Events That Happened on April 5

Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States.

Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.

Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-131 to resupply the International Space Station.

North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.

The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.

Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.

In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.

Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.

Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.

An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.

The Space shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-37 to deploy the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.

The People's Armed Police is officially founded

The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.

In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.

Carrie, the first novel by American author Stephen King, is published for the first time with a print run of 30,000 copies.

In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempts to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.

Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.

Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.

Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.

A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.

Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.

A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.

Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".

World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the residential area hit.

World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad.

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.

Spanish Civil War: Two days after the Nationalist army occupied the Catalan city of Lleida, dictator Francisco Franco decrees the abolition of the Generalitat (the autonomous government of Catalonia), the self-government granted by the Republic, and the official status of the Catalan language.

Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.

Andorran Revolution: The Young Andorrans occupy the Casa de la Vall and force the government to hold democratic elections with universal male suffrage.

Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.

The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.

The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.

A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.

Bolivia declares war on Chile, and Chile declares war on Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.

In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.

Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.

United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.

In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.

Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.

Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph.

During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army.

Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

Johnny Beecher, American ice hockey player

Felipe Peña, Argentine footballer

Bobby Miller, American baseball player

Nathan Broadhead, Welsh football player

Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer

Dominik Mysterio, American wrestler

Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver

Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer

Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player

Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer

Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer

Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer

Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player

Edem Rjaïbi, Tunisian footballer

Richard Sánchez, Mexican footballer

Andreas Bouchalakis, Greek footballer

Maya DiRado, American swimmer

Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer

Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player

Scottie Wilbekin, American-Turkish basketball player

Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer

Shintaro Kurumaya, Japanese footballer

Kaveh Rezaei, Iranian footballer

Dmytro Ryzhuk, Ukrainian footballer

Yassine Bounou, Moroccan footballer

Nathaniel Clyne, English footballer

Adriano Grimaldi, Italian-German footballer

Joël Mall, Swiss footballer

Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Brazilian footballer

Amer Said Al-Shatri, Omani footballer

Alex Cuthbert, Welsh rugby player

Patrick Dangerfield, Australian footballer

Fredy Hinestroza, Colombian footballer

Chen Huijia, Chinese swimmer

Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer (died 2020)

Ismaeel Mohammad, Qatari footballer

Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian canoeist

Jakub Sedláček, Czech ice hockey player

Sercan Yıldırım, Turkish footballer

Género Zeefuik, Dutch footballer

Kader Amadou, Nigerien footballer

Yémi Apithy, Beninese fencer

Liemarvin Bonevacia, Dutch sprinter

Freddie Fox, English actor

Emre Güral, Turkish footballer

Justin Holiday, American basketball player

Rachel Homan, Canadian curler

Lily James, English actress

Trevor Marsicano, American speed skater

Jonathan Rossini, Swiss footballer

Kiki Sukezane, Japanese actress

Sosuke Takatani, Japanese wrestler

Gerson Acevedo, Chilean footballer

Teresa Almeida, Angolan handball player

Quade Cooper, New Zealand-Australian rugby player and boxer

Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby union player

Gevorg Ghazaryan, Armenian footballer

Alisha Glass, American ex-indoor volleyball player

Vurğun Hüseynov, Azerbaijani footballer

Matthias Jaissle, German footballer and manager

Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier

Zack Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

Pape Sy, French basketball player

Alexey Volkov, Russian biathlete

Max Grün, German footballer

Balázs Hárai, Hungarian water polo player

Anton Kokorin, Russian sprint athlete

Fyodor Kudryashov, Russian footballer

Etiënne Reijnen, Dutch footballer

Anna Sophia Berglund, American model and actress

Anzor Boltukayev, Chechen wrestler

Diego Chará, Colombian footballer

Charlotte Flair, American wrestler, author and actress

Róbert Kasza, Hungarian Modern pentathlete

Eetu Muinonen, Finnish footballer

Manuel Ruz, Spanish footballer

Albert Selimov, Azerbaijani boxer

Daniel Congré, French footballer

Erwin l'Ami, Dutch chess player

Jolanda Keizer, Dutch heptathlete

Sergey Khachatryan, Armenian violinist

Linas Pilibaitis, Lithuanian footballer

Jan Smeets, Dutch chess grandmaster

Kristof Vandewalle, Belgian cyclist

Marshall Allman, American actor

Aram Mp3, Armenian singer and comedian

Rune Brattsveen, Norwegian biathlete

Alexei Glukhov, Russian ice hockey player

Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player

Darija Jurak, Croatian tennis player

Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer

Dmitry Kozonchuk, Russian cyclist

Shin Min-a, South Korean actress

Jess Sum, Hong Kong actress

Peter Penz, Austrian luger

Samuele Preisig, Swiss footballer

Cristian Săpunaru, Romanian footballer

Fabio Vitaioli, San Marinese footballer

Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer

Saba Qamar, Pakistani actress-model

Jaime Castrillón, Colombian footballer

Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer

Brock Radunske, Canadian-South Korean ice hockey player

Yohann Sangaré, French basketball player

Cécile Storti, French cross-country skier

Shikha Uberoi, Indian-American tennis player

Hayley Atwell, English-American actress

Matheus Coradini Vivian, Brazilian footballer

Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer

Kelly Pavlik, American boxer

Matt Pickens, American soccer player

Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver

Danylo Sapunov, Ukrainian-Kazakhstani triathlete

Hubert Schwab, Swiss cyclist

Marcel Seip, Dutch former footballer

Matthew Emmons, American rifle shooter

Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2006)

Mariqueen Maandig, Filipino-American musician and singer-songwriter

Daba Modibo Keïta, Malian taekwondo athlete

Marissa Nadler, American musician

Tom Riley, English actor and producer

Mompati Thuma, Botswana footballer

Pieter Weening, Dutch cyclist

Matt Bonner, American basketball player

Alberta Brianti, Italian tennis player

Rafael Cavalcante, Brazilian mixed martial artist

David Chocarro, Argentinian baseball player and actor

Mike Glumac, Canadian ice hockey player

Mario Kasun, Croatian basketball player

Lee Jae-won, South Korean DJ and singer

Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer

Rasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rower

Odlanier Solís, Cuban boxer

Vlada Avramov, Serbian footballer

Josh Boone, American screenwriter and director

Song Dae-nam, South Korean judoka

Timo Hildebrand, German footballer

Imany, French singer

Barel Mouko, Congolese footballer

Cesare Natali, Italian footballer

Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer

Alexander Resch, German luger

Andrius Velička, Lithuanian footballer

Dante Wesley, American football player

Chen Yanqing, Chinese weightlifter

Dwain Chambers, British track sprinter

Marcone Amaral Costa, Qatari footballer

Tarek El-Said, Egyptian footballer

Jairo Patiño, Colombian footballer

Sohyang, South Korean singer

Stephen Jackson, American basketball player

Arnaud Tournant, French cyclist

Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer

Günther Weidlinger, Austrian long-distance runner

Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player

Trevor Letowski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Daniel Majstorović, Swedish footballer

Luis de Agustini, Uruguayan footballer

Péter Biros, Hungarian water polo player

Sterling K. Brown, American actor

Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka

Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer

Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach

Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer

Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer

Valeria Straneo, Italian long-distance runner

Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete

Anouska van der Zee, Dutch cyclist

Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor

John Hartson, Welsh footballer and coach

Juicy J, American rapper and producer

Serhiy Klymentiev, Ukrainian ice hockey player

Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic

Marcos Vales, Spanish footballer

Shammond Williams, American basketball player and coach

Sandra Bagarić, Croatian opera singer and actress

Julien Boutter, French tennis player

Katja Holanti, Finnish biathlete

Oleg Khodkov, Russian handball player

Ariel López, Argentine footballer

Lukas Ridgeston, Slovak actor and director

Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper

Élodie Bouchez, French-American actress

Brendan Cannon, Australian rugby player

Lidia Trettel, Italian snowboarder

Pharrell Williams, American singer, songwriter and rapper

Nima Arkani-Hamed, American-Canadian theoretical physicist

Tom Coronel, Dutch race car driver

Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager

Duncan Spencer, English cricketer

Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director (died 2019)

Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress

Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist

Krista Allen, American actress

Austin Berry, Costa Rican footballer

Simona Cavallari, Italian actress

Victoria Hamilton, English actress

Nelson Parraguez, Chilean footballer

Kim Soo-nyung, South Korean archer

Soheil Ayari, French race car driver

Valérie Bonneton, French actress

Diamond D, American hip hop producer

Petar Genov, Bulgarian chess grandmaster

Thea Gill, Canadian actress

Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter

Irina Timofeyeva, Russian long-distance runner

Dinos Angelidis, Greek basketball player

Viatcheslav Djavanian, Russian cyclist

Pontus Kåmark, Swedish footballer

Pavlo Khnykin, Ukrainian swimmer

Tomislav Piplica, Bosnian footballer and manager

Ravindra Prabhat, Indian writer and journalist

Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)

Franck Silvestre, French footballer

Erland Johnsen, Norwegian footballer

Laima Zilporytė, Soviet cyclist

Yoon Hyun, South Korean judoka

Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter

Peter Overton, English-Australian journalist and television host

Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager

Lang Tzu-yun, Taiwanese actress

Elizabeth McIntyre, American freestyle skier

Svetlana Paramygina, Belarusian biathlete

Neil Eckersley, British judoka

Vakhtang Iagorashvili, Soviet modern pentathlete

Levon Julfalakyan, Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler

Marius Lăcătuș, Romanian footballer and coach

Arthur Adams, American comic book artist and writer

Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (died 2003)

Sara Danius, Swedish scholar of literature and aesthetics (died 2019)

Richard Gough, Swedish born Scottish international footballer

Arild Monsen, Norwegian cross-country skier

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia

Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker and actress

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian soprano

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahraini-Danish human rights activist

Lisa Zane, American actress and singer

Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author

Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2014)

Hiromi Taniguchi, Japanese long-distance runner

Adnan Terzić, Bosnian politician

Paul Chung, Hong Kong actor and host (died 1989)

Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)

Henrik Dettmann, Finnish basketball coach

Ryoichi Kawakatsu, Japanese footballer

Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player

Daniel Schneidermann, French journalist

Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (died 2009)

Sebastian Adayanthrath, Indian bishop

Karin Roßley, German hurdler

Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor

Leonid Fedun, Russian businessman

Reid Ribble, American politician

Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter

Ricardo Ferrero, Argentine footballer (died 2015)

Christian Gourcuff, French footballer and manager

Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter

Bernard Longley, English prelate

Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator (died 2024)

Takayoshi Yamano, Japanese footballer

Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host

Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mohamed Ben Mouza, Tunisian footballer

Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Yoshiichi Watanabe, Japanese footballer

Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host

Keiko Han, Japanese actress

Tae Jin-ah, South Korean singer

Raleb Majadele, Israeli politician

Ian Swales, English accountant and politician

Alfie Conn, Scottish international footballer

John C. Dvorak, American author and editor

Sandy Mayer, American tennis player

Dennis Mortimer, English footballer

Mitch Pileggi, American actor

Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter

Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler

Nedim Gürsel, Turkish writer

Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.

Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)

Ubol Ratana, Thai Princess

Ann C. Crispin, American writer (died 2013)

Franklin Chang Díaz, Costa Rican-Chinese American astronaut and physicist

Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress, singer and narrator (died 2018)

Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor

Stanley Dziedzic, American wrestler

Larry Franco, American film producer

Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (died 1986)

Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Swiss footballer

Dave Holland, English drummer (died 2018)

Roy McFarland, English footballer and manager

Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav swimmer

Willy Chirino, Cuban-American musician

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines

Ramón Mifflin, Peruvian footballer

Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician

Jane Asher, English actress

Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer

Björn Granath, Swedish actor (died 2017)

Georgi Markov, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler

Ove Bengtson, Swedish tennis player

Steve Carver, American director and producer (died 2021)

Cem Karaca, Turkish musician (died 2004)

Tommy Smith, English footballer (died 2019)

Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress and director

János Martonyi, Hungarian politician

Evan Parker, British musician

Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (died 2014)

Willy Planckaert, Belgian cyclist

Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico

Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician

Dean Brown, Australian politician, 41st Premier of South Australia

Max Gail, American actor and director

Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer

Miet Smet, Belgian politician

Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (died 2018)

Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter

Pascal Couchepin, Swiss politician

Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player

Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter

Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor

Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2016)

Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host

Leka I, Crown Prince of Albania (died 2011)

Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (died 2010)

Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of Yemen

Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (died 1995)

David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer and producer (died 2019)

Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2018)

Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician (died 2003)

Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (died 2014)

Natalya Kustinskaya, Soviet actress (died 2012)

Giorgos Sideris, Greek footballer

Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author (died 2024)

Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State (died 2021)

Andrzej Schinzel, Polish mathematician (died 2021)

Arie Selinger, Israeli volleyball player and manager

Juan Vicente Lezcano, Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)

Ronnie Bucknum, American race car driver (died 1992)

Glenn Jordan, American director and producer

Dragoljub Minić, Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster (died 2005)

Giovanni Cianfriglia, Italian actor (died 2024)

Peter Grant, English talent manager (died 1995)

Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018)

Frank Schepke, German rower (died 2017)

John Carey, English author and critic

Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany (died 2017)

Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (died 2014)

Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (died 2000)

Feridun Buğeker, Turkish footballer (died 2014)

Frank Gorshin, American actor (died 2005)

Barbara Holland, American author (died 2010)

K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (died 1982)

Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)

Héctor Olivera, Argentine director, producer and screenwriter

Mary Costa, American singer and actress

Pierre Lhomme, French director of photography (died 2019)

Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (died 2008)

Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)

Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (died 2001)

Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (died 1967)

Mahmoud Mollaghasemi, Iranian wrestler

Enzo Cannavale, Italian actor (died 2011)

Tony Williams, American singer (died 1992)

Thanin Kraivichien, Thai lawyer and politician, 14th prime minister of Thailand (died 2025)

Arne Hoel, Norwegian ski jumper (died 2006)

Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)

Liang Yusheng, Chinese writer (died 2009)

Janet Rowley, American human geneticist (died 2013)

Pierre Nihant, Belgian cyclist (died 1993)

Igor Borisov, Soviet rower (died 2003)

Ernest Mandel, German-born Belgian Marxist economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist (died 1995)

Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (died 1995)

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (died 2001)

Tom Finney, English footballer (died 2014)

Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (died 2005)

Andy Linden, American race car driver (died 1987)

Gale Storm, American actress and singer (died 2009)

Christopher Hewett, English actor and theatre director (died 2001)

Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)

Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (died 2004)

Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (died 1986)

John Willem Gran, Swedish bishop (died 2008)

Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2018)

Robert Bloch, American author (died 1994)

Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (died 1996)

Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (died 2003)

Felice Borel, Italian footballer (died 1993)

Antoni Clavé, Catalan artist (died 2005)

Nicolas Grunitzky, 2nd President of Togo (died 1969)

Ruth Smith, Faroese artist (died 1958)

Jehan Buhan, French fencer (died 1999)

Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (died 1979)

Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (died 1975)

Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (died 2000)

Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 1997)

John Le Mesurier, English actor (died 1983)

István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (died 1979)

Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (died 2001)

Hedi Amara Nouira, Tunisian politician (died 1993)

Johnny Revolta, American golfer (died 1991)

Sven Andersson, Swedish politician (died 1987)

Oronzo Pugliese, Italian football manager (died 1990)

Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (died 1996)

Giacomo Gentilomo, Italian film director and painter (died 2001)

Károly Sós, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1991)

Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (died 1945)

Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989)

Kurt Neumann, German director (died 1958)

Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1986)

Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (died 1989)

Sanya Dharmasakti, Thai jurist (died 2002)

Albert Charles Smith, American botanist (died 1999)

Fernando Germani, Italian organist (died 1998)

Ted Morgan, New Zealand boxer (died 1952)

Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (died 2005)

Marion Aye, American actress (died 1951)

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (died 1994)

Curt Bois, German actor (died 1991)

Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador (died 1986)

Melvyn Douglas, American actor (died 1981)

Doggie Julian, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (died 1967)

Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (died 1985)

Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (died 1939)

Spencer Tracy, American actor (died 1967)

Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (died 1964)

Solange d'Ayen, French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (died 1976)

Hans Schuberth, German politician (died 1976)

Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator (died 1931)

Mike O'Dowd, American boxer (died 1957)

Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (died 1956)

Hans Hüttig, German SS officer (died 1980)

Carl Rudolf Florin, Swedish botanist (died 1965)

Frithjof Andersen, Norwegian wrestler (died 1975)

Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (died 1973)

Raymond Bonney, American ice hockey player (died 1964)

Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer (died 1972)

Laura Vicuña, Chilean nun (died 1904)

Karl Kirk, Danish gymnast (died 1955)

William Moore, British track and field athlete (died 1956)

Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist (died 1981)

William Cowhig, British gymnast (died 1964)

Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist (died 1933)

Frederick Lindemann, British physicist (died 1957)

Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (died 1933)

Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer (died 1978)

Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (died 1940)

Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1950)

Song Jiaoren, Chinese revolutionary (died 1913)

Natalia Sedova, 2nd wife of Leon Trotsky (died 1962)

Eric Carlberg, Swedish Army officer, diplomat, shooter, fencer and modern pentathlete (died 1963)

Vilhelm Carlberg, Swedish Army officer and shooter (died 1970)

Arthur Berriedale Keith, Scottish lawyer (died 1944)

Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, German naval officer and author (died 1956)

Albert Champion, French cyclist (died 1927)

Georg Misch, German philosopher (died 1965)

Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (died 1964)

Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French Cardinal of the Catholic Church (died 1949)

Manuel María Ponce Brousset, President of Peru (died 1966)