Birthdays:
1963 ~ Fisher Stevens (né Steven Fisher), American actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1957 ~ Caroline Kennedy (née Caroline Bouvier Kennedy), American journalist and attorney. She is the daughter of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. She was born in New York, New York.
1955 ~ Bill Nye (né William Sanford Nye), American engineer and broadcaster, known as Bill Nye, the Science Guy. He was born in Washington, D.C.
1953 ~ Steve Bannon (né Stephen Kevin Bannon), American media executive and political figure. He served as the White House Chief Strategist during the Trump Administration. This was a position created by the President for Bannon. In November 2021, he was indicted for failing to appear to a Congressional subpoena. He was the first person ever to be indicted for such a charge. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
1951 ~ Kathryn Bigelow (née Kathryn Ann Bigelow), American movie director. She is best known for her films The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty. She was born in San Carlos, California.
1946 ~ Richard Codey (né Richard James Codey), Governor of New Jersey. He served as governor from November 2004 until January 2006. He was born in Orange, New Jersey.
1943 ~ Jil Sander (née Heidemarie Jiline Sander), German fashion designer. She was born in Wesselburen, Germany.
1942 ~ Jimi Hendrix (né Johnny Allen Hendrix; d. Sept. 18, 1970), American musician and guitarist. He was born in Seattle, Washington. He died of an accidental drug overdose at age 27 in London, England.
1941 ~ Eddie Rabbit (né Edward Thomas Rabbit; d. May 7, 1998), American singer-songwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of lung cancer at age 56 in Nashville, Tennessee.
1940 ~ Bruce Lee (né Lee Jun-fan; d. July 20, 1973), American actor and martial arts performer. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died of a cerebral edema at age 32 in Hong Kong.
1936 ~ Henri Belolo (d. Aug. 3, 2019), French music producer who sparked a disco inferno with the Village People. He was born in Casablanca, French Morocco. He died at age 82 in Paris, France.
1936 ~ Gail Sheehy (née Gail Henion; d. Aug. 24, 2020), American author and journalist. She was born in Mamaroneck, New York. She died at age 83 in Southampton, New York.
1936 ~ Glynn Lunney (né Glynn Stephen Lunney; d. Mar. 19, 2021), American engineer and NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13. He was born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. He died in Clear Lake, Texas at age 84.
1934 ~ Gilbert Strang (né William Gilbert Strang), American mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to finite element theory. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1928 ~ Stanley Hoffmann (d. Sept. 13, 2015), Austrian-born historian. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 86 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1927 ~ William E. Simon (né William Edward Simon; d. June 3, 2000), 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury. He served during the Nixon and Ford administrations from May 1974 until January 1977. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He died of complications of pulmonary fibrosis at age 72 in Santa Barbara, California.
1927 ~ Leigh H. Perkins (d. May 7, 2021), American outdoorsman who turned Orvis into a lifestyle powerhouse. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He died in Monticello, Florida at age 93.
1925 ~ Ella Brennan (d. May 31, 2018), American restaurateur who became a New Orleans icon. She was a part of the Brennan family that specialized in haute Louisiana creole cuisine in New Orleans. She was born and died in New Orleans, Louisiana. She died at age 92.
1925 ~ Claude Lanzmann (d. July 5, 2018), French filmmaker who chronicled the Holocaust. He is best known for the Holocaust documentary Shoah. He died at age 92 in Paris, France.
1923 ~ J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. (né Jesse Ernest Wilkins, Jr., d. May 1, 2011), African-American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician. He entered the University of Chicago at age 13, becoming the youngest student ever to attend that school. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 87 in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
1921 ~ Dr. Dora Jean Dougherty Strother McKeown (d. Nov. 19, 2013), American military pilot. She was well known as a Woman Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and B-29 Superfortress demonstration pilot. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. She died 8 days before her 92nd birthday.
1917 ~ Buffalo Bob Smith (né Robert Emil Schmidt; d. July 30, 1998), American actor and television host best known for hosting The Howdy Doody Show. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He died of cancer at age 80 in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
1909 ~ James Agee (né James Rufus Agee; d. May 16, 1955), American playwright. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He died of a heart attack at age 45 in New York, New York.
1909 ~ Anatoly Maltsev (d. June 7, 1967), Russian mathematician. He died at age 57.
1903 ~ Lars Onsager (d. Oct. 5, 1976), Norwegian chemist and recipient of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He died of an aneurysm at age 72 in Coral Gables, Florida.
1874 ~ Chaim Weizmann (né Chaim Azriel Weizmann; d. Nov. 9, 1952), 1st President of the State of Israel. He served as President from February 1949 until his death 3 years later. He was born in Motal, Russian Empire (currently Belarus). He died in Office just 18 days before his 78th birthday in Rehovot, Israel.
1870 ~ Juho Kusti Paasikivi (d. Dec. 14, 1956), 7th President of Finland. He served as President from March 1946 until March 1956. He died 18 days after his 86th birthday in Helsinki, Finland.
1857 ~ Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (d. Mar. 4, 1952), English neurophysiologist. He was the recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the function of neurons. He died at age 94.
1820 ~ Rachel Brooks Gleason (née Rachel Ingall Brooks; d. Mar. 13, 1905), American physician. She was the 4thwoman to earn a medical degree in the United States. She died at age 84.
1746 ~ Increase Sumner (d. June 7, 1799), 5th Governor of Massachusetts. He served in that office from 1797 until his death in office in June 1799. He was born and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He died at age 52 of a heart attack.
1746 ~ Robert Livingston (d. Feb. 26, 1813), American politician and assisted in the negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase from France. He was the 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs. He served in this position during the George Washington administration from October 1781 until June 1783. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 66 in Clermont, New York.
1701 ~ Anders Celsius (d. Apr. 25, 1744), Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He is best known for the Celsius thermometer, which bears his name. He was born and died in Uppsala, Sweden. He died of tuberculosis at age 42.
1640 ~ Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (d. Oct. 9, 1709), royal mistress to Charles II, King of England. She and the King had 5 children together, all of whom the King acknowledged. She died at age 68.
1635 ~ Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (d. Apr. 15, 1719), second wife of King Louis XIV of France. Her marriage to the King was never officially announced because it was morganatic, thus she was never considered Queen consort of France. The King was her second husband. She had previously been married to Paul Scarron, a man 25 years her senior. He introduced her to the French Court. After the death of her 1st husband, she married the French King. She founded the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, a school for impoverished girls. She died at age 83.
1380 ~ Ferdinand I, King of Aragon (d. Apr. 1416). He reigned from September 1412 until his death less than 4 years later. He was of the House of Trastámara. He was the son of John I, King of Castile and Eleanor of Aragon. He was married to Eleanor of Albuquerque. He died at age 35.
1127 ~ Emperor Xiaozong (d. June 28, 1194), 11th Chinese emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He ruled from July 1162 until February 1189 when he abdicated in favor of his son, Emperor Guangzong. He died at age 66.
Events that Changed the World:
2017 ~ The engagement of England’s Prince Henry (b. 1984) to American actress Meghan Markel (b. 1981) was announced. They married on May 19, 2018.
2014 ~ Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
2008 ~ Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
2005 ~ The first partial human face transplant was performed in Amiens, France. Isabelle Dinoire (1967 ~ 2016) had been mauled by a dog and her face was badly damaged. Surgeons replaced her nose, lips and chin from a brain-dead donor. She later died of cancer at age 49.
2003 ~ Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
1978 ~ San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (1929 ~ 1978) and city supervisor Harvey Milk (1930 ~ 1978), who was openly gay, were assassinated by former city supervisor Dan White (1946 ~ 1985).
1973 ~ The United States Senate voted to confirm Gerald Ford (1913 ~ 2006) as Vice President of the United States following the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew (1918 ~ 1996). Ford was confirmed by the House of Representatives on December 6, 1973.
1924 ~ The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York City.
1910 ~ New York City’s Pennsylvania Station opened.
1901 ~ The United States Army War College was established.
1895 ~ Alfred Nobel (1833 ~ 1896) signed his last will and testament, in which he set aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death. He did this after reading a premature obituary that condemned him for profiting from the sale of arms and dynamite.
1839 ~ The American Statistical Association was founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
1095 ~ Pope Urban II (1042 ~ 1099) ordered the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
Good-Byes:
2019 ~ William Ruckelshaus (né William Doyle Ruckelshaus; b. July 24, 1932), American incorruptible Republican who defied President Nixon. He was the deputy attorney general when President Nixon ordered Attorney General Eliot Richardson to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refused and resigned. Nixon then ordered Ruckelshaus to fire Cox. Ruckelshaus also refused to perform the act, and also resigned. Ruckelshaus had the nickname of Mr. Clean. He served as the 1st Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Richard Nixon, a position he held from December 1970 until April 1973. He later served as the 5th Administrator of the EPA during the Reagan administration, from May 1983 until February 1985. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He died at age 87 in Medina, Washington.
2014 ~ P. D. James (aka Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park; b. Aug. 3, 1920), English crime writer who made murder into literature. She died at age 94.
2012 ~ Mickey Baker (né MacHouston Baker; b. Oct. 15, 1915), African-American guitar virtuoso who inspired a rock ‘n’ roll generation. He died at age 87.
2012 ~ Marvin Miller (né Marvin Julian Miller; b. Apr. 14, 1917), American union leader who made baseball players into millionaires. He served as the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Association. He died at age 95.
2011 ~ Ken Russell (né Henry Kenneth Albert Russell; b. July 3, 1927), 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.
2009 ~ Mike Penner (né Michael Daniel Penner; b. Oct. 10, 1957), American male sportswriter who hoped to be a woman. He self-identified as being transsexual. He was born in Inglewood, California. He died by suicide at age 52 in Los Angeles, California.
2008 ~ Cullen Hightower (b. Dec. 17, 1923), American writer, best known for his quips. He died in Mary Esther, Florida 20 days before his 85th birthday.
2007 ~ Robert Cade (né James Robert Cade; b. Sept. 26, 1927), American doctor and inventor of Gatorade. He died at age 80.
1988 ~ John Carradine (né Richmond Reed Carradine; b. Feb. 5, 1906), American actor. He died at age 82. His body was buried at sea.
1978 ~ Harvey Milk (b. May 22, 1930), American politician and gay rights activist. He was assassinated in San Francisco. He was 48 at the time of his death.
1978 ~ George Moscone (né George Richard Moscone; b. Nov. 24, 1929), 37th Mayor of San Francisco. He served as Mayor from January 1976 until his assassination nearly 3 years later. He was assassinated along with Harvey Milk. He was born and died in San Francisco, California. He died three days after his 49th birthday.
1955 ~ Arthur Honegger (né Oscar-Arthur Honegger; b. Mar. 10, 1892), Swiss-French composer. He died at age 73.
1953 ~ Eugene O’Neill (né Eugene Gladstone O’Neill; b. Oct. 16, 1888), American playwright and recipient of the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 65.
1940 ~ Nicolae Iorga (b. Jan. 17, 1871), Prime Minister of Romania. He served in that Office from April 1931 until June 1932. He died at age 69.
1934 ~ Baby Face Nelson (né Lester Joseph Gillis; b. Dec. 6, 1908), American gangster. He was killed 9 days before his 26th birthday in a shoot-out with the FBI during a bank robbery.
1931 ~ M. Hoke Smith (né Michael Hoke Smith; b. Sept. 2, 1855), 19th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Grover Cleveland from March 1893 until September 1896. He later served as a United States Senator from Georgia. He also served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of Georgia. He was born in Newton, North Carolina. He died at age 76 in Atlanta, Georgia.
1901 ~ Clement Studebaker (b. Mar. 12, 1831), American businessman and co-founder of the Studebaker automotive company. He died at age 70.
1895 ~ Alexandre Dumas, the Younger (b. July 27, 1824), French author. He was the illegitimate son of the more well-known author Alexandre Dumas, the Elder. He is best known for Camille. He died at age 71.
1868 ~ Black Kettle (1803), Cheyenne Indian chief who tried to live in peace with his white neighbors. He was killed in a raid lead by Lieutenant George Custer. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been 65 at the time of his death. He was born in the Black Hills and died in Washita, Oklahoma.
1852 ~ Ada Lovelace, Countess of Lovelace (née Augusta Ada Byron; b. Dec. 10, 1815), British mathematician and computer scientist. She is considered the first computer programmer. She was the only legitimate child of Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella Milbanke, Lady Byron. She married William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace. She died of uterine cancer 13 days before her 37th birthday.
1811 ~ Andrew Meikle (b. May 5, 1719), Scottish engineer and designer of the threshing machine. He died at age 91.
1754 ~ Abraham de Moivre (b. May 26, 1667), French mathematician. He died at age 87.
1252 ~ Blanche of Castile (b. Mar. 4, 1188), Queen consort of France and wife of King Louis VIII of France. She died at age 64.
1198 ~ Constance, Queen of Sicily (b. Nov. 2, 1154), and Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire. She was the wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. She was of the House of Hauteville. She was the daughter of Roger II, King of Sicily and Beatrice of Rethel. She was born and died in Palermo, Sicily. She died 25 days after her 44th birthday.
511 ~ Clovis I, King of France (b. 466). The exact date of his birth is not known. He is believed to have been about 44 or 45 years old at the time of his death.
8 BCE ~ Horace (b. Dec. 8, 65 BCE), the traditional date ascribed to the death of this Roman poet. He is believed to have died 11 days before his 57th birthday.
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