Birthdays:
1984 ~ Katherine McPhee (née Katherine Hope McPhee), American actress and singer. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1982 ~ Danica Patrick (née Danica Sue Patrick), American professional race car driver. She was born in Beloit, Wisconsin.
1982 ~ Jenny Slate (née Jenny Sarah Slate), American comedian and actress. She is best known for her role as Mona-Lisa Saperstein on the television sit-com Parks and Recreation. She was born in Milton, Massachusetts.
1952 ~ Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician and politician. He served as Mayor of Bogotá from 2001 through 2003. He was born in Bogotá, Columbia.
1947 ~ Sir Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight), English singer and songwriter. He was born in Pinner, England.
1942 ~ Aretha Franklin (née Aretha Louise Franklin; d. Aug. 16, 2018), American soul singer who captured our attention. She was known as the Queen of Soul. She died at age 76.
1942 ~ Richard O’Brien (né Richard Timothy Smith), English actor best known for writing the cult musical, The Rocky Horror Show. He was born in Cheltenham, England.
1935 ~ Johnny Pacheco (né Juan Azarías Pacheco Knipping; d. Feb. 15, 2021), Dominican godfather of salsa who got the world dancing to a Latin beat. He was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. He died at age 85 of complications of pneumonia in Teaneck, New Jersey.
1934 ~ Gloria Steinem (née Gloria Marie Steinem), American feminist, writer publisher and founder of Ms. magazine. At age 66, she married David Bale and became the step-mother of actor Christian Bale. She was born in Toledo, Ohio.
1930 ~ Sherm Poppen (né Sherman Robert Poppen; d. July 30, 2019), American inventor who wanted people to go “snurfing”. He invented the snowboard and is often called the Grandfather of Snowboarding. He died at age 89.
1928 ~ Jim Lovell (né James Arthur Lovell, Jr.), American astronaut. He was the commander of Apollo 13. He flew to the moon twice. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1926 ~ Gene Shalit (né Eugene Shalit), American journalist and movie critic. He is known for his use of puns and his oversized handlebar mustache. He was born in New York, New York.
1925 ~ Flannery O’Connor (née Mary Flannery O’Connor; d. Aug. 3, 1964), American Southern author. She was born in Savannah, Georgia. She died of complications of lupus at age 39 in Milledgeville, Georgia.
1922 ~ Eileen Ford (née Eileen Cecile Ottensosor; d. July 9, 2014), American businesswoman and co-founder of Ford Models. She was the modeling agent who created the supermodel. She died in Morristown, New Jersey at age 92.
1918 ~ Howard Cosell (né Howard William Cohen; d. Apr. 23, 1995), American sportscaster. He died of a heart attack about a month after his 77th birthday.
1917 ~ Nancy B. Sinatra (née Nancy Rose Barbato; d. July 13, 2018), American ex-wife who stayed loyal to Frank Sinatra. She was Frank Sinatra’s first wife. After they divorced, she never remarried. She died at age 101.
1914 ~ Norman Borlaug (né Norman Ernest Borlaug; d. Sept. 12, 2009), American agriculturalist and recipient of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions of increasing the world’s food supplies as a pathway to peace. He died at age 95.
1910 ~ Benzion Netanyahu (d. Apr. 30, 2012), Israeli historian whose field of expertise was the history of Jews in Spain during the Inquisition. He was also the hawkish father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He died at age 102.
1908 ~ Sir David Lean (d. Apr. 16, 1991) English movie director. He is best known for his movies Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago. He died 22 days after his 83rd birthday.
1903 ~ Nahum Norbet Glatzer (d. Feb. 27, 1990), Jewish-American scholar. He died about a month after his 86th birthday.
1887 ~ Robert Quillen (né Verni Robert Quillen; d. Dec. 9, 1948), American journalist and humorist. He was born in Syracuse, Kansas. He died at age 61 in Ashville, North Carolina.
1881 ~ Béla Bartók (d. Sept. 26, 1945), Hungarian composer. He refused to perform concerts in Nazi Germany. He died at age 64 of complications from leukemia.
1867 ~ Gutzon Borglum (né John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum; b. Mar. 6, 1941), American sculptor who designed Mount Rushmore. He died from complications following surgery 19 days before his 74th birthday.
1867 ~ Arturo Toscanini (d. Jan. 16, 1957), Italian musician and conductor. He was born in Parma, Italy. He died at age 89.
1862 ~ George Sutherland (né George Alexander Sutherland; d. July 18, 1942), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was born in Stony Stratford, England, but his family moved to Utah territory when he was a year old because his father had converted to Mormonism. He was appointed to the High Court by President Warren Harding. He served on the court from September 1922 until January 1938. He replaced John Clarke on the Court. He was succeeded by Stanley Reed. He died in while on vacation in Stockbridge, Massachusetts at age 80.
1745 ~ John Barry (d. Sept. 13, 1803), American officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. He and John Paul Jones are considered the Fathers of the American Navy. After the War, he became the first American commissioned naval officer, receiving the rank of Commodore. He was born in Ireland. He died of asthema at age 58 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1541 ~ Francesco I de’Medici (d. Oct. 19, 1587), Grand Duke of Tuscany. He died at age 46.
1538 ~ Christopher Clavius (d. Feb. 6, 1612), German Jesuit priest and mathematician. He died at age 73.
1479 ~ Vasili III Ivanovich, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. Dec. 3, 1553). He governed over Moscow from November 1505 until his death 28 years later. He died at age 54.
1453 ~ Giuliano de’Medici (d. Apr. 26, 1478), co-ruler of Florence, Italy with his brother, Lorenzo the Magnificant. He was murdered by members of the Pazzi family, who had conspired to kill both Guiliano and Lorenzo de’Medici during High Mass in the Duomo of Florence. Lorenzo was not killed in this attack. He was of the Medici Family. He had an illegitimate son who became Pope Clement VII. He was the son of Piero the Gouty and Lucrezia Tornabouni. Guiliano was killed a month after his 26th birthday.
1347 ~ Catherine of Siena (d. Apr. 29, 1380), Italian Catholic saint. She died of a stroke at age 33.
1345 ~ Blanche of Lancaster (d. Sept. 12, 1368), member of the House of Plantagenet. She was the first wife of John of Gaunt and mother of King Henry IV of England. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been born in either 1345 or 1347. She is believed to have died of the Black Death between the age of 21 or 23.
Events that Changed the World:
2018 ~ Palm Sunday.
2016 ~ Good Friday.
2013 ~ Passover began at sunset.
1965 ~ The 4-day 50-mile civil rights march led by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 ~ 1968), from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama was completed.
1957 ~ United States Customs officials seized Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl on the grounds of obscenity.
1957 ~ The European Economic Community was established with West German, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
1947 ~ One hundred eleven people were killed in a coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois.
1931 ~ The Scottsboro Boys, nine African-American teenagers, were arrested in Alabama and charged with the rape of two white women.
1911 ~ The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City caught fire. Of the 600 workers in the factory, the fire killed 146 garment workers. This was the deadliest disaster in New York City until the terrorist attack on the Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. The fire led to the beginning of workplace safety laws.
1807 ~ In Great Britain, the Slave Trade Act was passed, which abolished the slave trade throughout the British Empire.
1655 ~ Christiaan Huygens (1629 ~ 1695) discovered Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
1584 ~ Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 ~ 1618) was granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
1306 ~ Robert the Bruce (1275 ~ 1329) became King of Scotland.
717 ~ Theodosios III resigned the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter religious life.
708 ~ Pope Constantine (664~715) became the 88th Pope, after succeeding Pope Sisinnius (650~708). Pope Sisinnius (650 ~ Feb. 4, 708) died after having served as Pope for only 20 days.
421 ~ According to legend, Venice was founded at noon with the dedication of its first church, the San Giacomo di Rialto.
Good-Byes:
2018 ~ Linda Brown (née Linda Carol Brown, b. Feb. 20, 1943), American civil rights icon who helped desegregate schools. She was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Topeka School Board of Education. She died at age 75.
2014 ~ Jonathan Schell (b. Aug. 21, 1943), American author and social activist. His work primarily campaigned against nuclear weapons. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of cancer at age 70.
2013 ~ Anthony Lewis (né Joseph Anthony Lewis; b. Mar. 27, 1927), American journalist and author of Gideon’s Trumpet. He died of a heart attack 2 days before his 86th birthday.
2012 ~ Bert Sugar (né Herbert Randolph Sugar; b. June 7, 1926), American boxing writer who could spin a great yarn. He died at age 75.
2009 ~ John Hope Franklin (b. Jan. 2, 1915), African-American historian. He died at age 94.
2006 ~ Buck Owens (né Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr.; b. Aug. 12, 1929), American singer and television personality. He died of a heart attack at age 76.
1998 ~ Bernard C. Meltzer (b. May 2, 1916), American radio host. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 81 in Manhattan, New York.
1992 ~ Nancy Walker (née Anna Myrtle Swoyer; b. May 10, 1922), American actress. She was best known for her role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She died at age 69 of lung cancer.
1988 ~ Robert Joffrey (né Abdullah Jaffa Bey Khan, b. Dec. 24, 1930), American choreographer and founder of the Joffrey Ballet. He died at age 57.
1975 ~ King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. Apr. 14, 1906). He was shot and killed by a nephew. He died less than a month before his 69th birthday.
1973 ~ Edward Steichen (né Éduard Jean Steichen; b. Mar. 27, 1879), American painter and photographer. He was born in Luxembourg, but his family moved to the United States when he was a child. He died 2 days before his 94th birthday.
1939 ~ Carl Richard Nyberg (b. May 28, 1858), Swedish inventor of the blow torch. He died at age 80.
1931 ~ Ida B. Wells (née Ida Bell Wells; b. July 16, 1862), African-American journalist and political activist. She died of kidney failure at age 68.
1918 ~ Claude Debussy (né Archille-Claude Debussy; b. Aug. 22, 1862), French composer. He died of cancer at age 55.
1914 ~ Frédéric Mistral (b. Sept. 8, 1830), French poet and recipient of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 83.
1905 ~ Maurice Barrymore (né Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe; b. Sept. 21, 1849), British-American actor and patriarch of the Barrymore acting family. He was born in Amritsar, India. He died at age 55 in Amityville, New York. Drew Barrymore can thank her lucky stars for him!
1867 ~ Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (b. Feb. 8, 1794), German analytical chemist. He is best known for identifying caffeine and discovering the mydriatic effect of belladonna. He died at age 73.
1857 ~ William Colgate (b. Jan. 25, 1783), British manufacturer who founded what would become the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Colgate University in New York State was named in recognition of the Colgate family. He died at age 74.
1818 ~ Caspar Wessel (b. June 8, 1745), Danish mathematician. He died at age 72.
1223 ~ Afonso II, King of Portugal (b. Apr. 23, 1185). He reigned as King of Portugal from March 1211 until his death 12 years later. He died about a month before his 38th birthday.
1005 ~ King Kenneth III of Scotland (b. 966). He was killed in battle. The exact date of his birth is not known.
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