Birthdays:
1968 ~ Cheryl Strayed (née Cheryl Nyland), American author and co-host of the podcast, Dear Sugar. She is best known for her memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. She was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania.
1965 ~ Kyle Chandler (né Kyle Martin Chandler), American actor. He was born in Buffalo, New York.
1962 ~ Baz Luhrmann (né Mark Anthony Luhrmann), Australian film director. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1953 ~ Rita Rudner, American comedian. She was born in Miami, Florida.
1950 ~ Lawrence Anthony (d. Mar. 2, 2012), South African conservationist who saved the Baghdad zoo. He was born and died in Johannesburg, South Africa. He died of a heart attack at age 61.
1948 ~ John Ritter (né Jonathan Southworth Ritter; d. Sept. 11, 2003), American actor. He was born and died in Burbank, California. He died suddenly 6 days before his 55th birthday of a heart condition.
1947 ~ Jeff MacNelly (né Jeffrey Kenneth MacNelly; d. June 8, 2000), American political cartoonist and creator of the comic strip, Shoe. He was born in New York, New York. He died of lymphoma at age 52 in Baltimore, Maryland.
1944 ~ Jean Taylor (née Jean Ellen Taylor), American mathematician. She is best known for her work on the mathematics of soap bubbles. She was born in San Mateo, California.
1939 ~ David Souter (né David Hackett Souter), United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. He was nominated to the High Court by President George H.W. Bush. He replaced William Brennan on the Court. He served from October 1990 until his retirement 10 years later in 2009. He was replaced by Sonia Sotomayor. He was born in Melrose, Massachusetts.
1938 ~ Paul Benedict (d. Dec. 1, 2008), American actor. He is best known for his role as Mr. Bentley on The Jeffersons. He was born in Silver City, New Mexico. He died of a brain hemorrhage at age 70 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
1936 ~ Elwin Wilson (d. Mar. 28, 2013), American Klansman who apologized to his victims. In the early 1960s, he participated in beatings of individuals, including Freedom Rider John Lewis. His actions later haunted him and nearly 50 years later, he made a formal, public apology. He died at age 76.
1936 ~ Ken Forsse (né Earl Kenneth Forsse; d. Mar. 19, 2014), American inventor who delighted children. He is best known for creating Teddy Ruxpin, the “must-have” Christmas present of 1985. He was born in Bellwood, Nebraska. He died of congestive heart failure at age 77 in Laguna Woods, California.
1935 ~ Ken Kesey (né Kenneth Elton Kesey; d. Nov. 10, 2001), America author, best known for his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He was born in La Junta, Colorado. He died following complications from surgery at age 66 in Eugene, Oregon.
1932 ~ Robert B. Parker (né Robert Brown Parker; d. Jan. 18, 2010), American author best known for creating Spenser in his detective series. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 77 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1931 ~ Anne Bancroft (née Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; d. June 6, 2005), American actress. She is best known for her role as Mrs. Robinson in the movie The Graduate. In 1964, she married Mel Brooks, who was her second husband. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died of uterine cancer at age 73.
1930 ~ James Rohn (né Emanuel James Rohn; d. Dec. 5, 2009), American motivational speaker and entrepreneur and author. He was born in Yakima, Washington. He died of pulmonary fibrosis at age 79 in West Hills, California.
1930 ~ Tadashi Tsufura (d. Mar. 29, 2020), Japanese-American who, as a child, was forcibly removed from his California home and detained with his family in an Arizona internment camp. He later became a beloved educator and principal in New York City. he was born in Los Angeles, California. He died of Covid-19 at age 89 in New York, New York. His wife, Mabel Murakami Tusfura died 5 days earlier of Covid-19.
1930 ~ Edgar Mitchell (né Edgar Dean Mitchell; d. Feb. 4, 2016), American astronaut who had an epiphany in space. While looking out of his spacecraft and seeing the Earth and the stars, he was overwhelmed with a sense of “connectedness” and became obsessed with esoteric scientific phenomena and extraterrestrial life. He was born in Hereford, Texas. He died at age 85 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
1930 ~ Thomas Stafford (né Thomas Patten Stafford), American astronaut. He flew on two Gemini missions and two Apollo missions. He was on Apollo 10 and performed one of the first dress rehearsals for a lunar landing. In 1975, he docked with Soyuz 19, which was crewed by two Russian cosmonauts. It was the first United States – Soviet Union rendezvous in space. He was born in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
1929 ~ Sir Stirling Moss (né Stirling Craufurd Moss; d. Apr. 12, 2020), British racecar driver who chased danger. He was born and died in London, England. He died at age 90 following a long illness.
1923 ~ Hank Williams (né Hiram King Williams; d. Jan. 1, 1953), American country musician. He was born in Mount Olive, Alabama. He died at age 29 of heart failure exacerbated by drug and alcohol abuse in Oak Hill, West Virginia.
1918 ~ Chaim Herzog (d. Apr. 17, 1997), 6th President of Israel. He was born in Ireland until his family emigrated to Israel in 1935. He served as President for 10 years, from 1983 to 1993. He was born in Belfast, Ireland. He died at age 78 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
1917 ~ Art Rupe (né Arthur Newton Goldberg; d. Apr. 15, 2022), American music mogul who discovered Little Richard. He was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He died at age 104 in Santa Barbara, California.
1916 ~ Mary, Lady Stewart (née Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow; d. May 9, 2014), British novelist, best known for her 5-book Merlin Chronicles, about the Arthurian legends. She died at age 97.
1907 ~ Warren E. Burger (né Warren Earl Burger, d. June 25, 1995), 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Richard Nixon. He replaced Earl Warren on the Court. He served as Chief Justice from June 1969 until his retirement in September 1986. William Rehnquist replaced Burger as Chief Justice. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He died at age 87 in Washington, D.C.
1903 ~ Frank O’Connor (né Michael Francis O’Donovan; d. Mar. 10, 1966), Irish writer best known for his short stories. He was born in Cork, Ireland. He died of a heart attack at age 62 in Dublin, Ireland.
1900 ~ J. Willard Marriott, Sr. (né John Willard Marriott, d. Aug. 13, 1985), American hotelier. He founded the Marriott Corporation, the parent company of one of the world’s largest hospitality and hotel corporation. He was born in Marriott Settlement, Utah. He died about a month before his 85th birthday in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
1883 ~ William Carlos William (d. Mar. 4, 1963), American poet and physician. He was born and died in Rutherford, New Jersey. He died at age 79.
1869 ~ Christian Lous Lange (d. Dec. 11, 1938), Norwegian political scientist and recipient of the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize. He died at age 69 in Oslo, Norway.
1857 ~ Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (d. Sept. 19, 1935), Russian rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory. He died 2 days after his 78th birthday.
1854 ~ David Dunbar Buick (d. Mar. 5, 1929), Scottish-born American automotive executive and founder of the Buick company. He was born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. He died at age 74 in Detroit, Michigan.
1826 ~ Bernhard Riemann (né Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann; d. July 20, 1866), German mathematician. He died at age 39 of tuberculosis.
1825 ~ Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, II (d. Jan. 23, 1893), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Grover Cleveland. He served in that Office from January 1888 until his death in January 1893. He replaced Justice William Woods on the High Court. He was succeeded by Howell Jackson. He had previously served as the 16th United States Secretary of the Interior also during the Grover Cleveland administration. He was born in Eatonton, Georgia. He died at age 67 in Vineville (now Macon), Georgia.
1743 ~ Marquis de Condorcet (né Marie Jean Antoine Nicholas de Caritat; d. Mar. 29, 1794), French mathematician, political scientist, and philosopher. He was also a social advocate and was a strong supporter of women’s rights. He was arrested and imprisoned during the French revolution. He died at age 50 in prison by what may have been poisoning.
1739 ~ John Rutledge (d. July 23, 1800), 2nd Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President George Washington. He initially served as an Associate Justice from September 1789 until his resignation in March 1791. He was one of the first 6 attorneys to serve as Supreme Court Justices. Four years after being appointed to the High Court, he was nominated to be the Chief Justice by George Washington and served in that recess appointment until December 1795, when the Senate rejected his appointment. John Jay replaced him as Chief Justice. He was born and died in Charleston, South Carolina. He died at age 60.
1730 ~ Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (d. Nov. 28, 1794), Prussian solder who served as an American General in the American Revolution. He died at age 64 in Steuben, New York.
1688 ~ Maria Luisa of Savoy (d. Feb. 14, 1714), Queen consort of Spain and first wife of Philip V, King of Spain (1683 ~ 1746). They married in 1701. They were the parents of Louis I, King of Spain. She was of the House of Savoy. She was the daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy and Anne Marie d’Orléans. She was Roman Catholic. She died of complications of tuberculosis at age 25.
1677 ~ Stephen Hales (d. Jan. 4, 1761), English clergyman, physiologist, and chemist. He invented the Forceps for use in medical procedures. He is also the first person known to measure blood pressure. He died at age 83.
1550 ~ Pope Paul V (né Camillo Borghese; d. Jan. 28, 1621). He was Pope from May 1605 until his death 16 years later at age 70. He was born and died in Rome, Papal States.
879 ~ Charles III, King of France (d. Oct. 7, 929) He ruled over West Francia from 898 until 922. He was known as Charles the Simple. He was married twice. His first wife was Frederuna (887 ~ 917). They married in 907. She died 10 years later at about age 29 or 30. After her death, he married Eadgifu of Wessex. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty. He was the son of Louis the Stammerer and Adelaide of Paris. He died 20 days weeks after his 50th birthday.
Events that Changed the World:
2023 ~ Second day of Rosh Hashanah.
2011 ~ The Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zuccotti Park in New York City.
2006 ~ Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupted. It was the first eruption of the volcano in an estimated 10,000 years.
1988 ~ The 1988 Summer Olympics opened in Seoul, Korea. The Games ran through October 2, 1988.
1983 ~ Vanessa Williams (b. 1963) became the first African-American Miss America. She was forced to relinquish her crown later, however, when pictures of her in compromising positions were published in Penthouse magazine.
1980 ~ After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the independent trade union, Solidarity, was established.
1978 ~ The Camp David Accords, a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt, were signed by Israel and Egypt.
1976 ~ NASA unveiled its first Space Shuttle, the Enterprise.
1961 ~ The Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania opened, becoming the first retractable-dome stadium in the world.
1954 ~ The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding (1911 ~ 1993) was first published.
1928 ~ The Okeechobee hurricane Struck southeastern Florida. Over 2,500 people perished in the storm. The storm had formed on September 6 and dissipated on September 21, 1928.
1925 ~ Frida Kahlo (1907 ~ 1947) was seriously injured in a bus accident in Mexico. Her injuries were so severe that she was forced to give up her medical studies and turn to art instead.
1908 ~ The Wright Flyer, flown by Orville Wright (1871 ~ 1948) with passenger Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge (1882 ~ 1908), crashed. Selfridge was killed, becoming the first airplane fatality.
1862 ~ The Allegheny Arsenal, located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which housed ammunition for the American Civil War, exploded causing the largest civilian disaster during the War. By the time the fire caused by the explosion had been put out, 78 workers at the facility, mostly young women were dead. Most of the bodies could not be identified and were buried in a mass grave in a nearby cemetery.
1862 ~ The Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in the American Civil War, was fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Union General George McClellan (1826 ~ 1885) stopped General Robert E. Lee’s troops from advancing northward. At the end of the day, over 22,717 soldiers were either dead, wounded or missing.
1787 ~ The United States Constitution was signed in Philadelphia.
1778 ~ The Treaty of Fort Pitt was signed. It was the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe, the Delaware Indians.
1683 ~ Antonie van Leeuwehoek (1632 ~ 1723) wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing what he called “amiulcules,” which later became known as protozoa.
1394 ~ Charles VI, King of France (1368 ~ 1422) issued an order expelling all Jews from France.
1382 ~ Mary, (1371 ~ 1395), was crown “King” of Hungary. She reigned from 1382 to 1385. She was the daughter of Louis I, King of Hungary (1326 ~ 1382). Her 2nd reign was with her husband, Sigismund, from 1386 until her death from a fall from a horse when she was pregnant.
Good-byes:
2020 ~ Robert W. Gore (b. Apr. 15, 1937), American engineer and Gore-Tex inventor who helped waterproof the world. Gore-Tex is a waterproof and breathable fabric used in sportswear. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died at age 83 in Earleville, Maryland.
2019 ~ Cokie Roberts (née Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs; b. Dec. 27, 1943), American journalist who blazed a trail in Washington. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Senator Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs. She died of breast cancer at age 75 in Washington, D.C.
2017 ~ Lucy Ozarin (née Lucy Dorothy Ozarin; b. Aug. 18, 1914), American United States Navy lieutenant commander and psychiatrist. She was one of the first female psychiatrists in the Navy. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died a month after her 103rd birthday.
2016 ~ Charmian Carr (née Charmian Anne Farnon; b. Dec. 27, 1942), American actress and designer best known for her role as Liesel von Trapp in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She died at age 73 in Los Angeles, California.
2014 ~ George Hamilton IV (né George Hege Hamilton, IV; b. July 19, 1937), American clean-cut singer who became a country icon. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He died of a heart attack at age 77 in Nashville, Tennessee.
2014 ~ Guinter Kahn (b. May 11, 1934). German-born doctor who discovered a baldness remedy. He was a dermatologist credited with developing Rogaine. He was born in Trier, Germany. His family emigrated to the United States in 1938 to escape from Nazi Germany. He died at age 80 in Miami, Florida.
2014 ~ Gerald Larue (né Gerald Alexander Larue; b. June 20, 1916), Canadian-American religious scholar who questioned biblical truths. He had been an ordained minister, but later became agnostic. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He died at age 98 in Newport Beach, California.
2013 ~ Eiji Toyoda (b. Sept. 12, 1913), Japanese industrialist and founder of the Toyota Motor Company. He died 5 days following his 100th birthday in Tokyo, Japan.
2011 ~ Charles Percy (né Charles Harting Percy; b. Sept. 27, 1919), American United States GOP Senator from Illinois who stood for moderation. He served in the Senate from January 1967 until January 1985. He was born in Pensacola, Florida. He died 10 days before his 92nd birthday in Washington, D.C.
2006 ~ Patricia Kennedy Lawford (née Patricia Helen Kennedy; b. May 6, 1924), American socialite and member of the Kennedy clan. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. She died of pneumonia at age 82 in Manhattan, New York.
1997 ~ Red Skelton (né Richard Bennett Skelton; b. July 18, 1913), American actor and comedian. He was born in Vincennes, Indiana. He died at age 84 in Rancho Mirage, California.
1996 ~ Spiro T. Agnew (né Spiro Theodore Agnew; b. Nov. 9, 1918), 39th Vice President of the United States. He served under President Richard Nixon. He resigned the Office following an investigation of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He died at age 77 in Berlin, Maryland.
1994 ~ Sir Karl Popper (né Karl Raimund Popper; b. July 28, 1902), Austrian-British philosopher. He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He died at age 92 in London, England.
1985 ~ Laura Ashley (née Laura Mountney; b. Sept. 7, 1925), British fashion designer. She died just 10 days after her 60th birthday from a brain hemorrhage after falling down a flight of stairs.
1948 ~ Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (b. Jan. 2, 1895), Swedish diplomat and nobleman. During World War II, he negotiated the release of about 31,000 prisoners from German concentration camps. After the War, he was the United Nations Security Council mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1947-1948. He was assassinated by the Stern Group who believed that he was acting on behalf of the Arabs and was therefore a threat to the nascent country. He was from the House of Bernadotte. He was the son of Prince Oscar Bernadotte and Ebba Munck at Fulkila. He was the grandson of Oscar II, King of Sweden. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was killed in Jerusalem at age 53.
1948 ~ Ruth Benedict (née Ruth Fulton; b. June 5, 1887), American anthropologist and folklorist. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died at age 61.
1942 ~ Cecilia Beaux (b. May 1, 1855), American painter. She is best known for her portrait paintings. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died at age 87 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
1924 ~ William Lewis Douglas (b. Aug. 22, 1845), 42nd Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1905 until January 1906. He was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died 26 days after his 79th birthday in Boston, Massachusetts.
1916 ~ Seth Low (b. Jan. 18, 1850), 92nd Mayor of New York City. He was Mayor from January 1902 through December 1903. He had previously served as the President of Columbia University from 1890 until 1901. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of cancer at age 66 in Bedford Hills, New York.
1908 ~ Thomas Selfridge (né Thomas Etholen Selfridge; b. Feb. 8, 1882), American lieutenant and first known airplane crash fatality. He was a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died in Fort Myer, Virginia. He was 26 years old.
1899 ~ Charles Alfred Pillsbury (b. Dec. 3, 1842), American businessman and founder of the Pillsbury Company. He was born in Warner, New Hampshire. He died suddenly of a heart ailment at age 56 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1877 ~ Henry Fox Talbot (né William Henry Fox Talbot; b. Feb. 11, 1800), English photographer and inventor. He developed the Calotype process, a precursor of modern photography. He died at age 77.
1858 ~ Dred Scott (b. 1795), American slave who sued for his freedom in Dred Scott v. Sanford, which went before the United States Supreme Court. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 59 years old.
1836 ~ Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (b. Apr. 12, 1748), French botanist. He is credited with developing the classification for flowering plants. He was born in Lyon, Kingdom of France. He died at age 88 in Paris, France.
1721 ~ Marguerite Louise d’Orléans (b. July 28, 1645), Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany. She was the wife of Cosimo III de’Medici (1642 ~ 1723). She was of the House of Bourbon. She was the daughter of Gaston, Duke of d’Orléans and Marguerite of Lorraine. She was the granddaughter of Henry IV, King of France. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 76.
1676 ~ Sabbatai Zevi (b. Aug. 1, 1626), Sephardic-Turkish rabbi who claimed to be the Messiah. He ultimately was forced to convert to Islam by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV. He died at age 50.
1665 ~ Peter IV, King of Spain and King of Portugal (b. Apr. 8, 1605). He ruled Spain from March 1621 until his death in 1665; he ruled Portugal from March 1621 until December 1665. He was known as the Planet King. He was married twice. His first wife was Elisabeth of France (1602 ~ 1644). They had married in 1615. After her death, he married is 14-year-old niece in 1649, Archduchess Mariana of Austria (1634 ~ 1696). They were the parents of Charles II, King of Spain. He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the son of Philip III, King of Spain and Margaret of Austria. He died at age 60.
1609 ~ Judah Loew ben Bezalel (b. 1512), rabbi of Prague. He is best known for creating the Golem of Prague. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been born sometime between 1512 and 1526.
1424 ~ Catherine, Princess of Asturias (b. Oct. 5, 1422), 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.
1422 ~ Constantine II, Tsar of Bulgaria (b. 1370). He reigned from 1397 until his death 25 years later. He was of the House of Sratsimir. He was the son of Ivan Stratsimar and Anna Basarab. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
1025 ~ Hugh Magnus (b. 1007), King of France. He reigned from June 1017 until his death 8 years later. He was of the House of Capet. He was the son of Robert II, King of France and Constance of Arles. The exact date of his birth is not known. He is believed to have been about age 18 at the time of his death.
454 ~ Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria. The exact dates of his birth and death are unknown.
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