So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.
May 1st - holidays
  • Earliest date on which National Day of Prayer can fall, while May 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Thursday in May. (United States) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • May 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • All-female festival in honour of Bona Dea (Roman Empire) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Beginning of Summer observances (see April 30): Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Christian Feast Day Augustin Schoeffer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Andeolus Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Brioc Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • James the Less Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic optional feast) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Philip the Apostle Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Sigismund of Burgundy Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Constitution Day Marshall Islands Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • EuroMayDay (Western Europe) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Fourth and last day of the Floralia (Roman Empire) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • International Workers' Day (International): Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Law Day, U.S.A. (United States) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Lei Day (Hawaii) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Loyalty Day, formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat respectively to commemorate the formation of the two states. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • Moving Day, the traditional day to move households in New York City, from the colonial period to c.1945. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • National Love Day, couples flock to the memorial of the poet Karel Hynek Mácha in Prague and kiss. (Czech Republic) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • The first day of Yotaka Matsuri (Fukuno, Toyama) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
May 1st - events
  • 2009 - Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 2008 - The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 2007 - the Los Angeles May Day mêlée occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department's response to a May Day pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 2006 - The Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 2004 - Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 2003 - 2003 invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 2001 - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1995 - Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1994 - Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1991 - Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, when he pitches his seventh career no-hitter, breaking his own record. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1990 - The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) was granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1989 - Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1987 - Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1983 - Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1982 - The 1982 World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1982 - Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1978 - Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1977 - 36 people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1971 - Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) is formed to take over U.S. passenger rail service. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1970 - Protests erupt in Seattle, Washington, following the announcement by U.S. President Richard Nixon that U.S. Forces in Vietnam would pursue enemy troops into Cambodia, a neutral country. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1965 - Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between ROC and PRC, takes place. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1961 - The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1960 - Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1960 - Cold War: U-2 incident – Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1956 - The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1956 - A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1950 - Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1948 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1947 - Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano; 11 persons were killed and 33 wounded. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1946 - Start of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1946 - The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1945 - World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1945 - The Yugoslav partisans free Trieste. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1941 - World War II: German forces launch a major attack on Tobruk. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1940 - The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1931 - The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1930 - The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1927 - The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1927 - The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1925 - The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1915 - The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans, rousing American sentiment against Germany. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1901 - The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1900 - The Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1898 - Spanish-American War: The Battle of Manila Bay – the United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1894 - Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1893 - The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1886 - Rallies were held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day culminating in the Haymarket Affair. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1885 - The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1884 - Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1884 - Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1875 - Alexandra Palace reopens after the 1873 fire burnt it down. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1869 - The Folies Bergère opens in Paris. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1865 - The Empire of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1852 - The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1851 - Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in London. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1846 - The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1844 - Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second, Asia's first modern police force is established. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1840 - The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1834 - The British colonies abolish slavery. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1786 - Opening night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1785 - Kamehameha I, the king of Hawai?i defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawai?i. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1778 - American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1776 - Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1759 - Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1753 - Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1751 - The first cricket match is played in America. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1707 - The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1576 - Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1328 - Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton – the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 880 - The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
May 1st - births
  • 1997 - Ariel Gade, American actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1991 - Creagen Dow, American actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1989 - Tim Urban, American singer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1988 - Anushka Sharma, Indian actress and model Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1988 - Nicholas Braun, American actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1987 - Marcus Drum, Australian Rules Football Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1987 - Matt Di Angelo, English actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1987 - Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1987 - Glen Coffee, American football player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1986 - Adam Casey, Australian footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1986 - Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1986 - Brent Stanton, Australian rules footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1985 - Drew Sidora, American actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1984 - David Backes, American ice hockey player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1984 - Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1984 - Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1984 - Farah Fath, American actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1984 - Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1984 - Mark Seaby, Australian Rules footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1983 - The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1983 - Alain Bernard, French swimmer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1982 - Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1982 - Darijo Srna, Croatian football player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1981 - Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1981 - Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1981 - Wes Welker, American football player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1980 - Jay Reatard, American musician (d. 2010) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1980 - Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1980 - Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1979 - Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1979 - Ben Easter, American actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1979 - Michael Harvey, British musical artist Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1978 - Sachie Hara, Japanese actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1978 - Nick Traina, American singer (Link 80) (d. 1997) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1977 - Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer, politician Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1976 - Darius McCrary, American actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1975 - Austin Croshere, American basketball player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1975 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1975 - Jodhi May, British actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1975 - Alexey Smertin, Russian footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1974 - Kellie Crawford, Australian singer (Hi-5) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1973 - Mike Jesse, German footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1973 - Curtis Martin, American football player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1973 - Oliver Neuville, German footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1972 - Julie Benz, American actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1971 - Ethan Albright, American football player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1971 - Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1969 - Wes Anderson, American director and writer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1969 - Billy Owens, American basketball player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1968 - Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1968 - Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1968 - Denise Masino, American Female bodybuilder Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1968 - D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1967 - Tim McGraw, American musician Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1966 - Charlie Schlatter, American actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1966 - Olaf Thon, German football player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1964 - Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1964 - Lady Sarah Chatto, daughter of Princess Margaret Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1962 - Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1962 - Ted Sundquist, General Manager of the Denver Broncos Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1961 - Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1960 - Steve Cauthen, American jockey Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1959 - Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1957 - Kow Otani, Japanese composer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1956 - Catherine Frot, French actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1955 - Martin O'Donnell, American composer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1955 - Nick Feldman, English musician Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1954 - Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1954 - Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1953 - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1951 - Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1950 - Dann Florek, American actor Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1950 - Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1949 - Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1949 - Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1948 - Patricia Hill Collins, American black-feminist and scholar Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1947 - Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1946 - Joanna Lumley, English actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1946 - John Woo, Hong Kong director Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1945 - Rita Coolidge, American singer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1944 - Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1943 - Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1940 - Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1939 - Judy Collins, American folk singer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1939 - Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist (d. 1988) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1939 - Victor Davies, Canadian composer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1937 - Una Stubbs, English actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1935 - Ann Robinson, American actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1934 - Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1934 - Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1934 - Shirley Horn, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 2005) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1930 - Little Walter, American blues singer (d. 1968) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1930 - Richard Riordan, American politician, former mayor of Los Angeles Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1929 - Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician (d. 2009) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1929 - Sonny James, American country music singer and songwriter Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1928 - Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1926 - Peter Lax, Hungarian mathematician Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1925 - Chuck Bednarik, American football player Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1925 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1924 - Art Fleming, American game show host (d. 1995) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1924 - Karel Kachy?a, Czech film director (d. 2004) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1924 - Terry Southern, American screenwriter (d. 1995) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1923 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1919 - Lewis Hill, American pacifist and founder of Pacifica Radio (d. 1957) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1919 - Manna Dey, Indian singer Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1919 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (d. 2005) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1919 - Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Prime Minister of Morocco Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1918 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1918 - Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1917 - John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d. 1996) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1917 - Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1917 - Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi (d. 2001) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1916 - Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1915 - Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1913 - Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1913 - Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1912 - Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1910 - Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Astronomer/astro-physicist; noted UFO investigator (d. 1986) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1909 - Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize, 9 times nominee for the Nobel Prize (d. 1990) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1908 - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1907 - Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1907 - Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1906 - Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1905 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1905 - Henry Koster, German film director (d. 1988) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1901 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1901 - Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1896 - Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1896 - Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
  • 1896 - J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987) Vote for this event to raise it's importance! Post this Event to Facebook
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