Pennsylvania becomes the second U.S. state. AI analysis
The United States capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. AI analysis
The Battle of New Orleans occurs, with Andrew Jackson leading American forces to victory over the British. AI analysis
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The United States captures the Philippine capital of Manila, effectively ending the Philippine–American War. AI analysis
The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. AI analysis
The birth of the first transcontinental flight across the United States. AI analysis
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The Soviet Union announces the successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). AI analysis
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Álvaro de Bazán
1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral
(d. 1588)
Lodovico Giustini
Italian pianist and composer
(d. 1743)
Samuel Hood
1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician
(d. 1816)
William L. Marcy
American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State
(d. 1857)
Karl Bryullov
Russian painter
(d. 1852)
Henry Wells
American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express
(d. 1878)
Stand Watie
American general
(d. 1871)
John Sandfield Macdonald
Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario
(d. 1872)
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist
(d. 1880)
Joseph Orville Shelby
Confederate general
(d. 1897)
Adolf Bötticher
German journalist and historian
(d. 1901)
Bruce Price
American architect, designed the American Surety Building and Bank of the Metropolis
(d. 1903)
Edvard Munch
Norwegian painter
(d. 1944)
Alfred Werner
Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1919)
Walter Benona Sharp
American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company
(d. 1912)
Alvin Kraenzlein
American hurdler and runner
(d. 1928)
Louise Thuliez
French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author
(d. 1966)
Edward G. Robinson
American actor
(d. 1973)
Harald Kaarmann
Estonian footballer
(d. 1942)
Roy Douglas
English pianist and composer
(d. 2015)
Henry Armstrong
American boxer
(d. 1988)
Patrick O'Brian
English author
(d. 2000)
Frank Sinatra
American singer, actor, and producer
(d. 1998)
Joe Williams
American singer and pianist
(d. 1999)
Josef Doležal
Czech race walker
(d. 1999)
Bob Barker
American game show host and producer
(d. 2023)
Bob Dorough
American musician, composer, and producer
(d. 2018)
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Ethiopian pianist, composer and nun
(d. 2023)
Ed Koch
American politician, 105th Mayor of New York City
(d. 2013)
Ted Kennedy
Canadian ice hockey player
(d. 2009)
Dattu Phadkar
Indian cricketer
(d. 1985)
Vladimir Shainsky
Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer
(d. 2017)
Robert Noyce
American inventor and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation
(d. 1990)
Helen Frankenthaler
American painter and academic
(d. 2011)
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese pianist and compose
r
Bob Pettit
American basketball player and coac
h
Christa Stubnick
German sprinter
(d. 2021)
Miguel de la Madrid
Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico
(d. 2012)
Iolanda Balaș
Romanian high jumper and educator
(d. 2016)
Connie Francis
American singer, musician, and actres
s
Philip Ledger
English pianist, composer, and academic
(d. 2012)
Sharad Pawar
Indian politician, Indian Minister of Agricultur
e
Dionne Warwick
American singe
r
Bob Thompson
American jazz pianist, composer and arrange
r
Dickey Betts
American musician and songwriter
(d. 2024)
Grover Washington
Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer
(d. 1999)
Gísli S. Einarsson
Icelandic politicia
n
Tony Williams
American drummer, composer, and producer
(d. 1997)
Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazilian racing drive
r
Wings Hauser
American acto
r
Don Keith
American write
r
Chris Mullin
English journalist and politicia
n
Randy Smith
American basketball player
(d. 2009)
Colin Todd
English football player and coac
h
Bill Nighy
English acto
r
Marc Ravalomanana
Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagasca
r
Pedro Ferriz de Con
Mexican journalis
t
Heiner Flassbeck
German economist and academi
c
Rajinikanth
Indian acto
r
Billy Smith
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manage
r
Gorman Thomas
American baseball playe
r
Rehman Malik
Pakistani politician, Pakistani Minister of Interio
r
Cathy Rigby
American gymnas
t
Martin Ferguson
Australian lawyer and politicia
n
Rafael Septién
Mexican-American football playe
r
Eddy Schepers
Belgian cyclis
t
Stephen Smith
Australian politicia
n
Johan van der Velde
Dutch cyclis
t
Sheila E.
American singer and musicia
n
Sheree J. Wilson
American actres
s
Martina Hellmann
German discus throwe
r
Andrey Perlov
Russian race walke
r
Tracy Austin
American tennis player and sportscaste
r
Arturo Barrios
Mexican-American runne
r
Mike Golic
American football player and radio hos
t
Eduardo Castro Luque
Mexican businessman and politicia
n
Haywood Jeffires
American football player and coac
h
Sabu
American wrestle
r
Russell Batiste Jr.
American funk and R&B drummer
(d. 2023)
John Randle
American football playe
r
Sašo Udovič
Slovenian footballe
r
Wilfred Kirochi
Kenyan runne
r
Fiona May
English-Italian long jumpe
r
Michael Möllenbeck
German discus throwe
r
Mädchen Amick
American actress and directo
r
Jennifer Connelly
American actres
s
Regina Hall
American actres
s
Sammy Korir
Kenyan runne
r
Nicky Eaden
English footballer and coac
h
Craig Field
Australian rugby league playe
r
Wilson Kipketer
Kenyan-Danish runne
r
Georgios Theodoridis
Greek sprinte
r
Bernard Lagat
Kenyan-American runne
r
Nolberto Solano
Peruvian footballer and manage
r
Mayim Bialik
American actress, neuroscientist, and autho
r
Craig Moore
Australian footballer and manage
r
Yoel Hernández
Cuban hurdle
r
Orlando Hudson
American baseball playe
r
Dean Macey
English decathlete and bobsledde
r
Colin White
Canadian ice hockey playe
r
Garrett Atkins
American baseball playe
r
Nate Clements
American football playe
r
John Salmons
American basketball playe
r
Dejene Berhanu
Ethiopian runner
(d. 2010)
Dorin Goian
Romanian footballe
r
Eddie Kingston
American wrestle
r
Pedro Ríos
Spanish footballe
r
Yuvraj Singh
Indian crickete
r
Stephen Warnock
English footballe
r
Andrew Whitworth
American football player and commentato
r
Ervin Santana
Dominican baseball playe
r
Dmitry Tursunov
Russian tennis player and coac
h
Roni Porokara
Finnish footballe
r
Daniel Agger
Danish footballe
r
Pat Calathes
Greek-American basketball playe
r
Andrew Ladd
Canadian ice hockey playe
r
Daddy Birori
Rwandan footballe
r
Përparim Hetemaj
Finnish footballe
r
Nina Kolarič
Slovenian long jumpe
r
T. J. Ward
American football playe
r
Isaac John
New Zealand rugby league playe
r
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
Israeli Olympic marathon runne
r
Nixon Chepseba
Kenyan runne
r
Dawin
American singer-songwrite
r
Tyron Smith
American football playe
r
Joseph Leilua
Australian-Samoan rugby league playe
r
Zeli Ismail
English footballe
r
Otto Warmbier
American student imprisoned in North Korea
(d. 2017)
Lucas Hedges
American acto
r
Ed Oliver
American football playe
r
Isabella of Mar
first wife of Robert Bruce VII
(b. 1277)
Loredana Marcello
Dogaressa of Venice, botanist, autho
r
Henry St John
1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War
(b. 1678)
Johann Christoph Gottsched
German philosopher, author, and critic
(b. 1700)
Meshullam Feivush Heller
Ukrainian author
(b. 1742)
Jacques Viger
Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal
(b. 1787)
Viktor Bunyakovsky
Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist
(b. 1804)
John Sparrow David Thompson
Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada
(b. 1845)
Menelik II
Ethiopian emperor
(b. 1844)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
American astronomer and academic
(b. 1868)
Raymond Radiguet
French author and poet
(b. 1903)
Thorleif Haug
Norwegian skier
(b. 1894)
Douglas Fairbanks
Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter
(b. 1883)
César Basa
Filipino lieutenant and pilot
(b. 1915)
Marjory Stephenson
British biochemist
(b. 1885)
Mildred Bailey
American singer
(b. 1907)
Albert Walsh
Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
(b. 1900)
Karl Ruberl
Austrian-American swimmer
(b. 1880)
Tallulah Bankhead
American actress
(b. 1902)
Doris Blackburn
Australian politician
(b. 1889)
Richard Baggallay
English colonel and cricketer
(b. 1884)
Jean Lesage
Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec
(b. 1912)
Anne Baxter
American actress
(b. 1923)
József Antall
Hungarian historian and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary
(b. 1932)
Stuart Roosa
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
(b. 1933)
Vance Packard
American journalist, author, and critic
(b. 1914)
Evgenii Landis
Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic
(b. 1921)
Lawton Chiles
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida
(b. 1930)
Morris Udall
American captain and politician
(b. 1922)
Paul Cadmus
American painter and illustrator
(b. 1904)
Joseph Heller
American novelist, short story writer, and playwright
(b. 1923)
Ardito Desio
Italian geologist and explorer
(b. 1897)
Dee Brown
American historian and author
(b. 1908)
Heydar Aliyev
Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan
(b. 1923)
Robert Newmyer
American actor and producer
(b. 1956)
Annette Stroyberg
Danish actress
(b. 1936)
Gebran Tueni
Lebanese journalist and politician
(b. 1957)
Paul Arizin
American basketball player
(b. 1928)
Peter Boyle
American actor
(b. 1935)
Raymond P. Shafer
American attorney and politician, 39th Governor of Pennsylvania
(b. 1917)
Alan Shugart
American engineer and businessman, co-founded Seagate Technology
(b. 1930)
François al-Hajj
Lebanese general
(b. 1953)
Ike Turner
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(b. 1931)
Avery Dulles
American cardinal and theologian
(b. 1918)
Van Johnson
American actor
(b. 1916)
Tom Walkinshaw
Scottish race car driver, founded Tom Walkinshaw Racing
(b. 1946)
Joe Allbritton
American banker, publisher, and philanthropist, founded the Allbritton Communications Company
(b. 1924)
David Tait
English rugby player
(b. 1987)
Tom Laughlin
American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist
(b. 1931)
Abdul Quader Molla
Bangladeshi journalist and politician
(b. 1948)
Audrey Totter
American actress
(b. 1917)
Norman Bridwell
American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog
(b. 1928)
Ivor Grattan-Guinness
English mathematician, historian, and academic
(b. 1941)
Herb Plews
American baseball player
(b. 1928)
Frans Geurtsen
Dutch footballer
(b. 1942)
Evelyn S. Lieberman
American politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
(b. 1944)
Shirley Hazzard
Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
(b. 1931)
Ed Lee
American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco
(b. 1952)
Pat DiNizio
American singer and songwriter
(b. 1955)
Danny Aiello
American actor
(b. 1933)
John le Carré
English author
(b. 1931)
Ann Reinking
American actress, dancer, and choreographer
(b. 1949)
Vicente Fernández
Mexican actor, ranchera singer, and film producer
(b, 1940)
Bernie Fowler
American politician and environmental advocate
(b. 1924)
Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi
Tongan politician and military officer, Deputy Prime Minister
(b. 1955)