Veteran’s Day
Birthdays:
1974 ~ Leonardo DiCaprio (né Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio), American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1964 ~ Calista Flockhart (née Calista Kay Flockhart), American actress. She was born in Freeport, Illinois.
1962 ~ Demi Moore (née Demi Gene Guynes), American actress. She was born in Roswell, New Mexico.
1960 ~ Stanley Tucci, Jr., American actor and director. He was born in Peekskill, New York.
1948 ~ Vincent Schiavelli (né Vincent Andrew Schiavelli; d. Dec. 26, 2005), American actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of lung cancer at age 57 in Palermo, Sicily.
1947 ~ Elizabeth Glaser (née Elizabeth Meyer; d. Dec. 3, 1994), American AIDS activist. She was born and died in Santa Monica, California. She died 22 days after her 47th birthday.
1930 ~ Hugh Everett, III (d. July 19, 1982), American mathematician and physicist. He was born in Washington, D.C. He died at age 51 of a heart attack in McLean, Virginia.
1930 ~ David H. Hackworth (né David Haskell Hackworth; d. May 4, 2005), American war hero and military journalist who became a critic of the United States military. He was born in Santa Monica, California. He died at age 74 of bladder cancer in Tijuana, Mexico.
1930 ~ Mildred Dresselhaus (née Mildred Spiewak; d. Feb. 20, 2017), American nanoscience pioneer who broke barriers. She was the first female Institute Professor at MIT. She was known as the Queen of Carbon Science. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died at age 86 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1928 ~ Carlos Fuentes (né Carlos Fuentes Macías; d. May 15, 2012), Mexican author. He was born in Panama City, Panama. He died at age 83 in Mexico City, Mexico.
1926 ~ Maria Teresa de Filippis (d. Jan. 8, 2016), Italian race car driver. In 1958, she became the first woman to race in Formula One. She was born in Naples, Italy. She died at age 89 in Scanzorosciate, Italy.
1925 ~ Jonathan Winters (né Jonathan Harshman Winters, III; d. Apr. 11, 2013), American comic and actor who thrived on improvisation. He was born in Bellbrook, Ohio. He died at age 87 in Montecito, California.
1925 ~ Tennent H. Bagley (né Tennent Harrington Bagley; d. Feb. 20, 2014), the American CIA agent who handled, Yuri Nosenko, a dubious Russian defector. He died of cancer at age 88.
1922 ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (d. Apr. 11, 2007), American novelist, best known for his novels Slaughter-House Five and Cat’s Cradle. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He died at age 84 in Manhattan, New York.
1921 ~ Terrel Bell (né Terrel Howard Bell; d. June 22, 1996), 2nd United States Secretary of Education. He served under President Ronald Reagan from January 1981 until January 1985. He was born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. He died at age 74 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1915 ~ William Proxmire (né Edward William Proxmire; d. Dec. 15, 2005), American politician. He was a senator from Wisconsin from August 1957 until January 1989. He was born in Lake Forest, Illinois. He died about a month after his 90th birthday in Sykesville, Maryland.
1915 ~ Anna Schwartz (née Anna Jacobson; d. June 21, 2012), American economist who rewrote the history of the Depression. She is best known for her 1963 classic A Monetary History of the United States. She was born in The Bronx, New York. She died at age 96 in Manhattan, New York.
1914 ~ Howard Fast (né Howard Melvin Fast; d. Mar. 12, 2003), American author. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 88 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
1904 ~ J.H.C. Whitehead (né John Henry Constantine Whitehead; d. May 8, 1960), British mathematician. He died of a heart attack at age 55 in Princeton, New Jersey.
1904 ~ Alger Hiss (d. Nov. 15, 1996), American government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He died in New York, New York 4 days after his 92nd birthday.
1895 ~ Wealthy Babcock (née Wealthy Consuelo Babcock; d. Apr. 10, 1990), American mathematician. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and had a long teaching career at that university. She died at age 94 in Lawrence, Kansas.
1885 ~ George S. Patton (né George Smith Patton, Jr.; d. Dec. 21, 1945), American General. He was known as Old Blood and Guts. He was born in San Gabriel, California. He died at age 60 of injuries suffered in a car accident in Germany.
1882 ~ King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. Sept. 15, 1973). He reigned as King from October 1950 until his death in September 1973. He was of the House of Bernadotte. He was the son of Gustaf V, King of Sweden and Victoria of Baden. He died at age 90.
1872 ~ David L. Walsh (né David Ignatius Walsh, d. June 11, 1947), 46th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1914 until January 1916. He later served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 74 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1869 ~ Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (d. Dec. 28, 1947). He reigned from July 1900 until May 9, 1946 when he abdicated the throne in favor of his son, Umberto II, King of Italy. He was of the House of Savoy. He was the son of Umberto I, King of Italy and Margherita of Savoy. He was born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy. He died at age 78 in Alexandria, Egypt.
1866 ~ Martha Anne Whiteley (d. May 24, 1956), English chemist and mathematician. She is known for advocating for women’s equality in the field of chemistry. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 89.
1864 ~ Alfred Hermann Fried (d. May 5, 1921), Austrian writer and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1911 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 56.
1821 ~ Fyodor Dostoyevesky (né Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevesky; d. Feb. 9, 1881), Russian novelist, best known for his novel, Crime and Punishment. He was born in Moscow, Russia. He died at age 59 of a pulmonary hemorrhage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
1792 ~ Mary Anne Disraeli, 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield (née Mary Anne Evans; d. Dec. 15, 1872), Welsh wife of Benjamin Disraeli. She died about month after her 80th birthday.
1748 ~ Charles IV, King of Spain (d. Jan. 20, 1819). He reigned from December 1788 until he was forced to abdicate in March 1808 in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII. He was married to Maria Luisa of Parma. He was of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Charles III, King of Spain and Maria Amalia of Saxony. He died at age 70.
1599 ~ Maria Eleanora of Brandenburg (d. Mar. 28, 1655), Queen consort of Sweden and wife of Gustavus Alolphus, King of Sweden. She was of the House of Hohenzollern. She was the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg and Anna, Duchess of Prussia. She died at age 55.
1449 ~ Catherine of Poděbrady (d. Mar. 8, 1464), Queen consort of Hungary and Croatia and wife of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. She was of the House of Poděbrady. She was the daughter of George of Poděbrady and Kkunigunde of Sternberg. She died in childbirth at age 15.
1441 ~ Charlotte of Savoy (d. Dec. 1, 1483), Queen consort of France and 2nd wife of Louis XI, King of France. She was of the House of Valois. She was the daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne of Cyprus. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been born on November 11. She died of dysentery 20 days after her 42nd birthday.
1155 ~ Alfonso VIII, King of Castile and Toledo (d. Oct. 5, 1214). He reigned from August 1158 until his death in 1214. He was married to Eleanor of England. He was of the Castilian House of Ivrea. He was the son of Sancho III, King of Castile and Blanche of Navarre. He died at age 58.
1154 ~ Sancho I, King of Portugal (d. Mar. 26, 1211). He reigned from December 1185 until his death in March 1211. He was married to Dulce of Aragon. He was of the Portuguese House of Burgundy. He was the son of Afonso I, King of Portugal and Matilda of Savoy. He died at age 56.
1050 ~ Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Aug. 7, 1106). He reigned from October 1056 through March 1084. He had the distinction of being excommunicated five times by three different Popes. He was of the Salian dynasty. He was the son of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor and Agnes of Poitou. He died at age 55.
990 ~ Gisela of Swabia (d. Feb. 15, 1043), Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire through her third husband, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor. She was of the House of Conradines. She was the daughter Herman II, Duke of Swabia and Gerberga of Burgundy. She died at age 52.
Events that Changed the World:
2012 ~ A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in northern Burma, killing nearly 30 people.
2004 ~ Mahmoud Abbas (b. 1935) was elected the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He assumed the Office in January 2005.
1993 ~ A sculpture honoring the women who served in the Vietnam War was dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1992 ~ The General Synod of the Church of England voted to allow woman to become Anglican priest.
1981 ~ Antigua and Barbuda joined the United Nations. In 2017, Hurricane Irma would destroy over 90% of the island of Barbuda.
1954 ~ Veterans Day was first celebrated in the United States to honor the men and women who have served in the United States armed services. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson (1856 ~ 1924) proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day to remind Americans of those lost in World War I. It was made a Federal Holiday in 1938. In 1954, the name was changed to Veterans Day to commemorate American Veterans of all wars, not just World War II.
1942 ~ The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.
1942 ~ Nazi Germany completed its invasion of France.
1926 ~ U.S. Route 66 came into being with the establishment of the United States Numbered Highway System. The route officially was decommissioned in June 1985.
1921 ~ The Tomb of the Unknown soldiers was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.
1918 ~ World War I ended when Germany signed an armistice agreement. Fighting officially ended at 11:00 a.m. The war officially ended with the signing of the Treaty Versailles, which occurred on June 28, 1919.
1889 ~ Washington State became the 42nd State of the Union.
1865 ~ Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832 ~ 1919) received the United States Medal of Honor. She was the first woman to receive this award. She earned her medical degree in 1855. She volunteered during the American Civil war and served as a surgeon. She was captured by Confederate forces and arrested as a spy. She was later released in a prisoner exchange.
1864 ~ During the American Civil War, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 ~ 1891), who had formerly been the president of Louisiana State University, began burning Atlanta, Georgia on his march south to the Gulf Coast.
1839 ~ The Virginia Military Institute was founded in Lexington, Virginia.
1675 ~ Gottfried Leibniz (1646 ~ 1716) demonstrated integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the of the graph y = ƒ(x).
1620 ~ The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard the Mayflower as it was stationed off the coast of what is now known as Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
1572 ~ Dutch nobleman Tycho Brahe (1546 ~ 1601), observed the supernova SN 1572.
1500 ~ Louis XII, King of France (1462 ~ 1515) and Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (1452 ~ 1516) agreed to divide the Kingdom of Naples between they with the signing of the Treaty of Granada.
1215 ~ The Fourth Lateran Council met and defined the doctrine of transubstantiation, by which the bread and wine of communion are said to be transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
1100 ~ Henry I, King of England (1068 ~ 1135) married Matilda of Scotland (1080 ~ 1118). Matilda was the daughter of Malcolm III, King of Scotland (1031 ~ 1093).
Good-Byes:
2016 ~ Robert Vaughn (né Robert Francis Vaughn; b. Nov. 22, 1932), American actor best known for his role as Napoleon Solo in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He was born in New York, New York. He died 11 days before his 84th birthday in Danbury, Connecticut.
2014 ~ John Doar (né John Andrew Doar; b. Dec. 3, 1921), American civil rights lawyer who fought segregation and drafted the articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died 3 weeks before his 93rd birthday in New York, New York.
2012 ~ Sir Rex Hunt (né Rex Masterman Hunt; b. June 29, 1926), British governor who defied Argentina during the Falkland Islands War in 1982. He was 86 years old.
2006 ~ Esther Lederberg (née Esther Miriam Zimmer; b. Dec. 18, 1922), American microbiologist. She is best known for her work in microbial genetics. She was born in The Bronx, New York. She died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure at age 83 in Stanford, California.
2005 ~ Peter Drucker (né Peter Ferdinand Drucker; b. Nov. 19, 1909), American management theorist. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died 8 days before his 96th birthday in Claremont, California.
2004 ~ Yasser Arafat (b. Aug. 24, 1929), Leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. He was also the recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in Cairo, Egypt. He died at age 75 in France.
1994 ~ John A. Volpe (né John Anthony Volpe; b. Dec. 8, 1908), 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation. He served in the Richard Nixon administration from January 1969 until February 1973. He previously served two terms as Governor of Massachusetts: first from January 1961 until January 1963 and second from January 1965 until January 1969. He was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He died less than a month before his 86th birthday in Nahant, Massachusetts.
1985 ~ Arthur Rothstein (b. July 17, 1915), American photojournalist. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 70 in New Rochelle, New York.
1976 ~ Alexander Calder (b. July 22, 1898), American sculptor and inventor. He is best known for his mobiles. He was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. He died at age 78 in New York, New York.
1973 ~ Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (b. Jan. 15, 1895), Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry. He was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. He died at age 78.
1945 ~ Jerome Kern (né Jerome David Kern; b. Jan. 27, 1885), American composer. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 60.
1938 ~ Typhoid Mary Mallon (b. Sept. 23, 1869), Irish-American asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever. She died at age 69.
1917 ~ Queen Lili’uokalani (b. Sept. 2, 1838) of Hawaii. She was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. She was born and died in Honolulu, Hawaii. She died at age 79.
1892 ~ Thomas Adolphus Trollope (b. Apr. 29, 1810), British author and journalist. He died at age 82.
1880 ~ Ned Kelly (né Edward Kelly, b. Dec. 1855), Australian criminal. He was hanged at age 31. The exact day of his birth is not known.
1880 ~ Lucretia Mott (née Lucretia Coffin; b. Jan. 3, 1793), American leader of the abolitionist and women’s rights movements in the United States. She was from Nantucket, Massachusetts. She died at age 87 in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.
1862 ~ James Porter (né James Madison Porter; b. Jan. 6, 1793), 18th United States Secretary of War. He served under President John Tyler from March 1843 until January 1844. He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He died at age 69 in Easton, Pennsylvania.
1861 ~ Pedro V, King of Portugal (b. Sept. 16, 1837). He reigned as King from November 1853 until his death 8 years later. He was married to Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He was of the House of Braganza. He was the son of Maria II, Queen of Portugal and Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. He died of typhoid fever at age 24.
1855 ~ Søren Kierkegaard (né Søren Aabye Kierkegaard; b. May 5, 1813), Danish Christian philosopher, theologian and religious author. He was born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark. He died at age 42.
1831 ~ Nat Turner (b. Oct. 2, 1800), American slave rebel who was hanged after inciting a slave uprising. He was executed at age 31 for his role in leading the revolt.
1677 ~ Barbara Strozzi (née Barbara Valie; b. Aug. 6, 1619), Italian composer and singer-songwriter. During her lifetime, she published 8 volumes of music. She was also believed to have been a courtesan. The actual date of her birth is not known, but she was baptized on August 6, 1619. She was born in Venice, Italy. She died at age 58 in Padua, Italy.
1623 ~ Philippe de Mornay (b. Nov. 5, 1549), French Protestant author. He died 6 days after his 74th birthday.
1028 ~ Constantine VIII, Byzantine Emperor (b. 960). He reigned from December 1025 until his death 3 years later. The exact date of his birth is not known.
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