What happened on March 13 ?

2 - Apollonius of Tyana

1372 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)

1615 - Pope Innocent XII (d. 1700)

1683 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)

1700 - Michel Blavet, French flutist (d. 1768)

1719 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797)

1720 - Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)

1733 - Joseph Priestley, English scientist and minister (d. 1804)

1741 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)

1763 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (d. 1815)

1764 - Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)

1781 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect (d. 1841)

1784 - Jean Moufot, French philosopher and mathematician (d. 1842)

1798 - Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)

1815 - James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (d. 1911)

1855 - Percival Lowell, American astronomer (d. 1916)

1860 - Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (d. 1903)

1864 - Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (d. 1941)

1870 - Albert Meyer, member of the Swiss Federal Council in the 1930s (d. 1953)

1884 - Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist (d. 1941)

1899 - John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)

1899 - Jan Lecho?, Polish poet

1900 - Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (d. 1981)

1900 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

1908 - Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2002)

1910 - Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (d. 1985)

1910 - Sammy Kaye, American musician (d. 1987)

1911 - L. Ron Hubbard, American author (d. 1986)

1913 - William Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1987)

1913 - Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer

1914 - Edward O'Hare, American pilot (d. 1943)

1914 - W.O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (d. 1998)

1921 - Al Jaffee, American cartoonist

1926 - Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina

1926 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (d. 2003)

1927 - Robert Denning, interior designer (d. 2005)

1929 - Peter Breck, American actor

1930 - Jan Howard, American singer

1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer

1934 - Barry Hughart, American author

1935 - Michael Walzer, American philosopher

1935 - Leslie Parrish, American actress

1938 - Erma Franklin, American singer (d. 2002)

1939 - Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter

1942 - Dave Cutler, American software engineer

1942 - Scatman John, American singer (d. 1999)

1945 - Michael Martin Murphey, American musician

1946 - Jonathan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier (d. 1976)

1947 - Beat Richner, Swiss physician and cellist

1949 - Julia Migenes, American soprano

1950 - William H. Macy, American actor

1951 - Fred Berry, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)

1952 - Wolfgang Rihm, German composer

1955 - Bruno Conti, Italian footballer

1960 - Adam Clayton, Irish bassist (U2)

1960 - Gal Rasché, conductor

1960 - Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and political esseyist.

1963 - Fito Páez, Argentine musician and songwriter.

1967 - Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (d. 1994)

1970 - Tim Story, American film director

1971 - Annabeth Gish, American actress

1971 - Robert Lanham, American author and satirist

1972 - Common, American rapper

1973 - Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer

1973 - David Draiman, American musician and songwriter (Disturbed)

1974 - Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player

1976 - Danny Masterson, American actor

1977 - Ed Sloan, American musician, member of Crossfade

1977 - Momo Sylla, Guinean footballer

1979 - Johan Santana, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player

1979 - Spanky G, American Musician (Bloodhound Gang)

1980 - H.I.T.L.A.H. Capo Confucious American rapper (d.2003)

1981 - Stephen Maguire, Scottish snooker player

1983 - Mallory R. Evans, American writer and artist

1984 - Nanri Yuuka, Japanese seiy?

1984 - Pieter Custers, Dutch athlete

1985 - Emile Hirsch, American actor

1986 - Natalie and Nicole Albino, American musicians (Nina Sky)

1989 - Harry Melling, British actor