25 March 2018 - THIS DAY IN HISTORY

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

G'day folks,

Ever wondered what happened on this day in history. Maybe it's your birthday? Well, read on ...

In one of the darkest moments of America’s industrial history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 145 workers, on this day in 1911. The tragedy led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of factory workers.

The Triangle factory, owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, was located in the top three floors of the 10-story Asch Building in downtown Manhattan. It was a sweatshop in every sense of the word: a cramped space lined with work stations and packed with poor immigrant workers, mostly teenaged women who did not speak English. At the time of the fire, there were four elevators with access to the factory floors, but only one was fully operational and it could hold only 12 people at a time. There were two stairways down to the street, but one was locked from the outside to prevent theft by the workers and the other opened inward only. The fire escape, as all would come to see, was shoddily constructed, and could not support the weight of more than a few women at a time.

Blanck and Harris already had a suspicious history of factory fires. The Triangle factory was twice scorched in 1902, while their Diamond Waist Company factory burned twice, in 1907 and in 1910. It seems that Blanck and Harris deliberately torched their workplaces before business hours in order to collect on the large fire-insurance policies they purchased, a not uncommon practice in the early 20th century. While this was not the cause of the 1911 fire, it contributed to the tragedy, as Blanck and Harris refused to install sprinkler systems and take other safety measures in case they needed to burn down their shops again.

Added to this delinquency were Blanck and Harris’ notorious anti-worker policies. Their employees were paid a mere $15 a week, despite working 12 hours a day, every day. When the International Ladies Garment Workers Union led a strike in 1909 demanding higher pay and shorter and more predictable hours, Blanck and Harris’ company was one of the few manufacturers who resisted, hiring police as thugs to imprison the striking women, and paying off politicians to look the other way.

On March 25, a Saturday afternoon, there were 600 workers at the factory when a fire broke out in a rag bin on the eighth floor. The manager turned the fire hose on it, but the hose was rotted and its valve was rusted shut. Panic ensued as the workers fled to every exit. The elevator broke down after only four trips, and women began jumping down the shaft to their deaths. Those who fled down the wrong set of stairs were trapped inside and burned alive. Other women trapped on the eighth floor began jumping out the windows, which created a problem for the firefighters whose hoses were crushed by falling bodies. Also, the firefighters’ ladders stretched only as high as the seventh floor, and their safety nets were not strong enough to catch the women, who were jumping three at a time.

Blanck and Harris were on the building’s top floor with some workers when the fire broke out. They were able to escape by climbing onto the roof and hopping to an adjoining building.

The fire was out within half an hour, but not before 49 workers had been killed by the fire, and another 100 or so were piled up dead in the elevator shaft or on the sidewalk. The workers’ union organized a march on April 5 to protest the conditions that led to the fire; it was attended by 80,000 people.

Though Blanck and Harris were put on trial for manslaughter, they managed to get off scot-free. Still, the massacre for which they were responsible did finally compel the city to enact reform. In addition to the Sullivan-Hoey Fire Prevention Law passed that October, the New York Democratic set took up the cause of the worker and became known as a reform party.

 NOT ONLY BUT ALSO …

  American Revolution

  1774 Parliament passes the Boston Port Act

  Automotive

  1982 Star driver Danica Patrick born

  Civil War

  1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia

  Cold War

  1946 Soviets announce withdrawal from Iran

  Crime

  1932 Verdict is announced in Scottsboro case

  Disaster

  1911 Fire kills 145 at Triangle Shirtwaist factory

  General Interest

  1634 The settlement of Maryland

  1957 Common Market founded

  1975 King Faisal assassinated

  1994 Last U.S. troops depart Somalia

  Hollywood

  2001 Icelandic pop singer Bjork makes splash at the Oscars

  Literary

  1955 U.S. Customs seizes Howl

  Music

  1983 The Motown “family” stages a bittersweet reunion performance

  Old West

  1879 Cheyenne Chief Little Wolf surrenders

  Presidential

  1933 USS Sequoia becomes presidential yacht

  Sports

  1958 Sugar Ray defeats Basilio for middleweight title

  Vietnam War

  1967 Martin Luther King leads march against the war

  1968 Johnson meets with the “Wise Men”

  World War I

  1918 Belarusian Peoples’ Republic established

  World War II

  1941 Yugoslavia joins the Axis

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18 May 2014 - WHAT HAPPENED TODAY

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY

- 18th of May -

G'day folks,

I bet you are wondering what happened on this day throughout history. Check out this list of events - and birthdays that fell on this day.

• 1096 - Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
• 1291 - Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
• 1302 - Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)
• 1385 - Peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts
• 1596 - Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya
• 1619 - Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
• 1631 - English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right
• 1631 - John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts
• 1642 - Montreal Canada founded
• 1652 - Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
• 1703 - Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne
• 1756 - England declares war on France
• 1794 - 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)
• 1803 - Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
• 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France
• 1828 - Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil
• 1830 - Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever
• 1843 - United Free Church of Scotland forms
• 1846 - US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros
• 1851 - Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked
• 1852 - Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
• 1860 - Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
• 1861 - Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South
• 1861 - Friedrich Hebbels "Kriemhildes Rache," premieres in Weimar
• 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, MS
• 1864 - Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
• 1866 - French Govt of De Putte resigns
• 1880 - 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37«
• 1887 - Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgr‚ Luis," premieres in Paris
• 1889 - Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris
• 1896 - US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson)
• 1897 - Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
• 1897 - NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
• 1897 - Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres
• 1899 - World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
• 1900 - Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga
• 1904 - American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco
• 1910 - Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
• 1911 - Pres/dictator Jos‚ Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends
• 1912 - A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension
• 1912 - Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies
• 1916 - US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft
• 1917 - Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris
• 1917 - US passes Selective Service act
• 1918 - Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
• 1918 - TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale Penn kills 200
• 1920 - 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6
• 1922 - Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
• 1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice Calif She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped
• 1927 - "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses
• 1927 - Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood Calif
• 1927 - Ritz Hotel opens in Boston
• 1929 - 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8
• 1929 - Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)
• 1933 - Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams
• 1933 - 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair
• 1934 - Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
• 1934 - Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense
• 1934 - Jimmie Foxx hits 1st HR in Comiskey Park center field bleachers
• 1934 - TWA began commercial service
• 1935 - Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 mins on debut for Somerset
• 1940 - German troops conquer Brussels
• 1941 - An Egyptian steamer sinks
• 1941 - Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia
• 1941 - Jewish veterans honor their dead
• 1942 - NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
• 1943 - Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea
• 1944 - Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino Italy
• 1944 - Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans
• 1945 - Tigers & A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
• 1947 - A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
• 1948 - "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 62 performances
• 1948 - Arab Legion captures fort on Mt Scopus
• 1948 - Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel
• 1949 - Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates
• 1950 - "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
• 1950 - Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
• 1951 - UN moves HQ to NYC
• 1951 - US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
• 1952 - Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC
• 1953 - 1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
• 1953 - Jacqueline Cochran is 1st woman to break the sound barrier
• 1954 - European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
• 1955 - 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)
• 1955 - Atkinson & Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day v Aust
• 1955 - Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam
• 1956 - Hungarian party leader Matyas R kosi enforces his own policy
• 1956 - Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time
• 1956 - Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam
• 1957 - 83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2
• 1958 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
• 1959 - "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52
• 1959 - "Judy" by David Seville hits #86
• 1959 - "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer & Spencer hits #91
• 1960 - Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs)
• 1960 - Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris
• 1961 - "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 68 performances
• 1963 - "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
• 1963 - "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1
• 1963 - 89th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2
• 1964 - David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC
• 1964 - Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
• 1965 - Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt
• 1965 - WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
• 1967 - Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
• 1967 - Tenn Gov Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial
• 1968 - 94th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8
• 1968 - AL Kaline hits his 307th HR, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger
• 1968 - Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games
• 1969 - "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 perfs
• 1969 - Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit
• 1969 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St Louis Women's Golf Invitational
• 1971 - 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
• 1971 - Bulgarian constitution goes into effect
• 1971 - Pres Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
• 1971 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3
• 1971 - Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found
• 1972 - "Me & The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV
• 1972 - John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
• 1973 - Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
• 1973 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Dotty Fothergill
• 1974 - "Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
• 1974 - 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6
• 1974 - India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
• 1977 - A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164
• 1977 - Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao
• 1977 - Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister
• 1977 - Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164
• 1978 - Italy legalizes abortion
• 1978 - Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work
• 1980 - Belgium 3rd govt of Martens forms
• 1980 - China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
• 1980 - Donna White wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
• 1980 - Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru
• 1980 - Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
• 1982 - Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
• 1982 - Unification Church founder Rev Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion
• 1983 - Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
• 1985 - "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
• 1985 - 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4
• 1985 - 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
• 1986 - "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 367 perfs
• 1986 - Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
• 1986 - Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 atomic hand-stand push-ups
• 1986 - David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
• 1986 - South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia
• 1986 - Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
• 1988 - Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen
• 1988 - In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
• 1989 - Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
• 1990 - 2 Germanys sign a monetary union treaty
• 1990 - Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
• 1990 - Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
• 1990 - Return To Green Acres TV movie airs
• 1991 - 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54
• 1991 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
• 1991 - USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
• 1992 - Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
• 1993 - Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
• 1993 - Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola
• 1994 - AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona
• 1994 - Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
• 1994 - Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
• 1995 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma
• 1996 - 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2
• 1996 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner
• 1997 - "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
• 1997 - 43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson
• 1997 - Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic
• 1997 - Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic

 FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DAY

• 1692 - Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian
• 1711 - Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer
• 1744 - Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)
• 1759 - Charles Duquesnoy, composer
• 1788 - Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer
• 1797 - Frederik Augustus II, King of Saxon (1836-54)
• 1798 - Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870
• 1815 - Thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891
• 1817 - James William Denver, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
• 1819 - Julius Hopp, composer
• 1830 - Karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)
• 1836 - Isidor Vorobchievici, composer
• 1836 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion (1866-94)
• 1850 - Oliver Heaviside, London, physicist (predicted ionosphere)
• 1854 - Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (To my Fatherland)
• 1862 - Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist
• 1864 - Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian
• 1865 - William Heinemann, England, publisher (Chemical Instrumental)
• 1868 - Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
• 1869 - Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria/general-fieldmarshall
• 1871 - Franiska zu Reventlow, writer
• 1872 - Bertrand Russell, England, mathematician/philosopher (Nobel 1950)
• 1875 - Guido Alberto Fano, composer
• 1881 - Georgi Atanasov, composer
• 1882 - Eduardo Fabini, composer
• 1883 - Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect (Bauhaus school of design)
• 1885 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, president of Brazil (1945-50)
• 1886 - Ole Windingstad, composer
• 1887 - Ernst Wiechert, writer
• 1889 - G Gunnarson, writer
• 1891 - Rudolf Carnap, philosopher (German Logical Positivist)
• 1896 - Walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England
• 1897 - Frank Capra, Ital, director (Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic & Old Lace)
• 1897 - Jack Raine, London England, actor (Quartet)
• 1898 - Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada)
• 1900 - Sarah Miriam Peale, US, portrait painter (Gen Lafayette-1825)
• 1901 - Harry Robert Wilson, composer
• 1901 - Henri-Pierre Sauguet, Bordeaux France, composer (La Chotte)
• 1901 - Vincent du Vigneaud, US biochemist
• 1902 - [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer (Music Man)
• 1903 - George E Stone, Lodz Poland, actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile)
• 1904 - Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY)
• 1905 - Eric Zeisl, composer
• 1905 - Hedley Verity, cricketer (terrific slow lefty for England pre-WW II)
• 1907 - Clifford Curzon, London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal)
• 1907 - Robley D Evans, nuclear physicist
• 1909 - Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon, 1934-36)
• 1910 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian
• 1911 - Joe Turner, KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll)
• 1911 - Lord Hartwell
• 1911 - Sigrid Gurie, Brooklyn NY, actor (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee)
• 1912 - Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer
• 1912 - Perry Como, [Pierino], Canonsburg Pa, singer/TV (Perry Como Show)
• 1912 - Richard Brooks, Phila, director (Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood)
• 1914 - Anthony Fell, British MP
• 1914 - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov)
• 1914 - Pierre A Balmain, France, fashion designer (1940's "New Look")
• 1915 - Leon Shenandoah, native American leader
• 1917 - Charles Wintour, journalist
• 1917 - James Donald, Aberdeen Scotland, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings)
• 1918 - John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- )
• 1919 - Margot Fonteyn, Surrey England, prima ballerina (Giselle)
• 1921 - Anthony Epstein, FRS/pathologist
• 1922 - Bill Macy, Revere Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta)
• 1922 - GMcC Kitson, British principal (Central School of Speech/Drama)
• 1923 - Liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)
• 1924 - Jack Whitaker, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
• 1927 - Richard Body, MP
• 1928 - G R Hall, nuclear scientist
• 1928 - P G Hammersley, British Rear-Admiral
• 1928 - Pernell Roberts, Waycross Ga, actor (Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD)
• 1929 - Johan N Block, aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland)
• 1929 - Lord St John of Fawsley
• 1929 - Roger Matton, composer
• 1930 - Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last)
• 1930 - Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut (STS 51-B)
• 1930 - Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen, US, sci-fi author (Book of Swords)
• 1930 - Geoffrey Littler, CEO (County NatWest Group)
• 1930 - Warren B Rudman, (Sen-R-NH, 1980- )
• 1931 - Robert Morse, Newton Mass, actor (That's Life, Jack Frost)
• 1932 - John Clement, chairman (Unigate Group)
• 1934 - Dwayne Hickman, LA, actor (Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini)
• 1937 - Brooks Robinson, Baltimore Oriole 3rd baseman (1955-77)
• 1937 - Ildik¢ Sagi-Retj”, Hung, foils (Oly-2 gold/3 silv/2 bronze-1960-76)
• 1937 - Jacques Santer, Pres (European Commission)
• 1939 - Glen Hardin, Texas, rocker (Crickets)
• 1939 - Patrick Cormack, MP
• 1940 - A Marshall Stoneham, FRS, physicist
• 1940 - Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler (South African in 4 Tests 1966-70)
• 1941 - Diane McBain, Cleve Ohio, actress (Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass)
• 1941 - M S Longair, astronomer
• 1942 - Albert Hammond, rocker
• 1942 - Keith Hellawell, Chief Constable (West Yorkshire)
• 1942 - Marquess of Reading
• 1942 - N P (Nobby) Stiles, footballer
• 1942 - Rodney Dillard, rocker (Glittergrass)
• 1944 - Peter Ryan, British national director (Police Training)
• 1945 - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79)
• 1945 - John Richard Patterson, businessman
• 1945 - Maarten van Traa, Dutch MP (PvdA)
• 1946 - George Alexander, rocker
• 1946 - Reggie Jackson, "Mr October" baseball rightfielder (Yankees, A's)
• 1947 - Candice Azzara, Brooklyn NY, actress (Fatso)
• 1947 - John Bruton, Prime Minister (Republic of Ireland)
• 1948 - Felix MH Troch, Flemish actor/director (Gekkenbriefje)
• 1948 - Joe Bonsall, Phila, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
• 1949 - Bill Wallace, rocker/actor (Fear, Avenging Force, Desperate)
• 1949 - Rick Wakeman, rock keyboardist (Yes-Fish Out of Water)
• 1949 - Stuart Gannes, Detroit Mich, writer (Fortune)
• 1949 - William Wallace, rocker (Guess Who)
• 1950 - Rodney Milburn Jr, USA, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1950 - Thomas Gottschalk, Bamberg Germany, (Telespiele)
• 1951 - Angela Voigt, German DR, long jumper (Olympic-gold-76)
• 1951 - Denny Dillon, comedian (SNL, Dream On)
• 1951 - James Stephens, Mount Kisko NY, actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island)
• 1951 - Rodger Davis, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
• 1952 - Diane E[lizabeth] Duane, US, sci-fi author (Door into Fire)
• 1952 - George Strait, Pearsall Tx, country singer (All My Exes Live in Texas)
• 1952 - Martin R Hoke, (Rep-R-Ohio)
• 1953 - Helen Chadwick, artist
• 1953 - [Feliciano] Butch Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
• 1954 - Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster
• 1954 - Wreckless Eric, rocker (Waxworks, Be Stiff)
• 1955 - Yun Fat Chow, Nam Nga Island Hong Kong, actor (Better Tomorrow)
• 1956 - Joe [Naomichi] Ozaki, Tekushima Japan, golfer (1995 Phoenix Open-8th)
• 1957 - Michael Cretu, rocker (Enigma)
• 1958 - Ray Donaldson, NFL center (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1958 - Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham England, rocker (I Want to Be Free)
• 1959 - Graham Dilley, cricketer (England wicket-taker of 80's)
• 1960 - Jari Kurri, Helsinki Fin, NHL left wing (NY Rangers, LA Kings, Colo)
• 1960 - Tom Jackson, Oakville Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 CPGA Winter)
• 1960 - Yannick Noah, France, tennis player (French 1983)
• 1962 - Mike Whitmarsh, San Diego CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-silver-96)
• 1963 - Marty McSorley, Hamilton, NHL defenseman (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
• 1964 - Will Wolford, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers)
• 1965 - Erik Hanson, Kinnelon NJ, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1965 - Rufus Porter, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
• 1965 - Rufus Porter, linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• 1966 - Mike Inez, US rock bassist (Alice in Chains-Facelift)
• 1967 - Jaime Gomez, Arlington TX, Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open)
• 1967 - Karl Dunbar, NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1968 - Ernie Logan, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars, NY Jets)
• 1969 - Jean-Chris. Filippin, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
• 1969 - Martika, [Marta Marrero], Cuba, singer (Toy Soldiers)
• 1970 - Clemens Zwijnenberg, soccer player (FC Twente)
• 1970 - Vicky Sunohara, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
• 1971 - Ben Coleman, guard/offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1971 - Clifton Sunada, Honolulu HI, extra-lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Craig Hentrich, NFL punter (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1971 - Daniel Gowing, Germany, NZ judoka (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Karen Bye, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
• 1971 - Lael Perlstrom, Laguna Beach Cal, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25-1995)
• 1971 - Rich Garces, Maracay Aragua Venezuela, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
• 1972 - Turner Stevenson, Prince George, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)
• 1973 - Darren Van Impe, Saskatoon, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
• 1973 - David Bailey, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1973 - Donyell Marshall, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors)
• 1973 - Markus Brunner, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
• 1973 - Tory James, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1973 - Walter Scott, NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1976 - Ron Mercer, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
• 1978 - Jennifer Streblow, Oshkosh Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin (1997)
• 1979 - Kaci Thompson, Miss Nevada Teen USA (1997)

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