July 19

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Events

Births

  • 1670 – Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758)
  • 1688 – Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)
  • 1744 – Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)
  • 1759 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)
  • 1789 – John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
  • 1800 – Juan José Flores, military and first President of Ecuador (d. 1864)
  • 1814 – Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862)
  • 1819 – Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890)
  • 1822 – Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1916)
  • 1827 – Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857)
  • 1834 – Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917)
  • 1849 – Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic (d. 1906)
  • 1860 – Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (d. 1927)
  • 1865 – Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
  • 1876 – Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
  • 1876 – John Gunn, Former England cricketer (d. 1963)
  • 1877 – Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)
  • 1883 – Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972)
  • 1886 – Michael Fekete, Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (d. 1957)
  • 1888 – Enno Lolling, German SS Standartenführer (d. 1945)
  • 1892 – Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1957)
  • 1893 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1930)
  • 1894 – Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)
  • 1894 – Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician (d. 1959)
  • 1895 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (d. 1953)
  • 1896 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)
  • 1896 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1977)
  • 1898 – Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979)
  • 1904 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, Last Lincoln descendant (d. 1985)
  • 1907 – Isabel Jewell, American actress (d. 1972)
  • 1912 – Norman Carr, British conservationist (d. 1997)
  • 1914 – Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005)
  • 1917 – William Scranton, American politician
  • 1919 – Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet (d. 2005)
  • 1919 – Dallas McKennon, American actor (d. 2009)
  • 1921 – Rosalyn Yalow, American physicist, Nobel laureate
  • 1922 – Harold Camping, American evangelist, founder of Family Radio
  • 1922 – George McGovern, American politician
  • 1923 – William A. Rusher, American columnist
  • 1924 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005)
  • 1924 – Pat Hingle, American actor (d. 2009)
  • 1924 – Arthur Rankin, Jr., American writer, producer and director
  • 1925 – Sue Thompson, American pop and country music singer
  • 1926 – Helen Gallagher, American actress
  • 1932 – Jan Lindblad, Swedish naturalist, writer, photografer (d. 1987)
  • 1934 – Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
  • 1935 – Vasily Livanov, Russian and Soviet film actor
  • 1935 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentine folk singer (d. 2009)
  • 1937 – George Hamilton IV, American country singer
  • 1938 – Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist
  • 1938 – Nicholas Bethell, British historian (d. 2007)
  • 1938 – Richard Jordan, American actor (d. 1993)
  • 1940 – Dennis Cole, American actor
  • 1941 – Vikki Carr, American singer
  • 1941 – Neelie Kroes, Dutch EU Commissioner for Competition
  • 1943 – Han Sai Por, Singaporean sculptor
  • 1946 – Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (Average White Band)
  • 1946 – Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player
  • 1947 – Hans-Jürgen Kreische, East German footballer
  • 1947 – Brian May, English musician (Queen)
  • 1948 – Beverly Archer, American actress
  • 1948 – Keith Godchaux, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1980)
  • 1949 – Ivar Kants, Australian actor
  • 1950 – Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
  • 1950 – Freddy Moore, American songwriter
  • 1951 – Abel Ferrara, American filmmake
  • 1951 – Jayson Stark, American sportswriter
  • 1952 – Allen Collins, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990)
  • 1952 – Robert A. Ficano, American politician
  • 1952 – John Griesheimer, American politician
  • 1954 – Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist
  • 1955 – Roger Binny, Indian cricketer
  • 1956 – Nikki Sudden, English musician (d. 2006)
  • 1956 – Joe Mohen, American Internet Entrepreneur
  • 1956 – Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese professional wrestler
  • 1958 – Robert Gibson, American professional wrestler
  • 1958 – David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor
  • 1959 – Juan Jose Campanella, Argentinian filmmaker
  • 1960 – Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
  • 1961 – Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
  • 1961 – Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
  • 1961 – Campbell Scott, American actor
  • 1961 – Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director
  • 1962 – Anthony Edwards, American actor
  • 1962 – Aya Kitō, Japanese Writer (d. 1988)
  • 1963 – Garth Nix, Australian author
  • 1964 – André Action Diakité Jackson, founder African Diamond Producers Association
  • 1964 – Masahiko Kondo, Japanese singer, actor and racing driver
  • 1965 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist
  • 1965 – Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
  • 1966 – Nancy Walls, American actress
  • 1966 – David Segui, American baseball player
  • 1967 – Yael Abecassis, Israeli actress and model
  • 1967 – Stuart Howe, Canadian Operatic Tenor
  • 1968 – Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head)
  • 1968 – Jim Norton, American comedian and radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
  • 1969 – Matthew Libatique, American cinematographer
  • 1970 – Bill Chen, American quantitative analyst, poker player, and software designer
  • 1971 – Russell Allen, American musician (Symphony X)
  • 1971 – Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo)
  • 1971 – Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
  • 1971 – Michael Modest, American professional wrestler
  • 1972 – Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
  • 1972 – Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer
  • 1973 – Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth)
  • 1973 – Laurits Munch-Petersen, Danish film director
  • 1973 – Saïd Taghmaoui, French actor
  • 1973 – Scott Walker, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1974 – Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler
  • 1974 – Malcolm O'Kelly, Irish rugby union footballer
  • 1974 – Preston Wilson, American baseball player
  • 1976 – Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1976 – Vinessa Shaw, American actress
  • 1977 – Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Tony Mamaluke, American professional wrestler
  • 1977 – Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer
  • 1977 – Ed Smith, English cricketer
  • 1979 – Rick Ankiel, American baseball player
  • 1979 – Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
  • 1979 – Michelle Heaton, British pop singer
  • 1979 – Luke Young, English footballer
  • 1980 – Xavier Malisse, Belgian tennis player
  • 1980 – Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver
  • 1980 – Mark Webber, American actor
  • 1981 – David Bernard, Jamaican West Indies cricketer
  • 1981 – Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
  • 1981 – Didz Hammond, English bass guitarist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause)
  • 1981 – Nenê, Brazilian footballer
  • 1981 – Nikki Osborne, Australian actress
  • 1982 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
  • 1982 – Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
  • 1982 – Jess Vanstrattan, Australian soccer player
  • 1983 – Helen Skelton, British TV presenter
  • 1984 – Alessandra De Rossi, Filipino actress
  • 1984 – Ryan O'Byrne, Canadian hockey player
  • 1984 – Lasse Gjertsen, Norwegian animator
  • 1984 – Adam Morrison, American basketball player
  • 1984 – Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
  • 1984 – Andrea Libman, Canadian actress and voice actress
  • 1984 – LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player
  • 1987 – Marc Murphy, Australian rules footballer
  • 1990 – Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor

Deaths

  • 514 – Pope Symmachus, Italian clergy
  • 931 – Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867)
  • 1374 – Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
  • 1415 – Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)
  • 1543 – Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
  • 1631 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (b. 1550)
  • 1687 – Laura Martinozzi, Duchess of Modena (b. 1637)
  • 1692 – Sarah Good, Susannah Martin, hanged for witchcraft as a result of the Salem Witch Trials (b. 1653, 1621)
  • 1742 – William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
  • 1810 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (b. 1776)
  • 1814 – Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774)
  • 1838 – Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (b. 1785)
  • 1850 – Margaret Fuller, American writer (b. 1810)
  • 1857 – Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1796)
  • 1868 – Soji Okita, Japanese samurai
  • 1896 – Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)
  • 1913 – Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia (b. 1852)
  • 1939 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (b. 1850)
  • 1943 – Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet female flying ace (b. 1916)
  • 1947 – Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
  • 1947 – U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
  • 1965 – Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875)
  • 1974 – Joe Flynn, American actor (b. 1924)
  • 1974 – Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (b. 1904)
  • 1975 – Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
  • 1980 – Nihat Erim, Prime Minister of Turkey (assassinated) (b. 1912)
  • 1980 – Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (b. 1904)
  • 1981 – Roger Doucet, French Canadian tenor (b. 1919)
  • 1982 – John Harvey, stage and film actor (b. 1911)
  • 1984 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
  • 1985 – Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer (b. 1938)
  • 1989 – Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (b. 1913)
  • 1990 – Eddie Quillan, American actor (b. 1907)
  • 1992 – Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate, martyr of mafia (b. 1940)
  • 1998 – Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921)
  • 2002 – Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b. 1915)
  • 2003 – Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921)
  • 2003 – Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1908)
  • 2004 – Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b. 1924)
  • 2004 – Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
  • 2005 – John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934)
  • 2005 – Edward Bunker, American writer (b. 1933)
  • 2005 – Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, Iranian teenagers
  • 2006 – Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)
  • 2007 – Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
  • 2007 – A. K. Faezul Huq, Lawyer, politician, and freelance journalist (b. 1945)
  • 2008 – Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (b. 1907)
  • 2008 – Anastasia Blue, American porn actress (b. 1980)
  • 2009 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American author. (b. 1930)
  • 2009 – Henry Surtees, British racing driver. (b. 1991)

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