Birthdays:
1968 ~ Guy Ritchie (né Guy Stuart Ritchie), British movie director and former husband of Madonna.
1960 ~ Colin Firth (né Colin Andrew Firth), English actor.
1950 ~ Joe Perry (né Anthony Joseph Pereira), American musician and guitarist for Aerosmith. He was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
1948 ~ Margaret Trudeau (née Margaret Joan Sinclair), Canadian actress, author and former wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. She was also the mother of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1941 ~ Stephen Jay Gould (d. May 20, 2002), American paleontologist. He was born in Queens, New York. He died of cancer at age 60 in Manhattan, New York.
1937 ~ Jared Diamond (né Jared Mason Diamond), American biologist and author. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1935 ~ Mary Oliver (née Mary Jane Oliver; d. Jan. 17, 2019), American popular poet who found refuge in nature. She was born in Maple Heights, Ohio. She died of lymphoma at age 83 in Hobe Sound, Florida.
1934 ~ Roger Maris (né Roger Eugene Maris; d. Dec. 14, 1985), American professional baseball player. He was born in Hibbing, Minnesota. He died of Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 51 in Houston, Texas.
1934 ~ Charles Kuralt (né Charles Bishop Kuralt; d. July 4, 1997), American television journalist. After his death, it was learned that he had a second, shadow family, while married to his first wife. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. He died at age 62 in Manhattan, New York.
1933 ~ Karl Lagerfeld (né Karl Otto Lagerfeld; d. Feb. 19, 2019), German fashion designer who revitalized luxury fashion. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. He died at age 85 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
1931 ~ Philip Baker Hall, American actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Bookman, the library cop on Seinfeld. He was born in Toledo, Ohio.
1929 ~ Arnold Palmer (né Arnold Daniel Palmer; d. Sept. 25, 2016), American professional golfer. He was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He died 15 days after his 87th birthday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1918 ~ Rin Tin Tin (d. Aug. 10, 1932), German Shepherd dog adopted from a World War I battlefield. The dog ultimately starred in movies about a dog named Rin Tin Tin. The dog died almost 14 years after it was born, in August 1932.
1907 ~ Dorothy Hill (d. Apr. 23, 1997), Australian geologist and paleontologist. She was the first female professor at an Australian university. She was employed at Queensland University. She is best known for her work on coral faunas. She was born and died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She died at age 89.
1903 ~ Cyril Connolly (né Cyril Vernon Connolly; d. Nov. 26, 1974), British literary critic. He was born in Coventry, England. He died at age 71 in London, England.
1896 ~ Adele Astaire, Lady Charles Cavendish (née Adele Marie Austerlitz, d. Jan. 25, 1981), American dancer and elder sister of Fred Astaire. She died at age 84.
1892 ~ Arthur Compton (né Arthur Holly Compton; b. Mar. 15, 1962), American physicist and recipient of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 69.
1890 ~ Elsa Schiaparelli (d. Nov. 13, 1973), Italian fashion designer. She died at age 83.
1886 ~ Hilda Doolittle (d. Sept. 27, 1961), American poet and novelist. She published her works under the initials H.D. She died 17 days after her 75th birthday.
1839 ~ Isaac K. Funk (né Isaac Kaufmann Funk, d. Apr. 4, 1912), American lexicographer and publisher. He was a co-founder of Funk and Wagnalls. He died at age 72.
1839 ~ Charles Sanders Peirce (d. Apr. 19, 1914), American philosopher and mathematician. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died at age 74.
1794 ~ Marie Laveau (née Marie Catherine Laveau, d. June 16, 1881), Louisiana Creole practitioner of VooDoo in New Orleans. She died at age 86.
1787 ~ John J. Crittenden (né John Jordan Crittenden, d. July 26, 1863), 15th and 22nd United States Attorney General. He served his first term during the William Henry Harrison and John Tyler administrations, from March 1841 until September 1841. He was Attorney General under President Millard Fillmore from July 1850 to March 1853. He was born in Versailles, Kentucky. He died at age 75 in Frankfort, Kentucky.
1786 ~ Nicolás Bravo (d. Apr. 22, 1854), President of Mexico. He died at age 67.
1753 ~ Sir John Soane (d. Jan. 20, 1837), English architect. He died at age 83.
1721 ~ Peyton Randolph (d. Oct. 22, 1775), Early American and 1st President of the Continental Congress. He served from September 1774 until October 1774. He served a second term, and 3rd President, from May 10, 1775 until May 24, 1775. He died at age 54.
1659 ~ Henry Purcell (d. Nov. 21, 1695), English composer. He died of tuberculosis at age 36.
1487 ~ Pope Julius III (né Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, d. Mar. 23, 1555). He served as Pope from February 1550 until his death on this date 5 years later. He died at age 67.
920 ~ King Louis IV of France (d. 954). The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been born and died on September 10, at age 33 or 34.
904 ~ Gui Wei (d. Feb. 22, 954), Chinese emperor during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He had been a military officer who staged a coup and declared himself the first Chinese Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty. He died of an illness at age 49.
Events that Changed the World:
2018 ~ Rosh Hashanah.
2017 ~ Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida. The hurricane had torn through the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm and caused massive damage. The storm formed on August 30, 2017 and dissipated on September 14, 2017.
2008 ~ The Large Hadron Collider at CERN was powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
2003 ~ Anna Lindh (1957 ~ 2003), the foreign minister of Sweden, was stabbed while shopping. She died at age 53 the following day from her injuries.
2002 ~ Switzerland joined the United Nations.
1967 ~ The people of Gibraltar voted to remain British subjects as opposed to joining and becoming a part of Spain.
1955 ~ The western television series Gunsmoke premiered on CBS. The show ran through March 31, 1975.
1946 ~ While on a train to Darjeeling, India, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu of the Loreto Sisters’ Convent decided to leave the convent and live among the poor. She would be known to the world as Mother Teresa (1910 ~ 1997).
1939 ~ Canada declared war on Nazi Germany, joining France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
1846 ~ Elias Howe (1819 ~ 1867) was granted a patent for the sewing machine.
1823 ~ Simón Bolívar (1783 ~ 1830) was named the President of Peru.
1813 ~ The United States defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1776 ~ Nathan Hale (1755 ~ 1776) volunteered to spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was caught and hanged as a traitor 12 days later, on September 22, 1776 at age 21.
1515 ~ Thomas Wolsey (1473 ~ 1530) became a Cardinal in the Catholic Church.
1509 ~ A massive earthquake struck Constantinople.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ Diana Rigg (née Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg; b. July 20, 1938), English actress. She is best known for her role as Emma Peel in The Avengers. She died of lung cancer in London, England at age 82.
2015 ~ Norman Farberow (né Norman Louis Faberow, b. Feb. 12, 1918), American psychologist who worked to save the suicidal. He was 97 years old.
2014 ~ Richard Kiel (né Richard Dawson Kiel, b. Sept. 13, 1939), American gentle giant who became a Bond villain. He was the seven-foot-two actor who was best known for his role as Jaws in the 1977 James Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me. He died of a heart attack three days before his 75th birthday.
2014 ~ Edward Nelson (b. May 4, 1932), American mathematician. He is best known for his work in mathematical physics. He died at age 82.
2012 ~ Edwin P. Wilson (né Edwin Paul Wilson; b. May 3, 1928), American CIA agent who was convicted in 1983 for selling arms to Libya. It was later discovered that the Department of Justice had covered up evidence, and his conviction was overturned. He was freed in 2004. He was born in Nampa, Idaho. He died at age 84 in Seattle, Washington.
2011 ~ Cliff Robertson (né Clifford Parker Robertson, III, b. Sept. 9, 1923), American Oscar-winning actor snubbed by Hollywood. His acting career lost momentum in 1977 after he blew the whistle on a high-level check fraud going on at a top movie studio. He died 1 day after his 88th birthday.
2008 ~ Ruedi Rymann (né Rudolf Rymann; b. Jan. 31, 1933), Swiss yodeler who was a national icon. He died at age 75.
2007 ~ Dame Anita Roddick (née Anita Lucia Perella, b. Oct. 23, 1942), English businesswoman and environmentalist. She was founder of The Body Shop. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 64.
2007 ~ Jane Wyman (née Sarah Jane Mayfield, b. Jan. 5, 1917), American actress and first wife of President Ronald Reagan. She died at age 90.
2005 ~ Gatemouth Brown (né Clarence Brown, Jr.; b. Apr. 18, 1924), American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Vinton, Louisiana. He died at age 81.
2005 ~ Sir Hermann Bondi (d. Nov. 1, 1919), Austrian mathematician. He died at age 85.
2004 ~ Brock Adams (né Brockman Adams; b. Jan. 13, 1927), 5th United States Secretary of Transportation. He served under President Jimmy Carter from January 1977 until July 1979. He subsequently went on to serve as a United States Senator from the State of Washington. He died of complications of Parkinson’s disease at age 77.
1983 ~ Felix Bloch (b. Oct. 23, 1905), Swiss-American physicist and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 77.
1983 ~ Norah Lofts (née Norah Ethel Robinson, b. Aug. 27, 1904), British author of historical romantic novels. She died about 2 weeks after her 79th birthday.
1976 ~ Dalton Trumbo (né James Dalton Trumbo, b. Dec. 9, 1905), American screenwriter and novelist. His life story was in the 2015 film, Trumbo, which starred Bryan Cranston. He died of a heart attack at age 70.
1975 ~ Sir George Paget Thomson (b. May 3, 1892), English physicist and recipient of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 83.
1966 ~ Emil Julius Gumbel (b. July 18, 1891), German mathematician. The Nazi regime forced him to flee Germany. He first moved to France, then in 1940, immigrated to the United States. He was born in Munich, Germany. He died at age 75 in New York, New York.
1960 ~ Edith Nourse Rogers (b. Mar. 19, 1881), American social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Massachusetts to serve in Congress. She served in the House of Representatives from June 1925 until her death on September 1960. She was born in Saco, Maine and died in Boston, Massachusetts. She died at age 79.
1949 ~ Wiley Blount Rutledge, Jr. (b. July 20, 1894), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He replaced James F. Byrnes on the Court. He was succeeded by Sherman Minton. He served on the Court from February 1943 until his death 17 months later. He was born in Cloverport, Kentucky. He died while on vacation in York, Maine. He suffered a stroke while driving and died 2 weeks later. He was 55 years old.
1948 ~ Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (b. Feb. 26, 1861). He was the Tsar of Bulgaria from October 1908 until October 1918. He died at age 87.
1935 ~ Huey P. Long (né Huey Pierce Long, Jr., b. Aug. 30, 1893), 40th Governor of Louisiana. He was also a United States Senator. He was assassinated in the Louisiana Capital building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1935. He was killed 11 days after his 42nd birthday.
1931 ~ Dmitri Egorov (b. Dec. 22, 1869), Russian mathematician. He died at age 61.
1910 ~ Heinrich Caro (b. Feb. 13, 1834), Polish-German chemist. He died at age 76 in Dresden, Germany.
1898 ~ Empress Elizabeth of Austria (b. Dec. 24, 1837), Empress consort and wife of Franz Joseph I of Austria. She was assassinated at age 60. Her life story is told in the historical novel, Sisi: Empress on Her Own, by Allison Pataki.
1889 ~ Prince Charles III of Monaco (né Charles Honoré Grimaldi, b. Dec. 8, 1818), founder of the Monte Carlo casino. He died at age 70.
1851 ~ Reverend Thomas H. Gallaudet (né Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, b. Dec. 10, 1787), American educator for the deaf. He died at age 63.
1845 ~ Joseph Story (b. Sept. 18, 1779), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President James Madison. He was 32 years old at the time of his appointment to the Court. He replaced William Cushing on the Court and was succeeded by Levi Woodbury. He served on the Court from November 1812 until his death 33 years later at age 65. He was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He died 8 days before his 66th birthday in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1842 ~ Letitia Tyler (née Letitia Christian; b. Nov. 12, 1790), First Lady of the United States and first wife of President John Tyler. She died at age 51 while her husband was in Office, thereby becoming the first wife of a President to die while in office.
1797 ~ Mary Wollstonecraft (b. Apr. 27, 1759), English author and early feminist, best known for her book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. She died at age 38 of complications following childbirth.
1749 ~ Émilie du Châtelet (née Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet, b. Dec. 17, 1706), French mathematician, physicist, and author during the Age of Enlightenment. She died at age 42 a week after having given birth to her third child.
1732 ~ Jacques d’Allonville (né Jacques Eugene d’Allonville; b. July 14, 1671), French mathematician and astronomer. The crater Louville on the moon is named in his honor. He died at age 61.
1382 ~ King Louis I of Hungary (b. Mar. 5, 1326). He was known as Louis the Great. He was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 until his death 40 years later. He died at age 56.
1167 ~ Empress Matilda of England (b. Feb. 7, 1102). She was also known as Empress Maude of the Holy Roman Empire. She was the wife of King Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire. She died at age 65.
954 ~ King Louis IV of France (d. 920). The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been born and died on September 10, at age 33 or 34.
210 BCE ~ Qin Shi Huang (b. Feb. 18, 259 BCE), Chinese Emperor and founder of the Qin Dynasty. He was the first emperor of a unified China. He died at age 49.
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