1706 – Baldassare Galuppi, Venetian composer (opera buffa), born on Burano, Republic of Venice (d. 1785)
1774 – Adolf Muller, German dramatist and critic, born near Weissenfels (d. 1829)
1804 – Mongkut [Rama IV], King of Thailand (1851-68), opened country to the West, (model for musical “The King and I”), born in Thonburi Palace, Bangkok, Thailand (d. 1868)
1898 – Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian-American singer, muse and wife of Kurt Weill, and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; From Russia with Love), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
1924 – (Hugh) “Buddy” MacMaster, Canadian Cape Breton fiddler, born in Timmons, Ontario (d. 2014)
1925 – Wim van Gennep, Dutch dance band singer and keyboardist (De Heikrekels – “Waarom heb jij me laten staan?”), born in the Netherlands (d. 2012)
1950 – Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (The Heidi Chronicles), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
1955 – Denis Watson, South African golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up; Senior PGA C’ship 2007), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
1957 – Jon Lindstrom, American actor (General Hospital, 1992-97, 2013-present – “Kevin Collins” and “Ryan Chamberlain”), born in Medford, Oregon
1974 – Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer, 1993-2011 (Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers, an 5 other clubs), born in Wrexham, Wales
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