January 4

46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
274 - St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
871 - Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
1357 - Flemish earl Louis & Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty
1490 - Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty.
1519 - -6] 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther & Karl von Miltitz)
1570 - Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"
1642 - King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament
1698 - Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.
    1717 - Netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance
1725- Benjamin Franklin arrives in London [OS=Dec 24 1724]

1754 - Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
1762 - England declares war on Spain & Naples
1780 - Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
1781 - Andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1832 - Insurrection of Trinidad negroes
1843 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris
1843 - Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens
1847 - Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.

1854 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
1861 - Pres Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession
1861 - US Ft Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama
1862 - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath
1863 - 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY
1865 - The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1878 - Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
1881 - Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau
1883 - Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms

1884- Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)

1884 - The Fabian Society is founded in London.
1885 - Dr W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)
1887 - Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
1893 - US pres Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
1894 - France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia
1896 - AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC
1896 - Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
1898 - 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life & Letters" appears
1902 - Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick v England at the MCG
1902 - The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for 40 million; this will tip the balance away from those favoring a canal through Nicaraugua

1903 - Topsy, an elephant, electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.
1904 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1
1904 - In 'Gonzales v Williams', the US Supreme Court rules that Puerto Ricans are not aliens and may not be refused admission into continental United States; not until 1917 will citizenship rights be granted
1906 - South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win
1907 - George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London
1912 - Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr
  1912 -The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.

1915 - 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
1915 - Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops
1920 - 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
1920 - Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits
1921 - Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in NYC
1923 - 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Fort Worth Texas)
1923 - Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin

1925 - French psychologist Emil Coué brings his self-esteem therapy to US "Every day in every way I am getting better & better"
1926 - Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator
1932 - Bradman scores 167 for Australia v South Africa at the MCG
1932 - British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi & Nehru
1932 - State of siege proclaimed in Honduras
1934 - 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres
1935 - Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"
1935 - Ft Jefferson National Monument, Fla established

1936 - Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
1936 - Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 v South Africa
1939 - Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school
1939 - Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration
1941 - Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet
1942 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24
1942 - Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly to Florida
1942 - Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame

1943- Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph & His Brothers"

1944 - Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State Department
1945 - Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam
1945 - US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after Japanese kamikaze attack
1947 - "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 72 performances
1947 - "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 417 performances
1947 - Emilio G. Segrè and Carlo Perrier announce technetium, a previously unknown element and the first artificially synthesized chemical element

1948 - Burma declares independence from UK
1951 - During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul
1953 - KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville
1954 - Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres
1957 - "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)
1957 - Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000
1958 - Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere & burns up
1959 - Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity
1960 - European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm

1961 - Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants
1962 - 1st automated (unmanned) subway train in New York City
1963 - Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
1965 - LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address
1966 - Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test
1966 - WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1968 - Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas
1968 - Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million
1969 - "Fig Leaves Are Falling" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 4 perfs

1969 - France begins arms embargo against Israel
1969 - A People's Democracy march between Belfast and Derry is repeatedly attacked by loyalists and off-duty police officers
1970 - Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
1970 - KC Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game
1970 - Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game
1970 - NYC transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used
1970 - Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary
1971 - Congressional Black Caucus organizes
1971 - Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is

1971 - Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims
1971 - Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated
1972 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
1974 - Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee
1975 - "Good News" closes at St James Theater NYC after 16 performances
1975 - "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 120 performances
1975 - "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 341 performances
1975 - Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the US (No 11828)
1975 - Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica
1975 - Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1976 - "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
1976 - "Home Sweet Homer" opens & closes at Palace Theater NYC
1976 - Reavey and O'Dowd killings: the Ulster Volunteer Force shoot dead 6 Catholic civilians in 2 co-ordinated attacks in County Armagh, North Ireland
1977 - Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play
1981 - "Frankenstein" opens & closes on Broadway
1981 - "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 578 performances
1981 - 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63)
1981 - British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper"
1981 - "Red Right 88", trailing 14–12 with little time remaining the Browns chose to attempt an end zone pass play (Red Right 88) before trying for a game-winning field goal in the final minute, but the pass is intercepted by Raiders safety Mike Davis and Oakland wins
1982 - Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"
1982 - Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show
1982 - Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
1982 - ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
1983 - US Football League holds its 1st player draft
1984 - "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
1984 - Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game
1986 - David Boon's second Test century, 131 v India at Adelaide

1986 - NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
1987 - 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md
1989 - Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion
1989 - US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
1989 - VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president
1991 - AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable
1991 - Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal
1991 - Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
1991 - Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
1992 - 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
1993 - 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)
1994 - 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)
1995 - Newt Gingrich (R) becomes speaker of the House
1996 - "Father" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
1998 - "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St James NYC after 715 perform
1998 - "Ivanov," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 51 performances
1998 - "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater NYC
1998 - Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
1998 - A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
1999 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
1999 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.

2000- A day after accepting the head coaching position of the New York Jets, Bill Belichick resigns

2001 - Rapper Vanilla Ice spends night in jail after allegedly ripping out some of his wife's hair during a row
2004 - Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
2006 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
2007 - The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
2010 - The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world's tallest building, is officially opened.

2010 -The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed HIV infection from its list of communicable diseases of public health significance.

2013 - 9 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria
2013 - 8 people are killed by a gunman in Kawit, the Philippines
2013 - 6 people are killed a 2 are seriously injured after a snowmobile veers off a ski slope on Mt Cermis, Italy
2013 - 3 people are killed after a Beechcraft BE35 crashes into a house in Florida
2014 - 14 people are killed after a three-story building construction site collapses in Goa, India

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January 3

106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
1196 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
1624 - William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America
1680 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker
1698 - Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
1710 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
1719 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
1722 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
1730 - Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician
1757 - Johann Abraham Sixt, composer
1760 - John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
1763 - Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator
1777 - Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker

1777 - M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino

1778 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
1786 - Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer
1789 - Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher
1793 - Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist
1802 - Feliks Ostrowski, composer
1802 - Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898)
1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag)
1806 - Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854)
1810 - Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24]
1810 - Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness
1819 - Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892
1819 - Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
1823 - Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer
1828 - Karl Collan, Finnish composer
1829 - John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian
1829 - Konrad Duden, German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
1830 - Alexander Ewing, composer
1835 - Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor
1836 - Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
1840 - Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
1853 - Iwan Knorr, composer
1855 - Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)
1861 - William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)
1862 - Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
1865 - Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)
1868 - Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian
1869 - Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer
1870 - Henry Eichheim, composer
1870 - Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)
1873 - Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)
1876 - Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/pres (1949-60)
1879 - Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, US First Lady (1923-29)
1882 - Willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion)
1883 - Clement Richard Attlee, (L) British PM (1945-51)
1884 - Eli S Jones, US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road)
1884 - Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer
1886 - Arthur Mailey, cricketer (great Aussie leg-spinner & cartoonist)
1886 - John G Fletcher, US, poet (Epic of Arkansas)
1886 - Josephine Hull, Newtonville MA, Academy award actress (Harvey)
1887 - Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)
1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
1891 - Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]

1892 - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, South Africa, philologist/writer (Lord of Rings)
1893 - Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist (Gilles)
1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
1895 - Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer
1895 - Mihail Andricu, composer
1897 - Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)
1897 - Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)
1898 - Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
1898 - ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)
1900 - Dorothy Arnzer, director
1900 - Maurice Jaubert, composer
1901 - Eric Voegelin, Germany, US philosopher (Order & History)
1901 - Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63)
1902 - Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician
1903 - Charles Foulkes, Canada, general
1904 - Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)
1905 - Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer
1905 - Ray Milland, Neath Wales, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945)
1905 - Anna May Wong, Los Angeles, California, American actress (Shanghai Express, Piccadilly)
1906 - Roman Brandstaetter, writer
1909 - Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian
1910 - Thomas Stuart Willan, historian
1910 - Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000)
1911 - John Sturges, US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)
1912 - Robert Flemyng, Liverpool England, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston)
1912 - Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
1912 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
1914 - Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
1916 - Antonio Estevez, composer
1916 - Betty Furness, NYC, actress/journalist/consumer activist (Studio 1)
1916 - Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist
1917 - Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN
1917 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
1918 - Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)
1919 - Jesse White, Buf NY, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid)
1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)
1921 - John Russell, Los Angeles California, actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo)
1922 - Bill Travers, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, actor (Born Free, Gorgo)
1922 - Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning)
1922 - Morten Nielsen, Denmark, poet/resistance fighter
1923 - Dragutin Gostuski, composer
1923 - Charles Tingwell, Australian actor
1924 - Andre Franquin, cartoonist
1924 - Henry M Fazzie, S Afr Union/UDF-leader
1924 - Roy Harding, British teacher
1924 - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
1924 - Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
1926 - Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist
1926 - George Martin, record producer (The Beatles)
1928 - Frank Ross Anderson, Canada, International Chess Master (1954)
1929 - Marilyn Lloyd, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- )
1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars)
1929 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
1930 - Eddie Egan, Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester)
1930 - Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat)
1930 - Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
1932 - Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russia, cosmonaut
1932 - Jaswick Taylor, cricketer (WI pace bowler 50s, 10 wkts in 3 Tests)
1932 - Mara Corday, Santa Monica California, actress (Foxfire, Black Scorpion)
1932 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005)
1934 - Bryan George Kelly, composer
1934 - Carla Hills, politician (US Pres Commission on Housing-1982)
1936 - Betty Rollin, actress (Crossing Delancey)/author (Last Wish)
1936 - David Vine, British sport commentator
1936 - Jos Kunst, composer

1939- Bobby Hull, Pointe Anne Ontario, Canadian NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72)

1939 - Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager
1939 - Janice Crosio, Australian politician
1940 - Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)
1941 - Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)
1941 - Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)
1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
1942 - John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)
1944 - Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold/silver-1960)
1944 - David Atherton, English conductor
1944 - Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke
1945 - Stephen Stills, Dallas TX, songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)
1946 - John Paul Jones [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven)
1946 - Cissy King, American entertainer
1947 - Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut
1948 - Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)
1948 - Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)
1949 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
1950 - Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)
1950 - Beth Anderson, composer
1951 - Frank Chikane, sec-gen of S Afr Council of Churches
1951 - Gary Nairn, Australian politician
1952 - Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
1953 - Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980)
1954 - Ross The Boss, rocker
1954 - Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990)
1954 - Ned Lamont, American businessman
1955 - Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere)
1955 - Palmolive, English musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)

1956 - Mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)
1956 - Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver
1957 - Frank Dicopoulos, Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light)
1957 - Bojan Križај, Slovenian skier
1958 - Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
1959 - Rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band)
1960 - Joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor)
1960 - Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
1961 - Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)
1962 - Darren Daulton, US baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1962 - Gavin Hastings, WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)
1962 - Mark Gardner, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)
1962 - Ulrike Lang, writer
1962 - Francesca Lia Block, American author
1963 - Aamer Malik, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 13 Tests 1987-90)
1963 - Ashley Chinner, Cape Town South Africa, golfer (1992 CGIA Canadian Tour)
1963 - Jim Everett, NFL quarterback (LA Raiders, NO Saints, San Diego Chargers)
1963 - Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler
1963 - Jerome Young, American professional wrestler
1963 - Alex Wheatle MBE, black British novelist
1964 - Cheryl Miller, Riverside California, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1964 - Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
1965 - Daniel Stubbs, NFL defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins)
1965 - Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids MI, pitcher (SF Giants)
1966 - Chetan Sharma, cricketer (Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987)
1966 - John Kropke, CFL defensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 - Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
1966 - Wendell Davis, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
1967 - Demetri Davis, WLAF tight end (Barcelona Dragons)
1967 - Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder (Space Invaders)
1967 - Magnus Gustafsson, Sweden, tennis star
1968 - Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star
1968 - Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)
1968 - Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)
1968 - Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 - Matt LaBounty, defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1969 - Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
1969 - Steve Poapst, Cornwall, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)

1969 -Michael Schumacher, Hurth, Germany, Formula One racing driver (seven time world champion)

1970 - James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets)
1970 - Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
1970 - Trudi Jeffrey, Brisbane QLD, golfer (1990 Australian Jr Champion)
1970 - Yogi Johl, Vancouver BC, 130 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympics-96)
1970 - Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
1970 - Christian Duguay, American comic actor
1970 - Matt Ross, American actor
1971 - Cory Cross, Lloydminster, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1971 - Ku'ualoha Taylor, Hawaii, Miss USA (Hawaii-Miss Congeniality-1996)
1971 - Rene van Rijswijk, Dutch soccer player (RKC)

1972 - Charles Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 - Deborah Carter, WNBA forward (Utah Starzz)
1972 - Jacques Wildberger, composer
1972 - Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
1972 - Nichole Nordeman, American singer
1973 - Paula Knoll, Moorhead Minnesota, Miss America-Minnesota (1996)
1973 - Tyrone Brown, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - Stefan Ustorf, Kaufbeuren Ger, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
1974 - Todd Warriner, Blenheim, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
1975 - Danica McKellar, actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years) [or Mar 3]
1975 - Jason Marsden, actor (General Hospital, Eddie-Munsters Today)
1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
1976 - Mendel Witzenhauser, soccer player (Ajax, VVV)
1976 - Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
1976 - Alisen Down, Canadian actress
1976 - Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
1977 - Beata Handra, SF California, dance skater (& Sinek-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd)
1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer
1977 - A.J. Burnett, American baseball player
1977 - Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
1978 - Kimberley Locke, American singer
1978 - Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
1978 - Dominic Wood, English children's television presenter and magician
1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player
1979 - Francesco Bellissimo, Italian mangaka
1980 - Angela Ruggiero, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
1980 - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira)
1980 - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model
1980 - David Tyree, American football player
1981 - Eli Manning, American football player and quarterback (NY Giants)
1981 - Chris Blais, California racecar driver
1985 - John David Booty, American football player
1986 - Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer
1986 - Jacob Timpano, Australian soccer player
1988 - Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
1989 - Anya Kop, Russian model and America's Next Top Model contestant
1989 - Alex D. Linz, American actor

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