Birthdays:
1969~ Gerald Butler (né Gerald James Butler), Scottish actor.
1967~ Jimmy Kimmel (né James Christian Kimmel), American comedian and talk-show host.
1960~ Neil Flynn (né Neil Richard Flynn), American actor best known for his role as Mike Heck on the television sit-com, The Middle.
1955~ Whoopie Goldberg (née Caryn Elaine Johnson), American actress and comedian.
1954~ Chris Noth (né Christopher David Noth), American actor.
1952~ Merrick Garland (né Merrick Brian Garland), Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit. In 2016, President Barack Obama had nominated him to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, however, the Republican Senate refused to hold confirmation hearings.
1947~ Joe Mantegna (né Joseph Anthony Mantegna), American actor.
1934~ Garry Marshall (né Garry Kent Marshall, d. July 19, 2016), American actor and movie director. He died of pneumonia following a stroke. He was 81 years old.
1932~ Richard Mulligan (d. Sept. 26, 2000), American actor. He died at age 67 of colorectal cancer.
1932~ Michelle Triola Marvin (née Michelle Triola; d. Oct. 30, 2009), American actress who made the case for “palimony.” She lived with actor Lee Marvin for years and when they split up, she sued for financial support. She died of lung cancer 2 weeks before her 77th birthday.
1929~ Fred Phelps, Sr. (né Fred Waldron Phelps; d. Mar. 19, 2014), American Baptist preacher who embraced hate. He was the head of the independent Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas. He was known for his vehemently anti-gay activism. He died at age 84.
1927~ Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid (né Albert Turner Reid, d. Feb. 26, 1985), American mathematician whose work focused on probability theory. He died at age 57.
1922~ Tom Amberry (né Thomas Amberry; d. Mar. 18, 2017), American podiatrist who became a free throw master. In 1993, at age 71, he began to shoot free throws and continued for 12 hours, making 2,750 baskets in a row. He died at age 94.
1920~ K.G. Ramanathan (né Kollagunta Goplaliyer Ramanathan, d. May 10, 1992), Indian mathematician best known for his work in number theory. He died at age 71.
1893~ Edward Adelbert Doisy (d. Oct. 23, 1986), American biochemist and recipient of the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died 3 weeks before his 93rd birthday.
1878~ Max Dehn (né Max Wilhem Dehn, d. June 27, 1952), German-born mathematician. He died at age 73.
1866~ Abraham Flexner (d. Sept. 21, 1959), American educator and founder of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. He died at age 92.
1856~ Louis D. Brandeis (né Louis Dembitz Brandeis; d. Oct. 5, 1941), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Woodrow Wilson. He served on the Court from June 1916 until February 1939. Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts is named in his honor. He died at age 84.
1850~ Robert Louis Stevenson (né Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson; d. Dec. 3, 1894), Scottish writer best known for such children’s adventure novels as Treasure Island and Kidnapped. He died 20 days after his 44th birthday.
1848~ Albert I, Prince of Monaco (né Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; d. June 26, 1922). He reigned from September 1889 until his death 32 years later. He was married first to Lady Mary Hamilton. After their divorce and annulment, he married Alice Heine. He died at age 73.
1838~ Joseph F. Smith, Sr. (néJoseph Fielding Smith; d. Nov. 19, 1918), 6th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints. He died 6 days after his 80thbirthday.
1814~ Joseph Hooker (d. Oct. 31, 1879), American general. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts. He died 2 weeks before his 65th birthday.
1760~ Jiaqing Emperor (né Aixin-Jueluo Yongyan, d. Sept. 2, 1820), 7th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He died at age 59.
1715~ Dorothea Erxleben (née Dorothea Christiane Erxleben; d. June 13, 1762), first female German medical doctor. She died at age 46.
1486~ Johann Maier von Eck (d. Feb. 13, 1543), German theologian. He died at age 56.
1397~ Pope Nicholas V (né Tommaso Parentucelli, d. Mar. 24, 1455). He was Pope from March 1447 until his death on this date 8 years later. He was 57 at the time of his death.
1312~ King Edward III of England (d. June 21, 1377). He reigned from January 1327 until his death in June 1377. He followed King Edward II and was succeded by King Richard II. He was married to Philippa of Hainault. He died at age 64.
354~ Saint Augustine of Hippo (d. Aug. 28, 430), early Christian theologian. He died at age 75.
Events that Changed the World:
2015~ Several coordinated attacks by ISIS struck in Paris, killing over 130 people and injured nearly 400 others.
2013~ Hawaii legalized same sex marriages.
2012~ A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.
2001~ President George W. Bush (b. 1946) signed an executive order that allowed military tribunals against foreigners suspected of having connections to terrorist acts against the United States.
1982~ The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1956~ The United States Supreme Court affirmed a lower Court’s decision in Browder v. Gayle, which declared the Alabama laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional.
1947~ Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919 ~ 2013) completed the design and development of the automatic assault rifle that became known as the AK-47.
1940~ The animated Disney film, Fantasia, was first released.
1927~ The Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York City opened to traffic.
1829~ Ten Thousand people gathered to watch Sam Patch (1807 ~ 1829) jump into New York’s Genesee River from atop the Genesee Falls. This occurred on Friday the 13th. He did not survive the jump, however, a week earlier, he had jumped off Niagara Falls into the Niagara River and survived.
1160~ King Louis VII (1120 ~ 1180) of France married Adele of Champagne (1140 ~ 1206). They were married just 5 weeks after the death of his previous wife, Constance of Castile.
1002~ King Æthelred the Unready (966 ~ 1016) ordered all the Danes in England to be killed. This edict was executed on the feast day of St. Brice, a 5th century Bishop of Tours, thus the murder of the Danes became known as the St Brice’s Day massacre.
Good-Byes:
2017~ Thomas Hudner (né Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr., b. Aug. 31, 1924), American Navy hero who reached across a racial divide. During the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War, Hudner deliberately crashed his aircraft in an attempt to save the life of his wingman, Ensign Jesse Brown (1926 ~ 1950), who was African-American. Unfortunately, Brown subsequently died from wounds he sustained in the battle. For his efforts, Hudner received the Medal of Honor. He was from Massachusetts. He died at age 93.
2017~ Bobby Doerr (né Robert Pershing Doerr, b. Apr. 7, 1918), American baseball Hall of Famer who served as the Boston Red Sox’s “silent captain.” He spent his entire career with the Red Sox from 1937 until 1951. He died at age 99.
2016~ Leon Russell (néClaude Russell Bridges, b. Apr. 2, 1942), American singer-songwriter. He died at age 74.
2014~ Alexander Grothendieck (b. Mar. 28, 1928), German-born French mathematician. He was a leader in algebraic geometry. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966. He died at age 86.
2012~ Jack Gilbert (b. Feb. 18, 1925), American poet who never much cared for fame. He died at age 87.
1974~ Karen Silkwood (née Karen Gay Silkwood; b. Feb. 19, 1946), American political and environmental activist. She was the subject of the 1983 movie, Silkwood. She was killed in a car accident under mysterious circumstances. She was 28 years old
1973~ Elsa Schiaparelli (b. Sept. 10, 1890), Italian fashion designer. She died at age 83.
1963~ Margaret Murray (née Margaret Alice Murray, b. July 13, 1863), British Egyptologist, archeologist and historian. She was born in Calcutta when India was under British rule. She died at age 100.
1952~ Margaret Wise Brown (b. May 23, 1910), American children’s author. She is best known for her picture books, Goodnight Moonand The Runaway Bunny. She died at age 42 of an embolism.
1903~ Camille Pissarro (né Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro, b. July 10, 1830), French impressionist painter. He was born on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas. His father was of Portuguese-Jewish descent and his mother was of French-Jewish descent. His story is told in the novel The Marriage of Opposites, by Alice Hoffman. He died at age 73.
1868~ Gioachino Rossini (né Gioachino Antonio Rossini; b. Feb. 29, 1792), Italian composer, whose works include The Barber of Seville and William Tell. He died at age 76.
1770~ George Grenville (b. Oct. 14, 1712), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was Prime Minister from August 1763 through July 1765, during the reign of King George III. He died a month after his 58th birthday.
1460~ Prince Henry the Navigator (b. Mar. 4, 1394), patron of early Portuguese exploration. He was the son of King John I of Portugal. He died at age 66.
1359~ Tsar Ivan II of Russia (b. Mar. 30, 1326). He was known as Ivan the Fair. He followed Tsar Simeon I and was succeeded by Tsar Dmitri I. He was married first to Fedosia of Bryansk, then to Alexandra Velyaminova. He died at age 33.
1319~ Eric VI of Denmark (b. 1274). He was King from 1286 until his death. He followed King Eric V Klipping and was succeeded by King Christopher II. He was married to Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he his believed go have been about 44 or 45 at the time of his death.
1093~ Malcolm III of Scotland (b. Mar. 26, 1031). The exact date of his birth is not known, but it is generally considered to be March 26, 1031. He followed King Lulach and was succeeded by King Donald III. He was married first to Ingibiorg Finnsdottir, and then to St. Margaret of Scotland. He died at age 62.
867~ Pope Nicholas I (b. 800). He is also known as St. Nicholas the Great. The exact date of his birth is not known.
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