Birthdays:
1962 ~ Mike Judge (né Michael Craig Judge), American animator and creator of King of the Hill and Beavis and Butt-Head. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1959 ~ Norm Macdonald (né Norman Gene Macdonald; d. Sept. 14, 2021), Canadian deadpan comic who spun absurd tales. He was best known for being a news anchor on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He died of cancer at a month before his 62nd birthday in Pasadena, California.
1956 ~ Mae Jemison (née Mae Carol Jemison), African-American physician and astronaut. She was the first Black woman to travel in space. She was born in Decatur, Alabama.
1948 ~ Margot Kidder (née Margaret Ruth Kidder; d. May 13, 2018), Canadian-born Superman star who battled bipolar disorder. She was best known for her portrayal of Lois Lane in the Superman film series. She was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territory, Canada. She died at age 69 in Livingston, Montana.
1948 ~ George Wendt (né George Robert Wendt, Jr.), American actor, best known for his portrayal of Norm on the television sit-com, Cheers. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1947 ~ Michael McKean (né Michael John McKean), American actor and comedian. He was born in New York, New York
1946 ~ Ronni Chasen (née Veronica Cohen; d. Nov. 16, 2010), American movie publicist who was mysteriously murdered. Police ultimately concluded she was murdered during a random robbery. She was born in Kingston, New York. She died a month after her 64th birthday in Beverly Hills, California.
1938 ~ Evel Knievel (né Robert Craig Knievel; d. Nov. 30, 2007), American stuntman. He was born in Butte, Montana. He died at age 69 in Clearwater, Florida.
1933 ~ Jeanne Paule Deckers (d. Mar. 29, 1985), Belgian singer and nun, known as The Singing Nun. She left the convent and moved in with Annie Pécher (1944 ~ 1985), her companion of 10 years. She and Pécher died by suicide in March 1985. She was 51 years old.
1930 ~ Robert Atkins (né Robert Coleman Atkins; d. Apr. 17, 2003), American nutritionist and physician. He was the creator of the Atkins diet. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. He died at age 72 in Manhattan, New York.
1928 ~ Jimmy Breslin (né James Earle Breslin; d. Mar. 19, 2017), American streetwise columnist who spoke truth to power. He was the voice of New York City. In addition to newspaper columns, he wrote novels. He is best known for his novel .44, a fictionalized account of the Son of Sam murders. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of pneumonia at age 88.
1927 ~ Friedrich Hirzenbruch (né Friedrich Ernest Peter Hirzebruch; d. May 27, 2012), German mathematician. He was born in Hamm, Germany. He died at age 84 in Bonn, Germany.
1926 ~ Julie Adams (née Betty May Adams; d. Feb. 3, 2019), American actress who survived the Black Lagoon. She also had a recurring role as real estate agent Eve Simpson on the television mystery drama Murder, She Wrote. She was born in Waterloo, Iowa. She died at age 92 in Los Angeles, California.
1921 ~ Tom Poston (né Thomas Gordon Poston; b. Apr. 30, 2007), American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of George Utley on Newhart. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. He died of respiratory failure at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.
1920 ~ Montgomery Clift (né Edward Montgomery Clift; d. July 23, 1966), American actor. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He died of a heart attack at age 45 in Manhattan, New York.
1918 ~ Rita Hayworth (née Margarita Carmen Cansino; d. May 14, 1987), American actress. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died at age 68 of Alzheimer’s disease.
1917 ~ Sumner Locke Elliott (d. June 24, 1991), Australian-born novelist, whose autobiographical novel was Careful, He Might Hear You. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He died of cancer at age 73 in New York, New York.
1915 ~ Arthur Miller (né Arthur Asher Miller; d. Feb. 10, 2005), American playwright. His second wife was Marilyn Monroe. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 89 in Roxbury, Connecticut.
1914 ~ Jerry Siegel (né Jerome Siegel; d. Jan. 28, 1996), American writer and illustrator. He, along with his friend Joseph Shuster, was the co-creator of Superman. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He died at age 81 in Los Angeles, California.
1912 ~ Pope John Paul I (né Albino Luciani; d. Sept. 28, 1978). He served as Pope for only 33 days, from August 26 until September 28, 1978. He died 19 days before his 66th birthday.
1906 ~ Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (d. Oct. 7, 1993), Russian mathematician. He died 10 days before his 87thbirthday in Moscow, Russia.
1903 ~ Nathanael West (né Nathan Weinstein; d. Dec. 22, 1940), American author. He was born in New York, New York. He was killed in a car accident at age 37 in El Centro, California.
1902 ~ Irene Ryan (née Jessie Irene Noblett; d. Apr. 26, 1973), American actress, best known for her role as Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies. She was born in El Paso, Texas. She died of a heart attack at age 70 in Santa Monica, California.
1898 ~ Shinichi Suzuki (d. Jan. 26, 1998), Japanese violinist and creator of the Suzuki method for teaching violin to young children. He died at age 99.
1888 ~ Paul Bernays (né Paul Isaac Bernays; d. Sept. 18, 1977), Swiss mathematician. He was born in London, England. He died a month before his 89th birthday in Zurich, Switzerland.
1880 ~ Ze’ev Jabotinsky (né Vladimir Yevgingevich Zhabotinsky; d. Aug. 4, 1940), Jewish-Zionist political activist and general. He was born in Odessa, Russian Empire (current day Ukraine). He died of a heart attack at age 59 while visiting in Hunter, New York.
1873 ~ Alfred Polgar (d. Apr. 24, 1955), Austrian-born journalist and drama critic. He left Austria in 1938 and moved to Hollywood. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 82 in Zurich, Switzerland.
1865 ~ James Garfield (né James Rudolph Garfield; d. Mar. 24, 1950), 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Theodore Roosevelt from March 1907 until March 1909. He was also the son of slain President James Garfield. He was born in Hiram, Ohio. He died at age 84 in Cleveland, Ohio.
1864 ~ Robert Lansing (d. Oct. 30, 1928), 42nd United States Secretary of State. He served under President Woodrow Wilson from June 1915 until February 1920. He was born in Watertown, New York. He died 13 days after his 64thbirthday in New York, New York.
1860 ~ Henry Campbell Black (d. Mar. 19, 1927), founder of Black’s Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary. He was bornin Ossining, New York at age 66.
1859 ~ Childe Hassam (né Frederick Childe Hassam; d. Aug. 27, 1935), American artist. During the early 1900s, Hassam painted many scenes of New England, including the shore, countryside, and life in Boston. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 75 in East Hampton, New York.
1853 ~ Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (d. Oct. 24, 1920), Duchess of Edinburgh and wife of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They married in 1874. She was of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. She was the daughter of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. She was Russian Orthodox. She died at age just a week after her 67th birthday.
1780 ~ Richard Mentor Johnson (d. Nov. 19, 1850), 9th Vice President of the United States. He served under President Martin Van Buren from March 1837 until March 1841. He is the only Vice President elected by the Senate under the provisions of the 12th Amendment. He was born in Beargrass, Virginia (current day Louisville, Kentucky). He died a month after his 70th birthday in Frankfort, Kentucky y.
1768 ~ Sophie von Dönhoff (d. Jan. 28, 1838), bigamist morganatic wife of Frederick William II, King of Prussia. She had been the lady-in-waiting to Frederika Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen consort of Prussia. She married the King in 1870. She was the daughter of Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Dönhoff and Anna Sophie von Landermann und Erlencamp. She died at age 69.
1720 ~ Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (d. Jan. 19, 1795), Italian composer. She died at age 74 in Milan, Italy.
1629 ~ Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (d. Oct. 9, 1646), member of the Spanish royal family. He never married. He was of the House of Habsburg of Spain. He was the only son of Philip IV, King of Spain and his first wife Elisabeth of France. He was Roman Catholic. He died of smallpox a week before his 17th birthday.
1538 ~ Irene di Spilimbergo (d. Dec. 17, 1559), Italian Renaissance poet and painter. She died in Venice, Italy at age 21.
Events that Changed the World:
2018 ~ Recreational uses of marijuana became legal in Canada.
2016 ~ The first full day of Sukkot. The holiday ended at sunset of October 23.
1992 ~ Japanese foreign exchange student, Yoshihiro Hattori (1974 ~ 1992), was shot and killed by Rodney Pearis (b. 1959), a homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after having stopped at a wrong house on his way to a Halloween party.
1989 ~ A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay area. Over 60 people were killed from the quake.
1979 ~ The United States Department of Education and the United States Department of Health and Human Services were created.
1979 ~ Mother Teresa (1910 ~ 1997) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1973 ~ OPEC began an oil embargo against many western countries, including the United States.
1965 ~ The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair closed after being open for 2 years. More than 51 million people attended the Fair.
1956 ~ Donald Byrne (1930 ~ 1976) and Bobby Fischer (1943 ~ 2008) played a famous game of chess that was dubbed The Game of the Century. Thirteen-year old Fischer won the game.
1956 ~ Elizabeth II, Queen of England (1926 ~ 2022) officially opened the first commercial nuclear power station. It was located in Sellafield, in Cumbria, England.
1933 ~ Albert Einstein (1879 ~ 1955) fled from Nazi Germany and immigrated to the United States.
1931 ~ Gangster Al Capone (1899 ~ 1947) was convicted of income tax evasion.
1919 ~ The Radio Corporation of American (RCA) was incorporated.
1912 ~ Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire in the First Balkan War.
1907 ~ Guglielmo Marconi’s company began the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Nova Scotia, Canada and Ireland.
1817 ~ The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 ~ 1823).
1781 ~ British General Lord Charles Cornwallis (1738 ~ 1805) surrendered at the Siege of Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War.
1777 ~ British General John Burgoyne (1722 ~ 1792) surrendered his army at Sarasota, New York, after being surrounded by the newly formed American army lead by General Horatio Gates (1727 ~ 1806).
1610 ~ Louis XIII, King of France (1601 ~ 1643) was crowned King.
1448 ~ During the Second Battle of Kosovo, the Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi (1406 ~ 1456) was defeated by the Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II (1404 ~ 1451).
1346 ~ At the Battle of Neville’s Cross, David II, King of Scotland (1324 ~ 1371) was captured by Edward III, King of England (1312 ~ 1377) and imprisoned in the Tower of London for 11 years.
1091 ~ A tornado, believed to have been an F4 strength tornado, struck in London. It is the earliest reported tornado to hit in the area. The London Bridge was completely destroyed, as were many other buildings.
539 BCE ~ The traditional date ascribed to when Cyrus the Great marched into Babylon and released the Jews from 70 years of exile. The Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. Some Jews remained in Persia, where they had a flourishing community until the beginning of the 20th Century.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Margaret York (née Margaret Mandley; b. Aug. 4, 1941), American trailblazing LAPD detective who inspired Cagney & Lacey. She was the wife of Judge Lance Ito. She was born in Minerva, Ohio. She died at age 80 in Pasadena, California.
2019 ~ Elijah Cummings (né Elijah Eugene Cummings; b. Jan. 18, 1951), African-American civil rights pioneer who infuriated President Trump. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland. He was born and died in Baltimore, Maryland. He died following a long illness at age 68.
2019 ~ Alicia Alonso (b. Dec. 21, 1920), Cuban ballerina. She was the grande dame who ruled Cuban ballet. She founded the Ballet Alicia Alonso in 1948. She was born and died in Havana, Cuba. She died at age 98.
2017 ~ Danielle Darrieux (née Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux; b. May 1, 1917), French actress and great beauty who dominated the French cinema, stage, and television. She died at age 100.
2008 ~ Levi Stubbs (né Levi Stubbles; b. June 6, 1936), African-American soulful baritone who helped define the Motown sound. He was the lead singer of The Four Tops. He was born and died in Detroit, Michigan. He died at age 72.
2007~ Joey Bishop (né Joseph Abraham Gottlieb; b. Feb. 3, 1918), American deadpan comic who was the last surviving member of the Rat Pack. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 89 in Newport Beach, California.
2004 ~ Uzi Hitman (b. June 9, 1952), Israeli musician. He died of a heart attack at age 52.
2001 ~ Rehavam Ze’evi (b. June 20, 1926), Israeli general and politician. He was an Israeli tourist minister. He was the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack. He was born and died in Jerusalem, Israel. He died at age 75.
1999 ~ Nicholas Metropolis (né Nicholas Constantine Metropolis; b. June 11, 1915), Greek-American mathematician and physicist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 84 in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
1993 ~ Zvi Sliternik (b. May 16, 1897), Israeli entomologist. He is best known for his study of malaria. He died at age 96.
1991 ~ Tennessee Ernie Ford (né Ernest Jennings Ford; b. Feb. 13, 1919), American singer and actor. He was born in Bristol, Tennessee. He died at age 72 in Reston, Virginia.
1979 ~ S.J. Perelman (né Sidney Joseph Perelman; b. Feb. 1, 1904), American author and humorist. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 75.
1978 ~ Gertrude Mary Cox (b. Jan. 13, 1900), American mathematician and statistician. She was the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institution. She was born in Dayton, Iowa. She died at age 78 in Durham, North Carolina.
1973 ~ Bernt Balchen (b. Oct. 23, 1899), Norwegian-American aviation pioneer. He was born in Tveit, Norway. He died a week before his 74th birthday in Mount Kisco, New York.
1972 ~ George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. Aug. 27, 1887). He relinquished his right to the throne after he killed his valet by kicking him to death when he was in his early 20s. In 1847, at age 60, he married for the first time. His wife was Radmila Radonjić. He was of the House of Karađorđević. He was the son of Peter I, King of Serbia and Princess Zorka of Montenegro. He died at age 85.
1967 ~ Puyi (né Aisin Gioro Puyi; b. Feb. 7, 1906), 12th and final Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He was emperor from November 1908 until he was forced to abdicate in February 1912. He was depicted in the 1987 movie, The Last Emperor. He was born and died in Beijing. He died of kidney cancer and heart diseases at age 61.
1963 ~ Jacques Hadamard (né Jacques Salomon Hadamard; b. Dec. 8, 1865), French mathematician. He is best known for his work in number theory. He was born in Versailles, France. He died at age 97 in Paris, France.
1937 ~ J. Bruce Ismay (né Joseph Bruce Ismay; b. Dec. 12, 1862), English businessman who was the managing director of the White Star Line, which owned the RMS Titanic. He is best known as being a survivor of the Titanic, for which he received much criticism. He died of a stroke at age 74 in London, England.
1934 ~ Santiago Ramón y Cajal (b. May 1, 1852), Spanish neuroscientist and recipient of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in histology of the central nervous system. He is considered the father of modern neuroscience. He died at age 82 in Madrid, Spain.
1923 ~ August Adler (b. Jan. 24, 1863), Czech mathematician. He died at age 60.
1920 ~ John Reed (né John Silas Reed; b. Oct. 22, 1887), American journalist and socialist activist. He is best remembered for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution in his book Ten Days that Shook the World. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He died in Moscow of spotted typhus just 5 days before his 33rd birthday.
1910 ~ Julia Ward Howe (née Julia Ward; b. May 27, 1819), American poet and abolitionist. She wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic. She was born in New York, New York. She died at age 91 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
1849 ~ Frédéric Chopin (né Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; b. Mar. 1, 1810), Polish composer and pianist. He died at age 39.
1277 ~ Beatrice of Falkenburg (b. 1254), Queen consort of Germany and 3rd wife of Richard, King of the Romans. At the time of their marriage, when she was 15 and he was 60, he was an English prince known as Richard of Cornwall. He died within 3 years of their wedding. She was of the House of Falkenburg. She was the daughter of Theodoric II, Count of Falkenburg and Berta of Limburg. The date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 23 at the time of her death.
532 ~ Pope Boniface II. He was Pope from September 17, 530 until his death on this date two years later. He was the first Germanic Pope. The date of his birth is not known.
33 ~ The date ascribed to the death of Agrippina the Elder (b. BCE 14). She was the Roman wife of Germanicus. She is believed to have been about 47 years old.
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