1534 – Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway (1559-88), born in Haderslevhus Castle, Haderslev, Denmark (d. 1588)
1869 – William Strunk Jr., American grammarian and author (The Elements of Style), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1946)
1911 – Sergey Sokolov, Russian-Soviet marshal and Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1984-87), born in Yevpatoria, Russian Empire (d. 2012)
1939 – Karen Black, American actress (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx), born in Park Ridge, Illinois (d. 2013)
1943 – Jeff Wayne, American-British musician and composer (Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds), born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City
1949 – Denis Johnson, American short story writer and novelist (Jesus’ Son, Tree of Smoke), born in Munich, Germany (d. 2017)
1951 – Victor Willis, American disco singer-songwriter and “cop/naval officer” in the Village People (“In the Navy”, “Y.M.C.A”), born in Dallas, Texas
1963 – Edward Tsang Lu, American physicist and NASA astronaut (STS 84), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1976 – Hannu Tihinen, Finnish soccer defender (76 caps; KePS, HJK Helsinki, Viking FK, RSC Anderlecht, FC Zürich), born in Keminmaa, Finland
1980 – Nelson Cruz, Dominican baseball designated hitter, right fielder (7 x MLB All Star; ALCS MVP 2011 Texas Rangers), born in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic