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1468 – Pope Paul III [Alessandro Farnese], (d.1549)
1860 – Herman Hollerith, statistician, businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (IBM) (d.1929)
1896 – William A. Wellman, actor, director, producer, screenwriter (d.1975)
1904 – Jimmy Dorsey, saxophonist, composer, bandleader (d.1957)
1916 – Dinah Shore, singer, actress (d.1994)
1916 – Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp (d.1999)
1920 – Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, The Caine Mutiny (1954) (d.2006)
1920 – James Mitchell, actor, dancer, Palmer Cortlandt – All My Children (1979-10) (d.2010)
1920 – Michèle Morgan, French-American actress, singer (d.2016)

Herman Hollerith c. 1888

1924 – Al Rosen, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, AL MVP 1953, N.Y. Yankee president
1928 – Joss Ackland [Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland], born in London, England, actor, White Mischief (1987)
1936 – Alex Rocco, actor, Moe Greene – The Godfather (1972), Stanley (1972), The Stunt Man (1980) (d.2015)
1936 – Henri "Rocket" Richard, NHL-HOF center, Montreal Canadiens
1944 – Dennis Farina, Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mike Torello – Crime Story (1986-88) (d.2013)
1944 – Phyllis Frelich [Phyllis Annetta Frelich}, Devils Lake, North Dakota, actress, Love is Never Silent (1985) (d.2014)
1948 – Henry Small, born in Beacon, New York, American-born Canadian singer
1960 – Tony Robbins, author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, life coach
1968 – Frank Woodley, Australian actor, producer, screenwriter
1972 – Antonio Sabàto, Jr., actor, Jagger Cates – General Hospital (1992-94, 95)
1972 – Dave Williams, singer (d.2002)
1972 – Saul Williams, singer, songwriter
1980 – Chris Conley, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1984 – Rakhee Thakrar, English actress, Eighth Doctor Who companion, Bliss
1992 – Caitlin EJ Meyer, actress

2020 – NOTE: – "Not All Verified": If no hyperlink, event not verified or vetted. [1] Could not corroborate date, may be conflicting data on multiple sites, or exact date could not be verified. Hyperlinks are generally verification of year, month, date, and event. [bh] Brainy History, not vetted elsewhere, take their word for it at this time, a valid citation would be nice. Error 403 links corrected when found.
2012 – Tokyo Skytree construction completed. It is, as of 2016, the tallest tower in the world, 634 meters high, and second tallest (man-made) structure on Earth, next to Burj Khalifa
2012 – The midwestern United States is hit by tornadoes, killing twelve people
1968 – Beatles' “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band” wins Grammy
1964 – Lyndon Baines Johnson reveals U.S. secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter
1960 – Bil Keane's “The Family Circus” cartoon strip debuts
1960 – First Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago
1960 – John F. Kennedy makes missile gap the presidential campaign issue
1960 – KRET-TV channel 23 in Richardson, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting
1944 – Karol Wojtyla, future Pope John Paul II, is run down and injured by a Nazi truck in Krakow
1908 – Dutch scientists produce solid helium
1904 – Theodore Roosevelt, appoints seven man Panama Canal Commission to proceed with completing a canal at the Isthmus
1892 – St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated
1880 – Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland and Italy completed
1796 – The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations
1504 – Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies