Birthdays:
1972 ~ Cameron Diaz (née Cameron Michelle Diaz), American actress. She was born in San Diego, California.
1963 ~ William Barber (né William Joseph Barber, II), African-American protestant minister and social activist. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1953 ~ Robert Parish, African-American professional basketball player. He had a long career with the Boston Celtics, where he was known as Chief. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1948 ~ Lewis Black (né Lewis Niles Black), American comedian. He was born in Washington, D.C.
1946 ~ Peggy Lipton (née Margaret Ann Lipton; d. May 11, 2019), American model and actress best known for her role on The Mod Squad. She is the mother of actress Rashida Jones. She was born in New York, New York. She died of cancer at age 72 in Los Angeles, California.
1946 ~ Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark, Queen consort of the Hellenes and wife of Constantine II, King of Greece (1940 ~ 2023). They married in 1964. She is of the House of Glücksburg. She is the daughter of Frederick IX, King of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden. She converted to Greek Orthodox from the Church of Denmark upon her marriage.
1944 ~ Tug McGraw (né Frank Edward McGraw, Jr.; d. Jan. 5, 2004), American professional baseball pitcher. He was the father of country singer, Tim McGraw. He was born in Martinez, California. He died of a brain tumor at age 59 in Brentwood, Tennessee.
1944 ~ Molly Ivins (née Mary Tyler Ivins; d. Jan. 31, 2007), American political humorist. She was born in Monterey, California. She died at age 62 of breast cancer in Austin, Texas.
1943 ~ Tal Brody (né Talbot Brody), American-Israeli basketball player. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey.
1943 ~ Jean-Claude Killy, French alpine skier. He was born in Saint-Cloud, France.
1935 ~ Alexandra Bellow (née Alexandra Ionescu Tulcea), Romanian-American mathematician. She was born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania.
1930 ~ Warren Buffett (né Warren Edward Buffett), American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1927 ~ Geoffrey Beene (né Samuel Albert Bozeman, Jr.; d. Sept. 28, 2004), American fashion designer. He was from Hayesville, Louisiana. He died in New York, New York of cancer 29 days after his 77th birthday.
1926 ~ Daryl Gates (né Darrel Francis Gates; d. Apr. 16, 2010), American police chief of the City of Los Angeles. He was the co-founder of the D.A.R.E. Program (Drugs Abuse Resistance Education). He is best known for having been the Chief of Police for the City of Los Angeles during the Rodney King beatings and subsequent riots. He was born in Glendale, California. He died of cancer at age 83 in Dana Point, California.
1922 ~ Robert Rines (né Robert Harvey Rines; d. Nov. 1, 2009), lawyer and inventor who is best known as the man who hunted “Nessie” the Loch Ness monster. He was also an accomplished violinist and composer. He was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 87.
1922 ~ Robert W. Blakeley (né Robert Wilson Blakeley; d. Oct. 25, 2017), American graphic artist and civil servant who designed the iconic fallout shelter sign. He was born in Ogden, Utah. He died at age 95 in Jacksonville, Florida.
1921 ~ Angelo Dundee (né Angelo Mirena; d. Feb. 1, 2012), American boxing trainer in the coming of boxing’s best. He trained such boxers as Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Sugar Ray Leonard. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 90 in Tampa, Florida.
1919 ~ Kitty Wells (née Ellen Muriel Deason; d. July 16, 2012), the American trailblazing “Queen of Country Music.” She was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She died at age 92 in Madison, Tennessee.
1919 ~ Joachim Rønneberg (né Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg; d. Oct. 21, 2018), Norwegian who thwarted the Nazi atomic bomb. He was best known for his resistance work during World War II, most notably commanding Operation Gunnerside. He was born and died in Alesund, Norway. He died at age 99.
1918 ~ Ted Williams (né Theodore Samuel Williams; d. July 5, 2002), American baseball player who spent his entire 21-year major league baseball career with the Boston Red Sox. He was born in San Diego, California. He died of cardiac arrest at age 83 in Inverness, Florida.
1915 ~ Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland (née Lillian May Davies; d. Mar. 10, 2013), Welsh coalminer’s daughter who became a princess. She was the wife of Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland. He was her 2nd husband. She had previously been married to Walter Ivan Craig. She and Prince Bertil lived together for many years before they married in 1976. Because she was a commoner, had they married earlier, he would have lost his right to the succession to the Swedish throne. She was born in Swansea, Wales. She died at age 97 in Stockholm, Sweden.
1913 ~ Sir Richard Stone (né John Richard Nicholas Stone; d. Dec. 6, 1991), British economist and recipient of the 1984 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in London, England. He died at age 78 in Cambridge, England.
1912 ~ Edward Mills Purcell (d. Mar. 7, 1997), American physicist and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Taylorville, Illinois. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 84.
1912 ~ Nancy Wake (née Nancy Grace Augusta Wake; d. Aug. 7, 2011), French secret agent during World War II. She was a leading figure on the French resistance. A fictionalized account of her life was portrayed in Ariel Lawhon’s 2020 novel entitled Code Name Hélène. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She died 23 days before her 99th birthday in London, England.
1909 ~ Virginia Lee Burton (d. Oct. 15, 1968), American author and illustrator best known for her children’s books. She wrote the 1938 book Mike Milligan and His Steam Shovel. She was born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. She died of lung cancer at age 59 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1908 ~ Fred MacMurray (né Frederick Martin MacMurray; d. Nov. 5, 1991), American actor, best known for his role as the father on the television series, My Three Sons. He was born in Kankakee, Illinois. He died of pneumonia at age 83 in Santa Monica, California.
1907 ~ Bertha Parker Pallan (née Bertha Parker; d. Oct. 8, 1978), American archeologist. She is best known for her study of the Native American archeology. She was born in Chautauqua County, New York. She died at age 71 in Los Angeles, California.
1906 ~ Olga Taussky-Todd (d. Oct. 7, 1995), Austrian-born mathematician. She was born in the current day Olomouc, Czech Republic. She died at age 89 in Pasadena, California.
1901 ~ John Gunther (d. May 29, 1970), American journalist and author. He is best known for his 1949 memoir, Death Be Not Proud, which chronicled the death of his young son from a brain tumor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Gunther died of liver cancer at age 68.
1898 ~ Shirley Booth (née Marjory Ford; d. Oct. 16, 1992), American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Hazel on the sit-com of the same name. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died in North Chatham, Massachusetts at age 94.
1893 ~ Huey P. Long (né Huey Pierce Long, Jr.; d. Sept. 10, 1935), 40th Governor of Louisiana. He was also a United States Senator. He was born in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was assassinated in the Louisiana Capital building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1935. He was killed 11 days after his 42nd birthday.
1884 ~ Theodor Svedberg (d. Feb. 25, 1971), Swedish chemist and recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 86.
1871 ~ Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (d. Oct. 19, 1937), New Zealand physicist and recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is known as the Father of Nuclear Physics. He was born in Brightwater, Colony of New Zealand. He died at age 66 following surgery in Cambridge, England.
1856 ~ Carl Runge (né Carl David Tolmé Runge; d. Jan. 3, 1927), German mathematician. He died at age 70.
1852 ~ Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff (d. Mar. 1, 1911), Dutch physical and organic chemist. He was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which awarded in 1901. He was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize given in this category. He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He died of tuberculosis at age 58 in Berlin, German Empire.
1842 ~ Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. July 10, 1849), member of the Russian royal family. She was the eldest child of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia and his first wife, Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. She was of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. She died of infant meningitis at age 6.
1837 ~ Nell Arthur (née Ellen Lewis Herndon, d. Jan. 12, 1880), American wife of President Chester Arthur. She was born in Culpeper, Virginia. She died of pneumonia in New York, New York at age 42 before her husband became President so she was never the First Lady.
1818 ~ Alexander H. Rice (né Alexander Hamilton Rice; d. July 22, 1895), 30th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1876 through January 1879. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts and died in Melrose, Massachusetts. He died at age 76 following a long illness.
1800 ~ Countess Auguste von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen (d. June 5, 1873), second wife of Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1766 ~ 1840). They married in 1824. This was a morganatic marriage; thus she was never considered the queen consort. She was of the noble family of Harrash. She was the daughter of Count Ferdinand Joseph von Harrash zu Rohrau und thannhausen and Johannah Christiane Rayski von Dubnitz. She was Catholic but converted to Protestantism 2 years after their marriage. She died at age 72.
1797 ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; d. Feb. 1, 1851), English author best known for her gothic novel, Frankenstein. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 53.
1748 ~ Jacques-Louis David (d. Dec. 29, 1825), French painter. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 77 in Brussels, United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
1400 ~ Vlad II Dracul (d. Dec. 2, 1447). He was the father of Vlad the Impaler. His name in English means Vlad the Dragon. He was assassinated. The exact dates of his birth and death are not known. He is believed to have been about 51 or 52 at the time of his death.
1334 ~ Peter, King of Castile and León (d. Mar. 23, 1369). He was known as Peter the Cruel. He was excommunicated by Pope Urban V for his cruelty towards the clergy. He was married either two or three times. Some historians believe Peter may have married María de Padilla (1334 ~ July 1361) in secret in 1353. They had 4 children together. He was forced into a marriage with Blanche of Bourbon (1339 ~ 1361) for the purpose of creating an alliance with France. He abandoned her within 3 days of their marriage. His last wife was Juana de Castro (d. Aug. 1374). He abandoned her, too, after just a few days of marriage. He was the last ruler of the Castilian House of Ivrea. He was the son of Alfonso XI, King of Castile and Maria of Portugal. He was assassinated at age 34 by his rival and successor, Henry II, King of Castile and León.
Events that Changed the World:
2021 ~ All American troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. For the first time in nearly 20 years, there was no American military presence in Afghanistan.
1995 ~ NATO launched Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serbs during the Bosnian War.
1967 ~ Thurgood Marshall (1908 ~ 1993) was confirmed as the first African-American Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1956 ~ The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway connecting New Orleans with the North Shore opened in Louisiana.
1918 ~ Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin (1870 ~ 1924) was seriously injured during an assassination attempt by Fanya Kaplan (1890 ~ 1918). She was executed in early September for her actions.
1862 ~ The Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as Manassas, which ended in a Confederate victory during the American Civil War. The battle had begun 2 days earlier.
1835 ~ The City of Melbourne, Australia was founded.
1464 ~ Pope Paul II (1417 ~ 1471) succeeds Pope Pius II (1405 ~ 1464) to become the 211th Pope.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Mikhail Gorbachev (b. Mar. 2, 1931), the last leader of the Soviet Union. He served from 1985 to 1991. He was also the recipient of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in Privolnoye, Russia. He died following a long illness at age 91.
2020 ~ John Thompson, Jr. (né John Robert Thompson, Jr.; b. Sept. 2, 1941), African-American Georgetown University basketball coach who put his players first. He was born in Washington, D.C. He died 3 days before his 79th birthday in Arlington, Virginia.
2019 ~ Valerie Harper (née Valerie Kathryn Harper; b. Aug. 22, 1939), American actress who went from sidekick to star as TV’s Rhoda. She best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern from the Mary Tyler Moore Show. She later had her own spin-off as Rhoda. She was born in Suffern, New York. She died of cancer 8 days after her 80th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
2018 ~ Marie Severin (b. Aug. 21, 1929), 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 in Massapequa, New York just 8 days after her 89th birthday.
2017 ~ Louise L. Hay (née Helen Vera Lunney; b. Oct. 8, 1926), American professional speaker and self-help guru who pushed positive thinking. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She died at age 90 in San Diego, California.
2015 ~ Wes Craven (né Wesley Earl Craven; b. Aug. 2, 1939), American film director who was the master of horror creating the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and bringing Freddy Krueger to life. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He died of brain cancer 28 days after his 76th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
2015 ~ Oliver Sacks (né Oliver Wolf Sacks; b. July 9, 1933), English neurologist and author who explored the human mind. He was born in London, England. He died at age 82 in New York, New York.
2013 ~ Seamus Heaney (né Seamus Justin Heaney; b. Apr. 13, 1939), Irish writer and poet who wrote of mud, history, and country. He was the recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 74.
2009 ~ Nancy Talbot (née Nancy Orr; b. Aug. 17, 1920), American women’s clothier who sold classic looks. She and her husband established Talbot’s in 1947 to sell timeless, fashionable clothing. She was born in Charlevoix, Michigan. She died in Boulder, Colorado 2 weeks after her 89th birthday.
2006 ~ Naguib Mahfouz (b. Dec. 11, 1911), Egyptian author and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born and died in Cairo, Egypt. He died at age 94.
1993 ~ Richard Jordan, Jr. (né Robert Anson Jordan, Jr.; b. July 19, 1937), American actor. He starred in Taylor Caldwell’s adaptation of Captains and the Kings. He was born in New York, New York. He died of a brain tumor at age 56 in Los Angeles, California.
1985 ~ Taylor Caldwell (née Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell; b. Sept. 7, 1900), English-born American novelist. She is best known for her novel entitled Captains and the Kings. She was born in Manchester, England. She died 8 days before her 85th birthday in Greenwich, Connecticut.
1970 ~ Abraham Zapruder (b. May 15, 1905), Ukrainian-born American businessman and clothing manufacturer. He is best known for being the man who filmed the famous Zapruder film showing the assassination of President John Kennedy. He was born in Kovel, Ukraine. He died of stomach cancer at age 65 in Dallas, Texas.
1967 ~ Ad Reinhardt (né Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt; b. Dec. 24, 1913), American abstract painter. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He died of a heart attach at age 53 in New York, New York.
1961 ~ Cristóbal de Losada y Puga (b. Apr. 14, 1894), Peruvian mathematician and mining engineer. He was born in New York, New York. He died in Lima Peru at age 67.
1940 ~ Sir J. J. Thomson (né Joseph John Thomson; b. Dec. 18, 1856), English physicist and recipient of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the electron and for his work on the conduction of electricity in gases. He died at age 83 in Cambridge, England.
1938 ~ Max Factor, Sr. (né Maksymilian Faktorowicz; b. Sept. 15, 1877), Polish-born American make-up artist and founder of the Max Factor Company, a cosmetics manufacturer. He was born in Zdunska Wola, Poland. He died of an illness following a fright just 16 days before his 66th birthday in Beverly Hills, California.
1928 ~ Wilhelm Wien (né Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Frantz Franz Wien; b. Jan. 13, 1864), German physicist and recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in heat radiation. He died at age 64 in Munich, Germany.
1890 ~ Marianne North (b. Oct. 24, 1830), British biologist and botanical artist. She died at age 59.
1879 ~ John Bell Hood (b. June 1, 1831), Confederate General during the American Civil War. His birthdate is sometimes listed as June 29, 1831. He was born in Owingsville, Kentucky. He died of yellow fever in New Orleans, Louisiana at age 48. The United States Army Post in Killeen Texas had been named Fort Hood in his honor. On May 9, 2023, the name was officially renamed Fort Cavazos.
1505 ~ Elizabeth, Archduchess of Austria (b. 1436), Queen consort of Poland and wife of Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (1427 ~ 1492). She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Albert II, King of Germany and Elisabeth of Bohemia. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 68 or 69 at the time of her death.
1483 ~ Louis XI, King of France (b. July 3, 1423). He reigned from July 1461 until his death in August 1483. He was known as Louis the Prudent. He was married twice. In 1436, he married his first wife, Margaret of Scotland. After her death, he married Charlotte of Savoy in 1851. He was of the House of Valois. He was the son of Charles VII, King of France and Marie of Anjou. He died at age 60.
1181 ~ Pope Alexander III (b. 1100s). He was Pope from September 1159 until his death on this date 22 years later. The date of his birth is unknown.
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