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Events

1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
1702 - Anne Stuart, the sister of the childless Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the death of William III of Orange.
1765 - The British House of Lords passes the Stamp Act to tax the American colonies.
1775 - Thomas Paine's African Slavery in America was published. It was the first article in the United States calling for the emancipation of all slaves and the abolition of slavery.
1782 - Gnadenhütten massacre: Some 90 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity were killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1817 - The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1844 - King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1854 - U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry makes his second landing in Japan, where he'd conclude a treaty with the Japanese within a month.
1862 - American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
1884 - Susan B. Anthony addresses the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. Anthony's argument came 16 years after legislators had first introduced a federal women's suffrage amendment.
1894 - The state of New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law.
1911 - International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
1917 - Riots and strikes break out in St. Petersburg, Russia, marking the start of the Russian Revolution.
1917 - The U.S. Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
1924 - The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
1936 - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1942 - World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.
1942 - World War II: Japan captures Rangoon, Burma.
1942 - World War II: British bombers begin a new style of air raid, using incendiary bombs to light the way for a nighttime attack on the Krupp armament works in Essen. The long series of attacks reduce the city to ruins.
1943 - World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
1945 - Allied forces move large numbers of troops across the Rhine River to significantly reinforce and expand their tenuous hold on the captured Ludendorff Bridge (Bridge at Remagen), allowing them to push armor across the river and better secure the nascent lodgement.
1957 - Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
1957 - The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the state of Georgia.
1963 - The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a Coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
1965 - Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam.
1966 - Vietnam War: Australia announces it's going to substantially increase its number of troops in Vietnam.
1966 - A bomb planted by young Irish protesters destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
1971 - Joe Frazier becomes the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion by winning a unanimous 15-round decision over Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
1980 - The first festival of rock music kicks off in the Soviet Union.
1983 - President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire."
1983 - The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses a nuclear weapons freeze with the Soviet Union, a move denounced by President Ronald Reagan.
1985 - A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in a car-bombing in Beirut kills 85 people and injures 175.
1999 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
2004 - A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.

2008 - 2008 Malaysian General Elections, The Barisan Nasional, despite its largest loss of seats in forty years, maintains a majority in the Parliament of Malaysia. Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor fall to the Barisan Alternatif.

Births

1286 - John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)

1293 - Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)

1495 - John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)

1514 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)

1560 - Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)

1659 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)

1712 - John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780)

1714 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (d. 1788)

1726 - Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799)

1746 - André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)

1748 - William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic

1783 - Hannah Van Buren, wife of American president Martin Van Buren (d. 1819)

1799 - Simon Cameron, U.S. Secretary of War (d. 1889)

1814 - Ede Szigligeti, Hungarian dramatist (d. 1878)

1822 - Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)

1827 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)

1830 - João de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896)

1841 - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1935)

1856 - Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)

1856 - Tom Roberts, Australian artist (d. 1931)

1859 - Kenneth Grahame, English author (d. 1932)

1865 - Frederic Goudy, American type designer (d. 1947)

1872 - Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (d. 1918)

1879 - Otto Hahn, German Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

1886 - Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1972)

1891 - Sam Jaffe, American actor (d. 1984)

1892 - Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer and guitarist (d. 1966)

1896 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)

1899 - Elmer Keith, Firearms enthusiast and Author (d. 1984)

1902 - Louise Beavers, American actress (d. 1962)

1902 - Jennings Randolph, U.S. Senator from West Virginia (d. 1998)

1907 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician, President of Greece (d. 1998)

1910 - Bernard Benjamin, statistician, actuary and demographer (d. 2002)

1910 - Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)

1911 - Alan Hovhaness, American composer (d. 2000)

1912 - Preston Smith, Governor of Texas (d. 2003)

1914 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (d. 1987)

1915 - Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (d. 1979)

1916 - John Seybold, American economist and computer typesetting pioneer (d. 2004)

1920 - Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (d. 1985)

1921 - Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer

1921 - Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)

1922 - Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Mangaka

1922 - Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)

1922 - Ralph Baer, Creator of the first video game console

1925 - Warren Bennis, American educator and author

1926 - Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (d. 2001)

1927 - Dick Hyman, American pianist, conductor, and composer

1930 - Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)

1931 - John McPhee, American writer and professor

1931 - Neil Postman, American cultural critic (d. 2003)

1933 - Luca Ronconi, Italian actor, theater and opera director

1934 - Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d.2006)

1936 - Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1982)

1937 - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (d. 1994)

1938 - Pete Dawkins, American football player

1939 - Jim Bouton, American baseball player and author

1939 - Lidia Skoblikova, Russian skater

1939 - Robert Tear, Welsh tenor

1940 - Susan Clark, Canadian actress

1941 - Andrei Mironov, Soviet actor (d. 1987)

1942 - Ann Packer, British athlete

1942 - Dick Allen, American baseball player

1943 - Lynn Redgrave, English actress

1944 - Buzz Hargrove, Canadian labour leader

1944 - Sergey Nikitin, Russian composer

1944 - Pepé Romero, Spanish guitarist

1944 - Palito Ortega, Argentine singer and actor

1945 - Bruce Broughton, American composer

1945 - Jim Chapman, American politician

1945 - Anselm Kiefer, German painter

1945 - Micky Dolenz, American musician (The Monkees)

1946 - Randy Meisner, American musician (The Eagles)

1947 - Mike Allsup, American musician (Three Dog Night)

1947 - Carole Bayer Sager, American composer

1947 - Florentino Pérez, Spanish football executive

1948 - Peggy March, American pop singer

1952 - George Felix Allen, American politician

1953 - Bob Brozman, American musician

1953 - Jim Rice, American baseball player

1953 - Don Werner, American baseball player

1954 - Cheryl Baker, British singer (Bucks Fizz)

1954 - David Wilkie, Scottish swimmer

1955 - Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)

1956 - John Kapelos, Canadian actor

1956 - Laurie Cunningham, English former footballer (d. 1989)

1957 - Clive Burr, British musician (Iron Maiden)

1957 - Cynthia Rothrock, American actress

1957 - Bob Stoddard, American baseball player

1957 - John Butcher, American baseball player

1958 - Gary Numan, British singer

1958 - Nick Capra, American baseball player

1959 - Aidan Quinn, American actor

1960 - Max Metzker, Australian swimmer

1961 - Camryn Manheim, American actress

1961 - Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player

1961 - Mark Salas, American baseball player

1963 - Lorelei, American fetish model and photographer

1963 - Mike Lalor, Canadian ice hockey player

1964 - Lance McCullers, American baseball player

1965 - Fátima Lopes, Portuguese fashion designer

1967 - Joel Johnston, American baseball player

1968 - Michael Bartels, German race car driver

1968 - Shawn Mullins, American musician

1968 - Jim Dougherty, American baseball player

1969 - Andrea Parker, American actress, ballet dancer

1970 - Jason Elam, American football player

1971 - Kit Symons, Welsh footballer

1972 - Angie Hart, Australian pop singer

1972 - Fergal O'Brien, Irish snooker player

1972 - Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer

1973 - Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer (The Gathering)

1973 - Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model

1973 - Kurt Mollekens, Belgian racing car driver

1973 - Justin Thompson, American baseball player

1973 - Mark Lukasiewicz, American baseball player

1974 - Mike Moriarty, American baseball player

1975 - Fardeen Khan, Indian actor

1975 - Peggy Zina, Greek singer

1976 - Gaz Coombes, English singer (Supergrass)

1976 - Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player

1976 - Ryan Freel, American baseball player

1976 - Hines Ward, American football player

1976 - Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor

1977 - James Van Der Beek, American actor

1977 - Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer

1979 - Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane)

1979 - Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)

1979 - Nick Zano, American actor

1981 - Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer

1981 - Jessica Jaymes, American porn actress

1981 - Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (d. 2005)

1982 - Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast

1982 - Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist

1982 - Nicolas Armindo, race car driver

1982 - Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer

1982 - Craig Stansberry, American baseball player

1983 - Mark Worrell, Major League Baseball player.

1984 - Dave Moffatt, Canadian musician

1985 - Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer

1988 - Armanti Edwards, NCAA football player

1990 - Ben Tozer, English footballer

1991 - Devon Werkheiser, American actor

1992 - Charlie Ray, American actress

1996 - Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress

Deaths

1126 - Urraca of Castile (b. 1082)

1144 - Pope Celestine II

1202 - Sverre of Norway

1223 - Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)

1550 - Saint John of God, a saint (b. 1495)

1641 - Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)

1674 - Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)

1702 - William III of England (b. 1650)

1731 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)

1757 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)

1771 - Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)

1819 - Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)

1844 - Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)

1855 - William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)

1869 - Hector Berlioz, French composer (b. 1803)

1872 - Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (b. 1815)

1874 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)

1887 - Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (b. 1813)

1887 - James Buchanan Eads, American engineer (b. 1820)

1889 - John Ericsson, Swedish inventor (b. 1803)

1917 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German aircraft manufacturer (b. 1838)

1923 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)

1923 - Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer (b. 1835)

1930 - William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)

1930 - Edward Terry Sanford, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1865)

1937 - Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

1941 - Sherwood Anderson, American author (b. 1876)

1942 - José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (b. 1888)

1961 - Thomas Beecham, English conductor (b. 1879)

1971 - Harold Lloyd, American actor (b. 1893)

1972 - Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899)

1973 - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American musician (b. 1945)

1975 - George Stevens, American director (b. 1904)

1976 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)

1983 - William Walton, English composer (b. 1902)

1985 - Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914)

1988 - Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer (b. 1961)

1988 - Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)

1988 - Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)

1993 - Billy Eckstine, American musician (b. 1914)

1995 - Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (b. 1965)

1998 - Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)

1999 - Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)

1999 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914)

1999 - Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinean writer (b.1914)

2001 - Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)

2003 - Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)

2003 - Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)

2004 - Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)

2004 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)

2005 - Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen leader (b. 1951)

2005 - César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (b. 1924)

2006 - Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)

2007 - John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)

2007 - Viky Vanita, Greek actress (b. 1948)

2007 - John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach.. (b. 1947)

2008 - Carol Barnes, former ITV news presenter (b. 1944)

Holidays and observances

Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, etc. - Mother's Day.

International Women's Day (United Nations)

Catholicism

Saint John of God.
Saint Philemon (d. 305)

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