Birthdays:
1960 ~ Eric Adams (né Eric Leroy Adams), African-American politician and 110th Mayor of New York City. He assumed office on January 1, 2022. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1957 ~ Gloria Estefan (née Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García), Cuban-born American singer and songwriter. She was born in Havana, Cuba.
1939 ~ Lily Tomlin (née Mary Jean Tomlin), American actress and comedian. She was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1938 ~ Alan Dershowitz (né Alan Morton Dershowitz), American attorney and author. He was born in New York, New York.
1935 ~ Robert Taylor (né Robert Ridgley Taylor; d. Aug. 29, 2013), American entrepreneur who put soap in a bottle. He invented Softsoap and sold it to Colgate-Palmolive. He died of cancer just 4 days before his 78th birthday.
1935 ~ Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor. He served as the music director for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years.
1933 ~ Ann Richards (née Dorothy Ann Willis; d. Sept. 13, 2006), 45th Governor of Texas. She served as Governor from January 1991 through January 1995. She was born in Lakeview, Texas. She died of esophageal cancer 12 days after her 73rd birthday in Austin, Texas.
1932 ~ Sunny von Bülow (née Martha Sharp Crawford; d. Dec. 6, 2008), American heiress and socialite who was in a coma for over 27 years. She was 76 years old at the time of her death. She was born in Manassas, Virginia. She died in Manhattan, New York. Her husband, Claus von Bülow (1926 ~ 2019) was accused of attempted murder, but his murder conviction was later overturned.
1927 ~ Wyatt Cooper (né Wyatt Emory Cooper; d. Jan. 5, 1978), American author and screenwriter. He was married to Gloria Vanderbilt and was the father of Anderson Cooper. He was born in Quitman, Mississippi. He died at age 50 during heart surgery in New York, New York.
1927 ~ Lloyd Bucher (né Lloyd Mark Bucher; d. Jan. 28, 2004), United States Navy officer best remembers as the Captain of the USS Pueblo, which was capture by North Korea in January 1968. He was born in Pocatello, Idaho. He died at age 76 in San Diego, California.
1927 ~ Henry Rosovsky (d. Nov. 11, 2022), American economic historian. He was the Dean of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (current day known as Gdansk, Poland). He died at age 95 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1923 ~ Rocky Marciano (né Rocco Francis Marchegiano; d. Aug. 31, 1969), American boxer. He was known as the Rock from Brockton. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. He was killed the day before his 46th birthday when the small plane he was in crashed in Newton, Iowa.
1922 ~ Melvin Laird (né Melvin Robert Laird, Jr.; d. Nov. 16, 2016), American Republican politician. He served as the 10th United States Secretary of Defense under the Nixon Administration. He held that Office from January 1969 through January 1973. He had previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He died at age 94 in Fort Myers, Florida.
1920 ~ Richard Farnsworth (né Richard William Farnsworth; d. Oct. 6, 2000), American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died by suicide after suffering from prostate cancer at age 80. He died in Lincoln, New Mexico.
1916 ~ Dorothy Cheney (née Dorothy May Sutton Bundy; d. Nov. 23, 2014), American tennis champion who improved with age. She played tennis well into her 90s. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She died at age 98 in Escondido, California.
1906 ~ Eleanor Hibbert (née Eleanor Alice Buford; d. Jan. 18, 1993), British author of historical romances. She wrote under several pseudonyms, including Victoria Holt. She was born in London, England. She died at age 86 while on a cruise ship somewhere between Athens, Greece and Port Said, Egypt. She was buried at sea.
1892 ~ Leverett A. Saltonstall (d. June 17, 1979), 55th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1939 until January 1945. He was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He died of congestive heart failure at age 86 in Dover, Massachusetts.
1878 ~ Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (née Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria; d. Apr. 16, 1942), Princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. In 1896, she married Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863 ~ 1950). She was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was the daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. She was granddaughter of both Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia. She died at age 63.
1877 ~ Francis William Aston (d. Nov. 20, 1945), British chemistry and 1922 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of isotopes of non-radioactive elements. He died at age 68 in Cambridge, England.
1875 ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs (d. Mar. 19, 1950), American writer best known as the creator of Tarzan. He was born in Encino, California. He died of a heart attack at age 74 in Tarzana, California.
1868 ~ Kin Hubbard (né Frank McKinney Hubbard; d. Dec. 26, 1930), American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He died of a sudden heart attack at age 62 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1866 ~ James Corbett (né James John Corbett, d. Feb. 18, 1933), American boxer. He was known as Gentleman Jim. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died of liver cancer at age 66 in Queens, New York.
1854 ~ Engelbert Humperdinck (d. Sept. 27, 1921), German composer. He is best known for his opera Hänsel and Gretel. He died of a heart attack 26 days after his 67th birthday.
1711 ~ William IV, Prince of Orange (d. Oct. 22, 1751). He was the first stadtholder of All the Provinces of the Netherlands. He held this position from May 1747 until his death in October 1751. In 1734, he married Anne, Princess Royal of England (1709 ~ 1750). They were the parents of William V, Prince of Prange. He was of the House of Orange-Nassau. He was the son of John William Friso, Prince of Orange and Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He died of a stroke at age 40.
1659 ~ Joseph Saurin (d. Dec. 29, 1737), French mathematician and Protestant minister. He died at age 78 in Paris, France.
1647 ~ Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (d. July 1, 1717), member of the Danish royal family. She became the Electress consort of Saxony through her 1666 marriage to John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647 ~ 1691). She was of the House of Oldenburg. She was the eldest daughter of Frederick III, King of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She died at age 69.
1341 ~ Frederick III, King of Sicily (d. July 27, 1377). He was known as Frederick the Simple. He ruled over Sicily from October 1355 until his death in 1377. He was married twice. His first wife was Constance of Aragon (1343 ~ 1363). They married in 1361. They were the parents of Maria, Queen of Sicily. After her death, he married Antonia of Baux in 1372 (1353 ~ 1375). He was of the House of Barcelona. He was the second son of Peter II, King of Sicily and Elizabeth of Carinthia. He died at age 35.
1288 ~ Princess Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (d. Oct. 19, 1335), Queen consort of Bohemia through her first marriage to Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia (1271 ~ 1305). They married in 1303. She was his 2nd wife. After his death, she married Rudolf I, King of Bohemia (1281 ~ 1307). She was his 2nd wife. They married in 1306. After his death, she became romantically involved with Henry of Lipá, whom she may have married. After his death, she entered a convent and became a nun. She was of the House of Piast. She was the daughter of Przemysł II, King of Poland and Princess Richeza of Sweden. She died at age 47.
948 ~ Jing Zong (d. Oct. 13, 982), 5th Chinese emperor of the Liao Dynasty. He died at age 34.
Events that Changed the World:
2017 ~ Vladimir Putin (b. 1952) expelled over 750 United States diplomats from Russia in response to sanctions imposed by the United States.
2016 ~ San Francisco 49er quarterback, Colin Kaepernick (b. 1987) knelt during the Star-Spangled Banner before the final pre-season exhibition football game in protest police brutality and racial injustice. His protest brought boos from football fans but brought his protest cause to national attention.
2014 ~ Labor Day.
1998 ~ In the United States, federal regulations mandated air bags in automobiles.
1991 ~ Uzbekistan declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
1972 ~ Bobby Fischer (1943 ~ 2008) became the world chess champion after beating Russian Boris Spassky (b. 1937) in a chess match. The games were played in Reykjavik, Iceland.
1970 ~ An assassination attempt was made on Jordan’s King Hussein (1935 ~ 1999) by Palestinian guerrillas.
1969 ~ Muammar al-Gaddafi (1940 ~ 2011) took power in Libya following a coup.
1961 ~ TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois. All 78 passengers and crew were killed. It was a scheduled flight from Boston, Massachusetts to San Francisco, California, with a Chicago stopover. The cause of the crash was believed to have been a mechanical error.
1952 ~ Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Old Man and the Sea, was published. It would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize.
1941 ~ Nazi troops shot and killed 2,500 Jews in Ostroh, Ukraine.
1961 ~ TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago. All 73 passengers and 5 crew members were killed. The crash was determined to be caused by mechanical error when a bult fell out of the elevator control mechanism.
1939 ~ Adolf Hitler (1889 ~ 1945) signed an order allowing the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
1939 ~ Nazi Germany invaded Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. Two days later, Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declared war on Germany, beginning World War II.
1923 ~ A strong earthquake struck near Tokyo, devastating the city. Over 105,000 people were killed in the earthquake.
1914 ~ The last known passenger pigeon died in captivity. The bird was a female named Martha and had been in the Cincinnati Zoo. She was believed to have been about 28 or 29 years old.
1914 ~ St. Petersburg, Russia changed its name to Petrograd. In 1924, the name would be changed to Leningrad. In 1991, the name would be changed back to St. Petersburg.
1897 ~ The Boston Tremont Street Subway opened, thereby becoming the first underground rapid transportation system in the United States.
1878 ~ Emma Nutt (1860 ~ 1915), became the world’s first female telephone operator when she began working for the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston, Massachusetts. She was hired by Alexander Graham Bell (1847 ~ 1922).
1864 ~ During the American Civil War, the city of Atlanta, Georgia fell to Union forces.
1772 ~ The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded in San Luis Obispo, California by Father Junípero Sarra (1713 ~ 1784). The mission was named after Saint Louis of Anjou (1274 ~ 1297), the bishop of Toulouse.
1715 ~ Prince Louis of France (1710 ~ 1774) became Louis XV, King of France in succession to his great-grandfather, Louis XIV. He was five years old when he took the throne.
1532 ~ Lady Anne Boleyn (1501 ~ 1536) was made Marquess of Pembroke by her future husband, Henry VIII, King of England (1491 ~ 1547).
1420 ~ An earthquake, believed to have been about a 9.4 magnitude, struck in Chile’s Atacama Region. The strong earthquake caused tsunamis as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Diane Noomin (née Diane Robin Rosenblatt; b. May 13, 1947), American feminist cartoonist who drew DiDi Glitz. Her cartoon character addressed such social issues as feminism, body image and miscarriage. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died of uterine cancer at age 75 in Hadlyme, Connecticut.
2020 ~ John Najarian (né John Sarkis Najarian; b. Dec. 22, 1927), American surgeon who tackled the toughest transplants. Prior to entering medical school, he was a college football star. He was born in Oakland, California. He died at age 92 in Stillwater, Minnesota.
2017 ~ Shelley Berman (né Sheldon Leonard Berman; b. Feb. 3, 1925), American comedian who found humor in angst. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 92 in Bell Canyon, California.
2015 ~ Dean Jones (né Dean Carroll Jones; b. Jan. 25, 1931), American clean-cut Disney star who found faith. He had leading roles in several Disney films, including The Love Bug and That Darn Cat! In the early 1970s, he became a born-again Christian. He was born in Decatur, Alabama. He died of Parkinson’s disease at age 84 in Los Angeles, California.
2015 ~ Ben Kuroki (b. May 16, 1917), American World War II airman who battled bigotry to fight for the United States. He was the only American of Japanese descent in the United States Armed Air Forces to serve in combat in the Pacific theater during World War II. He was born in Gothenburg, Nebraska. He died in Camarillo, California. He was 98 years old.
2014 ~ Charlie Powell (né Charles Elvin Powell; b. Apr. 4, 1932), African-American standout boxer who starred on the gridiron. He played professional football and was a professional boxer. He was born in Dallas, Texas. He died in San Diego, California at age 82.
2014 ~ Joseph Shivers, Jr. (né Joseph Clois Shivers, Jr., b. Nov. 29, 1920), American chemist and developer of spandex. He was born in Marlton, New Jersey. He died at age 93 in Venice, Florida.
2012 ~ Hal David (né Harold Lane David; d. May 25, 1921), American songwriter, composer and lyricist behind the 20thcentury’s greatest pop songs. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 91 in Los Angeles, California.
2009 ~ Francis Rogallo (né Francis Melvin Rogallo; b. Jan. 27, 1912), American aeronautic engineer who invented hang gliding, now known as the Rogallo Wing. He was born in Sanger, California. He died at age 97 in Southern Shores, North Carolina.
1989 ~ A. Bart Giamatti (né Angelo Bartlett Giamatti; b. Apr. 4, 1938), 7th Commissioner of Major League Baseball. He is best known for being the Commissioner during the Pete Rose gambling scandal. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 51 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
1988 ~ Luis Alvarez (né Luis Walter Alvarez; b. June 13, 1911), American physicist. He was the recipient of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died of cancer at age 77 in Berkeley, California.
1982 ~ Haskell Curry (né Haskell Brooks Curry; b. Sept. 12, 1900), American mathematician. He was born in Millis, Massachusetts. He died 11 days before his 82nd birthday in State College, Pennsylvania.
1981 ~ Albert Speer (né Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer; b. Mar. 19, 1905), Nazi architect, who acknowledged moral responsibility for war crimes at the Nuremburg trials. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his war crimes. He died of a stroke at age 76 in London, England.
1977 ~ Ethel Waters (b. Oct. 31, 1896), African-American actress and singer. She was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. She died of uterine cancer at age 80 in Chatsworth, California.
1970 ~ François Mauriac (né François Charles Mauriac, b. Oct. 11, 1885), French author and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 84 in Paris, France.
1961 ~ Eero Saarinen (b. Aug. 20, 1910), Finish-American architect and son of Eliel Saarinen. He was born on his father’s 37th birthday. Eero, who designed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, died just 12 days after his 52nd birthday while undergoing surgery for a brain tumor. He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1940 ~ Lillian D. Wald (b. Mar. 10, 1867), American nurse and early advocate for nursing schools. She was an activist in many social causes, including health care and women’s rights. She was involved in the formation of the NAACP. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 73 in Westport, Connecticut.
1894 ~ Nathaniel Banks (né Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, b. Jan. 30, 1816), 24th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1858 until January 1861. He also served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from February 1856 until March 1857. He was born and died in Waltham, Massachusetts. He was 78 at the time of his death.
1894 ~ Samuel Kirkwood (né Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, b. Dec. 20, 1813), 14th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under Presidents James Garfield and Chester Arthur from March 1881 until April 1882. Prior to becoming the Secretary of the Interior, he served as a United States Senator from Iowa. He had also served as the 5th and 9th Governor of Iowa. He was born in Harford County, Maryland. He died at age 80 in Iowa City, Iowa.
1838 ~ William Clark (b. Aug. 1, 1770), American explorer who, along with Meriwether Lewis, led the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition throughout the Louisiana territory to the Pacific Northwest in 1804. He later served as the 4thGovernor of the Missouri Territory. He died a month after his 68th birthday in St. Louis, Missouri.
1770 ~ Hannah Glasse (née Hannah Allgood; b. Mar. 28, 1708), English cookbook writer. She is best known for her book The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 62.
1715 ~ Louis XIV, King of France (b. Sept. 5, 1638). He ruled France from May 1643 until his death in September 1715. He has the distinction of being the longest-reigning king in European history. He ruled for 72 years. He was also known as Louis the Great and The Sun King. In 1660, he married Maria Theresa of Spain (1638 ~ 1683). After her death, he married Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635 ~ 1719). She had been his mistress and governess to his children. This was a secret marriage and she was never recognized as the Queen consort. He was of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Louis XIII, King of France and Anne of Austria. He was Roman Catholic. He died 4 days before his 77th birthday.
1678 ~ Jan Brueghel the Younger (b. Sept. 13, 1601), Flemish painter. He died 12 days before his 77th birthday.
1648 ~ Marin Mersenne (b. Sept. 8, 1588), French mathematician. He died a week before his 60th birthday in Paris, France.
1557 ~ Jacques Cartier (b. Dec. 31, 1491), French explorer. He led the exploration along the St. Lawrence River in Canada. He died at age 65.
1376 ~ Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (b. July 1, 1336), member of the French royal family. In 1345, he married his second-cousin Blanche of France (1328 ~ 1393). There were no children of the marriage. He was of the House of Valois. He was the 5th son of Philip VI, King of France and Joan the Lame. He died at age 39.
1198 ~ Dulce of Aragon (b. 1160), Queen consort of Portugal. She was the wife of Sancho I, King of Portugal (1154 ~ 1211). They married in 1174. They were the parents of Afonso II, King of Portugal. She was of the House of Barcelona. She was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 37n or 38 at the time of her death.
1159 ~ Pope Adrian IV (né Nicholas Breakspear, b. 1100). He was Pope from December 4, 1154 until his death almost 5 years later. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been 59 at the time of his death.
1126 ~ Świętosława of Poland (b. 1040s), Queen consort of Bohemia and third wife of Vrastislaus II, King of Bohemia (1032 ~ 1092). She was the first Queen consort of Bohemia. She was of the House of Piast. She was the daughter of Casimir I, Duke of Poland and Maria Dobroneiga of Kiev. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been between 78 and 80 at the time of her death.
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