- 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard Prefect , Marcus Opellius Macrinus .
- 1093 - The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin .
- 1139 - Roger II Of Sicily is excommunicated.
- 1149 - Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II Of Tusculum .
- 1271 - In Syria , sultan Baybars conquers the Krak Of Chevaliers .
- 1492 - Death of Lorenzo De' Medici , dubbed "The Magnificent", ruler of Florence and patron of arts.
- 1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce De León declares Florida a territory of Spain .
- 1730 - Shearith Israel , the first Synagogue in New York City , is dedicated.
- 1767 - Ayutthaya Kingdom falls to Burmese invaders.
- 1820 - The Venus De Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos .
- 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans .
- 1848 - Battle Of Goito , part of the Italian Wars Of Independence
- - Union forces are thwarted by a Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana .
- 1866 - Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary .
- 1867 - The first World's Fair is inaugurated in Paris .
- 1886 - William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House Of Commons .
- 1893 - The first recorded College Basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania .
- 1895 - The United States Supreme Court declares Income Tax to be Unconstitutional in Pollock V. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
- 1899 - Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an Electric Chair .
- 1904 - The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland sign the '' Entente Cordiale .''
- 1904 - British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book Of The Law .
- 1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after '' The New York Times ''.
- 1913 - The 17th Amendment To The United States Constitution , requiring direct Election of Senators , becomes law.
- 1916 - In Corona, California , car racer Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.
- s Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell War Bond s on the streets of New York, New York 's financial district.
- , Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts, and bombs to court arrest.
- 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act Of 1935 becomes law.
- and France announce that they have mined Norwegian territorial waters to prevent their use by German supply ships.
- - Soviet Union forces open a much-needed Railway link to Leningrad .
- 1942 - World War II: the Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
- 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt , in an attempt to check Inflation , freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the War effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to Common Carrier s and Public Utilities .
- 1946 - The last meeting of the League Of Nations , the precursor of the United Nations , is held.
- 1950 - India and Pakistan sign the Pact Of Delhi .
- 1952 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic Steel Mill s to prevent a nationwide Strike .
- 1953 - Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya 's British rulers.
- 1957 - The Suez Canal in Egypt is reopened.
- 1960 - The U.S. Senate approves a civil rights bill despite Southern senators' marathon Filibuster effort.
- 1973 - 32 terrorist bombings in Cyprus
- 1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves passes Babe Ruth for first place on Major League Baseball's all-time home run list. Aaron's record would be broken 33 years later by Barry Bonds.
- 1975 - Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league Baseball 's first African American manager.
- files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000.
- 1987 - Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over Racially -charged remarks he had made while on '' Nightline .''
- is formed from the merger of four parties.
- 1989 - The two Greek Communist Parties, along with smaller left-wing parties, merge to form the Coalition Of The Left, Of Social Movements And Ecology in Greece .
- 1990 - New Democracy wins the national election in Greece .
- 1992 - Retired Tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS , acquired from Blood Transfusion s during one of his two heart surgeries.
- 1320 - King Peter I Of Portugal (d. 1367 )
- 1533 - Claudio Merulo , Italian composer (d. 1604 )
- 1541 - Michele Mercati , Italian physician (d. 1593 )
- 1605 - King Philip IV Of Spain , (d. 1665 )
- 1641 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl Of Romney , English statesman (d. 1704 )
- 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini , Italian composer (d. 1770 )
- 1842 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer , wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933 )
- 1818 - August Wilhelm Von Hofmann , German chemist (d. 1892 )
- 1818 - King Christian IX Of Denmark (d. 1906 )
- 1827 - Ramón Emeterio Betances , Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898 )
- 1859 - Edmund Husserl , Austrian philosopher (d. 1938 )
- 1865 - Charles W. Woodworth , American entomologist (d. 1940 )
- 1869 - Harvey Cushing , American Neuorosurgeon (d. 1939 )
- 1871 - Clarence Hudson White American photographer (d. 1925 )
- 1874 - Stanisław Taczak , Polish general (d. 1960 )
- 1875 - King Albert I Of Belgium (d. 1934 )
- 1889 - Sir Adrian Boult , British conductor (d. 1983 )
- 1892 - Mary Pickford , Canadian actress (d. 1979 )
- 1892 - Richard Neutra , American architect (d. 1970 )
- 1896 - Yip Harburg , American lyricist (d. 1981 )
- 1904 - John Hicks , British economist, Bank Of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1989 )
- 1905 - Helen Joseph , South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1992 )
- 1905 - Erwin Keller , German field hockey player (d. 1971 )
- 1906 - Raoul Jobin , French Canadian tenor (d. 1974 )
- 1908 - Hugo Fregonese , Argentine film director (d. 1987 )
- 1910 - George Musso , American football player (d. 2000 )
- 1911 - Melvin Calvin , American chemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1997 )
- 1911 - Emil Cioran , Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. 1995 )
- 1912 - Alois Brunner , Austrian Nazi
- 1912 - Sonja Henie , Norwegian figure skater and actress (d. 1969 )
- 1914 - María Félix , Mexican actress (d. 2002 )
- 1918 - Betty Ford , First Lady Of The United States
- 1918 - Glendon Swarthout , American author (d. 1992 )
- 1919 - Ian Smith , Prime Minister Of Rhodesia
- 1920 - Carmen McRae , American jazz singer (d. 1994 )
- 1921 - Franco Corelli , Italian tenor (d. 2003 )
- 1923 - George Fisher , American cartoonist (d. 2003 )
- 1923 - Edward Mulhare , Irish actor (d. 1997 )
- 1924 - Frédéric Back , Canadian short film director and screenwriter
- 1926 - Henry N. Cobb , American architect
- 1926 - Shecky Greene , American comedian
- 1926 - Jürgen Moltmann , German theologian
- 1928 - Leah Rabin , wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000 )
- 1929 - Walter Berry , Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000 )
- 1929 - Jacques Brel , Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978 )
- 1930 - Carlos Hugo Of Bourbon-Parma, Duke Of Parma
- 1931 - John Gavin , American actor and politician
- 1933 - Fred Ebb , American composer (d. 2004 )
- 1934 - Kisho Kurokawa , Japanese architect
- 1937 - Seymour Hersh , American journalist
- 1938 - Kofi Annan , Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General
- 1940 - John Havlicek , American basketball player
- 1941 - Darlene Gillespie , Canadian-born American Mouseketeer
- 1941 - Peggy Lennon , American singer ( The Lennon Sisters )
- 1941 - Vivienne Westwood , English fashion designer
- 1942 - Roger Chapman , British rock singer ( Family , Streetwalkers )
- 1943 - Tony Banks , British politician (d. 2006 )
- 1943 - Michael Bennett , American dancer/choreographer (d. 1987 )
- 1943 - Miller Farr , American football player
- 1944 - Odd Nerdrum , Norwegian painter
- 1945 - Derrick Walker , British racing team owner
- 1946 - Catfish Hunter , American baseball player (d. 1999 )
- 1946 - Stuart Pankin , American actor
- 1946 - Tim Thomerson , American actor
- 1947 - Tom DeLay , American politician
- 1947 - Steve Howe , English guitarist ( Yes , Asia , GTR )
- 1947 - Robert Kiyosaki , American investor
- 1947 - Larry Norman , American singer/songwriter
- 1948 - Michael Leshner , Canadian lawyer and gay rights advocate
- 1949 - John Madden , English film director
- 1949 - Brenda Russell , American singer/songwriter
- 1950 - Grzegorz Lato , Polish footballer
- 1954 - Gary Carter , American baseball player
- 1955 - Ricky Bell , American football player (d. 1984 )
- 1955 - Joolz Denby , English poet and novelist
- 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver , American novelist
- 1956 - Kane Hodder , American actor and stuntman
- 1957 - Fred Smerlas , American football player
- 1960 - John Schneider , American actor
- 1962 - Izzy Stradlin , American musician ( Guns N' Roses )
- 1963 - Julian Lennon , English musician and singer
- 1963 - Alec Stewart , English cricketer
- 1963 - Seth Tobias , American financial commentator (d. 2007 )
- 1964 - Biz Markie , American rapper/disc jockey
- 1965 - Michael Niko Jones , former All Black & New Zealand rugby player
- 1966 - Robin Wright Penn , American actress
- 1966 - Mazinho , Brazilian footballer
- 1966 - Mark Blundell , British racing driver
- 1966 - Bobby Ologun , Nigerian television personality
- 1968 - Patricia Arquette , American actress
- 1968 - Tracy Grammer , American folk singer
- 1970 - Sami Lukis , Australian journalist and television presenter
- 1971 - Chino XL , American rapper
- 1972 - Paul Gray , American bassist ( Slipknot )
- 1973 - Emma Caulfield , American actress
- 1973 - Alex S. Gonzalez , American baseball player
- 1973 - Khaled Badra , Tunisian soccer player
- 1974 - Holger Hott Johansen , Norwegian orienteerist
- 1975 - Timo Pérez , Dominican baseball player
- 1977 - Mark Spencer , computer programmer
- 1978 - Ana De La Reguera , Mexican actress
- 1979 - Alexi Laiho , Finnish guitarist and singer ( Children Of Bodom )
- 1979 - Jeremy Guthrie , American baseball player
- 1980 - Manuel Ortega , Austrian singer
- 1980 - Katee Sackhoff , American actress
- 1981 - Brian Burres , American baseball player
- 1982 - Judy Star , Canadian porn star
- 1983 - Adrian Bellani , American actor
- 1983 - Allu Arjun , Indian film actor
- 1984 - Júlia Liptáková , Slovakian model
- 1984 - Taran Noah Smith , American actor
- 1984 - Kirsten Storms , American actress
- 1986 - Igor Akinfeev , Russian footballer
- 1986 - Félix Hernández , Venezuelan baseball player
- 1986 - Erika Sawajiri , Japanese actress and model
- 1989 - Hitomi Takahashi , Japanese singer
- 1992 - Shelby Young , American actress
- 2005 - Leah Isadora Behn , member of Norway's Royal Family
- 217 - Caracalla , Roman Emperor (b. 186 )
- 956 - Gilbert Of Chalon , Duke Of Burgundy
- 1143 - John II Comnenus , Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087 )
- 1364 - King John II Of France (b. 1319 )
- 1461 - Georg Purbach , German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423 )
- 1492 - Lorenzo De Medici , ruler of Florence (b. 1449 )
- 1586 - Martin Chemnitz , Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522 )
- 1587 - John Foxe , English writer (b. 1516 )
- 1691 - Carlo Rainaldi , Italian architect (b. 1611 )
- 1697 - Niels Juel , Danish admiral (b. 1629 )
- 1704 - Hiob Ludolf , German orientalist (b. 1624 )
- 1704 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl Of Romney , English statesman (b. 1641 )
- 1725 - John Wise , English clergyman (b. 1652 )
- 1735 - Francis II Rákóczi , leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (b. March 27 , 1676 )
- 1848 - Gaetano Donizetti , Italian composer (b. 1797 )
- 1857 - Mangal Pandey , Indian soldier
- 1861 - Elisha Otis , American elevator builder (b. 1811 )
- 1870 - Charles De Bériot , Belgian composer (b. 1802 )
- 1919 - Loránd Eötvös , Hungarian physicist (b. 1848 )
- 1920 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes , American composer (b. 1884 )
- 1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt , Swedish writer, Nobel Laureate (b. 1864 )
- 1936 - Robert Bárány , Austrian physician, Nobel Laureate (b. 1876 )
- 1938 - Joe "King" Oliver , American musician (b. 1885 )
- 1942 - Kostas Skarvelis , Greek songwriter (b. 1880 )
- 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky , Polish-born ballet dancer (b. 1890 )
- 1965 - Lars Hanson , Swedish actor (b. 1886 )
- 1973 - Pablo Picasso , Spanish artist (b. 1881 )
- 1974 - James Charles McGuigan , Catholic archbishop of Toronto (b. 1894 )
- 1978 - Ford Frick , American baseball commissioner (b. 1894 )
- 1981 - Omar Bradley , U.S. general (b. 1893 )
- 1984 - Pyotr Kapitsa , Russian physicist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1894 )
- 1985 - J. Fred Coots , American songwriter (b. 1897 )
- 1986 - Yukiko Okada , Japanese idol singer (b. 1967 )
- 1990 - Ryan White , American AIDS activist (b. 1971 )
- 1991 - Dead , Norwegian Black Metal musician (b. 1969 )
- 1992 - Daniel Bovet , Swiss-born pharmacologist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1907 )
- 1993 - Marian Anderson , American contralto (b. 1897 )
- 1994 - François Rozet , French Canadian actor (b. 1899 )
- 1996 - Ben Johnson , American actor (b. 1918 )
- 1996 - George W. Jenkins , American businessman (b. 1907 )
- 1997 - Laura Nyro , American singer and composer (b. 1947 )
- 2000 - Claire Trevor , American actress (b. 1910 )
- 2002 - María Félix , Mexican actress (b. 1914 )
- 2004 - Bruce Edwards , American golf caddy for Tom Watson (b. 1954 )
- 2005 - Eddie Miksis , American baseball player (b. 1926 )
- 2005 - Onna White , Canadian choreographer (b. 1924 )
- 2006 - Gerard Reve , Dutch writer (b. 1923 )
- 2007 - Bill Mescher , American politician (b. 1927 )
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