Birthdays:
1980 ~ Olivia Munn (née Lisa Olivia Munn), American actress. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1975 ~ Matt Haig, British journalist and novelist. He was born in Sheffield, England.
1971 ~ Julian Assange (né Julian Paul Hawkins), Australian activist and founder of WikiLeaks. He was born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
1964 ~ Yeardley Smith (née Martha Maria Yeardley Smith), American voice actress. She is best known for being the voice of Lisa Simpson on the animated cartoon The Simpsons. She was born in Paris, France where her father was a reporter for United Press International.
1962 ~ Tom Cruise (né Thomas Cruise Mapother, IV), American actor. He was born in Syracuse, New York.
1956 ~ Montel Williams (né Montel Brian Anthony Williams), African-American talk show host. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1955 ~ Amy Wallace (né Amy Deborah Wallace; d. Aug. 10, 2013), American author. She was the daughter of writer Irving Wallace. She was born and died in Los Angeles, California. She died of a heart condition at age 58.
1952 ~ Laura Branigan (née Laura Ann Branigan; d. Aug 26, 2004), American singer. She was born in Brewster, New York. She died of a brain aneurysm at age 47 in East Quogue, New York.
1952 ~ Rohinton Mistry, Indian-born Canadian author, best known for his novel, A Fine Balance. He was born in Mumbai, India.
1951 ~ Baby Doc Duvalier (né Jean-Claude Duvalier; d. Oct. 4, 2014), President and brutal dictator of Haiti from 1971 until 1986, when he was overthrown in a popular uprising. He succeeded his father, François Duvalier, who was known as Papa Doc. He died of a heart attack at age 63.
1950 ~ James Hahn (né James Kenneth Hahn), 40th Mayor of Los Angeles. He served as Mayor from July 1985 until July 2001. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1949 ~ Elizabeth Edwards (née Mary Elizabeth Anania; d. Dec. 7, 2010), American lawyer and wife of politician John Edwards. She blazed her own trail. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She died of breast cancer at age 61 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
1947 ~ Dave Barry (né David McAlister Barry), American journalist and humorist. He was born in Armonk, New York.
1945 ~ Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician. He was born in Jerusalem, Israel.
1941 ~ Gloria Allred (née Gloria Rachel Bloom), American celebrity attorney. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1940 ~ Lamar Alexander (né Andrew Lamar Alexander, Jr.), 5th United States Secretary of Education. He served under President George H.W. Bush from March 1991 until January 1993. He had previously served as the 45thGovernor of Tennessee from January 1979 until 1987. He subsequently became a United States Senator from Tennessee, beginning his term in January 2003. He was born in Maryville, Tennessee.
1937 ~ Sir Tom Stoppard (né Tomáš Straussler), Czech-English playwright. He was born in Zlin, Czechia.
1933 ~ Edward Brandt, Jr. (né Edward Newman Brandt, Jr.; d. Aug. 26, 2007), American physician and mathematician. He served as Acting Surgeon General of the United States in 1981. He was born and died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He died of lung cancer at age 74.
1930 ~ Pete Fountain (né Pierre Dewey LaFountaine, Jr.; d. Aug. 6, 2016), American jazz clarinet player. He played traditional Dixieland and Creole music. He was born and died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died about a month after his 86th birthday.
1927 ~ Ken Russell (né Henry Kenneth Albert Russell; d. Nov. 27, 2011), British movie director who loved to shock. His first commercial success was his 1969 adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s Women in Love. He died at age 84 in London, England.
1922 ~ Mary Doyle Keefe (d. Apr. 21, 2015), American petite model who became “Rosie the Riveter.” She was born in Bennington, Vermont. She died in Simsbury, Connecticut. She was 92 years old.
1916 ~ John Kundla (né John Albert Kundla; d. July 23, 2017), American basketball coach who built pro basketball’s first dynasty, the Minnesota Lakers. He was born in Star Junction, Pennsylvania. He died 20 days after his 101st birthday in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1912 ~ Elizabeth Taylor (née Elizabeth Coles; d. Nov. 19, 1975), British novelist. She was born in Redding, England. She died of cancer at age 63 in Penn, England.
1909 ~ Earl Butz (né Earl Lauer Butz; d. Feb. 2, 2008), 18th United States Secretary of Agriculture. He served under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from December 1971 until October 1976. He was forced to resign over a racist joke. He was born in Albion, Indiana. He died at age 98 in Kensington, Maryland.
1908 ~ Robert B. Meyner (né Robert Baumie Mayner; d. May 27, 1990), 44th Governor of New Jersey. He was Governor from January 1954 until January 1962. He was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He died at age 81 in Captiva, Florida.
1908 ~ M.F.K. Fisher (née Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher; d. June 22, 1992), American food writer. She was born in Albion, Michigan. She died 11 days before her 84th birthday in Glen Ellen, California.
1900 ~ John Mason Brown (d. Mar. 16, 1969), American essayist and drama critic. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He died in New York, New York at age 68.
1897 ~ Jesse Douglas (d. Sept. 7, 1965), American mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1936 Fields Medal. He died at age 68.
1883 ~ Franz Kafka (d. June 3, 1924), Czech novelist. He died of tuberculosis a month before his 41st birthday.
1879 ~ Alfred Korzybski (d. Mar. 1, 1950), Polish mathematician and linguist. He died in Connecticut at age 70.
1878 ~ George M. Cohan (né George Michael Cohan; d. Nov. 5, 1942), American actor, director, singer and dancer. He died of cancer at age 64.
1860 ~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman (née Charlotte Perkins; d. Aug. 17, 1935), American sociologist, feminist activist, and author. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She died at age 75.
1860 ~ Hubert Work (d. Dec. 14, 1942), 29th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge from March 1923 until July 1928. He previously served as the 47th United States Postmaster General under President Warren Harding from March 1922 until March 1923. He served as the Chair of the Republican National Committee from July 1928 until September 1929. He was also a physician. He was born in Marion Center, Pennsylvania. He died at age 82 in Denver, Colorado.
1738 ~ John Singleton Copley (d. Sept. 9, 1815), American painter, best known for his portraits of early American patriots. The exact date is unknown, but he is believed to have been born on July 3, making him 77 at the time of his death.
1423 ~ King Louis XI of France (d. Aug. 30, 1483). He was known as Louis the Prudent. He was King from July 1461 until his death at age 60 in August 1483.
Events that Changed the World:
2013 ~ Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (1951 ~ 2019) was overthrown by the military after 4 days of protests.
2005 ~ Spain legalized same-sex marriages.
1988 ~ The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge was completed over the Bosphorus, connecting Europe and Asia in Istanbul, Turkey.
1890 ~ Idaho became the 43rd State in the Union.
1886 ~ Karl Benz (1844 ~ 1929) officially introduced the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
1884 ~ The Dow Jones and Company published its first stock average.
1863 ~ The Battle of Gettysburg ended after the Confederate army failed to break Union lines. This was one of the most decisive battles of the American Civil War.
1852 ~ Congress established a mint in San Francisco, California.
1839 ~ The first state Normal School in the United States opened in Lexington, Massachusetts. This school later became the Framingham State College.
1819 ~ The Bank of Savings in New York City became the first savings bank to open in the United States.
1775 ~ General George Washington (1732 ~ 1799) took command of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary war.
1754 ~ During the French and Indian War, George Washington (1732 ~ 1799) surrendered Fort Necessity to French Captain Louis Coulon de Villiers (1710 ~ 1757). This was Washington’s only military surrender.
1608 ~ Samuel de Champlain (1574 ~ 1635) founded the City of Québec.
1035 ~ William the Conqueror (1028 ~ 1087) became the Duke of Normandy.
987 ~ Hugh Capet (941 ~ 996) was crowned King of France, beginning the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
Good-byes:
2019 ~ Arte Johnson (né Arthur Stanton Eric Johnson; b. Jan. 20, 1929), American actor. He is best known for his role as a regular on the television show, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. He was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He died at age 90 in Los Angeles, California.
2016 ~ Noel Neill (née Noel Darleen Neill; b. Nov. 25, 1920), American actress and journalist’s daughter who became Lois Lane in the early film series. She died at age 95.
2013 ~ Radu Vasile (b. Oct. 10, 1942), Romanian Prime Minister. He served in this Office from April 1998 until December 1999. He died at age 70.
2012 ~ Andy Griffith (né Andy Samuel Griffith; b. June 1, 1926), American actor best known as the TV sheriff who solved problems with common sense. He died of a heart attack about a month before his 87th birthday.
2001 ~ Mordecai Richler (b. Jan. 27, 1931), Canadian Jewish writer. He died at age 70.
1989 ~ Jim Backus (né James Gilmore Backus, b. Feb. 25, 1913), American actor, best known for his roles as Mr. Magoo and the Millionaire on Guilligan’s Island. He died of pneumonia at age 76.
1986 ~ Rudy Vallée (né Hubert Prior Vallée; b. July 28, 1901), American singer. He was born in Island Pond, Vermont. He is known for his rendition of The Maine Stein Song, the theme song of the University of Maine. He died 25 days before his 85th birthday.
1977 ~ Alexander Volkov (d. June 14, 1891), Russian novelist and mathematician. He died 19 days after his 86thbirthday.
1971 ~ Jim Morrison (né James Douglas Morrison; b. Dec. 8, 1943), American frontman for the band The Doors. He died at age 27.
1937 ~ Jacob Schick (b. Sept. 16, 1877), American-Canadian inventor of the electric razor. He was the founder of the Schick Razor Company. He died of complications following kidney disease at age 59.
1935 ~ André Citroën (né André-Gustave Citroën; b. Feb. 5, 1878), French industrialist and founder of the Citroën Company. He died of stomach cancer at age 57.
1933 ~ Hipólito Yrigoyen (b. July 12, 1852), President of Argentina. He served two terms; the first from October 1916 until October 1922, and the second from October 1928 until September 1930. He died 9 days before his 81stbirthday.
1916 ~ Hetty Green (née Henrietta Howland Robinson; b. Nov. 21, 1834), American businesswoman and financier. She was the richest woman in America during the Gilded Age. She was known for her wealth and her miserliness. She was called the Witch of Wall Street. She was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She died of a stroke at age 81.
1908 ~ Joel Chandler Harris (b. Dec. 9, 1848), American writer. He is best known for his collection of Uncle Remusstories. He died at age 59.
1904 ~ Theodor Herzl (b. May 2, 1860), Austrian journalist and Zionist. He advocated Jewish migration to what is now Israel. He died at age 44 of heart disease.
1881 ~ Hasan Tahsini (b. Apr. 7, 1811), Albanian astronomer and mathematician. He died at age 70.
1795 ~ Antonio de Ulloa (né Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giral; b. Jan. 12, 1716), Spanish general and 1st Spanish Colonial Governor of Louisiana. He served in that position from 1763 until 1768. He died at age 79.
1749 ~ William Jones (b. 1675), Welsh mathematician. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He is believed to have been 74 at the time of his death.
1642 ~ Marie de’Medici (b. Apr. 26, 1575), Marie de’Medici (d. July 3, 1642), Queen consort of France and 2nd wife of Henry IV, King of France. They had 6 children. She was of the House of Medici. She was the daughter of Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Joanna of Austria. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 67.
710 ~ Zhongzong (b. Nov. 26, 656), 4th Chinese Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He died at age 53.
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