Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)

Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (died 2012)

Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player and scout

Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norwegian orienteering competitor

Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alex Shaffer, American skier

Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (born 1898)