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Births

* 1982 Kristin Kreuk Canadian-born actress and model of Dutch and Indonesian Chinese descent known for her roles on the Canadian television series teen soap Edgemont and on the American television series Smallville.
* 1980 Eliza Dushku American actress and star of the television series Tru Calling.
* 1975 Tiger Woods Better known as Tiger Woods, is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time.
* 1961 Douglas Coupland Canadian fiction writer and cultural commentator.
* 1961 Sean Hannity Irish American, conservative talk radio host, host of Fox News Channel's program Hannity, and author of two books.
* 1961 Ben Johnson Canadian former sprinter who enjoyed a high-profile career during much of the 1980s and won two Olympic Bronze medals.
* 1960 Heather Wilson Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico.
* 1959 Tracey Ullman British comedian, actress, singer, dancer, screenwriter and author, who is most famous for being the host of her eponymous variety television show.
* 1959 Susan (Australian) Johnson Australian novelist and author.
* 1950 Bjarne Stroustrup Computer scientist and creator of the C++ programming language.
* 1947 Jeff Lynne British singer-songwriter and record producer.
* 1946 Marc Forne Molne Head of Government of Andorra from 7 December 1994 to May 27, 2005.
* 1946 Patti Smith American singer-songwriter and poet.
* 1935 Sandy Koufax American left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966.
* 1934 John N. Bahcall American astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
* 1910 Paul Bowles Composer, author, and traveler.
* 1895 L. P. Hartley British writer.
* 1887 C. D. Broad English epistemologist, historian of philosophy, philosopher of science, moral philosopher, and writer on the philosophical aspects of psychical research.
* 1884 Hideki Tojo General in the Imperial Japanese Army, a nationalist thinker, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan.
* 1879 Ramana Maharshi Hindu sage, and a proponent of Advaita Vedanta.
* 1869 Stephen Leacock Canadian writer and economist.
* 1865 Rudyard Kipling British author and poet, born in India.

Deaths

† 2004 Artie Shaw Considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of his time.
† 1967 Vincent Massey Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Canadian Confederation.
† 1947 Alfred North Whitehead British mathematician who became an American philosopher.
† 1944 Romain Rolland French writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 after the publication of his major work, Jean-Christophe.
† 1941 El Lissitsky More famous as El Lissitzky [??? ????????], was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect.
† 1896 Jose Rizal Filipino nationalist, doctor, writer, and polymath whose works and martyred death made him a hero of the Philippine Revolution.
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