Birthdays:
1970~ Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin. He is serving a life sentence in prison.
1963~ Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician.
1958~ Drew Carey (né Drew Allison Carey), American actor and game show host.
1949~ Alan García (d. Apr. 17, 2019), 93rdPresident of Peru. He served in office from 2006 to 2011. He died by suicide at age 69.
1940~ Cora Sadosky (d. Dec. 3, 2010), Argentinian mathematician. She died at age 70.
1936~ Charles Kimbrough, American actor best known for his role as Jim Dial on the television sit-com Murphy Brown.
1934~ Robert Moog (néRobert Arthur Moog, d. Aug. 21, 2005), American inventor of the Moog synthesizer. He died at age 81.
1933~ Aharon Lichtenstein (d. April 20, 2015), French-American Orthodox rabbi. He died about a month before his 82ndbirthday.
1928~ Rosemary Clooney (d. June 29, 2002), American singer and actress. She died of lung cancer a little over a month after her 74thbirthday.
1925~ Joshua Lederberg (d. Feb. 2, 2008), American molecular biologist and recipient of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died at age 82 of pneumonia.
1924~ Michel Bacos (d. Mar. 26, 2019), French airline pilot who became a hero at Entebbe. He was the captain of Air France Flight 139 when it was hijacked by a Palestinian terrorist group in June 1976. He died at age 94.
1919~ Betty Garrett (née Elizabeth Garrett; d. Feb. 12, 2011), American musical-comedy star who was scarred by the Hollywood blacklist. She died at age 91.
1917~ Edward Norton Lorenz (d. Apr. 16, 2008), American mathematician and meteorologist who formulated chaos theory. He is best known for coining the term “Butterfly Effect.” He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 90.
1915~ S. Donald Stookey (né Stanley Donald Stookey, d. Nov. 4, 2014). American inventor and chemist who invented CorningWare, the supertough glass. He held over 60 patents, mostly relating to glass and ceramics. He died at age 99.
1910~ Margaret Wise Brown (d. Nov. 13, 1952), 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.
1910~ Scatman Crothers (né Benjamin Sherman Crothers; d. Nov. 22, 1986), African-American actor and comedian. He died of pneumonia and lung cancer at age 76.
1910~ Artie Shaw (né Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; d. Dec. 30, 2004), American clarinetist and bandleader. He died at age 94.
1908~ Hélène Boucher (d. Nov. 30, 1934), French pilot. She set several women’s world speed records for flying. She was killed at age 26 in a plane crash in 1934.
1908~ John Bardeen (d. Jan. 30, 1991), American physicist and recipient of the 1956 and 1972 Nobel Prizes in Physics. To date, he is the only individual to have won two Nobel Prizes in Physics. He died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 82.
1892~ Albert Spencer, 7thEarl Spencer (né Albert Edward John Spencer; d. June 9, 1975), British peer and grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. He died 17 days before his 84thbirthday.
1891~ Pär Lagerkvist (né Pär Fabian Lagerkvist; d. July 11, 1974), Swedish author and poet. He was the recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 83.
1887~ Thoralf A. Skolem (né Thoralf Albert Skolem; d. Mar. 23, 1963), Norwegian mathematician. He died at age 75.
1883~ Douglas Fairbanks (néDouglas Elton Thomas Ullman; d. Dec. 12, 1939), American actor during the silent film era. He died of a heart attack at age 56.
1875~ Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (né Alfred Prichard Sloan, Jr.; d. Feb. 17, 1966), American businessman and long time CEO of General Motors. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He died at age 90.
1830~ Henry M. Teller (né Henry Moore Teller; d. Feb. 23, 1914), 15thUnited States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Chester A. Arthur from April 1882 until March 1885. He died at age 83.
1824~ Ambrose Burnside (néAmbrose Everett Burnside; d. Sept. 13, 1881), Union General during the American Civil War. He was also served as the 30thGovernor of Rhode Island from May 1866 until May 1869. His distinctive style of facial hair became known as Sideburns, in his honor. He died of a heart attack at age 57.
1820~ James Buchanan Eads (d. Mar. 8, 1887), American civil engineer. He designed and built the Eads Bridge, the first bridge to cross the Mississippi River. The bridge is in St. Louis, Missouri. He died at age 66 while on vacation in the Bahamas.
1810~ Margaret Fuller (née Sarah Margaret Fuller; d. July 19, 1850), American journalist and women’s rights advocate. She was born in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. She was the subject of the 2013 biography, Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, by Megan Marshall. Fuller drowned at age 40 when the ship she was in ran aground outside of Fire Island, New York.
1707~ Carolus Linnæus (d. Jan. 10, 1778), Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. He is credited for setting the foundation for scientific nomenclature. He died at age 70.
1606~ Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (d. Sept. 8, 1682), Spanish mathematician and philosopher. He died at age 76.
1100~ Emperor Qinzong of Song (d. June 14, 1161), 9thChinese Emperor of the Song Dynasty. He died 23 days after his 61stbirthday.
1052~ King Philip I of France (d. July 29, 1108). He died at age 56.
Events that Changed the World:
2013~ The Interstate-5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed in Mount Vernon, Washington.
2011~ Strong tornadoes swept through the American Mid-west, killing many people and causing severe damage.
1967~ Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran and blockaded the port of Eilat to Israeli shipping.
1960~ A tsunami caused by the Validivia earthquake from the day before, struck Hilo, Hawaii and killed over 60 people.
1934~ DuPont announced the invention of nylon.
1934~ Bank robbers Bonnie Parker (1910 ~ 1934) and Clyde Barrow (1909 ~ 1934) were killed in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
1929~ The Karnival Kid, the first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, was released.
1911~ The New York Public Library was dedicated.
1829~ Cyrill Demain (1772 ~ 1847) was granted a patent for the accordion.
1788~ South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution, thus becoming the 8thState in the Union.
1618~ The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitated the Thirty Years’ War.
1568~ Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau (1538 ~ 1574), the brother of William of Orange, defeated Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg (1525 ~ 1568) in the Battle of Heiligerlee, thus beginning the 80 Years’ War.
1533~ The marriage of King Henry VIII (1491 ~ 1547) of England and Catherine of Aragon (1485 ~ 1536) was declared null and void.
1430~ Joan of Arc (1412 ~ 1431) was captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relive the Compiègn during the Siege of Compiènge.
Good-Byes:
2017~ Sir Roger Moore (néRoger George Moore; b. Oct. 14, 1927), British actor best know for his portrayal of James Bond. He died of cancer at age 89.
2015~ Alicia Nash (née Alicia Esther Lardé Lopez-Harrison; b. Jan. 1, 1933), Salvadorian-American physicist and engineer. She was the wife of John Forbes Nash (1923 ~ 2015). She was killed in a car accident along with her husband. She was 82 years old.
2015~ Anne Meara (b. Sept. 20, 1929), American actress and comedian. She was married to Jerry Stiller (b. 1927) and together the two were a comedy team, Stiller and Meara. She was the mother of comedian and actor Ben Stiller. She died at age 85.
2015~ John Forbes Nash, Jr. (b. June 13 1928), American mathematician and recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. He was plagued by mental illness and became the subject of the movie, A Beautiful Mind. He and his wife, Alicia Nash (1933 ~ 2015) were killed in a taxi crash in New Jersey on their way home from the airport after having been abroad. He died three weeks before his 87thbirthday.
2012~ Paul Fussell, Jr. (b. Mar. 22, 1924), American cultural and literary historian who saw irony in war. He died at age 88.
2006~ Lloyd Bentsen (né Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr., b. Feb. 11, 1921). American politician and 69thSecretary of the United States Treasury. He served under President Bill Clinton from January 1993 until December 1994. He was also the 1988 Vice Presidential candidate as a running mate to Michael Dukakis. He died at age 85.
2002~ Sam Snead (néSamuel Jackson Sneed; b. May 27, 1912), American golfer. He died 4 days before his 90thbirthday.
1998~ Telford Taylor (b. Feb. 24, 1908), American attorney best known for his role in the Counsel for the Prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials and his opposition to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare. He died at age 90.
1960~ Dr. Ida Scudder (néeIda Sophia Scudder; b. Dec. 9, 1870), American missionary and physician in India. She died at age 89.
1960~ Georges Claude (b. Sept. 24, 1870), French engineer and inventor. He created Neon lighting. He died at age 89.
1945~ Heinrich Himmler (né Heinrich Luitpold Himmler, b. Oct. 7, 1900), German Nazi commander and head of the SS. He committed suicide while in Allied custody. He was 44 years old.
1937~ John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (néJohn Davidson Rockefeller; b. July 8, 1839), American industrialist and philanthropist. He founded the Standard Oil Company as well as Rockefeller University. He died at age 97.
1934~ Bonnie Parker (née Bonnie Elizabeth Parker; b. Oct. 1, 1910), American criminal who, along with her partner, Clyde Barrow (1909 ~ 1934), robbed banks throughout the South and Midwest. She and Clyde were killed in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. She was 23 years old.
1934~ Clyde Barrow (né Clyde Chestnut Barrow; b. Mar. 24, 1909), American criminal, who along with his partner, Bonnie Parker (1910 ~ 1934), robbed banks throughout the South and Midwest until they were killed in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. He died at age 25.
1906~ Henrik Ibsen (né Henrick Johan Ibsen, b. Mar. 20, 1828), Norwegian playwright and poet. He died at age 78.
1905~ Mary Livermore (née Mary Ashton Rice; b. Dec. 19, 1820), American journalist, abolitionist and women’s right activist. She was from Massachusetts. She died at age 84.
1895~ Franz Ernst Neumann (b. Sept. 11, 1798), German mathematician, physicist and mineralogist. He died at age 96.
1868~ Kit Carson (né Christopher Houston Carson; b. Dec. 24, 1809), American general, frontiersman, scout and Indian agent. He died at age 58.
1857~ Baron Augustin-Louis Cauchy (b. Aug. 21, 1789), French mathematician. He died at age 67.
1836~ Edward Livingston (b. May 28, 1764), American politician from Louisiana. He also served as the 11thUnited States Secretary of State. He served in President Martin Van Buren’s administration from May 1831 until May 1933. He was also influential in drafting the Louisiana Civil Code. He died 5 days before his 71stbirthday.
1783~ James Otis, Jr. (b. Feb. 5, 1725), early American lawyer and patriot. He died at age 58 after being struck by lightening.
1701~ Captain William Kidd (b. Jan. 22, 1645), Scottish pirate. He was convicted of piracy and murder and was hanged in London. The exact date of his birth is not known, but it is often ascribed to January 22, 1654. He was 47 at the time of his death.
1670~ Ferdinando II de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. July 14, 1610). He served as the Grand Duke of Tuscany from February 1621 until his death in May 1670. He died at age 59.
1498~ Girolamo Savonarola (b. Sept. 21, 1452), Italian-Dominican priest, philosopher and ruler of Florence. He tried to reform the Church and was subsequently excommunicated by Pope Alexander VI. He was burned at the stake. He was 45 years old at the time of his death.
1482~ Mary of York (b. Aug. 11, 1467). She was the second daughter of King Edward IV. She died at age 14.
1423~ Antipope Benedict XIII (né Pedro Martinez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor; b. Nov. 25, 1328). He died at age 95.
1125~ Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. Aug. 11, 1081). The exact year of his birth is unknown. He is believed to have been born between 1081 and 1086. He is believed to have been between 39 and 44 at the time of his death.
230~ Pope Urban I. He was Pope from 222 until his death about a year later. The date of his birth is unknown.
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