Birthdays:
1979 ~ John Krasinski (né John Burke Krasinski), American actor best known for his role as Jim Halpert on the television sit-com The Office. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1971 ~ Snoop Dogg (né Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.), African-American rapper. He was born in Long Beach, California.
1964 ~ Kamala Harris (née Kamala Devi Harris), American politician 49th Vice President of the United States. She served under President Joe Biden and assumed the Office in January 2021. Prior to becoming the Vice President, she served as a United States Senator from California from January 2017 until January 2021. She had previously served as the 32nd Attorney General of California. She was born in Oakland, California.
1957 ~ Hilda Solis (née Hilda Lucia Solis), 25th United States Secretary of Labor. She served during President Obama’s administration. She served in that office from February 2009 until January 2013. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1953 ~ Keith Hernandez, American professional baseball player. He was born in San Francisco, California.
1950 ~ Tom Petty (né Thomas Earl Petty; d. Oct. 2, 2017), American musician Heartbreakers frontman who rejuvenated rock ‘n’ roll. He was born in Gainesville, Florida. He died in Santa Monica, California of an accidental drug overdose 18 days before his 67th birthday.
1946 ~ Lewis Grizzard (né Lewis McDonald Grizzard, Jr.; d. Mar. 20, 1994), American humorist. He was born in Fort Benning, Georgia. He died at age 47 of complications following heart surgery in Atlanta, Georgia.
1946 ~ Elfriede Jelinke, Austrian author and playwright. She was the recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature.
1942 ~ Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German developmental biologist and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research on genetic control of embryonic development. She was born in Magdeburg, Germany.
1935 ~ Jerry Orbach (né Jerome Bernard Orbach; d. Dec. 28, 2004), American actor who was “the quintessential New Yorker”. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of prostate cancer at age 69.
1932 ~ William Christopher (d. Dec. 31, 2016), American actor best known for his role as Father Mulcahy from M*A*S*H. He was born in Evanston, Illinois. He died of cancer at age 84 in Pasadena, California.
1931 ~ Mickey Mantle (né Mickey Charles Mantle, d. Aug. 13, 1995), American baseball player. He was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He died at age 63 in Dallas, Texas.
1927 ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers (née Joyce Diane Bauer; d. May 13, 2013), American psychologist who became a media star. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died of respiratory failure at age 85 in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
1925 ~ Theodore Hall (né Theodore Alvin Holtzberg; d. Nov. 1, 1999), American physicist and Soviet atomic spy. He worked on the atom bomb at Los Alamos during World War II and passed information regarding plutonium to the Russians so they could build their own bomb. He was born in New York, New York. He died at just 12 days after his 74th birthday in Cambridge, England.
1925 ~ Art Buchwald (né Arthur Buchwald; d. Jan. 17, 2007), American columnist and humorist. He was born in New York, New York. He died of kidney failure at age 81 in Washington, D.C.
1907 ~ Arlene Francis (née Arline Francis Kazanjian; d. May 31, 2001), American actress, game show panelist and television personality. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She died at age 93 in San Francisco, California.
1891 ~ Sir James Chadwick (d. July 24, 1974), English physicist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron. He died at age 82 in Cambridge, England.
1890 ~ Jelly Roll Morton (né Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, d. July 10, 1941), Louisiana ragtime and Jazz pianist and composer. He got his start in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in New Orleans, although the date and month of his birth is actually unknown, he always claimed October 20 at the date of his birth. He died at age 50 in Los Angeles after having been stabbed and the whites-only hospital refused to treat his injuries. Although he recovered from his wounds, his recovery was not complete and he ultimately died of respiratory problems that stemmed from the stabbing. His musical style was risqué, but his music lives on. He died in Los Angeles, California.
1890 ~ Sherman Minton (d. Apr. 9, 1965), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Harry Truman. He replaced Wiley Blount Rudledge on the Court. He was replaced by William J. Brennan, Jr. He served on the Court from October 1949 until October 1956. Prior to serving on the Court, he had been a United States Senator from Indiana from January 1935 until January 1941. He was born in Georgetown, Indiana. He died at age 74 in New Albany, Indiana.
1882 ~ Bela Lugosi (né Béla Ferenc Dezsö Blaskó; d. Aug. 16, 1956), Hungarian actor, best known for his roles in early horror films and as portraying Count Dracula on both Broadway and in the film version. He was born in Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary. He died at age 73 in Los Angeles, California.
1874 ~ Charles Ives (né Charles Edward Ives; d. May 19, 1954), American composer. He was born in Danbury, Connecticut. He died at age 79 in New York, New York.
1859 ~ John Dewey, (d. June 1, 1952), American philosopher and educator. He was born in Burlington, Vermont. He died at age 92 in New York, New York.
1784 ~ Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (d. Oct. 18, 1865), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served as Prime Minister for two terms. The first term was from February 1855 through February 1858 and the second term was from June 1859 until his death on this date 6 years later. He was Prime Minister during the reign of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom. He died 2 days before his 81st birthday.
1677 ~ Stanisław I, King of Poland (d. Feb. 23, 1766). He ruled over Poland twice; first from July 1740 until July 1709 and second from September 1733 until January 1736. He was married to Catherine Opalińska. He was of the House of Leszczyński. He was the son of Rafał Leszczyński and Princess Anna Jabłonowska. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 88.
1616 ~ Thomas Bartholin (d. Dec. 4, 1680), Danish physician and mathematician. He is best known for his work on the lymphatic system. He was born in Malmø, Denmark. He died at age 64 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
888 ~ Zhu Youzhen (d. Nov. 18, 923), 3rd and final Chinese Emperor of the Later Liang dynasty. He died a month after his 35th birthday.
Events the Changed the World:
2011 ~ During the Libyan Civil War, National Transitional Council rebel forces captured ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (1943 ~ 2011) and killed him in his hometown of Sirte.
1991 ~ A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
1981 ~ Two police officers and a Brink’s armored car guard were killed during an armed robbery in Rockland County, New York. The robbery was carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and the Weathermen Underground.
1977 ~ A chartered airplane carrying the band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Mississippi. The plane was headed towards Baton Rouge, Louisiana where the band was scheduled to play at the Louisiana State University. Six people on the plane were killed, including three band members.
1976 ~ A ferry boat crossing the Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana was struck by a ship, killing 78 passengers and crew. Only 18 people on the ferry survived.
1973 ~ The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia opened. The facility had been under construction for 14 years.
1973 ~ In what became known as the Saturday Night Massacre, in the wake of the Watergate Scandal, President Richard Nixon (1913 ~ 1994) fired United States Attorney General Elliot Richardson (1920 ~ 1999) and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus (1932 ~ 2019) after they refused to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox (1912 ~ 2004). Ultimately, Robert Bork (1927 ~ 2012), as Acting United States Attorney General, fired Cox.
1968 ~ Jacqueline Kennedy (1929 ~ 1994) married Aristotle Onassis (1906 ~ 1975).
1947 ~ The House Un-American Activities Committee began its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood. The result was the creation of a blacklist that halted the careers of many Hollywood actors and directors.
1904 ~ Chile and Bolivia signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which delimited the border between the two countries.
1883 ~ The Treaty of Ancón was signed between Chile and Peru. Under the terms of this treaty, Peru ceded the Tarapacá province to Chile, thus ending Peru’s involvement in the War of the Pacific.
1818 ~ The Convention of 1818 was signed between the United States and the United Kingdom. This document settled the border between the United States and Canada, which for most of its length follows the 49th parallel.
1803 ~ The United States Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (né Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi; b. Sept. 29, 1934), Italian psychologist who studied the art of “flow”, a highly focused mental state conductive to productivity. He was born in Flume, Kingdom of Italy. He died less than a month after his 87th birthday in Claremont, California.
2020 ~ James Randi (né Randall James Hamilton Swinge; b. Aug. 7, 1928), Canadian-American magician who debunked the paranormal. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He died at age 92 in Plantation, Florida.
2019 ~ Nick Tosches (né Nicholas P. Tosches; b. Oct. 23, 1949), American gonzo journalist who wrote the lives of showbiz legends. He was a journalist, novelist and biographer. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. He died 3 days before his 70th birthday in Oxford, United Kingdom.
2019 ~ Norman Myers (b. Aug. 24, 1934), British environmentalist. He was born in Clitheroe, United Kingdom. He died following a long illness at age 85.
2016 ~ Junko Tabei (née Junko Ishibashi; b. Sept. 22, 1939), Japanese pioneering climber who conquered Mount Everest. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and was the first woman to ascend the Seven Summits ~ climbinb the highest peak on every continent. In 1975, while asleep in a camp on Mt. Everest, she and 15 of her fellow climbers were buried under an avalanche. Remarkably, no one was seriously injured. She died of stomach cancer about a month before her 78th birthday.
2014 ~ Oscar de la Renta (né Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo; b. July 22, 1932), Dominican-American fashion designer who dressed the rich and fabulous. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He died of cancer at age 82 in Kent, Connecticut.
2013 ~ Lawrence Klein (né Lawrence Robert Klein, b. Sept. 14, 1920), American economist and recipient of the 1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He died at age 93 in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania.
2012 ~ E. Donnall Thomas (né Edward Donnall Thomas; b. Mar. 15, 1920), American physician and recipient of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He worked closely with his wife, Dorothy “Dottie” Thomas (1922 ~ 2015), on bone marrow transplants. He was born in Mart, Texas. He died at age 92 in Seattle, Washington.
2012 ~ John McConnell (b. Mar. 22, 1915), American peace activist and creator of Earth Day. He was born in David City, Iowa. He died at age 97.
2011 ~ Muammar Gaddafi (b. June 7, 1942), Libyan dictator who was murdered after he was caught by rebels in his hometown of Sirte, Lybia. He was the “mad dog” who ruled Libya for 42 years. His fourth son, Mutassim Gaddafi (1977 ~ 2011), was also killed in the raid. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but this is often given as June 7, 1942, although he could have been born anytime between 1940 and 1943, making him between 68 and 71 at the time of his death.
2011 ~ Jerzy Bielecki (b. Mar. 28, 1921), Polish Catholic social worker who was sent to Auschwitz on suspicion of being a resistance fighter. While in the concentration camp, he met and fell in love with Cyla Cybulaska, a Polish Jew. The two escaped from Auschwitz but were separated for 39 years. He was 90 years old at the time of his death.
2006 ~ Jane Wyatt (née Jane Waddington Wyatt; b. Aug. 12, 1911), American actress who played TV’s ideal suburban mom in her role in Father Knows Best. She was born in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. She died at age 96 in Los Angeles, California.
1994 ~ Burt Lancaster (né Burton Stephen Lancaster; b. Nov. 2, 1913), American actor. He was born in New York, New York. He died 13 days before his 81st birthday in Century City, California.
1987 ~ Andrey Kolmogorov (né Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov; b. Apr. 25, 1903), Russian mathematician. He died at age 84 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
1984 ~ Paul Dirac (né Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, b. Aug. 8, 1902), English theoretical physicist and recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in atomic theory. He was born in Bristol, England. He died at age 82 in Tallahassee, Florida.
1984 ~ Carl Ferdinand Cori (b. Dec. 5, 1896), Czech-born biochemist and pharmacologist. He was the co-recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with his wife Gerty Cori (1896 ~ 1957) and Bernardo Houssay (1887 ~ 1971). They had discovered how glycogen was broken down and resynthesized by the body as an energy source. He was born in Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire. He died at age 87 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1964 ~ Herbert Hoover (né Herbert Clark Hoover, b. Aug. 10, 1874), 31st President of the United States. He was President from March 1929 until March 1933. Prior to being elected President, he served as the 3rd United States Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. He served in that Office from March 1921 until August 1928. He died at age 90.
1950 ~ Henry L. Stimson (né Henry Lewis Stimson; b. Sept. 21, 1867), 46th United States Secretary of State. He served in this Office during the Herbert Hoover administration from March 1929 until March 1933. He previously served twice as the as the United States Secretary War. He served 45th United States Secretary of War during the William Howard Taft administration from May 1911 until March 1913. He served in this Office as the 54th United States Secretary of War during the Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman administration from July 1940 until September 1945. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died a month after his 83rd birthday in West Hills, New York.
1936 ~ Anne Sullivan (née Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; b. Apr. 14, 1866), American teacher, instructor and companion to Helen Keller. She was born in Agawam, Massachusetts. She died at age 70 in Queens, New York.
1935 ~ Arthur Henderson (b. Sept. 13, 1863), British politician and recipient of the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He died at age 72 in London, England.
1926 ~ Eugene V. Debs (né Eugene Victor Debs; b. Nov. 5, 1855), American politician and union leader. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He died 16 days before his 71st birthday in Elmhurst, Illinois.
1910 ~ David B. Hill (né David Bennett Hill; b. Aug. 29, 1843), 29th Governor of New York State. He served as Governor from January 1885 through December 1891. He was bornin Havana, New York. He died at age 67 in Albany, New York.
1900 ~ Charles Dudley Warner (b. Sept. 12, 1829), American writer, essayist, and educator. He was born in Plainfield, Massachusetts. He died in Hartford, Connecticut at age 71.
1890 ~ Sir Richard Francis Burton (b. Mar. 19, 1821), British soldier, geographer and diplomat. He died of a heart attack at age 69.
1880 ~ Lydia Maria Frances Child (née Lydia Maria Frances; b. Feb. 11, 1802), American journalist, abolitionist, and activist for women’s rights. She was from Massachusetts. She is best known for her poem Over the River and Through the Woods. She was born in Medford, Massachusetts. She died at age 78 inWayland, Massachusetts.
1799 ~ James Irdell (b. Oct. 5, 1751), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated by President George Washington. He was one of the 6 original Justices to serve on the High Court. He served from May 1790 until his death on October 20, 1799. He was replaced by Alfred Moore. He was born in Lewes, Great Britain and died in Edenton, North Carolina. He died 15 days after his 48th birthday.
1740 ~ Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. Oct. 1, 1685). He reigned as the Holy Roman Emperor from October 1711 until his death in October 1740. In 1708 he married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick. He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanore Magdalene of Neuburg. He was Roman Catholic. He died three weeks after his 55th birthday.
1631 ~ Michael Maestlin (b. Sept. 30, 1550), German mathematician and astronomer. He died 3 weeks after his 81stbirthday.
1327 ~ Teresa d’Entença, Countess of Urgell (b. 1300). She was the countess in her own right from 1314 until her death in 1327. She was married to Alfonso IV, King of Aragon. She died a few months before her husband became king, thus was never the queen consort. The actual date of her birth is not known. She died of complications of childbirth. She is believed to have been about 27 years old at the time of her death.
1187 ~ Pope Urban III (né Uberto Crivelli). He was Pope from November 1185 until his death 2 years later. The date of his birth is unknown.
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