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• 1761–1808Selim IIISultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807
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• 1886–1962Michael CurtizHungarian and American director
• b. 1970Amaury NolascoPuerto Rican actorTurns 56 this year
• b. 1966Diedrich BaderAmerican actorTurns 60 this year
• 1868–1941Emanuel LaskerGerman chess player
• 1955–2022Clarence GilyardAmerican actor
• 1962–2018Kate SpadeAmerican fashion designer
• 1634–1696Mariana of AustriaQueen of Spain from 1649 to 1665
• 1809–1868Kit CarsonAmerican frontiersman and guide
• 1818–1889James Prescott JouleEnglish physicist
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• 1822–1888Matthew ArnoldEnglish poet and cultural critic
• 1927–2020Mary Higgins ClarkAmerican novelist and writer
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• b. 1974Marcelo SalasChilean footballerTurns 52 this year
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• b. 1945Nicholas MeyerAmerican screenwriter, producer, author, and directorTurns 81 this year
• b. 1964Mark ValleyAmerican actorTurns 62 this year
• b. 1980Stephen AppiahGhanaian footballerTurns 46 this year
• b. 1984Austin StowellAmerican actorTurns 42 this year
• 1892–1961Ruth ChattertonAmerican actress
• 1879–1952Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-SchwerinQueen of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland
• 1910–1992Fritz LeiberAmerican fantasy, horror, and SF writer
• b. 1991Taylor Zakhar PerezAmerican actorTurns 35 this year
• b. 1977Michael Raymond-JamesAmerican actorTurns 49 this year
• b. 1991Sofia Black-D'EliaAmerican actressTurns 35 this year
• 1822–1901Charles HermiteFrench mathematician
• 1887–1951Louis JouvetFrench actor
• b. 1995Anett KontaveitEstonian tennis playerTurns 31 this year
• b. 1974Thure LindhardtDanish actorTurns 52 this year
• b. 1992Davante AdamsAmerican football playerTurns 34 this year
• b. 1961Wade WilliamsAmerican actorTurns 65 this year
• b. 1978Yıldıray BaştürkTurkish footballerTurns 48 this year
• 1919–2022Pierre SoulagesFrench painter, engraver and sculptor
• 1923–2004George Patton IVUnited States Army general (1923–2004) and son of George Patton
• 1903–1972Joseph CornellAmerican artist and filmmaker
• 1963–2016Caroline AherneEnglish actress, comedian and writer
• b. 1960Carol VordermanWelsh media personalityTurns 66 this year
• 1955–1996Scott FischerAmerican mountaineer
• 1906–1967Franz WaxmanGerman film composer
• 1893–1981Harry WarrenAmerican composer and lyricist
• 1937–2012FélixBrazilian footballer
• b. 1946Jan AkkermanDutch guitaristTurns 80 this year
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• b. 1955Grand L. BushAmerican actorTurns 71 this year
• 1948–2024Stan BowlesEnglish footballer
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• 1588–1631Constance of AustriaQueen of Poland from 1605 to 1631
• 1894–1945Jack ThayerTitanic survivor