<!– “We stood on the bridge of the Ages,
The current of Time upon earth
The Old Year was sealing its record,
The New Year had come to its birth,
In silence we stood by the ebb-tide
And watched it melt into the sea,
A drop in that infinite ocean
That has been and ever shall be.”
Mary Jane Lawson
Midnight Between the Old Year and the New
Dec. 31, 1882 –>
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National Champagne Day
- New Year’s Eve

1999: Putin takes over as Yeltsin resigns Boris Yeltsin has resigned as Russian president and says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will take over immediately.

1987: Zeebrugge heroes honoured People who displayed heroism during the Zeebrugge ferry disaster are recognised in the New Year’s Honours List.

1951: Churchill sets sail for talks with Truman The British Prime Minister sets off on his trip to America aboard the Queen Mary after more than 24 hours delay.

1999: UK prepares to celebrate millennium Britain gears up to join a global party with a spectacular array of revelries to welcome in the third millennium.

1600 The British East India Company was incorporated by royal charter. It was created to compete in the East Indian spice trade.

1841 Alabama becomes the first state to issue dental licenses.

1853 A New Years Eve dinner party for 21 scientists was held inside a life size model of an Iguanodon dinosaur on the grounds of the Crystal palace in London. Sculpture Benjamin W. Hawkins had teamed up with paleontologist Richard Owen to create more than 2 dozen lifesize models of dinosaurs for a special exhibit.

1879 Thomas Alva Edison made the first public demonstration of his electric light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

1917 Sugar rationing began in Britain as a result of WW I

1929 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played ‘Auld Lang Syne’ as their New Years Eve song for the first time.

1938 The Harger ‘Drunkometer’, the first alcohol breath testing device, was introduced in Indiana.

1977 ‘Bubbling Brown Sugar’ closed at the ANTA Playhouse in NYC after 766 performances.

On December 31st, 1909, the Manhattan Bridge opened.

In 1879, Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp in Menlo Park, N.J.

In 1929, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians’ first New Year’s Eve broadcast from the Roosevelt Grill in New York City, which became an annual event, was heard over the CBS network.

In 1947, America’s favorite Western movie couple, singing cowboy Roy Rogers and co-star Dale Evans, were married.

In 1970, six months after release of their “Let It Be” album, Paul McCartney filed suit in London seeking the legal dissolution of the Beatles’ partnership.

In 1983, the court-ordered breakup of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. took effect at midnight.

In 1984, the United States’ first mandatory seat belt law went into effect in the state of New York at midnight.

In 1985, rock singer Rick Nelson, his fiancee and five band members were killed when a fire broke out on their chartered DC-3 in northeast Texas.

In 1994, Russian forces launched a full air and ground attack on Grozny, the capital city of the rebel republic of Chechnya.

In 1997, the Algerian government announced that more than 400 people had been massacred by Islamic extremists during the last nine days of December.

In 1999, Panama assumed full control of the Panama Canal.

In 2004, at least 175 youths were reported killed in an overnight fire at a popular Buenos Aires nightclub. About 600 more were injured in a mad rush for the exits.

Also in 2004, a bus slammed into an oil tanker in Pakistan, killing at least 31 people and seriously injuring 11.

In 2005, at least 844 U.S. military personnel died in Iraq, a year-end U.S. government report said. Of that toll, 425 deaths were blamed on roadside bombs.

In 2006, the toll of U.S. troops killed in Iraq passed the 3,000 mark. Pentagon figures indicated more than 22,000 others had been wounded.

Also in 2006, Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union bringing the number of countries to 27 and the number of citizens to 489 million.

In 2007, despite the worst fourth-quarter performance in 20 years, the Dow Jones industrial average closed Dec. 31 up 6.4 percent at 13,264.82. Subprime mortgage problems weighed heavily on financial stocks at year’s end, crude oil prices rallied and the dollar declined.

Also in 2007, the death toll in Kenya’s post-election violence reached at least 140 with the figure sure to go far beyond that. Tribal uprisings were triggered after incumbent President Mwai Kibaki narrowly won re-election over challenger Raila Odinga despite trailing by a wide margin earlier.

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Those born on this date include:
- French explorer Jacques Cartier in 1491
- Charles Edward Stuart, Scotland’s “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” in 1720
- French painter Henri Matisse in 1869
- Gen. George Marshall, formulator of the Marshall Aid Plan for Europe following World War II, in 1880
- Songwriter Jule Styne (“Three Coins In the Fountain, “Let It Snow”) in 1905
- Cowboy actor/singer Rex Allen in 1920; folk-blues singer Odetta (Holmes) in 1930 (age 80)
- Actor Anthony Hopkins in 1937 (age 73)
- Actress Sarah Miles in 1941 (age 69)
- Actor Ben Kingsley in 1943 (age 67)
- Singer John Denver in 1943
- Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg in 1945 (age 65)
- Singer Donna Summer in 1948 (age 62)
- Actor Tim Matheson in 1947 (age 63)
- Actress Bebe Neuwirth in 1958 (age 52)
- Actor Val Kilmer in 1959 (age 51)

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• Elaine Cassidy (1979, Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland)
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• Jiri Cvancara (1979, Prague, Czech Republic)
• G. Michael Gray (1979, Trail, British Columbia, Canada)
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• Sofia Lomeli (1979, El Paso, Texas, USA)
• Mariah Milano (1979, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Noriko Nakagoshi (1979, Saga, Japan)
• Thomas Nöla (1979, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• Christine Peymani (1979, St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
• Raul Skopecz (1979, Romania)
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• Denniss Wade (1979, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Billy T. Welch (1979, Arlington, Virginia, USA)
• T.R. Wilkinson (1979, Elyria, Ohio, USA)
• Noah Ehlert (1978, Adams-Friendship, Wisconsin, USA)
• Curtis Harrison (1978, Welland, Ontario, Canada)
• Reggie Hines (1978, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA)
• Frasco Mortiz (1978, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines)
• Thomas Müller (1978, Offenbach am Main, Germany)
• Benny Nordberg (1978, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Papoose (1978, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Andres Pass (1978, Estonia)
• Chance Romero (1978, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
• Rock Shaink Jr. (1978, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA)
• Romina Vitasovic (1978, Pula, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Pula, Istria, Croatia])
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• Garrett Gauer (1977, Napa, California, USA)
• Marta Hazas (1977, Santander, Cantabria, Spain)
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• Patrick Pass (1977, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• Octávio Rosado (1977, Portugal)
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• Donald Trump Jr. (1977, New York City, New York, USA)
• Steve Byers (1976, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)
• Maja Cenic (1976, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
• Will Dotter (1976, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA)
• Kerissa Fare (1976, Riverside, California, USA)
• Luis Garcia (1976, Buffalo, New York, USA)
• Katie Harris (1976, Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK)
• Matthew Hoggard (1976, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Tim Janus (1976, Farmington, Connecticut, USA)
• Vanessa Kerry (1976, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• Mona Lisa (1976, Hungary)
• Clayton Benjamin Morris (1976)
• Marla Ruzicka (1976, Lakeport, California, USA)
• Lucia Diaz Sas (1976, Caracas, Venezuela)
• Lindsay Soto (1976, El Toro, California, USA)
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• Tiffany Bartok (1975, Portland, Oregon, USA)
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• (1967, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
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• Camilla Wisøfeldt (1967, Denmark)
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• Easton (1966, USA)
• Lisa Joyner (1966, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
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• Vasa (1966, Stockholm, Sweden)
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• Iro Diamandourou (1965, Athens, Greece)
• Tony Dorigo (1965, Melbourne, Australia)
• Li Gong (1965, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China)
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• Geoff Meed (1965, Houston, Texas, USA)
• Steven Moore (1965, Wallsend on Tyne, England, UK)
• Linda Munkler (1965)
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• Marcelo Yuka (1965, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Pia Andell (1964, Turku, Finland)
• James Asmodeo (1964, Bronx, New York, USA)
• Christof Ebhardt (1964, Munich, Germany)
• Michael McDonald (1964, Fullerton, California, USA)
• Lowri Turner (1964, London, England, UK)
• Valentina Vargas (1964, Santiago, Chile)
• Tony Carreira (1963, Portugal)
• Tavia Cathcart (1963, Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
• Petros Filippidis (1963, Athens, Greece)
• Stefania Orsola Garello (1963, Arcisate, Varese, Lombardia, Italy)
• Scott Ian (1963, New York City, New York, USA)
• Johan Kindblom (1963, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Amelia Kinkade (1963, Ft. Worth, Texas, USA)
• Roberto Lombardi (1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Bret McKinney (1963, Texas, USA)
• Yukari Ôshima (1963, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan)
• Valérie Steffen (1963, Paris, France)
• Angela Baron (1962, Düsseldorf, Germany)
• Davide Bechini (1962, Monsummano Terme (PT), Tuscany, Italy)
• Pedro Cardoso (1962, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Don Diamont (1962, New York City, New York, USA)
• Jeff Flake (1962, Snowflake, Arizona, USA)
• Andrew Gallagher (1962, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA)
• Katy Karrenbauer (1962, Duisburg, Germany)
• Konishiki (1962, Hawaii, USA)
• Gary Lim (1962, Sacramento, California, USA)
• Heather McCartney (1962, Tucson, Arizona, USA)
• Julian Stone (1962, Hockley, England, UK)
• Rick Aguilera (1961, San Gabriel, California, USA)
• Gábor Berkes (1961, Debrecen, Hungary)
• Scott Fults (1961, Houston, Texas, USA)
• Joanna Johnson (1961, Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
• Nina Li Chi (1961, Shanghai, China)
• Fabian Nicieza (1961, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Hans Perk (1961, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
• Luis Felipe Tovar (1961, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico)
• Steve Bruce (1960, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK)
• Giovanni Di Simone (1960, Bologna, Italy)
• Julian Forbes (1960, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Ingrid Johnson (1960, New Jersey, USA)
• Rick Lawless (1960, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA)
• Dawn Y. Line (1960, USA)
• John Allen Muhammad (1960, USA)
• David Steinberg (1960, Toronto, Canada)
• Mio Takaki (1960, Fukuoka, Japan)
• Tove Blue Valentine (1960, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Jeff Abugov (1959, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• Alfie Anido (1959, Philippines)
• Andy Arness (1959, Everett, Washington, USA)
• Rich Baldinger (1959, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA)
• Konstanze Breitebner (1959, Vienna, Austria)
• Val Kilmer (1959, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Christopher B. Rehbaum (1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Geri Reischl (1959, Bellflower, California, USA)
• Paul Roberts (1959)
• Jonathan Short (1959, Evanston, Illinois, USA)
• Ondrej Trojan (1959, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic])
• Paul Westerberg (1959, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
• André van der Hout (1958, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)
• Bebe Neuwirth (1958, Princeton, New Jersey, USA)
• David Pevsner (1958, Skokie, Illinois, USA)
• Lawrence Smilgys (1958, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
• Heinz Josef Braun (1957, Munich, Germany)
• David Erwin (1957, Pensacola, Florida, USA)
• Jesse Levy (1957, New York City, New York, USA)
• David Ogrin (1957, Waukegan, Illinois, USA)
• Peter Williams (1957, Kingston, Jamaica)
• Al Harris (1956, Bangor, Maine, USA)
• Andrea Gabriella Kapsaski (1956, Heidelberg, Germany)
• Brett Porter (1956, Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
• Paul Ross (1956, Leytonstone, London, England, UK)
• Steve Rude (1956, Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
• Christine Scheel (1956, Aschaffenburg, Germany)
• Gerhard Acktun (1955, Munich, Germany)
• Eric Hafen (1955, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Dawood Ibrahim (1955, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India)
• Frank Lenart (1955, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Jone Takamäki (1955, Helsinki, Finland)
• Jim Tracy (1955, Hamilton, Ohio, USA)
• Mary Bogue (1954, North Tonawanda, New York, USA)
• Stefano Madia (1954, Rome, Italy)
• Yelena Melnikova (1954)
• Roger (1954)
• Alex Salmond (1954, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, UK)
• Jane Badler (1953, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• John Burton Jr. (1953, Greenville, South Carolina, USA)
• Jeff B. Harmon (1953, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Michael Hedges (1953, Sacramento, California, USA)
• Michael Hedges (1953, Sacramento, California, USA)
• Ana Leaird (1953)
• Trevor Phillips (1953, London, England, UK)
• Teri Pollack (1953)
• James Remar (1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• Joan Conrad (1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Charles Ogletree (1952, Merced, California, USA)
• George Thorogood (1952, Wilmington, Delaware, USA)
• Wolfgang Welt (1952, Bochum, Germany)
• Ben Barker (1951, Denver, Colorado, USA)
• Tom Hamilton (1951, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)
• Terry Rhoads (1951, Tucson, Arizona, USA)
• Kenny Roberts (1951, Modesto, California, USA)
• Maida Belove (1950, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Gregory Cassel (1950, Lubbock, Texas, USA)
• Mary Olga (1950, New York City, New York, USA)
• Golden Richards (1950, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
• Flora Gomes (1949, Cadique, Guinea-Bissau)
• Joe Dallesandro (1948, Pensacola, Florida, USA)
• Daniel Díaz Torres (1948, Habana, Cuba)
• Jan Dworak (1948, Sochaczew, Poland)
• Pavel Soukup (1948, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic))
• Donna Summer (1948, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• Mikko Viherjuuri (1948, Helsinki, Finland)
• Burton Cummings (1947, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
• Susan Gordon-Clark (1947, Jackson, Mississippi, USA)
• Rafik Kambarov (1947)
• Rita Lee (1947, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
• Tim Matheson (1947, Glendale, California, USA)
• Ruud Vreeman (1947, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands)
• Alan Aaronson (1946, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Roy Greenslade (1946, England, UK)
• John Hartnett (1946, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Hikmet Karagöz (1946, Samsun, Turkey)
• Concha Márquez Piquer (1946, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Matti Sokka (1946, Helsinki, Finland)
• Terry Tooley (1946, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA)
• Martin Ace (1945, Swansea, Wales, UK)
• Len Adleman (1945, San Francisco, California, USA)
• Barbara Carrera (1945, Bluefields, Nicaragua)
• Zsuzsa Kertész (1945, Budapest, Hungary)
• Tuvia Tzafir (1945, Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel])
• Diane von Fürstenberg (1945, Brussels, Belgium)
• Vernon Wells (1945, Rushworth, Victoria, Australia)
• Gary Epper (1944, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Cheryl Gilham (1944, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK)
• Taylor Hackford (1944, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
• Gabriel Hierrezuelo (1944, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)
• Neil Ross (1944, London, England, UK)
• Sylwester Woroniecki (1944, Warsaw, Poland)
• Roland Blanche (1943, Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, France)
• Charlie Carlson (1943, Sanford, Florida, USA)
• John Denver (1943, Roswell, New Mexico, USA)
• Mickey Gee (1943, Cardiff, Wales, UK)
• Wolfgang Gerhardt (1943, Helpershain, Alsfeld, Germany)
• Ben Kingsley (1943, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Klaus-Peter Lietz (1943, Hammerstein am Rhein, Germany)
• Peter Quaife (1943, Tavistock, Devon, England, UK)
• Victor Raider-Wexler (1943, Toledo, Ohio, USA)
• Jamshed Ansari (1942, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, British India)
• Dene Anton (1942, Houston, Texas, USA)
• Teri Janssen (1942, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Andy Summers (1942, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England, UK)
• Ulla-Sisko Tamminen (1942, Juupajoki, Finland)
• Sean S. Cunningham (1941, New York City, New York, USA)
• Alex Ferguson (1941, Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
• Fritz Goergen (1941, Niklasdorf, Styria, Austria)
• Johnny Leeze (1941, York, Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Sarah Miles (1941, Ingatestone, Essex, England, UK)
• Mani Neumeier (1941, Munich, Bavaria, Germany)
• Tim Considine (1940, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Margaret Mason (1940, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Birsen Menekseli (1940, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Martin von Zweigbergk (1940, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Peter Camejo (1939, Queens, New York City, New York, USA)
• Carol Ann Lewis (1939, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA)
• Alan Splet (1939, USA)
• Liza Willert (1939, Mexico)
• Berkant (1938, Ankara, Turkey)
• Rosalind Cash (1938, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA)
• David Froman (1938, Miami, Oklahoma, USA)
• Robert Krigbaum (1938, Syracuse, New York, USA)
• Markku Lehmuskallio (1938, Finland)
• Michael Rubbo (1938, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• Nicolas Born (1937, Duisburg, Germany)
• Natalie Cooper (1937, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Kelly Fitzpatrick (1937, Mt Kisco, New York, USA)
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• Kai Lind (1937, Helsinki, Finland)
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• Arne Abrahamsen (1936, Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Georgette Crooks (1936, California, USA)
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• Werner Leismann (1936, Schmallenberg, Germany)
• Siw Malmkvist (1936, Landskrona, Skåne län, Sweden)
• Eva Randová (1936, Kolín, Czechoslovakia)
• Carlos Ballesteros (1935, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain)
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• Glenn Leedy (1935, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA)
• Ric (1935, Turin, Piemonte, Italy)
• Michael Bonallack (1934, Chigwell, Essex, England, UK)
• Anna Longhi (1934, Rome, Italy)
• Xavier Loyá (1934, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
• Kathy Marlowe (1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
• Edward Bunker (1933, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Semyon Farada (1933, Moscow, USSR [now Russia])
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• Zuza Egreny (1932, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia)
• Sune Mangs (1932, Kaskinen, Finland)
• Muhterem Nur (1932, Bitolj, Yugoslavia)
• George Schlatter (1932, Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
• Paolo Villaggio (1932, Genoa, Liguria, Italy)
• George Ardisson (1931, Turin, Piemonte, Italy)
• Jimmy Justice (1931, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
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• Gil Melle (1931, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA)
• Senjaku Nakamura (1931, Kyoto, Japan)
• Tom Rolf (1931, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Mario Valdemarin (1931, Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy)
• Lisa Daniels (1930)
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• Lasse Holmqvist (1930, Osby, Skåne län, Sweden)
• Aco Jovanovski (1930, Skoplje, Macedonia)
• Jan van Kasteren (1930, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands)
• Anatoli Kuznetsov (1930, Soviet Union)
• Mihály Mátray (1930, Budapest, Hungary)
• Odetta (1930, Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
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• Patricia Tiernan (1930, Long Beach, California, USA)
• Radomir Belacevic (1929, Junkovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Mies Bouwman (1929, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
• Douglas Gordon (1929, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Velimir ‘Bata’ Senic (1929, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Tom Boutross (1928, Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
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• Kongara Jaggaiah (1928, Morampudi, Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India)
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• Dan Leegant (1928, California, USA)
• Hugh McElhenny (1928, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Veijo Meri (1928, Viipuri, Finland)
• ‘Amarillo Slim’ Preston (1928, Johnson, Arkansas, USA)
• Jerry van Rooyen (1928, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)
• Siné (1928, Paris, France)
• Geoffrey Smith (1928, Barningham Park, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Frank Gatliff (1927, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
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• Éva Ruttkai (1927, Budapest, Hungary)
• Eila Thil (1927, Sievi, Finland)
• Darinka Zivkovic (1927, Donja Mutnica-Paracin, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Joyce Lear (1926, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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• Alexis von Hagemeister (1926, Tallinn, Estonia)
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• Irina Korschunow (1925, Stendal, Germany)
• Hans-Dieter Schlegel (1925, Halle/Saale, Germany)
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• Ted Gray (1924, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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• Fred Baratta (1923)
• Giannis Dalianidis (1923, Thessaloniki, Greece)
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• Barbara Licker-Caan (1923, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA)
• Joe Tiffenbach (1923, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
• Halina Czerny-Stefanska (1922, Kraków, Poland)
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• Edward Bryla (1920, Warsaw, Poland)
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• Margarita Mora (1920, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
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• Hans Nord (1919)
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• Grigoris Vafias (1918, Arta, Greece)
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• José María Gironella (1917, Darníus, Provincia de Gerona, Catalonia, Spain)
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• Allan McClelland (1917, Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, UK)
• Joan McCracken (1917, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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• Francisca Caballero (1916, Spain)
• Helen Eustis (1916, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
• Eva Nova (1916, Naples, Italy)
• Neil Paterson (1916, Greenock, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
• Frank Clarke (1915, London, England, UK)
• Bill Juliff (1915, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia)
• Teepee Mitchell (1915, New York City, New York, USA)
• Pat Brady (1914, Toledo, Ohio, USA)
• Arletta Duncan (1914, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
• Leon Golebiowski (1914, Kielce, Poland)
• Robert Gunner (1914)
• Katia Lova (1914, Sofia, Bulgaria)
• Cyril Stapleton (1914, Mapperley, Nottingham, England, UK)
• Bohuslav Kulic (1913, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic))
• Senja Soitso (1913)
• John Frost (1912, Pune, Maharashtra, British India)
• Janet Chandler (1911, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA)
• Robert Clatworthy (1911, Illinois, USA)
• Constance Edney (1911, Buffalo, New York, USA)
• Joy Hallward (1911)
• Jack Hargreaves (1911, London, England, UK)
• Sokrat Kara (1911, Kars, Yekaterinodar province [now Krasnodar province], Russia)
• Charles Lederer (1911, New York City, New York, USA)
• Amanda Ledesma (1911, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Frankie Lee (1911, Gunnison, Colorado, USA)
• John Boruff (1910, Mt.Vernon, New York, USA)
• Fernando Carrere (1910, Mexico)
• Jennifer Crier (1910, England, UK)
• Carl Dudley (1910, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
• Happy Goday (1910, New York, USA)
• Norman Gryspeerdt (1910)
• Richard Kollmar (1910, Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA)
• Roy Rowland (1910, New York City, New York, USA)
• Eleanor Behm (1909, New York City, New York, USA)
• Ágnes Fedor (1909, Orosháza, Hungary)
• Poul Müller (1909, Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Ruth Taru-Kowalska (1909, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Poland])
• Willy Wiesgen (1909, Cologne, Germany)
• Jonah Jones (1908, Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
• Simon Wiesenthal (1908, Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine))
• Fred Ahern (1907, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA)
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• Valsø Holm (1906, Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Lennart Snickars (1906, Närpiö, Finland)
• Arrelia (1905, Jaguariaíva, Paraná, Brazil)
• Tadeusz Breza (1905, Siekierzynce, near Ostroga, Wolhynien, Russian Empire [now Ukraine])
• Dick Chevillat (1905, New York City, New York, USA)
• Chikako Hosokawa (1905, Tokyo, Japan)
• Guy Mollet (1905, Flers, Orne, France)
• Jule Styne (1905, London, England, UK)
• Basil Adlam (1904, Chelmsford, England, UK)
• Zofia Barwinska (1904, Czestochowa, Poland)
• Nathan Milstein (1904, Odessa, Russia)
• Fumiko Hayashi (1903, Japan)
• Claire Delmar (1901, Kentucky, USA)
• Karl-August Fagerholm (1901, Siuntio, Finland)
• Everett Marshall (1901, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA)
• Jean Wall (1900, Paris, France)
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• Franklin Hansen (1899, Shelton, Nebraska, USA)
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899, Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico)
• Margarete Schlegel (1899)
• Slim Balch (1898, Kansas, USA)
• Zeke Canova (1898, Florida, USA)
• Harry Hudson (1898)
• Paula Heminghaus (1897, Columbus, Ohio, USA)
• Orry-Kelly (1897, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia)
• Frank Skinner (1897, Meredosia, Illinois, USA)
• Inge van der Straaten (1897, Dresden, Germany)
• Liva Weel (1897, Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Rhys Williams (1897, Wales, UK)
• Ronald Adam (1896, Bromyard, England, UK)
• Tatyana Barysheva (1896, Moscow, Russia)
• John Baxter (1896, Foots Cray, Kent, England, UK)
• Cathleen Mann (1896, Newcastle, England, UK)
• Philip Stevenson (1896)
• Belmira de Almeida (1895, Lisbon, Portugal)
• Shen Hong (1894, Changzhou, Jingsu Province)
• John S. Peters (1894, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
• Dalibor Ptak (1894, Brno, Moravia, Austria-Hungary)
• Einar Bryme (1893, Ljusdal, Gävleborgs län, Sweden)
• Vladeta Dragutinovic (1893, Belgrade, Serbia)
• Frank Titterton (1893, Handsworth, England, UK)
• Vasili Kovrigin (1892, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Empire)
• Stanley Price (1892, Atchison, Kansas, USA)
• Jason Robards Sr. (1892, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA)
• Lyn Donelson (1891, New York City, New York, USA)
• John H. Collins (1889, New York City, New York, USA)
• Jack Barty (1888, London, England, UK)
• Ernest Raymond (1888)
• John Colton (1887, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
• Josip Pavic (1887, Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Georgia O’Ramey (1886, Mansfield, Ohio, USA)
• Anna Antonovskaya (1885, Tiflis, Russia [now Tbilisi, Georgia])
• Edgar Leslie (1885, Stamford, Connecticut, USA)
• Henry Van Bousen (1885, California, USA)
• Mihály Fekete (1884, Csongrád, Hungary)
• Georgette Harvey (1884, St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
• Corbet Morris (1881, Canon City, Colorado, USA)
• George C. Marshall (1880, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA)
• George Marshall (1880, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Margot Ryding (1880, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden)
• Geneviève Vix (1879, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France)
• Elizabeth Arden (1878, Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada)
• Horacio Quiroga (1878, Salto, Uruguay)
• Heinz Salfner (1877, Munich, Germany)
• Eugene P. Lyle Jr. (1873, Dallas, Texas, USA)
• Henri Matisse (1869, Le Cateau Cambrésis, France)
• Alfredo Panzini (1863, Sinigaglia, Italy)
• Oscar Byström (1857, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Alois Charvát (1857, Príbram, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic])
• Giovanni Pascoli (1855, Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna, Italy)
• Paul Bilhaud (1854, Allichamps, France)
• William T. Rock (1853, Birmingham, England, UK)
• Gottfried August Bürger (1747, Molmerswende bei Quedlinburg, Germany)
• Karina Huber (Vermont, USA)
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• Woodrow W. Asai (2005)
• Enrico Di Giuseppe (2005, Voorhees, New Jersey, USA)
• Maurice Dodd (2005, Shepperton, Middlesex, England, UK)
• Alison Gale (2005, Beverly Hills, California, USA)
• Joe Hecht (2005, Paradise Cove, California, USA)
• Fee Malten (2005, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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• Maclovia Ruiz (2005, San Francisco, California, USA)
• Gerry Tolman (2005, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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• Joseph Durso (2004, Stony Brook, New York, USA)
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• Peter Donen (2003, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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• Denny Arnold (2001, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)
• Matthias Fuchs (2001, Hamburg, Germany)
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• Paul Hubschmid (2001, Berlin, Germany)
• Simonne Kaesen (2001, Antwerp, Belgium)
• Dzemail Maksut (2001, Skoplje, Macedonia)
• David Swift (2001, Santa Monica, California, USA)
• Elliot Weisgarber (2001, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
• Alan Cranston (2000, Los Altos, California, USA)
• José Greco (2000, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Michèle Juneau (2000, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
• Michelle Juneau (2000)
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• Toomas Uba (2000, Tallinn, Estonia)
• Alain Gillot-Pétré (1999, France)
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• Marian Pogasz (1999, Poznan, Poland)
• Elliot Richardson (1999, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• Hamako Watanabe (1999)
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• Will Sheldon (1998, Santa Monica, California, USA)
• Ned York (1998, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Capiba (1997, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil)
• Floyd Cramer (1997, Madison, Tennessee, USA)
• Billie Dove (1997, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Sten Kärrby (1997, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (1997, Aspen, Colorado, USA)
• Nicolin Kunz (1997, Carinthia, Austria)
• Sandy McPeak (1997, Nevada City, California, USA)
• Ken Olfson (1997, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Wesley Addy (1996, Danbury, Connecticut, USA)
• Wieslaw Drzewicz (1996, Warsaw, Poland)
• Annie Ducaux (1996, Champeaux, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France)
• David Sinclair (1996, Hove, Sussex, England, UK)
• Richard H. Thomas (1996, Taos, New Mexico, USA)
• Fritz Eckhardt (1995, Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria, Austria)
• Marvin Hayes (1995, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Aleqsi Machavariani (1995, Tbilisi, Georgia)
• Leigh Bowery (1994, London, England, UK)
• Valerie Cossart (1994, New York City, New York, USA)
• Leo Fuchs (1994, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Elma Karlowa (1994, Munich, Germany)
• Bozhidar Lechev (1994, Sofia, Bulgaria)
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• Woody Strode (1994, Glendora, California, USA)
• Jerry Adler (1993, Sherman Oaks, California, USA)
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• Arthur Dreifuss (1993, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Bob Johnson (1993, Molokai, Hawaii)
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• Gerry Dolin (1992)
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• Dalton Cathey (1990, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Friedel Hensch (1990, Hamburg, Germany)
• Leonard Elliott (1989, New York City, New York, USA)
• Mihaly Lantos (1989, Budapest, Hungary)
• Bendt Rothe (1989, Denmark)
• Yara Amaral (1988, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Vladimir Kozel (1988, Moscow, Soviet Union)
• Stanislaw Kamberski (1987, Walbrzych, Poland)
• Piero Chiara (1986, Varese, Varese, Lombardy, Italy)
• Clara Dunn (1986, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
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• Elmer Plummer (1986, Junction City, Oregon, USA)
• E.A. Sirianni (1986, Sonoma County, California, USA)
• Esther Sutherland (1986, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Dwight Taylor (1986, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Lucia Catullo (1985, Narni, Terni, Umbria, Italy)
• Thomas Freebairn-Smith (1985, Llano, California, USA)
• Ricky Nelson (1985, De Kalb, Texas, USA)
• Sam Spiegel (1985, St. Martin, Channel Islands, UK)
• Leigh Allen (1984, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
• Jennie Mac (1984, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Dorrie Kavanaugh (1983, Iceland)
• John G. Nasht (1983, Surrey, England, UK)
• Ebba Ringdahl (1983, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden)
• Bruce Mason (1982, Wellington, New Zealand)
• Imboden Parrish (1982, Orange, California, USA)
• Efim Dzigan (1981)
• Jim Britt (1980, Monterey, California, USA)
• Marshall McLuhan (1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Raoul Walsh (1980, Simi Valley, California, USA)
• Luis Induni (1979, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain)
• Brunilde Júdice (1979, Lisbon, Portugal)
• Donald McGuire (1979, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Curtis Taylor (1978)
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• Léonce Corne (1977, Bretoncelle, Oise, Picardie, France)
• Edwin Fowler (1977)
• Nora Marlowe (1977, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Karl Suter (1977)
• Dirk Fredericks (1976)
• Edith Gresham (1976, Riverdale, The Bronx, New York, USA)
• Ransom Rideout (1975, Santa Cruz, California, USA)
• Mac Dalgleish (1974, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Nan McFarland (1974, Stamford, Connecticut, USA)
• A. Edward Sutherland (1973, Palm Springs, California, USA)
• Ansje van Dommelen-Kapper (1973, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
• Roberto Clemente (1972, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
• Pete Duel (1971, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Lucien Hubbard (1971, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Marin Sais (1971, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Fritz Schlegel (1971, Kleve, Germany)
• Leon Cortez (1970, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK)
• Suzanne Dalbert (1970, France)
• Ray Henderson (1970, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA)
• Salvatore Baccaloni (1969, New York City, New York, USA)
• Richard Byron (1969, North Hollywood, California, USA)
• Frances Parkhurst (1969, Caldwell, New Jersey, USA)
• Carol Thurston (1969, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Jimmy Mulcay (1968, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
• Pyotr Beitner (1967)
• Bert Russell (1967, New York City, New York, USA)
• José Wedorn (1967, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany)
• Raoul Lévy (1966, Saint-Tropez, Var, France)
• Nipo T. Strongheart (1966, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Jack Andrews (1965, Rome, Italy)
• Larry Banthim (1965, San Mateo, California, USA)
• Inna Gest (1964, San Francisco, California, USA)
• Don Hix (1964, Santa Monica, California, USA)
• Gertrude Michael (1964, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Lucille Page (1964, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Red Rollings (1964, Mobile, Alabama, USA)
• Gordon Kahn (1962, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA)
• Piri Peéry (1962, Pécs, Hungary)
• David Perkins (1962, New York City, New York, USA)
• Charles Scheid (1962, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Miguel Torres (1962, Cajazeiras, Paraíba, Brazil)
• Norman Macowan (1961, Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK)
• Jean Brahn (1960, East Berlin, East Germany)
• Clayton Heafner (1960, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)
• C.D. Howe (1960)
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• Antonina Dunajewska (1958, Wroclaw, Poland)
• Hans May (1958, London, England, UK)
• W.P. Kellino (1957, Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK)
• Alice Verden (1956, Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany)
• Baldwin Cooke (1953, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Jere Delaney (1953, Forest Hills, New York, USA)
• Nikolai Dorokhin (1953)
• Johnny Arthur (1951, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Maxim Litvinov (1951)
• Carlotta Nillson (1951, New York City, New York, USA)
• Karl Renner (1950, Vienna, Austria)
• Frank Stockdale (1950, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Franklin Batie (1949, Norwich, New York, USA)
• Howard C. Hickman (1949, San Anselmo, California, USA)
• Malcolm Campbell (1948, Reigate, Surrey, England, UK)
• Dana Ong (1948, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Kay Van Riper (1948, Glendale, California, USA)
• Louise Beaudet (1947, New York City, New York, USA)
• Frank Ryan (1947)
• Franz von Epp (1946, Munich, Germany)
• Donald Douglas (1945, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Knute Erickson (1945, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Darwin Karr (1945, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• C.M. Woolf (1942, London, England, UK)
• Bodil Rosing (1941, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Frank R. Benson (1939, London, England, UK)
• Ernesto de Curtis (1937, Naples, Campania, Italy)
• Hugo Fischer-Köppe (1937, Berlin, Germany)
• Miguel de Unamuno (1936, Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain)
• James Bryson (1935, London, England, UK)
• Umberto Palmarini (1934, Milan, Italy)
• Douglas Stevenson (1934, Versailles, Kentucky, USA)
• Ernst Rolf (1932, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Paul Jorge (1928, Paris, France)
• Grete Lundt (1926, Germany)
• J. Gordon Edwards (1925, New York City, New York, USA)
• George Hernandez (1922, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Eric Blind (1916, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Joe Murphy (1915, New York City, New York, USA)
• Henry Fragson (1913, Paris, France)
• Karl Millöcker (1899, Baden, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria])
• Ion Creanga (1889, Iasi, Moldova, Romania)
• Aleksis Kivi (1872, Tuusula, Finland)
• William Wycherley (1715, Covent Garden, London, England, UK)

• 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.
• 535 – Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.
• 1225 – The Ly Dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Tran Thai Tong, husband of the last Ly monarch, Ly Chieu Hoang, starting the Tran Dynasty.
• 1229 – James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.
• 1600 – The British East India Company is chartered.
• 1660 – James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
• 1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
• 1695 – A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.
• 1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
• 1831 – Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
• 1857 – Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River is fought near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
• 1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, N.J.
• 1904 – The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York.
• 1909 – Manhattan Bridge opens.
• 1923 – The chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC.
• 1944 – World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.
• 1946 – President Harry Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
• 1951 – The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
• 1955 – The General Motors Corporation becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over $1 billion USD in a year.
• 1960 – The farthing coin ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.
• 1963 – The Central African Federation officially collapses and splits into Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
• 1965 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d’état against the government of President David Dacko.
• 1981 – A coup d’état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann‘s PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
• 1983 – The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.
• 1983 – In Nigeria a coup d’état led by Major General Mohammadu Buhari ends the Nigerian Second Republic.
• 1986 – A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.
• 1991 – All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
• 1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• 1994 – This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC-11 to UTC+13 and UTC-10 to UTC+14, respectively.
• 1994 – The first Chechen war: Russian army began a New Year’s storm of Grozny
• 1998– The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
• 1999 – Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President.
• 1999 – Five hijackers, who had been holding 155 hostages on an Indian Airlines plane, leave the plane with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed.
• 1999 – The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.
• 2004 – The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
• 2007 – Bocaue Fire: Seven people are injured when a fire results in the explosions of several fireworks stores in the municipality of Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines.

[edit] Births

• 695 – Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
• 1378 – Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)
• 1491 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
• 1514 – Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564)
• 1572 – Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
• 1668 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (d. 1738)
• 1720 – Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1788)
• 1738 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (d. 1805)
• 1741 – Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763)
• 1763 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
• 1815 – George Meade, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
• 1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet (d. 1849)
• 1830 – Isma’il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (d. 1895)
• 1830 – Alexander Smith, Scottish poet (d. 1867)
• 1864 – Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1855 – Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet (d. 1912)
• 1857 – King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)
• 1860 – Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)
• 1869 – Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954)
• 1877 – Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
• 1878 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)
• 1878 – Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian writer (d. 1937)
• 1880 – George C. Marshall, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Laureate (d. 1959)
• 1880 – Fred Beebe, American baseball player (d. 1957)
• 1881 – Max Pechstein, German painter (d. 1955)
• 1882 – Martin O’Meara, Australian soldier (d. 1935)
• 1884 – Bobby Byrne, American baseball player (d. 1964)
• 1885 – Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)
• 1894 – Pola Negri, Polish actress (d. 1987)
• 1899 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (d. 1940)
• 1901 – Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek resistance fighter (d. 1954)
• 1901 – Julia Bathory, Hungarian glass designer(d. 2000)
• 1902 – Lionel Daunais, Quebec singer and composer (d. 1982)
• 1903 – Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1992)
• 1904 – Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer and actress (d. 1975)
• 1905 – Jule Styne, English-born composer (d. 1994)
• 1908 – Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005)
• 1909 – Jonah Jones, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2000)
• 1910 – Carl Dudley, American film director (d. 1973)
• 1911 – Dal Stivens, Australian novelist (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Maj-Gen John Frost, British para commander (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer (d. 1962)
• 1919 – Tommy Byrne, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and songwriter (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Taylor Mead, American actor
• 1926 – Billy Snedden, Australian politician (d. 1987)
• 1928 – Siné, French cartoonist
• 1930 – Odetta, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Jaime Escalante, American teacher (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Bob Shaw, Irish writer (d. 1996)
• 1933 – Edward Bunker, American author and actor (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Akram Awan, Islamic scholar
• 1937 – Avram Hershko, Israeli biologist, Nobel laureate
• 1937 – Sir Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor
• 1938 – Rosalind Cash, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1940 – Mani Neumeier, German musician (Guru Guru)
• 1941 – Sir Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
• 1941 – Sarah Miles, English actress
• 1942 – Andy Summers, British guitarist (The Police)
• 1943 – John Denver, American singer and songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1943 – Sir Ben Kingsley, English actor
• 1943 – Pete Quaife, English bassist (The Kinks) (d. 2010)
• 1944 – Taylor Hackford, American producer and director
• 1944 – Neil Ross, British-American voice actor
• 1945 – Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-born fashion designer
• 1945 – Barbara Carrera, Nicaraguan actress and model
• 1945 – Connie Willis, American writer
• 1946 – Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean human rights advocate
• 1947 – Burton Cummings, Canadian keyboardist (The Guess Who)
• 1947 – Tim Matheson, American actor
• 1947 – Rita Lee, Brazilian Rock Star
• 1948 – Donna Summer, American singer
• 1948 – Joe Dallesandro American actor
• 1948 – René Robert, National Hockey League player
• 1949 – Ellen Datlow, American editor
• 1949 – Susan Shwartz, American writer
• 1949 – Seub Nakhasathien, Thai conservationist (d. 1990)
• 1951 – Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith)
• 1953 – James Remar, American actor
• 1953 – Jane Badler, American actress
• 1954 – Alex Salmond, Scottish politician
• 1954 – Hermann Tilke, German racing circuit architect
• 1956 – Steve Rude, American comics artist
• 1958 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress
• 1959 – Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player
• 1959 – Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (d. 1981)
• 1959 – Val Kilmer, American actor
• 1959 – Phill Kline, American politician
• 1959 – Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and musician
• 1959 – Paul Westerberg, American musician (The Replacements)
• 1960 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (d. 2009)
• 1960 – Steve Bruce, English football player & manager
• 1961 – Rick Aguilera, American baseball player
• 1961 – Nina Li Chi, Chinese actress
• 1962 – Heather McCartney, British activist
• 1962 – Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player
• 1963 – Scott Ian, American guitarist (Anthrax)
• 1963 – Konishiki, American sumo wrestler
• 1964 – Michael McDonald, American actor-comedian
• 1965 – Julie Doucet, Canadian underground cartoonist
• 1965 – Gong Li, Chinese actress
• 1965 – Nicholas Sparks, American author
• 1965 – Tony Dorigo, English Footballer (soccer)
• 1966 – Lisa Joyner, American entertainment reporter
• 1968 – Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1969 – Dominik Diamond, Scottish presenter and newspaper columnist
• 1969 – Are Kalvø, Norwegian writer and satirist
• 1969 – Lance Reddick, American actor
• 1970 – Jorjão, Brazilian footballer
• 1970 – Carlos Morales Quintana, husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
• 1970 – Bryon Russell, American basketball player
• 1971 – Brent Barry, American basketball player
• 1971 – Esteban Loaiza, Mexican Major League Baseball player
• 1971 – Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer
• 1972 – Joe McIntyre, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
• 1973 – Shandon Anderson, American basketball player
• 1973 – Malcolm Middleton, Scottish musician (Arab Strap)
• 1974 – Mario Aerts, Belgian cyclist
• 1974 – Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver
• 1974 – Ryan Sakoda, Japanese American professional wrestler
• 1975 – Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer
• 1975 – Rob Penders, Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Craig Reucassel, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
• 1977 – Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer
• 1977 – Donald Trump Jr., son of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump
• 1978 – Papoose, American rapper
• 1979 – Elaine Cassidy, Irish actress
• 1979 – Paul O’Neill, British racing driver
• 1980 – Jesse Carlson, American baseball player
• 1980 – Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
• 1980 – Matthew Capiccioni, American professional wrestler
• 1981 – Jason Campbell, American football player
• 1981 – Matthew Pavlich, Australian football player
• 1982 – Bryce Avary, The Rocket Summer, American musician
• 1982 – Julio DePaula, Dominican baseball player
• 1982 – Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
• 1982 – Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player
• 1983 – Mike Williams, American football player
• 1984 – Paul Rodriguez Jr., Professional skateboarder
• 1985 – Jan Smit, Dutch singer
• 1986 – Bronson Pelletier, Canadian actor
• 1987 – Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1987 – Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast
• 1990 – Patrick Chan, Canadian figure Skater

[edit] Deaths

• 192 – Commodus, Roman Emperor (b. 161)
• 335 – St. Silvester, Pope
• 1164 – Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)
• 1194 – Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)
• 1297 – Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)
• 1302 – Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)
• 1384 – John Wycliffe, English theologian and Bible translator
• 1424 – Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader
• 1460 – Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician (b. 1400)
• 1510 – Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)
• 1535 – William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)
• 1568 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)
• 1575 – Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)
• 1583 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (b. 1524)
• 1610 – Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)
• 1650 – Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)
• 1655 – Janusz Radziwiłł, Polish–Lithuanian noble and magnate (b. 1612)
• 1673 – Oliver St John, English statesman and judge
• 1679 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
• 1691 – Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)
• 1719 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer (b. 1646)
• 1742 – Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1799 – Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)
• 1872 – Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author (b. 1834)
• 1876 – Catherine Labouré, French visionary and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 – Gustave Courbet, French painter (b. 1819)
• 1888 – Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (b. 1808)
• 1889 – Ion Creangă, Romanian writer
• 1890 – Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (b. 1826)
• 1891 – Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop. (b. 1809)
• 1894 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1905 – Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
• 1909 – Spencer Trask, American financier (b. 1844)
• 1910 – John Moisant, American aviator (b. 1868)
• 1910 – Arch Hoxsey, American aviator (b. 1884)
• 1921 – Boies Penrose, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (b. 1860)
• 1936 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (b. 1864)
• 1948 – Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (b. 1885)
• 1953 – Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer (b. 1889)
• 1964 – Ólafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 – Bobby Byrne, baseball player (b. 1884)
• 1969 – George Lewis, American clarinetist (b. 1900)
• 1971 – Pete Duel American actor (b. 1940)
• 1971 – Marin Sais, American actress (b. 1890)
• 1971 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (b. 1919)
• 1972 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1934)
• 1977 – Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait (b. 1924)
• 1980 – Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Raoul Walsh, American film director (b. 1887)
• 1985 – Rick Nelson, American singer (b. 1940)
• 1986 – Lloyd Haynes, American actor (b. 1934)
• 1987 – Jerry Turner, American television anchorman (b. 1929)
• 1988 – Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and art critic (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Vasili Lazarev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1928)
• 1990 – George Allen, American football coach (b. 1918)
• 1993 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia, first President of Georgia (b. 1939)
• 1993 – Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 1994 – Leigh Bowery, Australian-born English fashion performance artist (b. 1961)
• 1994 – Woody Strode, American actor and decathlete (b. 1914)
• 1997 – Floyd Cramer, American musician (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Michael Kennedy, American politician (b. 1958)
• 1999 – Elliot Richardson, American politician (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Alan Cranston, American politician (b. 1914)
• 2000 – José Greco, Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane, Israeli leader of Kahane Chai party and son of Rabbi Meir Kahane (b. 1966)
• 2001 – Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Kevin Scott MacMichael, American guitarist (Cutting Crew) (b. 1951)
• 2003 – Arthur R. von Hippel German-born physicist (b. 1898)
• 2004 – Gerard Debreu, French economist, Bank of Sweden Prize laureate (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Phillip Whitehead, British politician (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Enrico di Giuseppe, American tenor (b. 1932)
• 2006 – George Sisler, Jr., American baseball executive (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Tommy Dickson, British footballer (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Tony Elliott, American football player (b. 1959)
• 2007 – Michael Goldberg, American painter (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Bill Idelson, American actor (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Kathryn Ish, American actress (b. 1936)
• 2007 – Milton L. Klein, Canadian politician (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Markku Peltola, Finnish actor and musician (b. 1956)
• 2007 – Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Donald E. Westlake, American author (b. 1933)

[edit] Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Pope Sylvester I (Roman Catholic Church)

• International Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan)
• New Year’s Eve (International observances), and its related observances:
  • Last Day of the Year or Bisperas ng Bagong Taon, special holiday between Rizal Day and New Year’s Day (the Philippines)
  • The first day of Hogmanay or “Auld Year’s Night” (Scotland)
• The seventh day of Christmas (Western Christianity)

	On Dec. 31, 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II. (Go to article.) On Dec. 31, 1869, Henri Matisse, one of the foremost painters of 20th century French art, was born. Following his death on Nov. 3, 1954, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On December 31, 1864, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction of the Union. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

Current Birthdays

Ben Kingsley turns 67 years old today.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer Actor Ben Kingsley turns 67 years old today.

73 Anthony Hopkins Actor 68 Andy Summers Rock musician (The Police) 66 Taylor Hackford Director, producer 64 Diane Von Furstenberg Fashion designer 63 Burton Cummings Rock musician (The Guess Who) 63 Tim Matheson Actor (“Animal House,” “The West Wing”) 62 Donna Summer Singer 52 Bebe Neuwirth Actress (“Cheers”) 51 Val Kilmer Actor 51 Paul Westerberg Rock singer (The Replacements)

Historic Birthdays
Henri Matisse
12/31/1869 – 11/3/1954 French painter (Go to obit.)
88	Jules Styne 12/31/1905 – 9/20/1994 American songwriter
88	Nathan Milstein 12/31/1903 – 12/21/1992 Russian-born American violinist
87	Elizabeth Arden 12/31/1878 – 10/18/1966 Canadian-born American cosmetic executive
78	Ben Jones 12/31/1882 – 6/13/1961 American racehorse trainer
78	George C. Marshall 12/31/1880 – 10/16/1959 U.S. Army general
86	Robert Aitken 12/31/1864 – 10/29/1951 American astronomer
66	Charles Cornwallis 12/31/1738 – 10/5/1805 English soldier and statesman
65	Jacques Cartier 12/31/1491 – 9/1/1557 French explorer

Also On This Day...

Ottawa Ontario – Winston Spencer Churchill arrives in Ottawa after his talks with President Roosevelt over strategy to win the war with Germany. In his Chateau Laurier studio, Yousef Karsh 1908- snaps this famous photo of a scowling Churchill – by telling him to pose without his cigar. In a speech to Parliament that evening, he quips, ‘Hitler thought that England would have her neck wrung like a chicken… Some chicken… some neck.’ 1869

And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...

Stephen Butler Leacock 1869-1944
humorist, economist, born on this day at Swanmore, Hampshire, England in 1869; dies in Toronto March 28, 1944. Taken to Canada at age 6 to settle on a farm near Sutton, Ontario, Leacock attended Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, then taught at UCC from 1889 to 1899. After graduate work at the University of Chicago, he went to McGill University, where he was Professor of Economics 1908-36. He is the author of over 60 books of humour and economics, plus biographies of Mark Twain (1932) and Charles Dickens (1933). His major works are Literary Lapses (1910), Nonsense Novels (1911), Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich (1914), Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy (1915) and My Remarkable Uncle (1942).

Also Ben Johnson 1961-
track and field sprinter, was born on this day in 1961 in Jamaica. Johnson set the 100m world record (9.83) at 1987 World Championships, and won the 100m at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, but failed his drug test and forfeited the Gold medal. His 1987 world record was revoked in 1989 for admitted steroid use. He returned drug-free in 1991, but performed poorly; was banned for life by IAAF in 1993 for testing positive after a meet in Montreal.

Also Linda Thom 1943-
pistol shooting champion, was born on this day in 1943. Thom took the Gold Medal in the Sport Pistol event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, winning a dramatic shoot-off against American Ruby Fox. Hers was the first individual gold medal for Canada since 1956 and the first gold for a Canadian woman since the 1928 summer games. Thom retired in 1987.

Also Lester Patrick 1883-1960
NHL player, coach, owner, and league official, was born on this day in 1883 at Drummondville, Quebec; died June 1, 1969 in Victoria, BC. Along with his brother Frank, Les Patrick helped set up professional ice hockey in Canada and promoted the expansion of the National Hockey League into the US. Patrick started his hockey career as a defenceman in Brandon and then played with Montreal Wanderers and Renfrew Millionaires before heading to BC to serve as manager and playing captain of the Victoria team in the Pacific Coast Hockey League. He and Frank also built the first artificial ice arenas in Vancouver and Victoria. In 1926 he managed the New York Rangers and led them to three Stanley Cups, while setting up hockey’s first major farm team system.

Also William Aberhart 1878-1943
politician, was born on this day in 1878 at Kippen, Ontario; died in Vancouver May 23, 1943. ‘Bible Bill’ Aberhart was Alberta’s first Social Credit Party Premier, and served during and after the Great Depression.

In Other Events… 1992 Ottawa Ontario – RCMP Commissioner Norman Inkster to investigate suicide of Inspector Claude Savoie, age 49, ex head of Montreal drug squad; day before Fifth Estate alleges links with Montreal drug kingpin Alan Ross. 1992 Victoria BC – Sue Rodriguez to appeal court ruling that Criminal Code ban on suicide aid does not violates her Charter rights; terminally ill with Lou Gherig’s Disease; wants assisted suicide. 1988 Ottawa Ontario – The Senate passes the bill approving the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. 1923 Montreal Quebec – Canadian National Railways sets up the first radio network in Canada by hooking up Montreal station CHYC with CNRO Ottawa over telephone lines to broadcast the CNR anniversary program. 1909 Porcupine Ontario – Gold discovered in Porcupine. 1908 Montreal Quebec – Montreal Wanderers lose to Edmonton but retain Stanley Cup by winning the most total points in a 2 game series (4th game of 1908). 1896 Montreal Quebec – Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias 6-5 for the Stanley Cup. 1881 Ottawa Ontario – John Douglas Sutherland, Marquis of Lorne 1845-1914 founds The Royal Society of Canada, to promote learning in the arts and sciences. 1870 Manitoba – Manitoba holds first provincial election. 1861 St. Andrews New Brunswick – 62nd Wiltshire Regiment despatched to St. Andrews, New Brunswick; as a response to Trent crisis. 1834 Toronto Ontario – Fire destroys Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada at York. 1650 Quebec Quebec – Fire destroys Ursuline convent at Quebec.

National Bicarbonate of Soda Day

1994: Gunman kills two women at abortion clinic Two women are shot dead and at least five others injured after a gunman opens fire at two neighbouring abortion clinics.

1958: Castro’s rebels edge closer to capital Thousands die in the bloodiest fighting in Cuba’s history as rebels threaten to overthrow the military regime of President Batista.

2002: Diana Ross arrested for drink-driving Singer Diana Ross is stopped by the police for drinking and driving after her car is seen swerving across a road.

1971: Iranians deported from Iraq Some of the approximately 60,000 Iranian men, women and children expelled from Iraq in the past few days try to make their way home.

1986: Coal mine canaries made redundant More than 200 canary birds are to be phased out of Britain’s mining pits and replaced by hand-held gas detectors.

1781 John Turberville Needham died. He was an English naturalist, and one of those who believed in the spontaneous generation of life. He boiled some mutton broth, sealed it in glass containers and when he found living organisms present after a few days, he believed they came from nonliving matter. He was wrong – boiling does not destroy all bacterial and fungal spores.

1817 The first coffee is planted in Hawaii.

1851 Asa Griggs Candler was born. In 1887, Asa Candler (1851-1929) a wholesale druggist, purchased the formula for Coca-Cola from John S. Pemberton an Atlanta pharmacist for $ 2,300. He sold the company in 1919 for $25 million.

1982 A second full moon occurred during the month ( a ‘blue moon’). What makes this one even more unusual was that it was also a total lunar eclipse in the U.S. (A ‘blue moon’ occurs once every 2.7 years)

2003 The FDA banned the use of ‘downer’ cattle from the human food supply, due to ‘Mad Cow’ fears.

On December 29th, 1862, the USS Monitor sank off the coast of Cape Hatteras.

In 1853, the United States bought 45,000 square miles of land along the Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. The area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico.

In 1862, the Union ironclad ship USS Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, N.C., during a storm. Sixteen members of the crew were lost.

In 1903, flames swept the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, killing 602 people. The fire led to safety regulations for theaters around the world.

In 1916, Grigory Rasputin, a self-fashioned Russian holy man, was killed by Russian nobles eager to end his influence over the royal family.

In 1922, at the first Soviet Congress, Russia, Ukraine and two other Soviet republics signed a treaty, creating the Soviet Union.

In 1965, former Philippines Senate President Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated president of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation.

In 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon ordered a halt in the bombing of North Vietnam and announced that peace talks with the Hanoi government would resume in Paris in January.

In 1979, Broadway composer Richard Rodgers died in New York City at age 77. He first collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart and later with Oscar Hammerstein II in a string of memorable musicals (“Oklahoma,” “South Pacific,” “Sound of Music.”).

In 1986, Exxon Corp. became the first major international oil company to withdraw from South Africa because of that nation’s racial policies.

In 1992, Ling-Ling, the giant female panda who delighted visitors to Washington’s National Zoo for more than two decades, died of heart failure.

In 1993, Israel and the Vatican signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations.

In 1995, North Korea released a U.S. Army pilot whose helicopter had been shot down 13 days earlier over North Korean territory.

In 1999, a mentally ill man broke into George Harrison’s mansion and attacked the former Beatle and his wife. Harrison suffered serious stab wounds but recovered.

In 2002, a university student, thought to be linked to a terrorist group, allegedly killed three U.S. missionaries working at a Baptist hospital in Yemen. A fourth person was wounded.

In 2003, the Bush administration said it would ban the use of Ephedra, a popular herbal supplement taken by millions to lose weight or enhance athletic performance. The drug had been linked to heart attacks, strokes and sudden deaths.

In 2004, the official death toll from the 11-country Asian earthquake and tsunami soared to 123,000. Indonesia was the hardest hit by the magnitude 9 quake and counted 80,000 dead.

Also in 2004, Artie Shaw, the clarinet virtuoso and leader of one of the biggest of the Swing Era big bands, died at age 94.

In 2005, despite opposition to the anti-torture provision, U.S. President George Bush signed into law the new $453 billion military spending bill.

In 2006, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging in Baghdad before sunrise. He had been convicted of the 1982 massacre of 148 Shiite men and boys in Dujail and sentenced to death.

Also in 2006, car bombs struck markets in a Shiite area of Baghdad and in a southern Shiite town, killing at least 68 people.

And in 2006, Former President Gerald Ford’s body was moved to Washington and taken to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state, beginning a period of official mourning. Ford died earlier in the week at 93.

In 2007, security was high in Iraq as supporters of deposed President Saddam Hussein marked the first anniversary of his death. Saddam was executed after his conviction for crimes against humanity.

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Those born on this date include:
- British author Rudyard Kipling in 1865
- Canadian economist and humorist Stephen Leacock in 1869
- Japan’s World War II Prime Minister Hideki Tojo in 1884
- TV personality Bert Parks in 1914
- Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Bo Diddley in 1928
- Actor Jack Lord in 1920
- Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax in 1935 (age 75)
- Actor/dancer Russ Tamblyn in 1934 (age 76)
- Actor Joseph Bologna in 1934 (age 76)
- Liquid Paper heir Mike Nesmith in 1942 (age 68), member of the pop group The Monkees,
- Davy Jones in 1945 (age 65), member of the pop group The Monkees,
- “Today” co-host Matt Lauer in 1957 (age 53)
- Actress Tracey Ullman in 1959 (age 51)
- Golfer Tiger Woods in 1975 (age 35)

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• Drottning Sophia (1913, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Jose Rizal (1896, Bagumbayan)
• Iris Långberg (1895)

• 1066 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifiesJewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
• 1460 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
• 1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed.
• 1853 – Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroadbuilding in the Southwest.
• 1853 – A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created byBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
• 1862 – The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
• 1881 – John Douglas Sutherland, Marquis of Lorne (1845-1914) founded in Ottawa, Ontario, The Royal Society of Canada, to promote learning in the arts and sciences.
• 1896 – José Rizal is executed by firing squad in Manila.
• 1897 – Natal annexes Zululand.
• 1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills 600.
• 1905 – Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
• 1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
• 1916 – The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.
• 1919 – Lincoln’s Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
• 1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
• 1924 – Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galaxies. He said that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.
• 1927 – The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike.
• 1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
• 1944 – King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
• 1947 – King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
• 1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
• 1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
• 1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
• 1981 – In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
• 1986 – Coal mine canaries retired. More than 200 canary birds were to be phased out of Britain’s mining pits and replaced by hand-held gas detectors.
• 1993 – Israel and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations.
• 1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
• 1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
• 1997 – In the worst incident in Algeria‘s insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
• 2000 – Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
• 2004 – A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
• 2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
• 2006 – Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
• 2006 – Deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, convicted of the executions of 148 Iraqi Shiites, is executed by hanging.

[edit]Births

• 39 – Titus, Roman emperor (d. 81)
• 1204 – Abû ‘Uthmân Sa’îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
• 1552 – Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
• 1642 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
• 1673 – Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
• 1678 – William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
• 1722 – Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
• 1724 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
• 1741 – Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)
• 1760 – Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French royalist general and counterrevolutionary (d. 1829)
• 1785 – Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (d. 1857)
• 1819 – Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. 1898)
• 1819 – John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1873)
• 1838 – Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (d. 1929)
• 1849 – John Milne, English seismologist and geologist; inventor of the seismograph (d. 1913)
• 1851 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician (d. 1929)
• 1853 – André Messager, French composer (d. 1929)
• 1865 – Rudyard Kipling, English writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
• 1869 – Stephen Butler Leacock, English-born Canadian writer and economist (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Ōzutsu Man’emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18^th Yokozuna (d. 1918)
• 1873 – Al Smith, American politician (d. 1944)
• 1878 – William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943)
• 1879 – Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1883 – Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
• 1884 – Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
• 1890 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. 1973)
• 1897 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)
• 1899 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001)
• 1904 – Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Daniil Kharms, Soviet-era surrealist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist (d. 1942)
• 1906 – Carol Reed, English film director (d. 1976)
• 1910 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-born Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Bert Parks, American television host (d. 1992)
• 1914 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (d. 1987)
• 1927 – Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Robert Hossein, French film actor and director
• 1928 – Bo Diddley, American singer and musician (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
• 1931 – Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. 2004)
• 1934 – John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Joseph Bologna, American actor
• 1934 – Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander
• 1934 – Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
• 1934 – Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
• 1935 – Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
• 1935 – Jack Riley, American actor
• 1937 – Gordon Banks, English footballer
• 1937 – John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Jim Marshall, American football player
• 1937 – Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
• 1939 – Glenda Adams, Australian author (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Felix Pappalardi, American musician and recording producer (Mountain) (d. 1983)
• 1940 – James Burrows, American television director
• 1941 – Mel Renfro, American football player
• 1942 – Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
• 1942 – Guy Edwards, English racing driver
• 1942 – Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
• 1942 – Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian
• 1942 – Fred Ward, American actor
• 1944 – William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander
• 1945 – Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
• 1945 – Lloyd Kaufman, American film director and producer
• 1945 – Concetta Tomei, American actress
• 1945 – Vernon Wells, Australian actor
• 1946 – Patti Smith, American singer and poet
• 1947 – Michael Burns, American historian
• 1947 – Jeff Lynne, English musician (ELO)
• 1949 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician
• 1950 – Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
• 1950 – Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, creator of C++
• 1951 – Doug Allder, English footballer
• 1952 – June Anderson, American soprano
• 1952 – Melissa Fay Greene, American author
• 1953 – Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter
• 1953 – Daniel Barry, American astronaut
• 1953 – Meredith Vieira, American television journalist
• 1955 – Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. 2000)
• 1956 – Suzy Bogguss, American singer
• 1956 – Claudia Di Girólamo, Chilean actress
• 1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress
• 1957 – Matt Lauer, American newscaster
• 1957 – Rod Harrington, English darts player
• 1958 – Steven L. Smith, American astronaut
• 1959 – Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer
• 1959 – Josée Verner, Canadian politician
• 1961 – Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
• 1961 – Sean Hannity, American talk radio and television host
• 1961 – Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
• 1962 – Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian
• 1962 – Joshua Clover, American poet
• 1963 – Chandler Burr, American author
• 1963 – Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist
• 1963 – Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
• 1964 – Sylvie Moreau, French Canadian actress
• 1964 – Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)
• 1965 – Heidi Fleiss, American madam
• 1965 – Darrin C. Huss, Canadian singer (Psyche)
• 1966 – Bennett Miller, American film director
• 1967 – Karen Dunne, American track and road cyclist
• 1967 – Carl Ouellet, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1968 – Meredith Monroe, American actress
• 1969 – Dave England, American television personality
• 1969 – Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai)
• 1969 – Jan Wehrmann, German footballer
• 1971 – Daniel Sunjata, American actor
• 1971 – Ricardo Lopez Felipe, Spanish footballer
• 1972 – Kerry Collins, American football player
• 1972 – Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
• 1972 – Steven Wiig, American actor and musician
• 1973 – Jason Behr, American actor
• 1973 – Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
• 1973 – Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn star
• 1974 – Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007)
• 1975 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian soccer player
• 1975 – Tiger Woods, American golfer
• 1976 – Ashley Callie, South African actress (d. 2008)
• 1976 – Patrick Kerney, American football player
• 1976 – A.J. Pierzynski, American baseball player
• 1977 – Laila Ali, American boxer
• 1977 – Saša Ilić, Serbian footballer
• 1977 – Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
• 1977 – Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
• 1977 – Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
• 1977 – Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer
• 1978 – Devin Brown , American basketball player
• 1978 – Tyrese, American singer and actor
• 1978 – Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
• 1978 – Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Flávio, Angolan footballer
• 1980 – Eliza Dushku, American actress
• 1980 – Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
• 1980 – DJ Mbenga, basketball player
• 1981 – Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer
• 1981 – Haley Paige, American porn star (d. 2007)
• 1981 – Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1981 – Matt Ulrich, American football player
• 1982 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
• 1982 – Dawan Landry, American football player
• 1982 – Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
• 1983 – Davide Mandorlini, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Joe Thomas, English actor
• 1984 – Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
• 1984 – LeBron James, American basketball player
• 1985 – Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
• 1985 – Bryson Goodwin, rugby league player
• 1986 – Ellie Goulding, British singer
• 1987 – Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor and commercial model
• 1988 – Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
• 1989 – Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder
• 2000 – Johntae Lipscomb, American actor

[edit]Deaths

• 1218 – Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
• 1460 – Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)
• 1460 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, second son of Richard, Duke of York (murdered after battle) (b. 1443)
• 1525 – Jacob Fugger, German banker (b. 1459)
• 1572 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (b. 1512)
• 1573 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504)
• 1591 – Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519)
• 1621 – Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)
• 1640 – John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
• 1644 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577)
• 1662 – Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)
• 1691 – Robert Boyle, English scientist (b. 1627)
• 1769 – Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
• 1803 – Francis Lewis, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. 1713)
• 1879 – Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre, Brazilian Romantic poet, painter and caricaturist (b. 1806)
• 1896 – José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines, (executed) (b. 1861)
• 1908 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. 1844)
• 1937 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founder of the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 – Childe Wills, early associate of Henry Ford, one of the first employees of the Ford Motor Company, and a contributor to the design of the Model T (b. 1878)
• 1941 – El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 – Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)
• 1947 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1947 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, portraitist and art forger (b. 1889)
• 1954 – Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1863)
• 1955 – Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (b. 1913)
• 1967 – Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1887)
• 1968 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary General (b. 1896)
• 1970 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)
• 1971 – Melba Rae, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1979 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (b. 1902)
• 1981 – Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (b. 1959)
• 1984 – Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
• 1986 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (b. 1925)
• 1989 – Lenore Lemmon, wife of George Reeves (b. 1923)
• 1992 – Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China (b. 1969)
• 1993 – Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Irving “Swifty” Lazar, American Hollywood talent agent (b. 1907)
• 1993 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Dmitri Ivanenko, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
• 1994 – Maureen Starkey, wife of Ringo Starr (b. 1946)
• 1995 – Ralph Flanagan – American band leader (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Doris Grau, American actress (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Lew Ayres, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)
• 1997 – Shinichi Hoshi, Japanese novelist (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Johnny Moore, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
• 1998 – Sam Muchnick, American professional wrestling promoter (b. 1905)
• 1998 – George Webb, English actor (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer (b. 1909)
• 1999 – Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world’s oldest living person (b. 1880)
• 2000 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
• 2002 – Mary Wesley, English novelist (b. 1912)
• 2003 – David Bale, South African–born activist (b. 1941)
• 2003 – John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
• 2004 – Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 2005 – Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Rona Jaffe, American author (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War (b. 1938)
• 2006 – Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
• 2006 – Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi Dictator, (executed for war crimes) (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party) (b. 1959)
• 2009 – Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia (b.1940)

[edit]Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Anysia of Salonika
  • Ecgwine of Worcester
  • Pope Felix I
  • Liberius of Ravenna
  • Ralph of Vaucelles

• Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
• Freedom Day (Church of Scientology)
• Rizal Day, celebrated on Monday nearest. (Philippines)
• The sixth day of Christmas. (Western Christianity)

On Dec. 30, 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam. (Go to article.) On Dec. 30, 1873, Alfred Smith,the four-time governor of New York State and 1928 presidential candidate, was born. Following hisdeath on Oct. 4, 1944, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
		On December 30, 1899, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about Manila during the Philippine-American War. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

Current Birthdays

Matt Lauer turns 53 years old today.

AP Photo/Richard Drew TV host Matt Lauer (“Today”) turns 53 years old today.

76 Joseph Bologna Actor 76 Russ Tamblyn Actor 75 Jack Riley Actor (“The Bob Newhart Show”) 75 Sandy Koufax Baseball Hall of Famer 73 Noel Paul Stookey Folk singer (Peter, Paul and Mary) 70 James Burrows TV director (“Taxi,” “Cheers,” “Will and Grace”) 68 Michael Nesmith Rock singer, musician (The Monkees) 65 Davy Jones Rock singer (The Monkees) 64 Patti Smith Rock musician 63 Jeff Lynne Rock singer, musician (ELO) 57 Meredith Viera TV host (“Today”) 51 Tracey Ullman Actress, comedian 49 Sean Hannity TV host 35 Tiger Woods Golfer 34 A.J. Pierzynski Baseball player 33 Laila Ali Boxer, TV personality 32 Tyrese Gibson R&B singer, actor 30 Eliza Dushku Actress (“Dollhouse,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) 26 LeBron James Basketball player

Historic Birthdays
Alfred Smith
12/30/1873 – 10/4/1944 American politician and four-time governor of New York State (Go to obit.)
77	Bert Parks 12/30/1914 – 2/2/1992 American game show host
69	Sir Carol Reed 12/30/1906 – 4/25/1976 English film director
71	Alfred Einstein 12/30/1880 – 2/13/1952 German-born American musicologist and critic
70	Ramana Maharshi 12/30/1879 – 4/14/1950 Hindu philosopher and yogi
70	Rudyard Kipling 12/30/1865 – 1/18/1936 English writer
77	Asa Griggs Candler 12/30/1851 – 3/12/1929 American developer of Coca-Cola
62	John Milne 12/30/1850 – 7/30/1913 English seismologist and geologist; inventor of the seismograph

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1998: Six die as huge waves smash into yachts Six people have died after mountainous seas smashed into yachts taking part in the prestigious Sydney to Hobart race.

1975: New laws to end battle of the sexes Radical new legislation introducing a woman’s right to equal pay and status comes into force in the UK.

1984: Rajiv Gandhi wins landslide election victory Rajiv Gandhi claims a massive victory for his assassinated mother’s Congress Party in the Indian general election.

2000: Freezing Britain grinds to a halt A blanket of snow descends on the country as Arctic conditions disrupt travel.

1986: Harold Macmillan dies Lord Stockton, the former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, dies aged 92.

Pepper Pot Day

- National Chocolate Again Day
- St. Trophimus of Arles, patron against drought

1800 Charles Goodyear was born.  He invented the process named ‘vulcanization’ which made the commercial use of rubber possible. Vulcanized rubber didn’t become brittle in winter and turn gummy in summer as natural rubber did.

1837 A threshing machine powered by a horse on a treadmill was patented in Winthrop, Maine, by Hiram A. and John A. Pitts.

1921 Robert C. Baker was born. While a Poultry and Food Science professor at Cornell University from 1949-1989 he developed chicken nuggets (keeping the breading on was the key), turkey ham, poultry hot dogs and many other products. He founded Cornell’s Institute of Food Science and Marketing in 1970, and in 2004 was inducted into the American Poultry Hall of Fame.

1947 Ted Danson, American actor, was born. Best known for his role as bartender Sam Malone on the TV series ‘Cheers’.

1997 Fear of the ‘bird flu’ led Hong Kong to order its entire population of chickens, over 1 million birds, to be killed.

2005 Antoine’s Restaurant in New Orleans reopened exactly 4 months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

On December 29th, 1170, Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral.

In 1170, Anglican churchman/politician Thomas Becket was killed at Canterbury Cathedral in England.

In 1845, Texas was admitted into the United States as the 28th state.

In 1848, gaslights were installed at the White House for the first time.

In 1851, the first Young Men’s Christian Association — YMCA — chapter opened in Boston.

In 1890, more than 200 Indian men, women and children were massacred by the U.S. 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek, S.D.

In 1940, London suffered its most devastating air raid when Germans firebombed the city.

In 1967, Paul Whiteman, the “King of Jazz” and most popular bandleader of the pre-swing era, died in Doylestown, Pa., at age 77.

In 1975, a terrorist bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 75.

In 1983, the United States announced its withdrawal from UNESCO, charging the U.N. cultural and scientific organization was biased against Western nations.

In 1989, playwright Vaclav Havel was sworn in as the first non-communist president of Czechoslovakia since 1948.

In 1992, a Cuban airliner was hijacked to Miami as part of a mass defection. Forty-eight of the 53 people aboard sought and were granted political asylum.

In 2001, London scientists studying seized documents concluded that accused terrorist leader Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization had tried to develop a range of weapons that include a ”dirty” nuclear bomb.

In 2002, Kenyan voters ousted the party that had ruled the nation since 1963 in an election that also ended the 24-year presidency of Daniel Arap Moi.

In 2003, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that armed air marshals would be placed on certain foreign flights entering U.S. airspace that were believed to be at risk of terrorist attacks.

Also in 2003, five bodies were recovered from the Christmas Day mudslide in California’s San Bernardino Mountains, running the total to 12 with two others missing.

In 2004, actor Jerry Orbach, star of stage, film and TV, best known for his starring role on TV’s “Law and Order,” died of prostate cancer at the age of 69.

In 2005, wind-driven grass fires in Texas and Oklahoma destroyed thousands of acres, hundreds of buildings and countless cattle. At least four people died. The Texas farming community of Cross Plains was demolished.

In 2006, AT&T won U.S. approval to complete an $85 billion takeover of BellSouth Corp. after it made a series of consumer-friendly concessions.

In 2007, U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, reported that car bombs and suicide attacks dropped by 60 percent in the past six months. He also said that al-Qaida in Mesopotamia remained the greatest threat to Iraq’s security.

This news arrived on: 12/27/2009

Those born on this date include:
- Madame de Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis XV, in 1721
- Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh, who patented a waterproof fabric, in 1766
- Industrialist Charles Goodyear in 1800
- Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, in 1808
- British statesman William Gladstone, in 1809
- Band leader Clyde “Sugar Blues” McCoy in 1903
- Former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley in 1917
- Actor Ed Flanders (“St. Elsewhere”) in 1934
- Actress Mary Tyler Moore in 1936 (age 74)
- Actor Jon Voight in 1938 (age 72)
- Singer Marianne Faithfull in 1946 (age 64)
- Actor Ted Danson in 1947 (age 63)
- Actor Jon Polito in 1950 (age 60)
- Comedian Paula Poundstone in 1959 (age 51)

This news arrived on: 12/27/2009

• Eridani Sky Madera (2007, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Patrick Blanchard (2000, Houma, Louisiana, USA)
• Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (1998, New York City, New York, USA)
• Cade Olivas (1998, Covina, California, USA)
• Dylan Jagger Lee (1997, USA)
• Connor Doyle (1996)
• Dylan Minnette (1996)
• Princess Kako (1994, Tokyo, Japan)
• Casey Travers (1994)
• Jianna Ballard (1993, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada)
• Alexander Cole (1993)
• Miles E. Daniels (1993, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA)
• Christian Vandal (1992, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
• Vanessa Veraldi (1992, Frauenfeld, Switzerland)
• Megan Doble (1991, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada)
• Haley Duyan (1990, Torrance, California, USA)
• Niclas Larsson (1990, Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden)
• Vladik (1990)
• Blake Bess (1989, USA)
• Allan Roberto (1989, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada)
• Graham Spillman (1989, Redondo Beach, California, USA)
• Victoria Anderson (1988, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
• Joshua Carney (1988)
• Thomas Carney (1988)
• Melanie Nakhla (1988, Shrewsbury, England, UK)
• Joana Oliveira (1988, Lisbon, Portugal)
• Andre Plaut (1988, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
• Jeff Singer (1988, Whittier, California, USA)
• Romina Becks (1987, Duisburg, Germany)
• Katie Blair (1987, Billings, Montana, USA)
• Dana Corl (1987, Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
• (1987, Billinge, Wigan, England, UK)
• Brooke Frost (1987, South Bend, Indiana, USA)
• Alexander Goodwin (1987, New York City, New York, USA)
• Steve Robinson (1987, Palatine, Illinois, USA)
• Lindsay Sanders (1987, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
• Lauren Denham (1986, Winter Haven, Florida, USA)
• Ok-bin Kim (1986, Chollanam-do, South Korea)
• Katie Sheridan (1986)
• Jen Tharler (1986, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Matteo Cocco (1985, Italy)
• Kate Diioia (1985, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Malcolm Gray (1985, White Plains, New York, USA)
• Alexa Ray Joel (1985, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA)
• Marjut Maristo (1985)
• James Roache (1985, England, UK)
• Rob Soucy (1985, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)
• Tissy Teyra (1985, Hungary)
• Paula Abdalla (1984, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil)
• Aaron Chrenen (1984, Des Moines, Iowa, USA)
• Arran Corbett (1984, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, UK)
• Tamás Gulácsi (1984, Békéscsaba, Hungary)
• Dustin Jacobs (1984, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• Michael Schuddinck (1984, Deurne, Antwerpen, Belgium)
• Cara Spisak (1984, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Sean Stone (1984, New York City, New York, USA)
• Allysa Tacher (1984, Miami, Florida, USA)
• Yuri Alves (1983, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Jessica Andrews (1983, Huntingdon, Tennessee, USA)
• Jonathan Burroughs (1983, Guildford, Surrey, UK)
• James Kelly (1983, Victoria, Australia)
• Rey Medrano (1983, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA)
• Misty (1983, Latvia)
• Gonzalo Olave (1983, Santiago, Chile)
• Machelle Sky (1983)
• Shauna Tackett (1983, Richmond, Kentucky, USA)
• Lazaro Trejo (1983, Miami, Florida, USA)
• Natalia Zeta (1983, Santander, Cantabria, Spain)
• Jason Calabro (1982, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Annjee Diggs (1982, Takoma Park, Maryland, USA)
• Michael Kessell (1982, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA)
• Yuliya Koshkina (1982, Moscow, USSR)
• Brett Levenson (1982, New York City, New York, USA)
• Kate MacCluggage (1982, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
• Mia Presley (1982, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Cory Speer (1982, Glendora, California, USA)
• Teresa Tavares (1982, Portugal)
• Pedro Aguiar (1981, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Shizuka Arakawa (1981, Tokyo, Japan)
• Zack Beseda (1981, Waco, Texas, USA)
• Ditty Blue (1981, Hungary)
• Derek Forrest (1981, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Chris Gosselaar (1981, Beverly Hills, California, USA)
• Natalia Jiménez (1981, Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
• Lindsey Kear (1981, Mt. Kisco, New York, USA)
• David Martin (1981, Broxburn, Scotland, UK)
• Elvis McComas (1981, Huntington, West Virginia, USA)
• Drew Milford (1981, Wilmington, Delaware, USA)
• Mark Alan Miller (1981, California, USA)
• Charlotte Riley (1981, England, UK)
• Ebba Sojé-Berggren (1981)
• Shaun Suisham (1981, Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada)
• Leo Thomas (1981, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Angela Via (1981, Raymondville, Texas, USA)
• Ariah (1980, Oregon, USA)
• Justin Dabney (1980, Georgetown, Indiana, USA)
• Jenn Marie Jones (1980, Tennessee, USA)
• Richard Kevin (1980, Jakarta, Indonesia)
• Mihailo Laptosevic (1980, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Matteo Saradini (1980, Casalmaggiore, Italy)
• Nick Schofield (1980, London, England, UK)
• Tabatha Tucker (1980, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
• Madoka Akita (1979, Tokyo, Japan)
• Alfonso Bassave (1979, Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
• Elza Brown (1979, Czech Republic)
• Thomas J. Cabela (1979, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA)
• James Corless (1979, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK)
• Dori (1979, Hungary)
• Fiona Evans (1979, Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, France)
• Martin Grassberger (1979, Bruck an der Mur,Styria, Austria)
• Michal Koterski (1979, Kraków, Poland)
• Christian La Mont (1979, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
• Diego Luna (1979, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
• Justin Roberts (1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Ariel Schrag (1979, Berkeley, California, USA)
• Jaime Adão (1978, Lisbon, Portugal)
• Alexis Amore (1978, Lima, Peru)
• Noriko Aoyama (1978, Chiba, Japan)
• Hook Bomberry (1978, San Diego, California, USA)
• Kieron Dyer (1978, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK)
• Ennis Esmer (1978, Ankara, Turkey)
• AnnMarie Guidone (1978, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
• James Henderson (1978, Brampton, Ontario, Canada)
• Ali Hillis (1978, Huntington Beach, California, USA)
• Nate Jones (1978, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia)
• Jana Kirschner (1978, Martin, Czechoslovakia)
• La Toya London (1978, San Francisco, California, USA)
• Daniel Markell (1978, Bronxville, New York, USA)
• Hiram Martinez (1978, Santiago, Dominican Republic)
• Trey Mooneyhan (1978, Columbia, South Carolina, USA)
• Monika Munoz (1978, El Paso, Texas, USA)
• Gillian Norris (1978, Kilmathomas, Waterford, Ireland)
• Frank Pacheco (1978, Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Robert Piskórz (1978, Koszalin, Poland)
• Christiana Springs (1978)
• Pavel Voracek (1978, Prague, Czech Republic)
• Minako Ameku (1977, Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan)
• Titus Boonstra (1977)
• Deanna Brigidi (1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Adam Camacho (1977, San Diego, California, USA)
• Laveranues Coles (1977, Jacksonville, Florida, USA)
• Alex Jansen (1977, Ajax, Ontario, Canada)
• Grace Lapsys (1977, Manila, Philippines)
• Tobias Licht (1977, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany)
• Franziska Lippert (1977, Ueckermünde, Germany)
• M.J. Mack (1977, USA)
• Emil Martirossian (1977)
• Katherine Moennig (1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Filip Jan Rymsza (1977, Olecko, Poland)
• Mao Shiina (1977, Chiba, Japan)
• Andy Tudor (1977, Douglas, Isle of Man, UK)
• Nikki Wall (1977, North Hollywood, California, USA)
• Mika Walter (1977, Soltau, Germany)
• Jack Wilson (1977, Westlake Village, California, USA)
• Brett Adams (1976)
• Bruce Gerard Brown Jr. (1976, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
• Matthew Brown (1976, South Africa)
• Kishe Caelan-Wallace (1976, USA)
• Jeff Copas (1976, Stuttgart, Germany)
• André Cursino (1976, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Franziska Dilger (1976)
• Glen Gabel (1976, San Clemente, California, USA)
• Jason Hopkins (1976, McCleary, Washington, USA)
• Dome Karukoski (1976, Nicosia, Cyprus)
• Clara Khoury (1976)
• Danny McBride (1976, Statesboro, Georgia, USA)
• Will James Moore (1976, Victoria, Texas, USA)
• Jason-Shane Scott (1976, Reno, Nevada, USA)
• Damian Tamburro (1976, Youngstown, Ohio, USA)
• Rhoni Barton (1975, Torrance, California, USA)
• Hugo Castro (1975, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico)
• Brett Eichenberger (1975, Portland, Oregon, USA)
• Elton Farla (1975, Dundee, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)
• Shawn Hatosy (1975, Frederick, Maryland, USA)
• Gus Holwerda (1975, Jacksonville, Florida, USA)
• Kalin Olson (1975, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA)
• Teresa Perales (1975, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain)
• Slawomir Pstrong (1975, Skórcz, Poland)
• Jason E. Smith (1975, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
• Maren Stephenson (1975, USA)
• Mark Wheaton (1975, Dallas, Texas, USA)
• Jaret Wright (1975, Anaheim, California, USA)
• Lena Bogdanovic (1974, Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Philip Borg (1974, London, England, UK)
• Keven Carter (1974, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
• Sarah Colonna (1974, Wiesbaden, Germany)
• Maria Dizzia (1974, New Jersey, USA)
• Brad Hodge (1974, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia)
• Twinkle Khanna (1974, Pune, Maharashtra, India)
• Emily Moultrie (1974, California, USA)
• Edgar Peters (1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
• Mekhi Phifer (1974, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA)
• Alex Plant (1974, Fiarfax, Virginia, USA)
• Richie Sexson (1974, Portland, Oregon, USA)
• Ryan Shore (1974, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Charlie Angel (1973, Dallas, Texas, USA)
• Michael Bortone (1973, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• Jason Brown (1973, Richwood, West Virginia, USA)
• Chad Butler (1973, Port Arthur, Texas, USA)
• Jeannine Derbez (1973, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
• Samuel Asher Effron (1973, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA)
• Theo Epstein (1973, New York City, New York, USA)
• Tolga Evren (1973, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Anne Geren (1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Mike Lutz (1973, Kingsville, Texas, USA)
• Damir Markovina (1973, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia))
• Keiran McGreevy (1973, Southport, England, UK)
• Lorien Mouyal (1973, Paris, France)
• Roman Pietakiewicz (1973, Radomsko, Poland)
• Germán Pomares (1973, El Viejo, Chinandega. Nicaragua)
• Maja Ratkje (1973, Trondheim, Norway)
• Vince Rockland (1973, Germany)
• Barry Atsma (1972, Bromley, England, UK)
• Daniel Baur (1972, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany)
• Magdalena Dimitrova (1972)
• Ryan Ferguson (1972, New Jersey, USA)
• David Fumero (1972, Havana, Cuba)
• Eva Haßmann (1972, Herford, Germany)
• Michael Kirst (1972, Glendale, California, USA)
• Jude Law (1972, Lewisham, London, England, UK)
• Hui-jae Lee (1972, Inchon, South Korea)
• Eric Lopez (1972, Havana, Cuba)
• Tina Marie Nigro (1972, Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
• Sebastien Roberts (1972, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
• Leonor Varela (1972, Santiago, Chile)
• Nicklas Alexandersson (1971, Halmstad, Hallands län, Sweden)
• Boris B. Bertram (1971)
• Jeroen Blijlevens (1971, Gilze, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)
• Jay Fiedler (1971, Oceanside, New York, USA)
• Stacey Glick (1971, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Alexander Isert (1971, Pforzheim, Germany)
• Mehreen Jabbar (1971, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan)
• Andrew Johnson (1971, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• Tamás Keményffy (1971, Hungary)
• Marsha L. McVay (1971)
• Dionísio Neto (1971, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil)
• Brady Smith (1971, Houston, Texas, USA)
• Dallas Austin (1970, Columbus, Georgia, USA)
• Sean Eno (1970, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• Gavin Harrison (1970, Australia)
• Aled Jones (1970, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK)
• Paul Anthony Olive (1970, Kettering, Ohio, USA)
• Glen Phillips (1970, California, USA)
• Vadim Skvirskiy (1970, Baku, Azerbaidjan)
• Lotte Thor-Jensen (1970)
• Kevin Weisman (1970, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Tomasz Bednarek (1969, Pleszew, Poland)
• Bill Breithaupt (1969, Tampa, Florida, USA)
• Greg Brown (1969, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Michael Burkett (1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• Jill Cordes (1969, Pullman, Washington, USA)
• Stephenson Crossley (1969)
• Jennifer Ehle (1969, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)
• Patrick Fischler (1969, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Travis Ford (1969, Madisonville, Kentucky, USA)
• Fred Hampton Jr. (1969)
• Tereza Kopacova (1969, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic])
• Sharon Kwok (1969)
• Rachel Langley (1969, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
• Siu-bing Leung (1969, Macau, China)
• Betsy Lewis (1969, Mt. Holly, New Jersey, USA)
• DeForest Mapp (1969, Norfolk, Virginia, USA)
• Melody Mccraney (1969, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
• Allan McNish (1969, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [now Dumfries & Galloway], Scotland, UK)
• Antonio Paladino (1969, Germany)
• Thomas Rhoads (1969, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA)
• Takeshi Senoo (1969, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan)
• Petr Soupa (1969, Prague, Czech Republic)
• Ingrid Torrance (1969, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada)
• Deanna Favre (1968, Kiln, Mississippi, USA)
• Scottland Olds Harbert (1968, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
• Darren Perry (1968, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA)
• Carlo Ponti Jr. (1968)
• Joshua Preven (1968, Carmel, California, USA)
• Bernd Römer (1968, Wuppertal, Germany)
• Magnus Sjögren (1968, Sweden)
• Gabriela Tagliavini (1968, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Ashleigh Banfield (1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
• Chris Barnes (1967, Buffalo, New York, USA)
• Martha Elisa (1967, Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Laurent Gerra (1967, Mézériat, Ain, Rhône, France)
• Limor Goldstein (1967, Israel)
• Henry Jones (1967, St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
• Filip Nola (1967, Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia])
• Amy Lynn Pigott (1967, Massachusetts, USA)
• Evan Seinfeld (1967, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Tony Tolbert (1967, Tuskegee, Alabama, USA)
• Andy Wachowski (1967, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Kenny Apel (1966, Tokyo, Japan)
• Mystro Clark (1966, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
• Cristiano Giavedoni (1966, Aviano, Pordenone, Italy)
• Jason Gould (1966, New York City, New York, USA)
• Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld (1966, Baden-Baden, West Germany)
• Dennis McCoy (1966, Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
• Dennis McCoy (1966, USA)
• Ben Nealon (1966, Devon, England, UK)
• Martin Offiah (1966, Hackney, London, England, UK)
• Mixalis Pikramenos (1966, Pireas, Greece)
• Sam Salhi (1966, Compiègne, Oise, France)
• Inge Van Olmen (1966, Herentals, Flanders, Belgium)
• Csaba Vasvári (1966)
• Emese Vasvári (1966)
• Dariusz Bereski (1965, Wroclaw, Poland)
• Paola Billberg Johansson (1965, Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden)
• John Bolton (1965, Rochester, New York, USA)
• Scott Crabbe (1965, Sacramento, California, USA)
• Stuart Galbraith IV (1965, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
• Kurt Heiden (1965, Anaheim, California, USA)
• Dexter Holland (1965, Orange County, California, USA)
• Ken Leicht (1965, New York, USA)
• James Locascio (1965, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
• Charles Maquignon (1965, Gothenburg, Sweden)
• John Newton (1965, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA)
• William Shockley (1965, San Jose, California, USA)
• Michael Wolfson (1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Jason Zupalo (1965, USA)
• (1965, USA)
• Hero Brinkman (1964, Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands)
• Michael Cudlitz (1964, Long Island, New York, USA)
• Alexandra Czernin-Morzin (1964, Vienna, Austria)
• Geoff Dolan (1964, Lower Hutt, New Zealand)
• Craig Grebeck (1964, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Kent W. Landfield (1964, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Norbert Lichý (1964, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic])
• Philip Ridley (1964, London, England, UK)
• Kimberly Russell (1964, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA)
• Scott Smith (1964, Sunnyvale, California, USA)
• Shingo Tsurumi (1964, Tokyo, Japan)
• Brian Van Kay (1964, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA)
• Bart de Vries (1964, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)
• Simon Albertsson (1963, Storuman, Västerbottens län, Sweden)
• Guillaume Aretos (1963)
• Zoltán Breier (1963, Budapest, Hungary)
• Ulf Christersson (1963, Lund, Skåne län, Sweden)
• Greg Fideler (1963, Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
• Isabel Gaivão (1963, Portugal)
• Amanda Green (1963, New York City, New York, USA)
• Jeanne Kooijmans (1963, Beuningen, Gelderland, Netherlands)
• Dave McKean (1963, Taplow, Slough, Berkshire, England, UK)
• Sean Payton (1963, Naperville, Illinois, USA)
• Graciano Rocchigiani (1963, Rheinhausen, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
• The Torture King (1963, Pullman, Washington, USA)
• Cristiano De Andrè (1962, Genova, Italy)
• Peter M. Hargrove (1962, Queens, New York, USA)
• Blake Mitchell (1962, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA)
• Sandra Nelson (1962, Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
• Andy Pavord (1962, Abergavenny, Wales, UK)
• Devon White (1962, Kingston, Jamaica)
• Simon Witter (1962, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK)
• Leon Delaney (1961, Shepparton, Australia)
• Antoine Durand (1961)
• Hyôta Echizen’ya (1961, Jôyô, Kyoto, Japan)
• Daniel Freire (1961, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Grzegorz Kucias (1961, Siemianowice Slaskie, Poland)
• Jim Reid (1961, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK)
• Joseba Apaolaza (1960)
• Tim Bayer (1960, Webster, New York, USA)
• David Bricker (1960, Salinas, California, USA)
• Jeff Campitelli (1960)
• Katerina Didaskalou (1960, Athens, Greece)
• Michael J. Fisher (1960, Waco, Texas, USA)
• Jeff Gaspin (1960, Bayside, New York, USA)
• Kayoko Kishimoto (1960, Shizuoka, Japan)
• Mark Madden (1960, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Stefan Nitoslawski (1960, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
• Dave Pelzer (1960, San Francisco, California, USA)
• Michael Anzalone (1959, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Harvey Armstrong (1959, Houston, Texas, USA)
• Patricia Clarkson (1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
• Kenny Ho (1959, Hong Kong)
• Ronna Kress (1959, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Kevin M. Moore (1959, San Francisco, California, USA)
• Martin Moran (1959, Denver, Colorado, USA)
• Ritsuko Okazaki (1959, Nagasaki, Japan)
• Regina Petrik (1959, Milton, Ontario, Canada)
• Paula Poundstone (1959, Huntsville, Alabama, USA)
• Brian Sergent (1959, Naenae, Wellington, New Zealand)
• Ana Curra (1958, Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
• Glenn Forbes (1958, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Mark Gruner (1958, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA)
• Sam Ayers (1957, Youngstown, Ohio, USA)
• Vito D’Ambrosio (1957, Taranto, Italy)
• Brad Grey (1957, Bronx, New York, USA)
• Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957, Hamburg, Germany)
• Morgan Hunter (1957, Virginia, USA)
• Gwendolyn Mitchell (1957, San Diego, California, USA)
• Carol Perkins (1957, Sarasota, Florida, USA)
• Bernard Ranger (1957, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
• Paul Rudnick (1957, USA)
• Any Ughelli (1957, Paraguay)
• Thomas Kloss (1956, Vienna, Austria)
• Fred MacAulay (1956)
• Patsy Ramsey (1956, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA)
• Dariusz Sidor (1956, Lódz, Poland)
• Dela Maria Vaags (1956, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands)
• Jennifer Clark-Ansell (1955, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)
• Candy Csencsits (1955)
• Neil Giraldo (1955, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
• Urszula Kiebzak (1955)
• Lucja Mróz (1955, Kraków, Poland)
• Cristina Mutarelli (1955, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
• Jan Pijnenburg (1955, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)
• Pavel Slozil (1955, Opava, Czechoslovakia)
• Karl Steudle (1955)
• Ed Autry (1954, Lomita, California, USA)
• Phil Castle (1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Bill Little (1954, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK)
• Liz Staniforth (1954, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
• Ty Suehiro (1954, Maui, Hawaii, USA)
• Viktória Vincze (1954)
• Gali Atari (1953, Rehovot, Israel)
• The Scary Guy (1953, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
• Petra Haffter (1953, Cuxhaven, Germany)
• Jan Koester (1953)
• Wolfgang Kühne (1953, Riesa, Saxony, Germany)
• Matthias Platzeck (1953, Potsdam, German Democratic Republic [now Federal Republic of Germany])
• Renn Reed (1953, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Alan Rusbridger (1953)
• Danny Scalf (1953, Oakland, California, USA)
• Stanley Tookie Williams (1953, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
• Charlayne Woodard (1953, Albany, New York, USA)
• Joanna Bartel (1952, Swietochlowice, Poland)
• Klaas Ten Holt (1952, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
• Gelsey Kirkland (1952, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Sergei Prokhanov (1952, Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia])
• Shablee (1952)
• 3rd Baron Beaverbrook Maxwell Aitken (1951)
• Yvonne Elliman (1951, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
• Laurel Masse (1951, Holland, Michigan, USA)
• Georges Thurston (1951, Bedford, Quebec, Canada)
• Edip Akbayram (1950, Gaziantep, Turkey)
• Joe Gilliam (1950, Charleston, West Virginia, USA)
• Jon Polito (1950, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Sarah Bird (1949, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
• Roger Cantin (1949, St.-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada)
• Syed Kirmani (1949, Madras, India)
• Peter Kuno Kühnel (1949, Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
• Charles Mann (1949, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• Vikki Richards (1949, Trinidad, West Indies)
• Ole Enger (1948, Oslo, Norway)
• Rudolf Jusits (1948, Stegersbach, Burgenland, Austria)
• Ted Danson (1947, San Diego, California, USA)
• Alan David (1947, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK)
• Robert Howland (1947, Irumagawa, Japan)
• Jaime Kibben (1947, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA)
• Laola Ohai (1947, Kauai, Territory of Hawai’i)
• Cozy Powell (1947, Cirencester, England, UK)
• Kurt Ravn (1947, Denmark)
• Serge Riaboukine (1947, France)
• Vincent Winter (1947, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK)
• Suzi Bass (1946)
• Ken Billington (1946, White Plains, New York, USA)
• Olimpia Carlisi (1946, Campi Bisenzio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
• Marianne Faithfull (1946, Hampstead, London, England, UK)
• Laffit Pincay Jr. (1946, Panama City, Panama)
• Bosko Puletic (1946, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Bernhard Ramstad (1946, Norway)
• Jim Cheyunski (1945, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)
• Serge Sachno (1945, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)
• Gilbert Adair (1944, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
• Wolf Goldan (1944)
• Mary Hamill (1943, Flushing, New York, USA)
• Timothy Jerome (1943, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Jürgen Kluckert (1943, Berlin, Germany)
• Stefan Mavrodiyev (1943, Varna, Bulgaria)
• Vsevolod Abdulov (1942, USSR)
• Dirk Brüel (1942, Denmark)
• Dinah Christie (1942, London, England, UK)
• Rick Danko (1942, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada)
• Rajesh Khanna (1942, Amritsar, Punjab, India)
• Pompéia (1942, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil)
• Cordula Trantow (1942, Berlin, Germany)
• Hung Tsai (1942, Taiwan)
• Willie Williams (1942, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• Glenn Wilson (1942, Christchurch, New Zealand)
• Pär Ericson (1941, Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden)
• Jian-zhong Huang (1941, Surabaya, Indonesia)
• Fons Luijben (1941, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands)
• Michael McLean (1941, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Nenad Milosavljevic (1941, Prilep, Macedonia, Yugoslavia)
• Tarita (1941, Anau District, Bora Bora, French Polynesia)
• Ray Thomas (1941, Stourport on Severn, England, UK)
• Kwesi Kay (1940, Saltpond, Ghana)
• Peter Koelewijn (1940, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)
• Ed Bruce (1939, Keiser, Arkansas, USA)
• Gihl Elzer (1939, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Robert Hyatt (1939, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Mike Lucci (1939, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Ulrich von Bock (1939, Oppeln, Silesia, Germany [now Opole, Poland])
• Tom Blank (1938, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
• Don Chevrier (1938, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Feridun Erol (1938, Wlodawa, Poland)
• Bob McCord (1938, Carroll, Iowa, USA)
• Jon Voight (1938, Yonkers, New York, USA)
• Gerben Hellinga (1937, Samaden, Switzerland)
• Barbara Steele (1937, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK)
• Phil Chong (1936, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA)
• Tom Kubiak (1936, Lackawanna, New York, USA)
• Eduard Martsevich (1936)
• Mary Tyler Moore (1936, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Ray Nitschke (1936, Elmwood Park, Illinois, USA)
• Camillo Bazzoni (1934, Salsomaggiore, Parma, Italy)
• Ed Flanders (1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
• Tom Jarriel (1934, La Grange, Georgia, USA)
• Rodolfo Kuhn (1934, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Viktor Tarasov (1934, Barnaul, Altai province, Soviet Union [now Russia])
• Tage Axelson (1933, Denmark)
• Sonny Benneweis (1933, Denmark)
• Günter Heimann (1933, Potsdam, Germany)
• Joseph Maher (1933, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland)
• Antony Scott (1933, Streatham, London, England, UK)
• Milly Scott (1933, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
• Fuzzy Thurston (1933, Altoona, Wisconsin, USA)
• José Varela (1933, Paris, France)
• Inger Rauf (1932, Denmark)
• Frieda Rentie (1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Inga Swenson (1932, Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
• Zoltán Szabó (1932)
• Heino Arus (1931, Viljandi, Estonia)
• Olgita De Castro (1931, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Edward Etler (1931, Warsaw, Poland)
• Dieter Thomas Heck (1931, Flensburg, Germany)
• Lissi Alandh (1930, Skön, Västernorrlands län, Sweden)
• Doris Chillcott (1930, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
• Gene Fukuzawa (1930, USA)
• Per Olov Börjeson (1929)
• Francisco Curcio (1929, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
• Susie Garrett (1929, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
• Yasar Güvenir (1929, Izmir, Turkey)
• Percival Rubens (1929, Krugersdorp, South Africa)
• Danica Acimac (1928, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Bernard Cribbins (1928, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK)
• June Preston (1928, Glendale, California, USA)
• Sándor Szönyi G. (1928, Rákospalota, Hungary (now part of Budapest, Hungary))
• Canarinho (1927, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil)
• Jim Simpson (1927, Washington D.C., USA)
• Page Slattery (1927, New York City, New York, USA)
• Edit Kéry (1926, Budapest, Hungary)
• Lautaro Murúa (1926, Tacna, Chile)
• Tatyana Sazonova (1926)
• Melih Sertesen (1926)
• Honor Shepherd (1926, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK)
• Július Vasek (1926, Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia])
• Alicja Wirth (1926)
• Gordon Mackenzie (1925, Greenock, Scotland, UK)
• Cole Palen (1925, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA)
• Irv Pearlberg (1925, New York City, New York, USA)
• István Szondy (1925, Berettyóújfalu, Hungary)
• James Waters (1925, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• James Waters (1925, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Jack Aranson (1924, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Herbert Ballmann (1924, Dortmund, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
• Davey Lee (1924, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Robert Yde (1924, Freeport, Illinois, USA)
• Cheikh Anta Diop (1923, Diourbel, Senegal)
• Charles Grenzbach (1923, New York City, New York, USA)
• Mike Nussbaum (1923, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Dr. Sam Sheppard (1923, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
• Edgar Wreford (1923, London, England, UK)
• Tad Alexander (1922, Lexington, Nebraska, USA)
• Warren Clymer (1922, Davenport, Iowa, USA)
• Edna Hagan (1922, New York City, New York, USA)
• Maurice Millard (1922, South Africa)
• Robert Cawdron (1921, Garches, France)
• Crawford Gates (1921, San Francisco, California, USA)
• Ludwik Jerzy Kern (1921, Lódz, Poland)
• Tamás Fejér (1920, Pécs, Hungary)
• Mariya Fyodorova (1920)
• Brett King (1920)
• Viveca Lindfors (1920, Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden)
• Adolfo Torres Portillo (1920, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
• Sally De Marco (1919)
• Jim Murray (1919, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
• David Nixon (1919, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK)
• Roman Vlad (1919, Cernauti, Cernauti, Romania)
• Parker McCormick (1918)
• Don McCune (1918, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA)
• Mirtha Reid (1918, Uruguay)
• Mado Robin (1918, Yzeures-sur-Creuse, France)
• Hartney J. Arthur (1917, Tasmania, Australia)
• Tom Bradley (1917, Calvert, Texas, USA)
• Harold Lief (1917, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Barbara Read (1917, Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada)
• Ramanand Sagar (1917, Lahore, Punjab, British India. [now in Pakistan])
• August Clarence Swenson (1917, Austin, Texas, USA)
• Mary Zavian (1917, USA)
• Rafal Praga (1916, Lódz, Poland)
• Yako Molhov (1915, Velingrad, Bulgaria)
• Robert Roark (1915, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA)
• Robert C. Ruark (1915, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA)
• Billy Tipton (1914, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA)
• Alfred Vohrer (1914, Stuttgart, Germany)
• Else von Möllendorff (1913, Munich, Germany)
• Thore Ehrling (1912, Stockholm, Sweden)
• Sabine Peters (1912, Berlin, Germany)
• Illona Wieselmann (1912, Vienna, Austria)
• Kim-fai Yam (1912, Nanhai County, Guangdong Province, Hong Kong)
• Tay Brown (1911, Compton, California, USA)
• Klaus Fuchs (1911, Rüsselsheim, Germany)
• Jarmila Ksírová (1911, Prague)
• Milton Morris (1911, Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
• Marcel Prawy (1911, Vienna, Austria)
• Alves Redol (1911, Vila Franca de Xira, Ribatejo, Portugal)
• Ruth Hall (1910, Jacksonville, Florida, USA)
• Ewing Mitchell (1910, South Carolina, USA)
• Wallace Rooney (1910, Connecticut, USA)
• Thomas Beck (1909, New York City, New York, USA)
• Donald Coggan (1909, Highgate, London, England, UK)
• Ernie Farrer (1909, Highbury, London, England, UK)
• Bryan Langley (1909, Fulham, London, England, UK)
• Andrzej Nowicki (1909, Warsaw, Poland)
• Johtje Vos (1909, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands)
• Sven Arefeldt (1908, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Claire Dodd (1908, Des Moines, Iowa, USA)
• Magnus Pyke (1908, London, England, UK)
• Wynne Clark (1907, Norwood, London, England, UK)
• László Cserépy (1907, Budapest, Hungary)
• Milton Geiger (1907, New York City, New York, USA)
• Larry Grant (1907)
• Freda Jackson (1907, Nottingham, England, UK)
• Kazimiera Jalowiecka (1907, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Poland])
• Sergei Petschnikoff (1907)
• Leslie Welch (1907, Edmonton, London, England, UK)
• Henri Rene (1906, New York City, New York, USA)
• Arnfried Heyne (1905, Dresden, Germany)
• László Virány (1905, Budapest, Hungary)
• Salvador Baguez (1904, Mexico)
• Samuel G. Engel (1904, Woodridge, New York, USA)
• Ed Haskett (1904, Delaware, USA)
• Wendell Niles (1904, Twin Valley, Minnesota, USA)
• Nanubhai Vakil (1904, Bulsar, Gujarat, British India)
• Christian Matras (1903, Valence, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France)
• Clyde McCoy (1903, Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
• Béla Dolecskó (1902, Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary))
• Zofia Grabowska (1902)
• Nels Stewart (1902, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• Henry Vars (1902, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Poland])
• Friedl Haerlin (1901, Gauting, Bavaria, Germany)
• Charles C. Coleman (1900)
• Oswaldo Orico (1900, Belém, Pará, Brazil)
• Harold Schlickenmayer (1900, Michigan, USA)
• Jack Lambert (1899, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK)
• Jules Bledsoe (1898, Waco, Texas, USA)
• Frank Clarke (1898, Paso Robles, California, USA)
• Elsa Gidlow (1898, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Eugenio Kusnet (1898, Russia)
• Pat Padgett (1898, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• Jack Roach (1898, New York City, New York, USA)
• Gorm Schmidt (1898)
• Anthony Shaw (1897)
• David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896, Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico)
• Hans Raimund Richter (1895, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria))
• Andor Tolnay (1895, Torontálszécsény, Hungary)
• Oszkár Borovszky (1894, Pincéd, Hungary (now: Pivnice, Yugoslavia))
• Harry Lang (1894, New York City, New York, USA)
• Melvin Lang (1894, New York City, New York, USA)
• Doris Pawn (1894, Norfolk, Nebraska, USA)
• Vera Brittain (1893, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK)
• Hans Graff (1893, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria))
• Max Graf (1893, San Francisco, California, USA)
• May Agate (1892, Manchester, England, UK)
• Aku Korhonen (1892, Käkisalmi, Finland)
• Emory Parnell (1892, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)
• Alfred Gilks (1891, California, USA)
• George Marshall (1891, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Ivar Widner (1891)
• Gene Crosby (1890, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
• Käthe Dorsch (1890, Neumarkt, Oberpfalz, Germany)
• Emily Gerdes (1890, Jefferson, Kansas, USA)
• Emma Gordes (1890, Jeffferson, Kansas, USA)
• Pier Angelo Mazzolotti (1890, Italy)
• Gustavo Barroso (1888, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil)
• Beatrice Bentley (1888, California, USA)
• John Sturtevant (1888, London, England, UK)
• Pierre Watkin (1887, Sioux City, Iowa, USA)
• John T. Neville (1886, Harrisonville, Missouri, USA)
• Alfredo Boccolini (1885, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy)
• Maurits de Vries (1885, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
• Maxime Léry (1884, France)
• Lili Bech (1883, Denmark)
• Forrest Taylor (1883, Bloomington, Illinois, USA)
• Raymond Walker (1883, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA)
• Réginald (1881, Ixelles, Belgium)
• Jess Willard (1881, St. Clere, Kansas, USA)
• Billy Mitchell (1879, Nice, France)
• Rafael Bouwmeester (1878, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)
• Edward Clisbee (1878, Santa Rosa, California, USA)
• Pau Casals (1876, El Vendrell, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)
• Charlotte Walker (1876, Galveston, Texas, USA)
• Helena Rolandowa (1872, Lublin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Poland])
• Charles Crockett (1870, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• Mortimer Peterson (1867, Vadstena, Östergötlands län, Sweden)
• Harry Vokes (1866, Illinois, USA)
• Otis Harlan (1865, Zanesville, Ohio, USA)
• Thomas Wigney Percyval (1865, Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Olga Salo (1865)
• Venustiano Carranza (1859, Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico)
• August Kitzberg (1855, Laatre, Viljandimaa, Estonia)
• Tomás Bretón (1850, Salamanca, Spain)
• Karel Sabina (1813, Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic])
• Larissa Gomes (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)