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St. Laurence Justinian [Lorenzo Giustiniani] Italian catholic bishop and 1st Patriarch of Venice born in Venice Republic of Venice (d. 1456)
Christian II of Denmark Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)
Hadrianus Junius [Adriaen de Jonghe] Dutch physician historian and humanist
Frederick II King of Denmark and Norway (1559-88)
Charles van Croij prince of Chimayduke of Aarschot
Joseph Hall English bishop and writer (d. 1656)
Johann Heinrich Heidegger Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
Pedro R de Campomanes Spanish economisthistorianliterary
James Lyon American composer born in Newark New Jersey (d. 1794)
Georg C Lichtenberg German physicistwriter (types of Lichtenberg)
Carl von Clausewitz Prussian general and strategist born in Burg bei Magdeburg Prussia (d. 1831)
Jean-Victor Poncelet mathematician founded projective geometry
George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant] French (female) novelist (Valentine Le Figaro) born in Paris France (d. 1876)
Thomas Green Clemson mining engineer endowed Clemson University
Willem J dAblaing van Giessenburg Dutch genealogistheraldicus
Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert Bvt Major General (Union Army)
Verney L Cameroon English explorer (Tanganyika)
John Selby England Test cricket batsman (6 Tests) born in Nottingham England (d. 1894)
Roger Connor American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (career HR record 138 stood for 23 years) born in Waterbury Connecticut (d. 1931)
Samuel D Riddle American thoroughbred owner (Man o War War Admiral) born in Glen Riddle Pennsylvania (d. 1951)
John Clarkson American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Triple Crown 1889) born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 1909)
William Grant Stairs Canadian explorer (d. 1892)
William Strunk Jr. American grammarian (d. 1946)
Louis Bleriot 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel
Alice Guy-Blach American film director (d. 1968)
Leon Jouhaux French socialistco-founder UNs ILO (Nobel 1951)
Piet[er] L. Kramer Influential Dutch architect (Amsterdam School) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1961)
Charles D Brown American actor (Barefoot Boy Disbarred Night Editor) born in Council Bluffs Iowa (d. 1948)
Ben Taylor American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman manager (Negro Leagues) born in Anderson South Carolina (d. 1953)
James M Cain novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice) born in Minneapolis Minnesota
Pavel G Antokolski Russian poetdirector (Syn) [NS]
Henry Indiana Jones Jr fictional character Indiana Jones
Konstantinos Tsatsos Greek politician and president (1975-1980)
Jul 01 1097 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea
Jul 01 1233 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice
Jul 01 1252 King Alfonso X el Sabio of CastileLeon crowned