Birthdays:
1996~ Abigail Kathleen Breslin, American actress, best known for her role in Little Miss Sunshine.
1977~ Chandra Ann Levy (d. May 1, 2001), American murder victim. The exact date of her death is unknown, but she went missing on May 1, 2001. She disappeared 2 weeks after her 24thbirthday.
1973~ Adrien Brody, American actor.
1968~ Anthony Michael Hall (Michael Anthony Hall), American actor best known for his role in The Breakfast Club.
1961~ Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor.
1960~ Brad Garrett (néBrad H. Gerstenfeld), American actor and comedian.
1940~ Julie Frances Christie, British actress.
1932~ Loretta Lynn, American country singer.
1927~ Alan MacDiarmid (d. Feb. 7, 2007), New Zealand chemist and recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 79.
1921~ Thomas Schelling (d. Dec. 13, 2016), American economist and recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 95.
1917~ Marvin Julian Miller (d. Nov. 27, 2012), American union leader who made baseball players into millionaires. He served as the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Association. He died at age 95.
1912~ Béla Király (d. July 4, 2009), the Hungarian general who lead the 1956 revolt. After World War II, he was sentenced to life in prison under the Soviet-allied regime. He was later released. He died at age 97.
1907~ François Duvalier (d. Apr. 21, 1971) Haitian President known as Papa Doc. His rule was dictatorial. He died of heart disease and diabetes a week after his 64thbirthday.
1906~ King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. Mar. 25, 1975). He was shot and killed by a nephew. He died less than a month before his 69thbirthday.
1904~ Sir John Gielgud (né Arthur John Gielgud, d. May 21, 2000), English actor. He died at age 96.
1866~ Anne Sullivan (née Johanna Mansfield Sullivan, d. Oct. 20, 1936), American teacher, instructor and companion to Helen Keller. She died at age 70.
1801~ Henry Dilworth Gilpin (d. Jan. 29, 1860), 14thUnited States Attorney General. He served under President Martin Van Buren from January 1840 until March 1841. He died at age 58.
1738~ William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rdDuke of Portland (d. Oct. 30, 1809), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the reign of King George III, from March 1807 until October 1809, and he was the Prime Minister of Great Britain from April 1783 until December 1783. He died at age 71.
1629~ Christiaan Huygens (d. July 8, 1695), Dutch mathematician and astronomer. He died at age 66.
1572~ Adam Tanner (d. May 25, 1632), Austrian mathematician. The crater Tannerus on the moon is named in his honor. He died at age 60.
1126~ Averroes (né Ibn Rušd, d. Dec. 10, 1198), Spanish physician, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. He is sometimes known as the Father of Secular Thought in Western Europe. He died at age 72.
Events that Changed the World:
2017~ Good Friday.
2014~ Passover began at sundown.
2014~ Over 270 young women students were declared missing after a mass abduction by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria.
2010~ Ash from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull disrupted air traffic across Europe. Air travel was interrupted through April 20.
2010~ A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Yushi, Qinghai, China killing over 2,700 people.
2003~ The Human Genome Project was completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
1939~ John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, was first published.
1912~ The RMS Titanichit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. The ship sank the in the early hours following morning (April 15) with the loss of over 1,500 lives.
1865~ Abraham Lincoln (b. 1809), the 16thPresident of the United States was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theater. He died the following day.
1865~ In his last official act as President, Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865) created the Secret Service.
1846~ The Donner Party of pioneers left Springfield, Illinois for California for what would eventually end in tragedy and cannibalism.
1828~ Noah Webster (1758 ~ 1843) copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.
70~ The traditional date associated with the Siege of Jerusalem, which began when Titus, son of the Roman Emperor Vespasian, surrounded the city.
Good-byes:
2015~ Percy Tyrone Sledge (b. Nov. 25, 1940), American balladeer who recorded the defining love song, When a Man Loves a Woman. Although born in Alabama, he lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for over 40 years. He died at age 74.
2013~ Charlie Wilson (b. Jan. 18, 1943), American politician from Ohio. He died of complications of a stroke at age 70.
2013~ Sir Colin Rex Davis (b. Sept. 25, 1927), Longtime British conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He died at age 85.
2013~ Armando Villanueva (b. Nov. 25, 1915), Prime Minister of Peru. He served as Prime Minister from May 1988 until May 1989. He died at age 97.
2011~ William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr. (b. Dec. 9, 1919), American chemist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 91.
2010~ Alice Miller (née Alicija Englard, b. Jan. 12, 1923), the Polish-born Swiss psychologist who explored childhood trauma. She died at age 87.
2008~ Werner Groebili (b. Apr. 21, 1915), Swiss skater who was half of the skating team, Frick and Frack. He died 7 days before his 93rdbirthday.
2007~ Don Ho (né Donald Tai Loy Ho, b. Aug. 13, 1930), Hawaiian singer and musician. He died of heart disease at age 76.
2005~ Saunders Mac Lane (b. Aug. 4, 1909), American mathematician. He died at age 95.
1999~ Anthony Newley (b. Sept. 24, 1931), British singer and actor. He died of renal cancer at age 67.
1995~ Burl Ives (néBurl Icle Ivanhoe Ives, b. June 14, 1909), American actor, writer and singer. He died of cancer at age 85.
1986~ Simone de Beauvoir (b. Jan. 9, 1908), French feminist and lover of Jean Paul Sartre. She is best known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex. She died of pneumonia at age 78.
1964~ Rachel Carson (née Rachel Louise Carson, b. May 27, 1907), American biologist and environmentalist. She is best known for her book, The Silent Spring, which led to the banning of certain pesticides. The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, which was named in her honor, is located in southern Maine. She died of breast cancer at age 56
1964~ Tatyana Afanasyeva (b. Nov. 19, 1876), Russian-born Dutch mathematician. She died at age 87.
1935~ Amalie Emmy Noether (b. Mar. 23, 1882), German mathematician. She was one of the leading mathematicians of her time. Because she was Jewish, when Hitler came into power, she lost her university position. She fled to the United States where she took a university position at Bryn Mawr. She developed theories in ring theory. She died of uterine cancer 3 weeks after her 53rdbirthday.
1925~ John Singer Sargent (b. Jan. 12, 1856), American artist and painter. He died of heart disease at age 69.
1924~ Louis Henry Sullivan (b. Sept. 3, 1856), American architect. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 67.
1917~ L.L. Zamenhof (né Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, b. Dec. 15, 1859), Polish Jewish physician, linguist and creator of Esperanto. He died at age 57.
1820~ Levi Lincoln, Sr. (b. May 15, 1749), 4thUnited States Attorney General. He served under President Thomas Jefferson from March 1801 until March 1805. He also served as Acting Secretary of State under President Jefferson. He subsequently went on to serve as Governor of Massachusetts from December 1808 until May 1809. He was from Massachusetts. He died in Worcester, Massachusetts a month before his 71stbirthday.
1759~ George Frederic Handel (b. Mar. 5, 1685), German composer. [Note: the date of his birth is sometimes shown as Feb. 23, because of the calendar in use at the time of his birth.] He died at age 74.
911~ Pope Sergius III. He was Pope from January 904 until his death 7 years later. The date of his birth is unknown.
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