1768 – Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia’s Music Fund Society, born in London (d. 1831)
1891 – Pedro Albizu Campos, Advocate for Puerto Rican independence, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 1965)
1913 – Jesse Owens, American athlete (4 Olympic gold 1936), born in Oakville, Alabama (d. 1980)
1935 – Richard H Hunt, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction), born in Chicago, Illinois
1938 – Claude Ruel, Canadian NHL coach (Stanley Cup 1968-69, Montreal Canadiens), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec (d. 2015)
1938 – Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, born in St Paul, North Carolina (d. 2001)
1951 – Gerald Stano, American serial killer (confessed to killing 41 people), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 1998)
1968 – Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, born in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania
1977 – Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter, born in Kfar Saba, Israel
1985 – Champian Fulton, American jazz pianist, and vocalist, born in Norman, Oklahoma