Birthdays:
1987 ~ Blake Lively (née Blake Ellender Brown), American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1970 ~ Claudia Schiffer (née Claudia Maria Schiffer), German fashion model. She was born in Rheinberg, Germany.
1968 ~ Rachael Ray (née Rachael Domenica Ray), American chef and television host. She was born in Glenn Falls, New York.
1964 ~ Blair Underwood (né Blair Erwin Underwood), African-American actor best known for his role as Jonathan Rollins on the television drama, L.A. Law. He was born in Tacoma, Washington.
1958 ~ Tim Burton (né Timothy Walter Burton), American film director. He was born in Burbank, California.
1954 ~ Elvis Costello (né Declan Patrick MacManus), English musician. He was born in London, England.
1949 ~ Martin Amis (né Martin Louis Amis; d. May 19, 2023), acclaimed British novelist who ruffled feathers. He was born in Oxford, England. He died of cancer at age 73 in Lake Worth Beach, Florida.
1949 ~ John Savage (né John Smeallie Youngs), American actor. He was born in Old Bethpage, New York.
1949 ~ Gene Simmons (né Chaim Witz), Israeli-American musician and frontman of the band, Kiss. He was born in Haifa, Israel.
1946 ~ Rollie Fingers (né Rolland Glen Fingers), American professional baseball player. He was known for being a right-hand relief pitcher. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio.
1942 ~ Howard Jacobson (né Howard Eric Jacobson), British novelist and journalist. He was born in Manchester, England.
1938 ~ Frederick Forsyth (né Frederick McCarthy Forsyth), English author. He was born in Ashford, Kent, England.
1933 ~ Wayne Shorter (d. Mar. 2, 2023), African-American saxophonist who shaped decades of modern jazz. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. He died at age 89 in Los Angeles, California.
1933 ~ Tom Skerritt (né Thomas Roy Skerritt), American actor. He was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1931 ~ Regis Philbin (né Regis Francis Xavier Philbin; d. July 24, 2020), American excitable, cantankerous television host who livened up morning TV. He was born in the Bronx, New York. He died in Greenwich, Connecticut a month before his 89th birthday.
1930 ~ Sir Sean Connery (né Thomas Sean Connery; d. Oct. 31, 2020), suave Scottish actor who made James Bond a screen icon. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He died at age 90 in Nassau, Bahamas.
1928 ~ Jason Epstein (né Jason Wolkow Epstein; d. Feb. 4, 2022), American publishing pioneer who elevated paperbacks. He was the editorial director at Random House. In 1963, he founded the New York Review of Books. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died at age 93 in Sag Harbor, New York.
1928 ~ Herbert Kroemer, German-born American theoretical physicist, and recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Weimar, Germany.
1927 ~ Althea Gibson (d. Sept. 28, 2003), African-American tennis player and golfer. She was the first Black to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she was the first African-American to win a Grand Slam in tennis. She was born in Clarendon County, South Carolina. She died about a month after her 76th birthday in East Orange, New Jersey.
1921 ~ Monty Hall (né Monte Halparin; d. Sept. 30, 2017), Canadian game show host. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He died at age 96 in Beverly Hills, California.
1919 ~ George Wallace (né George Corley Wallace, Jr.; d. Sept. 13, 1998), 45th Governor of Alabama and segregationist. He also was the First Gentleman when his wife, Lureen Wallace, served as Governor from January 1967 to May 1968. He later renounced his segregationist ideas. After an assassination attempt in 1972, which left him paralyzed, he was wheelchair bound for the remainder of his life. He was born in Clio, Alabama. He died 19 days after his 79th birthday in Montgomery, Alabama.
1919 ~ David Wolkowsky (d. Sept. 23, 2018), American developer who revitalized Key West. He was born and died in Key West, Florida. He died about a month after his 99th birthday.
1918 ~ Leonard Bernstein (né Louis Bernstein; d. Oct. 14, 1990), American conductor and composer. One of his best-known musicals was West Side Story. He was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 72 in Manhattan, New York.
1917 ~ Mel Ferrer (né Melchor Gastón Ferrer; d. June 2, 2008), American actor. Audrey Hepburn was one of 5 his wives. He was born in Elberon, New Jersey. He died of heart failure at age 90 in Santa Barbara, California.
1916 ~ Frederick Chapman Robbins (d. Aug. 4; 2003), American virologist and recipient of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with the polio virus. He was born in Auburn, Alabama. He died 3 weeks before his 87th birthday in Cleveland, Ohio.
1913 ~ Walt Kelly (né Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr.; d. Oct. 18, 1973), American illustrator and cartoonist. He is best known for creating the comic strip Pogo. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 60 from complications of diabetes in Woodland Hills, California.
1911 ~ Võ Nguyên Giáp (d. Oct. 4, 2013), Vietnamese general who ousted France and America from Vietnam. He died at age 102 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
1909 ~ Ruby Keeler (née Ethel Ruby Keeler; d. Feb. 28, 1993), Canadian singer and actress. She was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died of kidney cancer at age 83 in Rancho Mirage, California.
1900 ~ Isobel Beattie (née Isobel Hogg Kerr; d. July 13, 1970), Scottish architect. She is believed to have been the first female professional architect in Scotland. In 1931, she was admitted as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. She died following an illness at age 60.
1900 ~ Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (d. Nov. 22, 1981), German-born physician and biochemist. He was the recipient of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his identification of the metabolic cycle now known as the Krebs cycle. He died at age 81 in Oxford, England.
1898 ~ Helmut Hasse (d. Dec. 26, 1975), German mathematician. He died at age 81.
1893 ~ H. Trendley Dean (né Henry Trendley Dean; d. May 13, 1962), American dentist. He is known for his research in water fluoridation for the prevention of tooth decay. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He died at age 68 after a long battle with asthma and emphysema.
1889 ~ William A. Feather (d. Jan. 7, 1981), American publisher. He was born in Jamestown, New York. He died at age 91.
1888 ~ Inayatullah Khan Masriqi (d. Aug. 27, 1963), Pakistani mathematician. He was born in Amritsar, India. He died 2 days after his 75th birthday in Lahore, Pakistan.
1877 ~ Joshua Cowen (né Joshua Lionel Cowen; d. Sept. 8, 1965), American businessman and co-founder of the Lionel Company known for model railroads and toy trains. He was born in Queens, New York. He died 14 days after his 88thbirthday in Palm Beach, Florida.
1862 ~ Louis Barthou (né Jean Louis Barthou; d. Oct. 9, 1834), Prime Minister of France. He served as Prime Minister from March 1913 until December 1913. He was assassinated in Marseille, France at age 72 while hosting an official visit for Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia.
1850 ~ Charles Richet (né Charles Robert Richet; d. Dec. 4, 1935), French physiologist and recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on anaphylaxis. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 85.
1845 ~ Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. June 13, 1886), King of Bavaria from March 1864 until his death 22 years later. He is sometimes referred to as the Swan King. He is best known for spending massive amounts of money on architectural projects, most notably the Neuschwanstein Castle. He also provided funds to support composer Richard Wagner. His extravagant spending was used against him to declare him insane, and the day before his death he was taken into custody and effectively deposed. The following day, he and his doctor were found dead under mysterious circumstances. At the time, his death was ruled a suicide, but that has since been questioned. He was 40 years old at the time of his death.
1841 ~ Emil Theodor Kocher (d. July 27, 1917), He was the recipient of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the thyroid gland. He was born in Bern, Switzerland. He died a month before his 76th birthday.
1836 ~ Bret Harte (né Francis Bret Harte, d. May 5, 1902), American author best know for his stories about the American west. He died at age 65 in England of throat cancer.
1819 ~ Allan J. Pinkerton (d. July 1, 1894), Scottish-born American private detective and founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. He also served as the Head of the Union Intelligence Service at the start of the American Civil War. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He died at age 64 in Chicago, Illinois.
1793 ~ John Neal (d. June 20, 1876), American writer and social critic. He was an early advocate in the United States for women’s rights, abolition, and racial prejudice. He was born and died in Portland, Maine. He died at age 82.
1786 ~ Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (d. Feb. 29, 1868). He ruled over Bavaria from October 1825 until March 1848 revolutions of the German States. Not willing to act as a constitutional monarch, he abdicated the throne in favor of his eldest son, Maximilian. He was married to Theresa of Saxe-Hildburghausen. He was of the House of Wittelsbach. He was the son of Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 81.
1707 ~ Louis I, King of Spain (d. Aug. 31, 1724). He ruled Spain for only 8 months, from January through August 1724. In 1721, he married Louise Élizabeth d’Orléans. He was of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Philip V, King of Spain and Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy. He was Roman Catholic. He died of smallpox just 6 days after his 17thbirthday.
1588 ~Elizabeth Poole (d. May 21, 1654), English settler in the New England. She is the first woman known to have founded a town in the Americas when she founded Taunton, Massachusetts. She died at age 65.
1561 ~ Philippe van Lansberge (d. Dec. 8, 1632), Dutch mathematician. He died at age 71.
1530 ~ Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia (d. Mar. 28, 1584). He was the first Tsar of All Russia. He ruled from January 1547 until his death 27 years later in 1584. He was known as Ivan the Terrible. He was married between 6 and 8 times, although only 4 of his marriages were recognized by the Church. His first confirmed marriage was to Anastasia Romanovna (1530 ~ 1560). After her death, he married Maria Temryukovna (1544 ~ 1569). His 3rd confirmed marriage was to Marfa Sobakina (1552 ~ 1571). After her sudden death, he married his 4th wife, and the last one recognized by the Church, Anna Koltovskaya (1552 ~ 1626). After 2 years of marriage, he tired of her and had her sent to a monastery. In 1575, he married his 5th wife, Anna Vasilchikova. She, too, was sent to a monastery. In 1580, he married Maria Nagaya (1553 ~ 1600s). His unconfirmed wives include Vasilisa Meletyeva and Maria Dolgorukaya. He is also known for murdering his eldest son in a fit of rage. He was of the Rurik Dynasty. He was the son of Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow and Elena Glinskaya. He died at age 53 from a stroke while playing chess.
Events that Changed the World:
2017 ~ Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. It was a powerful Category 4 hurricane. Over the course of the next several days, the hurricane caused massive flooding in Houston, Texas and killed over 100 people. By the time the storm moved on, about 30 percent of Houston was underwater. The storm formed on August 17 and dissipated on September 2, 2017. It had become extratropical on September 1, 2017.
2005 ~ Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Florida.
2012 ~ Voyager 1 entered interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.
1991 ~ Belarus gained its independence from the Soviet Union.
1989 ~ Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune.
1985 ~ Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808, en flight from Boston to Bangor, Maine, crashed near Auburn, Maine. The two crew members and six passengers on board were killed, including Samantha Smith (1972 ~ 1985), the young peace activist who had engaged with Soviet leader Yuri Andropov (1914 ~ 1984).
1981 ~ Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Saturn.
1980 ~ Zimbabwe joined the United Nations.
1950 ~ President Harry Truman (1884 ~ 1972) ordered the United States Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to prevent a strike.
1948 ~ The House Un-American Activities Committee held the first-ever televised congressional hearing.
1944 ~ Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.
1933 ~ The Diexi earthquake struck in Sichuan, China killing nearly 9,000 people.
1916 ~ The United States National Park Service was established.
1894 ~ Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853 ~ 1931) discovered the infectious agent that caused the bubonic plague. His findings were published in The Lancet. Around the same time, Swiss physician, Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin (1863 ~ 1943), also discovered the bacillus that caused the plague. The bacterium was named Yersinia pestis in his honor.
1875 ~ Matthew Webb (1848 ~ 1883), became the first person to swim across the English Channel. He swam from Dover, England to Calais, France in just under 22 hours.
1825 ~ Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.
1814 ~ During the second day of the Burning of Washington during the War of 1812, British troops burned the Library of Congress, the United States Treasury, and the Department of War building.
1768 ~ James Cook (1728 ~ 1779) began his first voyage.
1609 ~ Galileo (1564 ~ 1642) demonstrated his first telescope to the Venetian lawmakers.
Good-Byes:
2019 ~ Clora Bryant (née Clora Larea Bryant; b. May 30, 1927), African-American jazz trumpet virtuoso who was set back by sexism. She performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. She was born in Denison, Texas. She died at age 92 in Los Angeles, California.
2018 ~ John McCain (né John Sidney McCain, III; b. Aug. 29, 1936), American politician and war hero who served as a Senate maverick. He served in Vietnam and from 1967 until 1973, he was a Prisoner of War. He was born in the Panama Canal Zone. He died of brain cancer 4 days before his 82nd birthday in Cornville, Arizona.
2016 ~ James Cronin (né James Watson Cronin; b. Sept. 29, 1931), American particle physicist and recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died about a month before his 85th birthday in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
2016 ~ Sonia Rykiel (née Sonia Flis; b. May 25, 1930), French fashion designer. She was known as the Queen of Knits. She was born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France. She died of complications of Parkinson’s disease at age 86 in Paris, France.
2016 ~ Rudy Van Gelder (né Rudolph Van Gelder; b. Nov. 2, 1924), American recording and audio engineer who helped define recorded jazz. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He died at age 91 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
2016 ~ G. Spencer-Brown (né George Spencer-Brown; b. Apr. 2, 1923), English mathematician. He died at age 93.
2012 ~ Neil Armstrong (né Neil Alden Armstrong; b. Aug. 5, 1930), American astronaut and reluctant hero who first walked on the moon. He was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He died 20 days after his 82nd birthday in Cincinnati, Ohio.
2012 ~ Joseph P. Vaghi, Jr. (né Joseph Peter Vaghi, Jr., b. June 27, 1920), American Navy officer who helped guide the D-Day landings. At age 23, he was the youngest beachmaster on D-Day. He was one of the first to land on Omaha Beach and directed the arrival of new troops and the evacuation of the dead and wounded. He was born in Bethel, Connecticut. He died at age 92 in Bethesda, Maryland.
2009 ~ Edward M. Kennedy (né Edward Moore Kennedy; b. Feb. 22, 1932), American liberal icon who was known as the “Lion of the Senate.” He served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from November 1962 until his death 47 years later. He was the youngest son in the Kennedy clan. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of a brain tumor at age 77 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
2008 ~ Josef Tal (né Josef Grünthal; b. Sept. 18, 1910), Israeli composer. He was born in Pniewy, Poland. He died in Jerusalem, Israel 3 weeks before his 98th birthday.
2005 ~ Ruth Aaronson Bari (née Ruth Aaronson; b. Nov. 15, 1917), American mathematician best known for her work in graph theory. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died at age 87 in Silver Springs, Maryland.
1998 ~ Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (né Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., b. Sept. 19, 1907), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Richard Nixon. He served on the Court from January 1972 until his retirement in June 1987. He replaced Hugo Black on the Court and was succeeded by Anthony Kennedy. He was born in Suffolk, Virginia. He died 25 days before his 91st birthday in Richmond, Virginia.
1998 ~ Arnold H Glasow (né Arnold Henry Glasow; b. Jan. 6, 1905), American humorist. He was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He died at age 93 in Freeport, Illinois.
1985 ~ Samantha Smith (née Samantha Reed Smith, b. June 29, 1972), American peace activist from Houlton, Maine. In 1982, she wrote a letter to Russian General Secretary Yuri Andropov and received a personal reply and an invitation to visit the Soviet Union. She was born in Holden, Maine. She was killed in a small private plane crash at age 13 in Auburn, Maine.
1984 ~ Truman Capote (né Truman Streckfus Persons; b. Sept. 30, 1924), American author best known for his true crime novel, In Cold Blood, which recounted the 1959 murder of a Kansas family by two drifters. Capote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and much of his work is set in the South. He died of liver disease at age 59 in Los Angeles, California.
1981 ~ Leonidas Alaoglu (b. Mar. 19, 1914), Greek-Canadian mathematician. He was born in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He died at age 67 in California.
1981 ~ Kathryn Hulme (née Kathryn Cavarly Hulme; b. July 6, 1900), American writer, best known for her novel, The Nun’s Story. She was born in San Francisco, California. She died at age 81 in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii.
1976 ~ Eyvind Johnson (né Olof Edvin Verner Johsson; b. July 29, 1900), Swedish author and recipient of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Stockholm, Sweden just 27 days after his 76th birthday.
1956 ~ Alfred Kinsey (né Alfred Charles Kinsey; b. June 23, 1894), American biologist and sexologist who founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He died at age 62 in Bloomington, Indiana.
1942 ~ Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. Dec. 20, 1902). He was a member of the British royal family. In 1934 he married Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. He was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 11917, when the family became of the House of Windsor. He was the 4th son of George V, King of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck. He was killed in a military plane crash during World War II at age 39.
1908 ~ Henri Becquerel (né Antoine Henri Becquerel; b. Dec. 15, 1852), French physicist and recipient, along with Marie and Pierre Currie of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work with radiation. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 55.
1900 ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (né Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; b. Oct. 15, 1844), German philosopher. He died at age 55.
1867 ~ Michael Faraday (b. Sept. 22, 1791), British chemist and physicist who discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction. He died a month before his 76th birthday.
1828 ~ Robert Trimble (b. Nov. 17, 1776), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President John Quincy Adams. He served on the Court from May 1826 until his death in August 1828. He replaced Thomas Todd on the Court. He was succeeded by John McLean. He was born in Berkeley County, Virginia. He died of bilious fever at age 51 in Paris, Kentucky.
1822 ~ William Herschel (né Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; b. Nov. 15, 1738), German-born astronomer and mathematician. He died at age 83 in Slough, England.
1819 ~ James Watt (b. Jan. 30, 1736), Scottish-English inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. He is best known for the creation of the modern steam engine. He died at age 83.
1797 ~ Thomas Chittenden (b. Jan. 6, 1730), early American politician and influential figure in the history of Vermont. He was the 1st Governor of the State of Vermont. He was in Office from March 1791 until his death in August 1797. He was born in what is now East Guilford, Connecticut. He died in Williston, Vermont at age 67.
1776 ~ David Hume (b. May 7, 1711), Scottish philosopher and historian. He was born and died in Edinburgh, Scotland. He died at age 65.
1699 ~ Christian V, King of Denmark (b. Apr. 15, 1646). He reigned from February 1670 until his death in August 29 years later. In 1667, he married Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel. He was of the House of Oldenburg. He was the son of Frederick III, King of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He died at age 53 from injuries sustained in a hunting accident.
1688 ~ Sir Henry Morgan (b. 1635), Welsh admiral and buccaneer. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 53 at the time of his death.
1482 ~ Margaret of Anjou (b. Mar. 23, 1430), Queen consort of England and wife Henry VI, King of England (1421 ~ 1471). They married in 1445. She was of the House of Valois-Anjou. She was the daughter of René, King of Naples and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. She died at age 52.
1322 ~ Beatrice of Silesia (b. 1290), Queen consort of Germany and first wife of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. She died before her husband became the Holy Roman Emperor. She was of the House of Silesian Piast. She was the daughter of Bolko I the Strict, Duke of Lwówek and Beatrice of Brandenburg. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 31 or 32.
1270 ~ King Louis IX of France (b. Apr. 25, 1214). He reigned as King of France from November 8, 1226 until his death in August 1270. He was also known as Saint Louis. He was crown as King at age 12, following the death of his father, Louis VIII, King of France. In 1234, he married to Margaret of Provence (1221 ~ 1295). They had 11 children, two of whom died in infancy. He was of the House of Capet. He was the son of Louis VIII, King of France and Infanta Blanche of Castile. He was Roman Catholic. He died of dysentery at age 56 while on the Eighth Crusade in Tunis, North Africa. He was succeeded by his son, Philip III, King of France.
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