xxxx :Iris Chacon, Puerto Rico, spanish personality (Iris Chacon Show)
xxxx :Walter Mercado, Ponce Puerto Rico, astrologer (Walter Mercado Show)
1454 :Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)
1564 :David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)
1568 :Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint
1753 :Jean-Baptiste Kl‚ber, French general/architect (Mainz, Fleurus)
1758 :Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology)
1777 :Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
1791 :George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
1814 :Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev [NS]
1824 :Leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U
1839 :Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928
1859 :Richard Engl„nder, [Peter Altenberg], Austria, author (Lebensabend)
1865 :Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918)
1877 :Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist
1881 :Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician
1881 :Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs
1890 :Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN)
1892 :David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox)
1892 :Vita Sackville-West, England, novelist/poet (The Land)
1893 :Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist/decorator
1900 :Aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43)
1902 :Edward Durell Stone, US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi)
1905 :F‚lix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes)
1905 :Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic (Byron in Italy)
1912 :Alan David Melville, polymath
1913 :Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (PvdA)
1917 :Dante B Fascell, (Rep-D-FL, 1955- )
1923 :Andr‚ Courr‚ges, France, fashion designer (introed the miniskirt)
1923 :James Buckley, (Sen-R-NY)
1926 :Gerrit A Kooy, Dutch sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa)
1929 :Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president (Guyana, 1985-92)
1930 :Harrie J B Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1930 :Thomas Schippers, Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors)
1934 :Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1)
1935 :Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun
1941 :Ger van Each, sculptor
1942 :Bert Campaneris, shortstop (Oakland A's)
1942 :Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers & Raiders)
1943 :Bobby Fischer, US, world chess champion (1972-75)
1945 :Robin Trower, London, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
1946 :Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut (backup TM-6)
1948 :Jamie Lyn Bauer, Phoenix Az, actr (Young & Restless, Centerfold Girls)
1948 :Jeffrey Osborne, Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
1950 :Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1955 :Fernando Bujones, Miami Fla, ballet dancer
1955 :Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983)
1957 :Faith Daniels, news anchor (CBS-TV)
1958 :Martin Fry, rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart)
1959 :Barbie, doll (Mattel)
1965 :Benito Santiago, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Phila Phillies)
1967 :Michael Kiselak, CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts)
1969 :George Nimako, CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts)
1970 :Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW)