Births
1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (d. 1733)
1754 – Pierre Charles L’Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)
1871 – John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
1880 – Arthur Dove, American painter and educator (d. 1946)
1923 – Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (d. 2016)
1932 – Peter O’Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)
Deaths
1667 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant’Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
1859 – Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
1921 – Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
1922 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
1923 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th president of the United States (b. 1865)
1976 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1986 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
1997 – William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)