28 – Emperor Ming of Han [Liu Yang], Chinese Emperor of the Han dynasty (58-69 AD), born in Luoyang, China (d. 75 AD)
1777 – János Fusz, Hungarian-German composer, born in Tolna, Hungary (d. 1819)
1914 – Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1982-84) and KGB Chief (1967-82), born in Nagutskaya, Stavropol Region, Russian Empire (d. 1984)
1917 – Alfred “Lash” LaRue, American actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp), born in Gretna, Louisiana, United States (d. 1996)
1938 – Tony Oxley, British free-jazz and avant-garde drummer, born in Sheffield, England (d. 2023)
1957 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
1963 – Helen Hunt, American actress (Mad About You – “Jamie”; As Good as it Gets), born in Los Angeles, California
1969 – Cedric Pioline, French tennis player (runner-up US Open 1993, Wimbledon 1997), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
1975 – Rachel Wacholder, American beach volleyballer who won eight championships and model, born in Laguna Beach, California
1979 – Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter (Olympic gold, 2004), born in Brest, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union