What happened on September 5 ?

1187 - King Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)

1494 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (d. 1576)

1568 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)

1638 - Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)

1667 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)

1695 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)

1722 - Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)

1725 - Jean-ÿtienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)

1735 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d. 1782)

1750 - Robert Fergusson , Scottish poet (d. 1774)

1771 - Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (d. 1847)

1774 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)

1787 - François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850)

1791 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (d. 1864)

1806 - Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (d. 1865)

1807 - Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)

1827 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer

1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)

1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist and inventor (d. 1935)

1867 - Amy Beach, American composer and pianist

1874 - Nap Lajoie, baseball player (d. 1959)

1876 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (d. 1956)

1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India (d. 1975)

1892 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)

1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and executive (d. 1979)

1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer (d. 1983)

1912 - John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)

1912 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)

1913 - Frank Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)

1916 - Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)

1921 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive

1924 - Paul Volcker, American banker

1929 - Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian

1929 - Andrian Nikolayev, cosmonaut

1934 - Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer

1936 - Bill Mazeroski, baseball player

1937 - Antonio Valentin Angelillo, Argentinian football player

1939 - William Devane, American actor

1939 - George Lazenby, Australian actor

1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress

1942 - Werner Herzog, German film director

1945 - Al Stewart, Scottish singer and songwriter

1946 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer Queen (d. 1991)

1946 - Buddy Miles, American musician

1946 - Loudon Wainwright III, American singer and composer

1948 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician

1950 - Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist

1951 - Michael Keaton, American actor (or September 9)

1956 - Roine Stolt, Swedish guitarist (The Flower Kings)

1962 - Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor

1963 - Juan Alderete, American bassist (Racer X)

1967 - Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player

1969 - Dweezil Zappa, American musician

1969 - Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, Brazilian football player

1973 - Rose McGowan, Italian-born actress

1976 - Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast

1978 - Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby union player

1979 - George O'Callaghan, Irish professional football player