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- The day of the United States presidential inauguration from 1798 to 1933, except when it was on the 3rd and 5th because the 4th was on a Sunday. Starting 1937, the inauguration day is traditionally January 20.
- Admission Day (Vermont - 1791)
- Charter Day (Pennsylvania - 1681)
- Charter Day (St. Thomas, Ontario - 1881)
- Christian Feast Day
- Saint Casimir's Day (Poland and Lithuania)
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- 2009 - The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
- 2007 - Estonian parliamentary election, 2007: Approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of electronic voting in Estonia, the world's first nationwide voting where part of the votecasting is allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet.
- 2006 - No response is received in the final attempt to contact Pioneer 10 by the Deep Space Network.
- 2005 - The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by US soldiers after it runs a roadblock in Iraq, causing the death of an Italian Secret Service Agent and injuring two passengers.
- 2002 - Canada bans human cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.
- 2002 - Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
- 2001 - 4 March 2001 BBC bombing: a massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 1 person. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
- 2001 - Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.
- 1998 - Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex, although to strictly refer to this as "gay rights" is something of a misnomer.
- 1997 - U.S. President Bill Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research.
- 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16) launches into orbit.
- 1994 - Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign an agreement to form a federation in a loose economic union with Croatia.
- 1991 - Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, returns to his country for the first time since Iraq's invasion.
- 1990 - Loyola Marymount University, All-American basketball player Hank Gathers dies on the court of a heart attack during a conference semifinal game.
- 1986 - The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Comet Halley and the first images ever of its nucleus.
- 1985 - The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
- 1983 - Bertha Wilson is appointed the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
- 1982 - NASA launches the Intelsat V-508 satellite.
- 1980 - Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
- 1977 - The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500.
- 1976 - The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
- 1976 - The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
- 1970 - French submarine Eurydice explodes.
- 1966 - Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
- 1962 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission announces that the first atomic power plant at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is in operation.
- 1960 - French freighter 'La Coubre' explodes in Havana, Cuba killing 100.
- 1957 - The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
- 1954 - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant.
- 1945 - In the United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth, later to become Queen Elizabeth II, joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service as a driver.
- 1945 - Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany.
- 1944 - World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
- 1943 - World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the South West Pacific comes to an end.
- 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands.
- 1933 - Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
- 1933 - The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
- 1931 - The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) meet to sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.
- 1930 - Floods hit Languedoc and the surrounding area in south-west France, resulting in twelve départements being submerged and causing the death of over 700 people.
- 1929 - Charles Curtis becomes the first native-American Vice President of the United States.
- 1925 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.
- 1918 - The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
- 1917 - Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
- 1917 - Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia's renunciation of the throne is made public, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia publicly issues his abdication manifesto. The victory of the February Revolution.
- 1911 - Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes the first socialist congressman in U.S..
- 1909 - U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
- 1908 - The Collinwood School Fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
- 1904 - Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops.
- 1902 - In Chicago, the American Automobile Association is established.
- 1899 - Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
- 1894 - Great fire in Shanghai. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed.
- 1890 - The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.
- 1887 - Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile which he test runs in Esslingen and Cannstatt, Germany.
- 1882 - Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
- 1877 - Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premičre performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
- 1865 - Third (and last) national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
- 1863 - The Idaho Territory is created as a political division of the United States.
- 1861 - First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
- 1848 - Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia
- 1837 - Chicago is incorporated as a city.
- 1824 - The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" is founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
- 1814 - Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
- 1813 - Russian troops fighting the army of Napoleon reach Berlin in Germany and the French garrison evacuates the city without a fight.
- 1804 - Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
- 1797 - In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
- 1794 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
- 1793 - French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands.
- 1791 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
- 1791 - A Constitutional Act is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
- 1790 - France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
- 1789 - In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
- 1778 - The Continental Congress votes to ratify both the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance with France. The two treaties are the first entered into by the United States government.
- 1776 - The American War of Independence: The Americans capture Dorchester Heights dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1681 - Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
- 1675 - John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
- 1665 - English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
- 1629 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
- 1621 - Jakarta, Java is renamed Batavia.
- 1611 - George Abbot is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1570 - King Philip II of Spain bans foreign Dutch students.
- 1519 - Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth.
- 1493 - Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Nińa from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
- 1492 - King James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England.
- 1461 - Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
- 1386 - W?adys?aw II Jagie??o (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
- 1351 - Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
- 1238 - The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.
- 1215 - King John of England makes an oath to Pope Innocent III as a crusader to gain his support.
- 1152 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
- 932 - Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
- 852 - Croatian Duke Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
- 303 - or – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
- 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
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- 1995 - Bill Milner, English actor
- 1993 - Yves Michel-Beneche, American actor
- 1993 - Jenna Boyd, American actress
- 1993 - Abigail Mavity, American actress
- 1992 - Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- 1992 - Daniel Lloyd, British racing car driver
- 1991 - Diandra Newlin, American actress and fashion model
- 1991 - Stuart O'Keefe, English footballer
- 1990 - Andrea Bowen, American actress
- 1990 - Paddy Madden, Irish footballer
- 1990 - Marco Martina Rini, Italian footballer
- 1990 - Fran Mérida, Spanish footballer
- 1990 - Maximiliano Oliva, Argentine footballer
- 1990 - Georgi Pashov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1989 - Erin Heatherton, American fashion model
- 1989 - Bradley Middleton, English footballer
- 1988 - Cody Longo, American film actor
- 1988 - Mikuru Uchino, Japanese gravure idol
- 1988 - Adam Watts, English footballer
- 1987 - Ben McKinley, Australian footballer
- 1987 - Tamzin Merchant, British actor and poetess
- 1987 - Cameron Wood, Australian footballer
- 1986 - Margo Harshman, American actress
- 1986 - Tom De Mul, Belgian footballer
- 1986 - Erin O'Kelley, American beauty queen
- 1986 - Bohdan Shust, Ukrainian footballer
- 1986 - Park Min Young, South Korean model and actress
- 1985 - Guillermo Diaz Puerto Rican professional basketball player
- 1985 - Scott Michael Foster, American actor
- 1985 - Mathieu Montcourt, Professional French tennis player (d. 2009)
- 1985 - Chinedum Ndukwe, American football player
- 1985 - Whitney Port, American reality television personality
- 1985 - Jonas Troest, Danish professional football player
- 1985 - Hrvoje ?ale, Croatian footballer
- 1985 - Jake Buxton, English professional footballer
- 1984 - Tamir Cohen, Israeli/English football midfielder
- 1984 - Marin ?olak, Croatian auto racing driver
- 1984 - Norbert Hosnyánszky, Hungarian water polo player
- 1984 - Phillip Inzerillo, American musician
- 1984 - Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress
- 1984 - Spencer Larsen, American football player
- 1984 - Zak Whitbread, American-born footballer
- 1983 - Samuel Contesti, French-Italian figure skater
- 1983 - Jaque Fourie, South African rugby union footballer
- 1983 - Akeem Omolade, Nigerian footballer
- 1983 - Ryan Lonie, Australian football player
- 1983 - Dante Senger, Argentine footballer
- 1983 - Adam Deacon, English Actor
- 1982 - Mariano Altuna, Argentine racing driver
- 1982 - Uma Blasini, Puerto Rican beauty queen
- 1982 - Landon Donovan, American soccer player
- 1982 - Elia Rigotto, Italian road bicycle racer
- 1981 - Carol Banawa, Filipino singer and celebrity
- 1981 - Marie Delattre, French sprint canoer
- 1981 - Gareth Knapman, English theatre actor and director
- 1981 - Laura Michelle Kelly, English actress and singer
- 1981 - Ariza Makukula, Portuguese international football player
- 1981 - Aketza Peńa, Spanish road bicycle racer
- 1981 - Donny Tourette, English punk rock singer (Towers of London)
- 1981 - Helen Wyman, British cyclist
- 1980 - Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1980 - Jack Hannahan, American baseball player
- 1980 - Greg Lamb, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1980 - Arash Markazi, American sportswriter
- 1980 - Phil McGuire, Scottish football player
- 1980 - Kamalinee Mukherjee, (Kamalini Mukherjee) Indian film actress
- 1980 - Rohan Bopanna, Indian tennis player
- 1980 - Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
- 1980 - Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (d. 2007)
- 1980 - Michael Henrich, American-born ice hockey player
- 1980 - Alex Ribeiro Garcia, Brazilian professional basketball player
- 1980 - Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian professional basketball player
- 1979 - Neil Best, Irish rugby union footballer
- 1979 - Ariel Carreńo, Argentine football striker
- 1979 - Karima Delli, French politician
- 1979 - Ben Fouhy, New Zealand flatwater canoeist
- 1979 - Trenton Hassell, American basketball player
- 1979 - Geoff Huegill, Australian swimmer
- 1979 - Jon Fratelli, Scottish singer (The Fratellis)
- 1979 - Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian football goalkeeper
- 1979 - Mark Anthony Parrish, American actor, producer, and social and liberal political activist
- 1979 - Sarah Stock, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1979 - Paul Terry, English footballer
- 1979 - Stelios Theocharous, Greek Cypriot actor
- 1978 - Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 - Denis Dallan, Italian rugby union footballer
- 1978 - César Morales, Mexican bantamweight boxer
- 1978 - Jean-Marc Pelletier, American ice hockey player
- 1977 - Christian Jessen, English doctor and television presenter
- 1977 - Mike Kinsella, American musician (Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc, American Football, and Owen)
- 1977 - Daniel Klewer, German footballer
- 1977 - Grégory Le Corvec, French rugby union footballer
- 1977 - Tonga Lea'aetoa, New Zealand-Tongan rugby union player
- 1977 - Jason Marsalis, American musician
- 1977 - Traver Rains, American designer (Heatherette)
- 1977 - Rockell (Rachel Alexandra Mercaldo), American musician
- 1977 - Dan Wells, American horror fiction author
- 1977 - Gareth Wyatt, Welsh rugby union player
- 1977 - Nacho Figueras, Argentine polo player
- 1977 - Ana Gabriela Guevara, Mexican athlete
- 1977 - Jeremiah Green, American indie rock band drummer (Modest Mouse)
- 1977 - Juha Helppi, Finnish professional poker player
- 1977 - Ron Horsley, American author and artist
- 1976 - Robbie Blake, English footballer
- 1976 - Hiram Bocachica, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1976 - Sean Covel, American film producer
- 1976 - Hayley Evetts, English singer, TV presenter and stage actor
- 1976 - Brian Diego Fuentes, Argentine soccer player
- 1976 - Alireza Heidari, Iranian Olympic wrestler
- 1976 - Cho In-Chul, World Champion South Korean judoka
- 1976 - Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress
- 1976 - Tommy Jönsson, Swedish football player
- 1976 - Sam Mraovich, American screenwriter and film director
- 1976 - Christian Nicolay, German javelin thrower
- 1976 - Regi Penxten, Belgian DJ and record producer
- 1976 - Thierry Renaer, Belgian field hockey player
- 1976 - Sabrina Sabrok, Argentine television host, singer, and producer
- 1976 - Gary Shortland, British professional figure skater
- 1976 - Scott Sturgeon, American musician (Choking Victim, Leftöver Crack)
- 1976 - Jasin Thomason, American guitarist (The Ataris)
- 1976 - Vic Wunderle, American archer
- 1975 - Kirsten Bolm, German hurdler
- 1975 - Julie Dibens, British triathlete
- 1975 - Patrick Femerling, German-born professional basketball player
- 1975 - El-P, American hip hop artist and entrepreneur
- 1975 - Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player
- 1975 - Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1975 - Hawksley Workman, Canadian rock singer-songwriter
- 1974 - David Wagner, American wheelchair tennis player
- 1974 - Bill Young, Australian rugby union footballer
- 1974 - ICS Vortex, Norwegian vocalist (Arcturus)
- 1974 - Crowbar, American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Karol Ku?era, Slovak tennis player
- 1974 - Ariel Ortega, Argentine footballer
- 1974 - Gabriel o Pensador, Brazilian hip hop rapper
- 1974 - Mladen Krstaji?, Serbian footballer
- 1974 - Tommy Phelps, American baseball player
- 1974 - Virginijus Praškevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1973 - Massimo Brambilla, Italian football player
- 1973 - Summer Cummings, American porno actress
- 1973 - Phillip Daniels, American footballer
- 1973 - Mark Lavine, West Indian cricketer (d. 2001)
- 1973 - Len Wiseman, American director
- 1973 - Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Tollywood film director
- 1972 - Buck 65, Canadian hip hop artist, MC and turntablist
- 1972 - Katherine Center, contemporary American fiction author
- 1972 - Ian Garbutt, English professional golfer
- 1972 - Pae Gil-Su, North Korean gymnast
- 1972 - Giorgos Mazonakis, Greek pop singer
- 1972 - Brittney Powell, German-American actress
- 1972 - Ivy Queen, American composer and singer
- 1972 - Robert Smith, American footballer
- 1972 - Jos Verstappen, Dutch racing driver
- 1972 - Alison Wheeler, British singer (The Beautiful South)
- 1971 - Claire Baker, Scottish politician
- 1971 - Anders Kjřlholm, Danish bass player (Volbeat)
- 1971 - Fergal Lawler, Irish drummer (The Cranberries)
- 1971 - Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese racing driver
- 1971 - Shavar Ross, American filmmaker
- 1971 - Jason Sellers, American country music artist
- 1971 - Nick Stabile, American actor
- 1971 - Jovan Stankovi?, Serbian footballer
- 1971 - Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player
- 1970 - Andrea Bendewald, American actress
- 1970 - Ŕlex Crivillé, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- 1970 - Caroline Vis, Dutch professional tennis player
- 1969 - Chaz Bono, American actor and gay rights activist
- 1969 - Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian football manager
- 1969 - Annie Shizuka Inoh, Taiwanese actress
- 1969 - Frank Nicotero, American comedian
- 1969 - Stina Nordenstam, Swedish pop singer and musician
- 1969 - Patrick Roach, Canadian actor
- 1969 - Lacy Rose, American pornographic actress
- 1969 - Matt Tilley, Australian radio personality and comedian
- 1969 - Jason Townsend, American artist and record producer
- 1969 - Annie Yi, Chinese singer, writer and actress
- 1968 - Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1968 - Shafiek Abrahams, South African cricket player
- 1968 - Jorge Celedón, Colombian musician and singer
- 1968 - Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Australian cricketer
- 1968 - Patsy Kensit, English actress
- 1968 - Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek politician
- 1967 - Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer
- 1967 - Evan Dando, American musician (The Lemonheads)
- 1967 - Fiona Ma, California State Assembly Majority Whip and San Francisco politician
- 1967 - Andrew Osmond, English writer
- 1967 - Dave Rayner, English racing cyclist (d. 1994)
- 1967 - Tim Vine, English actor and comedian
- 1967 - Sam Taylor-Wood, English conceptual artist
- 1967 - Kubilay Türky?lmaz, former Turkish-Swiss footballer
- 1967 - Andreas Wistuba, German taxonomist and botanist
- 1966 - Nick Scandone, American paralympian yachtsman (d. 2009)
- 1966 - Mike Small American professional golfer
- 1966 - Wash West, English gay porn film director
- 1966 - Daniela Amavia, American actress and model
- 1966 - Steve Bastoni, Italian Australian actor
- 1966 - Patrick Hannan, drummer (The Sundays)
- 1966 - Emese Hunyady, Hungarian speed skater
- 1966 - Kevin Johnson, American basketball player and Mayor of Sacramento, California
- 1966 - Dav Pilkey, American author
- 1966 - Grand Puba, American rapper
- 1965 - Paul W. S. Anderson, English filmmaker
- 1965 - Andrew Collins, English journalist
- 1965 - Stacy Edwards, American actress
- 1965 - Khaled Hosseini, Afghan author and physician
- 1965 - WestBam (Maximillian Lenz), German rave techno DJ
- 1965 - Yuri Lonchakov, Russian cosmonaut
- 1965 - Jonathan Shearer, Scottish castaway
- 1964 - Paul Bostaph, American drummer (Testament, Slayer, Exodus, Forbidden)
- 1964 - Brian Crowley, Irish politician
- 1964 - Cheryl Fergison, British actress
- 1964 - Karen Knowles, Australian singer and entertainer
- 1964 - Tom Lampkin, American baseball player
- 1964 - Paolo Virzě, Italian screenwriter and director
- 1963 - Barbara Bubula, Polish politician
- 1963 - Janey Lee Grace, English singer and disc jockey
- 1963 - Alexei Kyrilloff, Russian artist
- 1963 - Jason Newsted, American bassist (Metallica, Voivod)
- 1963 - Daniel Roebuck, American actor
- 1962 - Simon Bisley, British comic artist
- 1962 - Paul Canoville, English former professional footballer
- 1962 - Jon Durno, bassist (Roman Holliday)
- 1962 - Greg Kragen, American footballer
- 1962 - Mikko Nissinen, Finnish ballet dancer
- 1962 - David Sparrow, English actor
- 1961 - Roger Wessels, South African golfer
- 1961 - Alain Coumont, Belgian chef and restaurateur
- 1961 - Sabine Everts, former German track athlete
- 1961 - Tinker Juarez, bike racer
- 1961 - Ray Mancini, American boxer
- 1961 - Mahito ?ba, Japanese voice actor and narrator
- 1961 - Theodosii Spassov, Bulgarian jazz musician
- 1961 - Steven Weber, American actor
- 1960 - Mikko Kuustonen, Finnish singer and songwriter
- 1960 - John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer
- 1960 - Thierry Pastor, French singer
- 1960 - Christina Sussiek, former German athlete
- 1960 - Mykelti Williamson, American actor
- 1959 - Rick Ardon, Australian news presenter
- 1958 - Caroline Ashley, Scottish actress
- 1958 - Patricia Heaton, American actress
- 1958 - Lennie Lee, British artist
- 1958 - Massimo Mascioletti, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1957 - Nicholas Coleridge, British entrepreneur
- 1957 - Jim Dwyer, American journalist
- 1957 - Ron Fassler, American film and television actor
- 1957 - Rick Mast, American NASCAR driver
- 1956 - Kermit Driscoll, American jazz bassist
- 1955 - Rowland Charles Gould (Boon Gould) English musician (Level 42)
- 1955 - Joey Jones, Welsh professional footballer
- 1955 - Dominique Pinon, French actor
- 1955 - James Weaver, English race car driver
- 1954 - Yvan Lachaud, French politician
- 1954 - Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress
- 1954 - St Clair L. Palmer, vocalist (Sweet Sensation)
- 1954 - Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian writer and dissident
- 1954 - Willie Thorne, English snooker player
- 1954 - Adrian Zmed, American actor
- 1954 - Timur Apakidze, Russian major general and Hero of the Russian Federation (d. 2001)
- 1954 - Mark Chorvinsky, American author and editor (d. 2005)
- 1954 - Ricky Ford, American jazz tenor saxophonist
- 1954 - François Fillon, French politician, Prime Minister of France
- 1954 - Peter Jacobsen, American professional golfer
- 1953 - Nicholas Campion, English historian
- 1953 - John Edwards, Australian television drama producer
- 1953 - Emilio Estefan, Cuban percussionist
- 1953 - Scott Hicks, Australian film director
- 1953 - Pawe? Janas, Polish football manager
- 1953 - Rose Laurens, French singer-songwriter
- 1953 - Kay Lenz, American actress
- 1953 - Peggy Rathmann, award-winning American author and illustrator
- 1953 - Chris Smith, American politician
- 1953 - Daniel Woodrell, American crime fiction writer
- 1952 - Ronn Moss, American actor
- 1952 - Svend Robinson, Canadian politician
- 1952 - Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer
- 1951 - Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician
- 1951 - Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1951 - Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, American novelist (d. 1982)
- 1951 - Pete Haycock, English guitarist and composer
- 1951 - Sam Perlozzo, American baseball manager
- 1951 - Mike Quarry, American boxer (d. 2006)
- 1951 - Chris Rea, English singer
- 1951 - Cecilia Todd, Venezuelan singer and performer
- 1951 - Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer
- 1950 - Francis Affleck, Canadian race car driver (d. 1985)
- 1950 - Barrie Cassidy, veteran Australian political journalist
- 1950 - Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter
- 1950 - Rick Perry, 47th Governor of Texas
- 1950 - Safet Plakalo, Bosnian playwright
- 1949 - Carroll Baker, Canadian country singer and songwriter
- 1949 - Sergei Bagapsh, President of the partially recognized de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia
- 1949 - Cookie Mueller, American actress and writer (d. 1989)
- 1949 - Tomislav Trifi?, Serbian graphic artist
- 1948 - Lindy Chamberlain, Australian author
- 1948 - James Ellroy, American writer
- 1948 - Tom Grieve, American baseball player
- 1948 - Leron Lee, American baseball player
- 1948 - Jean O'Leary, American activist and politician (d. 2005)
- 1948 - Chris Squire, English bassist (Yes)
- 1948 - Shakin' Stevens, Welsh singer
- 1947 - David Franzoni, American screenwriter
- 1947 - Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician
- 1947 - Greg Guma, American progressive journalist and author
- 1947 - Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor
- 1947 - John Hinch, English Professor of fluid dynamics, Cambridge University
- 1947 - Aura Lewis, South African singer
- 1947 - Bob Lewis, American musician
- 1947 - P?teris Plakidis, Latvian composer and pianist
- 1947 - Mike Sheahan, Australian journalist and sports television personality
- 1947 - Gwen Welles, American actress (d. 1993)
- 1946 - Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur
- 1946 - Daniel Frisella, American baseball player (d. 1977)
- 1946 - Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker
- 1946 - David Gittins (Red Stripe), singer (Flying Pickets)
- 1946 - Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, American author
- 1946 - Nora Radcliffe, Scottish politician
- 1946 - Jean-Claude Schmitt, prominent French medievalist
- 1945 - Frank Novak, American actor
- 1945 - Tommy Svensson, Swedish football manager
- 1945 - Tim Weigel, American broadcaster (d. 2001)
- 1945 - Gary Williams, American basketball coach
- 1945 - Tony Allen, English comedian and writer
- 1945 - Femi Benussi, Italian film actress
- 1945 - Tara Browne, British socialite (d. 1966)
- 1945 - Greg Craig, Washington-based lawyer and current White House Counsel to President Barack Obama
- 1945 - Dieter Meier, Swiss singer
- 1944 - Glen Baxter, English cartoonist
- 1944 - Harvey Postlethwaite, English automotive engineer (d. 1999)
- 1944 - Ulrich Roski, German singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
- 1944 - Anthony Ichiro Sanda, Japanese-American particle physicist
- 1944 - Michael "Mick" Wilson, drummer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
- 1944 - Len Walker, former English footballer and manager
- 1944 - Greg Weld, American racecar driver (d. 2008)
- 1944 - Bobby Womack, American singer
- 1943 - Malcolm Barber, English scholar of medieval history
- 1943 - Lucio Dalla, Italian singer and songwriter
- 1943 - Zoltan Jeney, Hungarian composer
- 1942 - Ji-Tu Cumbuka, veteran American stage and screen actor
- 1942 - Gloria Gaither, American gospel songwriter
- 1942 - Charles C. Krulak, American general and the 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
- 1942 - David Matthews, American keyboardist
- 1942 - Lynn Sherr, American broadcast journalist and author
- 1942 - James Gustave Speth, American environmental lawyer and advocate
- 1942 - Henk van der Kroon, Dutch founder and president of the Federation of European Carnival Cities
- 1942 - Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian born Hungarian musician, singer and composer
- 1941 - John Aprea, American actor
- 1941 - Adrian Lyne, English film director
- 1941 - Linda Obermoeller, American painter
- 1941 - Bobby Shew, American jazz musician
- 1941 - James Zagel, United States district judge and novelist
- 1940 - Tom Pedigo, American set decorator (d. 2000)
- 1940 - David Plante, American novelist
- 1940 - Tamara Wilcox, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1940 - Edward Burke, American Olympic hammer thrower
- 1940 - Alpha Condé, Guinean politician and President of the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG)
- 1940 - Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German legal scholar and former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
- 1940 - Arild Lund, Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
- 1940 - Volodymyr Morozov, Ukrainian flatwater canoer
- 1939 - Jack Fisher, American baseball player
- 1939 - Keith Skues, British radio personality
- 1939 - Carlos Vereza, Brazilian actor
- 1938 - Anton Stanislaus Balasingham, Political strategist and negotiator (d. 2006)
- 1938 - Allan Kornblum, United States federal judge (d. 2010)
- 1938 - Marshall Cooke, retired Australian politician
- 1938 - Roy Hazelwood, former FBI profiler of sex crimes
- 1938 - Angus MacLise, American percussionist (d. 1979)
- 1938 - Don Perkins, American football player
- 1938 - Paula Prentiss, American actress
- 1938 - Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish diplomat and researcher
- 1937 - Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer
- 1937 - Leslie Gelb, American foreign policy advisor
- 1937 - Yuri Senkevich, Russian medical doctor, explorer and TV anchorman. (d. 2003)
- 1937 - Barney Wilen, French jazz saxophonist (d. 1996)
- 1937 - Richard B. Wright, Canadian novelist
- 1936 - Eric Allendale, West Indian trombonist and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1936 - Jim Clark, OBE, Scottish racing driver (d. 1968)
- 1936 - Robert Garrow, American serial killer (d. 1978)
- 1936 - Aribert Reimann, German composer
- 1935 - Edward D?bicki, Polish Romani poet, musician and composer
- 1935 - Bent Larsen, Danish chess player
- 1935 - Nancy Whiskey, Scottish folk singer (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (d. 2007)
- 1934 - Sandra Reynolds, South African tennis player
- 1934 - Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist
- 1934 - Gleb Yakunin, Russian priest and dissident
- 1934 - Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian composer
- 1934 - John Duffey, American bluegrass musician (d. 1996)
- 1934 - Anne Haney, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1933 - Ann Burton, Dutch jazz singer (d. 1989)
- 1933 - John W Mills, British sculptor
- 1933 - Nino Vaccarella, Italian racing driver
- 1932 - Sigurd Jansen, Norwegian composer, pianist and conductor
- 1932 - Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski, Polish journalist (d. 2007)
- 1932 - Miriam Makeba, South African singer (d. 2008)
- 1932 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American car designer (d. 2001)
- 1932 - Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (d. 1994)
- 1931 - Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (d. 1997)
- 1931 - Bob Johnson, American ice hockey coach (d. 1991)
- 1931 - William Henry Keeler, American Roman Catholic Archbishop
- 1931 - Alice Rivlin, American economist
- 1929 - Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor
- 1929 - Wolfgang Hollegha, Austrian painter
- 1929 - Josep Mestres Quadreny, Catalan composer
- 1929 - Darrett B. Rutman, US historian (d. 1997)
- 1929 - Elaine Shore, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Peter Swerling, American RADAR theoretician (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Samuel Adler, American composer
- 1928 - Alan Sillitoe, English writer (d. 2010)
- 1927 - Philip Batt, 29th Governor of Idaho
- 1927 - Thayer David, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1927 - Jacques Dupin, French poet
- 1927 - Robert Orben, American magician
- 1927 - Dick Savitt, American tennis player
- 1927 - Cy Touff, American jazz musician (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Pascual Pérez, Argentine boxer (d. 1977)
- 1926 - Don Rendell, English jazz musician and arranger
- 1926 - Fran Warren, American singer
- 1926 - Richard DeVos, American billionaire, co-founder of Amway
- 1926 - James J. Eagan, Former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. 2000)
- 1925 - Paul Mauriat, French musician (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to US President John F. Kennedy (d. 1977)
- 1923 - Sir Patrick Moore, British astronomer
- 1923 - Willie Johnson, American guitarist (d. 1995)
- 1922 - Richard E. Cunha, American cinematographer and film director (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Martha O'Driscoll, American film actress (d. 1998)
- 1922 - Dina Pathak, Gujarati theatre and film actress (d. 2002)
- 1921 - Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-born composer
- 1921 - Joan Greenwood, English actress (d. 1987)
- 1921 - Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player (d. 1986)
- 1920 - Jean Lecanuet, French politician (d. 1993)
- 1920 - Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Buck Baker, American racecar driver (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian politician (d. 1996)
- 1918 - Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player
- 1917 - Clyde McCullough, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1916 - William Alland, American actor, producer, writer and director (d. 1997)
- 1916 - Maurice Argent, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1916 - Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (d. 2000)
- 1916 - Hans Eysenck, German-born psychologist (d. 1997)
- 1916 - Michael Howard, British actor and comedian (d. 1988)
- 1915 - Charles Johnston, Baron Johnston of Rockport, British politician and businessman (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Frank Sleeman, Australian administrator and politician (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (d. 1997)
- 1915 - Robert Thom, American painter and historian (d. 1979)
- 1914 - Gino Colaussi, Italian footballer (d. 1991)
- 1914 - Ward Kimball, American cartoonist (d. 2002)
- 1914 - Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor and architect (d. 2000)
- 1913 - John H. Fremlin, English nuclear physicist (d. 1995)
- 1913 - John Garfield, American actor (d. 1952)
- 1913 - Taos Amrouche, Algerian writer and singer (d. 1976)
- 1912 - Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (d. 1976)
- 1912 - Judith Furse, British character actress (d. 1974)
- 1912 - Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Carl Marzani, American documentarian (d. 1994)
- 1912 - Edgar Tafel, American architect
- 1912 - Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, Guatemalan sculptor (d. 1988)
- 1910 - Miriam Kressyn, Polish-born actor (d. 1996)
- 1909 - Harry Helmsley, American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1997)
- 1909 - George Edward Holbrook, American chemical engineer (d. 1987)
- 1908 - T.R.M. Howard, American civil rights leader (d. 1976)
- 1908 - Thomas Shaw, American musician (d. 1977)
- 1907 - Edgar Barrier, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1907 - Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Richard J. Daley (d. 2003)
- 1906 - Buck Canel, Argentine American sportscaster (d. 1980)
- 1906 - Meindert DeJong American author (d. 1991)
- 1906 - Avery Fisher, American audio specialist (d. 1994)
- 1906 - Georges Ronsse, Belgian bicycle racer (d. 1969)
- 1906 - Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr., American businessman (d. 2007)
- 1904 - Luis Carrero-Blanco, Spanish admiral and 1st Duke of Carrero-Blanco Grandee of Spain (d. 1973)
- 1904 - George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (d. 1968)
- 1904 - Joseph Schmidt Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942)
- 1904 - Chief Tahachee, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1903 - Carrie Best, Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
- 1903 - Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish statesman (d. 1973)
- 1903 - William C. Boyd, American immunochemist (d. 1983)
- 1903 - Malcolm Dole, American chemist (d. 1990)
- 1903 - Merwin Graham, American Olympic track and field athlete (d. 1989)
- 1903 - Dorothy Mackaill, British-born actress (d. 1990)
- 1903 - John Scarne, American magician (d. 1985)
- 1902 - Rachel Messerer, Russian silent film and theatre actress (d. 1993)
- 1902 - Russell Reeder, United States Army officer and author (d. 1998)
- 1902 - Fred Mallin, English boxer (d. 1987)
- 1901 - Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist (d. 1986)
- 1901 - Charles Goren, American bridge player and writer (d. 1991)
- 1901 - Jean Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy/French poet (d. 1937)
- 1900 - Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter (d. 1971)
- 1899 - Liana Del Balzo, Italian film actress (d. 1982)
- 1899 - Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and editor (d. 1962)
- 1898 - Georges Dumézil, French philologist (d. 1986)
- 1898 - Hans Krebs, German general of infantry (d. 1945)
- 1897 - Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player (d. 1969)
- 1896 - Kai Holm, Danish film actor (d. 1985)
- 1895 - Jesse Baker, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1895 - Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator (d. 1953)
- 1895 - Shemp Howard, American comedian (d. 1955)
- 1893 - Charles Herbert Colvin, American aeronautical engineer (d. 1985)
- 1893 - Adolph Lowe (born Adolf Löwe), German sociologist and economist (d. 1995)
- 1891 - Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (d. 1961)
- 1891 - Lois Wilson, founder of Al-Anon (d. 1988)
- 1889 - Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician (d. 1967)
- 1889 - Jean-Gabriel Domergue, French painter (d. 1962)
- 1889 - Oren E. Long, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii and United States Senators from Hawaii (d. 1965)
- 1889 - Pearl White, American actress (d. 1938)
- 1889 - Robert William Wood, American landscape artist (d. 1979)
- 1888 - Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (d. 1942)
- 1888 - Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball player (d. 1972)
- 1888 - Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
- 1887 - John Alexander Buchanan, Canadian politician and civil engineer (d. 1976)
- 1887 - Violet MacMillan, American actress (d. 1953)
- 1886 - Paul Bazelaire, French cellist (d. 1958)
- 1884 - Red Murray, American baseball player (d. 1958)
- 1883 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (d. 1956)
- 1882 - Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat (d. 1941)
- 1881 - Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1924)
- 1881 - Maude Fealy, American actress (d. 1971)
- 1881 - Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American writer (d. 1965)
- 1881 - Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (d. 1948)
- 1880 - Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
- 1879 - Josip Murn Aleksandrov, Slovenian poet (d. 1901)
- 1879 - Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet (d. 1951)
- 1878 - Egbert Van Alstyne, American songwriter and pianist (d. 1951)
- 1878 - Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian philosopher (d. 1947)
- 1878 - Arishima Takeo, Japanese writer (d. 1923)
- 1877 - Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, Russian composer (d. 1957)
- 1877 - Fritz Graebner, German ethnologist (d. 1934)
- 1877 - Garrett Morgan, American inventor (d. 1963)
- 1876 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (d. 1947)
- 1876 - Theodore Hardeen, Founder of the Magician's Guild (d. 1945)
- 1875 - Mihály Károlyi, former Prime Minister and President of Hungary (d. 1955)
- 1873 - Guy Wetmore Carryl, American humorist and poet (d. 1904)
- 1873 - John H. Trumbull, 70th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1961)
- 1871 - Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (d. 1945)
- 1870 - Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (d. 1944)
- 1866 - Eugčne Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1931)
- 1864 - David W. Taylor, U.S. Navy architect (d. 1940)
- 1863 - Reginald Innes Pocock, British zoologist (d. 1947)
- 1863 - John Henry Wigmore, American jurist (d. 1943)
- 1862 - Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)
- 1859 - Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1905)
- 1856 - Toru Dutt, English and French poet and author (d. 1877)
- 1856 - Alfred William Rich, English painter (d. 1921)
- 1854 - Sir Napier Shaw, British meteorologist (d. 1945)
- 1847 - Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (d. 1904)
- 1838 - Paul Lacome, French composer (d. 1920)
- 1835 - John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d. 1911)
- 1828 - Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys), Welsh clergyman and author (d. 1870)
- 1826 - John Buford, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. 1863)
- 1826 - Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher (d. 1887)
- 1826 - Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (d. 1863)
- 1823 - George Caron, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)
- 1822 - Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician (d. 1880)
- 1820 - Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (d. 1856)
- 1817 - Edwards Pierrepont, American statesman and the 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
- 1793 - Karl Lachmann, German philologist (d. 1851)
- 1792 - Samuel Slocum, American inventor (d. 1861)
- 1790 - David "Robber" Lewis, American robber known for giving stolen money to the poor. (d. 1820)
- 1782 - Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss folklorist (d. 1830)
- 1781 - Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
- 1770 - Joseph Jacotot, French teacher and educational philosopher (d. 1840)
- 1756 - Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (d. 1823)
- 1745 - Charles Dibdin, English composer (d. 1814)
- 1745 - Kazimierz Pu?aski, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1779)
- 1729 - Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (d. 1794)
- 1719 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (d. 1777)
- 1715 - James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British statesman (d. 1763)
- 1706 - Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)
- 1702 - Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)
- 1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
- 1665 - Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
- 1651 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (d. 1716)
- 1610 - William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)
- 1602 - Kan? Tan'y?, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
- 1525 - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (d. 1594)
- 1492 - Francesco de Layolle, Italian composer (d. c. 1540)
- 1394 - Henry the Navigator (d. 1460)
- 1188 - Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)