Birthdays:
1979 ~ B.J. Novak (né Benjamin Joseph Novak), American actor, best known for his role in the TV sit-com, The Office. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts.
1967 ~ Elizabeth Wurtzel (née Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel; d. Jan. 7, 2020), American memoirist who chronicled her depression in the 1994 book Prozac Nation. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died of breast cancer at age 52 of breast cancer.
1965 ~ J.K. Rowling (née Joanne Rowling), British writer of the Harry Potter series. She was born in Yates, South Gloucestershire, England.
1962 ~ Wesley Snipes (né Wesley Trent Snipes), African-American actor. He was born in Orlando, Florida.
1962 ~ Wesley Snipes (né Wesley Trent Snipes), African-American actor. He was born in Orlando, Florida.
1958 ~ Mark Cuban, American billionaire entrepreneur. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1956 ~ Deval Patrick (né Deval Laurdine Patrick), African-American politician. He served as the 71st Governor of Massachusetts. He was Governor from January 2007 until January 2015. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1952 ~ Faye Kellerman (née Faye Marder), American author of mystery stories. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1951 ~ Evonne Goolagong Cawley (née Evonne Faye Goolagong), Australian tennis player. She was born in Griffith, Australia.
1945 ~ William Weld (né William Floyd Weld), 68th Governor of Massachusetts. He was Governor from January 1991 until July 1997. He was born in Smithtown, New York.
1944 ~ Geraldine Chaplin, (née Geraldine Leigh Chaplin), American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill, his 4th wife. She was born in Santa Monica, California.
1944 ~ Robert Merton (né Robert Cox Merton), American mathematician and recipient of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. He was born in New York, New York.
1943 ~ William Bennett (né William John Bennett), 3rd Secretary of Education. He served in the Ronald Reagan administration from February 1985 until September 1988. He also served as the 1st Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy during the George H.W. Bush administration from March 1989 until December 1990. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1932 ~ Eleanor Schano (née Eleanor Martha Schano; d. Nov. 9, 2020), American pioneering television journalist. She helped crack open the once male-oriented world of broadcasting news when she became the first female weather forecaster in Pittsburgh in 1961. In 1969, she became the first woman to be the solo news anchor in Pittsburgh. She was born and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She died of Covid-19 at age 88.
1926 ~ Hilary Putnam (né Hilary Whitehall Putnam; d. Mar. 13, 2016), American mathematician and computer scientist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 89 in Arlington, Massachusetts.
1924~ Anthony Acevedo (né Anthony Claude Acevedo; d. Feb. 11, 2018), Mexican-American medic who documented the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. He had been captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He received a Red Cross care package that contained a diary and fountain pen. He began to meticulously document his Holocaust ordeal. He was born in San Bernardino, California. He died at age 93 in Loma Linda, California.
1923 ~ Stephanie Kwolek (née Stephanie Louise Kwolek; d. June 18, 2014), American chemist and inventor of Kevlar. She was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. She died at age 90 in Wilmington, Delaware.
1921 ~ Peter Benenson (né Peter James Henry Solomon; d. Feb. 25, 2005), British barrister who founded Amnesty International. He was born in London, England. He died at age 83 in Oxford, England.
1919 ~ Primo Levi (né Primo Michele Levi; d. Apr. 11, 1987), Italian chemist and author. He was a Holocaust survivor and much of his writings reflected his time in Auschwitz concentration camp. He was born and died in Turin, Italy. He died by suicide at age 67 by throwing himself down a flight of stairs.
1919 ~ Curt Gowdy (né Curtis Edward Gowdy; d. Feb. 20, 2006), 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.
1919~ Robert Morgenthau (né Robert Morris Morgenthau; d. July 21, 2019), American District Attorney who cleaned up New York City. He served as the District Attorney for New York County/Manhattan from 1975 until his retirement in 2009. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died 10 days before his 100th birthday.
1918 ~ Paul Boyer (né Paul Delos Boyer; d. June 2, 2018), American biochemist and 1997 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry. He was born in Provo, Utah. He died of respiratory failure at age 99 in Los Angeles, California.
1914~ Raymond Aubrac (né Raymond Samuel; d. Apr. 10, 2012), French hero of the French Resistance. Following World War II, he became a civil engineer. He was born in Vesoul, France. He died at age 97 in Paris, France.
1912 ~ Milton Friedman (d. Nov. 16, 2006), American economist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 94 in San Francisco, California.
1892 ~ Herbert W. Armstrong (d. Jan. 16, 1986), American evangelist. He was an early pioneer in radio and televangelism. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He died at age 93 in Pasadena, California.
1880~ Munshi Premchand (né Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava; d. Oct. 8, 1936), Indian writer. He is best known for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He died at age 56.
1867 ~ S.S. Kresge (né Sebastian Spering Kresge; d. Oct. 18, 1966), American merchant and founder of the S.S. Kresge retail organization and the K-Mart and Kresge’s Department Stores. He was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He died at age 99 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
1860 ~ Mary Vaux Walcott (née Mary Morris Vaux; d. Aug. 22, 1940), American painter. She is best known for her watercolors of wildflowers. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died a month after her 80th birthday in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.
1704 ~ Gabriel Cramer (d. Jan. 4, 1752), Swiss mathematician. He was born in Geneva, Republic of Geneva. He died at age 47.
1527 ~ Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Oct. 12, 1576). He ruled from July 1564 until his death in October 1576. In 1548, he married Archduchess Maria of Austria. He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the son of Ferdinand I, Holy roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. He was Roman Catholic. He was born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria. He died at age 49 in the Imperial City of Regensburg.
Events that Changed the World:
2006 ~ Fidel Castro (1926 ~ 2016) handed over power of Cuba to his brother, Raúl Castro (b. 1931), in what was intended to be for a temporary period of time.
2002 ~ Nine people, including 5 Americans, were killed when a bomb exploded in a cafeteria at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University.
1973 ~ Delta Flight 723 crash landed in the fog at Logan International airport. Eighty-nine people were killed. The crash was later determined to have resulted from pilot error.
1964 ~ The American space probe, Ranger 7, transmitted pictures of the moon’s surface.
1948 ~ The New York International Airport in Idlewild Field was dedicated. The airport was later renamed and is now known as the John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1932 ~ The Nazi Party won more than 38% of the vote in the German elections.
1930 ~ The radio mystery series, The Shadow, was first broadcast.
1874 ~ Dr. Patrick Francis Healy (1834 ~ 1910) became the first African-American inaugurated as the president Georgetown University, of a predominantly white university.
1856~ Christchurch, New Zealand obtained is corporate charter.
1790 ~ The first United States patent was issued. Samuel Hopkins (1743 ~ 1818) was the recipient of the patent for his invention of a potash process.
1703 ~ Daniel Defoe (1659 ~ 1731) was placed in a pillory after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet. He was charged with the crime of seditious libel.
1492 ~ The Jews were expelled from Spain by order of the Alhambra Decree, which took effect on this date. The Alhambra Decree was not formally revoked until December 1968.
1009 ~ Pope Sergius IV (d. 1012) became the 142nd Catholic Pope. He succeeded Pope John XVIIV (d. 1009).
781 ~ The oldest recorded volcanic eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ Sir Alan Parker (né Alan William Parker; b. Feb. 14, 1944), eclectic British film director who roamed across genres. He was born and died in London, England. He died at age 76 following a long illness.
2019 ~ Harold Prince (né Harold Smith Prince; b. Jan. 30, 1928), American stage and Broadway giant who shook up musicals. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died at age 91 in Keflavik, Iceland.
2017~ Jeanne Moreau (b. Jan. 23, 1928), French actress. She was born in Paris, France. She died at age 89.
2016 ~ Seymour Papert (né Seymour Aubrey Papert; b. Feb. 29, 1928), South African mathematician and computer scientist. He was a pioneer in artificial intelligence. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He died in Blue Hill, Maine at age 88.
2015 ~ Richard Schweiker (né Richard Schultz Schwieker; b. June 1, 1926), 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. He served in this office under the Ronald Reagan administration from January 1981 until February 1983. He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He died in Pomona, New Jersey. He was 89 at the time of his death.
2015 ~ Howard Jones (né Howard Wilbur Jones, Jr.; b. Dec. 30, 1910), American medical doctor who pioneered in vitrofertilization in the United States. When he turned 65, he refused to stop working, despite having reached the mandatory retirement age at Johns Hopkins University. Instead, in 1975, he began a gynecological practice with his wife, Georgeanna Jones (1912 ~ 2005), a reproductive endocrinologist, and set up the first in vitro fertilization clinic in the United States. Elizabeth Carr, born on December 28, 1981, was first “test tube” baby born in the United States. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He died at age 104 in Norfolk, Virginia.
2012 ~ Gore Vidal (né Eugene Louis Vidal; b. Oct. 3, 1925), American author and literary juggernaut who charted America’s decline. He was born in West Point, New York. He died at age 86 in Los Angeles, California.
2010 ~ Mitch Miller (né Mitchell William Miller; b. July 4, 1911), American musician and entertainer. He was born in Rochester, New York. He died 27 days after his 99th birthday in Manhattan, New York.
1993 ~ Baudouin, King of Belgium (b. Sept. 7, 1930). He ruled Belgium from July 1951 until his death in July 1993. In 1960, he married Fabiola Fernanda María-de-las-Victoria Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón. He was of the House of Belgium. He was the son of Leopold III, King of Belgium and Astrid of Sweden. He was Roman Catholic. He died of heart failure at age 62.
1966 ~ Isabel Martin Lewis (née Isabel Martin; b. July 11, 1881), American astronomer. She was the first woman hired by the United States Naval Observatory. She was born in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. She died 20 days after her 85thbirthday.
1944 ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (b. June 29, 1900), French pilot and writer, best known for The Little Prince. During World War II, while on a reconnaissance mission in July 1944, he disappeared and was presumed killed. He was born in Lyon, France. He was 44 years old.
1895~ Richard Morris Hunt (b. Oct 31, 1827), American architect and designer of the New York Tribune Building. He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. He died in Newport, Rhode Island at age 67.
1886 ~ Franz Liszt (b. Oct. 22, 1811), Hungarian composer. He died at age 74.
1875 ~ Andrew Johnson (b. Dec. 29, 1808), 17th President of the United States. Had served as the 16th Vice President during President Abraham Lincoln’s second term. He took Office following the assassination of Lincoln. He was the first president to be impeached, which was the result of a bitter disagreement between him and Congress over how to treat the South following the Civil War. He was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee. He died at age 66 of complications of a stroke in Greeneville, Tennessee.
1867 ~ Catharine Marie Sedgwick (b. Dec. 28, 1789), American novelist of “domestic fiction.” She was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 77.
1750 ~ John V, King of Portugal (b. Oct. 22, 1689). He ruled from December 1706 until his death in July 1750. He was known as John the Magnanimous. He was married to Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. He was of the House of Braganza. He was the son of Peter II, King of Portugal and Maria Sophia of Neuburg. He was born and died in Lisbon, Portugal. He died at age 60.
1726 ~ Nicolaus II Bernoulli (b. Feb. 6, 1695), Swiss mathematician. He died of a fever at age 31.
1653 ~ Thomas Dudley (b. Oct. 12, 1576), Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He served as the 3rd, 7th, 11th and 14th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He died at age 76 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1556 ~ Ignatius of Loyola (b. Oct. 23, 1491), Spanish theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus. He died at age 64.
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