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2006 Calendar
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September
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November
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[edit] Births

  • 1231 - Emperor Shijo of Japan (d. 1252)
  • 1473 - King James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)
  • 1628 - François Girardon, French sculptor (d. 1715)
  • 1676 - Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)
  • 1725 - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806)
  • 1777 - Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1864)
  • 1780 - Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor, social reformer, author, and scientist (d. 1847)
  • 1804 - Jim Bridger, American trapper and explorer (d. 1881)
  • 1820 - Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
  • 1834 - Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and inventor (d. 1900)
  • 1846 - Kate Greenaway, English children's author and illustrator (d. 1901)
  • 1862 - Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)
  • 1866 - Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
  • 1870 - Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. 1951)
  • 1880 - Sir Patrick Hastings, British barrister (d. 1952)
  • 1881 - Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
  • 1883 - Urmuz, Romanian writer (d. 1923)
  • 1884 - Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1934)
  • 1892 - Benjamin Drake Van Wissen, Australian Engineer.
  • 1894 - Paul Green, American writer (d. 1981)
  • 1895 - Shemp Howard, actor (d. 1955)
  • 1901 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (d. 1970)
  • 1902 - Bobby Jones, American golfer (d. 1971)
  • 1908 - Brigitte Helm, German actress (d. 1996)
  • 1912 - Bayard Rustin, American civil rights activist (d. 1987)
  • 1914 - Sammy Baugh, American football player
  • 1916 - Ray Ellington, British singer (d. 1985)
  • 1918 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)
  • 1919 - Nat King Cole, American singer (d. 1965)
  • 1920 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 1975)
  • 1926 - Siegfried Lenz, German writer
  • 1930 - James Irwin, astronaut (d. 1991)
  • 1936 - Ladislav Kupkovic, Slovakian composer
  • 1936 - Ken Mattingly, astronaut
  • 1938 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
  • 1940 - Mark White, American politician
  • 1941 - Paul Kantner, American musician (Jefferson Airplane)
  • 1942 - John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (d. 1994)
  • 1944 - Pattie Boyd, British photographer and model
  • 1944 - Cito Gaston, baseball player and coach
  • 1944 - John Sebastian, American singer and songwriter
  • 1945 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
  • 1947 - James Morrow, author
  • 1948 - William Gibson, American-born writer
  • 1949 - Patrick Duffy, American actor
  • 1950 - Patrick Adams, American record producer and songwriter
  • 1951 - Kurt Russell, American actor
  • 1954 - Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
  • 1955 - Gary Sinise, American actor
  • 1956 - Patrick McDonnell, American cartoonist
  • 1957 - Michael Kelly, American journalist (d. 2003)
  • 1959 - Danny Ainge, American basketball player and coach
  • 1961 - Casey Siemaszko, American actor
  • 1964 - Rob Lowe, American actor
  • 1967 - William Patrick Corgan, Jr., American musician
  • 1967 - Barry Minkow, American businessman
  • 1969 - Mathew St. Patrick, American actor
  • 1972 - Mia Hamm, American soccer player
  • 1973 - Caroline Corr, Irish singer and musician
  • 1975 - Justin Hawkins, British singer (The Darkness)
  • 1976 - Stephen Gately, Irish singer, musician, and actor (Boyzone)
  • 1979 - Andrew Ference, Canadian hockey player

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