Pi Day
Birthdays:
1997~ Simone Biles (née Simone Arianne Biles), American gymnast.
1958~ Albert II (né Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi), Prince of Monaco.
1951~ Jerry Greenfield, American businessman and co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
1948~ Billy Crystal (né William Edward Crystal), American actor and comedian.
1942~ Sandra Kay Yow (d. Jan. 24, 2009), American women’s basketball coach who championed her sport. She died of breast cancer at age 66.
1934~ Eugene Cernan (né Eugene Andrew Cernan; d. Jan. 16, 2017), American pilot and astronaut who became the last man to walk on the moon. He died at age 82.
1933~ Sir Michael Caine (né Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.), British actor.
1933~ Quincy Jones (né Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.), American singer-songwriter, trumpet player and producer. He is the father of actress Rashida Jones.
1932~ Jane Maas (née Jane Anne Brown; d. Nov. 16, 2018), American adwoman who blazed a trail in the MadMen era. She died at age 86.
1928~ Frank Borman (né Frank Frederick Borman, II), American astronaut. He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the moon
1925~ William Clay Ford, Sr. (d. Mar. 9, 2014), the last surviving grandchild of Henry Ford. William Clay Ford was the executive who kept the Fords in the Ford Motor Company. He died five days before his 89th birthday.
1923~ Diane Arbus (née Diane Nemerov; d. July 26, 1971), American photographer. She committed suicide at age 48.
1920~ Hank Ketcham (né Henry King Ketcham, d. June 1, 2001), American cartoonist and creator of Dennis the Menace. He died at age 81.
1916~ Horton Foote (né Albert Horton Foote, Jr.; d. Mar. 4, 2009), American award-winning playwright who was considered an American Chekhov. He died 10 days before his 93rd birthday.
1914~ Lee Petty (né Lee Arnold Petty; d. Apr. 5, 2000), American racecar driver and father of racer Richard Petty. He died 3 weeks after his 86th birthday of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
1912~ W. Graham Claytor, Jr. (né William Graham Claytor, Jr; d. May 14, 1994), 15th United States Secretary of the Navy. He served during the administration of Jimmy Carter, from August 1979 until January 16, 1981. He died at age 82.
1912~ Les Brown (né Lester Raymond Brown; d. Jan. 4, 2001), American saxophonist and bandleader. He died at age 88.
1912~ W. Willard Wirtz (né William Willard Wirtz, Jr.; d. Apr. 24, 2010), 10th Secretary of Labor. He served under Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. He died at age 98.
1899~ K.C. Irving (né Kenneth Colin Irving; d. Dec. 13, 1992), Canadian businessman and founder of Irving Oil. He died at age 93.
1882~ Wacław Sierpiński (d. Oct. 21, 1969), Polish mathematician. He died at age 87.
1880~ Princess Thyra of Denmark (d. Nov. 2, 1945). She was the daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden. She never married. She died at age 65.
1879~ Albert Einstein (d. Apr. 18, 1955), German-born American physicist and recipient of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died just over a month after his 76th birthday.
1868~ Emily Murphy (née Emily Gowan Ferguson; d. Oct. 27, 1933), Canadian lawyer and activist. She was the first female magistrate in Canada and the British Empire. She died at age 65.
1863~ Casey Jones (né Jonathan Luther Jones; d. Apr. 30, 1900), American railroad engineer who died in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, when his train, the Cannonball Express, collided with a stalled freight train. He gave his life to prevent a crash and to save the lives of his passengers. He was the only fatality in the crash. He was 37 years old at the time of his death.
1854~ Paul Ehrlich (d. Aug. 20, 1915), German physician and recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He is known for developing the Gram Stain, which helps to identify bacteria. He is also credited for finding a cure to syphilis. He died of a heart attack at age 61.
1854~ Thomas R. Marshall (né Thomas Riley Marshall, d. June 1, 1925), 28th Vice President of the United States. He served under President Woodrow Wilson from March 1913 until March 1921. He died of a heart attack at age 71.
1844~ Umberto I, King of Italy (d. July 29, 1900). He was born on his father’s 24th birthday. He ruled from January 9, 1878 until his assassination on July 29, 1900. He was 56 at the time of his death.
1833~ Lucy Hobbs Taylor (née Lucy Beaman Hobbs; d. Oct. 3, 1910), the first female dentist in the United States. She died at age 77.
1820~ Victorio Emanuele II, King of Italy (b. Jan. 9, 1878), first king of a united Italy since the 6th century. He died at age 57.
1816~ William Marsh Rice (d. Sept. 23, 1900), American businessman and founder of Rice University in Houston, Texas. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, but moved to Texas to seek his fortune, which he made in land investments. He died at age 84.
1813~ Joseph P. Bradley (néJoseph Philo Bradley; d. Jan. 22, 1892), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Ulysses S. Grant. He served on the Court from March 1870 until his death 22 years later. He died at age 78.
1807~ Josephine of Leuchtenberg (d. June 7, 1876), Queen consort of Sweden and Norway. She was married to King Oscar I of Sweden. She died at age 69.
1804~ Johann Strauss, Sr. (d. Sept. 25, 1849), Austrian composer. He died at age 45.
1800~ James Bogardus (d. Apr. 13, 1874), American inventor and architect. He was a pioneer in cast-iron architecture. He died a month after his 74thbirthday.
Events that Changed the World:
2018~ The toy chain, Toys-R-Us, filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, which ultimately led to its liquidation. The store had been in existence since its founding in 1948.
1995~ Astronaut Norman Thagard (b. 1943) became the first American astronaut to ride into space aboard a Russian launched vehicle when he was aboard Soyuz TM-21.
1978~ In Operation Litani, the Israeli Defense Force invaded and occupied southern Lebanon.
1967~ The body of President John F. Kennedy (1917 ~ 1963) was moved to his permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
1964~ A Dallas, Texas jury found Jack Ruby (1911 ~ 1976) guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald (1939 ~ 1963), the presumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
1942~ Penicillin was first used successfully to treat a medical patient.
1903~ President Theodore Roosevelt (1858 ~ 1919) establish the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.
1900~ The Gold Standard Act was ratified thereby placing United States currency on the gold standard.
1885~ The Mikado, an operetta by W.S. Gilbert (1836 ~ 1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842 ~ 1900), premiered in London, England.
1794~ Eli Whitney (1765 ~ 1925) patented the cotton gin.
1780~ During the American Revolutionary War, Spanish forces captured Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, which was the last British frontier post capable of causing harm to New Orleans in Spanish Louisiana.
1590~ Henry of Navarre (1553 ~ 1610) and the Huguenots defeated the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne (1554 ~ 1611) at the Battle of Ivry during the French Wars of Religion.
Good-Byes:
2018~ Stephen Hawking (né Stephen William Hawking; b. Jan. 8, 1942), English theoretical physicist and author. He was the visionary physicist who brought cosmology to the masses. Hawking was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease as a young man. His life story was depicted in the 2014 movie, The Theory of Everything. He died at age 76.
2013~ Jim Barrett (né James L. Barrett; b. Nov. 8, 1926), California vintner who bested the French. He was the owner of Chateau Montelena, which won the 1976 Chardonnay competition. He died at age 86.
2010~ Peter Graves (né Peter Duesler Aurness; b. Mar. 18, 1926), American actor. He died of a heart attack 4 days before his 84th birthday.
2009~ Millard Kaufman (b. Mar. 12, 1917), American screenwriter and co-creator of Mr. Magoo. He died 2 days after his 92nd birthday.
1995~ William Fowler (né William Alfred Fowler; b. Aug. 9, 1911), American physicist and recipient of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 83.
1976~ Busby Berkeley (né Berkeley William Enos; b. Nov. 29, 1895), American film director and choreographer. He died at age 80.
1975~ Susan Hayward (née Edythe Marrenner; b. June 30, 1917), American actress. She died at age 57 of brain cancer.
1973~ Chic Young (né Murat Bernard Young; b. Jan. 9, 1901), American cartoonist. He created the comic strip Blondie in September 1930. He died of a pulmonary embolism at age 72.
1932~ George Eastman (b. July 12, 1854), American inventor and pioneer in the field of photography. He founded the Eastman Kodak Company. He committed suicide at age 77.
1919~ Johan Vaaler (b. Mar. 15, 1866), Norwegian inventor and patent clerk. He is often identified as the individual who invented the Paper clip. He died 1 day before his 53rd birthday.
1918~ Lucretia Garfield (née Lucretia Rudolph; b. Apr. 19, 1832), First Lady of the United States and wife of President James A. Garfield. She died at age 85.
1883~ Karl Marx (b. May 5, 1818), German philosopher and political theorist. He is best known for his book Das Kapital. He died at age 64.
1811~ Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (b. Sept. 28, 1734), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was Prime Minister from October 1768 until January 1770 during the reign of King George III. He died at age 75.
1571~ John Sigismund Zápolya (b. July 7, 1540), Hungarian king. He reigned from 1540 to 1551. He died of an illness at age 30.
1457~ Zhu Qiyu (b. Sept. 21, 1428), 7th Chinese Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He died at age 28, possibly of murder.
313~ Emperor Huai of Jin (b. 284). Chinese Emperor of the Jin Dynasty. He was executed by the ruler of the Xiongnu state of the Han Zhao. The exact date of his birth is not known.
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