On this day -- March 14 - printed from North Texas e-News

1638 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
1681 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (d. 1767)
1790 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
1801 – Kristjan Jaak Peterson, first Estonian poet (d. 1822)
1804 – Johann Strauss, Sr., Austrian composer (d. 1849)
1807 – Josephine of Leuchtenberg, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1876)
1813 – Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1892)
1822 – Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)
1823 – Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891)
1835 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d. 1910)
1837 – Charles Ammi Cutter, American librarian (d. 1903)
1844 – King Umberto I of Italy, (d. 1900)
1851 – John Sebastian Little, American politician and congressman (d. 1916)
1853 – Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)
1854 – Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1915)
1854 – Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (d. 1920)
1854 – John Lane, British publisher (d. 1925)
1854 – Thomas R. Marshall, 28th Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1925)
1862 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (d. 1951)
1863 – Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (d. 1900)
1866 – Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist (d. 1942)
1869 – Algernon Blackwood, British writer (d. 1951)
1879 – Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1880 – Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1945)
1882 – Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (d. 1969)
1885 – Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
1886 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (d. 1964)
1887 – Sylvia Beach, American publisher (d. 1962)
1887 – Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (d. 1962)
1888 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (d. 1970)
1894 – Osa Johnson, American explorer (d. 1953)
1898 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985)
1899 – K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)
1903 – Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (d. 1979)
1903 – Adolph Gottlieb American painter (d. 1974)
1904 – Doris Eaton Travis, American actress, Ziegfeld girl
1905 – Raymond Aron, French philosopher (d. 1983)
1908 – Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (Douglas Aircraft) (d. 1991)
1908 – Philip Conrad Vincent, British motorcycle pioneer (Vincent Black Shadow, Vincent Rapide and Vincent Black Lightning) (d. 1979)
1908 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French phenomenological philosopher (d. 1961)
1912 – Les Brown, American bandleader (d. 2001)
1912 – Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991)
1912 – Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)
1914 – Lee Elhardt Hays, American folksinger (d. 1981)
1914 – Bill Owen, British actor (d. 1999)
1914 – Lee Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
1915 – Alexander Brott, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2005)
1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1918 – Dennis Patrick, American actor (d. 2002)
1920 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
1921 – S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A
1922 – Les Baxter, American musician and composer (d. 1996)
1923 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971)
1925 – William Clay Ford, Sr., American owner of the Detroit Lions
1925 – Francis A. Marzen, American Catholic prelate (d. 2004)
1928 – Frank Borman, American astronaut and CEO
1928 – Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish populariser environmentalist (d. 1980)
1931 – Phil Phillips, American singer and songwriter
1932 – Naina Yeltsina, Russia's first First Lady
1933 – Sir Michael Caine, British actor
1933 – René Felber, former member of the Swiss Federal Council
1933 – Quincy Jones, American musician and composer
1934 – Eugene Cernan, American astronaut
1934 – Paul Rader, the 15th General of The Salvation Army
1936 – Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
1939 – Raymond J. Barry, American actor
1939 – Bertrand Blier, French film director and screenwriter
1939 – Stavros Xarhakos, Greek composer
1939 – Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
1941 – Wolfgang Petersen, German director
1942 – Rita Tushingham, British actress
1944 – Bobby Smith, English professional footballer and manager
1944 – Vaclav Nedomansky, Czech hockey player
1943 – Anita Morris, American actress (d. 1994)
1945 – Jasper Carrott, British comedian
1945 – Michael Martin Murphey, American country music singer
1945 – Walter Parazaider, American saxophonist (Chicago)
1945 – Herman van Veen, Dutch singer and theatre performer
1946 – Steve Kanaly, American actor
1946 – Wes Unseld, American basketball player
1947 – Pam Ayres, British poet
1947 – William J. Jefferson, American politician
1948 – Tom Coburn, American politician, junior senator from Oklahoma
1948 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
1949 – Michael Stedman, British World War I Historian and Author
1950 – Rick Dees, American disc jockey
1951 – Jerry Greenfield, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
1956 – Jonathan Bowen, British computer scientist
1956 – Colin Ayre, British football player
1957 – Andrew Robinson, British author
1957 – Tad Williams, American author
1958 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco
1959 – Tamara Tunie, American actress
1959 – Brian Whitfield, former South African cricketer
1960 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1961 – Greg Anderson, American NHRA driver
1961 – Penny Johnson Jerald, American actress
1961 – Hiro Matsushita, Japanese racing driver
1962 – Narumi Tsunoda, Japanese voice actress
1963 – Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer
1964 – Dario Bisso, Italian conductor
1965 – James Kevin Brown, American baseball player
1965 – Catherine Dent, American actress
1965 – Aamir Khan, Indian actor
1965 – Kiana Tom, American fitness guru and model
1965 – Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter
1966 – Elise Neal, American actress
1968 – Megan Follows, Canadian actress
1969 – Des Coleman, English actor and presenter
1969 – Larry Johnson, American basketball player
1970 – Ebru Kavaklıoğlu, Russian athlete
1970 – Meredith Salenger, American actress
1974 – Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Grace Park, Canadian actress of Korean descedent
1975 – Stephen Harper, British/English footballer
1975 – Johan Paulik, Slovak porn star
1975 – Wendy Rice, American actress
1975 – Rico Yan, Filipino actor (d. 2002)
1976 – Merlin Santana, American actor (d. 2002)
1976 – Daniel Gillies, Canadian born New Zealand actor
1977 – Aki Hoshino, Japanese model
1978 – Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
1978 – Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (d. 2001)
1979 – Nicolas Anelka, French footballer
1979 – Chris Klein, American actor
1979 – Love, Angolan footballer
1979 – Sead Ramović, German-born Bosnian footballer
1979 – Anthony Carelli, Italian-American professional wrestler
1980 – Aaron Brown, British/English footballer
1980 – Matteo Grassotto, Italian racing driver
1980 – Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1980 – Mercedes McNab, Canadian-born actress
1981 – Bobby Jenks, American baseball player
1981 – Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese-born pianist
1982 – Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
1982 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
1982 – Kate Maberly, British actor, Singer Songwriter
1983 – Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
1983 – Taylor Hanson, American musician, member of Hanson
1984 – Liesel Matthews, American former child actress
1985 – Eva Angelina, American porn star
1985 – Idaira, Spanish singer
1985 – Brianna Love, American porn Star
1986 – Jamie Bell, British actor
1986 – Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 – Andy Taylor, British/English footballer
1988 – Stephen Curry, American basketball player
1989 – Colby O'Donis, American musician
1992 – Jasmine Murray, American singer
1993 – Julienne Irwin, American singer

[edit] Deaths

752 – Pope Zachary
968 – Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (b. c. 895)
1457 – Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
1471 – Sir Thomas Malory, English author (b. 1405)
1647 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
1648 – Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b. 1584)
1680 – René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631)
1682 – Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael, Dutch painter (b. 1628)
1696 – Jean Domat, French jurist (b. 1625)
1698 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)
1748 – George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
1757 – John Byng, British admiral (executed) (b. 1704)
1791 – Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
1803 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German writer (b. 1724)
1805 – Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)
1811 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
1823 – Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)
1883 – Karl Marx, German philosopher and political theorist (b. 1818)
1884 – Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
1932 – George Eastman, American inventor, and founder of Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
1933 – Balto, Siberian Husky noted for his role in the 1925 serum run to Nome (b. 1919)
1946 – Werner von Blomberg, field marshal (b. 1878)
1949 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
1957 – Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
1973 – Howard Aiken, American engineer (b. 1900)
1973 – Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
1973 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
1975 – Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
1976 – Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)
1977 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)
1980 – Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
1980 – Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish populariser environmentalist (b. 1928)
1983 – Maurice Ronet, French film actor (b. 1927)
1989 – Edward Abbey, American author and environmental activist (b. 1927)
1991 – Howard Ashman, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1950)
1991 – Doc Pomus, American composer (b. 1925)
1991 – Margery Sharp, children's author (b. 1905)
1992 – Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
1995 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1997 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (b. 1907)
1999 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)
2002 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
2002 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
2003 – Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
2003 – Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
2006 – Ann Calvello, Roller Derby Queen (b. 1929)
2006 – Lennart Meri, former president of Estonia (b. 1929)
2007 – Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)
2007 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
2008 – Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and leader and foundress of the Focolare (b. 1920)
2009 – Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. (b. 1947)
2009 – Altovise Davis, American entertainer, best known as Sammy Davis, Jr.'s third wife. (b. 1943)

[edit] Holidays and observances

Sikhism – Nanakshahi New Year, first day of month of Chet
Albania – Summer Day
Andorra – Constitution Day
Japan and Korea – White Day, similar to Valentine's Day (men give gifts to women).
Estonia – Estonian language day, based on birth of Kristjan Jaak Peterson
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Heroes' Day
Saint Mathilda
Pi Day

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