Birthdays:
1992 ~ Miley Cyrus (née Destiny Hope Cyrus), American singer-songwriter. She was born in Franklin, Tennessee.
1959 ~ Dominique Dunne (née Dominique Ellen Dunne; d. Nov. 4, 1982), American actress. She was born in Santa Monica, California. She was murdered in Los Angeles, California by her boyfriend in a domestic violence dispute 19 days before her 23rd birthday.
1955 ~ Mary Landrieu, American politician and Democrat United States Senator from Louisiana. She served as Senator from January 1997 until January 2015. She was born in Arlington, Virginia.
1953 ~ Rick Bayless, American chef and restaurateur who specialized in traditional Mexican cuisine. He owns the Topolobompo Mexican restaurant in Chicago. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1950 ~ Chuck Schumer (né Charles Ellis Schumer), American politician and Democrat United States Senator from New York State. He was first elected to that Office in 1998. In January 2017, he became the Senate Minority Leader. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1945 ~ Assi Dayan (né Asaf Dayan; d. May 1, 2014), Israeli actor and youngest son of Moshe Dayan. He died at age 68 in Tel Aviv.
1944 ~ Joe Eszterhas (né József A. Eszterhas), Hungarian-born American screenwriter. He is best known for writing Flashdance and Showgirls. He was born in Csákánydoroszló, Hungary.
1943 ~ Andrew Goodman (d. June 21, 1964), American civil rights activist who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan on a Freedom March in Mississippi during Freedom Summer. He was born in New York, New York. He was killed at age 20 in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
1940 ~ Luis Tiant (né Louis Clemente Tiant Vega), Cuban baseball player. He had a long career with the Boston Red Sox. He was born in Havana, Cuba.
1926 ~ Rafi Eitan (né Rafael Eitan; d. Mar. 23, 2019), legendary Israeli spy who captured Eichmann. He led the Mossad mission to capture Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. He died at age 92 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
1915 ~ Anne Burns (d. Jan. 22, 2001), British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot. She was an expert on clean-air turbulence due to “wind-shear.” In 1977, her glider was hit by a bird and damaged. She bailed out with minor injuries, thus, at age 62, becoming the first woman since the 1930s to become a member of the Caterpillar Club, an informal association of people to successfully use a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. She died at age 85.
1907 ~ Julius Krug (né Julius Albert Krug; d. Mar. 26, 1970), 33rd United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Harry S. Truman from March 1946 until December 1949. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He died at age 62 in Knoxville, Kentucky.
1892 ~ Erté (né Romain de Tirtoff; d. Apr. 21, 1990), Russian-born French artist known for his art deco style. He was known by the pseudonym, which is the French pronunciation of his initials, R.T. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. He died at age 97 in Paris, France.
1888 ~ Harpo Marx (né Adolph Marx; d. Sept. 28, 1964), second-oldest of the Marx brothers, American comedian and actor. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died at age 75 in Los Angeles, California.
1887 ~ Boris Karloff (né William Henry Pratt; d. Feb. 2, 1969), British actor best known for his role in horror films. He died of pneumonia and emphysema at age 81.
1868 ~ Mary Brewster Hazelton (d. Sept. 13, 1953), American portrait painter. She was also an instructor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. She was born in Milton, Massachusetts and died in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She died at age 84.
1860 ~ Hjalmar Branting (né Karl Hjalmar Branting; d. Feb. 24, 1925), Swedish diplomat and Prime Minister of Sweden. He served several terms as Prime Minister. He was the recipient of the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the League of Nations. He was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden at age 64.
1837 ~ Johannes Diderik van der Waals (d. Mar. 8, 1923), Dutch physicist and recipient of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics. His name is associated with van der Waals forces. He died at age 85.
1820 ~ Isaac Todhunter (d. Mar. 1, 1884), English mathematician. He his best known for the books he wrote on the history of mathematics. He died at age 63.
1804 ~ Franklin Pierce (d. Oct. 8, 1869), 14th President of the United States. He was President from March 1853 until March 1857. Prior to becoming President, he served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire. He was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. He died in Concord, New Hampshire at age 64.
1749 ~ Edward Rutledge (d. Jan. 23, 1800), American lawyer and statesman, and the South Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was the Governor of South Carolina from December 1798 until his death in January 1800. He was born and died in Charleston, South Carolina. He was 50 years old at the time of his death.
1221 ~ Alfonso X, King of Castile (d. Apr. 4, 1284). He reigned from June 1252 until his death 32 years later. He was of the Castilian House of Ivrea. He was the son of Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Elisabeth of Swabia. He died at age 62.
1190 ~ Pope Clement IV (né Gui Foucois; d. Nov. 29, 1268). He was Pope from February 1265 until his death 2 years later. He died 6 days after his 78th birthday.
912 ~ Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. May 7, 973). He reigned as Holy Roman Emperor from February 962 until his death 11 years later. He was of the Ottonian Dynasty. He was the son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda. He died at age 60.
Events that Changed the World:
2017 ~ Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
2006 ~ Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
2005 ~ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (b. 1938) was elected president of Liberia, becoming the first woman to lead an African country. Her term began in January 2006 and she served until January 2018.
2000 ~ Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
1996 ~ Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked and crashed into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 passengers and crew.
1985 ~ EgyptAir Flight 648 was hijacked en route from Athens to Cairo. The plane landed in Malta and Egyptian commandos stormed the aircraft. 60 people were killed in the raid.
1980 ~ A series of earthquakes struck southern Italy killing over 3,000 people.
1963 ~ The BBC broadcast the first episode of Doctor Who, a science fiction drama.
1936 ~ Life magazine was first published as a photo magazine.
1924 ~ Edwin Hubble’s discovery that Andromeda was not within the Milky Way galaxy was first published.
1890 ~ Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1880 ~ 1962) to the throne upon the death of her father, William III, King of the Netherlands (1817 ~ 1890). He had died without a male heir and a special law was passed to allow his daughter, Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.
1889 ~ The Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco began using the first known commercial use of a jukebox.
1876 ~ Tammany Hall leader, William “Boss” Tweed (1823 ~ 1878), was brought to New York City after being arrested in Spain.
1863 ~ The Battle of Chattanooga during the American Civil War began. Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant (1822 ~ 1885) reinforced existing troops in Chattanooga to attach Confederate troops.
1644 ~ John Milton (1608 ~ 1674) published Aeropagitica, which spoke out against censorship.
1248 ~ Christian troops under Ferdinand III, King of Castile (1200 ~ 1252) conquered Seville, Spain.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ David Dinkins (né David Norman Dinkins; b. July 10, 1927), 106th Mayor of New York City. He was the courtly politician who was New York City’s first Black mayor. He served as Mayor from January 1990 through December 1999. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He died in New York, New York at age 93.
2015 ~ Cynthia Robinson (b. Jan. 12, 1944), African-American trumpeter who was the soul of The Family Stone. She was born in Sacramento, California. She died of cancer at age 71 in Carmichael, California.
2015 ~ Douglass North (né Douglass Cecil North; b. Nov. 5, 1920), American economist and recipient of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died 18 days after his 95thbirthday in Benzonia, Michigan.
2014 ~ Marion Barry, Jr. (b. Mar. 6, 1936), American politician and Mayor of Washington, D.C. He was the charismatic Mayor who survived many scandals. He died of cardiac arrest at age 78.
2014 ~ Dorothy Cheney (née Dorothy May Sutton Bundy; b. Sept. 1, 1916), American tennis champion who improved with age. She played tennis well into her 90s. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She died at age 98 in Encondido, California.
2012 ~ Larry Hagman (né Larry Martin Hagman, b. Sept. 21, 1931), American actor best known for his roles astronaut Major Anthony Nelson on the sit-com I Dream of Jeannie, and as J.R. Ewing on the TV series, Dallas. His mother was the stage actress, Mary Martin. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He died of leukemia at age 81 in Dallas, Texas.
2011 ~ Jim Rathmann (né Royal Richard Rathmann; b. July 16, 1928), American Indy champ with the right stuff. He won the Indianapolis in 1960. He died at age 83.
2010 ~ Ingrid Pitt (née Ingoushka Petrov; b. Nov. 21, 1937), Polish-born British actress known as the Queen of Horror, who knew the real thing after having survived the Holocaust. She died of congestive heart failure two days after her 73rd birthday.
1999 ~ Phoebe Snetsinger (née Phoebe Geddes Bennett; b. June 9, 1931), American birdwatcher. She was born in Lake Zurich, Illinois. She had identified nearly 8,400 species at the time of her death at age 68 in a car accident in Madagascar.
1995 ~ Louis Malle (né Louis Marie Malle; b. Oct. 30, 1932), French film director. He was married to actress Candice Bergen. He was born in Thumeries, Nord, France. He died of lymphoma 24 days after his 63rd birthday in Beverly Hills, California.
1991 ~ Klaus Kinski (né Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski; b. Oct. 18, 1926), German actor. He died of a heart attack at age 65.
1990 ~ Roald Dahl (b. Sept. 13, 1916), English author, best known for his children’s stories, James and the Giant Peachand Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. His first wife was actress Patricia Neal. He died of a rare blood cancer at age 74.
1979 ~ Merle Oberon (née Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson, b. Feb. 19, 1911), British actress. She died following a stroke at age 68.
1910 ~ Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (b. Sept. 11, 1862), American homeopathitic physician and murderer. He was convicted of murdering his wife. He was hanged in England at age 48. Erik Larson wrote about Dr. Crippen and his crimes in the book Thunderstruck.
1899 ~ Thomas Henry Ismay (b. Jan. 7, 1837), British shipping company owner and founder of the White Star Line, which later was the owner of The Titanic. He died of a heart attack at age 62.
1890 ~ King William III of the Netherlands (b. Feb. 19, 1817). He reigned over the Netherlands from March 1849 until his death in November 1890. He was married first to Sophie of Württemberg until her death. He then married Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He was of the House of Orange-Nassau. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his daughter, Wilhemina. He died at age 73.
1844 ~ Thomas Henderson (b. Dec. 28, 1798), Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He died about a month before his 46th birthday.
1814 ~ Elbridge Gerry (b. July 17, 1744), 5th Vice President of the United States. He served under James Madison, but died at age 70, 18 months into his term. He had previously served as the 9th Governor of Massachusetts, from June 1810 until March 1812. He is best known for the term “gerrymandering”, a process by which electoral districts are drawn with the intent to assist a particular candidate or party. He was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
1604 ~ Francesco Barozzi (b. Aug. 9, 1537), Italian mathematician and astronomer. The lunar crater Barocius is named in his honor. He was born in Heraklion, Greece. He died at age 67 in Venice, Italy.
1585 ~ Thomas Tallis (b. 1505), English composer of religious vocal music. The exact date of his birth is not known.
1511 ~ Anne of York (b. Nov. 2, 1475), English princess and 5th daughter of Edward IV, King of England and Elizabeth Woodville. She was born on the fifth birthday of her brother, Edward V, King of England. She was of the House of York. She died 21 days after her 36th birthday.
1503 ~ Margaret of York (b. May 3, 1446), third wife of Charles the Bold and daughter of Richard Plantagenet and Cecily Neville. She was born on her mother’s 31st birthday. Upon her marriage to Charles the Bold, she became the Duchess consort of Burgundy. She died at age 57.
1407 ~ Louis I, Duke of Orléans (b. Mar. 13, 1372), French prince and son of King Charles V of France and Joanna of Bourbon. He was murdered at age 35.
955 ~ King Eadred of England (b. 923). He was King of the English from May 946 until his death in November 955. He was the son of Edward, King of Wessex and Eadgifu of Kent. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 31 or 32 at the time of his death.
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