Sandro Botticelli – 1445 – an Italian painter best known for his large-scale mythological and allegorical paintings, such as “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera.” He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance.

Frédéric Chopin – 1810 – a Polish composer and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers for the piano in the history of Western classical music. Some of Chopin’s most famous works include his Preludes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Polonaises and his Sonata in B minor.

Giovanni Duprè – 1817 – an Italian sculptor, considered one of the most important artists of the 19th century. His most famous works include a statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, which stands in Rome’s Piazza Garibaldi and his sculpture of the dying Neapolitan fisherman, which is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

David Niven – 1910 – a British actor best known for his roles in films such as “Separate Tables” and “Around the World in 80 Days”. He also appeared in several comedies, including “The Pink Panther” and “Murder by Death”.

Jack Clayton – 1921 – a British film director. His most notable films include “The Innocents”, “Room at the Top”, “The Great Gatsby” and “The Pumpkin Eater” for which he received an Academy Award nomination.

Raymond St Jacques – 1930 – an American actor, best known for his role as Simon Blake in a western series “Rawhide”. He also appeared in several films and television shows, including “Cotton Comes to Harlem,” “They Call Me Mister Tibbs!” and “The Mod Squad”.

Robert Conrad – 1935 – an American actor best known for his roles in television shows “Hawaiian Eye,” “The Wild Wild West” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep”. He also appeared in films such as “Hawaiian Eye”, “Assassin” and “The Lady in Red”.

1937 – Jed Allan – an American actor, best known for his roles in the soap operas “Days of Our Lives,” “Santa Barbara,” and “General Hospital.” He also appeared in other popular TV shows such as “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “L.A. Law.”

1944 – Roger Daltrey – an English musician and singer, best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the iconic rock band The Who. The band produced a number of classic hits, including “My Generation,” “Pinball Wizard,” and “Baba O’Riley.”

1945 – Dirk Benedict – an American actor known for his roles as Lieutenant Starbuck in the original “Battlestar Galactica” series and the character Templeton “Faceman” Peck in “The A-Team.” He has also appeared in several films, including “Scavenger Hunt,” and “Alaska.”

1946 – Lana Wood – an American actress best known for her role as the Bond girl Plenty O’Toole in the 1971 James Bond film “Diamonds Are Forever.” She has also appeared in a number of other films and TV shows, including “Peyton Place,” “The Searchers,” and “The Wild Wild West.”

1947 – Alan Thicke – a Canadian actor, songwriter, and television host, best known for his role as Dr. Jason Seaver in television series “Growing Pains”. He also hosted several game shows and talk shows, including “The Alan Thicke Show,” “Pictionary,” and “All New 3’s a Crowd.”

1954 – Catherine Bach – an American actress, known for her role as Daisy Duke in television series “The Dukes of Hazzard”. She has also appeared in a number of other films and television shows, including “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

1954 – Ron Howard – an American filmmaker and actor. He first gained fame as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in “The Andy Griffith Show” and later as Richie Cunningham in “Happy Days.” Howard directed several successful films, including “Cocoon,” “Apollo 13,” “A Beautiful Mind” and “The Da Vinci Code.”

1956 – Timothy Daly – an American actor known for his roles in television shows, “Wings,” “The Sopranos,” and “Private Practice.” He has also appeared in a number of films, including “Diner,” “Made in Heaven,” and “The Object of My Affection.”

1967 George Eads – an American actor best known for his role as Nick Stokes in television series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”. He also appeared in several other television shows and films, including “ER,” “Just a Walk in the Park,” and “Monte Walsh.”

1969 – Javier Bardem – a Spanish actor known for his role as Reinaldo Arenas in the film “Before Night Falls”, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also appeared in a number of critically acclaimed films, including “The Sea Inside”, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, “No Country for Old Men” and “Skyfall”.

1971 – Ma Dong-Seok (also known as Don Lee) – a Korean-American actor, who has gained recognition for his roles in the films “The Neighbor”, “The Attorney”, and “Train to Busan”. Ma’s other notable film credits include “The Outlaws”, “Champion”, and “Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds”.

1973 – Jack Davenport – an English actor, best known for his role as James Norrington in the blockbuster film, “Pirates of the Caribbean”. He also appeared in the 2008 movie “The Boat That Rocked” and the television series “Smash.”

1974 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar – an American actor best known for his roles as Zack Morris in the television series “Saved by the Bell” and Detective John Clark Jr. in the drama “NYPD Blue.”

1978 – Alicia Leigh Willis – an American actress known for her role of Courtney Matthews on the soap opera “General Hospital.” She also had a recurring roles on the TV shows “The L Word”, “CSI: Miami,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and “NCIS”.

1978 – Jensen Ackles – an American actor and director best known for his role as Dean Winchester on the television series “Supernatural”. He also starred in the soap opera “Days of Our Lives”, playing the character Eric Brady.

1981 – Adam LaVorgna – an American actor best known for his role as Robbie Palmer in the long-running family drama series “7th Heaven”. He has also appeared in other popular TV shows, including “Dawson’s Creek,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and “Cold Case” and films “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, “Outside Providence” and “Milk and Honey”.

1983 – Lupita Nyong’o – a Kenyan-Mexican actress known for her performance as Patsey in film “12 Years a Slave,” for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since appeared in several other high-profile films, including “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, “Black Panther”, and “Us”.

1987 – Kesha – (stylized as Ke$ha), an American singer and songwriter. Her debut single, “Tik Tok,” was released in 2009 and became a massive hit. In addition to her music career, Kesha has also been an advocate for various social causes, including animal rights and LGBTQ rights.

1990 – Harry Eden – a British actor best known for his roles in the films “Oliver Twist”, “Flashbacks of a Fool”, and “City Rats”. He also had a recurring role in the popular soap opera “EastEnders” from 2009 to 2010, playing the character of Ben Mitchell.

1994 – Justin Bieber – a Canadian singer and songwriter. Bieber was discovered on YouTube in 2008. He released his debut album in 2010, which included the hit singles “Baby” and “Somebody to Love.” He has won numerous awards for his music, including a Grammy Award.

1872 – Yellowstone National Park was established, by an act of the U.S. Congress, as the first national park in the United States and is widely considered to be the first national park in the world. Yellowstone is known for its unique geothermal features, including the famous Old Faithful geyser, as well as its wildlife, such as bison, elk, and bears.

1941 – Captain America created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is first published by Timely Comics. In this debut issue, Captain America is shown punching Adolf Hitler on the cover. The character has since become one of the most iconic superheroes in American pop culture.

1949 – Joe Louis, an American boxer widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, retired. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949, and during his career he defended his title a record 25 times.

1973 – Pink Floyd released “Dark Side of the Moon”. The album is considered one of the greatest and most successful rock albums of all time. It spent a record-breaking 937 weeks (over 17 years) on the Billboard 200 chart and includes classic tracks “Money”, “Time”, and “Us and Them”.

1978 – Charlie Chaplin’s coffin and remains were stolen from his grave in the Swiss cemetery in an extortion plot. The thieves left a note demanding a ransom of $600,000 for the return of Chaplin’s body but the family refused to pay the ransom.

Einstein’s brain was stolen when he died. After Albert Einstein’s death in 1955, his brain was removed during an autopsy performed by Dr. Thomas Harvey. He took the brain without proper authorization and refused to return it. Harvey finally returned the brain to Princeton Hospital 1990’s, were subsequently was donated to various research institutions for study.

A single watermelon once sold for $6,125. A black-skinned Densuke watermelon grown on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, was purchased at an auction by a high-end fruit retailer in Japan in 2008.

There is a species of jellyfish that never dies. The jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the “immortal jellyfish,” has the ability to transform back into its juvenile form after reaching the end of its natural lifespan or when injured.