January 14

Birthdays:

1969 ~ Jason Bateman, American actor.

1969 ~ David Grohl, American musician.

1963 ~ Steven Soderbergh, American movie director, best known for his first film, Sex, Lies and Video Tapes.  He spent his teenage years in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1961 ~ Robert “Rob” Hall (d. May 11, 1996), New Zealander mountaineer who led many expeditions up Mt. Everest.  He died on one such expedition, which was recounted in Jon Krakauer’s book, Into Thin Air.  He was also the subject of the 2015 movie Everest.  He died at age 35.

1952 ~ Maureen Dowd, American journalist.

1944 ~ Nina Totenberg, American journalist for national public radio.

1943 ~ Ralph Steinman (d. Sept. 30, 2011), Canadian biologist and recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the dentritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.  He died 3 days before the Nobel Prize committee announced the 2011 recipients so was awarded the Nobel Prize posthumously.  He was 68 years old at the time of his death.

1943 ~ Holland Taylor, American actress.

1941 ~ Faye Dunaway (né Dorothy Faye Dunaway), American actress, best known for her role as Bonnie Parker in the movie, Bonnie and Clyde.

1940 ~ Julian Bond (né Horace Julian Bond, d. Aug. 15, 2015), African-American civil rights leader.  He was an urban crusader who fought for civil rights.  He died in Fort Walton Beach, Florida at age 75.

1938 ~ Allen Toussaint (d. Nov. 10, 2015), American jazz musician.  He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He died of a heart attack shortly after giving a concert in Madrid, Spain.  He was 77 years old.

1928 ~ Garry Winogrand (d. Mar. 19, 1984), American photographer.  He died at age 56 of gall bladder cancer.

1925 ~ Jean-Claude Beton (d. Dec. 2, 2013), French businessman and founder of Orangina.  He died at age 87.

1919 ~ Andy Rooney (né Andrew Aitken Rooney, d. Nov. 4, 2011), American World War II reported turned beloved TV philosopher.  He was a radio and television personality.  He began his career as a World War II reporter before becoming a TV philosopher on his long-time segment on 60 Minutes.  He died at age 92.

1919 ~ Giulio Andreotti (d. May 6, 2013), Seven-time Italian prime minister.  He died at age 94.

1915 ~ Mark Goodson (d. Dec. 18, 1992), American game show producer and creator of game shows such as Family Feud and The Price is Right.  He died less than a month before his 78^th birthday.

1904 ~ Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (d. Jan. 18, 1980). British fashion photographer.  He died 4 days after his 76^th birthday.

1901 ~ Alfred Tarski (né Alfred Teitelbaum, d. Oct. 26, 1983), Polish-born mathematician.  He died at age 82.

1896 ~ John Dos Passos (d. Sept. 28, 1970), American novelist.  He died at age 74.

1887 ~ Hugo Steinhaus (né Władysław Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus, d. Feb. 25, 1972), Polish mathematician and educator.  He died at age 85.

1886 ~ Hugh Lofting (d. Sept. 26, 1947), English author and creator of Doctor Dolittle.  He died at age 61.

1883 ~ Nina Ricci (née Maria Adélaude Nielli, d. Nov. 30, 1970), Italian-born French fashion designer.  She died at age 87.

1875 ~ Albert Schweitzer (d. Sept. 4, 1965), German physician, philosopher, musician and medical missionary.  Schweitzer was the recipient of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life,” and the founding of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in the west central African country of Gabon.  He died at age 90.

1780 ~ Henry Baldwin (d. Apr. 21, 1844), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.  He was appointed to the High Court by President Andrew Jackson.  He served on the Court from January 1830 until his death 14 years later.  He died at age 64

1741 ~ Benedict Arnold (d. June 14, 1801), American Revolutionary War General turned spy for the British.  He died at age 60.

1684 ~ Johann Matthias Hase (d. Sept. 24, 1742), German mathematician and astronomer.  The crater Hase on the Moon is named in his honor.    He died at age 58.

1131 ~ Valdemar I of Denmark (d. May 12, 1182).  He died at age 51.

83 BCE ~ The traditional date ascribed to the birth of Marc Antony (d. Aug. 1, 30 BCE), Roman politician, general and lover of Cleopatra.  He is believed to have been about 53 at the time of his death.

Events that Changed the World:

2011 ~ Zine El Abidine ben Ali (b. 1936), former president of Tunisia, fled to Saudi Arabia after protest in the country, thus beginning the so-called Arab Spring.

1972 ~ Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1940) ascended to the throne becoming the first Queen of Denmark since 1412.  She was also the first Danish monarch not to be named either Frederick or Christian since 1513.

1954 ~ The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation.

1953 ~ Marshal Josip Tito (1892 ~ 1980) became first President of Yugoslavia.  He served until his death in 1980.

1952 ~ The NBC Today show debuted, with David Garroway (1913 ~ 1982) as host.

1943 ~ U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt (1882 ~ 1945) and England’s Prime Minister, Winston Churchill (1874 ~ 1965), began the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy for the next phases of World War II.  In going to Morocco to meet with Churchill, Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane while in office.  Roosevelt’s flight took several days and made several stops.

1907 ~ An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica killed over 1000 people.

1784 ~ The United States Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain, thereby formally recognizing the end of the American Revolutionary War.

1539 ~ Spain annexed Cuba.

1514 ~ Pope Leo X (1475 ~ 1521) issued a papal bull against slavery.

Good-Byes:

2016 ~ Alan Rickman (b. Feb. 21, 1946), British actor who was the voice of villainy.  He was adored for his villainous turns in Die Hard and Harry Potter.  He died of pancreatic cancer just over a month before his 70^th birthday.

2014 ~ Mae Young (née Johnny Mae Young, b. Mar. 12, 1923), American professional “lady wrestler” who relished playing the heel.  She died at age 90.

2012 ~ Dan Evins (b. Oct. 11, 1935), American businessman and founder of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.  He died at age 76.

2009 ~ Ricardo Montalbán (b. Nov. 25, 1920), Mexican-American actor who exuded foreign charisma.  He is best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on the television series, Fantasy Island.  He died of congestive heart failure at age 88.

2006 ~ Shelley Winters (née Shirley Schrift, b. Aug. 18, 1920), American actress.  She was best known for her role in The Poseidon Adventure.  She died at age 85 of heart failure.

2004 ~ Uta Hagen (d. June 12, 1919), German-born American actress.  She died at age 84.

1986 ~ Donna Reed (née Donna Belle Mullenger, b. Jan. 27, 1921), American actress.  She died of pancreatic cancer 13 days before her 65^th birthday.

1984 ~ Ray Kroc (b. Oct. 5, 1902), American fast food entrepreneur famous for founding McDonald’s.  He was the subject of the 2016 movie Founder.  He died of heart failure at age 81.

1978 ~ Kurt Gödel (b. Apr. 28, 1906), Austrian mathematician.  He was born in what is now Brno, Czech Republic.  He died at age 71.

1977 ~ Peter Finch (né Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch, b. Sept. 28, 1916), English actor.  He is best known for his role as television anchorman Howard Beale in the movie Network.  He died at age 60 of a heart attack.

1977 ~ Anaïs Nin (né Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, b. Feb. 21, 1903), French writer and diarist.  She is best known for her erotic literature.  She was born in France to Cuban parents.  She died at age 73.

1977 ~ Anthony Eden, 1^st Earl of Avon (né Robert Anthony Eden, b. June 12, 1897), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.  He served as Prime Minister from April 1955 until January 1957.  He died at age 79.

1972 ~ King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. Mar. 11, 1899).  He died at age 72.

1970 ~ William Feller (né Vilibald Srećko Feller, b. July 7, 1906), Croatian-American mathematician.  He died at age 63.

1967 ~ Evelyn Nesbit (née Florence Evelyn Nesbit, b. Dec. 25, 1884), American actress.  She is best known for her relationship with the much older architect, Stanford White.  In 1906, her jealous husband, Harry Kendall Thaw, murdered White.  She died 20 days after her 82^nd birthday.

1957 ~ Humphrey Bogart (b. Dec. 25, 1899), American actor.  He died of esophageal cancer 20 days after his 57^th birthday.

1920 ~ John Francis Dodge (b. Oct. 25, 1864), American businessman and co-founder of the Dodge Automobile Company.  He died of Spanish influenza and pneumonia at age 55.

1901 ~ Charles Hermite (b. Dec. 24, 1822), French mathematician who studied number theory.  He died 3 weeks after his 78^th birthday.

1898 ~ Lewis Carroll (né Charles Dodgson, b. Jan. 27, 1832), English writer and mathematician, best known for his children’s book, Alice in Wonderland.  He died 13 days before his 66^th birthday.

1867 ~ Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (b. Aug. 29, 1780), French painter and artist.  He died at age 86.

1786 ~ Meshech Weare (b. June 16, 1713), American farmer and politician.  He was the first governor of New Hampshire.  He served in office from June 1776 until June 1785.  He died at age 72.  The town of Weare, New Hampshire was named in his honor.

1766 ~ Frederick V of Denmark (b. Mar. 31, 1723).  He died at age 42.

1679 ~ Jacques de Billy (b. Mar. 18, 1602), French mathematician and Jesuit priest.  The crater Billy on the Moon is named in his honor.  He died at age 76.

1676 ~ Francesco Cavalli (d. Feb. 14, 1602), Italian composer.  He died a month before his 74^th birthday.

1301 ~ Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265), the last member of the Hungarian Árpád dynasty.  He was sometimes known as Andrew III the Venetian.  He was king of Hungary and Croatia.  The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 35 or 36 at the time of his death.

1163 ~ Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131).  The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 31 at the time of his death.

1092 ~ Vratislaus II of Bohemia.  The date of his birth is not known.