On This Day

Prime Minister of India

American musician and actor

Yugoslav–Serbian politician

American neuroscientist

Italian writer

American writer and editor

German theologian

French statesman and lawyer, President of France

Polish novelist

President of the United States, 1889-1893

Swedish chemist

Chilean independence leader

American comedian, actor and film director

Ethiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia

American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist

2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China

British astronomer

French-American musician

American physicist

German philosopher

German/Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)