Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your February 5 shopping experience:

1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the February 5 offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of February 5 at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.

2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about

3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a February 5? Wrong! If the February 5 is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.

4. Questions - Got a question about February 5 then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....

5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling February 5? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about February 5 and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.

6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your February 5 wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.

7. Feedback - happy with your February 5 then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.

8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the February 5 site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site

9. Contact - got a question about February 5, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.

10. Payment - ready to pay for your February 5, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.

• 1576 - Henry IV of France converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France.
• 1597 - A group of early Kirishitan are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
• 1631 - Roger Williams (theologian) emigrates to Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 1782 - Spain defeat United Kingdom forces and capture Minorca.
• 1818 - Charles XIV of Sweden ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
• 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the Danubian Principalities.
• 1885 - King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal possession.
• 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal
• 1917 - The 1917 Constitution of Mexico of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• 1917 - The Congress of the United States passes a Immigration Act of 1917, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, banning most Asian immigration to the United States.
• 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
• 1924 - The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
• 1936 - Charlie Chaplin releases the last movie of the silent film era, Modern Times (film).
• 1937 - President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937.
• 1945 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
• 1946 - The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
• 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• 1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the United States Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
• 1962 - President of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle calls for allowing Algeria to be an independent nation.
• 1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins.
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell aboard LM, Antares land on the Moon at Fra Mauro formation.
• 1972 - Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
• 1974 - John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States.
• 1988 - Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
• 1988 - Comic Relief holds the first "Red Nose Day", which raises £15 million in the United Kingdom for charitable organization.
• 1994 - Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
• 1994 - During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell slams into a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
• 1997 - The so-called Swiss bank#Major banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
• 2004 - Twenty-three China people drown when a group of 35 Cockle (bivalve)-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
• 2004 - Rebellion from the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.

• 976 - Sanjo Emperor, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)
• 1505 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)
• 1519 - René of Châlon, (d. 1544)
• 1534 - Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
• 1589 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
• 1608 - Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
• 1626 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
• 1650 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
• 1703 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)
• 1725 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
• 1788 - Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
• 1795 - Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
• 1804 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (d. 1877)
• 1808 - Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
• 1810 - Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880)
• 1837 - Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (d. 1899)
• 1840 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)
• 1840 - Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor (Maxim gun) (d. 1916)
• 1848 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. 1907)
• 1848 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. 1889)
• 1848 - Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (d. 1882)
• 1878 - André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)
• 1880 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (d. 1973)
• 1889 - Ernest Tyldesley, British cricketer (d. 1962)
• 1900 - Adlai Stevenson, American politician (d. 1965)
• 1903 - Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (d. 1975)
• 1906 - John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1908 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (d. 1969)
• 1910 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer
• 1910 - Charles Leblond, Canadian Cell Biologist (d. 2007)
• 1911 - Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
• 1914 - William S. Burroughs, American author (d. 1997)
• 1914 - Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1998)
• 1915 - Robert Hofstadter, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1990)
• 1919 - Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1919 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician (d. 1996)
• 1919 - Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1920 - Frank Muir, British comedian (d. 1998)
• 1921 - John Pritchard (conductor), British conductor (d. 1989)
• 1922 - Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (d. 1994)
• 1923 - Claude King, American musician
• 1927 - Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (d. 2002)
• 1928 - Andrew Greeley, American priest and novelist
• 1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (d. 2005)
• 1929 - Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician
• 1929 - Al Worthington, baseball player
• 1930 - John A. Gambling, American radio show host (d. 2004)
• 1933 - Jörn Donner, Finnish writer/director
• 1934 - Don Cherry (ice hockey), Canadian hockey commentator
• 1934 - Hank Aaron, American baseball player
• 1937 - Stuart Damon, American actor
• 1937 - Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist
• 1940 - H.R. Giger, Swiss artist
• 1941 - Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist
• 1941 - David Selby, American actor
• 1941 - Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councilor
• 1942 - Roger Staubach, American football player
• 1942 - Cory Wells, American singer (Three Dog Night)
• 1943 - Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer
• 1943 - Michael Mann (film director), American film director
• 1943 - Craig Morton, American football player
• 1944 - Al Kooper, American musician
• 1946 - Charlotte Rampling, British actress
• 1947 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
• 1948 - Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
• 1948 - Christopher Guest, American actor
• 1948 - Barbara Hershey, American actress
• 1948 - Errol Morris, American film director
• 1952 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter (d. 1986)
• 1953 - John Beilein, American basketball coach
• 1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician
• 1955 - Mike Heath, baseball player
• 1955 - Jorge Ferreira, Portuguese-American superstar singer
• 1956 - Hector Rebaque, Mexican racing driver
• 1960 - Aris Christofellis, Greek countertenor
• 1961 - Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1962 - Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
• 1963 - Steven Shainberg, American film director
• 1964 - Laura Linney, American actress
• 1964 - Duff McKagan, American musician
• 1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
• 1966 - Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
• 1966 - Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer
• 1968 - Roberto Alomar, baseball player
• 1968 - Eyþór Guðjónsson, Icelandic actor
• 1969 - Bobby Brown, American singer
• 1969 - Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
• 1971 - Sara Evans, American singer
• 1972 - Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
• 1972 - Koriki Chōshū, Japanese comedian
• 1973 - Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 - Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer
• 1975 - Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer
• 1975 - Adam Carson, American musician (AFI)
• 1976 - Tony Jaa, Thai actor
• 1976 - Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
• 1976 - John Aloisi, Australian footballer
• 1977 - Ben Ainslie, British sailor
• 1977 - Adam Everett, American baseball player
• 1977 - Ahmad Merritt, American football player
• 1978 - Shawn Reaves, American actor
• 1980 - Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer
• 1980 - Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia, American-born Yugoslav royalty
• 1980 - Jo Swinson, British politician
• 1980 - Robin Vik, Czech tennis player
• 1981 - Nora Zehetner, American actress
• 1981 - Loukas Vyntra, Greek volleyball player
• 1982 - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer
• 1982 - Kevin Everett, American football player
• 1984 - Carlos Tévez, Argentinine footballer
• 1985 - Laurence Maroney, American football player
• 1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 - Crystal Hunt, American actress
• 1985 - Lindsey Cardinale, American singer
• 1986 - Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver
• 1986 - Billy Sharp, English footballer
• 1986 - Manuel Fernandes (footballer born 1986), Portuguese footballer
• 1989 - Jeremy Sumpter, American actor

• 995 - William IV of Aquitaine (b. 937)
• 1520 - Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
• 1578 - Giambattista Moroni, Italian painter
• 1705 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b. 1635)
• 1766 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1775 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692)
• 1790 - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
• 1807 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (b. 1725)
• 1881 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (b. 1795)
• 1892 - Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807)
• 1915 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)
• 1917 - Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1860)
• 1922 - Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (b. 1871)
• 1922 - Christiaan De Wet, South African general (b. 1854)
• 1927 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi
• 1937 - Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born writer (b. 1861)
• 1938 - Hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, author of "Walzing Matilda" (b. 1864)
• 1946 - George Arliss, English actor (b. 1868)
• 1948 - Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1957 - Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (b. 1890)
• 1962 - Jacques Ibert, French composer (b. 1890)
• 1967 - L. L. Bean, American department store founder (b. 1872)
• 1969 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1970 - Rudy York, baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1972 - Marianne Moore, American poet (b. 1887)
• 1976 - Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. 1926)
• 1977 - Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. 1894)
• 1981 - Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
• 1984 - Santo, Mexican wrestler and film actor (b. 1917)
• 1985 - Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 - William Collier, American film and stage actor (b. 1902)
• 1991 - Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 - Miguel Rolando Covian, Brazilian physiologist (b. 1913)
• 1993 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American writer, producer, and director (b. 1909)
• 1993 - Tip Tipping, American actor and stuntman (parachuting accident) (b. 1958)
• 1995 - Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
• 1997 - Pamela Harriman, English-born American diplomat (b. 1920)
• 1998 - Tim Kelly, American musician (b. 1963)
• 1999 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (b. 1906)
• 2000 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (b. 1901)
• 2003 - Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer
• 2004 - John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
• 2005 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. 1937)
• 2006 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (b. 1930)
• 2006 - Franklin Cover, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 - Alfred Worm, Austrian investigative journalist (b. 1945)
• 2007 - Leo T. McCarthy, American politician and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (1983–1995) (b. 1930)

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

• 1576 - Henry IV of France converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France.
• 1597 - A group of early Kirishitan are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
• 1631 - Roger Williams (theologian) emigrates to Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 1782 - Spain defeat United Kingdom forces and capture Minorca.
• 1818 - Charles XIV of Sweden ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
• 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the Danubian Principalities.
• 1885 - King Léopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal possession.
• 1900 - The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal
• 1917 - The 1917 Constitution of Mexico of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• 1917 - The Congress of the United States passes a Immigration Act of 1917, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, banning most Asian immigration to the United States.
• 1919 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists.
• 1924 - The Royal Greenwich Observatory begin broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal or the "BBC pips".
• 1936 - Charlie Chaplin releases the last movie of the silent film era, Modern Times (film).
• 1937 - President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937.
• 1945 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
• 1946 - The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
• 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• 1958 - A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the United States Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
• 1962 - President of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle calls for allowing Algeria to be an independent nation.
• 1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins.
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission - Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell aboard LM, Antares land on the Moon at Fra Mauro formation.
• 1972 - Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
• 1974 - John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States.
• 1988 - Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
• 1988 - Comic Relief holds the first "Red Nose Day", which raises £15 million in the United Kingdom for charitable organization.
• 1994 - Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
• 1994 - During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell slams into a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
• 1997 - The so-called Swiss bank#Major banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
• 2004 - Twenty-three China people drown when a group of 35 Cockle (bivalve)-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
• 2004 - Rebellion from the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.

• 976 - Sanjo Emperor, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)
• 1505 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)
• 1519 - René of Châlon, (d. 1544)
• 1534 - Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
• 1589 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
• 1608 - Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
• 1626 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
• 1650 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
• 1703 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)
• 1725 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
• 1788 - Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
• 1795 - Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
• 1804 - Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (d. 1877)
• 1808 - Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
• 1810 - Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880)
• 1837 - Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (d. 1899)
• 1840 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. 1921)
• 1840 - Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor (Maxim gun) (d. 1916)
• 1848 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (d. 1907)
• 1848 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (d. 1889)
• 1848 - Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (d. 1882)
• 1878 - André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (d. 1935)
• 1880 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (d. 1973)
• 1889 - Ernest Tyldesley, British cricketer (d. 1962)
• 1900 - Adlai Stevenson, American politician (d. 1965)
• 1903 - Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (d. 1975)
• 1906 - John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1908 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (d. 1969)
• 1910 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer
• 1910 - Charles Leblond, Canadian Cell Biologist (d. 2007)
• 1911 - Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
• 1914 - William S. Burroughs, American author (d. 1997)
• 1914 - Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1998)
• 1915 - Robert Hofstadter, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1990)
• 1919 - Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1919 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician (d. 1996)
• 1919 - Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1920 - Frank Muir, British comedian (d. 1998)
• 1921 - John Pritchard (conductor), British conductor (d. 1989)
• 1922 - Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (d. 1994)
• 1923 - Claude King, American musician
• 1927 - Ruth Fertel, American entrepreneur (d. 2002)
• 1928 - Andrew Greeley, American priest and novelist
• 1929 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (d. 2005)
• 1929 - Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician
• 1929 - Al Worthington, baseball player
• 1930 - John A. Gambling, American radio show host (d. 2004)
• 1933 - Jörn Donner, Finnish writer/director
• 1934 - Don Cherry (ice hockey), Canadian hockey commentator
• 1934 - Hank Aaron, American baseball player
• 1937 - Stuart Damon, American actor
• 1937 - Wang Xuan, Chinese scientist
• 1940 - H.R. Giger, Swiss artist
• 1941 - Jane Bryant Quinn, American journalist
• 1941 - David Selby, American actor
• 1941 - Kaspar Villiger, Swiss Federal Councilor
• 1942 - Roger Staubach, American football player
• 1942 - Cory Wells, American singer (Three Dog Night)
• 1943 - Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer
• 1943 - Michael Mann (film director), American film director
• 1943 - Craig Morton, American football player
• 1944 - Al Kooper, American musician
• 1946 - Charlotte Rampling, British actress
• 1947 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
• 1948 - Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
• 1948 - Christopher Guest, American actor
• 1948 - Barbara Hershey, American actress
• 1948 - Errol Morris, American film director
• 1952 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer and songwriter (d. 1986)
• 1953 - John Beilein, American basketball coach
• 1954 - Cliff Martinez, American musician
• 1955 - Mike Heath, baseball player
• 1955 - Jorge Ferreira, Portuguese-American superstar singer
• 1956 - Hector Rebaque, Mexican racing driver
• 1960 - Aris Christofellis, Greek countertenor
• 1961 - Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1962 - Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
• 1963 - Steven Shainberg, American film director
• 1964 - Laura Linney, American actress
• 1964 - Duff McKagan, American musician
• 1965 - Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer
• 1966 - Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
• 1966 - Apostolos Nanos, Greek archer
• 1968 - Roberto Alomar, baseball player
• 1968 - Eyþór Guðjónsson, Icelandic actor
• 1969 - Bobby Brown, American singer
• 1969 - Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
• 1971 - Sara Evans, American singer
• 1972 - Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
• 1972 - Koriki Chōshū, Japanese comedian
• 1973 - Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 - Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer
• 1975 - Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer
• 1975 - Adam Carson, American musician (AFI)
• 1976 - Tony Jaa, Thai actor
• 1976 - Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
• 1976 - John Aloisi, Australian footballer
• 1977 - Ben Ainslie, British sailor
• 1977 - Adam Everett, American baseball player
• 1977 - Ahmad Merritt, American football player
• 1978 - Shawn Reaves, American actor
• 1980 - Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer
• 1980 - Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia, American-born Yugoslav royalty
• 1980 - Jo Swinson, British politician
• 1980 - Robin Vik, Czech tennis player
• 1981 - Nora Zehetner, American actress
• 1981 - Loukas Vyntra, Greek volleyball player
• 1982 - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer
• 1982 - Kevin Everett, American football player
• 1984 - Carlos Tévez, Argentinine footballer
• 1985 - Laurence Maroney, American football player
• 1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 - Crystal Hunt, American actress
• 1985 - Lindsey Cardinale, American singer
• 1986 - Reed Sorenson, American racecar driver
• 1986 - Billy Sharp, English footballer
• 1986 - Manuel Fernandes (footballer born 1986), Portuguese footballer
• 1989 - Jeremy Sumpter, American actor

• 995 - William IV of Aquitaine (b. 937)
• 1520 - Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
• 1578 - Giambattista Moroni, Italian painter
• 1705 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (b. 1635)
• 1766 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
• 1775 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692)
• 1790 - William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
• 1807 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (b. 1725)
• 1881 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (b. 1795)
• 1892 - Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807)
• 1915 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)
• 1917 - Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1860)
• 1922 - Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (b. 1871)
• 1922 - Christiaan De Wet, South African general (b. 1854)
• 1927 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi
• 1937 - Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born writer (b. 1861)
• 1938 - Hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, author of "Walzing Matilda" (b. 1864)
• 1946 - George Arliss, English actor (b. 1868)
• 1948 - Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1957 - Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (b. 1890)
• 1962 - Jacques Ibert, French composer (b. 1890)
• 1967 - L. L. Bean, American department store founder (b. 1872)
• 1969 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1970 - Rudy York, baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1972 - Marianne Moore, American poet (b. 1887)
• 1976 - Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. 1926)
• 1977 - Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. 1894)
• 1981 - Ella Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
• 1984 - Santo, Mexican wrestler and film actor (b. 1917)
• 1985 - Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 - William Collier, American film and stage actor (b. 1902)
• 1991 - Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 - Miguel Rolando Covian, Brazilian physiologist (b. 1913)
• 1993 - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American writer, producer, and director (b. 1909)
• 1993 - Tip Tipping, American actor and stuntman (parachuting accident) (b. 1958)
• 1995 - Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
• 1997 - Pamela Harriman, English-born American diplomat (b. 1920)
• 1998 - Tim Kelly, American musician (b. 1963)
• 1999 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (b. 1906)
• 2000 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (b. 1901)
• 2003 - Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer
• 2004 - John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
• 2005 - Gnassingbe Eyadema, President of Togo (b. 1937)
• 2006 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (b. 1930)
• 2006 - Franklin Cover, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 - Alfred Worm, Austrian investigative journalist (b. 1945)
• 2007 - Leo T. McCarthy, American politician and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (1983–1995) (b. 1930)

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Listen now on your computer • Subscribe for free via iTunes • Or use the web feed. What would you do if you could live forever? The question may not be as far fetched as it ...