What happened on December 14 ?

1009 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)

1503 - Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566)

1546 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (d. 1601)

1625 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)

1631 - Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)

1640 - (baptism date) - Aphra Behn, English playwright and novelist (d. 1689)

1678 - Daniel Neal, English historian (d. 1743)

1720 - Justus Möser, German statesman (d. 1794)

1775 - Philander Chase, American founder of Kenyon College (d. 1852)

1775 - Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (d. 1860)

1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (d. 1898)

1866 - Roger Fry, British artist and art critic (d. 1934)

1870 - Karl Renner, President of Austria (d. 1950)

1881 - Katherine MacDonald, American actress and fim producer (d. 1956)

1884 - Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (d. 1950)

1895 - Paul Eluard, French poet (d. 1952)

1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952)

1896 - Jimmy Doolittle, American General (d. 1993)

1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (d. 1995)

1902 - Frances Bavier, American actress (d. 1989)

1908 - Morey Amsterdam, American comedian and actor (d. 1996)

1909 - Edward Tatum, American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

1911 - Spike Jones, American comedian and musician (d. 1965)

1913 - Dan Dailey, American actor (d. 1978)

1914 - Karl Carstens, President of Germany (d. 1992)

1914 - Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003)

1916 - Shirley Jackson, American writer (d. 1965)

1918 - James T. Aubrey, American television executive (d. 1994)

1918 - B.K.S. Iyengar, Indian yoga advocate

1920 - Clark Terry, American trumpeter

1922 - Nikolay Basov, Soviet-born Russian physicist and Noble Prize laureate (d. 2001)

1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer

1924 - Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 1988)

1932 - Charlie Rich, American musician (d. 1995)

1935 - Lee Remick, American actress (d. 1991)

1938 - Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian

1946 - Jane Birkin, British-born actress

1946 - Patty Duke, American actress

1946 - Michael Ovitz, American film producer

1946 - Stan Smith, American tennis player

1946 - Ruth Fuchs, East German athlete

1947 - Christopher Parkening, American guitarist

1949 - Bill Buckner, American baseball player

1949 - Cliff Williams, British-born bassist (AC/DC)

1949 - Dee Wallace-Stone, American actress

1951 - Jan Timman, Dutch chess grandmaster

1953 - René Eespere, Soviet-born Estonian composer

1954 - Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (d. 1993)

1954 - James Horan, American actor

1956 - Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein skier

1957 - Gary Ferris, American author

1958 - Mike Scott, British singer and songwriter (The Waterboys)

1958 - Spider Stacy (Peter Richard Stacy), British-born tin whistle player, (The Pogues)

1960 - Bob Paris, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate

1962 - Ginger Lynn (Ginger Lynn Allen), American adult film actress

1963 - Cynthia Gibb, American actress

1965 - Craig Biggio, American baseball player

1966 - Bill Ranford, Canadian ice hockey player

1967 - Ewa Bia?o??cka, Polish writer

1969 - Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player

1970 - Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer

1973 - Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-born Canadian international footballer

1974 - Billy Koch, baseball player

1977 - KaDee Strickland, American actress

1979 - Michael Owen, English international footballer

1979 - Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer

1980 - Tata Young, Thai-American singer

1982 - Anthony Way, British singer and actor

1984 - Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer

1984 - Edward Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer

1985 - Tom Smith, Welsh Rugby Union Player

1988 - Nicolas Batum, French basketball player

1988 - Vanessa Anne Hudgens, American actress

1990 - Murakawa Daisuke, professional Go player