Welcome to Today In History for Tuesday, February 9, 2010.

On this day in history ..

1925 - First University, Haifa Technion opens in Israel
1966 - Jewish writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Andre: Sinyavsky, are tried as traitors for writing Jewish literature
1267 - Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
1499 - France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
1537 - Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England
1540 - The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
1554 - Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
1574 - Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
1621 - Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623)
1667 - Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty
1674 - English reconquer NY from Netherlands
1682 - Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved," premieres in London
1742 - British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
1744 - Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
1775 - English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion
1788 - Austria declares war on Russia
1799 - USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
1801 - France & Austrian sign Peace of Lun‚ville
1807 - French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
1822 - American Indian Society organizes
1825 - House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president
1849 - Roman Republic declared
1861 - Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA
1861 - Tennessee votes against secession
1861 - Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states
1863 - Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
1867 - Nebraska becomes 37th US state
1870 - US Army establishes US National Weather Service
1871 - Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
1885 - 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1886 - Pres Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1891 - 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento
1893 - Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
1893 - Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan
1895 - 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
1895 - Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
1900 - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
1904 - Japan declares war on Russia
1906 - Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
1909 - 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1909 - 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio
1912 - US Tennis Assn amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
1913 - -18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
1916 - Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
1916 - NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
1918 - Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va
1918 - Sacha Guitry's "Deburan," premieres in Paris
1920 - International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
1920 - Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs
1922 - Italian govt of Bonomi falls
1922 - Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
1923 - Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms
1924 - Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
1925 - German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France
1925 - Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
1926 - Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
1929 - USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact
1932 - America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
1932 - US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY)
1933 - -63øF (-53øC), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
1934 - -14.3øF (-25.7øC), coldest day in New York City
1934 - -51øF (-46øC), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record)
1934 - Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania)
1935 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1935 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1939 - Belgian Spaak govt falls
1940 - Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 - British troops conquer El Agheila
1941 - Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish caf‚ Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe)
1942 - Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
1942 - Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1942 - Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
1943 - FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1943 - German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp
1943 - Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle
1943 - NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
1943 - Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents
1944 - U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland
1945 - -Feb 10] Germany destroys Ruhrdammen
1945 - WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
1946 - Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
1947 - Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Phila
1948 - WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 - Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists
1951 - St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
1953 - "Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication
1953 - WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 - General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA
1954 - Mario Scelba forms new govt in Italy
1955 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law
1955 - US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
1956 - -5øF (15øC) in Sicily
1956 - KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1956 - R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
1959 - Coasters's "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2
1960 - AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
1961 - Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
1962 - Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 - 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet
1963 - 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7")
1964 - 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
1964 - 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1964 - GI Joe character created
1964 - Hanumant Singh scores 105 India v England on debut at Delhi
1964 - NYC news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV
1966 - Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
1968 - Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix
1969 - Boeing 747 made its 1st commercial flight
1969 - KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1969 - World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1971 - Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
1971 - Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 & causes over $«B damage
1971 - Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
1972 - Brit Govt declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
1974 - "Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
1974 - "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24
1974 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1974 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
1975 - Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1976 - Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame
1979 - 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
1979 - ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
1979 - Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"
1979 - Nigeria amends constitution
1980 - Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game
1982 - 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
1983 - Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1984 - "Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances
1985 - Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1986 - 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas
1986 - Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
1986 - Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen
1986 - Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1986 - Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt
1986 - West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1987 - Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1987 - NY Stock Exch installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
1988 - 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St Louis
1988 - NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
1989 - Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989 - Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
1990 - "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
1990 - Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13)
1990 - Galileo flies by Venus
1990 - Namibia's constitution ratified
1991 - "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46
1991 - Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
1991 - Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice & beats him
1991 - US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
1991 - Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
1992 - "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 perfs
1992 - 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
1992 - Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ
1992 - Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
1992 - Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
1992 - NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
1992 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
1993 - Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
1994 - Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat
1995 - "Heiress" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
1995 - Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
1996 - WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
1997 - 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
1997 - 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
1997 - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am
1997 - LG Senior Golf Championship
1997 - Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational
1997 - Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
1997 - Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
1997 - Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
1998 - 6th annual ESPY Awards
1998 - Failed assassination attempt on Georgian Pres Eduard Shevardnadze
2002 - XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1404 - Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor
1441 - Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)
1578 - Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo)
1579 - John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian
1602 - Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza
1607 - Abraham Megerle, composer
1708 - Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer (op‚ra-comique)
1735 - Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian
1741 - Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer
1744 - Amos Bull, composer
1756 - Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer
1771 - Daniel Belknap, composer
1772 - Frans Mikael Franz‚n, Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo)
1773 - William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841)
1775 - Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)
1780 - Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
1783 - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29]
1808 - Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer
1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library
1822 - Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist
1826 - John Alexander Logan, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1830 - Abdl Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76)
1834 - Felix Dahn, writer
1834 - Franz Xaver Witt, composer
1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes
1853 - Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony
1854 - Aletta [Henri‰tte] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician
1854 - Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)
1857 - Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education
1863 - Anthony Hope [Hopkins], London, novelist
1865 - Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl
1865 - Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell, England, actress (Pygmalion)
1866 - George Ade, US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang)
1867 - Edward Naylor, composer
1867 - Natsume S“seki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author (Kokoro)
1871 - Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood)
1871 - Howard T Ricketts, US pathologist (studied typhus fever)
1874 - Amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed)
1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor (Houligan)
1875 - Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer
1876 - Alo‹s Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Silent hours)
1876 - Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920)
1879 - Carl Natanael Berg, composer
1879 - Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist
1882 - Thomas Campbell, S African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12)
1884 - Frederik Gerretson, [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician)
1885 - Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!
1887 - Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)
1887 - Vital Celen, Flemish writer (Puppy Love)
1890 - Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl)
1891 - Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47)
1891 - Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Acad Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities)
1892 - Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice)
1892 - Peggy Wood, Bkln NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama)
1897 - Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator
1901 - Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island)
1902 - Blanche Calloway, US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy)
1902 - Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live)
1903 - Georg Trexler, composer
1906 - Gwen Catley, British(?) soprano
1907 - Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins)
1908 - Jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy)
1909 - Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69)
1909 - Harald Genzmer, composer
1909 - Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans)
1909 - John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian
1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist
1911 - Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord
1912 - Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist
1913 - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
1914 - Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner
1914 - Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208)
1914 - Max Manus, resistance fighter
1914 - Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time)
1921 - B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)
1921 - Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher
1922 - James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner
1923 - Brendan Behan, Dublin Ireland, author/poet (Hostage)
1923 - Kathryn Grayson, NC, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate)
1923 - Norman E Shumway, Mich, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon
1924 - George Guest, British organist
1925 - Vic Wertz, baseball player
1926 - Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland
1927 - Donald Miller, CEO (Scottish Power)
1927 - Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor
1928 - Roger Mudd, Wash DC, news ancher (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News)
1929 - Bill Barrett, (Rep-R-Nebraska)
1929 - James Mulcro Drew, composer
1929 - Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
1929 - Willem Kersters, Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song)
1930 - Emil Petrovics, composer
1931 - Robert Morris, sculptor
1931 - Xavier Benguerel, composer
1933 - Countess of Airlie
1933 - Jo Ann Prentice, LPGA golfer
1933 - Justice Johnson
1933 - Lord Williams of Elvel
1934 - John A Ziegler Jr, Grosse Pointe Mich, 4th NHL pres (1977-92)
1935 - Paul Flynn, MP
1936 - Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India)
1937 - Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist
1937 - Johnny Sayles, US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle)
1939 - Barry Mann, R&B singer (Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp)
1939 - Janet Suzman, S Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
1940 - Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer (Shadows)
1940 - Smokey Robinson, rocker (& Miracles-Tears of Clown)
1941 - Sheila James Kuehl, politician/actress (Zelda-Dobie Gillis)
1942 - Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry)
1942 - Charlie Morrow, composer
1942 - Milos Stedron, composer
1942 - Peder Lunde Jr, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
1943 - Barbara Lewis, US vocalist (Hello Stranger)
1943 - James King, New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1943 - Joe Pesci, Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas)
1943 - Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 - Ryland Davies, tenor
1943 - Squire Fridell, Oakland Calif, actor (Rosetti & Ryan)
1944 - Alice Walker, US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian)
1945 - Bill Bergey, NFLer
1945 - Mia [Maria] Farrow, LA, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo)
1946 - Annette Penhaligon
1946 - M J H Sterling, Vice-Chancellor (Brunel University)
1947 - Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade)
1947 - Major Harris, US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait)
1949 - Bernard Gallacher, British golfer
1949 - Janet Issaca Ashford, writer
1949 - Judith Light, Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)
1950 - Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist
1950 - Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey Md, wrestler (Olympic-silver-1976)
1950 - Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator
1951 - Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration)
1951 - Jay Inslee, (Rep-D-Washington)
1951 - Penny Peyser, Irvington NY, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing)
1952 - Danny White, quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1953 - Andre Sevard, NHLer
1953 - Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg, Dutch actor (Hunk)
1953 - Gary Franks, (Rep-R-Connecticut)
1954 - Ulrich Walter, German FR, cosmonaut
1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, London, actor (Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny)
1955 - Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort)
1956 - Philip Jackson Ford Jr, NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1957 - Gordon Strachan, soccer player
1957 - Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader (UDF)
1958 - Alexander W B Lyle, Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer (1988 Phoenix Open)
1958 - Sandy Lyle, British golfer
1960 - Peggy A Whitson, Mt Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut
1961 - John Kruk, US baseball 1st baseman (Phila Phillies)
1962 - Diego Perez, Spain, tennis star
1962 - Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
1963 - Bonnie Levin, Miami Beach Fla, WPVA volleyballer
1963 - Madusa Miceli, [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler (WCW)
1963 - Mike Rindel, cricketer (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton v Pak 1995)
1963 - Travis Tritt, Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club)
1964 - Rachel Bolan, rocker (Skid Row)
1965 - David Brandon, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons)
1965 - Lennox Lewis, London England, Super HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1988)
1966 - Amanda Roocroft, opera singer
1966 - James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1967 - Kate Golden, Beaumont Texas, LPGA golfer (1992 Ping/Welch-5th)
1967 - Stevon Moore, NFL safety (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 - Todd Pratt, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)
1968 - Derek Strong, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Orlando Magic)
1968 - Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amat Champ)
1968 - Paul Claxton, Vidalia GA, Nike golfer (NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th)
1969 - Jeff Pahukoa, NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1969 - Jimmy Smith, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 - Peta Edebone, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1969 - Thomas Brandl, Bad Tolz GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1969 - Todd Lyght, US football quarterback (St Louis Rams)
1970 - Glenn McGrath, cricketer (NSW & Australian fast bowler 1993-)
1970 - Grant Moorhead, New Plymouth NZ, Australasia golfer
1971 - Gonzalo Floyd, CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1971 - Jason Mathews, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - Jim Miller, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers, Atl Falcons, Jaguars)
1971 - Ken Felder, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1971 - Pat O'Neill, NFL punter/place kicker (NE Patriots)
1971 - Sharon Case, Det Mich, actress (Sharon Collins-Young & Restless)
1972 - Jason George, actor (Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach)
1972 - Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer (100m freestyle record)
1973 - Amber Valletta, Phoenix AZ, model (Face, House of Style, Bazaar)
1974 - Brad Maynard, punter (NY Giants)
1974 - John Wallace, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
1974 - Orlando Bobo, guard (Minnesota Vikings)

Famous deaths for this day ..

1880 - Rabbi Israel Lipkin (Salanter)died
1555 - John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy
1567 - Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered
1583 - Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake
1588 - Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies
1617 - Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44
1640 - Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27
1670 - Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60
1675 - Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried
1740 - Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85
1751 - Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82
1765 - Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33
1811 - Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies
1812 - Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57
1817 - Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54
1824 - Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49
1846 - Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies
1849 - Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76
1860 - Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63
1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75
1881 - Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), dies at 59
1891 - Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71
1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio
1916 - Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90
1916 - Jack Barrett, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies
1917 - Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
1918 - Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30
1924 - Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53
1932 - Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered
1935 - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
1936 - Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57
1938 - Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies
1943 - ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance
1945 - George J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau
1945 - Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26
1948 - Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65
1949 - Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60
1952 - Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies
1957 - Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88
1960 - Ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82
1961 - Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70
1964 - Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55
1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79
1968 - Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77
1968 - Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78
1969 - Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68
1969 - [George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83
1973 - Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53
1974 - Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60
1975 - Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82
1977 - Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
1977 - Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59
1977 - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82
1978 - Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Fla at 12
1979 - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
1980 - Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106
1981 - Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55
1984 - Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
1984 - Yuri Andropov, Gen Sec of Soviet Communist Party (1982-84), dies at 69
1993 - David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
1993 - Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
1993 - Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
1994 - Arnold Smith, Brit 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79
1994 - Jarmila Novotna, Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86
1994 - Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88
1995 - David Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Dallas), dies at 81
1995 - J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at 89
1996 - Adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83
1996 - Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at 80
1996 - Barry Troyna, teacher/educational sociologist, dies at 44
1996 - Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at 80
1996 - Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86
1996 - Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74
1997 - Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House), dies at 53
1998 - Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95