Birthdays:
1986 ~ Usain Bolt (né Usain St. Leo Bolt), Jamaican athlete and sprinter. He was born in Sherwood Content, Jamaica.
1973 ~ Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and co-founder of Google. He was born in Moscow, Russia.
1967 ~ Alexander Chee, American author. He was born in South Kingston, Rhode Island.
1957 ~ Derek Khan (d. Feb. 15, 2021), Trinidadian “ghetto fabulous” stylist who in the 1990s stripped hip-hop and R&B stars of their street wear and dressed them in haute couture. He was born in Arima, Trinidad. He died of Covid-19 at age 63 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
1956 ~ Kim Cattrall (née Kim Victoria Cattrall), British-Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Samantha Jones on the television show Sex in the City. She was born in Liverpool, England.
1951 ~ Eric Goles (né Eric Antonio Goles Chacc), Chilean mathematician. He was born in Antofagasta, Chile.
1947 ~ Travis Bean (né Clifford Travis Bean; b. July 10, 2011), American guitar maker who made metal sing. He was born in San Fernando, California. He died of cancer at age 63 in Burbank, California.
1943 ~ Jonathan Schell (né Jonathan Edward Schell; d. Mar. 25, 2014), American author and social activist. His work primarily campaigned against nuclear weapons. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of cancer at age 70.
1943 ~ Patrick Demarchelier (d. Mar. 31, 2022), French photographer with an eye for personality. He was a high fashion photographer and worked for several fashion magazines, including Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. He was also noted for photographing such iconic women as Princess Diana and Cindy Crawford. In 2018, however, he was accused by several women of sexual harassment and Vogue barred him from future photo shoots. He was born in Le Havre, France. He died at age 78.
1940 ~ Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian mathematician. He is best known for his work in combinatorics and theoretical computer science. He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
1938 ~ Kenny Rogers (né Kenneth Ray Rogers; d. Mar. 20, 2020), American country music singer-songwriter. He was the hitmaker who straddled country and pop. He was born in Houston, Texas. He died in Colbert, Georgia at age 81.
1937 ~ Robert Stone (d. Jan. 10, 2015), American novelist who chronicled American dreams gone south. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 77 in Key West, Florida.
1936 ~ Wilt Chamberlain (né Wilton Norman Chamberlain; d. Oct. 12, 1999), African-American professional basketball player. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 63 in Bel Air, California.
1936 ~ Booth Gardner (d. Mar. 15, 2013), American Governor of Washington State who battled for death with dignity. He was an advocate for suicide-assisted death for patients with terminal diseases. He was born and died in Tacoma, Washington. He died of Parkinson’s disease at age 76.
1935 ~ Mart Crowley (né Edward Martino Crowley; d. Mar. 7, 2020), American playwright who revealed gay life. He is best known for his play The Boys in the Band. He was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He died at age 84 of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York.
1932 ~ Melvin van Peebles (né Melvin Peebles; d. Sept. 21, 2021), African-American fiercely independent film director who blazed his own trail. He rewrote the rules of Black cinema with his 1971 film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Manhattan, New York a month after his 89th birthday.
1930 ~ Princess Margaret Rose of York, Countess of Snowdon (d. Feb. 9, 2002), member of the British royal family. She was the sister of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom. In 1960, she married to Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930 ~ 2017). They divorced after 18 years of marriage. She was of the House of Windsor. She was the daughter of George VI, King of the United Kingdom and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. She died following a stroke at age 71, in London, England.
1929 ~ Marie Severin (d. Aug. 30, 2018), American pioneering comic book artist who created Spider-Woman. She was one of the first women to become a major comic book artist. She was born in East Rockaway, New York. She died 8 days after her 89th birthday in Massapequa, New York.
1924 ~ Arthur Janov (d. Oct. 1, 2017), American psychologist who believed in therapeutic screaming. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died at age 93 in Malibu, California.
1920 ~ Christopher Robin Milne (d. Apr. 20, 1996), son of writer A.A. Milne and inspiration for the character of Christopher in Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books. He was born in London, England. He died at age 75 in Totnes, England.
1917 ~ Leonid Hurwicz (d. June 24, 2008), Russian-born Polish mathematician and economist. At age 90, he was the oldest recipient of a Nobel Prize when he was awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. He was born in Moscow, Russia. He died at age 90 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1909 ~ Nikolay Bogolyubov (d. Feb. 13, 1992), Russian mathematician. He died at age 82 in Moscow, Russia.
1908 ~ M.M. Kaye (née Mary Margaret Kaye; d. Jan. 29, 2004), British writer, best known for her book The Far Pavilions. She was born in Shimla, India. She died at age 95 in Lavenham, United Kingdom.
1904 ~ Count Basie (né William James Basie; d. Apr. 26, 1984), American jazz musician, bandleader and composer. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. He died at age 79 in Hollywood, Florida.
1872 ~ Aubrey Beardsley (né Aubrey Vincent Beardsley; d. Mar. 16, 1898), English author and illustrator. He died of tuberculosis at age 25.
1858 ~ Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (d. Jan. 30, 1990), heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown. He was married to Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. They married in 1881. He was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the son of Franz Joseph I, Archduke of Austria and Elisabeth in Bavaria. He was found dead in a suicide pact with his mistress Baron Mary Vetsera at age 30.
1789 ~ Baron Augustin-Louis Cauchy (d. May 23, 1857), French mathematician. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 67 in Sceaux, France.
1765 ~ William IV, King of the United Kingdom (d. June 20, 1837). He reigned as King from June 1830 until his death in June 1937. He was married to Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792 ~ 1849). He married late in life, but it seemed to be a happy marriage. He was of the House of Hanover. He was the son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He died at age 71. He had no legitimate heirs at the time of his death, hence, he was succeeded by his niece, Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.
1754 ~ William Murdoch (d. Nov. 15, 1839), Scottish engineer and inventor. He created gas lighting. He died at age 85.
1665 ~ Giacomo F. Maraldi (né Giacomo Filippo Maraldi; d. Dec. 1, 1729), Italian mathematician. He died at age 64.
1660 ~ Hubert Gautier (d. Sept. 27, 1737), French mathematician. He was also an engineer and in 1716 wrote one of the first books on bridges. He died a month after his 77th birthday in Paris, France.
1643 ~ Afonso VI, King of Portugal (d. Sept. 12, 1683). He reigned from November 1656 until his death in September 1683. He was married to Maria Franciscia of Savoy. She regarded her husband to be weak and had her marriage annulled so she could marry his brother, Peter. He was of the House of Braganza. He was the son of John IV, King of Portugal and Luisa de Guzmán. He was Roman Catholic. He died about 3 weeks after his 40th birthday.
1481 ~ Prince Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (d. July 22, 1550). Illegitimate member of the Portuguese royal family. He married to Beatriz de Vilhena in 1500. He was of the House of Avis. He was the son of John II, King of Portugal and his mistress Ana de Mendonça. He died a month before his 69th birthday.
1165 ~ Philip II, King of France (d. July 14, 1223). He reigned from 1190 until his death in July 1223. He is known for expelling the Jews from France. He was married three times. His first wife was Isabella of Hainault. She died young in childbirth. His second wife was Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. He tried to have this marriage annulled, and married Agnes of Merania. His third marriage was annulled, on the grounds that he had never formally been divorced from his second wife. He was of the House of Capet. He was the son of Louis VII, King of France and Adela of Champagne. He died at age 57.
Events that Changed the World:
2017 ~ A solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. This was the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in the United States since 1918. This was also the first solar eclipse to be seen only on American soil since 1776.
2013 ~ During the Syrian Civil War, two opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus were struck with rockets containing sarin, a chemical agent. Up 1800 people were killed in the attack.
2007 ~ Hurricane Dean was the first storm since Hurricane Andrew in 1992 to make landfall as a Category 5 storm. Dean hit Costa Maya on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The storm formed on August 13 and dissipated on August 27, 2007.
1991 ~ A coup attempt against Russian leader, Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 ~ 2022), collapsed.
1988 ~ A 6.9 earthquake struck on the Nepal-India border, killing between 700 and 1500 people.
1988 ~ Carbon dioxide gas erupted from Lake Nyos in Cameroon. The lake is a volcanic lake. The gas killed an approximately 1800 people living within a 16 mile radius.
1979 ~ Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov (1949 ~ 1995), defected to the United States while on tour with the Bolshoi Ballet.
1969 ~ The first Gap store opened in San Francisco, California.
1961 ~ Motown released Please Mr. Postman by the Marvelettes. The song would become Motown’s first #1 hit.
1959 ~ Hawaii became the 50th State of the Union.
1942 ~ The Walt Disney movie, Bambi, was released to theaters.
1911 ~ The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by an employee. It was recovered 2 years later.
1897 ~ The Oldsmobile automobile company was founded by Ransom E. Olds (1864 ~ 1950). The company ceased to exist in 2004.
1888 ~ William Burroughs (1855 ~ 1898) patented the first successful adding machine in the United States.
1858 ~ The first of the Lincoln-Douglas debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas began. The two met for a series of debates that held in Illinois occurred between August 21 and ran through October 15, 1858.
1831 ~ Nat Turner (1800 ~ 1831), a former slave, lead a violent rebellion in Virginia.
1770 ~ James Cook (1728 ~ 1778) claimed eastern Australia for Great Britain and named it New South Wales.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Don Everly (né Isaac Donald Everly; b. Feb. 1, 1937), American musician and member of The Everly Brothers. He was the singer who soared in brotherly harmony. He was born in Brownie, Kentucky. He died in Nashville, Tennessee at age 84.
2014 ~ Helen Rae Bamber (née Helen Balmuth; b. May 1, 1925), British campaigner who cared for torture victims. She was a psychologist and established the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. She worked with Holocaust survivors following the liberation of the concentration camps. She died at age 89.
2012 ~ William Thurston (né William Paul Thurston; b. Oct. 30, 1946), American mathematician. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982. He was born in Washington, D.C. He died at age 65 of cancer in Rochester, New York.
2007 ~ Elisabeth P. Hoisington (née Elizabeth Paschel Hoisington; b. Nov. 3, 1918), American Brigadier General. In 1970, she became one of the first two women to reach the rank of Brigadier General. She was born in Newton, Kansas. She died at age 88 in Springfield, Virginia.
2006 ~ S. Yizhar (né Yizhar Smilansky, b. Sept. 27, 1916), Israeli author and politician. He was born in Rehovot, Israel. He died in Meishar, Israel about a month before his 90th birthday.
2005 ~ Robert Moog (né Robert Arthur Moog; b. May 23, 1934), American inventor of the Moog synthesizer. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 81 in Asheville, North Carolina.
1995 ~ Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (b. Oct. 19, 1910), Indian-born astrophysicist and mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 84 in Chicago, Illinois.
1989 ~ William F. Bolger (b. Mar. 13, 1923), 65th United States Postmaster General. He served in this position from March 1975 until January 1985. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He died at age 66 in Arlington, Virginia.
1988 ~ Ray Eames (née Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser; b. Dec. 15, 1912), American designer, artist and architect. She and her husband, Charles (1907 ~ 1978) made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture design. She was born in Sacramento, California. She died at age 75 in Los Angeles, California. She died exactly 10 years to the day after her husband’s death.
1978 ~ Charles Eames (né Charles Ormand Eames, Jr.; b. June 17, 1907), American designer, artist and architect. He, along with his wife Bernice “Ray” Eames (1912 ~ 1988), made major contributions to American architecture and furniture design. He was born and died in St. Louis, Missouri. He died of a heart attack at age 71. His wife died exactly 10 years to the day after his death.
1943 ~ Henrik Pontoppidan (d. July 24, 1857), Danish writer and recipient of the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died a month after his 86th birthday.
1940 ~ Leon Trotsky (né Lev Davidovich Bronstein; b. Nov. 7, 1879), Russian Marxist revolutionary and founder of the Red Army. He ultimately fled Russia and was in exile in Mexico, where he was assassinated at age 60.
1910 ~ George Grant (né George Franklin Grant; b. Sept. 15, 1846), African-American dentist and inventor. He was the first African-American professor at Harvard University. He was also the inventor of the wooden golf tee. He was born in Oswego, New York. He died of liver disease in Chester, New Hampshire 25 days before his 64th birthday.
1813 ~ Princess Sophia Magdalena (b. July 3, 1746), Queen consort of Sweden. She was the wife of Gustav III, King of Sweden (1746 ~ 1792). They married in 1766 when Gustav was the Crown Prince. She was of the House of Oldenburg. She was the daughter of Frederick V, King of Denmark and Princess Louise of Great Britain. She died at age 67.
1798 ~ James Wilson (b. Sept. 14, 1742), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was one of the first six members of the High Court. He was nominated to the Court by President George Washington. He served from September 1789 until his death 9 years later. He was succeeded by Bushrod Washington. He was born in Scotland. He died of a stroke 24 days before his 56th birthday in Edenton, North Carolina.
1762 ~ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Mary Pierrepont; b. May 15, 1689), British aristocrat and writer. She died at age 73 in London, England.
1271 ~ Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (b. Nov. 11, 1220). He was a member of the French royal family. He was married to Joan of Toulouse. He was of the House of Capet. He was the son of Louis VIII, King of France and Blanche of Castile. He died at age 50.
1157 ~ Alfonso VII, King of León, Castile and Galicia (b. Mar. 1, 1105). He was known as The Emperor and was considered the Emperor of All Hispania. He ruled from 1126 until his death in August 1157. He married twice. His first wife was Berenguela of Barcelona (1116 ~ 1149). They were the parents of Sancho III, King of Castile and Ferdinand II, King of León. He divided his realm into two countries for his sons. His second wife was Richeza of Poland (1140 ~ 1185). He was of the House of Burgundy. He was the son of Urraca, Queen of León and Castile and Raymond, Count of Galicia. He died at age 52.
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