Births
1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
1504 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)
1656 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)
1666 - Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)
1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
1861 - Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
1916 - Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
1929 - Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1943 - Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
1946 - Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician
1946 - Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian
1949 - Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1949 - Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
1952 - Vinnie Vincent, American musician (ex-Kiss)
1963 - Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker
1965 - Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
1972 - Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls)
1978 - Marisa Miller, American supermodel
1990 - JonBenét Ramsey, American murder victim (d. 1996)
1992 - Giga the Echidna, Super Mario World hacker
1993 - Yakir Forman, International Bible Contest runner up
Deaths
258 - Saint Pope Sixtus II
523 - Saint Pope Hormisdas
1221 - Saint Dominic, Spanish founder of the Dominicans (b. 1170)
1414 - King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)
1458 - Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378) - Another pope down! Woo!
1623 - Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife) (b. 1556)
1679 - John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)
1815 - James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)
1850 - Edward Walsh, Irish poet (b. 1805) - Lol nameshare
1920 - Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)
1931 - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)
1945 - Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor winner (b. 1920) - Lolname
1945 - Prince Wu of Korea (b. 1912) - Awesometastic.
1978 - Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
1991 - Roland Michener, Canadian politician and governor general (b. 1900)
2002 - Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930)
2004 - Rick James, American musician (b. 1948) - I'm Rick James, bitch!
Holidays and observances
United Arab Emirates - H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day.
Japan - Toro Nagashi (Hiroshima) - Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima.