Birthdays:
1985 ~ Hasan Minhaj, Indian-American comedian. He was born in Davis, California.
1971 ~ Sean Spicer (né Sean Michael Spicer), White House Press Secretary. He served in the Donald Trump administration from January 2017 until July 2017. He was born in Manhasset, New York.
1970 ~ Ani DiFranco (née Angela Maria DiFranco), American singer-songwriter. She was born in Buffalo, New York.
1961 ~ William C. McCool (né William Cameron McCool; d. Feb. 1, 2003), American astronaut. He was the commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia. He was born in San Diego, California. He died at age 41 when the Columbiadisintegrated upon re-entry to the Earth.
1959 ~ Elizabeth Peña (née Elizabeth Maria Peña; d. Oct. 14, 2014), American actress. She was born in Columbia. She died 3 weeks after her 55th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1959 ~ Jason Alexander (né Jay Scott Greenspan), American actor best known for his role as George Costanza on Seinfeld. He was born in Newark, New Jersey.
1949 ~ Bruce Springsteen (né Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen), American musician, known as The Boss. He was born in Long Branch, New Jersey.
1947 ~ Mary Kay Place, American actress. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1930 ~ Ray Charles (né Ray Charles Robinson; d. June 10, 2004), African-American musician. He was blind from the age of 7. He was born in Albany, Georgia. He died of liver disease at age 73 in Beverly Hills, California.
1927 ~ Dale Velzy (d. May 26, 2005), American surfboard maker who defined the “surfer dude lifestyle.” He was born in Oakland, California. He died at age 77 in Mission Viejo, California.
1927 ~ Charles M. Harper (né Charles Michael Harper; d. May 30, 2016), American CEO who made healthy eating mainstream. He led ConAgra Foods from 1975 to 1993. After suffering from a heart attack in 1985, he radically changed his diet and developed Healthy Choice frozen foods. He was born in Michigan. He died at age 88 in Omaha, Nebraska.
1926 ~ John Coltrane (né John William Coltrane; d. July 17, 1967), American musician. He was born in Hamlet, North Carolina. He died at age 40 of liver cancer in Huntington, New York.
1926 ~ André Cassagnes (d. Jan. 16, 2013), French toymaker and creator of the Etch-A-Sketch. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 86.
1920 ~ Mickey Rooney (né Ninnian Joseph Yule, Jr.; d. Apr. 6, 2014), American child actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 93 in Studio City, California.
1917 ~ Knut Haugland (né Knut Magne Haugland; d. Dec. 25, 2009), Norwegian commando and resistance fighter during World War II who sailed on Kon-Tiki with Thor Heydedahl. He was born in Rjukan, Norway. He died at age 92 in Oslo, Norway.
1915 ~ Clifford Shull (né Clifford Glennwood Shull; d. Mar. 31, 2001), American physicist and recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died in Medford, Massachusetts at age 85.
1902 ~ Su Buqing (d. Mar. 17, 2003), Chinese mathematician. He died at age 100.
1901 ~ Jaroslav Seifert (d. Jan. 10, 1986), Czech poet and journalist. He was the recipient of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 84 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
1899 ~ Tom C. Clark (né Thomas Campbell Clark; d. June 13, 1977), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Harry S Truman. He served on the Supreme Court from August 1949 until June 1967. He replaced Frank Murray on the Court and was succeeded by Thurgood Marshall. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, he served as the 59th United States Attorney General under President Harry S Truman. He was born in Dallas, Texas. He died at age 77 in New York, New York.
1899 ~ Louise Nevelson (née Leah Berliawsky; d. Apr. 17, 1988), Russian-born American sculptor. She died at age 88 in New York, New York.
1889 ~ Walter Lippmann (d. Dec. 14, 1974), American journalist and political commentator. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 85.
1880 ~ John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr (d. June 25, 1971), Scottish physician and recipient of the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize for his research into nutrition and malnutrition. He died at age 90.
1876 ~ Moshe Zvi Segal (d. Jan. 11, 1968), Israeli rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He died at age 91.
1869 ~ Typhoid Mary Mallon (d. Nov. 11, 1938), Irish-American asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid fever. She is believed to have infected at least 50 people, and possibly over 100 people, with typhoid. She died at age 69 in North Brother Island, New York.
1865 ~ Suzanne Valadon (née Marie-Clémentine Valadon; d. Apr. 7, 1938), French model and artist. At age 18, she gave birth to painter Maurice Utrillo. She died at age 72 in Paris, France.
1863 ~ Mary Church Terrell (née Mary Church; d. July 24, 1954), African-American civil rights activist and author. She was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She died at age 90 in Annapolis, Maryland.
1851 ~ Ellen Hayes (née Ellen Amanda Hayes; d. Oct. 27, 1930), American mathematician and social activist. She was born in Granville, Ohio. She died in Wellesley, Massachusetts about a month after her 79th birthday.
1838 ~ Victoria Woodhull (née Victoria California Claflin; d. June 9, 1927), American suffragist. In 1872, she ran for President, however, she was under the constitutionally mandated age for being President at the time. In November 1853, she married Canning Woodhull. She was barely 15 years old at the time. Her husband was an alcoholic and a womanizer, so she divorced him, but kept his name because she had 2 children. She was born in Homer, Ohio. She died in England at age 88.
1816 ~ Elihu B. Washburne (né Elihu Benjamin Washburne; d. Oct. 23, 1887), 25th United States Secretary of State. He served under President Ulysses S. Grant for 11 days, from March 5, 1869 until March 16, 1869. He was born in Livermore, Maine. He died in Chicago, Illinois a month after his 71st birthday.
1756 ~ John McAdam (né John Loudon McAdam; d. Nov. 26, 1836), Scottish engineer, road builder and inventor. Without his invention would we still be driving on dirt roads? He died at age 80.
1713 ~ Ferdinand VI, King of Spain (d. Aug. 10, 1759). He ruled Spain from July 1746 until his death in 1759. He was known as Ferdinand the Just. He was married to Infanta Barbara of Portugal (1711 ~ 1758). They married in 1729. There were no children of this marriage. He was of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Philip V, King of Spain and Maria Luisa of Savoy. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 45.
1647 ~ Joseph Dudley (d. Apr. 2, 1720), Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was born and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He died at age 72.
1598 ~ Eleonora Gonzaga (d. June 27, 1655), Holy Roman Empress consort and Italian 2nd wife of Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman Emperor (1578 ~ 1637). They married in 1622. There were no children of this marriage. She was of the House of Gonzaga. She was the daughter of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantau and Eleanora de’Medici. She died at age 56.
1555 ~ Louise de Coligny (d. Nov. 9, 1620), Princess consort of Orange and fourth wife of William I, Prince of Orange (1533 ~ 1584), They married in 1575. He was her second husband. She had previously been married to Charles de Teligny (1535 ~ 1572), who had been murdered in the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre. She was of the House of Coligny. She was the daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval. She was a Huguenot. She died at age 65.
1215 ~ Kublai Khan (d. Feb. 18, 1294), Mongol Emperor and founder of the Yuan Dynasty. He reigned from May 1260 until his death 34 years later. He died at age 78.
1158 ~ Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. Aug. 19, 1186). He ruled as the Duke of Brittany from July 1181 until his death in August 1186. He was married to Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161 ~ 1201). Geoffrey was her first husband. He was of the House of Plantagenet/Angevin. He was the fourth son of Henry II, King of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. He was Roman Catholic. He died about a month before his 28th birthday.
480 BCE ~ Euripides (d. 406 BCE), The date ascribed to the birth of this Greek writer. How do historians know?
Events that Changed the World:
2015 ~ Pope Francis (b. 1936) began his first visit to the United States. He had begun his tour of North America on September 19.
2014 ~ Former Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals head, Bruce Greenstein, was indicted on 9 charges of felony perjury. In 2016, Jeff Landry (b. 1970) the newly elected Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, dropped all perjury charges.
2004 ~ Hurricane Jeanne struck in Haiti, killing over 3,000 people and caused massive flooding. The storm had formed on September 13 and dissipated on September 29, 2004.
1998 ~ Doctors Jean-Michel Dubernard (1941 ~ 2021) and Earl Owen (1934 ~ 2014) at the Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyons, France performed the first hand/arm transplant from one human to another. The hand was from a brain-dead donor, the done had lost his arm in an accident. Although the surgery was a success, the donor failed to follow the anti-rejection medication and, in 2001, asked to have the transplanted hand removed.
1973 ~ Juan Perón (1895 ~ 1974) returned to power in Argentina.
1972 ~ Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (1917 ~ 1989) announced the implementation of martial law.
1969 ~ The Chicago Eight trial began in Chicago. The defendants [Abbie Hoffman (1936 ~ 1989), Jerry Rubin (1938 ~ 1994), David Dellinger (1915 ~ 2004), Tom Hayden (1939 ~ 2016), Rennie Davis (1941 ~ 2021), John Froines (1939 ~ 2022) and Lee Weiner (b. 1939)] had been charged with conspiracy to incite riots related to the anti-Vietnam war protests that occurred during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Bobby Seale (b. 1936) had been one of the original Chicago Eight, but his trial was severed, leaving only 7 defendants in the September trial. Although the defendants were found guilty of the charges, the convictions were ultimately overturned.
1962 ~ The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.
1952 ~ Richard Nixon (Jan. 9, 1913 ~ Apr. 22, 1994) made his famous “Checkers” speech.
1941 ~ The Nazis began their experiment in mass murder with the first gas chambers at Auschwitz.
1932 ~ The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1911 ~ Earle Ovington (1879 ~ 1936), a pilot and assistant to Thomas Edison (1847 ~ 1931), piloted the first official air mail delivery. He delivered a bag of mail from Garden City, New York to Mineola, New York. The mail bag was dropped from the plane, but burst open upon landing on the ground, scattering all the mail!
1909 ~ The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux (1868 ~ 1927), was first published as a serialization in a French magazine.
1905 ~ Norway and Sweden signed the Karlstad treaty, which peacefully dissolved the Union between the two countries.
1889 ~ The Nintendo company was founded in Japan. The company originally made playing cards for a Japanese game. A century later, the company was a leader in computer games.
1846 ~ Neptune was discovered by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811 ~ 1877), British astronomer John Couch Adams (1819 ~ 1892), and German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle (1812 ~ 1910).
1806 ~ The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis (1774 ~ 1809) and William Clark (1770 ~ 1838) returned to St. Louis after their 3-year trek to the Pacific Northwest.
1779 ~ A squadron commanded by John Paul Jones (1747 ~ 1792) on the Bonhomme Richard, defeated the British in a naval battle during the American Revolutionary War.
1642 ~ Harvard College held its first commencement exercises.
1459 ~ At the Battle of Blore Heath, which was the first major battle of the English War of the Roses, the Yorkists won.
1338 ~ The Battle of Arnemuiden during the Hundred Years’ War was the first naval battle to involve gunpowder artillery.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Louise Fletcher (née Estelle Louise Fletcher; b. July 22, 1934), American actress. She is best known for her one chilling role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which earned her an Oscar. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She died at age 88 in Montdurausse, Tarn, France.
2021 ~ Pee Wee Ellis (né Alfred James Ellis; b. Apr. 21, 2021), African-American jazzman who helped shape the sound of funk. He was born 1941 Bradenton, Florida. He died at age 80.
2020 ~ Stuart Bowyer (né Charles Stuart Bowyer; b. Aug. 2, 1934), American astronomer. He persuaded NASA to launch the first satellite capable of observing extreme ultraviolet radiation and helped the University of California ~ Berkeley become a world leader in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). He was born in Toledo, Ohio. He died at age in Orinda, California of Covid-19.
2020 ~ Sir Harold Evans (né Harold Matthew Evans; b. June 28, 1928), British-American journalist and editor who exposed scandals and spies. During his time at the British Sunday Times, he outed British intelligence officer Kim Philby as a Russian spy. His 2nd wife was Tina Brown. He was born in Eccles, United Kingdom. He died at age 92 in New York, New York.
2018 ~ Sir Charles K. Kao (né Charles Kuen Kao; b. Nov. 4, 1933), Chinese-American and British physicist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 84.
2018 ~ David Wolkowsky (b. Aug. 25, 1919), American developer who revitalized Key West. He was born and died in Key West, Florida. He died about a month after his 99th birthday.
2013 ~ Dr. Ruth Patrick (née Ruth Myrtle Patrick; b. Nov. 26, 1907), American naturalist who stood guard over United States Rivers. She received her Ph.D. in botany in the 1930s. She was born in Topeka, Kansas. She died at age 105 in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.
2009 ~ Paul B. Fay (né Paul Burgess Fay, Jr.; b. July 8, 1918), acting United States Secretary of the Navy in November 1963. He resigned after the assassination of President Kennedy. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died at age 91 in Woodside, California.
1987 ~ Bob Fosse (né Robert Louis Fosse; b. June 23, 1927), American choreographer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of a heart attack at age 60 in Washington, D.C.
1973 ~ Pablo Neruda (né Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; b. July 12, 1904), Chilean poet and recipient of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died under mysterious circumstances at age 69. In 2013, his body was exhumed to determine whether or not he had been murdered. The results were indecisive.
1971 ~ James Waddell Alexander II (b. Sept. 19, 1888), American mathematician and topologist. He was born in Sea Bright, New Jersey. He died 4 days after his 84th birthday in Princeton, New Jersey.
1939 ~ Sigmund Freud (né Sigismund Schlomo Freud; b. May 6, 1856), Austrian physician and founder of psychoanalysis. He died at age 83 in London, England.
1929 ~ Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (b. Apr. 1, 1865), Austrian chemist and recipient of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research in colloids. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 64.
1900 ~ William Marsh Rice (b. Mar. 14, 1816), American businessman and founder of Rice University in Houston, Texas. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, but moved to Texas to seek his fortune, which he made in land investments. He lived in Houston for many years, but in 1882, he moved to New York City, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was murdered at age 84 in a plot hatched by his former attorney in an attempt to forge his will.
1889 ~ Wilkie Collins (né William Wilkie Collins; b. Jan. 8, 1824), British author best known for his novels, The Woman in White and Moonstone. He was born and died in London, England. He died of a stroke at age 65.
1877 ~ Urbain Le Verrier (né Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier; b. Mar. 11, 1811), French mathematician who is best known for his work with John Couch Adams and their discovery of Neptune. They were credited with the planet’s discovery almost exactly 31 years to the day earlier! He died at age 66 in Paris, France.
1840 ~ Nathanael Emmons (b. Apr. 20, 1745), American Congregational minister and theologian. He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut and died in Franklin, Massachusetts. He died at age 95.
1830 ~ Elizabeth Monroe (née Elizabeth Jane Kortright, b. June 30, 1768), First Lady and wife of President James Monroe. Due to health issues, however, many of the hosting duties fell to her daughter, Eliza Monroe Hay. She was born in New York, New York. She died at age 62 in Richmond, Virginia.
1657 ~ Joachim Jungius (b. Oct. 22, 1587), German mathematician and philosopher. He died a month before his 70thbirthday.
1535 ~ Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. Sept. 24, 1513), Queen consort of Sweden. She was the first wife of Gustav I, King of Sweden (1496 ~ 1560). They married in 1531. They were the parents of Eric XIV, King of Sweden. She was of the House of Ascania. She was the daughter of Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg and Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She died 1 day before her 22nd birthday from a fall while pregnant, which led to complications of childbirth.
1508 ~ Beatrice of Naples (b. Nov. 16, 1457), Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia. She was married twice. She was married first to Matthias Corvinus (1443 ~ 1490) and then to Vladislaus II (1456 ~ 1516), both of whom were kings of Hungary and Bohemia. In 1490, she and Vladislaus married while he was still married to his first wife. In 1500, Pope Alexander VI declared her marriage illegal and dissolved the marriage of the King’s first marriage as well. She was of the House of Trastámara. She was the daughter of Ferdinand I, King of Naples and Isabella of Clermont. She was born and died in Naples. She died at age 50.
1463 ~ Giovanni di Comiso de’Medici (b. June 3, 1421), Italian noble, banker and patron of the arts. He was married to Ginevra Alessandri. He was the son of Cosimo de’Medici and Contessina de’Bardi. He died at age 42.
1461 ~ Charles, Prince of Viana (b. May 29, 1421). He is sometime called Charles IV, King of Navarre, but his reign is in dispute. In 1439, he married Agnes of Cleves (1422 ~ 1448). He was of the House of Trastámara. He was the son of John II, King of Aragon and Blanche I, Queen of Navarre. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 40.
1267 ~ Beatrice, Countess of Provence (b. 1229). She was the countess regnant of Provence from August 1245 until her death in 1267. She was also the Queen consort of Sicily and Naples through her marriage to Charles I, King of Sicily. She was his first wife. She was of the House of Barcelona. She was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about 37 or 38 at the time of her death.
1253 ~ Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (b. 1205), King of Bohemia from 1230 until his death in 1253. He was known as One-Eye. He was married to Kunigunde of Swabia. He was of the House of Přemyslid. He was the son of Ottokar I, King of Bohemia and Constance of Hungary. The date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been about 48 at the time of his death.
788 ~ Ælfwald I, King of Northumbria. Little is known about him other than he reigned from 779 until his murder in 788.
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