Birthdays:
1988 ~ Rihanna (né Robyn Rihanna Fenty), Barbadian-American singer-songwroter. She was born in Saint Michael, Barbados.
1984 ~ Trevor Noah, South African comedian, and television host. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1967 ~ Kurt Cobain (né Kurt Donald Cobain; d. Apr. 5, 1994), American musician and front-man for Nirvana. He was born in Aberdeen, Washington. He died by suicide at age 27 in Seattle, Washington.
1967 ~ Lili Taylor (née Lili Anne Taylor), American actress. She was born in Glencoe, Illinois.
1966 ~ Cindy Crawford (née Cynthia Ann Crawford), American model. She was born in DeKalb, Illinois.
1964 ~ French Stewart (né Milton French Stewart), American actor. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1963 ~ Charles Barkley (né Charles Wade Barkley), American basketball player. He was born in Leeds, Alabama.
1959 ~ David Corn, American journalist and author. He was born in New York, New York.
1954 ~ Patty Hearst (née Patricia Campbell Hearst), American socialite and kidnapping victim. She was born in San Francisco, California.
1951 ~ Gordon Brown (né James Gordon Brown), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from June 2007 until May 2010. He was born in Giffnock, Scotland.
1950 ~ Walter Becker (né Walter Carl Becker, d. Sept. 3, 2017), American sly songwriter who co-founded Steely Dan. He was born in Queens, New York. He died at age 67 following a long illness in Manhattan, New York.
1949 ~ Ivana Trump (née Ivana Marie Zelníčková), Czech-born socialite and first wife of Donald Trump. She was born in what is now known as Zlin, Czech Republic.
1947 ~ John C. Maxwell (né John Calvin Maxwell), American author, professional speaker, and pastor. His books primarily focus on leadership. He was born in Garden City, Michigan.
1947 ~ Peter Strauss (né Peter Lawrence Strauss), American television and film actor. He was born on Croton-on-Hudson, New York.
1946 ~ J. Geils (né John Warren Geils, Jr.; d. Apr. 11, 2017), American blues guitarist who became an ‘80s hitmaker. He founded the J. Geils Band. He died in Groton, Massachusetts at age 71.
1946 ~ Sandy Duncan (née Sandra Kay Duncan), American actress and singer. She was born in Henderson, Texas.
1943 ~ Linda Brown (née Linda Carol Brown; d. Mar. 25, 2018), American civil rights icon who helped desegregate schools. She was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Topeka School Board of Education. She was born and died in Topeka, Kansas. She died at age 75.
1942 ~ Phil Esposito (né Philip Anthony Esposito), Canadian ice hockey player. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
1942 ~ Mitch McConnell (né Addison Mitch McConnell, Jr.), American politician from Kentucky. He served as the Senate Majority Leader in the United States Congress. He was born in Sheffield, Alabama.
1941 ~ Buffy Sainte-Marie (née Beverly Sainte-Marie), Indigenous-Canadian singer-songwriter.
1937 ~ Robert Huber, German chemist, and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Munich, Germany.
1935 ~ Ellen Gilchrist, American author. She was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
1934 ~ Bobby Unser (née Robert William Unser; d. May 2, 2021), American hard-charger who triumphed at the Indy 500. He was from the Unger racing family. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He died at age 87 in Alburquerque, New Mexico.
1931 ~ John Milnor (né John Willard Milnor), American mathematician. He was born in Orange, New Jersey.
1929 ~ Amanda Blake (née Beverly Louise Neill, d. Aug. 16, 1989), American actress best known for her role as Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke. She was born in Buffalo, New York. She died at age 60 of cancer in Sacramento, California.
1928 ~ Jean Kennedy Smith (née Jean Ann Kennedy; d. June 17, 2020), member of the Kennedy clan. She was the “quiet” Kennedy who became a peacemaker. She had also served as the 25th United States Ambassador to Ireland from June 1993 until September 1998 during the Clinton administration. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She died at age 92 in New York, New York.
1927 ~ Roy Cohn (né Roy Marcus Cohn; d. Aug. 2, 1986), American politician and attorney. He served as Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel during the Red Scare in the 1950s. He was born in New York, New York. He died of complications from AIDS at age 59 in Bethesda, Maryland.
1927 ~ Count Hubert de Givenchy (né Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy; d. Mar. 10, 2018), French fashion designer and couturier who made Audrey Hepburn an icon. He is best known for creating the little black dress. He was born in Beauvais, France. He died 16 days after his 91st birthday in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
1927 ~ Sir Sidney Poitier (d. Jan. 6, 2022), Bahamian-American trailblazing actor who broke Hollywood color barrier. In 1963, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field. He was born in Miami, Florida. He died at age 94 in Los Angeles, California.
1925 ~ Robert Altman (né Robert Bernard Altman; d. Nov. 20, 2006), American film director. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He died at age 81 in Los Angeles, California.
1924 ~ Gloria Vanderbilt (née Gloria Laura Vanderbilt; d. June 17, 2019), American “poor little rich girl” who built a fashion empire. She was a socialite, clothing designer and mother of television personality, Anderson Cooper. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died at age 95.
1923 ~ Helen Murray Free (née Helen Murray; d. May 1, 2021), American pioneering chemist who helped invent a lifesaving diabetes test. She co-developed a dip-and-read diabetes test that revolutionized diagnosis of the disease. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She died at age 98 of complications of a stroke in Elkhart, Indiana.
1920 ~ Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (née Kathleen Agnes Kennedy; d. May 13, 1948), American socialite and daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy. She married William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington in 1944. He was killed 4 months after their wedding. She was later killed in a plane crash while flying to the French Riviera for a vacation. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. She was 28 years old.
1918 ~ Leonore Annenberg (née Leonore Cohn; d. Mar. 12, 2009), American society hostess who was the Chief of Protocol of the United States during the Reagan administration, from March 1981 until January 1982. She was born in New York, New York. She died 20 days after her 91st birthday in Rancho Mirage, California.
1910 ~ Esther Szekeres (née Esther Klein; d. Aug. 28, 2005), Hungarian mathematician and wife of George Szekeres (1911 ~ 2005). She and her husband died within hours of each other. She was born in Budapest, Hungary. She died in Adelaide, Austrialia. She was 95 years old.
1902 ~ Ansel Adams (né Ansel Easton Adams; d. Apr. 22, 1984), American photographer. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died of cardiovascular disease at age 82 in Monterey, California.
1901 ~ Muhammad Naguib (d. Aug. 28, 1984), Egyptian revolutionary and General. He was the 1st President of Egypt. He served as President from June 1953 until November 1954. He died at age 83.
1899 ~ Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (d. Dec. 13, 1992), American businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Roslyn, New York. He died at age 93 in Saratoga Springs, New York.
1887 ~ Hesketh Pearson (né Edward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson; d. Apr. 9, 1964), British theater actor and writer, best known for his biographies. He died at age 77 in London, England.
1867 ~ Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (née Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagnar; d. Jan. 4, 1931). She was married to Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849 ~ 1912). She was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was the eldest daughter of Edward VII, King of England and Alexandra of Demnark. (1841 ~ 1910). She died at age 63.
1819 ~ Alfred Escher (né Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas; d. Dec. 6, 1882), Swiss businessman and founder of Credit Suisse. He died at age 63.
1805 ~ Angelina Grimké (née Angelina Emily Grimké; d. Oct. 26, 1879), American abolitionist, political activist, and women’s rights activist. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina and her grandparents were slave-owners. She and her sister, Sarah, however, grew up to be abolitionists. She died in Hyde Park, Massachusetts at age 74.
1803 ~ Henry Stanbery (d. June 26, 1881), 28th United States Attorney General. He served in that office under the Andrew Johnson administration from July 1866 until July 1868. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 78.
1784 ~ Judith, Lady Montefiore (née Judith Barent Cohen; d. Sept. 24, 1862), British linguist, travel writer and philanthropist. She was of an Ashkenazi family; she married Moses Montefiorte, a Sephadic Jew at a time when such mixed marriages were not generally approved by the Portuguese Synagogue. She died at age 78.
1759 ~ Johann Christian Reil (d. Nov. 22, 1813), German physician. He coined the term “psychiatry”. He died of typhus at age 54.
1726 ~ William Prescott (d. Oct. 13, 1795), American Revolutionary War colonel who was instrumental in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He is credited with saying: “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” He was born and died in Massachusetts. He died at age 69.
1358 ~ Eleanor of Aragon (d. Aug. 13, 1382), Queen consort of Castile and first wife of John I, King of Castile. She was of the House of Barcelona. She was the daughter of Peter IV, King of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily. She died in childbirth at age 24.
Events that Changed the World:
2003 ~ A pyrotechnic display by the band Great White in a night club in West Warwick, Rhode Island, set a fire which destroyed the building and killed over 100 attendees and injured numerous others.
1998 ~ At age 14, American figure skater Tara Lipinski (b. 1982), became the youngest gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics, which were held in Japan.
1986 ~ The Soviet Union launched its Mir space station. It remained in orbit for 15 years.
1962 ~ Astronaut John Glenn (1921 ~ 2016) became the first American to orbit the earth. He was in the spaceship, Friendship 7.
1943 ~ The Saturday Evening Post published the first of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms in support of President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address.
1935 ~ Danish explorer Caroline Mikkelsen (1906 ~ 1998) became the first recorded woman to set foot in Antarctica.
1905 ~ In the case of Jacobson v. Massachusetts, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the mandatory smallpox vaccination program. Justice John Marshall Harlan (1833 ~ 1911) delivered the decision for a 7-2 majority. The Court found that the Massachusetts law did not violate the 14th Amendment.
1877 ~ Tchaikovsky’s ballet, Swan Lake, premièred at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
1873 ~ The Toland Medical Collage in San Francisco, became incorporated into the University of California. It is the oldest medical school in the western United States.
1872 ~ The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened.
1835 ~ The city of Concepción, Chile was destroyed by an earthquake.
1816 ~ The Barber of Seville, the opera by Gioachino Rossini (1792 ~ 1868), made it premier in Rome.
1792 ~ The Postal Service Act, which established the United States Post Office Department, was signed by President George Washington (1732 ~ 1799).
1685 ~ René-Robert Cavelier (1643 ~ 1687) established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay, a large Gulf of Mexico estuary on what is now the Texas coast, thereby, establishing the basis for France’s claim to the land that is now Texas.
1547 ~ Edward VI of England (1537 ~ 1553) was crowned King of England. He was the half-brother of Queen Elizabeth I.
Good-byes:
2017 ~ Mildred Dresselhaus (née Mildred Spiewak; b. Nov. 11, 1930), 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.
2014 ~ Garrick Utley (né Clifton Garrick Utley; b. Nov. 19, 1939), American news journalist and television news anchor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of prostate cancer age 74 in New York, New York.
2014 ~ Tennent H. Bagley (né Tennent Harrington Bagley; b. Nov. 11, 1925), the American CIA agent who handled, Yuri Nosenko, a dubious Russian defector. He died of cancer at age 88.
2014 ~ Rafael Addiego Bruno (d. Feb. 23, 1923), President of Uruguay. He was born in Salto, Uruguay. He died 3 days before his 91st birthday in Montevideo, Uruguay.
2010 ~ Alexander Haig (né Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.; d. Dec. 2, 1924), American brash general who became the 59thUnited States Secretary of State. He served as Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan from January 1981 until July 1982. He was replaced by George Schultz (1920 ~ 2021). He previously served as the 5th White House Chief of Staff from May 1973 until September 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He was born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. He died at age 85 in Baltimore, Maryland.
2006 ~ Curt Gowdy (né Curtis Edward Gowdy; b. July 31, 1919), American sportscaster. He covered the Boston Red Sox for over 15 years. He was born in Green River, Wyoming. He died of leukemia at age 86 in Palm Beach, Florida.
2005 ~ Hunter S. Thompson (né Hunter Stockton Thompson; b. July 18, 1937), American journalist. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He died by suicide at age 67 in Woody Creek, Colorado.
2003 ~ Orville Freeman (né Orville Lothrop Freeman; b. May 9, 1918), 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture. He served under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson from January 1961 until January 1969. He had previously served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota. He was born and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died at age 84.
1999 ~ Gene Siskel (né Eugene Kal Siskel; b. Jan. 26, 1946), American film critic, who with Roger Ebert, had a long-running television show critiquing movies. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of a brain tumor 25 days after his 53rd birthday in Evanston, Illinois.
1996 ~ Solomon Asch (né Solomon Eliot Asch; b. Sept. 14, 1907), Polish-born American psychologist. He died at age 88 in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
1993 ~ Ferruccio Lamborghini (b. Apr. 28, 1916), Italian businessman and creator of the Lamborghini, a high-end sports vehicle. He died at age 76 of a heart attack.
1992 ~ Dick York (né Richard Allen York; b. Sept. 4, 1928), American actor. He is best known as being cast as the first Darren on Bewitched. He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He died of emphysema at age 63 in East Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1980 ~ Alice Roosevelt Longworth (née Alice Lee Roosevelt; b. Feb. 12, 1884), eldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. She was born in Manhattan, New York. She died 8 days after her 96th birthday in Washington, D.C.
1976 ~ René Cassin (né René Samuel Cassin; b. Oct. 5, 1887), French judge and jurist. He was the recipient of the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. He died at age 88 in Paris, France.
1972 ~ Maria Goeppert-Mayer (née Maria Göppert; b. June 28, 1906), German-born American theoretical physicist and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She was the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, the first being Marie Curie. She died of a heart attack at age 65 in San Diego, California.
1972 ~ Walter Winchell (b. Apr. 7, 1897), American journalist, gossip commentator and broadcaster. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 74 of prostate cancer in Los Angeles, California.
1966 ~ Chester W. Nimitz, Sr. (né Chester William Nimitz; b. Feb. 24, 1885), American admiral. He was a leading authority on submarines. He was born in Fredericksburg, Texas. He died 4 days before his 81st birthday in San Francisco, California.
1955 ~ Oswald Avery, Jr. (né Oswald Theodore Avery, Jr.; b. Oct. 21, 1877), Canadian physician and microbiologist. He was one of the first molecular biologist and was a pioneer in the field of immunology. A crater on the moon is named in his honor. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died at age 77 in Nashville, Tennessee.
1920 ~ Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, Sr. (né Robert Edwin Peary; b. May 6, 1856), American Arctic explorer. He claimed to be the first person to reach the North Pole. He was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He died at age 63 in Washington, D.C.
1916 ~ Klas Pontus Arnoldson (d. Oct. 27, 1844), Swedish writer and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize. He died at age 71 in Stockholm, Sweden.
1907 ~ Henri Moissan (né Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan; b. Sept. 28, 1852), French chemist and recipient of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 54 from an acute case of appendicitis.
1895 ~ Frederick Douglass (b. Feb. 1818), American abolitionist and former slave. The actual date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been born in February 1818. He was born in Cordova, Maryland. He died at age 77 in Washington, D.C.
1893 ~ P.G.T. Beauregard (né Pierre-Gustave Toutant Beauregard, b. May 28, 1818), Louisiana-born military officer and Confederate General during the American Civil War. He was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. He died at age 74 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1790 ~ Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. Mar. 13, 1741). He ruled from August 18, 1765 until his death 25 years later. He married twice. His first wife was princess Isabella of Parma. After her death, he married Maria Josepha of Bavaria. He was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the son of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa. He died 3 weeks before his 49th birthday.
1778 ~ Laura Bassi (née Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti; b. Oct. 29, 1711), Italian physician and scholar. She is believed to have been the first female university professor in Europe. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been born sometime between October 20 and 31 in 1711. She was born and died in Bologna, Italy. She died at age 66.
1762 ~ Tobias Mayer (b. Feb. 17, 1723), German astronomer. He is best known for his study of the Moon. The lunar crater T Mayer is named in his honor. He died just 3 days after his 39th birthday.
1653 ~ Luigi Rossi (b. 1597), Italian Baroque composer. The exact date of is birth is not known.
1618 ~ Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. Dec. 19, 1554). He was married to Eleanora of Bourbon-Condé. He was of the House of Orange-Nassau. He was the son of William, Prince of Orange (also known as William the Silent) and Anna van Egmont. He died at age 63.
1513 ~ John, King of Denmark (b. Feb. 2, 1455). He ruled form May 21, 1481 until his death in February 1513. He was married to Christina of Saxony. He was of the House of Oldenburg. He was the son of Christian I, King of Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg. He died 18 days after his 58th birthday.
1431 ~ Pope Martin V (né Odo Colonna; b. 1368). He was Pope from November 1417 until his death 13 years later. The exact date of his birth is not known.
1194 ~ Tancred, King of Sicily (b. 1138). He ruled Sicily from 1189 until his death in 1194. He was married to Sibylla of Acerra. He was of the House of Hauteville. He was the son of Roger III, Duke of Apulia and Emma of Lecce. He died at about age 56.
922 ~ Theodora, Byzantine consort empress and wife of Romanos I. The date of her birth is not known.
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