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* 1008 – King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
* 1654 – Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
* 1655 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731)
* 1715 – Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)
* 1733 – Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
* 1752 – John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
* 1767 – Tyāgarāja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)
* 1772 – Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
* 1781 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
* 1796 – Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)
* 1796 – William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)
* 1820 – Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States, second wife of John Tyler (d. 1889)
* 1822 – Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)
* 1825 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)
* 1825 – Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)
* 1826 – Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)
* 1827 – John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)
* 1852 – Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)
* 1864 – Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
* 1870 – Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)
* 1873 – Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940)
* 1889 – Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (d. 1967)
* 1890 – Franklin Carmichael, Canadian artist, a founder of the Group of Seven (d. 1945)
* 1903 – Luther Adler, American stage actor (d. 1984)
* 1904 – Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975)
* 1907 – Lincoln Kirstein, American impresario (d. 1996)
* 1913 – Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
* 1914 – Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
* 1916 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian author and activist (d. 2006)
* 1916 – Richard Proenneke, American naturalist (d. 2003)
* 1918 – Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (d. 1993)
* 1918 – Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004)
* 1919 – Dory Funk, Professional wrestler (d. 1973)
* 1921 – Edo Murti?, Croatian painter (d. 2005)
* 1923 – Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)
* 1923 – Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery (d. 2006)
* 1923 – Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian
* 1923 – Godfrey Quigley, British actor (d. 1994)
* 1923 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author
* 1925 – Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
* 1928 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian musician (d. 2006)
* 1928 – Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt
* 1928 – Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (d. 1961)
* 1929 – Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (d. 1993)
* 1929 – Sidney Lamb, American linguist
* 1930 – Roberta Peters, American soprano
* 1930 – Katherine Jackson, mother of the Jackson musical family
* 1931 – Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor
* 1931 – Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and writer
* 1933 – J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher
* 1936 – El Cordobés, Spanish matador
* 1937 – Ron Carter, American jazz bassist
* 1937 – dike Dale, American guitarist
* 1937 – Mr. Fuji, Former professional wrestler
* 1938 – Tyrone Davis, American soul singer (d. 2005)
* 1938 – Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer
* 1939 – Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006)
* 1939 – Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
* 1939 – Léon Rochefort, Quebec ice hockey player
* 1940 – Robin Cook, American novelist
* 1941 – George Will, American writer
* 1942 – Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, and musician (Ashford and Simpson)
* 1943 – Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter
* 1943 – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer
* 1945 – Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist
* 1946 – John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver
* 1946 – Gary Bauer conservative American politician, former presidential candidate
* 1947 – Richard Jenkins, American actor
* 1948 – Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
* 1949 – John Force, American race car driver
* 1949 – Stella Parton, American country music singer
* 1949 – Graham Swift, British author
* 1950 – Darryl Hunt, English musician (The Pogues)
* 1951 – Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel)
* 1951 – Jackie Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
* 1951 – Gérard Jugnot, French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer
* 1951 – Mick Mars, American guitarist (M?tley Crüe)
* 1951 – Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer.
* 1952 – Michael Barrymore, English comedian, actor, quiz master and entertainer
* 1953 – Oleta Adams, American singer
* 1953 – Salman Hashimikov, Soviet heavyweight wrestler
* 1954 – Robert Michael Snyder, American author and convicted six offender
* 1954 – Pia Zadora, American actress
* 1955 – Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
* 1955 – Avram Grant, Israeli football manager
* 1956 – David Guterson, American author
* 1956 – Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete
* 1956 – Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player
* 1958 – Delbert Fowler, American football player
* 1958 – Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)
* 1958 – Antonis Minou, Greek footballer
* 1959 – Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee
* 1959 – Inger Nilsson, Swedish actress
* 1959 – Randy Travis, American musician
* 1960 – Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian
* 1960 – Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria
* 1961 – Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist
* 1961 – Jay Aston, British singer (Bucks Fizz)
* 1964 – Mónica Bardem, Spanish actress
* 1964 – Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
* 1964 – Rocco Siffredi, Italian porm actor
* 1966 – Jane McGrath, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for briast cancer (d. 2008)
* 1967 – Ana Gasteyer, American actress
* 1967 – Kate Garraway, English GMTV Presenter
* 1968 – Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh
* 1969 – Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1969 – Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling valet
* 1970 – Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals)
* 1970 – Paul Wiseman, New Zealand cricketer
* 1970 – Sergio Basa?ez, Mexican actor
* 1970 – Will Arnett, American actor
* 1971 – Joe Borowski, American baseball player
* 1971 – Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver
* 1972 – Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player
* 1972 – Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)
* 1972 – Chris Tomlin, American musician
* 1973 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer
* 1973 – John Madden, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1974 – Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1974 – Tony McCoy, Northern Irish National Hunt jockey
* 1975 – Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)
* 1976 – Ben Grieve, American baseball player
* 1976 – Jason Michaels, American baseball player
* 1977 – Nestoras Kommatos, Greek basketball player
* 1977 – Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
* 1977 – Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer
* 1978 – Shaenon K. Garrity, American webcomics writer and artist
* 1978 – Brett Burton, Australian football player
* 1978 – Erin Andrews, ESPN sideline reporter
* 1978 – Daisuke Ono, Japanese seiyu
* 1979 – Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC)
* 1979 – Wes Butters, British broadcaster
* 1979 – Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan born rugby union and rugby league player
* 1980 – Andrew Raycroft, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 – Franziska Weisz, Austrian actress
* 1981 – Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
* 1982 – Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer
* 1982 – Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter
* 1982 – Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer
* 1982 – Rasheeda,American hiphop singer
* 1982 – Giorgos Tsiaras, Greek basketball player
* 1983 – Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress
* 1983 – Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1984 – Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (d. 2007)
* 1984 – Kevin Slowey, American baseball player
* 1984 – Montell Owens, American football player
* 1985 – Anthony Fedorov, American singer
* 1985 – Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer
* 1986 – George Hill, American Basketball player
* 1987 – Cesc Fabregas, Spanish footballer
* 1987 – Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
* 1987 – Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
* 1988 – Georgios Ioannidis, Greek footballer
* 1988 – Robert Lacy, American writer
* 1989 – Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
* 1989 – Aris Tatarounis, Greek basketball player
* 1989 – James van Riemsdyk, American hockey player
* 1990 – Matthias [censored]z, German footballer
* 1992 – Courtney Jines, American actress
* 1994 – Pauline Ducruet, daughter of HSH Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
* 1994 – Alexander Gould, American actor
* 2009 – Prince Henrik of Denmark, Danish royalty
O.o wow, and no mention of me..
notable events other than my birthday
* 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.
* 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
* 1471 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.
* 1493 – Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
* 1626 – Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.
* 1675 – King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
* 1686 – The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
* 1776 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
* 1799 – Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.
* 1814 – Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.
* 1814 – King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decrete of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism.
* 1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
* 1859 – The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
* 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a Union retreat.
* 1869 – The Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay is fought in Japan.
* 1871 – The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
* 1886 – Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
* 1904 – The United States begins construction of the Panama Canol.
* 1904 – Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England.
* 1910 – The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
* 1912 – Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
* 1919 – May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
* 1932 – In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
* 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
* 1945 – World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
* 1945 – World War II: The North Germany Army surrenders to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
* 1946 – In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Navy Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot.
* 1949 – The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy.
* 1953 – Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
* 1959 – The 1st Grammy Awards are held.
* 1961 – American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
* 1970 – Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: the Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the United States' invasion of Cambodia.
* 1972 – The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
* 1974 – An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.
* 1979 – Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* 1982 – Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
* 1988 – The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of space shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
* 1989 – Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.
* 1990 – Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
* 1994 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
* 1998 – A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.
* 2000 – Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.
* 2001 – The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.
* 2002 – An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.
* 2007 – Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7mi wide EF-5 tornado.
* 2007 – The Scottish National Party wins the Scottish general election and becomes the largest party in the Scottish Parliament for the first time ever.