Birthdays:
1980 ~ Jacinda Ardern (née Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern), Prime Minister of New Zealand. She assumed office in October 2017. While in office, in June 2018, she gave birth to a baby girl.
1971 ~ Dan Harris (né Daniel B. Harris), former news anchor and author. He began his career at WLBS in Bangor, Maine. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts.
1966 ~ Tom Sachs, American contemporary artist. He was born in New York, New York.
1964 ~ Sandra Bullock (née Sandra Annette Bullock), American actress. She was born in Arlington, Virginia.
1959 ~ Rick Bragg (né Ricky Edward Brag), American author and journalist. He is best known for his memoir, All Over but the Shouting. He was born in Piedmont, Alabama.
1959 ~ Kevin Spacey (né Kevin Spacey Fowler), American actor. His career derailed in 2017 following a sex scandal. He was born in South Orange, New Jersey.
1957 ~ Santi Santamaria (né Jaume Santamaria i Puig; d. Feb. 16, 2011), Spanish Catalan chef who denigrated cooking’s avant-garde. He died at age 53 of a heart attack.
1956 ~ Dorothy Hamill (née Dorothy Stuart Hamill), American ice skater. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1945 ~ Ken Kaiser (né Kenneth John Kaiser; d. Aug. 8, 2017), American Major League Baseball umpire who gave as good as he got. He was born and died in Rochester, New York. He died of complications of diabetes 13 days after his 72nd birthday.
1945 ~ Dame Helen Mirren (née Helen Lydia Mironoff), British actress. She was born in London, England.
1943 ~ Mick Jagger (né Michael Philip Jagger), frontman for the Rolling Stones. He was knighted and can be known as Sir Michael. He was born in Dartford, Kent, England.
1940 ~ Mary Jo Kopechne (d. July 18, 1969), American secretary and aide to Teddy Kennedy. She was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She was killed when the car she was riding in that was driven by Ted Kennedy went off the road into Chappaquiddick Bay. Her story is told in the 2017 movie entitled Chappaquiddick. She died 8 days before her 29thbirthday.
1934 ~ Kathryn Hays (née Kay Piper; d. Mar. 25, 2022), American actress and soap star who warmed hearts for four decades. She was best known for her role as Kim Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, which she played from 1972 until 2010. She was born in Princeton, Illinois. She died at age 87 in Fairfield, Connecticut.
1928 ~ Stanley Kubrick (d. Mar. 7, 1999), American film director. He was born in New York, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 70 in England.
1923 ~ Jan Berenstain (née Janice Marian Grant; d. Feb. 24, 2012), American author, who along with her husband Stan Berenstain (1923 ~ 2005), wrote and illustrated the children’s book series, The Berenstain Bears. Both Jan and Stan were born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jan died at age 88 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania; Stan died at age 82 in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania.
1922 ~ Jason Robards (né Jason Nelson Robards, Jr., d. Dec. 26, 2000), American actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of lung cancer at age 78 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1922 ~ Blake Edwards (né William Blake Crump; d. Dec. 15, 2010), American movie director and husband of Julie Andrews. He is known for the Pink Panther movies. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He died of pneumonia at age 88 in Santa Monica, California.
1921 ~ Jean Shepherd (né Jean Parker Shepherd, Jr.; d. Oct. 16, 1999), American radio host. He is best known for the 1983 movie, A Christmas Story. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 78 in Fort Myers, Florida.
1909 ~ Vivian Vance (née Vivian Roberta Jones; d. Aug. 17, 1979), American actress and side-kick Ethel to Lucille Ball on the I Love Lucy television show. She was born in Cherryvale, Kansas. She died of cancer 22 days after her 70thbirthday in Belvedere, California.
1907 ~ Donal McLaughlin, Jr. (d. Sept. 27, 2009), American architect and graphic artist who created the United Nations logo. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died of esophageal cancer at age 102 in Garrett Park, Maryland.
1903 ~ Estes Kefauver (né Carey Estes Kefauver; d. Aug. 10, 1963), American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from January 1949 until his death in August 1963. He was born in Madisonville, Tennessee. He died of a heart attack in Bethesda, Maryland 15 days after his 60th birthday.
1897 ~ Paul Gallico (né Paul William Gallico; d. July 15, 1976), American author. He wrote The Silent Miaow. He was born in New York, New York. He died 11 days before his 79th birthday in Antibes, France.
1895 ~ Gracie Allen (née Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen; d. Aug. 27, 1964), American actress and comedian. She was the wife of George Burns. She was born in San Francisco, California. She died of a heart attack a month after her 69thbirthday in Los Angeles, California.
1894 ~ Aldous Huxley (né Aldous Leonard Huxley; d. Nov. 22, 1963), English-born author. He is best known for his novel Brave New World. He was born in the United Kingdom. He died at age 69 of laryngeal cancer in Los Angeles, California.
1885 ~ André Maurois (né Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; d. Oct. 9, 1967), French author. He died at 82.
1875 ~ Antonio Machado (d. Feb. 22, 1939), Spanish poet. He was born in Seville, Spain. He died at age 85 on Collioure, France. He died at age 63.
1875 ~ Carl Jung (né Carl Gustav Jung; d. June 6, 1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He died at age 85.
1856 ~ George Bernard Shaw (d. Nov. 2, 1950), Irish playwright and recipient of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He died at age 94.
1829 ~ August Beernaert (né August Marie François Beernaert; d. Oct. 6, 1912), Prime Minister of Belgium and recipient of the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Peace Prize for his work at the Court of Permanent Arbitration. He served as Prime Minister from October 1884 until March 1894. He died at age 83.
1802 ~ Mariano Arista (d. Aug. 7, 1855), Mexican general and President of Mexico. He was President from January 1851 until January 1853. He died 12 days after his 53rd birthday in Lisbon, Portugal.
1739 ~ George Clinton (d. Apr. 20, 1812), 4th Vice President of the United States. He served under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and was Vice President from March 1805 until his death at age 72 in 1812. He was the first Vice President to die in Office. He died in Washington, D.C.
1727 ~ Horatio Gates (né Horatio Lloyd Gates; d. Apr. 10, 1806), retired British soldier who served as an American General in the American Revolutionary War. He is credited for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga. He died at age 78 in New York, New York.
1711 ~ Lorenz Christoph Mizler (d. May 8, 1778), German mathematician, physician and composer. He died at age 66.
1678 ~ Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Apr. 17, 1711). He reigned as the Holy Roman Emperor from May 1705 until his death in 1711. He was married to Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor Magdalene of Neuberg. He died of small pox at age 32.
Events that Changed the World:
2016 ~ Two Islamist terrorists men armed with knives attacked a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen, France. A priest, nuns and congregants were taken hostage. The 85-year old priest was killed before the attackers were taken down.
2016 ~ Hillary Clinton (b. 1947) became the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party. She was the Democratic nominee.
1990 ~ The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law.
1956 ~ Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser (1918 ~ 1970) nationalized the Suez Canal following the World Bank’s refusal to fund the building of the Aswan High Dam.
1948 ~ President Harry Truman (1884 ~ 1972) signed Executive Order 9981, which desegregated the United States military.
1947 ~ President Harry Truman (1884 ~ 1972) signed the National Security Act of 1947, thereby creating the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the United States National Security Council.
1946 ~ Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport.
1944 ~ The Soviet Army captured the Ukrainian city of Lviv from the Nazis. Only about 300 of the 160,000 Jewish residents of Lviv survived Nazi occupation.
1941 ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 ~ 1945) ordered the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina.
1918 ~ Emmy Noether (1882 ~ 1935) presented her paper, now known as Noether’s Theorem, was presented at Göttingen, Germany.
1908 ~ The United States Office of the Chief Examiner was established. This agency was later renamed to become the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
1861 ~ General George B. McClellan (1826 ~ 1885) assumed command of the United States Army following the disastrous Union defeat during the American Civil War’s First Battle of Bull Run.
1847 ~ Liberia declared its independence.
1788 ~ New York State ratified the United States Constitution, thereby becoming the 11th State of the United States.
1775 ~ The Second Continental Congress established the Office that would become the United States Post Office Department. Benjamin Franklin (1706 ~ 1790) was the first Postmaster General.
1745 ~ The first recorded women’s cricket match took place near Guildford, England. It was a match between the villages of Bramley and Hambledon, England. The Hambledon team won.
1529 ~ Francisco Pizarro González (1470s ~ 1541) was appointed the governor of Peru. He would late be killed by the Incan emperor.
Good-byes:
2020 ~ Dame Olivia de Havilland (née Olivia Mary de Havilland; b. July 1, 1916), English-American Golden Age star who bucked the Hollywood system. She is best known for her role as Melanie, Scarlet O’Hara’s sister-in-law, from Gone with the Wind. Her sister was actress Joan Fontaine. She was born in Tokyo, Japan. She died in Paris, France 25 days after her 104th birthday.
2019 ~ Russi Taylor (b. May 4, 1944), American voice actress who brought Minnie Mouse to life. She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She died of colon cancer at age 75 in Glendale, California.
2018 ~ Bill Loud (né William Carberry Loud, b. Jan. 22, 1921), American father who headed An American Family. An American Family was considered the first television reality show. It aired on public television in 1973 and was about the daily life of an upper middle-class family in California. He was born in Eugene, Oregon. He died at age 97 in Los Angeles, California.
2017 ~ June Forey (née June Lucille Forer; b. Sept. 18, 1917), American actress who gave cartoon characters a voice. She was best known as the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatale from The Bullwinkle Show, and Cindy Lou Who from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. She died at age 99 in Los Angeles, California.
2015 ~ Bobbi Kristina Brown (b. Mar. 4, 1993), American television personality. She was the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. She died of a drug overdose, in a similar manner to her mother. She was born in Livingston, New Jersey. She died in Duluth, Georgia at age 22 years old.
2015 ~ Ann Rule (née Ann Rae Stackhouse, b. Oct. 22, 1931), American true-crime writer who profiled serial killers. She began her career as a police officer. She was born in Lowell, Michigan. She died at age 83 in Burien, Washington.
2013 ~ J.J. Cale (né John Weldon Cale; b. Dec. 5, 1938), rock musician who wrote Cocaine. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He died at age 74 in San Diego, California.
2013 ~ Luther F. Cole (né Luther Francis Cole; b. Oct. 25, 1925), Louisiana Supreme Court Justice. He was born in Alexandria, Louisiana. He died at age 87 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2013 ~ Harley Flanders (b. Sept. 13, 1925), American mathematician. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 87 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2012 ~ James D. Watkins (né James David Watkins; b. Mar. 7, 1927), 6th United States Secretary of Energy. He served under President George H. W. Bush from March 1989 until January 1993. He was born in Alhambra, California. He died of congestive heart failure at age 85 in Alexandria, Virginia.
2009 ~ Merce Cunningham (né Mercier Philip Cunningham; b. Apr. 16, 1919), the maverick American dancer who celebrated the body. He was born in Centralia, Washington. He died at age 90 in New York, New York.
2000 ~ John Tukey (né John Wilder Tukey; b. June 16, 1915), American mathematician. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He died at age 85 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
1997 ~ Kunihiko Kodaira (b. Mar. 16, 1915), Japanese mathematician. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He died at age 82 in Kōfu, Japan.
1994 ~ James Luther Adams (b. Nov. 12, 1901), American theologian and professor at the Harvard Divinity School. He was born in Ritzville, Washington. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 92.
1992 ~ Mary Wells (née Mary Esther Wells; b. May 13, 1943), African-American singer and member of The Supremes. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. She died of cancer at age 59 in Los Angeles, California.
1986 ~ W. Averell Harriman (né William Averell Harriman; b. Nov. 15, 1891), 11th Secretary of Commerce. He served under President Harry S Truman from October 1946 through April 1948. He then became the Governor of New York, where he served in Office from January 1955 through December 1958. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 94 in Yorktown Heights, New York.
1984 ~ George Gallup (né George Horace Gallup; b. Nov. 18, 1901), American mathematician, statistician, and creator of the Gallup poll. He was born in Jefferson, Iowa. He died at age 82 in Switzerland.
1980 ~ Kenneth Tynan (né Kenneth Peacock Tynan; b. Apr. 2, 1927), British theater critic and writer. He was born in Birmingham, England. He died of pulmonary emphysema at age 53 in Santa Monica, California.
1971 ~ Diane Arbus (née Diane Nemerov; b. Mar. 14, 1923), American photographer. She was born and died in Manhattan, New York. She died by suicide at age 48.
1960 ~ Maud Menten (née Maud Leonora Menten; b. Mar. 20, 1879), Canadian physician and biochemist. She made significant contributions to the study of enzyme kinetics and histochemistry. She was born in Port Lambton, Ontario, Canada. She died at age 81 in Leamington, Ontario, Canada.
1952 ~ Eva Perón (née Eva María Duarte; b. May 7, 1919), Argentine actress. She was also the First Lady of Argentine and second wife of Juan Perón. She died of cancer at age 33 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1944 ~ Rezā Shāh Pahlavi (b. Mar. 15, 1878), Shah of Iran. He was Shah from December 1925 until September 1941. He was born in Alasht, Iran. He died at age 66 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1941 ~ Henri Lebesgue (né Henri Léon Lebesgue; b. June 28, 1875), French mathematician. He died a month after his 66th birthday in Paris, France.
1937 ~ Gerda Taro (née Gerdt Pororylle; b. Aug. 1, 1910), Jewish-German war photographer. She photographed many events during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first female photojournalist to cover the front lines of a war. She was killed following a vehicular accident while covering the war events. She died 6 days before her 27th birthday.
1926 ~ Robert Todd Lincoln (b. Aug. 1, 1843), oldest son of President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. He served as the 35th United States Secretary of War under Presidents James Garfield and Chester Arthur. He served in that office from March 1881 until March 1886. He was born in Springfield, Illinois. He died a week before his 83rd birthday in Manchester, Vermont.
1925 ~ William Jennings Bryan (b. Mar. 19, 1860), American lawyer and politician. He served as the 41st United States Secretary of State. He held that Office from March 1913 until June 1915 during the Woodrow Wilson administration. He is most famous for his defense during the Scopes “Monkey” trial. He was born in Salem, Illinois. He died in Dayton, Tennessee 5 days following the conclusion of the Scopes trial. He was 65 years old.
1925 ~ Gottlob Frege (né Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege; b. Nov. 8, 1848), German mathematician and logician. He died at age 76.
1863 ~ Sam Houston (b. Mar. 2, 1793), American political leader, Governor of Tennessee, President of the Republic of Texas, and Governor of Texas. The city of Houston, Texas was named after him. He was born in Rockbridge, Virginia. He died of pneumonia at age 70 in Huntsville, Texas.
1863 ~ John J. Crittenden (né John Jordan Crittenden; b. Sept. 10, 1787), 15th and 22nd United States Attorney General. He served his first term during the William Henry Harrison and John Tyler administrations, from March 1841 until September 1841. He was Attorney General under President Millard Fillmore from July 1850 to March 1853. He was born in Versailles, Kentucky. He died at age 75 in Frankfort, Kentucky.
1801 ~ Archduke Maximilian Francis (b. Dec. 8, 1756). He never married. He was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the youngest child of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa of Austria. He died at age 44.
1693 ~ Ulrika Eleanor of Denmark (b. Sept. 11, 1656), Queen consort of Sweden. She was the wife of Charles XI, King of Sweden. She was of the House of Oldenburg. She was the daughter of Frederick III, King of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She died following a long illness at age 36.
1684 ~ Elena Cornaro Piscopia (b. June 5, 1646), Italian mathematician. She was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Philosopher when she graduated from the University of Padua. She was born in Venice, Republic of Venice. She died of tuberculosis at age 38 in Padua, Republic of Venice.
1533 ~ Atahualpa (b. 1500), Incan Emperor who was murdered by Francisco Pizarro. He was believed to have been about 33 years old at the time of his death.
1471 ~ Pope Paul II (né Pietro Barbo; b. Feb. 23, 1417). He was Pope from August 1464 until his death of a heart attack 7 years later. He was 54 years old.
432 ~ Pope Celestine I. He was Pope from September 422 until his death 10 years later. The date of his birth is unknown, nor is the exact date of his death, but July 26 is sometimes ascribed to that event.
342 ~ Cheng of Jin (b. 321), Emperor of the Jin Dynasty. The exact date of his birth is not known.
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