973 – Al-Biruni, Iranian mathematician, astronomer and polymath, born in Kath, Khwarezm, Afrighid dynasty (d. 1048) [some sources cite 5th as birth date]
1557 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen of Denmark and Norway, born in Wismar, Germany (d. 1631)
1886 – Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Salvation Army, born in Clapton, England (d. 1967)
1937 – Gene Ludwig, American jazz and RandB Hammond B-3 organist (Sonny Stitt, Arthur Prysock), born in Twin Rocks, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
1938 – Leonard Frey, American stage and screen actor (Fiddler on the Roof; The Magic Christian), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
1942 – Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology, born in Shiraz, Iran (d. 2006)
1951 – Martin Chambers, English rock drummer (The Pretenders, 1978–86, 1993–present – “Brass in Pocket”, “Don’t Get Me Wrong”), born in Hereford, England
1956 – Blackie Lawless [Steven Duren], American heavy metal singer and guitarist (W.A.S.P.), born in Staten Island, New York
1958 – James Houghton, American artistic director and founder of the Signature Theater Company, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2016)
1965 – Greg Fidelman, American sound engineer (Rick Rubin productions), record producer (Metallica), and guitarist, born in the USA
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