B is the second letter of the English alphabet. B or b may also refer to: Boron (B), an element Bit (bit or b), a unit of information Byte (B), eight...

PBR&B (also called R-neg-B Hipster R&B or Alternative R&B) is a musical genre which stylistic origins are derived from R&B, alternative hip hop, hip hop...

B cells are lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Once the B cell is activated, it turns into a plasma cell, and starts producing antibodies. They...

A-side and B-side are words used in music. They used to mean the two different sides of vinyl records and cassettes. Singles were released on these from...

The B vitamin complex (also called B vitamins) are a group of 8 vitamins. They have an important job in the metabolism of cells. Each B vitamin is a cofactor...

B♭ major or B-flat major is a major scale starting on B-flat. Its key signature has two flats. It has the pitches of B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G, A, and B♭. Its...

B&Q plc is a British DIY and home improvement retailing company in the United Kingdom. Its main offices are in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. It is owned...

Contemporary R&B is a music genre of R&B. It mixes rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop, electronic and dance. Contemporary R&B is currently a dominant...

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a heavy bomber aircraft with four engines used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, and by other countries'...

Serie B is the second highest division of football in Italy. It was founded in 1929. First of creation of Serie B, there are some championship with few...

B is the 2nd letter of the English alphabet. It's appearance depends on the writer's calligraphy. It has an uppercase and lowercase version like most...

Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American...

collection of quotations related to: Lyndon B. Johnson Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lyndon B. Johnson. Lyndon B. Johnson's White House biography Archived...

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs is a Billboard chart that ranks the top 50 most popular R&B and Hip hop songs in the United States. The chart is ranked by Billboard...

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), also known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, suffragist and women's rights...

B♭ (B-flat; also called si bémol) is the first note of the B♭ minor scale. It is also enharmonic to A-sharp. B-flat major: B♭ C D E♭ F G A B♭ B-flat natural...

B-flat or B♭ may refer to: B♭ (musical note) B♭ major B♭ minor...

B minor is a minor scale based on B. The harmonic minor raises the A to A♯. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative major is D major, and its parallel...

Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born October 11, 1992), know by her stage name Cardi B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actress and television personality...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cecil B. DeMille. Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American movie director. He...

The B-36 Peacemaker was a strategic bomber. It was used in the United States. The B-36 could carry a 21,000 pound bomb. The B-36 was never used in wartime...

Crunk & B (also known as C&B or crunk 'n' blues) is a type of music that combines crunk music and contemporary R&B. Both the name and music were created...

The B-52 Stratofortress is a bomber which, with in-air refueling, can fly long distances to reach targets anywhere in the world. The B-52 can carry up...

had a shorter range, and a smaller bomb load, than its sister bomber the B-24 Liberator, but it had more defensive armament. It dropped large amounts...

William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois (/duːˈbɔɪs/ doo-BOISS; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was a very respected American-Ghanaian sociologist...

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is an American strategic bomber. It is designed to get through many anti-aircraft defenses. It can drop both conventional...

B.B. King (born Riley B. King; September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. Rolling Stone magazine said that...

B major is a major scale based on B. Its key signature has five sharps. B major's relative minor is G-sharp minor, its parallel minor is B minor, and its...

B♭ minor or B-flat minor is a minor scale based on B♭. Its key signature has five flats. It has the pitches of B♭ , C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, and B♭. Its...

Zyklon B was the trade name of a pesticide invented in Germany in the early 1920s. It contains hydrogen cyanide as well as other chemicals. The product...

VfB Stuttgart is the name of a football club in Germany. The club was founded in 1893 and won the German championship five times (1950, 1952, 1984, 1992...

F.C. Barcelona B is the reserve team of F.C. Barcelona. They compete in the Segunda División B, the third division of Spanish association football, after...

Segunda División B is a football league which is the third division in Spain. The league is made of 4 groups of 20 teams, making the amount of total teams...

14 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015. Arthur B. McDonald and Oscillating Neutrinos Arthur B. McDonald Quotes With Pictures Archived 2015-11-04 at...

professionally B.o.B. In 2006, B.o.B was signed to Jim Jonsin's label Rebel Rock Entertainment. B.o.B has released 3 studio albums: "B.o.B Biography, Songs...

B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray (also known simply as The Adventures of Bobby Ray) is the first studio album by American rapper and producer...

Plan B (real name Ben Drew; born 22 October 1983) is an English musician and actor. He also raps, sings, writes songs and is from London. He has collaborated...

Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist. He shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard...

The 99 B-Line is a Coast Mountain Bus Company bus route in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is ran with funds by TransLink. It runs between UBC Exchange...

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is a football league which is second division in Brazil. América Mineiro Avaí Botafogo-SP Brasil de Pelotas Chapecoense...

Linear B is an ancient script that was used to write Mycenaean Greek, the oldest known form of Ancient Greek, as has been proved by Michael Ventris in...

Proxima Centauri b is a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Sun's closest stellar neighbor. The planet is in Proxima Centauri's habitable zone and is...

Braj Basi Lal (2 May 1921 – 10 September 2022), better known as B. B. Lal, was an Indian writer and archaeologist. He was born in Jhansi, British India...

The Official UK R&B Chart is a British music chart. It is compiled by the Official Charts Company. Although the chart does not receive any airplay, its...

The Mighty B! is a Nickelodeon television program. It was made by Erik Wiese, Cynthia True and Amy Poehler. Poehler also voices the main character. Its...

the age of 100. Thackeray, M.M.; David, W.I.F.; Bruce, P.G.; Goodenough, J.B. (1983). "Lithium insertion into manganese spinels". Materials Research Bulletin...

behavior. This school was extremely influential in the mid-20th century, when B. F. Skinner developed it further. Watson was forced to resign his chair at...

of National Hockey League (NHL) players who have played at least one game in the NHL from 1917 to present and have a last name that starts with "B"....

B." Reese (May 24, 1879 – May 16, 1956) was an American inventor. He was best known for creating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founding the H. B. Reese...

A B-movie is usually a low-budget movie crafted by second rate talents and starring lesser-known actors. In the past, these movies were the second feature...

Bernard James Freeman (born March 19, 1973), known professionally as Bun B, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of the southern rap duo...

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center is a group of several buildings dedicated to President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes. It is in...

Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver. It is caused by a virus. The virus is not spread by food or casual contact. It can be spread by blood or body fluids...

Drum and bass (also known as D&B or DnB) is a form of electronic dance music. It began in the 1990s in the United Kingdom. It usually has a certain tempo...

Buck discovered that there are 350 smell receptors in the nose. Buck, Linda B. Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an...

Originally, Sirius B had about five times the mass of the Sun. and was a B-type star (roughly B4–5) when it still was on the main sequence. Sirius B used up its...

won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1994. "Stanley B. Prusiner - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2014-06-28. "Albert Lasker Basic...

McCartney (born August 17, 1989), known by his stage name Lil B, is an American rapper. Lil B is also known as The BasedGod. Rain in England (2010) Angels...

Retrieved 19 May 2012. Frederick B. Dent, Commerce Secretary Under Nixon, Dies at 97 Media related to Frederick B. Dent at Wikimedia Commons This short...

"Robert B. Sherman - Joyce R. Sherman Marriage Certificate". California, County Marriages. familysearch.org. Retrieved January 30, 2016. Sherman, Robert B. "The...

of My Abilities: The American Presidents. ed. James McPherson "Rutherford B. Hayes". npg.si.edu. Retrieved July 1, 2010. "American Experience . The Presidents...

Hunter College with a Bachelor of Art’s Degree in chemistry in 1937. Gertrude B. Elion held 45 patents. Elion said that her 40 years of research resulted...

to replace the B-2 Spirit and B-1 Lancer by 2040. As of February 2022, six B-21s were being built. The B-21 Raider is smaller than the B-2 Spirit, but...

B, Tsi, Ti or Si is a musical note and is the first note of the B major scale. C♭ is the same pitch as B but is not usually seen as the same. It is used...

2011), 13. Process and Faith, "John B. Cobb Jr." http://processandfaith.org/misc/john-b-cobb-jr David Ray Griffin, "John B. Cobb Jr.: A Theological Biography...

The Bachelor of Laws (Latin: Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B. or B.L.) is an undergraduate degree in law (or a first professional degree in ldepending on jurisdiction)...

Uncle B is the debut studio album by English hip hop group N-Dubz. The album is dedicated to N-Dubz's first manager and father of Dappy, Byron Contostavlos...

The WAGR B class were a total of 11 steam locomotives built in three batches in 1884 - 1886 and 1898, being operated by the Western Australian Government...

Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B", commonly known as Benfica B, is a Portuguese football club based in Seixal. It is the reserve team of S.L. Benfica. As of...

Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975), also known as Mel B, is a British singer, songwriter and television personality. She is best known as a member...

Retrieved January 17, 2022. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joe B. Hall. Joe B. Hall Archived 2020-10-09 at the Wayback Machine at Coaches Database...

phrase "Failure is Impossible!" Wikimedia Commons has media related to Susan B. Anthony. This short article about a person from the United States can be...

is Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium. They currently play in the Segunda División B. Because it is Real Madrid's reserve team, the team can not be promoted (moved...

B chromosomes are chromosomes which are not needed for the life of a species. They are also called 'supernumerary' or 'accessory chromosomes'. In addition...

Joseph Haydn's Symphony B in B-flat major was written between 1757 and 1760. It is also called Symphony No. 108. The symphony is written for two oboes...

Hungarian physicist (b. 1902) January 2 – Siad Barre, President of Somalia (b. 1919) January 2 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921) January 6 – Joe...

From A to B is a 2014 United Arab Emirates adventure comedy movie directed by Ali F. Mostafa and starring Fahad Albutairi, Fadi Rifaai, Khaled Abol-Naga...

politician (b. 1913) June 4 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, 49th and 52nd President of Peru (b. 1912) June 7 – B. D. Jatti, President of India (b. 1913) June...

B. Johnson as the 36th president of the United States occurred on November 22, 1963. The inauguration was the beginning of the first term of Lyndon B...

(also called breaking, b-boying or b-girling) is a type of dance that is done by people who are part of the hip hop culture. B-boy means boy who dances...

(Bee Gees) (b. 1949) January 12 – Leopoldo Galtieri, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926) January 17 – Richard Crenna, American actor (b. 1926) January...

"Johnny B. Goode" is a song written by Chuck Berry. The single appears on Berry's 1958 album Chuck Berry Is on Top. The song was recorded on January 6...

Islands (b. 1950) May 27 – Zard, Japanese singer (b. 1967) May 30 – Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor (b. 1933) June 2 – Huang Ju, Chinese politician (b. 1938)...

Burke, American admiral (b. 1901) January 1 - Arthur Rudolph, German engineer (b. 1906) January 1 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author (b. 1930) January 2 - Karl...

Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) is the first purpose-built expeditionary mobile base vessel in the United States Navy. U.S. Navy SEALs launched from the Lewis B. Puller...

Ruth Berhe (born July 2, 1995), known by her stage name Ruth B., is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta by Ethiopians...

American seismologist (b. 1900) October 1 – E. B. White, American writer (b. 1899) October 2 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925) October 9 – Emílio...

Rascel, Italian actor (b. 1927) January 3 – Luke Appling, American baseball player (b. 1907) January 5 – Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b. 1922) January 8 –...

Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨b⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨b⟩. The English language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by "b" as in bear and...

actor (b. 1907) January 2 – Dixy Lee Ray, American politician and Governor of Washington (b. 1917) January 5 – Tip O'Neill, American politician (b. 1912)...

and writer (b. 1915) Erminio Macario, Italian actor (b. 1902) Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913) James Wright, American poet (b. 1927) Milton...

Betty Jean Ward (born September 12, 1944), professionally known as B. J. Ward, is an American actress and singer. She is the creator and star of Stand-Up...

French writer (b. 1862) January 3 – Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician (b. 1888) January 4 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843) January...

German poet (b. 1901) January 3 – Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1905) January 5 – Pete Maravich, basketball player (b. 1947) January...

The second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as the 36th president of the United States was held on January 20, 1965. The inauguration was the start of...

(b. 1930) Michel Legrand, French composer (b. 1932) January 29 George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930) James Ingram, American R&B musician (b. 1952)...

American chemist (b. 1911) January 9 – Edward Osobka-Morawski, Polish politician (b. 1909) January 10 – Alexander R. Todd, Scottish chemist (b. 1907) January...

(b. 1926) February 6 - Danny Dayton, American actor (b. 1923) February 7 – King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935) February 8 – Iris Murdoch, Irish writer (b...

during a performance. Osbourne is hospitalized with rabies. January 21 – B.B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000...

admiral (b. 1911) April 8 – Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893) April 12 – Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914) May 3 – Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)...

case (b. 1963) April 2 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920) April 6 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923) April 11 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)...

Azerbaijani chess player (b. 1904) January 5 – Westley Allan Dodd, American murderer (b. 1961) January 6 – Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (b. 1917) January 6...

American R&B singer (b. 1949) May 16 – Jorge Porcel, Argentine actor (b. 1936) May 19 – Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (b. 1940)...

Skinner was the leading behaviorist in psychology; he built on the work of John B. Watson, and added the idea of operant conditioning. These two American psychologists...

Powell, American actor (b. 1904) January 2 – Al Mamaux, American baseball player (b. 1894) January 2 – Jack Carson, American actor (b. 1910) January 5 – Rogers...

leukemia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louis B. Mayer. Louis B. Mayer on IMDb Louis B. Mayer at Find a Grave This short article about a person from...

(b. 1892) June 24 – Ahmad al-Ghashmi, President of North Yemen (b. 1941) July 26 – Mary Blair, American artist (b. 1911) August 6 – Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)...

The Mass in B minor (BWV 232) (usually called Hohe Messe in German) is a large composition by Johann Sebastian Bach for choir, orchestra and vocal soloists...

Albert Joseph Brown III (born June 4, 1968) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew...

musician (b. 1905) January 6 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896) January 31 – Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American movie producer (b. 1879) January...

The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a strategic bomber in the service with the US Air Force. It is a four-turbojet aircraft that uses a variable-sweep wing. It...

Agricultural and Technical State University from 1896 until his death in 1925. James B. Dudley High School in the town of Greensboro, North Carolina, where the Agricultural...

American hotelier (b. 1887) January 5 – Charles Mingus, American bassist (b. 1922) January 16 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932) January 18 – Gaston...

American photographer (b. 1886) January 8 – Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) January 11 – Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895) January 30 –...

Beiser (June 16, 2008). "William B. Davis - This Conversation". This Conversation TV. Retrieved 2011-12-02. "William B. Davis on Fame Dragon Con 2010"...

51 Pegasi b, also called Bellerephon, Dimidium or 51 Peg b, is the first extrasolar planet discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, 51 Pegasi. Michel...

politician (b. 1924) January 22 – Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908) February 11 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist (b. 1907)...

(b. 1841) 1927 – Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1840) 1930 – Frank Plumpton Ramsey, British philosopher (b. 1903) 1948 – Tony Garnier, French architect (b....

and animator (b. 1857) January 21 – Georges Méliès, French movie director (b. 1861) January 28 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver (b. 1909) February...

scholar (b. 735) 988 – Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909) 1102 – Stephen, Count of Blois (b. 1045) 1125 – Vladimir II Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)...

Bohemia (b. 1032) 1163 – Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1131) 1235 – Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175) 1301 – King Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1231)...

Roswell B. Mason (September 19, 1805 – January 1, 1892) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1869–1871) for the Citizens Party. Roswell was born on September...

operator (b. 1911) January 4 – Donald Campbell, English racecar driver (b. 1921) February 18 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist (b. 1904)...

media) is called an A-side, while any other song on the single is called a B-side. The pairing of recordings on a single comes from the days of shellac...

of President Gordon B. Hinckley". Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2006. "President Gordon B. Hinckley dies at age...

actress (b. 1911) 1998 – John Gary, American singer (b. 1932) 1999 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (b. 1904) 2004 – Joan Aiken, English writer (b. 1924)...

soldier (b. 1921) 2016 – Sammy Lee, American diver (b. 1920) 2016 – Gisela May, German actress (b. 1924) 2017 – Ulli Lommel, German actor and director (b. 1944)...

date) (b. 1868) Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1895) Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1897) Tsarevich Alexei of Russia (b. 1904)...

(b. 1651) 1739 – Dick Turpin, English outlaw (b. 1705) 1762 – Pietro Guarneri, Italian violin maker (b. 1695) 1789 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (b....

Tau Boötis b is an extrasolar planet. It is approximately 51 light years away. The temperature of Tau Boötis b is 1600 K. It was discovered in 1996. It...

(b. 1915) 2001 – Nikos Sampson, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1935) 2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter and producer (b. 1919) 2003 – Russell B....

(b. ca. 1619) 1670 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (b. 1608) 1701 – Prince Louis I of Monaco (b. 1642) 1705 – Luca Giordano, Italian painter (b....

West Franks (b. 846) 948 – Hugh of Italy 1216 – Eric X of Sweden (b. 1180) 1533 – Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471) 1585 – Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502) 1599...

France (b. 860) 962 – Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940) 1204 – King Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170) 1387 – King Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332) 1515...

(b. 450) 590 – Pope Pelagius II (b. 1520) 812 – Li Ning, Chinese prince (b. 793) 999 – Boleslaus II of Bohemia 1045 – Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)...

(b. 1919) 2015 – Frans Bolweg, Dutch sailor (b. 1950) 2015 – Robert Berner, American geoscientist (b. 1935) 2015 – Robert Stone, American writer (b. 1937)...

American actress (b. 1917) March 14 - Günther Reindorff, Estonian graphic designer (b. 1899) March 25 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906) April 5 – Chiang...

Elaine Smith (August 24, 1949 – February 22, 2020), professionally known as B. Smith, was an American restaurateur, model, author, businesswoman and television...

historian (b. 1081) 1177 – Henry II of Austria (b. 1107) 1330 – Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286) 1625 – Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)...

Emperor (b. 980) 1199 – Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur (b. 1160) 1516 – King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452) 1548 – Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b. 1490)...

Zealand (b. 1823) 1897 – Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820) 1901 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840) 1903 – Pope Leo XIII (b. 1810)...

England (b. 1155) 1216 – Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire 1298 – Blessed Yolanda of Poland (b. 1235) 1488 – King James III of Scotland (b. 1451)...

(b. 1600) 1648 – Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) 1653 – Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) 1679 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b....

Alexandria (b. 298) 756 – Emperor Shomu of Japan (b. 701) 907 – Boris I of Bulgaria 1219 – Leo I, King of Armenia (b. 1150) 1300 – Blanche of Artois (b. 1248)...

Portugal (b. 1261) 1355 – Ines de Castro, Castilian royal (b. 1320) 1451 – Antipope Felix V (b. 1383) 1536 – Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (b. 1485)...

astronaut (b. 1948) Ronald McNair, American astronaut (b. 1950) Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (b. 1946) Judith Resnik, American astronaut (b. 1949)...

Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1827) 1919 – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877) 1922 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (b. 1864) 1940 – Isaac Babel...

footballer (b. 1916) Leslie Lievesley, English footballer (b. 1911) Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (b. 1919) Romeo Menti, Italian footballer (b. 1919)...

Emperor (b. 685) 1234 – Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218) 1291 – King Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265) 1464 – Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1400)...

(b. 1884) 1958 – Rosalind Franklin, British chemist (b. 1920) 1968 – Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893) 1968 – Edna Ferber, American writer (b. 1885)...

(b. 1045) 1240 – Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1175) 1272 – Henry III, King of England (b. 1207) 1328 – Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b...

(b. 1937) Ritchie Valens, American musician (b. 1941) The Big Bopper, American musician (b. 1930) 1960 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b...

(b. 1484) 1695 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621) 1716 – Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673) 1721 – Mary Reid, English pirate (b....

lawmaker, businessman Joe B. Raynor of Fayetteville dies". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved September 20, 2014. Joseph B. Raynor, Jr. at the North...

this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨ɓ⟩. The X-SAMPA letter for this sound is b_<. Features of the voiced bilabial implosive: The manner...

Japan (b. 1178) 1342 – Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285) 1479 – Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (b. 1440) 1617 – Concino Concini, Italian–French politician (b. 1575)...

Junna of Japan (b. 786) 1192 – Duke Ottokar IV of Syria (b. 1163) 1278 – Emperor Duanzongof China (b. 1268) 1319 – Haakon V of Norway (b. 1270) 1782 – Marques...

of the USSR (b. 1903) 1997 – Charles B. Huggins, Canadian cancer researcher (b. 1901) 1999 – Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. 1914) 2002 –...

actor (b. 1902) January 1 – Bruno Söderström, Swedish track and field athlete (b. 1881) January 4 – Paul Chambers, American jazz double bassist (b. 1935)...

leader (b. 1148) 1373 – Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (b. 1303) 1645 – Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. 1596) 1692 – Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)...

and saint (b. 496) 1023 – Wulfstan, English archbishop 1357 – King Alfonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291) 1672 – John Trevor, Welsh politician (b. 1626) 1750...

Herold (b. 1842) Lewis Payne (b. 1844) Mary Surratt (b. 1823) 1889 – Giovanni Bottesini, Italian composer, conductor and double–bass virtuoso (b. 1821)...

King of the East Franks (b. 893) 1328 – Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian theologian and scholar (b. 1263) 1384 – King Louis of Naples (b. 1339) 1460 – Gilles Binchois...

scientist (b. 1553) 1685 – Charles II, King of England, Ireland and Scotland (b. 1630) 1695 – Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1643) 1740 – Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)...

(murdered) (b. 93 BC) 474 – Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) 1213 – Queen Regnant Tamar of Georgia (b. c. 1160) 1367 – King Peter I of Portugal (b. 1320)...

prince (b. 589) 626 – Li Yuanji, Chinese prince (b. 603) 649 – Li Jing, Chinese general (b. 571) 862 – Swithun, Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester (b. 789)...

microbiologist (b. 1828) 1906 – Stanford White, American architect (b. 1853) 1916 – Thomas Eakins, artist (b. 1844) 1922 – Satyendranath Dutta, Bengali poet (b. 1882)...

of Wessex (b. 834) 910 – King Alfonso III of Leon (b. 848) 1022 – Elvira Mendes, Queen of Castile (b. 996) 1295 – Margaret of Provence (b. 1221) 1355...

450 – Theodosius II, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1401) 1057 – Pope Victor II (b. 1018) 1230 – Leopold VI of Austria (b. 1176) 1285 – Keran, Queen of Armenia 1527...

York (b. 1739) 1831 – John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1864) 1869 – Carl Loewe, German composer (b. 1796) 1873 – William Tite, English architect (b. 1798)...

Emperor (b. 12) 772 – Pope Stephen III (b. 721) 817 – Pope Stephen IV (b. 770) 863 – Charles of Provence (b. 845) 1002 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)...

psychologist (b. 1931) January 26 – George Habash, Palestinian politician (b. 1926) January 27 – Gordon B. Hinckley, American Mormon leader (b. 1910) January...

Alexander VI (b. 1474) 1516 – John III of Navarre (b. 1469) 1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489) 1548 – Carpentras, French composer (b. 1470) 1594...

(b. 1511) 1605 – Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (b. 1551) 1794 – Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright (b. 1741) 1853 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (b....

theologian (b. 451) 561 – Chlothar I, Frankish King (b. 497) 1253 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206) 1268 – Pope Clement IV (b. 1190) 1314...

(b. 1933) 1998 – Wladyslaw Komar, Polish athlete (b. 1940) 1998 – Tadeusz Slusarski, Polish athlete (b. 1950) 1998 – Tameo Ide, Japanese footballer (b...

Eligius (b. c. 588) 1135 – Henry I, King of England (b. 1068) 1241 – Isabella of England, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) 1377 – King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)...

physician (b. 1904) Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904) Rudolf Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1909) Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897) Waldemar...

Orleans (b. 1389) 1477 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1433) 1527 – Felix Manz, Swiss martyr (b. 1498) 1588 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)...

general (b. 359) 1155 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139) 1188 – Ferdinand II of Leon (b. 1137) 1241 – Pope Gregory IX 1280 – Pope Nicholas III (b. 1216)...

Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297) Louis I of Flanders (b. 1304) John I, Count of Luxemburg (b. 1296) Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320) 1349 – Thomas Bradwardine...

political figure (b. 1864) 1946 – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet–Russian politician (b. 1875) 1963 – Nazim Hikmet (b. 1902) 1963 – Pope John XXIII (b. 1881) 1964 –...

missionary (b. 543) 1011 – Emperor Reizei of Japan (b. 950) 1361 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346) 1555 – Georg Agricola, German scientist (b. 1490)...

(b. 1929) 1979 – J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951) 1988 – Duane Jones, American actor (b. 1936) 1989 – Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)...

(b. 1936) May 22 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1919) June 2 – Rex Harrison, British actor (b. 1908) June 3 – Stiv Bators, American singer (b. 1949)...

(b. 1859) 1957 – Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871) 1958 – Charles King, American athlete (b. 1880) 1962 – Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor (b...

saint (b. 660) 1191 – Pope Clement III (b. 1130) 1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312) 1378 – Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336) 1462 – Vasili II of Russia (b. 1415)...

sculptor and painter (b. 1412) 1560 – Joao de Castro, Portuguese seafarer (b. 1500) 1563 – Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese commander (b. 1519) 1583 – Nakagawa...

the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (b. 750) 1100 – Antipope Clement III (b. 1029) 1134 – Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1073) 1397 – Thomas of Woodstock...

statesman (b. 1851) 1934 – Helene Boucher, French pilot (b. 1908) 1934 – Roy Turk, American songwriter (b. 1892) 1935 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b. 1888)...

Arkansas (b. 1910) 1997 – Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (b. 1946) 1998 – Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924) 2001 – W. G. Sebald, German writer (b. 1944)...

(b. 1927) 2019 – Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer (b. 1935) 2019 – Jafar Kashani, Iranian footballer (b. 1944) 2019 – John Kirby, American lawyer (b....

(b. 1441) 1503 – Pope Pius III (b. 1439) 1541 – Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (b. 1489) 1545 – John Taverner, English composer and organist (b. 1490)...

(b. 1909) 1999 – Anthony Newley, actor, singer (b. 1931) 1999 – Ellen Corby, American actress (b. 1911) 1999 – Bill Wendell, American broadcaster (b....

actor and singer (b. 1896) 1997 – Terry Nation, Welsh writer and screenwriter (b. 1930) 1997 – The Notorious B. I. G., American rapper (b. 1972) 2003 – Bernard...

Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105). 1298 – Philip of Artois (b. 1269). 1349 – Bonne of Bohemia (b. 1315). 1380 – King Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1040). 1677 – James...

Northumbria (b. 1020) 1066 – King Harald III of Norway (b. 1015) 1086 – William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025) 1333 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (b. 1301)...

musician (b. 1919) February 21 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (b. 1925) February 23 – Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890) March...

general and poet (b. 932) 1284 – Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221) 1292 – Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227) 1305 – Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France (b. 1273) 1406 –...

Castile (b. 1155) 1285 – King Philip III of France (b. 1245) 1606 – Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546) 1763 – King Augustus III of Poland (b. 1696)...

computer scientist (b. 1906) January 2 – Virginia Field, British actress (b. 1917) January 3 – Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897) January 9 –...

II of Kiev (b. 1082) 1294 – Kublai Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1215) 1379 – Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) 1405 – Tamerlane, Mongol ruler (b. 1336) 1455...

Canterbury (b. 602) 1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin of China (b. 1068) 1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288) 1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311) 1356...

cancer) (b. 1942) 2000 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (b. 1917) 2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970) 2003 – David Hemmings, British actor (b. 1941)...

(b. 1357) 1464 – Pope Pius II (b. 1405) 1573 – Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) 1691 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b...

Chinese general (b. 778) 931 – Uda of Japan (b. 867) 1374 – Francesco Petrarca, Italian poet (b. 1304) 1415 – Philippa of Lancaster (b. 1359) 1543 – Mary...

a Jewish family. He attended Harvard University, where he received his A.B., S.M. (1973), and Ph.D. (1976), all in applied mathematics. From 1976 to...

volleyball (b. 1870) 1950 – Max Beckmann, German painter (b. 1884) 1953 – Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894) 1957 – Otto Nuschke, German politician (b. 1883)...

(b. 1904) 1990 – Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (b. 1949) 1993 – Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (b. 1917) 1993 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian dancer (b....

(b. 1904) 1957 – Stefanos Sarafis, Greek Resistance activist (b. 1890) 1957 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878) 1960 – Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b...

and politician (b. 1793) 1884 – Henry B. Anthony, Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1815) 1895 – Charles Anderson, 27th Governor of Ohio (b. 1814) 1898 – Wilford...

Order (b. 1170) 1272 – King Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239) 1328 – Galeazzo I Visconti, ruler of Milan (b. 1277) 1414 – Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377) 1458...

dancer 555 – Pope Vigilius (b. 500) 1329 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274) 1358 – Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305) 1394 – Anne of Bohemia...

footballer (b. 1907) 1986 – Rudy Vallée, American singer (b. 1901) 1987 – Viola Dana, American actress (b. 1897) 1989 – Jim Backus, American actor (b. 1913)...

President of France (b. 1884) January 11 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901) January 11 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889) January 11...

Russia (b. 1629) 1696 – Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666) 1743 – Andre-Hercule de Fleury, French statesman (b. 1653) 1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)...

writer (b. 1928) 2011 – Poly Styrene, British singer (b. 1957) 2011 – Gonzalo Rojas, Chilean poet (b. 1917) 2013 – Anna Proclemer, Italian actress (b. 1923)...

(b. 1908) 1996 – Bernhard Klodt, German footballer (b. 1926) 1999 – Owen Hart, professional wrestler (b. 1965) 2002 – Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)...

(b. 1052) 1463 – Princess Catherine of Portugal (b. 1436) 1501 – John I Albert, King of Poland (b. 1459) 1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Ashikaga shogun (b...

painter (b. 1538) 1608 – Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Lithuanian Prince (b. 1526) 1660 – Charles X, King of Sweden (b. 1622) 1662 – Elizabeth of Bohemia (b. 1596)...

Italy (b. 773) 901 – Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (b. 827) 975 – Edgar the Peaceful, English King (b. 943) 1153 – Pope Eugene III (b. 1087)...

physicist (b. 1622) 1774 – Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705) 1776 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755) 1777 – John Bartram, American botanist (b. 1699) 1826...

(b. 1930) 1989 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925) 1989 – Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895) 1990 – Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b....

player (b. 1938) 1983 – Meyer Lansky, mobster (b. 1902) 1987 – Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer (b. 1904) 1988 – Sean MacBride, Irish politician (b. 1904)...

(b. 1951) May 11 – Douglas Adams, English writer (b. 1952) June 1 – King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945) June 2 – Imogene Coca, American comic actress (b....

Emperor (b. 823) 1014 – Samuil of Bulgaria (b. 958) 1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German–Italian monk and saint (b. 1037) 1413 – Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)...

of Russia (b. 1818) 1901 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833) 1906 – Susan B. Anthony, American suffragette (b. 1820) 1913...

and saint (b. 747) 991 – Emperor En'yu of Japan (b. 959) 1242 – Henry (VII) of Germany (b. 1211) 1538 – Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter (b. 1480) 1554...

Paris (b. 496) 838 – Pepin I of Aquitaine (b. 797) 1048 – Abu Rahman al-Biruni, Persian scholar and polymath (b. 973) 1124 – Pope Callixtus II (b. 1065)...

(b. 1980) 2014 – Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian writer (b. 1941) 2014 – James Govan, American singer (b. 1949) 2015 – Alex Rocco, American actor (b. 1936)...

Italian cyclist (b. 1902) January 2 – Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903) January 4 – Christopher Isherwood, English writer (b. 1904) January 4 -...

Roman general (b. 405) 673 – Kim Yu-shin, Korean general (b. 595) 1095 – Olaf I of Denmark (b. 1050) 1227 – Genghis Khan, Mongol ruler (b. around 1160)...

(b. 1879) 1925 – John Singer Sargent, American painter (b. 1856) 1927 – Gaston Leroux, French writer (b. 1868) 1935 – Anna Ancher, Danish painter (b....

anthropologist (b. 1832) 1922 – Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854) 1936 – Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania (b. 1862) 1939 – Roman Tmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)...

director (b. 1899) 1992 – Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910) 1993 – Mick Ronson, British musician (b. 1946) 1997 – Mike Royko, columnist (b. 1932) 2000...

writer (b. 1265) 1404 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1377) 1435 – John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b. 1389) 1523 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)...

of France (b. 967) 1237 – Olaf the Black, King of Mann and the Isles 1254 – Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228) 1471 – King Henry VI of England (b. 1421) 1481...

(b. 1933) 1995 – Alexander Godunov, ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949) 1995 – Elisha Cook Jr., actor (b. 1903) 1995 – Shawn Nelson, US Army veteran (b....

pianist (b. 1915) 2004 – Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907) 2005 – Ilse Werner, German actress (b. 1921) 2005 – Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)...

(b. 1882) Gregor Strasser, Nazi politician (b. 1892) Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prime Minister of Bavaria (b. 1862) Karl Ernst, Sturmabteilung leader (b....

Boulogne (b. 1105) 1160 – Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. 1100) 1270 – Bela IV of Hungary (b. 1206) 1294 – John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252)...

(b. 1929) 1981 – Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (b. 1923) 1986 – Carlo Confalonieri, Italian cardinal (b. 1893) 1987 – Pola Negri, Polish actress (b...

philosopher (b. 1225) 1550 – William IV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1493) 1625 – Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572) 1724 – Pope Innocent XIII (b. 1655) 1778...

cardinal (b. 1908) 1974 – Harry Partch, composer (b. 1901) 1980 – Duncan Renaldo, actor (b. 1904) 1985 – Johnny Marks, American singer (b. 1909) 1986...

(b. 1891) 1988 – Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar (b. 1919) 1990 – Brent Mydland, American musician (b. 1952) 1992 – Mary Wells, American singer (b. 1943)...

mystic (b. 1380) 1492 – Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432) 1564 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503) 1572 – Isaac Luria, Ottoman rabbi and mystic (b. 1534)...

of Aquitaine (b. 915) 1203 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1196) 1287 – Pope Honorius IV (b. 1240) 1350 – Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295) 1617 –...

Normandy (b. 985) 1252 – Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) 1282 – Agnes of Bohemia (b. 1211) 1466 – Francesco I Sforza, Italian ruler (b. 1401)...

Olaf II of Norway (b. 995) 1099 – Pope Urban II (b. 1042) 1095 – King Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040) 1108 – King Philip I of France (b. 1081) 1507 – Martin...

painter (b. 1775) 1859 – Mirabeau B. Lamar, American politician and President of Texas (b. 1798) 1860 – Konstantin Aksakov, Russian writer (b. 1817) 1899...

(b. 1671) 1780 – Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712) 1787 – Charles, Prince of Soubise (b. 1715) 1808 – Fisher Ames, American politician (b...

politician and writer (b. 106 BC) 283 – Pope Eutychian 983 – Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955) 1254 – Pope Innocent IV (b. 1195) 1279 – Boleslaw V...

theologian (b. 1079) 1329 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282) 1509 – King Henry VII of England (b. 1457) 1551 – Oba Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)...

(b. 1883) 1963 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (b. 1888) 1967 – Michael J. Adams, American test pilot (b. 1930) 1976 – Jean Gabin, French actor (b...

(b. 1939) 2017 – Paulo Garcia, Brazilian politician (b. 1959) 2017 – Slim Mahfoudh, Tunisian actor (b. 1942) 2018 – Andreas Kappes, German cyclist (b....

(b. 1930) 2010 – Guru, American rapper (b. 1961) 2011 – Elisabeth Sladen, British actress (b. 1948) 2011 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian marathon runner (b....

king (b. 968) 1124 – Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078) 1217 – Inge II of Norway (b. 1185) 1307 – Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England (b. 1272)...

archbishop and scholar (b. 840) 1101 – Conrad II of Italy (b. 1074) 1276 – King James I of Aragon (b. 1208) 1365 – Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339) 1382 – Joanna...

anthropologist (b. 1832) January 10 – William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), American frontiersman (b. 1846) January 16 – George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) February...

(b. 1979) 2005 – Rong Yiren, Chinese politician (b. 1916) 2007 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934) 2007 – Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American scientist (b....

Shenzhong of China (b. 1048) 1204 – Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. 1122) 1205 – Amalric II of Jerusalem (b. 1145) 1340 – Gerhard III of Holstein (b. 1292) 1580 –...

Eu, French soldier (b. 1358) 1464 – Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1399) 1468 – Jean Le Fevre, Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395) 1622 – Alexander...

(b. 866) 991 – Theophanu, consort of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 960) 1073 – Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (b. 1073) 1184 – King Magnus V of Norway (b...

Finnish architect (b. 1873) 1954 – Thea von Harbou, German actress and writer (b. 1888) 1962 – B. C. Roy, Indian doctor and politician (b. 1882) 1964 – Pierre...

(b. 1834) 1897 – Saint Therese of Liseaux (b. 1873) 1929 – Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1878) 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b....

(b. 1966) 2000 – Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909) 2002 – Dave Berg, cartoonist (b. 1920) 2002 – Sharon Sheeley, songwriter (b....

Japan (b. 1079) 1250 – King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) 1472 – Janos Vitez, Croatian humanist (b. 1408) 1534 – Thomas Cajetan, Italian theologian (b. 1470)...

(b. 1679) 1761 – William Law, English minister (b. 1686) 1768 – Sarah Fielding, British writer (b. 1710) 1804 – Jacques Necker, French statesman (b. 1732)...

Bohemia (b. 1064) 1218 – Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186) 1250 – King Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216) 1294 – Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)...

Francia (b. 850) 1495 – Alfonso II of Naples (b. 1448) 1691 – Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) 1709 – Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1625)...

Ravenna, Italian bishop (b. 499) 606 – Pope Sabinian 965 – Otto, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944) 1071 – Arnulf III, Count of Flanders (b. 1055) 1111 – Roger Borsa...

philosopher (b. 412) 1080 – King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041) 1427 – John IV, Duke of Brabant (b. 1403) 1539 – George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471) 1574...

Japan (b. 631) 959 – King Edwy of England (b. 941) 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997) 1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) 1404...

(b. 900) 955 – Edred, King of England (b. c. 923) 1407 – Louis I, Duke of Orleans (b. 1372) 1457 – King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b....

(b. 1937) 2010 – Alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950) 2010 – Sid Fleischman, American writer (b. 1920) 2011 – Michael Gough, British actor (b. 1916)...

(b. 1607) 1664 – Francisco Pacheco, Spanish painter (b. 1564) 1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (b. 1601) 1700 – Pope Innocent XII (b....

Emperor of China (b. 259) 482 – Severinus of Noricum, Italian saint (b. 410) 1107 – Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) 1198 – Pope Celestine III (b. 1106) 1324 –...

(b. 1922) 2008 – Eugenio Montejo, Venezuelan poet (b. 1938) 2012 – Barry Unsworth, British author (b. 1930) 2012 – Ray Bradbury, American writer (b. 1920)...

Sultan (b. 1604) 1648 – Wladislaus IV of Poland (b. 1595) 1717 – John Trevor, English politician (b. 1637) 1793 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)...

statesman (b. 1432) 1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470) 1611 – Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1522) 1621 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)...

Kuwait (b. 1924) 1980 – Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer (b. 1911) 1980 – Raoul Walsh, movie director (b. 1887) 1985 – Ricky Nelson, American singer (b. 1940)...

Buxhoeveden (b. 1165) 1369 – Peter I of Cyprus (b. 1328) 1468 – Skanderbeg, Albanian leader against the Ottoman Empire (b. 1405) 1598 – Fyodor I of Russia (b. 1557)...

(b. 1438) 1475 – Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (b. 1415) 1502 – James Tyrrell, English knight (b. 1450) 1596 – Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)...

(b. 175) 311 – Gallerius, Roman Emperor (b. 260) 984 – Gerberga of Saxony (b. 913) 1028 – Alfonso V of Castile (b. 994) 1194 – Casimir II of Poland (b...

930 – Emperor Daigo of Japan (b. 885) 1157 – Sweyn III of Denmark (b. 1120) 1456 – Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1381) 1581 – Michael Neander...

Emperor (b. 1182) 1250 – Robert I, Count of Artois (b. 1216) 1265 – Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217) 1296 – King Przemysl II of Poland (b. 1257) 1572...

Julian (b. 313) 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1099) 1458 – Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396) 1462 – Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)...

(b. 1786) 1859 – Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (b. 1791) 1860 – Charles Barry, English architect (b. 1795) 1864 – J.E.B. Stuart, American general (b....

Saxony (b. 845) 1231 – Elizabeth of Hungary (b. 1207) 1492 – Jami, Persian poet (b. 1414) 1494 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463)...

(b. 1455) 1514 – Anne, Queen of France (b. 1477) 1562 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514) 1799 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b....

Augustus, Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC). 1186 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158). 1245 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195). 1297 – Saint Louis...

the British House of Commons. 1813 – In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory B. Laxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition westward from Sydney. 1818...

Emperor (b. 259 BC) 918 – Baldwin II, Count of Flanders (b. 865) 954 – King Louis IV of France (b. 920) 1167 – Empress Matilda of England (b. 1102) 1197...

naturalist (b. 1522) 1644 – Luis Velez de Guevara, Spanish writer (b. 1579) 1673 – Michael of Poland (b. 1640) 1777 – Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)...

Last (b. 1252) 1542 – Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482) 1545 – Abraomas Kulvietis, Lithuanian reformer (b. 1509) 1584 – Francis, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)...

Japan (b. 992) 1204 – Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England (b. 1121) 1340 – Ivan I of Russia (b. 1288) 1547 – Francis I of France (b. 1494)...

(b. 1815) February 11 – Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808) February 23 – Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b....

Texas. 1851 – The YMCA in North America is founded in Montreal. 1872 – P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African American State Governor in the US...

filter (b. 1873) 1955 – Max Pechstein, German painter (b. 1881) 1957 – Malcolm Lowry, English writer (b. 1909) 1958 – Karl Arnold, German politician (b. 1901)...

1964 to 1968. He was a son of former Mississippi Governor Paul B. Johnson Sr. "Paul B. Johnson Jr. Dies at 69". October 15, 1985 – via NYTimes.com. This...

composer (b. 1866) 1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (b. 1842) 1923 – King Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868) 1928 – Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)...

Theresa, Countess of Portugal (b. 1080) 1189 – William II of Sicily (b. 1153) 1623 – Philippe de Mornay, French theorist (b. 1549) 1686 – Otto von Guericke...

of Japan (b. 1676) 1185 – Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109) 1352 – Pope Clement VI (b. 1290) 1550 – Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter (b. 1502) 1672...

mathematician (b. 1544) 1609 – Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560) 1642 – Cardinal Richelieu (b. 1885) 1679 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)...

the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1833) March 13 – César Cui, Lithuanian composer (b. 1835) March 25 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862) March 27 – Henry...

(b. 284) 840 – Einhard, French writer and historian (b. 770) 968 – Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (b. 895) 1457 – Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)...

Emperor (b. 905) 1187 – Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107) 1208 – Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (b. 1155) 1456 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje (b. 1406)...

Lorraine (b. 1364) 1494 – King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423) 1559 – King Christian II of Denmark (b. 1481) 1573 – Hirohate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (b. 1553)...

Chinese statesman (b. 754) 869 – Edmund of East Anglia (b. 841) 996 – Richard I, Duke of Normandy (b. 938) 1316 – King John I of France (b. November 15, 1316)...

Norway (b. 1090) 1212 – King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154) 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer and cartographer (b. 1482) 1649...

artist (b. 1860) 1954 – Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer (b. 1866) 1954 – Jackie Saunders, American actress (b. 1892) 1958 – King Faisal II of Iraq (b. 1935)...

Emperor (b. 10 BC) 1093 – Robert I, Count of Flanders 1282 – Nichiren, Japanese monk (b. 1222) 1687 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633)...

Fort Donelson, Tennessee. 1879 – Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases at the United...

Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg. 1889 – Nellie Bly begins her 72–day journey around the world. 1894 – Tsar Nicholas II marries...

French writer (b. 1645) 1717 – John Hathorne, magistrate (b. 1641) 1737 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702) 1774 – King Louis XV of France (b. 1710) 1775...

sculptor (b. 1924) 2006 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921) 2009 – Jack Cardiff, English director (b. 1914) 2009 – Ken Annakin, English director (b. 1914)...

Duke of Brabant (b. 1384) 1415 – Frederick of Lorraine (b. 1371) 1478 – Catherine of Bosnia (b. 1425) 1495 – King John II of Portugal (b. 1455) 1514 – William...

of Japan (b. 1401) 1483 – King Louis XI of France (b. 1423) 1505 – Elizabeth of Austria (b. 1536) 1580 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528) 1619...

(b. 106 BC) 722 – Leudwinus, Frankish bishop (b. 660) 855 – Lothair I, Emperor of the Romans (b. 795) 1364 – Charles de Blois, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)...

(b. 205) 1341 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279) 1531 – Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (b. 1487) 1592 – Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (b....

baseball (b. 1820) 1901 – Richard B. Hubbard, 17th Governor of Texas (b. 1832) 1910 – Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887) 1918...

Grandmaster (b. 1960) January 13 – Thelma Rogers, English actress (b. 1924) January 15 – Željko Ražnatović, Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (b. 1952)...

Methodius (b. 815) 1147 – Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090) 1199 – King Richard I of England (b. 1157) 1490 – Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (b. 1443)...

novelist (b. 1763) 1857 – Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804) 1867 – Philipp August Böckh, scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785) 1877 – William B. Ogden,...

leader (b. 1910) 1979 – Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (b. 1912) 1985 – Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906) 1990 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)...

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American director (b. 1883) January 11 – Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. 1889) January 14 – Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882) January 28...

privateer (b. 1635) 1699 – King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646) 1740 – Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874) 1742 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704)...

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(b. 1919) 1986 – Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898) 1988 – Valerie Solanas, American feminist (b. 1936) 1989 – Lucille Ball, American actress (b....

writer (b. 1917) 2008 – Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (b. 1929) 2008 – Paul Scofield, British actor (b. 1921) 2009 – Paul Angelis, English actor (b. 1943)...

actor (b. 1887) 1955 – Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1875) 1956 – Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882) 1958 – Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)...

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Italian humanist (b. 1380) 1522 – Jean Houton, French composer (b. 1459) 1553 – Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489) 1602 – Jean-Jacques...

China (b. 1887) 1975 – John A. Burns, Governor of Hawaii (b. 1909) 1976 – Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905) 1981 – Bob Hite, American singer (b. 1945)...

at the stake) (b. 1548) 1609 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) 1652 – Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582) 1673 – Molière...

saint (b. 1381) 1540 – Francesco Guicciardini (b. 1483) 1666 – Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608) 1667 – Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)...

(b. 1921) 2011 – Jani Lane, American musician (b. 1964) 2013 – Henry Polic II, American actor (b. 1945) 2013 – Shirley Herz, American publicist (b. 1925)...

Saint of Wales (b. 500) 986 – King Lothair of France (b. 941) 1131 – King Stephen II of Hungary (b. 1104) 1233 – Count Thomas I of Savoy (b. 1178) 1244 –...

(b. 1931) 1983 – Ralph Richardson, actor (b. 1902) 1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian–born actor (b. 1920) 1985 – Orson Welles, American director, actor (b....

Jerusalem (b. 1058) 1305 – Joan I of Navarre (b. 1273) 1506 – Prince Arthur Tudor of England (b. 1486) 1507 – Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint (b. 1416)...

Baron le Despencer (b. 1223) Henry de Montfort (b. 1238) Peter de Montfort (b. 1215) Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (b. 1208) 1306 – Wenceslaus...

(b. 1235) 1381 – Catherine of Vadstena, Swedish saint (b. 1332) 1455 – Pope Nicholas V (b. 1394) 1563 – Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b...

Summer. 1216 – Pope Innocent III (b. 1160/1161). 1324 – Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267). 1342 – Charles I of Hungary (b. 1288). 1557 – Anne of Cleves,...

King (b. 804) 1027 – Richard II, Duke of Normandy (b. 963) 1481 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1432) 1645 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher (b. 1583)...

(b. 1830) 1928 – Larry Semon, silent movie comedian (b. 1889) 1936 – Premchand, Indian writer (b. 1880) 1936 – Red Ames, American baseball player (b....

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Saxony (b. 1503) 1605 – Pope Clement VIII (b. 1536) 1606 – Nyaungyan Min, King of Burma (b. 1557) 1703 – Robert Hooke, English scientist (b. 1635) 1706...

conquistador (b. 1528) 1620 – Johannes Nucius, German composer (b. 1556) 1732 – Lucy Filippini, Italian saint (b. 1672) 1751 – Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)...

(b. 1893) Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi leader (b. 1892) Julius Streicher, German propagandist (b. 1884) Alfred Jodl, German military officer (b...

footballer (b. 1933) 2016 – Yuri Bychkov, Russian art historian (b. 1931) 2016 – Cox Habbema, Dutch actress (b. 1944) 2016 – Eva Henning, Swedish actress (b. 1920)...

(b. 1932) 1963 – Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913) 1963 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer (b. 1921) 1965 – Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b....

seamstress (b. 1752) 1867 – Emperor Komei of Japan (b. 1831) 1869 – William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) 1889 – Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (b. 1858)...

and saint (b. 585) 918 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 875) 1189 – King Henry II of England (b. 1133) 1218 – Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) 1249...

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Palenque (b. 635) 1154 – Wulfric of Haselbury, English saint (b. 1080) 1171 – Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) 1194 – King Tancred of Sicily (b. 1138)...

of Sweden (b. 995) 1094 – King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) 1139 – King Magnus IV of Norway (b. 1115) 1202 – King Canute VI of Denmark (b. 1163) 1434...

(b. 1781) 1846 – Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800) 1861 – Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish missionary (b. 1800) 1862 – Justinus Kerner, German poet (b. 1786)...

(b. 1859) 1900 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (b. 1842) 1902 – Walter Reed, American physician (b. 1851) 1916 – Jack London, American writer (b....

(b. 1973) 2013 – Iain Banks, Scottish author (b. 1954) 2013 – Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (b. 1926) 2013 – John Burke, English rugby player (b...

and politician (b. 1748) 1810 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1740) 1830 – King George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762) 1836 – Claude...

(b. 1886) 1950 – George Orwell, British writer (b. 1903) 1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director (b. 1881) 1961 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (b....

player (b. 1954) 1996 – Annabella, French actress (b. 1907) 2002 – Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930) 2004 – Russ Meyer, American filmmaker (b. 1922)...

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writer (b. 1504) 1591 – Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519) 1662 – Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (b. 1628) 1691 – Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627)...

saint (b. 1244) 1391 – Tvrtko I, King of Bosnia (b. 1338) 1588 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533) 1607 – Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1590)...

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Eleanor Brandon (b. 1519) 1557 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1492) 1590 – Pope Urban VII (b. 1521) 1651 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573) 1660...

saint (b. 1212) 1404 – Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1342) 1463 – Isidore of Kiev (b. 1385) 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (b. 1480)...

Liberia (b. 1913) 1981 – Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914) 1981 – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, of Japan (b. 1887) 1988 – Alan Paton, South African writer (b. 1903)...

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Aquitaine (b. 1071) 1162 – King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130) 1242 – Emperor Shijo of Japan (b. 1231) 1278 – Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) 1306...

King of Poland (b. 1042) 1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (b. 1278) 1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (b. 1345) 1421 – Thomas...

Boniface IV (b. 550) 675 – Li Hong, Chinese prince (b. 550) 709 – Aldhelm, English Christian saint (b. 639) 967 – Emperor Murakami of Japan (b. 926) 992...

Mayan ruler (b. 603) 1056 – Byzantine Empress Theodora (b. 981) 1158 – Sancho I of Castile (b. 1134) 1234 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212) 1422...

(b. 1739) 1796 – Robert Burns, Scottish poet (b. 1759) 1796 – Philip Carteret, English explorer (b. 1733) 1859 – John Gayle, American politician (b. 1792)...

engineer (b. 1777) 1863 – Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817) 1875 – Maria Röhl, Swedish artist (b. 1801) 1904 – Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)...

Northumbria (b. 604) 882 – King Louis III of France (b. 863) 1063 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd (b. 1007) 1364 – Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)...

(b. 1812) 1921 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841) 1930 – D. H. Lawrence, British writer (b. 1885) 1939 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)...

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Danish king (b. 910) 1112 – Henry, Duke of Portugal (b. 1069) 1296 – Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230) 1391 – Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360) 1399...

Ethiopia (b. 1448) 1481 – Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (b. 1472) 1492 – Jami, Persian poet (b. 1414) 1557 – Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland (b. 1494)...

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of Japan (b. 1196) 1406 – Pope Innocent VII 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430) 1650 – William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626) 1656...

Holy Roman Empire (b. 778) 1176 – Mikhail of Vladimir 1597 – Willem Barentsz, navigator (b. 1550) 1605 – Tsar Feodor II of Russia (b. 1589) 1668 – Heinrich...

politician (b. 713) 1103 – Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) 1361 – Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1310) 1369 – King Peter of Castile (b. 1334)...

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(b. 1775) 1887 – Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) 1912 – William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (b. 1829) 1914 – Pope Pius X (b. 1835)...

politician (b. 1958) 2015 – Bruce Crump, American musician (b. 1957) 2015 – Buddy Elias, Swiss actor (b. 1925) 2015 – Andy Fraser, British musician (b. 1962)...

(b. 1894) 1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881) 1945 – Kiyoshi Miki, Japanese philosopher (b. 1897) 1947 – Hugh Lofting, English writer (b....

Archbishop of Mainz (b. 940) 1072 – Peter Damian, theologian (b. 1007) 1100 – Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) 1270 – Isabel of France (b. 1225) 1447 – Pope...

killer (b. 1960) 1997 – Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920) 2003 – Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915) 2007 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (b. 1907)...

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director (b. 1912) 1995 – Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (b. 1945) 2002 – Rudolf Hell, German inventor (b. 1901) 2002 – Marion Dönhoff, German publicist (b. 1909)...

(b. 1819) 1904 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860) 1907 – Qiu Jin, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1875) 1916 – Elie Metchnikoff, Russian scientist (b...

(b. 1883) 1969 – Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist (b. 1883) 1969 – Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1895) 1971 – Fernandel, French actor (b....

Brabant (b. 1300) 1560 – Francis II of France (b. 1544) 1570 – Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) 1663 – Severo Bonini, Italian composer (b. 1582)...

Han of China (b. 156 BC) 57 – Emperor Gwangwu of Han of China (b. 5) 1058 – Pope Stephen IX (b. 1020) 1368 – Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (b. 1328) 1461...

(b. 1918). 1946 – Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883). 1948 – Alfred Kerr, German writer (b. 1867). 1956 – Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (b...

(b. 661) 1170 – Thomas Becket, English bishop (assassinated) (b. 1118) 1565 – Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501) 1605 – John Davis, English explorer (b...

Dagobert II, Frankish king (b. 650) 910 – Saint Naum of Ohrid, Macedonian missionary and scholar (b. 830) 918 – Conrad I of Germany (b. 890) 1193 – Saint Thorlak...

Emperor (b. 39) 1321 – Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (b. 1265) 1409 – Isabella of Valois, Queen of England (b. 1389) 1438 – Duarte, King of Portugal (b. 1391)...

politician (b. 1944) 1994 – Larry Martin, English actor (b. 1934) 1995 – Brigid Brophy, British writer (b. 1929) 1999 – Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)...

III (b. 750) 1020 – Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury 1560 – Imawaga Yoshimoto, Japanese daimyo (b. 1519) 1560 – Ii Naomori, Japanese warrior (b. 1506)...

(b. 1934) 2013 – Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kickboxer (b. 1969) 2013 – Dale Robertson, American actor (b. 1923) 2014 – Jan Hoet, Belgian art historian (b. 1936)...

poet (b. 1774) 1857 – William Scoresby, British explorer (b. 1789) 1884 – Ezra Abbot, American scholar (b. 1819) 1910 – Nadar, French photographer (b. 1820)...

Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400) 1560 – Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525) 1572 – Saint Francis of Borgia, Jesuit priest (b. 1510) 1626 – Taizu Emperor...

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Alexandria (b. 654) 939 – King Athelstan I of England (b. 895) 1271 – Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) 1303 – Beatrice of Castile (b. 1242)...

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(b. 1225) 1429 – Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380) 1535 – John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, executed on Tower Hill (b....

killer (b. 1959) 2014 – Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1920) 2014 – Sandy Wilson, English composer (b. 1924) 2014 – Peret, Spanish musician (b. 1935)...

playwright (b. 1903) 1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (b. 1930) 1970 – France Bevk, Slovenian writer (b. 1890) 1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian actor (b. 1899)...

candy manufacturer (b. 1859) January 25 – Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899) March 11 – Victor Lustig, Austrian-born con artist (b. 1890) March 18 –...

(b. 1903) 1990 – Meir Kahane, rabbi (b. 1932) 1991 – Robert Maxwell, Slovakian–born media tycoon (b. 1923) 1991 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)...

Prize winner (b. 1891) 1988 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist (b. 1906) 1989 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907) 1990 – Robert B. Meyner, 40th Governor...

(b. 1086) 1268 – Conradin, Italian King (b. 1252) 1268 – Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249) 1321 – King Stephen Uros II Milutin of Serbia (b. 1253)...

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sculptor (b. 1700) 1782 – Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736) 1832 – Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (b. 1769) 1835 – John Nash, architect (b. 1752)...

British–Israeli physicist (b. 1917) 2016 – Craig Sager, American sportscaster (b. 1951) 2017 – A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1944) 2017 –...

diplomat (b. 1933) 1994 – Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1904) 1995 – Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928) 1996 – Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)...

France (b. 894) 1083 – Matilda of Flanders, Queen of William the Conqueror 1285 – King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239) 1327 – King James II of Aragon (b. 1267)...

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(b. 430) 1228 – Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1150) 1386 – Leopold III, Duke of Austria (b. 1351) 1553 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b...

composer (b. 1912) 2003 – Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951) 2003 – Christopher Hill, British historian (b. 1912) 2006 – Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)...

of Wessex (b. 904) 1100 – King William II of England (b. 1056) 1222 – Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156) 1316 – Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297) 1332...

(b. 1072) 1143 – Agnes of Germany (b. 1072) 1143 – Pope Innocent I 1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118) 1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria (b....

1872 – The ship Mary Celeste sails from New York City. 1876 – Rutherford B. Hayes is controversially elected President of the United States over Samuel...

replaced by the B-18 Bolo and B-17 Flying Fortress. A notable event with the B-10 was when Lt. Col. Henry H. Arnold lead a flight of 10 B-10 bombers from...

Lombardy (b. 540) 1165 – Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143) 1201 – Constance, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1161) 1235 – Henry I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1165) 1548...

mother of Julius Caesar (b. 120 BC) 855 – Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Arab scholar and theologian (b. 780) 1099 – El Cid, Spanish warrior (b. 1044) 1396 – William...

Godwinson, English king (b. 1022) 1092 – Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and politician (b. 1018) 1217 – Isabel, Countess of Gloucester (b. 1173) 1318 – Edward...

convicted criminal (b. 1930) February 22 – Andy Warhol, American artist (b. 1928) March 19 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist (b. 1892) March 28 – Patrick...

actor (b. 1717) 1819 – King Charles IV of Spain (b. 1748) 1837 – John Soane, English architect (b. 1753) 1841 – Minh Mang, Vietnamese Emperor (b. 1791)...

player (b. 1966) 2015 – Yasar Kemal, Turkish writer (b. 1923) 2016 – Frank Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1938) 2016 – George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)...

(b. 1652) 1740 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685) 1842 – Grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815) 1896 – Felix Tisserand, French astronomer (b...

actress 217 – Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 188) 622 – Prince Shotoku of Japan (b. 574) 632 – Charibert, Frankish king (b. 607) 956 – Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy...

Chinese Emperor (b. 161) 1040 – Fulk III, Count of Anjou (b. 972) 1206 – Enrico Dandolo, 42nd Doge of Venice (b. 1107) 1208 – Philip of Swabia (b. 1177) 1305...

Milan (b. 1444) 1530 – Babur, Mughal Emperor (b. 1483) 1624 – Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573) 1780 – John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)...

Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year. 3113 B.C. – Maya Calendar, started on this date (some sources give August 11). It...

Northumbria (b. 634) 1390 – Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1338) 1413 – King Henry IV of England (b. 1367) 1568 – Duke Albert of Prussia (b. 1490) 1586...

founder (b. 1834) February 2 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834) February 16 – Giosue Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)...

theologian (b. 1498) 1575 – Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511) 1586 – Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554) 1587...

judge (b. 1933) 2015 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (b. 1932) 2015 – Roger Rees, Welsh–American actor (b. 1944) 2015 – Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)...

king (b. 962) 1076 – Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1018) 1086 – Anselm of Lucca, Italian bishop (b. 1036) 1227 – Pope Honorius III (b. 1148)...

artist (b. 1919) 2017 – Sonny Geraci, American musician (b. 1947) 2017 – Björn Granath, Swedish actor (b. 1946) 2018 – Margot Duhalde, Chilean pilot (b. 1920)...

physicist (b. 1902) January 14 – Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1902) January 20 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)...

Hemisphere to see. Alpha Centauri is a binary star system of two stars A & B. The distance between them is quite close. To the naked eye, the stars are...

Austria (b. 1797) 1840 – Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771) 1872 – Kamehameha V, King of Hawai'i (b. 1830) 1906 – Charles Townsend, American fencer (b. 1872)...

American opera singer (b. 1849) January 16 – Léo Delibes, French composer (b. 1836) January 21 – Calixa Lavallée, Canadian composer (b. 1842) February 14...

and comedienne (b. 1869) January 18 – Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (b. 1865) January 27 – Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (b. 1894) February...