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Events
1500-1599
1600-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Events
1600-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Births
100 BC-AD 1899
- 100 BC - Gaius
Julius Caesar, soldier and politician
- 1394 - Ashikaga
Yoshinori, Ashikaga shogun (d. 1441)
- 1468 - Juan del Encina, poet and composer
- 1730 - Josiah Wedgwood,
potter
- 1807 - Thomas Hawksley,
civil engineer (d. 1893)
- 1817 - Henry David
Thoreau, writer, Transcendentalist philosopher (d. 1862)
- 1819 - Charles Kingsley,
writer
- 1849 - Sir William Osler,
physician, author, professor of medicine (d. 1919)
- 1852 - Hipólito
Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (1916-1922, 1928-1930; d. 3 July 1933).
- 1854 - George Eastman,
inventor of the Kodak camera (d. 1932)
- 1855 - Edward 'Ned' Hanlan, world champion rower (d. 1908)
- 1861 - George
Washington Carver, botanist who discovered many uses for peanuts
- 1868 - Stefan George, poet (d.
1933)
- 1870 - Louis II of
Monaco (d. 1949)
- 1880 - Tod Browning, film
director (d. 1962)
- 1884 - Amedeo
Modigliani, painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
- 1886 - Jean Hersholt, film
director, actor (d. 1956)
- 1892 - Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942)
- 1892 - Harry Piel, actor, film director and producer (d. 1963)
- 1895 - Kirstin Flagstad,
Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)
- 1895 - R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d.
1983)
- 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist
1900-1999
- 1902 - Günther Anders, philosopher and writer (d. 1992)
- 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese
politician and leader (d. 1997)
- 1904 - Pablo Neruda, author, won
Nobel Prize for literature
in 1971 (d. 1973)
- 1908 - Milton Berle, comedian (d.
2002)
- 1909 - Joe DeRita (a.k.a. "Curly
Joe"), actor, comedian; member of the Three Stooges (d. 1993)
- 1917 - Andrew Wyeth,artist
- 1920 - Beah Richards, actress
(d. 2000)
- 1920 - Pierre Berton, journalist, writer (d. 2004)
- 1922 - Mark Hatfield, former US
Senator from Oregon
- 1930 - Gordon Pinsent, actor,
director, writer
- 1932 - Otis Davis, American
runner
- 1933 - Donald E.
Westlake, author
- 1934 - Van Cliburn, American
pianist
- 1937 - Bill Cosby, comedian,
actor
- 1937 - Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
- 1943 - Christine McVie,
rock singer
- 1947 - Gareth Edwards, former
rugby player
- 1948 - Richard Simmons,
fitness trainer
- 1948 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, musician (d. 1997)
- 1964 - Gaby Roslin, TV
presenter
- 1967 - Richard Herring,
comedian
- 1971 - Kristi
Yamaguchi, figure skater
- 1976 - Anna Friel, British
actress
- 1977 - Brock Lesnar, former
professional wrestler
- 1984 - Gareth Gates, British
singer
- 1986 - Chris Ansette, British actor
- 1988 - Harry Hobbs, All round Champion - Left wing Socialist
- 1991 - Erik Per
Sullivan, actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
Deaths
1400-1899
1900-1999
- 1918 - Dragutin Lerman,
Croat Africa explorer (b. 1864)
- 1919 - Charles Rock, actor
- 1921 - Ralph Herz, actor
- 1923 - Harry Lonsdale, actor
- 1926 - Gertrude Bell,
archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"
- 1931 - Nathan
Söderblom, Swedish Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, French
military officer
- 1950 - Elsie De Wolfe, aka Lady Mendl, actress & interior decorator (b. 1865)
- 1962 - Roger Wolfe Kahn,
band leader (b. 1907)
- 1988 - Josh Logan, film director, writer
- 1996 - John Chancellor,
news anchor (NBC Nightly News) (b. 1927)
- 1999 - Bill Owen, British actor (b.
1914)
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
External links
July 11 - July 13 - June 12 - August 12 -- listing of all days
1900-1999
- 1902 - Günther Anders, philosopher and writer (d. 1992)
- 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese
politician and leader (d. 1997)
- 1904 - Pablo Neruda, author, won
Nobel Prize for literature
in 1971 (d. 1973)
- 1908 - Milton Berle, comedian (d.
2002)
- 1909 - Joe DeRita (a.k.a. "Curly
Joe"), actor, comedian; member of the Three Stooges (d. 1993)
- 1917 - Andrew Wyeth,artist
- 1920 - Beah Richards, actress
(d. 2000)
- 1922 - Mark Hatfield, former US
Senator from Oregon
- 1930 - Gordon Pinsent, actor,
director, writer
- 1932 - Otis Davis, American
runner
- 1933 - Donald E.
Westlake, author
- 1934 - Van Cliburn, American
pianist
- 1937 - Bill Cosby, comedian,
actor
- 1937 - Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
- 1943 - Christine McVie,
rock singer
- 1947 - Gareth Edwards, former
rugby player
- 1948 - Richard Simmons,
fitness trainer
- 1948 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, musician (d. 1997)
- 1964 - Gaby Roslin, TV
presenter
- 1967 - Richard Herring,
comedian
- 1971 - Kristi
Yamaguchi, figure skater
- 1976 - Anna Friel, British
actress
- 1977 - Seann William
Scott, actor
- 1984 - Gareth Gates, British
singer
- 1991 - Erik Per
Sullivan, actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
Deaths
1400-1899
1900-1999
- 1918 - Dragutin Lerman,
Croat Africa explorer (b. 1864)
- 1919 - Charles Rock, actor
- 1921 - Ralph Herz, actor
- 1923 - Harry Lonsdale, actor
- 1926 - Gertrude Bell,
archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"
- 1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, French
military officer
- 1950 - Elsie De Wolfe, aka Lady Mendl, actress & interior decorator (b. 1865)
- 1962 - Roger Wolfe Kahn,
band leader (b. 1907)
- 1988 - Josh Logan, film director, writer
- 1996 - John Chancellor,
news anchor (NBC Nightly News) (b. 1927)
- 1999 - Bill Owen, British actor (b.
1914)
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
July 11 - July 13 - June 12 - August 12 -- listing of all days
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