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1870  Aleksander kuprin: Russian author (pojedinok) [ns=sept 7]   

1873  Lee de forest: Council bluffs, inventor (audion vacuum (radio) tube)   

1873  Lee deforest: American inventor   

1874  Zona gale: American novelist   

1875  John buchan: Scotland, gov-gen of canada/writer (battle of somme)   

1880  Guillaume apollinaire: France, poet/movie critic (alcoola)   

1882  James franck: German naturalist (nobel 1925)   

1882  Johannes lindeboom: Vicar/church historian (neth archives)   

1884  Earl biggers: Author ("charlie chan" detective series)   

1885  Jules romains: France, novelist/playwright/poet (men of good will)   

1887  Luis abraham delgadillo: Composer   

1890  Tommy andrews: Cricketer (nsw & aussie player of the 1920's)   

1891  Emmy van lokhorst: Dutch author   

1891  Ferdinand bruckner: [theodor tagger], austrian playwright (races)   

1894  Sparky adams: Baseball player   

1896  Richard hammond: Composer   

1896  Ivan mihailov: Bulgarian revolutionary   

1897  Yoon boseon: President of south korea   

1898  Peggy guggenheim: Art patron & collector   

1899  Rufino tamayo: Mexican painter   

1900  Hellmuth walter: German engineer and inventor   

1901  Gen maxwell d taylor: Former us army chief of staff   

1901  Jan de quay: Dutch minister of war/premier (kvp, 1959-63)   

1901  Tullio campagnolo: Italy, bicycle manufacturer (fiat)   

1901  Chen yi: Chinese communist military commander and politician   

1903  Jimmy rushing: Us blues singer   

1904  Christopher w bradshaw-isherwood: Brit/us writer (goodbye to berlin)   

1906  Albert b sabin: Russia, us microbiologist (oral polio vaccine)   

1908  Bill hunt: Cricketer (nsw slow left-armer, test for australia 1933)   

1908  W. b. henning: Prussian-born iranist   

1909  Eric quail davies: Cricket pace bowler (5 tests for s africa 1935-39)   

1909  Frank gasparro: Phila pa, us chief engraver (1965-81)   

1909  Jim davis: American actor   

1909  Gene moore: Baseball player   

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1278  Ottokar ii: King of bohemia (1253-78),   

1346  Jan de blinde: King of bohemia/count of luxemburg,   

1349  Thomas bradwardine: Archbishop of canterbury   

1368  Engelbrecht van der mark: Prince-bishop of luik (1345-64),   

1486  Ernst i: Ruler of saxon (1464-86),   

1518  Giberto x: Italian mister of correggio/husband of veronica gambara   

1551  Margareta leijonhufvud: Queen of gustav i of sweden (b. 1516)   

1572  Petrus ramus: French philosopher (b. 1515)