Birthdays:
1967 ~ Nicole Kidman,
Australian actress.
1955 ~ E. Lynn Harris
(d. 2009), the African-American author who wrote about gay Black men.
1954 ~ Ilan Ramon (d. 2003),
Israeli combat pilot and astronaut, who was killed, along with 6 other crew
members, when the Columbia crashed
upon re-entry.
1952 ~ John Goodman,
American actor.
1949 ~ Lionel Richie,
American musician.
1933 ~ Danny Aiello,
American actor.
1931 ~ Olympia Dukakis,
American actress.
1928 ~ Martin Landau,
American actor.
1926 ~ Rehavam Ze’evi (d. 2001), Israeli general and politician.
1925 ~ Doris
Hart (d. 2015), American tennis champion who beat the odds. She was a World Number 1 tennis player who
was active in the 1940s and ‘50s. She
was one of just three players to have a “boxes set” of Grand Slam titles by
winning the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles from all four Grand Slam
events. She was 89 years old.
1924 ~ Audie Murphy (d.
1971), American Medal of Honor recipient and actor.
1909 ~ Errol Flynn (d.
1959), Australian actor.
1905 ~ Lillian Hellman (d.
1984), American playwright.
1861 ~ Frederick Gowland Hopkins (d. 1947), English biochemist
and recipient of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
1837 ~ David Josiah Brewer (d. 1910), Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1819 ~ Jacques Offenbach (d.
1880), German-born French composer.
1808 ~ Samson Raphael Hirsch (d. 1888), German rabbi.
Events
that Changed the World:
2009 ~ During the Iranian elections
protests, Neda Agha-Soltan (1983 ~ 2009) shot to death and her death was caught
on video and immediately released on the internet.
1977 ~ The Trans-Alaska oil
pipeline opened.
1975 ~ The movie, Jaws,
was released.
1945 ~ The United States government approved the transfer of Wernher
von Braun and his team of Nazi scientist to America.
1893 ~ Lizzie Bordon was
acquitted of the murders of her father and step-mother.
1877 ~ Alexander Graham Bell
installed the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada.
1863 ~ West Virginia was
admitted as the 35th State in the Union.
1840 ~ Samuel Morse received
a patent for the telegraph.
1837 ~ Queen Victoria of
England ascended to the British throne. She
reigned over England and the British Commonwealth until her death on January
22, 1901.
1782 ~ U.S. Congress adopted
the design for the Great Seal of the United States.
1214 ~ The University of
Oxford received its charter.
Good-Byes:
2012 ~ LeRoy Neiman (b. 1921), American painter.
2012 ~ Judy Agnew (b. 1921), 29th Second Lady of the
United States and wife of US Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew.
2005 ~ Larry Collins (b. 1929), American writer, best known for O, Jerusalem, about the history of
Israel.
2005 ~ Jack Kilby (b. 1923), American physicist and recipient of
the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.
1972 ~ Howard Johnson (b.
1897), American businessman and founder of the Howard Johnson restaurant chain.
1963 ~ Raphaël Salem (b. 1898), Greek mathematician.
1958 ~ Kurt Alder (b. 1902), German chemist and recipient of the
1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
1947 ~ Benjamin “Bugsy”
Siegel (b. 1906), American gangster.
1843 ~ Hugh Swinton Legaré (b. 1797), 16th US
Attorney General. He served under
President John Tyler. He also briefly
served as Acting Secretary of State under President Tyler.
1837 ~ King William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765).
1800 ~ Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (b. 1719), German mathematician.
1605 ~ Feodor II of Russia (b.
1589). He was assassinated 3 months
after being installed as tsar.
537 ~ Pope Silverius.
