Birthdays:
1967 ~ Judy Reyes, American actress. She is best known for her role as Carla Espinosa on the television sit-com Scrubsand Zoila Diaz in the comedy-drama Devious Maids. She was born in The Bronx, New York.
1963 ~ Tatum O’Neal (née Tatum Beatrice O’Neal), American actress. She won an Oscar at age 10 for her portrayal of Addie Loggins in the movie Paper Moon. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1960 ~ Tilda Swanton (née Katherine Matilda Swinton), English actress. She was born in London, England.
1953 ~ Joyce Maynard (née Daphne Joyce Maynard), American author. She was born in Durham, New Hampshire.
1952 ~ Bill Walton (né William Theodore Walton, III), American basketball player. He was born in La Mesa, California.
1948 ~ William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
1943 ~ Sam Shepard (né Samuel Shepard Rogers, III; d. July 27, 2017), American playwright who became a reluctant star. He was born in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. He died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 73 in Midway, Kentucky.
1941 ~ Art Garfunkel (né Arthur Ira Garfunkel), American musician best known for his partnership with Paul Simon and their duo Simon and Garfunkel. He was born in New York, New York.
1934 ~ Jeb Stuart Magruder (d. May 11, 2014), American politician turned Presbyterian minister. He was involved in the Watergate scandal and spent several years in prison. After getting out of jail, he became a religious leader. He was born in New York, New York. He died of complications of a stroke at age 79 in Danbury, Connecticut.
1931 ~ Ike Turner (né Izear Luster Turner, Jr.; d. Dec. 12, 2007), American singer and songwriter. He was the former husband of singer Tina Turner. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He died at age 76 in San Marcos, California.
1920 ~ Douglass North (né Douglass Cecil North; d. Nov. 23, 2015), 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.
1913 ~ Vivien Leigh (née Vivian Mary Hartley; d. July 8, 1967), English actress, best known for her role as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind. She was married to Lawrence Olivier and was known as Lady Olivier. She was born in British India. She died of tuberculosis at age 53 in London, England.
1911 ~ Roy Rogers (né Leonard Franklin Slye; d. July 6, 1998), American actor and singer. His third wife was Dale Evans. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He died at age 86 in Apple Valley, California.
1885 ~ Will Durant (né William James Durant; d. Nov. 7, 1981), American historian. He and his wife, Ariel (1898 ~ 1881), wrote a series of books entitled The History of Civilization. He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. He died 2 days after his 96th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1857 ~ Ida Tarbell (née Ida Minerva Tarbell; d. Jan. 6, 1944), American journalist and social activist. She is best known for her 1904 book, The History of Standard Oil. She was born in Amity Township, Pennsylvania. She died at age 86 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1855 ~ Eugene V. Debs (né Eugene Victor Debs; d. Oct. 20, 1926), American politician and union leader. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He died 16 days before his 71st birthday in Elmhurst, Illinois.
1854 ~ Paul Sabatier (d. Aug. 14, 1941), French chemist and recipient of the 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was bornin Carcassonne, France. He died at age 86 in Toulouse, France.
1851 ~ Charles Dupuy (né Charles Alexandre Dupuy; d. July 23, 1923), Prime Minister of France. He served several terms as Prime Minister. He died at age 71.
1818 ~ Benjamin Franklin Butler (d. Jan. 11, 1893), 33rd Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1883 until January 1884. He was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire. He died at age 74 in Washington, D.C.
1688 ~ Louis Bertrand Castel (d. Jan. 11, 1757), French mathematician and Jesuit priest. He died at age 68.
1607 ~ Anna Maria van Schurman (d. May 4, 1678), Dutch painter, engraver, poet and scholar. She was born in Cologne, Germany. She died at age 70 in Wieuwerd, Netherlands.
1549 ~ Philippe de Mornay (d. Nov. 11, 1623), French Protestant author. He died 6 days after his 74th birthday.
Events that Changed the World:
2011 ~ The Louisiana State University football team beat the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in a football game that was billed as "The Game of the Century", in a score of 9-6, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
2009 ~ United States Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (b. 1970) went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 and wounding 29 people. The shooter would ultimately be found guilty and sentenced to death.
2007 ~ Google released its Android mobile operating system.
1996 ~ Bill Clinton (b. 1946) was reelected as President of the United States.
1990 ~ Rabbi Meir Kahane (1932 ~ 1990) was shot and killed after giving a speech in New York.
1968 ~ Richard Nixon (1913 ~ 1994) was elected as the 37th President of the United States.
1940 ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 ~ 1945) became the first and only person to be elected to his third term as President of the United States.
1916 ~ The Everett Massacre occurred in Everett, Washington as political differences between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police lead to a shoot-out.
1916 ~ The Kingdom of Poland was proclaimed by the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
1912 ~ Woodrow Wilson (1856 ~ 1924) was elected as President of the United States. He had defeated the incumbent William Howard Taft (1857 ~ 1930).
1911 ~ Calbraith Rogers (1879 ~ 1912) completed the first transcontinental flight across the United States. He began the flight on September 17, 1911, from Sheepshead Bay, New York. Sadly, he was killed a plane crash less than 6 months later.
1895 ~ George B. Selden (1846 ~ 1922) was granted the first United States patent for an automobile.
1872 ~ Susan B. Anthony (1820 ~ 1906) voted in defiance of the law for the first time. She was later fined $100 for her action.
1862 ~ President Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865) removed General George B. McClellan (1826 ~ 1885) as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.
1688 ~ The Glorious Revolution began when William of Orange (William III, King of England, 1650 ~ 1702) landed at Brixham.
1605 ~ The Gunpowder Plot was a plan to blow up England’s House of Lords at the opening session of Parliament, was thwarted on this day. The plot was devised by a group of Catholics to protest the government's treatment and hostility toward the Catholics. Guy Fawkes (1570 ~ 1606) was the person most closely identified with the plot because he was hiding the explosives that would be used. November 5 is known as Guy Fawkes Day because he was arrested on this date. He is still burned in effigy today.
Good-Byes:
2019 ~ Ernest J. Gaines (né Ernest James Gaines; b. Jan. 15, 1933), Louisiana-born African-American author. He is best known for his 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying. He was born and died in Oscar, Louisiana. He died at age 86 following a long illness.
2017 ~ Nancy Friday (née Nancy Colbert Friday; b. Aug. 27, 1933), American writer who chronicled women’s sexual fantasies. She is best known for her book, My Secret Garden. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She died at age 84 in Manhattan, New York.
2015 ~ George Barris (né George Salapatas; b. Nov. 20, 1925), American car designer who custom-made cars and is best known for creating the Batmobile. He died 15 days before his 90th birthday.
2014 ~ Manitas de Plata (né Ricardo Baliardo; b. Aug. 7, 1921), French-Roma who became a superstar flamenco guitarist. He died at age 93.
2013 ~ Charlie Trottler (né Charles Trottler; b. Sept. 8, 1959), Chicago chef who refined American cuisine. He died of a stroke at age 54.
2010 ~ Jill Clayburg (d. Apr. 30, 1944), American actress. She died of leukemia at age 66.
2005 ~ John Fowles (né John Robert Fowles; b. Mar. 31, 1926), British author best known for his novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman. He died of heart failure at age 79.
2000 ~ David Brower (né David Ross Brower; b. July 1, 1912), American environmentalist and founder of the Sierra Club Foundation. He was born and died in Berkeley, California. He died at age 88.
2000 ~ Jimmie Davis (né James Houston Davis; b. Sept. 11, 1899), American politician and 47th Governor of Louisiana. He served as Governor from May 1944 through May 1948. He was also well known for his song, You Are My Sunshine. He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at age 101.
1997 ~ Isaiah Berlin (b. June 6, 1909), Latvian-born British philosopher. He was born in Riga, Latvia. He died in Oxford, England at age 88.
1991 ~ Robert Maxwell (né Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; also known as Ian Robert Maxwell, b. June 10, 1923), Slovak-English publisher and politician. He died at age 68 under mysterious circumstances, apparently from falling off his yacht.
1991 ~ Fred MacMurray (né Frederick Martin MacMurray; b. Aug. 30, 1908), American actor, best known for his role as the father on the television series, My Three Sons. He died of pneumonia at age 83.
1990 ~ Meir Kahane (né Meir David HaKohen Kahane; b. Aug. 1, 1932), Orthodox rabbi and American founder of the Jewish Defense League. He was assassinated after giving a speech in Brooklyn. He was 58 years old.
1989 ~ Vladimir Horowitz (né Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz; b. Oct. 1, 1903), Ukrainian-born pianist. He died at age 86 of a heart attack.
1981 ~ Stanisław Mazur (b. Jan. 1, 1905), Polish mathematician. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine. He died at age 76 in Warsaw, Poland.
1979 ~ Al Capp (né Alfred Gerald Caplin; b. Sept. 28, 1909), American cartoonist. His is best known for his comic strip Li’l Abner. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He died of emphysema in South Hampton, New Hampshire at age 70.
1977 ~ Guy Lombardo (né Gaetano Alberto Lombardo; b. June 19, 1902), Canadian violinist and bandleader. He died of a heart attack in Houston, Texas at age 75.
1975 ~ Edward L. Tatum (né Edward Lawrie Tatum; b. Dec. 14, 1909), American geneticist and recipient of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died of heart failure at age 65.
1975 ~ Lionel Trilling (né Lionel Mordechai Trilling; b. July 4, 1905), American critic and writer. He died of abdominal cancer at age 70.
1960 ~ Johnny Horton (né John LaGale Horton; b. Apr. 30, 1925), American musician and singer, best known for his song, The Battle of New Orleans. He was killed in a car accident at age 35.
1957 ~ Olive Wetzel Dennis (b. Nov. 20, 1885), American engineer. Many of her designs were innovations in the railroad industry. She died 15 days before her 72nd birthday in Baltimore, Maryland.
1955 ~ Maurice Utrillo (né Maurice Valadon, b. Dec. 26, 1883), French artist. He died at age 71.
1944 ~ Alexis Carrel (b. June 28, 1873), French surgeon and biologist. He was the recipient of the 1912 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in vascular suturing techniques. He died at age 71.
1942 ~ George M. Cohan (né George Michael Cohan; b. July 3, 1878), American actor, director, singer and dancer. He died of cancer at age 64.
1933 ~ Walther von Dyck (né Walther Franz Anton von Dyck; b. Dec. 6, 1856), German mathematician. He died a month before his 78th birthday.
1930 ~ Christiaan Eijkman (b. Aug. 11, 1858), Dutch physician and pathologist. He was the recipient of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the study of vitamins. He died at age 72.
1921 ~ Antoinette Brown Blackwell (née Antoinette Louisa Brown; b. May 20, 1825), American theologian. She was the first women ordained as a Protestant minister in the United States. She was a minister in the Congregational Church. She was also a woman’s right advocate. She was born in Henrietta, New York. She died at age 96 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
1879 ~ James Clerk Maxwell (b. June 13, 1831), Scottish physicist and mathematician. He died of abdominal cancer age 48.
1873 ~ Mary Anna Custis Lee (née Mary Anna Randolph Custis; b. Oct. 1, 1808), American wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. She was also the great-granddaughter of Martha Custis Washington. She died at age 66.
1828 ~ Maria Feodorovna (née Duchess Sophia Marie Dorothea Auguste Luise of Württemberg, b. Oct. 25, 1759), Empress consort of Russia. She was the wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia. She was of the House of Württemberg. She was the daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt. She died 11 days after her 69th birthday.
1807 ~ Angelica Kauffman (née Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann; b. Oct. 30, 1741), Swiss painter. She is known as a neoclassical painter. She died 6 days after her 66th birthday.
1647 ~ Vincentio Reinieri (b. Mar. 30, 1606), Italian mathematician. The crater Reiner on the Moon is named in his honor. He was born in Genoa, Italy. He died at age 41 in Pisa, Italy.
1526 ~ Scipione del Ferro (b. Feb. 6, 1465), Italian mathematician. He died at age 61.
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