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Births

* 1979 Daniel Johns Australian vocalist, composer, guitarist, and pianist, best known as frontman of the rock band Silverchair.
* 1974 Chetan Bhagat Indian author.
* 1966 Nina Shatskaya Russian singer and actress, best known for her unique jazzy take on the Russian romance heritage.
* 1960 Mart Laar Estonian statesman, historian and economist.
* 1959 Terry Francona Nicknamed "Tito," is the manager of the Boston Red Sox.
* 1946 John Waters American filmmaker, actor, writer, personality, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films.
* 1938 Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Chairman and Founder of international Jordan-based group Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization.
* 1935 Mac Maharaj South African politician affiliated to the African National Congress, academic and businessman of Indian origin.
* 1922 Charles Mingus American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist also known for his activism against racial injustice.
* 1922 Richard Diebenkorn Well-known 20th century American painter.
* 1909 Indro Montanelli Italian journalist and historian.
* 1904 J. Robert Oppenheimer American physicist and the scientific director of the Manhattan Project.
* 1889 Henry D. Moyle Commonly known as Henry D Moyle, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
* 1874 Wu Peifu Chinese warlord and General of the Republic of China.
* 1870 Vladimir Lenin – 21 January 1924) was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik communist party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union and the main theorist of Leninism.
* 1840 Odilon Redon Symbolist painter, born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France.
* 1816 Philip James Bailey English poet; he authored Festus.
* 1804 Richard (minister) Fuller One of the founders of the Southern Baptist movement.
* 1766 Anne Louise Germaine de Stael Commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
* 1724 Immanuel Kant Born Emanuel Kant, was a Prussian philosopher.
* 1707 Henry Fielding English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones.

Deaths

† 2006 Henriette Avram Computer programmer and systems analyst who developed the MARC format, which is the national and international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.
† 2005 Philip Morrison American physicist from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
† 2002 Victor Frederick Weisskopf Austrian born Jewish American theoretical physicist.
† 1994 Richard Nixon 37th U S President.
† 1994 Karl Hess American libertarian and speechwriter for Barry Goldwater.
† 1986 Mircea Eliade Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.
† 1984 Ansel Adams American fine art photographer most famous for his wilderness landscapes.
† 1977 Aron Brand Auraban Born in Ozorków, Poland, was an Israeli paediatric cardiologist.
† 1966 Sepp Dietrich German Waffen-SS general, an SS-Oberstgruppenführer, and one of the closest men to Adolf Hitler.
† 1957 Roy Campbell South African poet, satirist and translator.
† 1946 Harlan F. Stone American lawyer and jurist.
† 1945 Kathe Kollwitz German painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century.
† 1908 Henry Campbell-Bannerman British Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister from December 5, 1905 until resigning due to ill health on April 3, 1908.
† 1901 William Stubbs Highly influential mediaeval, constitutional and ecclesiastical historian.
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