Events
Births
- 1780 - Richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844)
- 1895 - Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956)
- 1897 - Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
- 1902 - Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- 1912 - Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
- 1916 - Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997)
- 1917 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
- 1920 - C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1924 - Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive (d. 1986)
- 1930 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002)
- 1934 - Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1936 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Smokey Robinson, American singer
- 1941 - David Gross, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1942 - Paul Krause, American football player
- 1943 - Lou Christie, American singer
- 1943 - Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
- 1945 - Michael Nader, American actor
- 1946 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
- 1948 - Mark Andes, American musician
- 1948 - Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Dan Bunten, American software developer (d. 1998)
- 1951 - Stephen Nichols, American actor
- 1952 - Amy Tan, American novelist
- 1955 - Jeff Daniels, American actor
- 1956 - Kathleen Beller, American actress
- 1956 - Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1962 - John Laroche, American orchid poacher
- 1963 - Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
- 1966 - Justine Bateman, American actress
- 1969 - Burton C. Bell, American vocalist
- 1971 - Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
- 1972 - Francine, American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
- 1979 - Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
- 1980 - Neleh Dennis, American Survivor contestant
- 1980 - Mike Miller, American basketball player
- 1981 - Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip)
- 1981 - Gil Reyes, American boxer
- 1984 - Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
- 1985 - Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
- 1993 - Victoria Justice, American actress and musician
Deaths
- 1789 - Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)
- 1936 - Billy Mitchell, American general and military aviation pioneer (b. 1879)
- 1942 - Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
- 1969 - Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1972 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
- 1983 - Alice White, American film actress (b. 1904)
- 1996 - Charles O. Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
- 1997 - Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
- 1998 - Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
- 2001 - Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Johnny PayCheck, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2007 - Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)