What happened on January 6 ?

1367 - King Richard II of England (d. 1400)

1412 - Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)

1418 - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (d. 1448)

1486 - Martin Agricola, German composer (d. 1556)

1488 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540)

1525 - Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602)

1561 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (d. 1656)

1587 - Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645)

1595 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (d. 1650)

1617 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)

1706 (O.S.) - Benjamin Franklin, American statesman (d. 1790)

1714 - Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (d. 1788)

1795 - Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)

1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)

1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)

1838 - Max Bruch, German composer (d. 1920)

1848 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1876)

1870 - Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)

1872 - Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)

1878 - Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)

1880 - Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)

1882 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and political figure (d. 1965)

1882 - Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)

1882 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)

1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer and painter (d. 1931)

1898 - James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965)

1899 - Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960)

1899 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer, first managing director of Volkswagen (d. 1968)

1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (d. 1993)

1910 - Morris Wright, American writer (d. 1998)

1910 - Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)

1913 - Edward Gierek, Polish politician (d. 2001)

1914 - Danny Thomas, American singer, actor, and comedian (d. 1991)

1915 - Alan Watts, English writer and philosopher (d. 1973)

1917 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)

1920 - Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist

1920 - John Maynard Smith, English bioligist (d. 2004)

1920 - Early Wynn, baseball player (d. 1999)

1923 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)

1924 - Earl Scruggs, American musician

1925 - John De Lorean, American auto maker (d. 2005)

1926 - Ralph Branca, baseball player

1926 - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)

1929 - Babrak Karmal, Afghani politician (d. 1996)

1930 - Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990)

1931 - Capucine, French actress (d. 1990)

1931 - E. L. Doctorow, American author

1931 - Dickie Moore, Canadian hockey player

1932 - Stuart A. Rice, American chemist

1933 - Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (d. 2003)

1933 - Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian

1936 - Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay

1940 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (d. 1989)

1940 - Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)

1943 - Terry Venables, English football manager

1944 - Bonnie Franklin, American actress

1944 - Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1945 - Allen Appel, American novelist

1945 - Kojo Nnamdi (born Rex Orville Montague Paul), host on NPR station WAMU

1946 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist and singer (Pink Floyd)

1947 - Sandy Denny, English vocalist (d. 1978)

1951 - Kim Wilson, American musician

1952 - Frank Sivero, Italian-American actor

1953 - Malcolm Young, Scottish guitarist (AC/DC)

1954 - Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect

1954 - Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer

1954 - Anthony Minghella, British director

1955 - Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor

1957 - Nancy Lopez, American golfer

1959 - Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer

1959 - Kathy Sledge, American singer (Sister Sledge)

1960 - Nigella Lawson, British chef and writer

1960 - Howie Long, American football star

1962 - Michael Houser, American musician (Widespread Panic) (d. 2002)

1963 - Jazzie B, American musician (Soul II Soul)

1964 - Henry Maske, German boxer

1964 - Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005)

1964 - Mark O'Toole, British musician (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

1965 - Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer and scholar

1965 - Charles Ashenoff, Cuban professional wrestler

1966 - Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor

1966 - A. R. Rahman, Indian Music Composer

1966 - Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)

1968 - John Singleton, American film director and writer

1970 - Julie Chen, American television presenter and newsreader

1970 - Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player and model

1974 - Nicole DeHuff. American actress (d. 2005)

1976 - Danny Pintauro, American actor

1976 - Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player

1978 - Nikki Einfeld, Canadian Opera Singer

1980 - Steed Malbranque, French footballer

1980 - Hiromi Oshima, Japanese adult model

1981 - Mike Jones, American rapper

1982 - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player

1985 - LMB, American rapper