1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon’s Rebellion, Va (1676)
1835 – Charles Russell Lowell Jr, American railroad executive and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1864)
1901 – Robert “Bob” Marshall, American forester, wilderness activist and co-founder of the Wilderness Society, born in NYC, New York (d. 1939)
1902 – Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
1920 – Isaac Asimov, Russian scientist and sci-fi writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy), born in Petrovichi, Russia (d. 1992)
1928 – Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point)
1936 – Roger Miller, American country singer-songwriter (“King of the Road”; “Dang Me”), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1992)
1945 – Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat general and war criminal, born in Čapljina, Independent State of Croatia (d. 2017)
1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (Olympic gold 1984, 4-division world champion), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 2019)
1970 – Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian pop singer (“I Admit”), born in Târgu Mureș, Transylvania, Romania.