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[edit] Births
- 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1131)
- 1443 - Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
- 1819 - Walt Whitman, (pictured) American poet (d. 1892)
- 1857 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
- 1923 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco (d. 2005)
- 1930 - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer
- 1943 - Joe Namath, American football player
- 1948 - John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
- 1976 - Colin Farrell, Irish actor
[edit] Deaths
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