The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower land at Plymouth Rock in present-day Massachusetts. AI analysis
The Boston Massacre Trial begins, with Captain Thomas Preston and eight soldiers on trial. AI analysis
The First Bank of the United States is chartered by Congress. AI analysis
The first U.S. naval school, the U.S. Naval Academy, is established in Annapolis, Maryland. AI analysis
The Trent Affair: The United States and Great Britain come close to war over the capture of Confederate diplomats. AI analysis
The Great Boston Fire destroys much of the city's commercial district. AI analysis
The first European Championship in ice hockey is held in London, England. AI analysis
The United States enters World War I, declaring war on Austria-Hungary. AI analysis
The first "Talking Picture" is shown in New York City. AI analysis
Germany declares war on the United States, marking the U.S.'s full entry into World War II. AI analysis
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established. AI analysis
The United Kingdom and France sign the Treaty of Rome, establishing the European Economic Community. AI analysis
The African National Congress (ANC) is banned in South Africa. AI analysis
The Apollo 17 spacecraft becomes the final Apollo mission to the Moon. AI analysis
The Cuban Government and the United States reach an agreement to allow Cuban exiles to leave the island. AI analysis
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. AI analysis
Nelson Mandela is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the peaceful end to apartheid. AI analysis
The United States officially enters the War on Terror, following the 9/11 attacks. AI analysis
The U.S. captures former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. AI analysis
The European Union is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in promoting peace and democracy in Europe. AI analysis
Eberhard I
Duke of Württemberg
(d. 1496)
Ashikaga Yoshihisa
Japanese shogun
(d. 1489)
Manuel Cardoso
Portuguese organist and composer
(d. 1650)
Heo Mok
Korean politician, poet and scholar
(d. 1682)
Amar Singh Rathore
Rajput nobleman
(d. 1644)
Francesco Algarotti
Italian poet, philosopher, and critic
(d. 1764)
George Mason
American lawyer and politician
(d. 1792)
Carl Friedrich Zelter
German composer, conductor, and educator
(d. 1832)
Gian Domenico Romagnosi
Italian physicist, economist, and jurist
(d. 1835)
David Brewster
Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
(d. 1868)
Christian Dietrich Grabbe
German poet and playwright
(d. 1836)
Hector Berlioz
French composer, conductor, and critic
(d. 1869)
Alfred de Musset
French dramatist, poet, and novelist
(d. 1857)
Webster Paulson
English civil engineer
(d. 1887)
John Labatt
Canadian brewer and businessman
(d. 1915)
Robert Koch
German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1910)
Georgi Plekhanov
Russian philosopher, theorist, and author
(d. 1918)
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
Russian director, producer, and playwright
(d. 1943)
Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns
5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer
(d. 1923)
Annie Jump Cannon
American astronomer and academic
(d. 1941)
René Bull
British illustrator and photographer
(d. 1942)
Josip Plemelj
Slovenian mathematician and academic
(d. 1967)
Yehuda Leib Maimon
Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician
(d. 1962)
Frank Tarrant
Australian cricketer and umpire
(d. 1951)
Subramania Bharati
Indian journalist and poet
(d. 1921)
Max Born
German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1970)
Fiorello H. La Guardia
American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City
(d. 1947)
Piet Ooms
Dutch swimmer and water polo player
(d. 1961)
Walter Knott
American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm
(d. 1981)
Carlos Gardel
French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor
(d. 1935)
Mark Tobey
American-Swiss painter and educator
(d. 1976)
Arnold Majewski
Finnish military hero of Polish descent
(d. 1942)
Leo Ornstein
Russian-American pianist and composer
(d. 2002)
Ronald Skirth
English soldier
(d. 1977)
Julio de Caro
Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor
(d. 1980)
Hermína Týrlová
Czechoslovakian animator, screenwriter, and film director
(d. 1993)
Gerd Arntz
German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype
(d. 1988)
Marge
American cartoonist
(d. 1993)
Robert Henriques
English farmer, author, and broadcaster
(d. 1967)
Gilbert Roland
Mexican-American actor and singer
(d. 1994)
Elliott Carter
American composer and academic
(d. 2012)
Manoel de Oliveira
Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
(d. 2015)
Hákun Djurhuus
Faroese educator and politician, fourth Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
(d. 1987)
Amon Göth
Austrian Nazi war criminal
(d. 1946)
Ronald McKie
Australian soldier, journalist, and author
(d. 1991)
Mildred Cleghorn
Native American chairwoman and educator
(d. 1997)
Val Guest
English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
(d. 2006)
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2006)
Qian Xuesen
Chinese aerodynamicist and academic
(d. 2009)
Carlo Ponti
Italian-Swiss film producer
(d. 2007)
Jean Marais
French actor and director
(d. 1998)
Elena Garro
Mexican author and playwright
(d. 1998)
Pérez Prado
Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader
(d. 1989)
Clinton Adams
American painter and historian
(d. 2002)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2008)
Cliff Michelmore
English television host and producer
(d. 2016)
Marie Windsor
American actress
(d. 2000)
Mary Ivy Burks
American environmental activist
(d. 2007)
Denis Jenkinson
English motorcycle racer and journalist
(d. 1996)
Ilmar Laaban
Estonian poet and publicist
(d. 2000)
Liz Smith
English actress
(d. 2016)
Grigoris Bithikotsis
Greek singer-songwriter
(d. 2005)
Dilip Kumar
Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
(d. 2021
Maila Nurmi
Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
(d. 2008)
Grace Paley
American short story writer and poet
(d. 2007)
Betsy Blair
American actress and dancer
(d. 2009)
Lillian Cahn
Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc.
(d. 2013)
Morrie Turner
American comics creator
(d. 2014)
Doc Blanchard
American football player and colonel
(d. 2009)
Aaron Feuerstein
American businessman and philanthropist
(d. 2021)
Paul Greengard
American neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2019)
James Sullivan
American politician
(d. 2012)
Big Mama Thornton
American singer-songwriter
(d. 1984)
John Buscema
American illustrator
(d. 2002)
Axel Anderson
German actor and production manager
(d. 2012)
Subhash Gupte
Indian cricketer
(d. 2002)
Chus Lampreave
Spanish actress
(d. 2016)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
French actor, director, and screenwriter
(d. 2022)
Ernie Beck
American basketball playe
r
Ronald Dworkin
American philosopher and scholar
(d. 2013)
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dance
r
Pierre Pilote
Canadian ice hockey player
(d. 2017)
Rajneesh
Indian guru, mystic, and educator
(d. 1990)
Enrique Bermúdez
Nicaraguan colonel and engineer
(d. 1991)
Keith Waldrop
American author and poet
(d. 2023)
Aquilino Pimentel
Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines
(d. 2019)
Salim Durani
Afghan-Indian cricketer
(d. 2023)
Pranab Mukherjee
Indian journalist and politician, 13th President of India
(d. 2020)
Elmer Vasko
Canadian ice hockey player
(d. 1998)
Hans van den Broek
Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affair
s
Taku Yamasaki
Japanese politicia
n
Jim Harrison
American novelist, essayist, and poet
(d. 2016)
Enrico Macias
Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitaris
t
McCoy Tyner
American jazz musician
(d. 2020)
Tom Hayden
American activist and politician
(d. 2016)
Thomas McGuane
American novelist, short story writer, and screenwrite
r
David Gates
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and produce
r
Donna Mills
American actress and produce
r
Max Baucus
American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to Chin
a
J. P. Parisé
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
(d. 2015)
Rogier van Otterloo
Dutch conductor and composer
(d. 1988)
J. Frank Wilson
American singer-songwriter
(d. 1991)
Anna Carteret
English actres
s
John Kerry
American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of Stat
e
Teri Garr
American actress and comedian
(d. 2024)
Jon Garrison
American tenor and educato
r
Lynda Day George
American actres
s
Michael Lang
American concert promoter and producer
(d. 2022)
Brenda Lee
American singer-songwrite
r
Rhoma Irama
Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and acto
r
Rick McCosker
Australian crickete
r
Diana Palmer
American journalist and autho
r
Stamatis Spanoudakis
Greek guitarist and compose
r
Shinji Tanimura
Japanese singer-songwriter
(d. 2023)
Christina Onassis
Greek-Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress
(d. 1988)
Mazlan Othman
Malaysian astrophysicist and astronome
r
Ria Stalman
Dutch discus thrower and shot putte
r
Bess Armstrong
American actres
s
Brad Bryant
American golfe
r
Sylvester Clarke
Barbadian cricketer
(d. 1999)
Santiago Creel
Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interio
r
Jermaine Jackson
American singer-songwriter, bass player, and produce
r
Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson
Icelandic guitarist, mathematician, and enginee
r
Gene Grossman
American economist and academi
c
Stu Jackson
American basketball player, coach, and manage
r
Ray Kelvin
British fashion designe
r
Christian Sackewitz
German footballer and manage
r
Lani Brockman
American actress and directo
r
Andrew Lansley
English politician, Secretary of State for Healt
h
Peter Bagge
American author and illustrato
r
Chris Hughton
English-born Irish footballer and manage
r
Tom Shadyac
American actor, director, producer, and screenwrite
r
Nikki Sixx
American bass player, songwriter, and produce
r
Anders Eldebrink
Swedish ice hockey player and coac
h
Dave King
Irish-American singer-songwriter and guitaris
t
Steve Nicol
Scottish footballer and manage
r
Macky Sall
Senegalese engineer and politician, fourth President of Senega
l
Marco Pierre White
English chef and mento
r
Ben Browder
American acto
r
Mario Been
Dutch footballer and manage
r
Mark Greatbatch
New Zealand crickete
r
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
German tennis playe
r
John Lammers
Dutch footballer and manage
r
Nigel Winterburn
English footballer and coac
h
Justin Currie
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitaris
t
Dave Schools
American singer-songwriter, bass player, and produce
r
Carolyn Waldo
Canadian swimmer and sportscaste
r
Jay Bell
American baseball player and coac
h
Gavin Hill
New Zealand rugby playe
r
Glenn Lazarus
Australian rugby league player and politicia
n
Giannis Ragousis
Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister for National Defenc
e
Gary Dourdan
American acto
r
Erik Honoré
Norwegian guitarist and produce
r
Göran Kropp
Swedish race car driver and mountaineer
(d. 2002)
Leon Lai
Hong Kong singer and acto
r
Peter Kelamis
Australian voice acto
r
Mo'Nique
American comedian, actress, and produce
r
Chris Shepherd
English animator, director, producer, and screenwrite
r
Katy Steding
American basketball player and coac
h
Emmanuelle Charpentier
French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry, and Nobel laureat
e
Fabrizio Ravanelli
Italian footballer and manage
r
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess playe
r
Stig Inge Bjørnebye
Norwegian footballer and manage
r
Max Martini
American actor, director, and screenwrite
r
Alessandro Melli
Italian footballer and manage
r
Victoria Fuller
American model and actres
s
Willie McGinest
American football player and sportscaste
r
Daniel Alfredsson
Swedish ice hockey playe
r
Sami Al-Jaber
Saudi Arabian footballer and manage
r
Murray Goodwin
Zimbabwean crickete
r
Andriy Husin
Ukrainian footballer and manager
(d. 2014)
Mos Def
American rappe
r
Maarten Lafeber
Dutch golfe
r
Rey Mysterio
American wrestle
r
Lisa Ortiz
American theatre and voice actres
s
Ben Shephard
English journalist and television hos
t
Gete Wami
Ethiopian runne
r
Gerben de Knegt
Dutch cyclis
t
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
American basketball player, coach, and manage
r
Yujiro Shirakawa
Japanese acto
r
Mark Streit
Swiss ice hockey playe
r
Roy Wood
Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio hos
t
Colleen Hoover
American autho
r
Valdis Mintals
Estonian figure skate
r
Rider Strong
American actor, director, producer, and screenwrite
r
Adi Keissar
Israeli poe
t
Kristjan Kitsing
Estonian basketball playe
r
Rebekkah Brunson
American basketball player and coac
h
Jason Kennedy
American journalis
t
Jeff McComsey
American author and illustrato
r
Paul Medhurst
Australian footballe
r
Javier Saviola
Argentine footballe
r
Roman Harper
American football playe
r
Pablo Pérez Companc
Argentine race car drive
r
Leighton Baines
English footballe
r
Sandra Echeverría
Mexican actress and singe
r
James Ellsworth
American wrestle
r
Xosha Roquemore
American actres
s
Karla Souza
Mexican actres
s
Roy Hibbert
American basketball playe
r
Clifton Geathers
American football playe
r
Alex Russell
Australian acto
r
Miranda Tapsell
Australian actres
s
Tim Southee
New Zealand crickete
r
Kellie Harrington
Irish boxe
r
Alexa Demie
American actress and singe
r
Tiffany Alvord
American singer-songwrite
r
Malcolm Brogdon
American basketball playe
r
Yalitza Aparicio
Mexican actres
s
Abbi Grant
Scottish footballe
r
Hailee Steinfeld
American actress, singer and songwrite
r
Matthew Tkachuk
American ice hockey playe
r
Onyeka Okongwu
American basketball playe
r
Al-Fath ibn Khaqan
chief confidant and councillor to al-Mutawakki
l
Nikephoros II Phokas
Byzantine emperor
(b. 912)
Al-Afdal Shahanshah
Egyptian political adviser
(b. 1066)
Averroes
Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher
(b. 1126)
Ögedei Khan
Mongolian emperor
(b. 1186)
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Welsh prince
(b. 1223)
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor
(b. 1225)
Henry IV of Castile
King of the Crown of Castile
(b. 1425)
Pietro Accolti
Italian cardinal
(b. 1455)
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo
3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general and politician, 12th Constable of Portugal
(b. 1508)
Adam Elsheimer
German artist working in Rome
(b. 1578)
Louis
Grand Condé, French general
(b. 1621)
Ranuccio II Farnese
Duke of Parma
(b. 1630)
John Strype
English priest, historian, and author
(b. 1643)
Edmund Curll
English bookseller and publisher
(b. 1675)
Richard Brocklesby
English physician
(b. 1722)
Oliver Winchester
American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company
(b. 1810)
William Milligan
Scottish theologian and scholar
(b. 1821)
Charles Townsend
American fencer, engineer, and academic
(b. 1872)
Ludwig Mond
German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls
(b. 1839)
Carl von In der Maur
Governor of Liechtenstein
(b. 1852)
Ivan Cankar
Slovenian author, poet, and playwright
(b. 1876)
Olive Schreiner
South African author and activist
(b. 1855)
Myron Grimshaw
American baseball player
(b. 1875)
Jaan Anvelt
Estonian theorist and politician
(b. 1884)
Hugh Thackeray Turner
English architect and painter
(b. 1853)
Christian Lous Lange
Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1869)
John Gillespie Magee
Jr., American pilot and poet
(b. 1922)
Émile Picard
French mathematician and academic
(b. 1856)
Charles Fabry
French physicist and academic
(b. 1867)
Leslie Comrie
New Zealand astronomer and author
(b. 1893)
Mustafa Muğlalı
Turkish general
(b. 1882)
Hijri Dede
Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer
(b. 1881)
Sedat Simavi
Turkish journalist and director
(b. 1896)
Musidora
French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
(b. 1889)
Jim Bottomley
American baseball player and manager
(b. 1900)
Sam Cooke
American singer-songwriter
(b. 1931)
Percy Kilbride
American actor
(b. 1888)
Augusta Fox Bronner
American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology
(b. 1881)
Richard Sagrits
Estonian painter and author
(b. 1910)
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
American publisher
(b. 1891)
Maurice McDonald
American businessman, co-founded McDonald's
(b. 1902)
Lee Wiley
American singer
(b. 1908)
Nihal Atsız
Turkish philosopher, author, and poet
(b. 1905)
Vincent du Vigneaud
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1901)
Paul O'Dea
American baseball player and manager
(b. 1920)
James J. Gibson
American psychologist and author
(b. 1904)
Neil Ritchie
Guyanese-English general
(b. 1897)
Oskar Seidlin
German-American author, poet, and scholar
(b. 1911)
George Waggner
American director, producer and actor
(b. 1894)
G. A. Kulkarni
Indian author and academic
(b. 1923)
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
American photographer
(b. 1895)
Robert Q. Lewis
American actor, comedian, game show host/panelist, and television personality
(b. 1921)
Artur Lundkvist
Swedish author and critic
(b. 1906)
Philip Phillips
American archaeologist and scholar
(b. 1900)
Greg Bahnsen
American minister and philosopher
(b. 1948)
Willie Rushton
English cartoonist, author, and publisher, co-founded Private Eye
(b. 1937)
Eddie Chapman
English spy
(b. 1914)
Simon Jeffes
English guitarist and composer
(b. 1949)
André Lichnerowicz
French physicist and mathematician
(b. 1915)
Lynn Strait
American singer-songwriter
(b. 1968)
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah
Pakistani politician and diplomat
(b. 1915)
David Lewis
American actor
(b. 1916)
Mainza Chona
Zambian lawyer and politician, first Prime Minister of Zambia
(b. 1930)
Ahmadou Kourouma
Ivorian author and playwright
(b. 1927)
José Luis Cuciuffo
Argentinian footballer
(b. 1962)
Arthur Lydiard
New Zealand runner and coach
(b. 1917)
Bettie Page
American model
(b. 1923)
Dick Hoerner
American football player
(b. 1922)
John Patrick Foley
American cardinal
(b. 1935)
Galina Vishnevskaya
Russian soprano and actress
(b. 1926)
Mendel Weinbach
Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar
(b. 1933)
Ravi Shankar
Indian-American sitar player and composer
(b. 1920)
Nadir Afonso
Portuguese painter and architect
(b. 1920)
Barbara Branden
Canadian-American author and academic
(b. 1929)
Javier Jáuregui (boxer)
Mexican boxer
(b. 1973)
Sheikh Mussa Shariefi
Indian philosopher and scholar
(b. 1942)
Hans Wallat
German conductor and director
(b. 1929)
Abish Kekilbayev
Kazakh academic and politician
(b. 1939)
H. Arnold Steinberg
Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and academic
(b. 1933)
Hema Upadhyay
Indian painter and sculptor
(b. 1972)
John "Hot Rod" Williams
American basketball player
(b. 1962)
Ken Woolley
Australian architect
(b. 1933)
Keith Chegwin
British TV presenter
(b. 1957)
James Flynn
New Zealand intelligence researcher.
(b. 1934)
Anne Rice
American author
(b. 1941)
Andre Braugher
American actor
(b. 1962)