Birthdays:
1986 ~ Lea Michele (née Lea Michele Sarfati), American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Rachel Berry on the television series Glee. She was born in the Bronx, New York.
1967 ~ Neil Gorshuch (né Neil McGill Gorshuch), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He assumed office in April 2017. He replaced Antonin Scalia on the Court. He was born in Denver, Colorado.
1959 ~ Rebecca De Mornay (née Rebecca Jane Pearch), American actress. She is best known for her role as Lana in the 1983 movie Risky Business. She was born in Santa Rosa, California.
1959 ~ Stephan Wolfram, English-born physicist and mathematician. He was born in London, England.
1958 ~ Michael Jackson (né Michael Joseph Jackson, d. June 25, 2009), African-American singer. He was born in Gary, Indiana. He died at age 50 of a drug overdose in Los Angeles, California.
1955 ~ Jack Lew (né Jacob Joseph Lew), 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He assumed that office in February 2013. He previously served as the White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama, from January 2012 until January 2013. He served in both positions during the Obama administration. He was born in New York, New York.
1943 ~ Arthur B. McDonald (né Arthur Bruce McDonald), Canadian astrophysicist and recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1940 ~ James Brady (né James Scott Brady; d. Aug. 4, 2014) 14th White House Press Secretary. He served under President Ronald Reagan. He was the Reagan staffer who championed gun control. He was seriously injured when he was shot in the head during an assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981 and spent the last 33 years in a wheelchair. Following his injury, he became a gun control advocate. He was born in Centralia, Illinois. He died in Alexandria, Virginia 25 days before his 74th birthday.
1939 ~ Joel T. Schumacher (d. June 22, 2020), American eclectic film director who made the Brat Pack. He made such films as A Time to Kill and St. Elmo’s Fire. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 80.
1938 ~ Elliott Gould (né Elliot Goldstein), American actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1938 ~ Robert Rubin (né Robert Edward Rubin), 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He served in the Clinton administration from January 1995 until July 1999. He was born in New York, New York.
1937 ~ James Florio (né James Joseph Florio), 49th Governor of New Jersey. He served as Governor from January 1990 until January 1994. He had previously served as a Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey from 1975 until 1990. He was born in New York, New York.
1936 ~ John McCain (né John Sidney McCain, III; d. Aug. 25, 2018), American politician and war hero who served as a Senate maverick. He served in Vietnam and from 1967 until 1973, he was a Prisoner of War. He was born in the Panama Canal Zone. He died of brain cancer 4 days before his 82nd birthday in Cornville, Arizona
1924 ~ Dinah Washington (née Ruth Lee Jones; d. Dec. 14, 1963), African-American singer and pianist. She was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She died in Chicago, Illinois of a drug overdose at age 39.
1923 ~ Sir Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (né Richard Samuel Attenborough; d. Aug. 24, 2014), British actor and film director. He was the Gandhi director who championed against injustice. He was born in Cambridge, England. He died in London, England 4 days before his 91st birthday.
1922 ~ John Edwards Williams (d. Mar. 3, 1994), American author. He was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. He died at age 71 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
1922 ~ Richard Blackwell (né Richard Sylvan Selzer; d. Oct. 19, 2008), American fashion designer known as Mr. Blackwell, who skewered the worst-dressed celebrities. He is best known for creating the “10 Worst Dress Women List.” He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 86 in Los Angeles, California.
1922 ~ Arthur Anderson (né Arthur John Miles Anderson, d. Apr. 9, 2016), American versatile actor who voiced the Luck Charms leprechaun. He was born on Staten Island, New York. He died at age 93 in Manhattan, New York.
1920 ~ Charlie Parker (né Charles Parker, Jr.; d. Mar. 12, 1955), American jazz saxophonist. He was known as Bird. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He died of lobar pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer at age 34 in Kansas City, Missouri.
1919 ~ Jay Marshall (né James Ward Marshall; d. May 10, 2005), American magician and ventriloquist. He was born in Abington, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 85 in Chicago, Illinois.
1917 ~ Isabel Sanford (née Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford; d. July 9, 2004), American actress best known for her role as “Weezy” Jefferson on the sit-com The Jeffersons. She was born in Harlem, New York. She died at age 86 in Los Angeles, California.
1915 ~ Ingrid Bergman (d. Aug. 29, 1982), Swedish actress. She was also the mother of actress Isabella Rossellini. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She died in London, England of breast cancer on her 67th birthday.
1910 ~ Georges Loinger (d. Dec. 28, 2018), French soldier and teacher who saved Jewish children during World War II. He was in the French Resistance. He died at age 108.
1904 ~ Werner Forssmann (b. June 1, 1979), German physician and recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with heart catheterization. From 1932 until 1945, he was a member of the Nazi Party. He died of heart failure at age 74.
1876 ~ Charles F. Kettering (né Charles Franklin Kettering; d. Nov. 25, 1958), American engineer and inventor and automobile pioneer. In 1945 he and Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., founded the Sloan-Kettering Institution, a research institution. He died at age 82.
1871 ~ Albert Lebrun (né Albert François Lebrun; d. Mar. 6, 1950), President of France. He was the last president of the Third Republic. He served in that office from May 1932 until July 1940. He died of pneumonia at age 78.
1862 ~ Maurice Maeterlinck (d. May 6, 1949), Belgian writer and recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 86.
1843 ~ David B. Hill (né David Bennett Hill; d. Oct. 20, 1910), 29th Governor of New York State. He served as Governor from January 1885 through December 1891. He died at age 67.
1813 ~ Henry Bergh (d. Mar. 12, 1888), American activist and founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 74.
1809 ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (d. Oct. 7, 1894), American physician and author. He was the father of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and died in Boston. He died at age 85.
1780 ~ Richard Rush (d. July 30, 1859), 8th United States Attorney General. He served under President James Madison from February 1814 until November 1817. He subsequently went on to serve as the 8th United States Secretary of the Treasury, from March 1825 until March 1829. He was born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died a month before his 79th birthday.
1780 ~ Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (d. Jan. 14, 1867), French painter and artist. He died at age 86.
1756 ~ Jan Śniadecki (d. Nov. 9, 1830), The lunar crater Śniadecki on the moon is named in his honor. He died at age 72.
1632 ~ John Locke (d. Oct. 28, 1704), English philosopher and physician. He died at age 72.
Events that Changed the World:
2012 ~ Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana. The storm had formed in the Atlantic on August 21 and dissipated on September 2, 2012.
2005 ~ Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast creating severe damage along the coast of Mississippi, Louisiana and the City of New Orleans. Nearly 2000 people were killed. The storm had formed on August 23 and dissipated on August 31, 2005.
1997 ~ Netflix began as an internet DVD rental service.
1966 ~ The Beatles last concert was held in Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1958 ~ The United States Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs Colorado.
1898 ~ The Goodyear tire company was founded.
1885 ~ Gottlieb Daimler (1834 ~ 1900) patented the first internal combustion motorcycle.
1869 ~ The Mount Washington Cog Railway opened in New Hampshire.
1842 ~ The signing of the Treaty of Nanking marked the end of the First Opium War.
1831 ~ Michael Faraday (1791 ~ 1867) discovered electromagnetic induction.
1786 ~ Armed farmers rebelled against the high debt and tax burdens in what became known as Shays’ Rebellion.
1758 ~ The first American Indian Reservation was established at Indian Mills, New Jersey.
1756 ~ Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1712 ~ 1786) attacked Saxony, thereby initiating the Seven Years’ War.
1541 ~ The Ottoman Turks captured Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1484 ~ Pope Innocent VIII (1432 ~ 1942) began his reign as Pope. He was Pope until his death in July 1492. He succeeded Pope Sixtus IV (1414 ~ 1484).
1261 ~ Pope Urban IV (1195 ~ 1264) began his reign as Pope. He was Pope until his death in October 1264. He succeeded Pope Alexander IV (d. 1261) to become the 182nd Pope.
1009 ~ The Mainz Cathedral in Mainz, Germany, suffered extensive damage from a fire that occurred on its inauguration day.
Good-Byes:
2018 ~ Sir James Mirrlees (né James Alexander Mirrlees; b. July 5, 1936), Scottish economist and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 82.
2018~ Stan Brock (né Stanley Edmunde Brock; b. Apr. 21, 1936), British-born cowboy who became a health care-activist. When he was 17 years old, he was badly injured while working as a cowboy in the Amazon basin. The nearest doctor was a 26-day trek away, so he stayed and recovered among the Wapishana Indians. Recognizing the importance of medical care, he founded the charity Remote Area Medical in 1985. He died at age 82.
2018 ~ Paul Taylor (né Paul Belville Taylor, Jr.; b. July. 29, 1930), American choreographer who found light in darkness. He died of renal failure a month after his 88th birthday.
2016 ~ Gene Wilder (né Jerome Silberman; b. June 11, 1933), American actor and husband of Gilda Radner. He died at age 83.
2015 ~ Wayne Dyer (né Wayne Walter Dyer; b. May 10, 1940), American self-help guru who preached self-reliance. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died of a heart attack at age 75 years old in Maui, Hawaii.
2013 ~ Robert Taylor (né Robert Ridgley Taylor; b. Sept. 1, 1935), American entrepreneur who put soap in a bottle. He invented Softsoap and sold it to Colgate-Palmolive. He died of cancer just 4 days before his 78th birthday.
2012 ~ Shoshichi Kobayashi (b. Jan. 4, 1932), Japanese mathematician. He was 80 years old.
2011 ~ David Edwards (b. June 28, 2015), African-American guitarist and last of the original Delta bluesmen. He was known as Honeyboy. He died of heart failure at age 96.
2007 ~ Alfred H. Peet (b. Mar. 10, 1920), Dutch-born businessman and founder of Peet’s Coffee & Tea. He died at age 87.
1987 ~ Lee Marvin (b. Feb. 19, 1924), He is best known for his palimony lawsuit in which his live-in girlfriend sued him for financial support after their break-up. He died of a heart attack at age 63.
1982 ~ Ingrid Bergman (b. Aug. 29, 1915), Swedish actress. She was also the mother of actress Isabella Rossellini. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She died in London, England of breast cancer on her 67th birthday.
1981 ~ Lowell Thomas (né Lowell Jackson Thomas, b. Apr. 6, 1892), American travel writer and journalist. He died at age 89.
1975 ~ Éamon de Valera (né Geroge de Valera; b. Oct. 14, 1882), American-born President of the Irish Republic. He served as President from August 1921 until January 1922. He died at age 92.
1971 ~ Nathan F. Leopold, Jr. (né Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr.; b. Nov. 19, 1904), American murderer. In 1924, he, along with his college friend, Richard Albert Loeb (1905 ~ 1936), kidnapped and murdered 14-year Robert Franks simply because they thought they could get away with the “perfect crime.” They were quickly arrested and tried for the crime. Both were sentenced to life in prison. Loeb was killed in prison by a fellow inmate. Leopold was paroled in 1958. He died of a heart attack at age 66.
1970 ~ Ralph W. Sockman (né Ralph Washington Sockman; b. Oct. 1, 1970), American minister and radio host. He was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He died at age 80 in New York, New York.
1931 ~ David T. Abercrombie (né David Thomas Abercrombie; b. June 6, 1867), American businessman and co-founder of the clothing store, Abercrombie and Fitch. He died at age 64.
1930 ~ William Archibald Spooner (b. July 22, 1844), English priest and scholar. His name is given to the linguistic phenomenon of spoonerism. He died at age 86.
1891 ~ Pierre Lallement (b. Oct. 25, 1843), French inventor of the bicycle. He died at age 47 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1877 ~ Brigham Young (b. June 1, 1801), American religious leader of the Mormons. He was born in Whitingham, Vermont. He died at age 76.
1856 ~ Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (née Mary Anne Galton, b. Nov. 25, 1778), British writer and activist in the anti-slavery movement. She died at age 77.
1799 ~ Pope Pius VI (né Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, b. Dec. 25, 1717). He reigned as Pope from February 15, 1775 until his death on this date 24 years later. He succeeded Pope Clement XIV and was followed by Pope Pius VII. He was 81 years old at the time of his death.
1526 ~ Louis II, King of Hungary (b. July 1, 1506). He was killed during the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans at age 20.
1123 ~ Eystein I of Norway (b. 1088). The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been between 33 and 35 at the time of his death.
939 ~ Wang Jipeng, Chinese Emperor of the Min Dynasty. The date of his birth is not known.
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