Born

1561 - Francis Bacon

1788 - George Gordon "Lord" Byron

1849 - August Strindberg

1875 - D(avid Lewelyn) W(ark) Griffith

1909 - Ann Sothern

1909 - U Thant

1920 - Birch Bayh

1932 - Piper Laurie

1934 - Bill Bixby

1935 - Sam Cooke

1940 - John Hurt

1959 - Linda Blair

Died

1901 - Queen Victoria (Female)

1973 - Lyndon Johnson (Presidents)

2002 - Stanley Marcus (of Neimann Marcus)

2005 - Consuelo Velasquex (wrote Besame Mucho) (Female)(Latina)

2009 - Jean (Merilyn) Simmons (Female)

Events

1905 - Bloody Sunday in Russia.

1973 - Rowe vs. Wade decision.(Female)

2003 - 7.8 quake strikes Near coastal Manzanillo, Mexico.