Birthdays:
1976 ~ Benedict Cumberbatch (né Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch), British actor. He was born in London, England.
1961 ~ Campbell Scott, American actor. He was born in New York, New York.
1947 ~ Brian May (né Brian Harold May), British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was a member of Queen. He also holds an advanced degree in astrophysics. He was born in London, England.
1946 ~ Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player. He was born in Bucharest, Romania.
1937 ~ Richard Jordan, Jr. (né Robert Anson Jordan, Jr.; d. Aug. 30, 1993), American actor. He starred in Taylor Caldwell’s adaptation of Captains and the Kings. He died of a brain tumor at age 56.
1937 ~ George Hamilton IV (né George Hege Hamilton; IV; d. Sept. 17, 2014), American clean-cut singer who became a country icon. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He died of a heart attack at age 77 in Nashville, Tennessee.
1924 ~ Stanley K. Hathaway (né Stanley Knapp Hathaway; d. Oct. 4, 2005), 40th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Gerald Ford from June 1975 until October 1975. He died at age 81.
1924 ~ Pat Hingle (né Martin Patterson Hingle; d. Jan. 3, 2009), American character actor. He died at age 84.
1922 ~ George McGovern (né George Stanley McGovern; d. Oct. 21, 2012), American politician and anti-war “prairie populist” who ran against Richard Nixon for president in 1972. He died at age 90.
1921 ~ Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (née Rosalyn Sussman; d. May 30, 2011), American medical physicist and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of the Radioimmunoassay technique. She died at age 89.
1917 ~ William Scranton (né William Warren Scranton; d. July 28, 2013), 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He served in that office from March 1976 until January 1977 during the Gerald Ford administration. He died 9 days after his 96th birthday.
1896 ~ A.J. Cronin (né Archibald Joseph Cronin; d. Jan. 6, 1981), Scottish physician and novelist. He wrote the novel, A Song of Sixpence. He died at age 77.
1894 ~ Percy Spencer (né Percy Lebaron Spencer; d. Sept. 8, 1970), American physicist and inventor. He invented the microwave oven. He was born in Howland, Maine and died in Newton, Massachusetts. He died at age 76.
1894 ~ Aleksandr Khinchin (d. Nov. 18, 1959), Russian mathematician. He is best known for his work in probability theory. He died at age 65.
1886 ~ Michael Fekete (d. May 13, 1957), Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician. He died at age 70.
1868 ~ Florence Foster Jenkins (née Narcissa Florence Foster; d. Nov. 26, 1944), American socialite and amateur soprano. Her life story was depicted in the 2016 movie, Florence Foster Jenkins, which starred Meryl Streep. She died at age 76.
1865 ~ Charles H. Mayo (né Charles Horace Mayo; d. May 26, 1939), American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic. He died of pneumonia at age 73.
1860 ~ Lizzie Borden (née Lizzie Andrew Borden; d. June 1, 1927), American accused of killing her parents. She was acquitted by a jury. She was born and died in Fall River, Massachusetts. She died at age 66.
1842 ~ Frederic T. Greenhalge (né Frederick Thomas Greenhalgh; d. Mar. 5, 1896), 38th Governor of Massachusetts. He was elected for three consecutive terms as Governor, but died early into his third term. He was governor from January 1894 until March 1896. He died of kidney disease in Lowell, Massachusetts at age 53.
1834 ~ Edgar Degas (né Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas; d. Sept. 27, 1917), French artist. He died at age 83.
1814 ~ Samuel Colt (d. Jan. 10, 1862), American firearms inventor and founder of the Colt’s Manufacturing Company. He invented the modern revolver that bears his name. He was born and died in Hartford, Connecticut. He died of gout at age 47.
Events that Changed the World:
1989 ~ United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in a cornfield in Sioux City, Iowa after its tail engines failed. Of the 296 passengers and crew, 111 died and 185 survived the crash. The event was later depicted in the 1993 movie Fearless.
1982 ~ In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge (1922 ~ 2009), president of the American University in Beiruit, Lebanon, was kidnapped. He was released a year later.
1980 ~ The 1980 Summer Olympics opened in Moscow. The United States boycotted the games because of the Soviet’s war in Afghanistan.
1952 ~ The 1952 Summer Olympics opened in Helsinki, Finland.
1903 ~ The first Tour de France took place and was won by Maurice Garin (1871 ~ 1957).
1900 ~ The first line of the Paris Metro opened for operation.
1848 ~ A two-day Women’s Rights Convention opened in Seneca Falls, New York. Bloomers were introduced to the world at the convention.
1845 ~ The Great New York City Fire was the last big fire to affect Manhattan. Four firefighters and 26 others were killed in the fire. Nearly 350 buildings were destroyed.
1821 ~ The coronation of King George IV (1762 ~ 1830) of the United Kingdom.
1799 ~ The Rosetta Stone was discovered in Egypt. The relic was so named because it was found near the town of Rosetta, Egypt.
1553 ~ Lady Jane Grey (1536 ~ 1554) was replaced by Queen Mary I (1516 ~ 1558), after being Queen for only 9 days.
64 ~ The traditional date ascribed to the Great Fire of Rome. The fire is believed to have burned for 5 days.
Good-Byes:
2019 ~ Rutger Hauer (né Rutger Oelsen Hauer; b. Jan. 23, 1944), Dutch gentle actor who excelled in bad-guy roles. He is best known for his role as the self-away android in the movie Blade Runner. He died at age 75.
2018 ~ Shinobu Hashimoto (b. Apr. 18, 1918), Japanese screenwriter who helped put Japan on the cinematic map. He died at age 100.
2016 ~ Garry Marshall (né Garry Kent Marshall; b. Nov. 13, 1934), American actor and movie director. He died of pneumonia following a stroke. He was 81 years old.
2015 ~ Elio Fiorucci (b. June 10, 1935), Italian fashion designer who defined the disco age. He was born and died in Milan, Italy. He was 80 years old.
2014 ~ James Garner (né James Scott Bumgarner; b. Apr. 7, 1928), American actor who put brains before brawn. He was best known for his roles as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford in the television shows, Maverick and The Rockford Files. He died of a heart attack at age 86.
2012 ~ Tom Davis (né Thomas James Davis; b. Aug. 13, 1952), American comedian. He had partnered with Al Franken and wrote many comedy skits during the early years of Saturday Night Live. He died of throat cancer at less than a month before his 60th birthday.
2012 ~ Omar Suleiman (b. July 2, 1936), the wily Egyptian spy chief who served Mubarak’s regime. He served as the Vice President of Egypt from January 2011 until February 2011. He died 17 days after his 76th birthday.
2012 ~ Sylvia Woods (née Sylvia Pressley; b. Feb. 2, 1926), the African-American cook who brought soul food to Harlem. She died at age 86.
2012 ~ Harry Eisen (b. May 15, 1917), Polish-born Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States and purchased Norco to become the egg baron. He died at age 95 on complications from lung disease.
2009 ~ Frank McCourt (né Francis McCourt; b. Aug. 19, 1930), Irish-American author, best known for his memoir, Angela’s Ashes. He died of cancer a month before his 79th birthday.
2006 ~ Jack Warden (né John Warden Lebzelter; Jr., b. Sept. 18, 1920), American actor. He died of heart and kidney failure at age 85.
1994 ~ Ruth Ella Moore (b. May 19, 1903), African-American bacteriologist. In 1993, she became the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the natural sciences. She became the head of the Department of Bacteriology at Howard University. She was born in Columbus, Ohio. She died at age 91 in Rockville, Maryland.
1982 ~ Hugh Everett, III (b. Nov. 11, 1930), American mathematician. He died at age 51 of a heart attack.
1953 ~ Maurice Tobin (né Maurice Joseph Tobin; b. May 22, 1901), 6th United States Secretary of Labor. He served under President Harry S. Truman. He served in that position from August 1948 until January 1953. He had previously served as the 56th Governor of Massachusetts from January 1945 until January 1947. The Mystic River Bridge, now known as the Tobin Bridge, was renamed in his honor. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 52 in Scituate, Massachusetts.
1949 ~ Frank Murphy (né William Francis Murphy; b. Apr. 13, 1890), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served on the High Court from January 1940 until his death 9 years later. He replaced Pierce Butler on the Court. He was succeeded by Tom C. Clark. He had previously served as the 56th United States Attorney General in the Roosevelt administration, from January 1939 until January 1940. He was born in Harbor Beach, Michigan. He died at age 59 of coronary thrombosis in Detroit, Michigan.
1878 ~ Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev (b. Mar. 31, 1847), Russian mathematician. He died of blood poisoning at age 31.
1852 ~ John McKinley (b. May 1, 1780), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Martin Van Buren. This seat was established by President Van Buren. He served in this position from April 1937 until his death 15 years later. He was succeeded by John Campbell. He had previously served as a United States Senator from Alabama. He died at age 72.
1850 ~ Margaret Fuller (née Sarah Margaret Fuller; b. May 23, 1810), 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.
1692 ~ Rebecca Towne Nurse (b. Feb. 21, 1621), English colonist who was hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials. She was 71.
1415 ~ Philippa of Lancaster (b. Mar. 31, 1360), Queen consort of Portugal and wife of John I of Portugal. She died at age 55.
1374 ~ Petrarch (né Francesco Petrarca; b. July 20, 1304), Italian scholar and poet. He died 1 day before his 70thbirthday.
514 ~ Pope Symmachus. He was Pope from November 22, 498 until his death on this date in 514. The date of his birth is unknown.
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