Birthdays:
1989 ~ Daniel Radcliffe (né Daniel Jacob Radcliffe), British actor. He is best known for his role as Harry Potter in the movie series of the same name. He was born in London, England.
1973 ~ Monica Lewinsky (née Monica Samille Lewinsky), American White House intern whose affair with President Bill Clinton nearly took down his administration. She was born in San Francisco, California.
1971 ~ Joel Stein, American journalist and columnist for Time magazine. He was born in Edison, New Jersey.
1967 ~ Philip Seymour Hoffman (d. Feb. 2, 2014), American Oscar-winning actor who found depth in every character. He was born in Fairport, New York. He died of a drug overdose at age 46 in New York, New York.
1962 ~ Eriq La Salle (né Erik Ki La Salle), American actor. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1961 ~ Woody Harrelson (né Woodrow Tracy Harrelson), American actor. He was born on his father’s 23rd birthday. His father was convicted murderer Charles Harrelson (1938 ~ 2007). He was born in Midland, Texas,
1957 ~ Theo van Gogh (né Theodoor van Gogh; d. Nov. 2, 2004), Dutch actor and director. He was born in The Hague, Netherlands. He was murdered in Amsterdam, Netherlands at age 47 by a radical Muslim for his criticism of Islam.
1943 ~ Tony Joe White (d. Oct. 24, 2018), American songwriter who created swamp rock. He is best known for his 1969 hit song Polk Salad Annie. He was born in Oak Grove, Louisiana. He died of a heart attack at age 75 in Nashville, Tennessee.
1940 ~ Don Imus (né John Donald Imus, Jr.; d. Dec. 27, 2019), American radio host who shocked his way to success. He was born in Riverside, California. He died of complications of lung disease at age 79 in College Station, Texas.
1936 ~ Anthony Kennedy (né Anthony McLeod Kennedy), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was appointed to the High Court by President Ronald Reagan. He took office in February 1988. He replaced Lewis F. Powell, Jr., on the Court. Brett Kavanaugh succeeded him on the Court. He retired from the Court in July 2018. He was born in Sacramento, California.
1933 ~ Bert Convy (né Bernard Whalen Convy; d. July 15, 1991), American game show host. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died of a brain tumor 8 days before his 58th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1928 ~ Vera Rubin (née Vera Florence Cooper; d. Dec. 25, 2016), American astronomer. She was a pioneer in galaxy rotation. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died at age 88 in Princeton, New Jersey.
1921 ~ Betty Haas Pfister (née Elizabeth Haas; d. Nov. 17, 2011), American female World War II pilot who never lost her love of flying. She joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) following college. She was born in Great Neck, New York. She died at age 90 in Aspen, Colorado.
1918 ~ Pee Wee Reese (né Harold Peter Henry Reese; d. Aug. 14, 1999), American professional baseball player. He was born in Ekron, Kentucky. He died 22 days after his 81st birthday in Louisville, Kentucky.
1913 ~ Michael Foot (né Michael Mackintosh Foot; d. Mar. 3, 2010), British fiery Laborite who challenged Margaret Thatcher. He began his career as a journalist before entering politics. He died at age 96 in London, England.
1912 ~ Michael Wilding (né Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding; d. July 8, 1979), English actor and second husband of Elizabeth Taylor. He died 15 days before his 67th birthday from head injuries resulting from a fall down a flight of stairs.
1906 ~ Vladimir Prelog (d. Jan. 7, 1998), Croatian chemist and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Sarajevo, which at the time was under Austria-Hungary. He died at age 91 in Zurich, Switzerland.
1892 ~ Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (d. Aug. 27, 1975). He died at age 83.
1888 ~ Raymond Chandler (né Raymond Thornton Chandler; d. Mar. 26, 1959), American detective-fiction writer. He is best known for such novels as The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 70 in La Jolla, California.
1885 ~ Prince Georges V. Matchabelli (né George Vasili Matchabelli; d. Mar. 31, 1935), Georgian-American prince and businessman. He created Prince Matchabelli perfume company. He died of pneumonia at age 49.
1865 ~ Edward Terry Sanford (d. Mar. 8, 1930), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served on the High Court from January 1923 until his death on this date 7 years later. He was nominated to the Court by President Warren Harding. He replaced Mahlon Pitney on the Court. He was succeeded by Owen Roberts. He died of uremic poisoning following a tooth extraction. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He died at age 64 years old in Washington, D.C.
1816 ~ Charlotte Cushman (née Charlotte Saunders Cushman; d. Feb. 18, 1876), American stage actress. She was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts. She died of pneumonia at age 59.
1775 ~ Étienne-Louis Malus (d. Feb. 24, 1812), French physicist and mathematician. He participated in Napoleon’s expedition into Egypt. His name is one of 72 inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 36.
1649 ~ Pope Clement XI (né Giovanni Frencesco Albani; d. Mar. 19, 1721). He was Pope from November 1700 until his death 21 years later. He died at age 71 in Rome, Papal States.
1503 ~ Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (d. Jan. 27, 1547), Queen consort of Germany and Queen consort of Bohemia and Hungary. She was known as Anna Jagellonica. She was married to Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was of the House of Jageillon. She was the daughter of Vladislaus II, King of Hungary and Anne of Foix-Candale. She died at age 43 shortly after giving birth to her 15th child.
1401 ~ Francesco Sforza, duke of Milan (d. Mar. 8, 1466). He was the Duke of Milan from March 1450 until his death 16 years later. He was married twice. His first wife was Polissena Ruffo. His second wife was Bianca Maria Visconti. He was of the Noble family of Sforza. He was the son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza and Ludia da Torsano. He died at age 64.
Events that Changed the World:
2021 ~ The 2020 Summer Olympics officially opened in Tokyo, Japan. The Games, which had originally been scheduled for the previous year, were postponed due to Covid-19. The Games ran through August 8, 2021. Even in 2021, the Covid virus thwarted Olympic plans. Most games were played without spectators.
2015 ~ A gunman at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana began shooting, killing two people and injuring several more. The gunman then turned the gun on himself.
2005 ~ Three bombs exploded in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt killing 88 people.
1995 ~ The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered by Alan Hale (b. 1958) and Thomas Bopp (1949 ~ 2018).
1992 ~ A Vatican commission led by Joseph Ratzinger (b. 1927), later Pope Benedict XVI, established that limiting the rights of homosexuals and non-married couples was not discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
1986 ~ Britain’s Prince Andrew, Duke of York (b. 1960) married Sarah Ferguson (b. 1959) at Westminster Abbey. They divorced in 1996.
1984 ~ Vanessa Williams (b. 1963) became the first Miss America to resign. She was forced to resign after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
1968 ~ The only successful hijacking of an El Al craft occurred when a plane carrying 38 passengers and 10 crew members was taken over by three terrorists. The plane had been traveling from Rome to Lod, Israel when the hijacking occurred. The plane was diverted to Dar El Beida in Algeria. The non-Israeli passengers were released; the Israeli crew and passengers were held as hostages but were ultimately released after 40 days.
1962 ~ Jackie Robinson (1919 ~ 1972) became the first African-American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1942 ~ The Nazi extermination camp of Treblinka opened. Over 850,000 Jews were killed during the 15 months the camp was in operation.
1929 ~ The Fascist government in Italy banned the use of foreign words.
1921 ~ The Communist Party of China was established at the founding National Congress.
1903 ~ The Ford Motor Company sold its first car.
1881 ~ The Boundary Treaty of 1881 setting the boundary between Chile and Argentina was signed in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1862 ~ General Henry W. Halleck (1815 ~ 1872) took command of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
1829 ~ William Austin Burt (1792 ~ 1858), received a patent from the United States Patent Office for a typographer, the precursor to the typewriter.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Steven Weinberg (b. May 3, 1933), American physicist and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in New York, New York. He died in Austin Texas at age 88.
2018 ~ Douglas Grindstaff (né Douglas Howard Grindstaff; b. Apr. 6, 1931), American audio maestro who engineered Star Trek’s sounds. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died at age 87 in Peoria, Arizona.
2018 ~ Maryon Pittman Allen (née Maryon Pittman; b. Nov. 30, 1925), Alabama senator who foiled George Wallace. She served as United States Senator for five months, from June 1978 until November 1978, following the death of her husband, Senator James Allen. Governor George Wallace appointed her to fill her husband’s term, expecting that he would run for that position in a special election. She refused to step aside, foiling Wallace’s plans. She was born in Meridian, Mississippi. She died at age 92 in Birmingham, Alabama.
2017 ~ John Kundla (né John Albert Kundla; b. July 3, 1916), American basketball coach who built pro basketball’s first dynasty, the Minnesota Lakers. He was born in Star Junction, Pennsylvania. He died 20 days after his 101st birthday in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2012 ~ Sally Ride (née Sally Kristen Ride; b. May 26, 1951), American astronaut and first American woman in space. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She died of pancreatic cancer at age 61 in San Diego,, California.
2012 ~ Margaret Mahy (b. Mar. 21, 1936), New Zealand author of children’s books. She died of jaw cancer at age 76 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
2011 ~ Amy Winehouse (née Amy Jade Winehouse; b. Sept. 14, 1983), British diva dogged by self-destruction. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 27 of alcohol poisoning.
2011 ~ John Malchase David Shalikashvili (né John Malchase David Shalikashvili; b. June 27, 1936), Polish-born foreign head of the Pentagon. He was a United States Army General who served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1992 to 1992. He was born in Warsaw, Poland. He died in Washington, D.C., of a stroke less than a month after his 75thbirthday.
2011 ~ Fran Landesman (né Frances Deitsch; b. Oct. 21, 1927), American lyricist and poet of the Beat Generation. She was born in New York, New York. She died at age 83 in London, England.
2011 ~ Robert Ettinger (né Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger; b. Dec. 4, 1918), American cryonics pioneer who fought death with deep freezers. He is known as the Father of Cryogenics. He was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He died at age 92 in Detroit, Michigan.
2010 ~ Daniel Schorr (né Daniel Louis Schorr; b. Aug. 31, 1916), American journalist. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 93 in Washington, D.C.
2009 ~ E. Lynn Harris (né Everette Lynn Harris, b. June 20, 1955), the African-American author who wrote about gay Black men. He was born in Flint, Michigan. He died of heart disease at age 54 in Los Angeles, California.
2007 ~ Ernst Otto Fischer (b. Nov. 10, 1918), German chemist and recipient of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He is known for his work in organometallic chemistry. He was born and died in Munich, Germany. He died at age 88.
2002 ~ Chaim Potok (né Herman Harold Potok; b. Feb. 17, 1929), American-Jewish novelist and rabbi. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He died at age 73 in Merion, Pennsylvania.
2001 ~ Eudora Welty (née Eudora Alice Welty; b. Apr. 13, 1909), American southern writer. She was born and died in Jackson, Mississippi. She died at age 92.
1996 ~ Jean Muir (née Jean Muir Fullarton; b. Feb. 13, 1911), American stage actress. She was born in Suffern, New York. She died at age 85 in Mesa, Arizona.
1982 ~ Vic Morrow (né Victor Morozoff; b. Feb. 14, 1929), American actor. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He was killed at age 53 when the stunt helicopter he was in during the filming of The Twilight Zone crashed in Indian Dunes, California.
1973 ~ Eddie Rickenbacker (né Edward Vernon Rickenbacker; b. Oct. 8, 1890), American flying ace during World War I. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. He died at age 82 in Zurich, Switzerland.
1968 ~ Sir Henry Dale (né Henry Hallett Dale; b. June 9, 1875), English pharmacologist and recipient of the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the study of acetylcholine as an agent in the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. He was born in London, England. He died at age 93 in Cambridge, England.
1966 ~ Montgomery Clift (né Edward Montgomery Clift; b. Oct. 17, 1920), American actor. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He died of a heart attack at age 45 in New York, New York.
1955 ~ Cordell Hull (b. Oct. 2, 1871), 47th United States Secretary of State. He served under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He held that position for 11 years, from 1933 until 1944. He was also the recipient of the 1945 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in establishing the United Nations. He was born in Olympus, Tennessee. He died at age 83 in Washington, D.C. He was the subject of Erik Larson’s non-fiction book, In the Garden of Beasts, which is about Hitler’s Berlin in the years leading up to World War II.
1951 ~ Philippe Pétain (b. Apr. 24, 1856), Prime Minister of France. He was considered a Nazi collaborator. After World War II, he was tried and convicted of treason. He died at age 95.
1948 ~ D.W. Griffith (né David Llewelyn Wark Griffith; b. Jan. 22, 1875), American film director, best known for his 1915 epic film, The Birth of a Nation. He was born in Oldham County, Kentucky. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 73 in Hollywood, California.
1923 ~ Charles Dupuy (né Charles Alexandre Dupuy; b. Nov. 5, 1851), Prime Minister of France. He served several terms as Prime Minister. He died at age 71.
1916 ~ Sir William Ramsay (b. Oct. 2, 1852), Scottish chemist and recipient of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work in identifying the inert gaseous elements. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He died at age 63 of nasal cancer.
1885 ~ Ulysses Simpson Grant (né Hiram Ulysses Grant. b. Apr. 27, 1822), 18th President of the United States. He was President from March 1969 through March 1877. He has previously served as General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He died of throat cancer at age 63 in Wilton, New York.
1875 ~ Isaac Singer (né Isaac Merritt Singer, b. Oct. 27, 1811), American inventor who made improvements to the sewing machine, and entrepreneur founder of the Singer Corporation. He fathered at least 24 children through various wives and mistresses. He was born in Pittstown, New York. He died at age 63 in Paignton, Devon, United Kingdom.
1800 ~ John Rutledge (b. Sept. 17, 1739), 2nd Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President George Washington. He initially served as an Associate Justice from September 1789 until his resignation in March 1791. He was one of the first 6 attorneys to serve as Supreme Court Justices. Four years after being appointed to the High Court, he was nominated to be the Chief Justice by George Washington and served in that recess appointment until December 1795, when the Senate rejected his appointment. John Jay replaced him as Chief Justice. He was born and died in Charleston, South Carolina. He died at age 60.
1757 ~ Domenico Scarlatti (né Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti; b. Oct. 26, 1685), Italian composer. He was born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples. He died at age 71 in Madrid, Spain.
1645 ~ Michael I, Tsar of Russia (b. July 22, 1596), He ruled from February 1613 until his shortly before his death in 1645. He was married twice. His first wife was Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova. She died after only 4 months into their marriage. His second wife was Eudoxia Lukyanovna Streshneva. He was the first Russian Tsar of the House of Romanov. He was the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov and Kseniya Shestova. He died the day after his 49th birthday.
1536 ~ Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (b. June 15, 1519), illegitimate son of Henry VIII, King of England and Elizabeth Blount. At age 14, he was married to Lady Mary Howard. The marriage was never consummated. The exact date of his birth is not known, but it is generally considered to have been on June 15. He died at age 17. He is believed to have died of tuberculosis.
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