1922)
2002 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
2003 - David Hemmings, English actor (1941)
2004 - Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (1911)
2004 - Teo Peter, Romanian rock musician and bassist for the Compact (1954)
2005 - Herb Moford, American baseball player (1928)
2006 - Logan Whitehurst, American musician (1977)
2007 - James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (1948)
2008 - Robert Zajonc, Polish-American social psychologist (1923)
2009 - Richard Todd, British actor (1919)
2010 - Abdumalik Bahor, Tajik poet and novelist (b.1927)
