Births (450 years ago today): 1575 - Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, English noblewoman and head of state of the Isle of Man (died 1627)

Births (200 years ago today): 1825 - Émile Ollivier, French statesman (died 1913)

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (died 1963)

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1961)

Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Éric Dazé, Canadian ice hockey player

Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Kristen Michal, Estonian lawyer and politician^[35]

Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Erik Ohlsson, Swedish singer and guitarist

Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Elizabeth Reaser, American actress^[36]^[37]

Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player

Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 - James Robertson Justice, English actor (born 1907)