Wikipedia on Your Birthday

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Events
752 - Stephen II becomes Pope.
1568 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de Medici and Charles IX of France make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.
1708 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech - "give me liberty or give me death" in Williamsburg, Virginia.
1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
1806 - After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
1839 - First recorded use of "OK" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" in the Boston Morning Post.
1857 - Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway, New York City.
1868 - The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
1889 - Land run: President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22.
1889 - Free Woolwich Ferry officially opened in east London.
1903 - The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of the first successful airplane after much hard work.
1909 - Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1931 - The Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt embrace gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.
1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
1935 - Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
1940 - The famous Pakistan Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.
1942 - World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Anadaman Islands.
1956 - Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.
1963 - In London, United Kingdom, Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann win the eighth Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark singing "Dansevise" (Dancing tune).
1965 - NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
1983 - Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
1989 - Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah.
1989 - A 1,000-foot diameter Near-Earth asteroid misses the Earth by 400,000 miles.
1994 - At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto MartÃ*nez.
1996 - The Republic of China on Taiwan holds its first direct elections for president
1999 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis Maria Argana.
2001 - The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
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Births
1699 - John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777)
1749 - Pierre Simon de Laplace, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
1754 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802)
1769 - William Smith, geologist/cartographer (d. 1839)
1823 - Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
1834 - Julius Reubke, composer (d. 1858)
1878 - Franz Schreker, composer (d. 1934)
1882 - Emmy Noether, mathematician (d. 1935)
1887 - Juan Gris, painter and graphic artist (d. 1927)
1887 - Prince Felix Yussupov, assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
1889 - Yukichi Chuganji, oldest man alive on (d. 2003)
1900 - Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst (d. 1980)
1904 - Joan Crawford, actress (d. 1977)
1905 - Lale Andersen, singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
1907 - Daniel Bovet, scientist, 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1910 - Akira Kurosawa, film director (d. 1998)
1912 - Wernher von Braun, physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
1915 - Vasily Zaitsev, World War II hero (d. 1991)
1929 - Sir Roger Bannister, athlete, first "Miracle Mile"
1937 - Craig Breedlove, former land speed record holder
1942 - Walter Rodney, historian and political figure (d. 1980)
1949 - Ric Ocasek, musician ("The Cars")
1951 - Corinne Clery, French actress
1952 - Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction author
1953 - Chaka Khan, singer
1956 - José Manuel Durão Barroso, Portuguese politician, elected president of the European Commission
1968 - Damon Albarn, musician ("Blur")
1971 - Gail Porter, British television presenter
1972 - Judith Godrèche, actress/author
1973 - Jason Kidd, basketball player
1976 - Keri Russell, actress
1978 - Nicholle Tom, actress
1979 - Chad Dittman, President and CEO of the Intense Football League
1979 - Misty Hyman, US swimmer
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Deaths
1548 - Itagaki Nobukata, a retainer of Takeda Shingen
1555 - Pope Julius III, (b. 1487)
1801 - Tsar Paul of Russia, (b. 1754)
1842 - Stendhal, writer, (b. 1783)
1931 - Bhagat Singh Indian Freedom Fighter (b. 1907)
1931 - Batukeshwar Dutt Indian Freedom Fighter.
1960 - Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b. 1881)
1964 - Peter Lorre, actor, (b. 1904)
1970 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director, (b. 1894)
1979 - Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, (b. 1932)
1983 - Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient
1993 - Hans Werner Richter, author (b. 1908)
2003 - Fritz Spiegl, journalist, (b. 1926)
2004 - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
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Holidays and observances
Roman Empire - The fifth and final day of Quinquatria, held in honor of Minerva.
Roman Empire - Tubilustrium was held in honor of Mars
Ancient Latvia - Lieldienas held in honor of Mara and other goddesses
Pakistan - National Day (Republic Day)