Birthdays:
1983 ~ Jesse Eisenberg, American actor. He was born in Queens, New York.
1975 ~ Kate Winslet (née Kate Elizabeth Winslet), English actress.
1967 ~ Guy Pearce (né Guy Edward Pearce), English-Australian actor.
1959 ~ Maya Lin (née Maya Ying Lin), American architect and sculptor. She designed the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial while still a student. She was born in Athens, Ohio.
1958 ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson, African-American astrophysicist and author. He was born in Manhattan, New York.
1957 ~ Bernie Mac (né Bernard Jeffrey McCullough; d. Aug. 9, 2008), American straight-talking comedian who specialized in crankiness. He was born and died in Chicago, Illinois. He died of complications of pneumonia at age 50.
1951 ~ Karen Allen (née Karen Jane Allen), American actress. She is best known for her role in Raiders of the Lost Ark. She was born in Carrollton, Illinois.
1951 ~ Bob Geldof (né Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof), Irish singer and political activist. He was the frontman for the Boomtown Rats.
1941 ~ Eduardo Duhalde (né Eduardo Alberto Duhalde), President of Argentina. He served as President from January 2002 until May 2003. He was born in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.
1936 ~ Václav Havel (d. Dec. 18, 2011), Czech playwright who went on to lead the bloodless “Velvet Revolution” of Czechoslovakia. He was the 10th and last president of Czechoslovakia (from 1989 ~ 1992) and the first president of the Czech Republic (1993 ~ 2003). He died at age 75.
1930 ~ Reinhard Selten (né Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten; d. Aug. 23, 2016), Polish economist and recipient of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 85.
1930 ~ Arlene Saunders (d. Apr. 17, 2020), American soprano and charismatic performer. She became a fixture of opera companies in New York City. She was born in Cleveland Ohio. She died in New York City at age 89 of Covid-19.
1929 ~ Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (né Richard Francis Gordon, Jr.; d. Nov. 6, 2017), American astronaut who almost reached the moon. He was the Command Module pilot for Apollo 12. He had hoped to walk on the moon for the Apollo 18 flight, however, that flight was cancelled due to budget cuts. He was born in Seattle, Washington. He died a month after his 88thbirthday in San Marcos, California.
1923 ~ Father Philip Berrigan (né Phillip Francis Berrigan; d. Dec. 6, 2002), American priest and civil rights activist. He was born in Two Harbors, Minnesota. He died of cancer at age 79 in Baltimore, Maryland.
1923 ~ Glynis Johns, South-African actress. She is best known for her role as Winifred Banks, the mother in the movie, Mary Poppins. She was born in Pretoria, South Africa.
1922 ~ Bil Keane (né William Aloysius Keane; d. Nov. 8, 2011), American cartoonist and chronicled family life with the creation of Family Circle. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died just a month after his 89th birthday in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
1917 ~ Allen Ludden (né Allen Packard Ellsworth; d. June 9, 1981), American game show host and husband of Betty White. He was born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He died of stomach cancer at age 63 in Los Angeles, California.
1916 ~ Stetson Kennedy (né William Stetson Kennedy; d. Aug. 27, 2011), American writer who unmasked the Ku Klux Klan. He infiltrated the KKK and reported what he learned to journalists. His revelations were chronicled in his semi-fictional 1954 book I rode with the Ku Klux Klan. He was born and died in Jacksonville, Florida. He died at age 94.
1911 ~ Flann O’Brien (né Brian O’Nolan; d. Apr. 1, 1966), Irish novelist. He died of a heart attack at age 54 in Dublin, Ireland.
1902 ~ Larry Fine (né Louis Feinberg; d. Jan. 24, 1975), American actor and comedian. He was one of the original Three Stooges. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of a stroke at age 72 in Los Angeles, California.
1902 ~ Ray Kroc (né Raymond Albert Kroc; d. Jan. 14, 1984), American fast food entrepreneur famous for founding McDonald’s. He was the subject of the 2016 movie Founder. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He died of heart failure at age 81 in San Diego, California.
1898 ~ Nachum Gutman (d. Nov. 28, 1980), Israeli painter and sculptor. He died at age 82.
1887 ~ René Cassin (né René Samuel Cassin; d. Feb. 20, 1976), French judge and jurist. He was the recipient of the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. He died at age 88 in Paris, France.
1882 ~ Robert H. Goddard (né Robert Hutchings Goddard; d. Aug. 10, 1945), American rocket scientist. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He died of throat cancer at age 62 in Baltimore, Maryland.
1879 ~ John Erskine (d. June 2, 1951), American educator and author. He was an English Professor at Amherst College. He later taught at Columbia. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 70.
1879 ~ Francis Peyton Rous (d. Feb. 16, 1970), American physician and virologist. He was the recipient of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for is research in the discovery of the role some viruses have in the transmission of certain types of cancer. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He died at age 90 in New York, New York.
1864 ~ Louis Lumière (né Louis Jean Lumière; d. June 6, 1948), French movie director and film pioneer. He and his brother Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (1862 ~ 1954) are considered the first film directors. They patented the cinematograph. Louis died at age 83. August died at age 91.
1829 ~ Chester A. Arthur (né Chester Alan Arthur; d. Nov. 18, 1886), 21st President of the United States. He served as President beginning in September 1881, following the assassination of James A. Garfield, until March 1885. Prior to becoming President, he was serving as the 20th Vice President of the United States. He was born in Fairfield, Vermont. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 57 in New York, New York.
1781 ~ Bernard Bolzano (d. Dec. 18, 1848), Bohemian priest and mathematician. He was born and died in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia. He died at age 67.
1751 ~ James Irdell (d. Oct. 20, 1799), 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 succeeded by Alfred Moore. He was born in Lewes, Great Britain and died in Edenton, North Carolina. He died 15 days after his 48th birthday.
1717 ~ Marie Anne de Mailly (d. Dec. 8, 1744), French mistress of Louis XV, King of France. She was born and died in Paris, France. She died unexpectedly at age 27.
1703 ~ Jonathan Edwards (d. Mar. 22, 1758), American Congregationalist theologian on colonial America. He was born in East Windsor, Connecticut. He died at age 54 in Princeton, New Jersey.
1658 ~ Mary of Modena (d. May 7, 1718), Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. She was the second wife of James II, King of England (James VII, King of Scotland). She was of the House of Este. She was the daughter of Alfonso IV, Duke of Modena and Laura Martinozzi. She died of cancer at age 59.
1641 ~ Françoise Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan (d. May 27, 1707), French mistress of Louis XIV, King of France. They had seven children together. She was born and died in Lussac-les-Châteaux, France. She died at age 66.
1422 ~ Catherine, Princess of Asturias (d. Sept. 17, 1424), member of the Spanish royal family. She was of the House of Trastámara. She was the daughter of John II, King of Castile and Maria of Aragon. She was Roman Catholic. She died 18 days before her 2nd birthday.
1409 ~ Charles VIII, King of Sweden (d. May 14, 1470). He ruled for several intermittent years. He was married three times. His first wife was Birgitta Turesdotter. His second wife was Catherine Karlsdotter. His third wife had been his mistress with whom he had two children was Kristina Abramsdotter. He married his last wife on his deathbed. He was of the House of Bonde. He was the son of Knut Tordsson Bonde and Margareta Karlsdotter. He died at age 60.
Events that Changed the World:
2022 ~ Yom Kippur.
2017 ~ The New York Times published its investigation into the allegations of rape, criminal sex acts and sexual abuse against film producer Harvey Weinstein (b. 1952). He would ultimately be found guilty of most charges.
2000 ~ Mass demonstrations in Belgrade, Serbia led to the resignation of Slovodan Milošević (1941 ~ 2006). These demonstrations are sometimes referred to as the Bulldozer Revolution. Milošević, who was known as The Butcher of the Balkans due to his alleged role in multiple massacres during the Balkan wars, was tried before the International Court of Justice and was found to have breached the Genocide Convention. He was found dead in his prison cell, and it was determined that he died of a heart attack at age 64.
1982 ~ The pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson, initiated a nationwide product recall after seven people in the Chicago area died after consuming Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide.
1970 ~ The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) was founded.
1969 ~ Monty Python’s Flying Circus made its debut on the BBC.
1968 ~ Police in Derry, Northern Ireland beat civil rights demonstrators. This is considered to mark the beginning of “The Troubles” or the Northern Ireland conflict between Protestants, who consider themselves British, and the Catholics, who consider themselves to be Irish.
1947 ~ President Harry Truman (1884 ~ 1972) gave the first televised White House address.
1943 ~ Ninety-eight American Prisoners-of-War were executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island during World War II.
1938 ~ Nazi Germany declared that the passports of all Jews were invalid. Any Jew needing a passport for emigration purposes was given one marked with the letter J for Jude, or Jew.
1921 ~ The baseball World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants. Although the Yankees won the first game, the Giants won the series 5 games to 3.
1915 ~ Bulgaria entered World War I as one of the Central Powers, joining Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
1864 ~ The city of Calcutta, India was almost totally destroyed by a cyclone. Over 60,000 people were killed in the storm.
1857 ~ The city of Anaheim, California was founded.
1582 ~ Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, there was no October 5, 1582 in Italy, Poland, Portugal or Spain, the first countries to implement the new calendar.
1450 ~ Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (1417 ~ 1479) ordered all Jews to be expelled from Lower Bavaria.
816 ~ Louis the Pious (778 ~ 840) was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. At the time he was crowned the Emperor, he was serving as the King of the Franks. He was also known as Louis the Fair. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He is believed to have been about 61 or 62 at the time of his death.
Good-Byes:
2017 ~ Nora Johnson (b. Jan. 31, 1933), American author who chronicled a Hollywood childhood. She is best known for her novel, The World of Henry Orient. She was born in Hollywood, California. She died at age 84 in Dallas, Texas.
2016 ~ Brock Yates (né Brock Wendel Yates; b. Oct. 21, 1933), American speed-loving writer who created Cannonball Run. He was born in Lockport, New York. He died 16 days before his 83rd birthday in Batavia, New York.
2016 ~ Michal Kováč (b. Aug. 5, 1930), 1st President of Slovakia. He served as President from March 1993 until March 1996. He died at age 86.
2015 ~ Henning Mankell (né Henning Georg Mankell; b. Feb. 3, 1948), Swedish author, known for his novel, A Treacherous Paradise. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He died of cancer at age 67 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2014 ~ Geoffrey Holder (né Geoffrey Lamont Holder; b. Aug. 1, 1930), Trinidadian-American actor and dancer who excelled across art forms. He died at age 84 in New York, New York.
2013 ~ Ruth R. Benerito (née Ruth Mary Rogan; b. Jan. 12, 1916), American chemist and inventor. She worked in the textile industry and developed wash-and-wear cotton fabrics. She earned a degree in chemistry and mathematics from the Sophie Newman College, the women’s college of Tulane University. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She died at age 97 in Metairie, Louisiana.
2011 ~ Steve Jobs (né Steven Paul Jobs; b. Feb. 24, 1955), American visionary who transformed modern technology. He was a co-founder of Apple, Inc. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died of pancreatic cancer at age 56 in Palo Alto, California.
2009 ~ Israel Gelfand (b. Sept. 2, 1913), Russian-born mathematician who could not be contained. He made significant contributions to many fields of mathematics, including group theory and functional analysis. He died in New Brunswick, New Jersey about a month after his 96th birthday.
2004 ~ Rodney Dangerfield (né Jacob Rodney Cohen; b. Nov. 22, 1921), American comedian and actor. He was born in Deer Park, New York. He died at age 82 in Los Angeles, California.
2004 ~ Maurice Wilkins (né Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins; b. Dec. 15, 1916), New Zealand-born physicist and recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Pongaroa, New Zealand. He died at age 87 in London, England.
1986 ~ James H. Wilkinson (né James Hardy Wilkinson; b. Sept. 27, 1919), British mathematician. He died of a heart attack 8 days after his 67th birthday.
1985 ~ Karl Menger (b. Jan. 13, 1902), Austrian mathematician from the Vienna Circle. He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He died at age 83 in Highland Park, Illinois.
1985 ~ Harald Cramér (b. Sept. 25, 1893), Swedish mathematician. He was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. He died 10 days after his 92nd birthday.
1983 ~ Earl Tupper (né Earl Silas Tupper; b. July 28, 1907), American inventor of Tupperware. He was born in Berlin, New Hampshire. He died at age 76 in Costa Rica.
1976 ~ Lars Onsager (b. Nov. 27, 1903), Norwegian chemist and recipient of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was born in Oslo, Norway. He died of an aneurysm at age 72 in Coral Gables, Florida.
1969 ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick (b. May 24, 1878), American pastor. He was one of the most liberal religious leader in the early 20th century. He was also an anti-Zionist. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He died at age 91 in Bronxville, New York.
1950 ~ Dudley Field Malone (b. June 3, 1882), American attorney and political activist. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 68 in Culver City, California.
1943 ~ Leon Roppolo (né Leon Joseph Roppolo; b. Mar. 16, 1902), American clarinet player and member of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. He was born in Lutcher, Louisiana. He died at age 41 in New Orleans.
1943 ~ Frederic Lewy (b. Jan. 28, 1885), German-American neurologist. He was born in Berlin, German Empire. He is best known for discovering the regions that form in nerve cells that are found in patients with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. These regions are named Lewy bodies in his honor. He fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and settled in the United States. He died at age 65 in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
1942 ~ Dorothea Klumpke Roberts (née Dorothea Klumpke; b. Aug. 9, 1861), American astronomer. She studied astronomy at the University of Paris, where she earned her Ph.D., in 1893. She was born and died in San Francisco, California. She died at age 81.
1941 ~ Louis Brandeis (b. Nov. 13, 1856), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Woodrow Wilson. He served on the Court from June 1916 until February 1939. He replaced Joseph Lamar on the Court. He was succeeded by William Douglas. Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts is named in his honor. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He died at age 84 in Washington, D.C.
1927 ~ Sam Warner (né Schmuel Wonsal; b. Aug. 10, 1887), Polish-born American film producer and co-founder, along with his brothers Harry (1881 ~ 1958), Albert (1884 ~ 1967) and Jack Warner (1892 ~ 1978), of Warner Brothers. He died in Los Angeles California at age 40 of a massive infection stemming from several abscessed teeth.
1899 ~ James Harlan (b. Aug. 26, 1820), 8th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Andrew Johnson from May 1865 until August 1866. He later served as a United States Senator from Iowa. He was born in Clark County, Illinois. He died at age 79 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
1887 ~ William B. Washburn (né William Barrett Washburn; b. Jan. 31, 1820), 28th Governor of Massachusetts. He was Governor from January 1872 until April 1874, when he became a United States Senator following the death of Charles Sumner. He was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts. He died at age 67 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1880 ~ Jacques Offenbach (né Jacob Offenbach; b. June 20, 1819), German-born French composer and cellist. He was born in Cologne, Germany. He died at age 61 in Paris, France.
1818 ~ Nancy Hanks Lincoln (née Nancy Hanks; b. Feb. 5, 1784), American mother of Abraham Lincoln. She was born in Hampshire County, Virginia. She died at age 34 in Spencer County, Indiana. Abraham Lincoln was only 9 years old when his mother died.
1813 ~ Tecumseh (b. March 1768), American Shawnee tribal leader. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 45 years old when he was killed in the Battle of the Thames in Upper Canada.
1805 ~ Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (né Charles Edward Cornwallis V; b. Dec. 31, 1738), British general who served during the American Revolutionary War. He died at age 66.
1777 ~ Johann Andreas Segner (b. Oct 9, 1704), Slovak-German mathematician. He died 4 days before his 73rd birthday.
1565 ~ Lodovico Ferrari (b. Feb. 2, 1522), Italian mathematician. He was born and died in Bologna, Italy. He died at age 43, possibly of poisoning at the hand of his sisters.
1398 ~ Princess Blanche of Navarre (b. 1331), Queen consort of France and second wife of Philip VI, King of France. He died a few months after their marriage in 1350. She chose not to remarry. She was of the House of Évreux. She was the daughter of Joan II, Queen of Navarre and Philip III, King of Navarre. She was Roman Catholic. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 66 or 67.
1285 ~ Philip III, King of France (b. Apr. 30, 1245). He was known as Philip the Bold. He ruled France from August 1270 until his death in October 1218. His first wife was Isabella of Aragon. They married in 1262. His second wife was Maria of Brabant, whom he married in 1274. He was of the House of Capet. He was the son of Louis IX, King of France and Margaret of Provence. He died of dysentery at age 40.
1214 ~ Alfonso VIII, King of Castile and Toledo (b. Nov. 11, 1155). He reigned from August 1158 until his death in 1214. He was also known as Alfonso the Noble. He was married to Eleanor of England. They married in 1170. He was of the Castilian House of Ivrea. He was the son of Sancho III, King of Castile and Blanche of Navarre. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 58.
1056 ~ Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. Oct. 28, 1016). He served as Emperor from December 1046 until his death. He was also known both as Henry the Dark and Henry the Pious. He was married twice. His first wife was Gunhilda of Danmark. They married in 1036. After her death, he married Agnes of Poitou. He was of the Salian Dynasty. He was the son of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor and Gisela of Swabia. He was Roman Catholic. He died 23 days before his 40th birthday.
578 ~ Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520). He was Emperor from November 1565 until 574. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He is believed to have been about 58 at the time of his death.
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