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== Events ==
* [[51]] - [[Nero]], later to become [[Roman Emperor]], is given the title [[princeps iuventutis]] (head of the youth).
* [[303]] or [[304]] - [[Martyrdom]] of [[Saint]] [[Adrian of Nicomedia]].
* [[852]] - Croatian [[Duke]] [[Trpimir I of Croatia|Trpimir I]] issued a [[statute]], a document with the first known written mention of the [[Croats]] name in Croatian sources.
* [[932]] - Translation of the [[relics]] of [[martyr]] [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia]], Prince of the [[Czechs]].
* [[1152]] - [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick I Barbarossa]] is elected [[Germanic king|King]] of the [[Jẹ́mánì|Germans]].
* [[1215]] - King [[John of England]] makes an [[oath]] to the [[Pope]] as a [[The Crusades|crusader]] to gain the support of [[Innocent III]].
* [[1238]] - The [[Battle of the Sit River]] was 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]].
* [[1275]] - [[China|Chinese]] [[astronomers]] observe a [[total eclipse]] of the [[sun]].
* [[1351]] - [[Ramathibodi]] becomes King of [[Siam]].
* [[1386]] - [[Władysław II Jagiełło]] (Jogaila) was crowned [[King of Poland]].
* [[1461]] - [[Wars of the Roses]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]]: [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] [[British monarchy|King]] [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] is deposed by his [[House of York|Yorkist]] cousin, who then becomes King [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]].
* [[1492]] - King [[James IV of Scotland]] concludes an [[Military alliance|alliance]] with [[France]] against [[England]].
* [[1493]] - Explorer [[Christopher Columbus]] arrives back in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] aboard his ship [[Niña]] from his discovery voyage to [[the USA|America]]. He returned to [[Spain]] on [[March 15]].
* [[1519]] - [[Hernan Cortes]] arrives in [[Mexico]] in search of the [[Aztec]] civilization and their wealth. 
* [[1570]] - King [[Philip II of Spain]] bans foreign [[Netherlands|Dutch]] students. 
* [[1611]] - [[George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury|George Abbot]] is appointed [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* [[1621]] - [[Jakarta]], [[Java (island)|Java]] is renamed [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]].
* [[1629]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is granted a [[Royal charter]]. 
* [[1634]] - Samuel Cole opens the first [[tavern]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
* [[1665]] - [[England|English]] King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] declares war on [[The Netherlands]] which marked the start of the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]].
* [[1675]] - [[John Flamsteed]] appointed first [[Astronomer Royal]] of [[England]]. 
* [[1681]] - [[Charles II of England]] grants a land charter to [[William Penn]] for the area that will later become [[Pennsylvania]].
* [[1774]] - First sighting of [[Orion Nebula]] by [[William Herschel]].
* [[1776]] - The American [[American Revolutionary War|War of Independence]]: The Americans capture "[[Dorchester Heights]]" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
* [[1778]] - The [[Continental Congress]] voted to [[ratify]] both the [[Treaty of Amity and Commerce (USA-France)|Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] and the [[Treaty of Alliance]] with [[France]]. The two treaties were the first entered into by the [[United States]] government.
* [[1789]] - In [[New York, New York|New York City]], the first [[Congress of the United States|United States Congress]] meets, putting the [[United States Constitution|Constitution of the United States]] into effect. 
* [[1790]] - [[France]] is divided into 83 ''[[département in France|départements]]'', which cut across the [[provinces of France|former provinces]] in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
* [[1791]] - [[Vermont]] is admitted as the 14th [[U.S. state]].
* 1791 - A [[Constitutional Act of 1791|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]]).
* [[1793]] - [[France|French]] troops conquer [[Geertruidenberg]], [[Netherlands]]. 
* [[1794]] - The [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|11th Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]] was passed by the [[U.S. Congress]].
* [[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]].
* [[1804]] - The [[Castle Hill convict rebellion|Battle of Vinegar Hill]], colony of [[New South Wales]] ([[Australia]]), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland’s [[Battle of Vinegar Hill]] in [[1798]]) led the colony’s only significant convict uprising. 
* [[1813]] - [[Russia]]n troops fighting the army of [[Napoleon]] reach [[Berlin]] in [[Jẹ́mánì|Germany]] and the [[France|French]] garrison [[evacuate]] the city without a fight.
* [[1814]] - [[United States|Americans]] defeat the [[Armed Forces of the United Kingdom|British]] at the [[Battle of Longwoods]] between [[London]] and Thamesville near present-day [[Wardsville]], [[Ontario]].
* [[1824]] - The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the [[United Kingdom]], later to be renamed The [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] in [[1858]].
* [[1837]] - [[Chicago]] becomes incorporated as a city.
* [[1848]] - [[Charles Albert of Savoy|Carlo Alberto di Savoia]] signs the ''[[Statuto Albertino]]'' that will later represent the first [[constitution]] of the ''[[Italy|Regno d'Italia]]''
* [[1861]] - First national flag of the [[Confederate States of America]] (the 'Stars and Bars') adopted.
* [[1865]] - Third (and last) national flag of the [[Confederate States of America]] adopted.
* [[1877]] - [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]'s [[ballet]] ''[[Swan Lake]]'' premiers at the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in [[Moscow]].
* [[1882]] - [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]]'s first electric trams run in [[East London, England|East London]].
* [[1887]] - [[Gottlieb Daimler]] unveils his first [[automobile]] which he test runs in [[Esslingen]] and [[Cannstatt]], [[Jẹ́mánì|Germany]].
* [[1890]] - The longest bridge in the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Forth Bridge (railway)]] (1,710 ft) in [[Scotland]] is opened by the [[Prince of Wales]], who later became King [[Edward VII of England|Edward VII]].
* [[1893]] - [[Congo Free State]]: The army of [[Francis, Baron Dhanis]] attacks the [[Lualaba]], enabling him to transport his troops across the Upper [[Congo River|Congo]] and, capture Nyangwe almost without an effort.
* [[1894]] - Great fire in [[Shanghai]]. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed.
* [[1899]] - [[Cyclone Mahina]] sweeps in north of [[Cooktown]], [[Queensland]], with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead.
* [[1902]] - In [[Chicago]], the [[American Automobile Association]] is established.
* [[1904]] - [[Russo-Japanese War]]: [[Russia]]n troops in [[Korea]] retreat toward [[Manchuria]] followed by 100,000 [[Japan]]ese troops.
* [[1908]] - The [[Collinwood School Fire]], [[Collinwood]] near [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], kills 174 people.
* [[1911]] - [[Victor Berger]] (Wisconsin) becomes the first [[socialist]] [[congressman]] in [[United States|U.S.]].
* [[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. 
* [[1925]] - [[Calvin Coolidge]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] to have his [[inauguration]] broadcast on radio.
* [[1929]] - [[Charles Curtis]] becomes the first [[Native Americans in the United States|native-American]] [[Vice President]].
* [[1930]] - Terrible floods ransack [[Languedoc]] and the surrounds in south-west [[France]], resulting in twelve departments being submerged by water and causing the death of over 700 people.
* [[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 that salt is freely used by the poorest layers of the population.
* [[1933]] - [[Frances Perkins]] becomes [[United States Secretary of Labor]], first female member of the [[United States Cabinet]].
* 1933 - [[Bertha Wilson]] is appointed as first woman to sit on the [[Supreme Court of Canada]].
* 1933 - The [[Parliament of Austria]] is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - [[Chancellor of Austria|Chancellor]] [[Engelbert Dollfuss]] initiates [[authoritarian]] rule by decree (see [[Austrofascism]]).
* [[1941]] - The [[United Kingdom]] launches [[Operation Claymore]] on the [[Lofoten Islands]], during [[World War II]].
* 1941 - [[Adolf Hitler]] applies pressure on [[Yugoslavia]] to join the [[Tripartite Pact]].
* [[1944]] - First [[United States|U.S.]] daylight bombing of [[Berlin]] and Anti-[[Jẹ́mánì|Germany]] strikes in northern [[Italy]].
* [[1945]] - In the [[United Kingdom]], [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Princess Elizabeth]], later to become Queen Elizabeth II, joins the [[British Army]] as a driver.
* 1945 - [[Lapland War]]: [[Finland]] declares war on [[Nazi Germany]].
* [[1954]] - [[Peter Bent Brigham Hospital]] in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful [[kidney]] [[transplant]].
* [[1957]] - The [[S&P 500]] [[stock market index]] is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
* [[1959]] - [[United States|U.S.]] [[Pioneer 4]] misses [[Moon]] and becomes the second ([[United States|U.S.]] first) artificial planet.
* [[1960]] - [[France|French]] freighter 'La Coubre' explodes in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] killing 100. [[Fidel Castro]] blames the [[U.S.]]
* [[1962]] - [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]] announces that the first atomic power plant at [[McMurdo Station]] in [[Antarctica]] is in operation.
* 1966 - [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines]] [[DC-8]]-43 explodes on landing at [[Tokyo International Airport]], killing 64 people.
* [[1970]] - [[France|French]] submarine ''[[Eurydice (S644)|Eurydice]]'' explodes.
* [[1972]] - [[Libya]] and the [[Soviet Union]] sign a cooperation treaty.
* [[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]].
* [[1977]] - The [[1977 Bucharest Earthquake]] in southern and eastern [[Europe]] kills more than 1,500.
* 1977 - The first [[Cray-1]] [[supercomputer]] is shipped to the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], [[New Mexico]]. 
* [[1979]] - The first [[encyclical]] written by [[Pope John Paul II]], [[Redemptor Hominis]] ([[Latin]] for "The Redeemer of Man") is [[promulgate]]d less than five months after his installation as [[pope]].
* [[1980]] - [[Nationalist]] leader [[Robert Mugabe]] wins a sweeping election victory to become [[Zimbabwe]]'s first black [[prime minister]].
* [[1982]] - [[NASA]] launches "Intelsat V".
* [[1985]] - The [[Food and Drug Administration]] approves a [[blood test]] for [[AIDS]], used since then for screening all [[blood donation]]s in the [[United States]].
* [[1991]] - [[Sheikh]] [[Saad Al-Abdallah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], the [[Prime Minister of Kuwait]], returned to his country for the first time since [[Iraq]]'s invasion. 
* [[1994]] - [[Space shuttle]] [[STS-62]] ([[Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'']] 16) launches into orbit.
* 1994 - [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]'s [[Croats]] and [[Moslems]] sign an agreement to form a [[federation]] in a loose economic union with [[Croatia]].
* [[1997]] - US President [[Bill Clinton]] bans federally funded [[human cloning]] research.
* [[1998]] - [[LGBT rights in the United States|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.
* [[2001]] - [[4 March 2001 BBC bombing]]: a massive car bomb explodes in front of the [[BBC Television Centre]] in [[London]], seriously injuring 11 people. The attack was attributed to the [[Real IRA]].
* 2001 - [[Hintze Ribeiro disaster]], a bridge collapses in northern [[Portugal]], killing up to 70 people. 
* [[2002]] - [[Canada]] bans human [[embryo]] [[cloning]] but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from [[fertility]] treatment or [[abortions]].
* 2002 - [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Multinational Force in 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.
* [[2005]] - The car of released [[Italy|Italian]] hostage [[Giuliana Sgrena]] is fired on by [[Military of the United States|US soldiers]] in [[Iraq]], causing the death of an Italian Secret Service Agent and injuring two passengers.
* 2005 - [[United Nations]] warns that about 90 million [[Africans]] could be infected by the [[HIV virus]] in the future without further action against the spread of the disease.
* [[2006]] - Final contact attempt with [[Pioneer 10]] by the [[Deep Space Network]]. No response was received.
* [[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]].
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== Births ==
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* [[1188]] - [[Blanche of Castile]], wife of [[Louis VIII of France]] (d. [[1252]])
* [[1394]] - [[Henry the Navigator]] (d. [[1460]])
* [[1492]] - [[Francesco de Layolle]], Italian composer (d. c.[[1540]])
* [[1525]] - [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]], Italian composer of Renaissance music (d. [[1594]])
* [[1610]] - [[William Dobson]], English portraitist and painter (d. [[1646]])
* [[1651]] - [[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers]] (d. [[1716]])
* [[1665]] - [[Philip Christoph von Königsmarck]], Swedish soldier (d. [[1694]])
* [[1678]] - [[Antonio Vivaldi]], Italian composer (d. [[1741]])
* [[1702]] - [[Jack Sheppard]], English burglar and escapee (d. [[1724]])
* [[1706]] - [[Lauritz de Thurah]], Danish architect and architectural writer (d. [[1759]])
* [[1715]] - [[James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave]], British statesman (d. [[1763]])
* [[1719]] - [[George Pigot, Baron Pigot]], British governor of Madras (d. [[1777]])
* [[1745]] - [[Charles Dibdin]], English composer (d.[[1814]])
* [[1746]] - [[Kazimierz Pułaski]], American Revolutionary War general (d. [[1779]])
* [[1756]] - [[Sir Henry Raeburn]], Scottish painter (d. [[1823]])
* [[1781]] - [[Rebecca Gratz]], American educator and philanthropist (d. [[1869]])
* [[1782]] - [[Johann Rudolf Wyss]], Swiss folklorist (d. [[1830]])
* [[1792]] - [[Samuel Slocum]], American inventor (d. [[1861]])
* [[1793]] - [[Karl Lachmann]], German philologist (d. [[1851]])
* [[1817]] - [[Edwards Pierrepont]], American statesman, jurist and lawyer; 34th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. [[1892]])
* [[1819]] - [[Charles Oberthur]], German-born harpist (d. [[1895]])
* [[1820]] - [[Francesco Bentivegna]], Italian revolutionary (d. [[1856]])
* [[1822]] - [[Jules Antoine Lissajous]], French mathematician (d. [[1880]])
* [[1826]] - [[John Buford]], American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. [[1863]])
* 1826 - [[Theodore Judah]], American railroad engineer (d. [[1863]])
* [[1835]] - [[John Hughlings Jackson]], English neurologist (d. [[1911]])
* [[1847]] - [[Karl Bayer]], Austrian chemist (d. [[1904]])
* [[1854]] - Sir [[Napier Shaw]], British meteorologist (d. [[1945]])
* [[1856]] - [[Toru Dutt]], English and French poet and author (d. [[1877]])
* 1856 - [[Alfred William Rich]], English painter (d. [[1921]])
* [[1859]] - [[Alexander Stepanovich Popov]], Russian physicist (d. [[1905]])
* [[1862]] - [[Jacob Robert Emden]], Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. [[1940]])
* [[1863]] - [[Reginald Innes Pocock]], British zoologist (d. [[1947]])
* [[1863]] - [[Guilląme Furrét]], Portuguese playwright and political activist (d. [[1937]])
* 1863 - [[John Henry Wigmore]], American jurist and expert in the law of evidence (d. [[1943]])
* [[1864]] - [[David W. Taylor]], U.S. Navy architect (d. [[1940]])
* [[1870]] - [[Thomas Sturge Moore]], English poet (d. [[1944]])
* [[1871]] - [[Boris Galerkin]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1945]])
* [[1873]] - [[Guy Wetmore Carryl]], American humorist and poet (d. [[1904]])
* 1873 - [[John H. Trumbull]], 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (d. [[1961]])
* [[1875]] - [[Mihály Károlyi]], former [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] and [[President of Hungary]] (d. [[1955]])
* [[1876]] - [[Léon-Paul Fargue]], French poet (d. [[1947]])
* 1876 - [[Theodore Hardeen]], Magician and stunt performer, founder of the Magician's Guild (d. [[1945]])
* [[1877]] - [[Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike]], Russian composer (d. [[1957]])
* 1877 - [[Fritz Graebner]], German ethnologist (d. [[1934]])
* 1877 - [[Garrett Morgan]], American inventor (d. [[1963]])
* [[1878]] - [[Egbert Van Alstyne]], American songwriter and pianist (d. [[1951]])
* 1878 - [[Peter D. Ouspensky]], Russian philosopher (d. [[1947]])
* 1878 - [[Arishima Takeo]], Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist (d. [[1923]])
* [[1879]] - [[Josip Murn Aleksandrov]], Slovenian poet (d. [[1901]])
* [[1880]] - [[Channing Pollock (writer)|Channing Pollock]], American playwright and critic (d. [[1946]])
* [[1881]] - [[Todor Aleksandrov]], 19th century Bulgarian revolutionary (d. [[1924]])
* 1881 - [[Maude Fealy]], American actor (d. [[1971]])
* 1881 - [[Thomas Sigismund Stribling]], American writer (d. [[1965]])
* 1881 - [[Richard C. Tolman]], American mathematical physicist (d. [[1948]])
* [[1882]] - [[Nicolae Titulescu]], Romanian diplomat, government minister, and former President of the League of Nations (d. [[1941]])
* [[1883]] - [[Sam Langford]], Canadian boxer (d. [[1956]])
* [[1884]] - [[Red Murray]], American professional baseball player (d. [[1958]])
* [[1886]] - [[Paul Bazelaire]], French cellist (d. [[1958]])
* [[1887]] - [[Violet MacMillan]], American Broadway theatre actress (d. [[1953]])
* [[1888]] - [[Jeff Pfeffer]], American professional baseball pitcher (d. [[1972]])
* 1888 - [[Knute Rockne]], American football player and coach (d. [[1931]])
* [[1889]] - [[Oscar Chisini]], Italian mathematician (d. [[1967]])
* 1889 - [[Oren E. Long]], 10th Territorial Governor of Hawai'i (d. [[1965]])
* 1889 - [[Pearl White]], American actress (d. [[1938]])
* [[1891]] - [[Dazzy Vance]], American Major League Baseball pitcher (d. [[1961]])
* 1891 - [[Lois Wilson (activist)|Lois Wilson]], founder of [[Al-Anon]] (d. [[1988]])
* [[1895]] - [[Bjarne Brustad]], Norwegian violinist (d. [[1978]])
* 1895 - [[Milt Gross]], American comic book illustrator (d. [[1953]])
* 1895 - [[Shemp Howard]], American comedian ([[Three Stooges]]) (d. [[1955]])
* [[1897]] - [[Lefty O'Doul]], American baseball player (d. [[1969]])
* [[1898]] - [[Georges Dumézil]], French philologist (d. [[1940]])
* [[1899]] - [[Emilio Prados]], Spanish poet and editor (d. [[1962]])
* [[1900]] - [[Herbert Biberman]], American screenwriter (d. [[1971]])
* [[1901]] - [[Charles Goren]], American bridge player and writer (d. [[1991]])
* 1901 - [[Jean Joseph Rabearivelo]], Malagasy/French poet (d. [[1937]])
* [[1903]] - [[Luis Carrero Blanco]], Spanish statesman (d. [[1973]])
* 1903 - [[William C. Boyd]], American immunochemist (d. [[1983]])
* 1903 - [[Dorothy Mackaill]], British-born actress (d. [[1990]])
* 1903 - [[John Scarne]], American magician (d. [[1985]])
* [[1904]] - [[George Gamow]], Ukrainian-born physicist (d. [[1968]])
* 1904 - [[Joseph Schmidt]] Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. [[1942]])
* 1904 - [[Chief Tahachee (actor)|Chief Tahachee]], American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian stage and film actor (d. [[1978]])
* [[1906]] - [[Meindert DeJong]] American author (d. [[1991]])
* 1906 - [[Georges Ronsse]], Belgian national cyclo-cross and world champion road bicycle racer (d. [[1969]])
* 1906 - [[Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr.]], American businessman (d. [[2007]])
* [[1907]] - [[Eleanor "Sis" Daley]], wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (d. [[2003]])
* [[1908]] - [[T.R.M. Howard]], American civil rights leader (d. [[1976]])
* [[1909]] - [[Harry Helmsley]], American real estate entrepreneur (d.[[1997]])
* [[1912]] - [[Afro Basaldella]], Italian painter (d. [[1976]])
* 1912 - [[Judith Furse]], British character actress (d. [[1974]])
* 1912 - [[Carl Marzani]], American documentarian (d. [[1994]])
* [[1913]] - [[Taos Amrouche]], Algerian writer and singer (d. [[1976]])
* 1913 - [[John Garfield]], American actor (d. [[1952]])
* 1913 - [[Willie Johnson (guitarist)]], American guitarist (d. [[1995]])
* [[1914]] - [[Gino Colaussi]] (Luigi Colaussi), Italian footballer (d. [[1991]])
* 1914 - [[Ward Kimball]], American cartoonist (d. [[2002]])
* 1914 - [[Robert R. Wilson]], American physicist, sculptor and architect (d. [[2000]])
* [[1915]] - [[Carlos Surinach]], Spanish composer (d. [[1997]])
* [[1916]] - [[William Alland]], American actor, producer, writer and director (d. [[1997]])
* 1916 - [[Giorgio Bassani]], Italian writer (d. [[2000]])
* 1916 - [[Hans Eysenck]], German-born psychologist (d. [[1997]])
* [[1917]] - [[Clyde McCullough]], American baseball player (d. [[1982]])
* [[1918]] - [[Margaret Osborne duPont]], American tennis player
* [[1919]] - [[Buck Baker]], American racecar driver (d. [[2002]])
* [[1920]] - [[Jean Lecanuet]], French politician (d. [[1993]])
* 1920 - [[Alan MacNaughtan]], Scottish actor (d. [[2002]])
* [[1921]] - [[Halim El-Dabh]], Egyptian-born composer
* 1921 - [[Joan Greenwood]], English actress (d. [[1987]])
* 1921 - [[Wilson Harris]], Guyanese writer
* 1921 - [[Dinny Pails]], Australian tennis player
* [[1922]] - [[Richard E. Cunha]], American cinematographer and film director (d. [[2005]])
* 1922 - [[Martha O'Driscoll]], American film actress (d. [[1998]])
* 1922 - [[Dina Pathak]] (Deena Pathak), Veteran Gujarati theatre and film actress (d. [[2002]])
* [[1923]] - [[Sir Patrick Moore]], British astronomer
* [[1924]] - [[Kenneth O'Donnell]], aide to US President John F. Kennedy (d. [[1977]])
* [[1925]] - [[Paul Mauriat]], French musician (d. [[2006]])
* [[1926]] - [[Richard DeVos]], American billionaire, co-founder of [[Amway]]
* 1926 - [[James J. Eagan]], Former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. [[2000]])
* 1926 - [[Pascual Pérez (boxing)]], Argentine flyweight boxer (d. [[1977]])
* 1926 - [[Don Rendell]], English jazz musician and arranger
* 1926 - [[Fran Warren]], American singer
* [[1927]] - [[Philip Batt]], 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Idaho
* 1927 - [[Thayer David]], American actor (d. [[1978]])
* 1927 - [[Robert Orben]], American magician
* 1927 - [[Dick Savitt]], American tennis player
* 1927 - [[Cy Touff]], American jazz musician (d. [[2003]])
* [[1928]] - [[Samuel Adler (composer)|Samuel Adler]], American composer
* 1928 - [[Alan Sillitoe]], English writer
* [[1929]] - [[Bernard Haitink]], Dutch conductor 
* 1929 - [[Josep Mestres Quadreny]], Catalan composer
* [[1931]] - [[Wally Bruner]], American journalist and television host (d. [[1997]])
* 1931 - [[Bob Johnson (ice hockey)|Bob Johnson]], American ice hockey coach (d. [[1991]]) 
* 1931 - [[William Henry Keeler]], American Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
* 1931 - [[Alice Rivlin]], American economist
* [[1932]] - [[Ryszard Kapuściński]], Polish journalist (d. [[2007]])
* 1932 - [[Miriam Makeba]], South African singer 
* 1932 - [[Ed Roth|Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]], American car designer (d. [[2001]])
* 1932 - [[Frank Wells]], American entertainment businessman (d. [[1994]])
* [[1933]] - [[Ann Burton]], Dutch jazz singer (d. [[1989]])
* 1933 - [[John W Mills]], British sculptor
* 1933 - [[Nino Vaccarella]], former Italian sports car racing and [[Formula One]] driver
* [[1934]] - [[Mario Davidovsky]], Argentinian composer
* 1934 - [[John Duffey]], American bluegrass musician (d. [[1996]])
* 1934 - [[Anne Haney]], American actress (d. [[2001]])
* 1934 - [[Barbara McNair]], American singer and actress (d. [[2007]])
* 1934 - [[Janez Strnad]], Slovenian physicist
* 1934 - [[Gleb Yakunin]], Russian priest and dissident
* [[1935]] - [[Bent Larsen]], Danish chess player
* 1935 - [[Nancy Whiskey]], Scottish folk singer (d. [[2003]])
* [[1936]] - [[Jim Clark]], [[OBE]], Scottish racing driver and two-time [[F1]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]] (d. [[1968]])
* 1936 - [[Aribert Reimann]], German composer 
* [[1937]] - [[Graham Dowling]], New Zealand cricketer
* 1937 - [[Leslie Gelb]], American foreign policy advisor
* 1937 - [[Yuri Senkevich]], Russian cosmonaut (d. [[2003]])
* 1937 - [[Barney Wilen]], French jazz saxophonist (d. [[1996]])
* [[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
* [[1939]] - [[Jack Fisher]], American baseball player
* 1939 - [[Carlos Vereza]], Brazilian actor
* [[1940]] - [[Volodymyr Morozov]], Ukrainian flatwater canoer
* [[1941]] - [[John Aprea]], American actor
* 1941 - [[Adrian Lyne]], English film director
* 1941 - [[Bobby Shew]], American jazz musician
* [[1942]] - [[Gloria Gaither]], American gospel songwriter
* 1942 - [[Charles C. Krulak]], 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
* 1942 - [[David Matthews (keyboardist)|David Matthews]], American keyboardist, pianist, and arranger
* [[1943]] - [[Lucio Dalla]], Italian singer and songwriter
* 1943 - [[Zoltan Jeney]], Hungarian composer
* [[1944]] - [[Ulrich Roski]], German singer-songwriter (d. [[2003]])
* 1944 - [[Harvey Postlethwaite]], English engineer and race car designer (d. [[1999]])
* 1944 - [[Bobby Womack]], American singer
* [[1945]] - [[Tara Browne]], British socialite (d. [[1966]])
* 1945 - [[Dieter Meier]], Swiss singer
* 1945 - [[Frank Novak]], American actor 
* 1945 - [[Tommy Svensson]], Swedish football manager
* 1945 - [[Gary Williams]], American basketball coach
* [[1946]] - [[Michael Ashcroft]], English entrepreneur
* 1946 - [[Haile Gerima]], Ethiopian filmmaker
* 1946 - [[Harvey Goldsmith]], British impresario
* [[1947]] - [[David Franzoni]], American screenwriter
* 1947 - [[Jan Garbarek]], Norwegian musician
* 1947 - [[Gunnar Hansen]], Icelandic actor
* 1947 - [[Gwen Welles]], American actress (d. [[1993]])
* [[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 gay and lesbian rights activist and politician (d. [[2005]])
* 1948 - [[Chris Squire]], English bassist ([[Yes (band)|Yes]])
* 1948 - [[Shakin' Stevens]], Welsh singer
* [[1949]] - [[Carroll Baker (singer)|Carroll Baker]], Canadian country singer and songwriter
* [[1950]] - [[Ofelia Medina]], Mexican actress and screenwriter
* 1950 - [[Rick Perry]], [[Governor of Texas]]
* [[1951]] - [[Edelgard Bulmahn]], German politician
* 1951 - [[Kenny Dalglish]], Scottish footballer and manager
* 1951 - [[Theresa Hak Kyung Cha]], American novelist (d. [[1982]])
* 1951 - [[Sam Perlozzo]], American Major League Baseball manager (Baltimore Orioles)
* 1951 - [[Mike Quarry]], American light heavyweight boxer (d. [[2006]])
* 1951 - [[Chris Rea]], English singer
* 1951 - [[Linda Yamamoto]], Japanese singer
* [[1952]] - [[Ronn Moss]], American actor
* 1952 - [[Umberto Tozzi]], Italian singer
* [[1953]] - [[Emilio Estefan]], Cuban percussionist
* 1953 - [[Scott Hicks]], Ugandan-born film director
* 1953 - [[Paweł Janas]], Polish football manager and former footballer
* 1953 - [[Kay Lenz]], American actress
* 1953 - [[Chris Smith (US politician)|Chris Smith]], American politician
* [[1954]] - [[Mark Chorvinsky]], American author and editor (d. [[2005]])
* 1954 - [[François Fillon]], French politician, Prime Minister of France
* 1954 - [[Peter Jacobsen]], American professional golfer
* 1954 - [[Catherine O'Hara]], Canadian actress
* 1954 - [[Irina Ratushinskaya]], Russian writer and dissident
* 1954 - [[Willie Thorne]], English snooker player
* 1954 - [[Adrian Zmed]], American actor
* [[1955]] - [[Rowland Charles Gould]] (Boon Gould) English musician ([[Level 42]]) 
* 1955 - [[Dominique Pinon]], French actor
* 1955 - [[James Weaver (racing driver)|James Weaver]], English race car driver
* [[1956]] - [[Kermit Driscoll]], American jazz bassist
* [[1957]] - [[Jim Dwyer]], American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
* 1957 - [[Rick Mast]], American NASCAR driver
* [[1958]] - [[Patricia Heaton]], American actress
* 1958 - [[Lennie Lee]], British artist
* [[1959]] - [[Rick Ardon]], Australian news presenter
* [[1960]] - [[Mikko Kuustonen]], Finnish singer and songwriter
* 1960 - [[John Mugabi]], Ugandan boxer
* 1960 - [[Christina Sussiek]], former German athlete
* 1960 - [[Mykelti Williamson]], American actor
* [[1961]] - [[Sabine Everts]], former German track athlete
* 1961 - [[Ray Mancini]], American boxer
* 1961 - [[Steven Weber (actor)|Steven Weber]], American actor
* 1961 - [[Roger Wessels]], South African golfer
* [[1962]] - [[Simon Bisley]], British comic book artist
* 1962 - [[Lolo Ferrari]], French actress (d. [[2000]])
* 1962 - [[Greg Kragen]], American footballer
* 1962 - [[David Sparrow]], English actor
* [[1963]] - [[Barbara Bubula]], Polish politician
* 1963 - [[Janey Lee Grace]], English singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
* 1963 - [[Jason Newsted]], American bassist ([[Metallica]])
* 1963 - [[Daniel Roebuck]], American actor
* [[1964]] - [[Tom Lampkin]], American baseball player
* 1964 - [[Paolo Virzì]], Italian screenwriter and director
* [[1965]] - [[Paul W. S. Anderson]], English filmmaker
* 1965 - [[Andrew Collins (broadcaster)|Andrew Collins]], English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster
* 1965 - [[Stacy Edwards]], American actress
* 1965 - [[Gary Helms]], American country singer
* 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
* [[1966]] - [[Daniela Amavia]], Greek-American actress and international model
* 1966 - [[Steve Bastoni]], Italian Australian actor
* 1966 - [[Emese Hunyady]], Hungarian speed skater
* 1966 - [[Kevin Johnson]], American basketball player
* 1966 - [[Dav Pilkey]], American author
* 1966 - [[Grand Puba]], American rapper
* 1966 - [[Wash West]], English gay porn film director
* [[1967]] - [[Daryll Cullinan]], South African cricketer
* 1967 - [[Evan Dando]], American musician ([[The Lemonheads]])
* 1967 - [[Andrew Osmond]], English writer
* 1967 - [[Kubilay Türkyılmaz]], former Turkish-Swiss footballer
* [[1968]] - [[Giovanni Carrara]], Venezuelan baseball player
* 1968 - [[Patsy Kensit]], English actress
* 1968 - [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]], Greek politician
* [[1969]] - [[Chastity Bono]], American actress 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 experimental pop singer, songwriter and musician
* 1969 - [[Patrick Roach]], Canadian actor
* 1969 - [[Jason Townsend]], American artist and record producer 
* [[1970]] - [[Andrea Bendewald]], American actress
* 1970 - [[Àlex Crivillé]], Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
* [[1971]] - [[Iain Baird]], Canadian soccer player
* 1971 - [[Fergal Lawler]], Irish drummer ([[The Cranberries]])
* 1971 - [[Satoshi Motoyama]], Japanese racing driver
* 1971 - [[Shavar Ross]], American actor-turned film director, writer, film producer and editor
* 1971 - [[Nick Stabile]], American actor
* 1971 - [[Jovan Stanković]], Serbian footballer
* [[1972]] - [[Pae Gil-Su]], North Korean gymnast
* 1972 - [[Ivy Queen]], American composer and singer
* 1972 - [[Robert Smith (football)|Robert Smith]], American footballer
* 1972 - [[Jos Verstappen]], Dutch Formula One driver
* 1972 - [[Alison Wheeler]], British singer ([[The Beautiful South]])
* [[1973]] - [[Summer Cummings]], American actress
* 1973 - [[Phillip Daniels]], American footballer
* 1973 - [[Len Wiseman]], American director
* [[1974]] - [[ICS Vortex]] (Simen Hestnæs), Norwegian vocalist ([[Arcturus (band)|Arcturus]]) 
* 1974 - [[Karol Kučera]], Slovak tennis player 
* 1974 - [[Ariel Ortega]], Argentine footballer
* 1974 - [[Tommy Phelps]], American baseball player
* [[1975]] - [[Kirsten Bolm]], German hurdler
* 1975 - [[Patrick Femerling]], German-born professional basketball player
* 1975 - [[Kim Jung-Eun]], South Korean actress
* 1975 - [[Myrna Veenstra]], Dutch field hockey player
* 1975 - [[Antti Aalto]], Finnish ice hockey player
* 1975 - [[Hawksley Workman]], Canadian rock singer-songwriter
* [[1976]] - [[Hiram Bocachica]], Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1976 - [[Sean Covel]], American film producer
* 1976 - [[Scott Sturgeon]] (Stza Crack), American musician ([[Choking Victim]] and [[Leftover Crack]])
* 1976 - [[Thierry Renaer]], Belgian field hockey player
* 1976 - [[Vic Wunderle]], American archer
* [[1977]] - [[Ana Gabriela Guevara]], Mexican athlete
* 1977 - [[Juha Helppi]], Finnish professional poker player
* 1977 - [[Daniel Klewer]], German footballer
* 1977 - [[Jason Marsalis]], American musician
* [[1978]] - [[Nate Ackerman]], British-American logician and wrestler
* 1978 - [[Pierre Dagenais]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1978 - [[Denis Dallan]], Italian rugby union footballer
* 1978 - [[Rachel Roberts (model)|Rachel Roberts]], Canadian model and actress
* [[1979]] - [[Ben Fouhy]], New Zealand flatwater canoeist
* 1979 - [[Geoff Huegill]], Australian swimmer
* 1979 - [[John Lawler (musician)|John Lawler]] (John Fratelli), Scottish singer ([[The Fratellis]])
* [[1980]] - [[Omar Bravo]], Mexican footballer
* 1980 - [[Jung Da Bin]], South Korean actress (d. [[2007]])
* 1980 - [[Jack Hannahan]], American baseball player
* 1980 - [[Arash Markazi]], American sportswriter
* [[1981]] - [[Carol Banawa]], Filipino singer and celebrity
* 1981 - [[Donny Tourette]], English punk rock singer ([[Towers of London]])
* [[1982]] - [[Mariano Altuna]], Argentine racing driver
* 1982 - [[Landon Donovan]], American soccer player
* 1982 - [[Charity Rahmer]], American actress
* [[1983]] - [[Max Vergara Poeti]], Colombian writer
* 1983 - [[Ryan Lonie]], Australian football player.
* [[1984]] - [[Ai Iwamura]], Japanese actress 
* 1984 - [[Zak Whitbread]], American-born English soccer player
* [[1985]] - [[Chinedum Ndukwe]], American football player
* [[1986]] - [[Margo Harshman]], American actress
* 1986 - [[Tom De Mul]], Belgian footballer
* 1986 - [[Bohdan Shust]], Ukrainian footballer
* [[1990]] - [[Andrea Bowen]], American actress
* [[1991]] - [[Diandra Newlin]], American actress, singer, and fashion model
* [[1992]] - [[Jazmin Grace Grimaldi]], daughter of [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]
* [[1993]] - [[Jenna Boyd]], American actress
* 1993 - [[Alice Jones]], British actress
* 1993 - [[Abigail Mavity]], American actress
* 1993 - [[Yves Michel-Beneche]], American actor
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== Deaths ==
* [[251]] - [[Pope Lucius I]]
* [[480]] - [[Landry of Sées|Saint Landry]], [[bishop of Sées]]
* [[561]] - [[Pope Pelagius I]]
* [[1172]] - [[Stephen III of Hungary]] (b. [[1147]])
* [[1193]] - [[Saladin]], Kurdish sultan (b. [[1137]])
* [[1238]] - [[Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland]], wife of [[Alexander II of Scotland|Alexander II]] (b. [[1210]])
* 1238 - [[Yuri II]], [[Grand Prince]] of [[Vladimir]] (b. [[1189]])
* [[1303]] - [[Daniel of Moscow]], Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. [[1261]])
* [[1484]] - [[Saint Casimir]], Prince of Poland (b. [[1458]])
* [[1496]] - [[Sigismund of Austria]] (b. [[1427]])
* [[1583]] - [[Bernard Gilpin]], English clergyman, "Apostle of the North" (b. [[1517]])
* [[1604]] - [[Fausto Paolo Sozzini]], Italian theologian (b. [[1539]])
* [[1615]] - [[Hans von Aachen]], German painter (b. [[1552]])
* [[1619]] - [[Anne of Denmark]], wife of [[James I of England|James I]] (b. [[1574]])
* [[1710]] - [[Louis III, Prince of Condé]] (b. [[1668]])
* [[1733]] - [[Claude de Forbin]], French naval commander (b. [[1656]])
* [[1744]] - [[John Anstis]], [[Garter King of Arms]] (b. [[1669]]) 
* [[1762]] - [[Johannes Zick]], German fresco painter (b. [[1702]])
* [[1793]] - [[Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre|Louis de Bourbon]], French admiral (b. [[1725]])
* [[1795]] - [[John Collins (delegate)|John Collins]], American politician (b. [[1717]])
* [[1805]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], French painter (b. [[1725]])
* [[1807]] - [[Abraham Baldwin]], American politician (b. [[1754]])
* [[1821]] - [[Princess Elizabeth of Clarence]], daughter of King [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]], granddaughter of King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] (b. [[1820]])
* [[1832]] - [[Jean-François Champollion]], French scholar (b. [[1790]])
* [[1851]] - [[James Richardson (explorer of the Sahara)|James Richardson]], British explorer (b. [[1809]])
* [[1852]] - [[Nikolai Gogol]], Russian writer (b. [[1809]])
* [[1853]] - [[Christian Leopold von Buch]], German geologist (b. [[1774]])
* [[1858]] - [[Matthew Perry (naval officer)|Matthew Perry]], U.S. naval officer (b. [[1794]])
* [[1864]] - [[Thomas Starr King]], influential Californian Unitarian minister during the American Civil War (b. [[1824]])
* [[1866]] - [[Alexander Campbell (Restoration movement)|Alexander Campbell]], Irish founder of the [[Disciples of Christ]] (b. [[1788]])
* [[1868]] - [[Jesse Chisholm]], American pioneer of the [[Chisholm Trail]] (b. [[1805]])
* [[1872]] - [[Johannes Carsten Hauch]], Danish poet (b. [[1790]])
* [[1883]] - [[Alexander Hamilton Stephens]], former Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. [[1812]]) 
* [[1888]] - [[Amos Bronson Alcott]], American philosopher (b. [[1799]])
* [[1903]] - [[Joseph Henry Shorthouse]], English novelist (b. [[1834]])
* [[1906]] - [[John McAllister Schofield]], former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. [[1831]])
* [[1910]] - [[Knut Ångström]], Swedish physicist (b. [[1857]])
* [[1915]] - [[William Willett]], inventor of [[Daylight Saving Time]] (b. [[1856]])
* [[1916]] - [[Franz Marc]], German artist (b. [[1880]])
* [[1922]] - [[Bert Williams]], American entertainer (b. [[1874]])
* [[1925]] - [[Moritz Moszkowski]], Polish/German composer (b. [[1854]])
* 1925 - [[James Ward (psychologist)|James Ward]], English psychologist and philosopher (b. [[1843]])
* 1925 - [[John Montgomery Ward]], American baseball player (b. [[1860]])
* [[1927]] - [[Ira Remsen]] American chemist (b. [[1846]])
* [[1938]] - [[George Foster Peabody]], American politician (b. [[1852]])
* 1938 - [[Jack Taylor (20th century baseball player)|Jack Taylor]], American baseball player (b. [[1874]])
* [[1940]] - [[Hamlin Garland]], American novelist (b. [[1860]])
* [[1941]] - [[Ludwig Quidde]], German pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1858]])
* [[1944]] - [[Louis Buchalter]], Jewish American mobster (b.[[1897]]) (executed)
* 1944 - [[Louis Capone]], New York organized crime figure (b. [[1896]]) (executed)
* 1944 - [[Emanuel Weiss]], American hitman (b. [[1906]]) (executed)
* 1944 - [[Fannie Barrier Williams]], American educator and political activist (b. [[1855]])
* [[1945]] - [[Lucille La Verne]], American actress (b. [[1872]])
* 1945 - [[Mark Sandrich]], American film director, writer and producer (b. [[1900]])
* [[1946]] - [[Bror von Blixen-Finecke]], Danish big-game hunter (b. [[1886]])
* [[1948]] - [[Antonin Artaud]], French actor/director (b. [[1896]])
* [[1950]] - [[Adam Rainer]], the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. [[1899]])
* [[1952]] - [[Charles Scott Sherrington]], English scientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1857]])
* [[1954]] - [[Noel Gay]], English composer, (b. [[1898]])
* [[1959]] - [[Maxey Long]], American athlete (b. [[1878]])
* [[1960]] - [[Herbert O'Conor]], 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (b. [[1896]])
* 1960 - [[Leonard Warren]], American baritone (b. [[1911]])
* [[1962]] - [[George Mogridge]], Major League Baseball pitcher (b. [[1889]])
* [[1963]] - [[William Carlos Williams]], American poet (b. [[1883]])
* [[1967]] - [[Vladan Desnica]], Croatian and Serbian writer (b. [[1905]])
* 1967 - [[Michel Plancherel]], Swiss mathematician (b. [[1885]])
* [[1969]] - [[Nicholas Schenck]], Russian-born film empresario (b. [[1881]])
* [[1973]] - [[Samuel Tolansky]], British scientist and expert on spectroscopy (b. [[1907]])
* [[1974]] - [[Adolph Gottlieb]], American painter (b. [[1903]])
* [[1976]] - [[Walter H. Schottky]], German physicist (b. [[1886]])
* [[1977]] - [[Andrés Caicedo]], Colombian writer (b. [[1951]])
* 1977 - [[Toma Caragiu]], Romanian actor (b. [[1925]])
* 1977 - [[Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk]], German politician and former Chancellor of Germany (b. [[1887]])
* [[1978]] - [[Wesley Bolin]], former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. [[1909]])
* [[1979]] - [[Willi Unsoeld]], American mountain climber (b. [[1926]])
* [[1981]] - [[Yip Harburg]], American lyricist (b. [[1896]])
* 1981 - [[Torin Thatcher]], Indian actor (b. [[1905]])
* [[1984]] - [[Ernest Buckler]], Canadian novelist (b. [[1908]])
* 1984 - [[Jewel Carmen]], American actress (b. [[1897]])
* 1984 - [[Geoffrey Lumsden]], British actor (b. [[1914]])
* [[1986]] - [[Howard Greenfield]], American songwriter (b. [[1936]])
* 1986 - [[Richard Manuel]], Canadian musician ([[The Band]]) (b. [[1943]])
* [[1989]] - [[Tiny Grimes]], American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. [[1916]])
* [[1990]] - [[Hank Gathers]], American basketball player (b. [[1967]])
* [[1992]] - [[Art Babbitt]], American animator (b. [[1907]])
* [[1993]] - [[Art Hodes]], American jazz pianist (b. [[1904]])
* [[1994]] - [[John Candy]], Canadian comedian (b. [[1950]])
* [[1995]] - [[Eden Ahbez]], American composer (b. [[1908]])
* [[1996]] - [[Minnie Pearl]], American comedian (b. [[1912]])
* [[1997]] - [[Robert H. Dicke]], American physicist (b. [[1916]])
* 1997 - [[Carey Loftin]], American actor/stuntman (b. [[1914]])
* [[1999]] - [[Harry Blackmun]], Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. [[1908]])
* 1999 - [[Del Close]], American actor (b. [[1934]])
* 1999 - [[Karel van het Reve]], Dutch writer (b. [[1921]])
* [[2001]] - [[Glenn Hughes (American singer)|Glenn Hughes]], American singer ([[The Village People]]) (b. [[1950]])
* 2001 - [[Fred Lasswell]], American cartoonist (b. [[1916]])
* 2001 - [[Jim Rhodes]], Governor of Ohio (b. [[1909]])
* 2001 - [[Harold Stassen]], American politician (b. [[1907]])
* [[2002]] - [[Claire Davenport]], English actress (b. [[1933]])
* 2002 - [[Eric Flynn]], British actor/singer (b. [[1939]])
* 2002 - [[Elyne Mitchell]], Australian author (b. [[1913]])
* 2002 - [[Velibor Vasović]], Yugoslavian footballer (b. [[1939]])
* [[2003]] - [[Jaba Ioseliani]], Georgian bank robber (b. [[1926]])
* 2003 - [[Sébastien Japrisot]], French author, screenwriter and film director (b. [[1931]])
* [[2004]] - [[John McGeoch]], Scottish musician (b. [[1955]])
* 2004 - [[Claude Nougaro]], French singer (b. [[1929]])
* 2004 - [[George Pake]], American physicist (b. [[1924]])
* 2004 - [[Stephen Sprouse]], American fashion designer (b. [[1953]])
* [[2005]] - [[Nicola Calipari]], Italian secret service agent (b. [[1953]])
* 2005 - [[Robert Consoli]], American actor and musician (b. [[1964]])
* 2005 - [[Una Hale]], Australian soprano (b. [[1922]])
* 2005 - [[Yuriy Kravchenko]], Ukrainian statesman (b. [[1951]])
* 2005 - [[Carlos Sherman]], Uruguayan-born writer (b. [[1934]])
* [[2006]] - [[Roman Ogaza]], Polish footballer (b. [[1952]])
* 2006 - [[John Reynolds Gardiner]], American engineer (b. [[1944]])
* 2006 - [[Dave Rose]], American artist (b. [[1910]])
* 2006 - [[Edgar Valter]], Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. [[1929]])
* [[2007]] - [[Natalie Bodanya]] (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (b. [[1908]])
* 2007 - [[Thomas Eagleton]], American politician (b. [[1929]])
* 2007 - [[Bob Hattoy]], American activist (b. [[1950]])
* 2007 - [[Richard Joseph]], British games soundtrack composer (b. [[1954]])
* 2007 - [[Sunil Kumar Mahato]], Indian parliamentarian (b. [[1966]])
* 2007 - [[Tadeusz Nalepa]], Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. [[1934]])
* 2007 - [[Ian Wooldridge]], British sports journalist (b. [[1932]])
* [[2008]] - [[Gary Gygax]], Fantasy author and role-playing games creator. (b. [[1938]])
* 2008 - [[Elena Nathanael]], Greek film actress (b. [[1941]])
* 2008 - [[Leonard Rosenman]], American film, television and concert composer (b. [[1924]])

== Holidays and observances ==
* [[Pennsylvania]] - [[Charter]] Day ([[1681]]).
* [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] - [[Charter]] Day ([[1881]])
* [[United States]] - [[Inauguration Day]] ([[1789]] - [[1933]])
* [[Vermont]] - [[Confession|Admission]] Day ([[1791]]).
* [[Roman Catholicism]] - Feast day of [[Saint Casimir]], [[patron saint]] of [[Lithuania]].
* [[Roman Catholicism]] - [[Humbert III of Savoy]] 
* [[Saint]] [[Adrian of Nicomedia]], [[bishop]] of [[Saint Andrew]]'s, and his Companions.
* [[Saint Basil]] and his Companions
* [[Archbishopric of Trier|Saint Basinus]]
* [[Saint Efrem]] 
* Saint [[Pope Lucius I|Lucius I]].
* Saint [[Peter of Pappacarbone]].
* [[Roman Catholicism]] - Commemoration of [[Saint Lucius I]], [[pope]], [[martyr]].
* [[March 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]

== External links ==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/4 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=03|day=04}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Mar&day=04 On This Day in Canada]
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