Birthdays:
1987 ~ Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, model and singer. She was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1962 ~ Jennifer Egan, American novelist. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1955 ~ Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1994 Fields Medal. He was born in Khabarovsk, Russia.
1954 ~ Corbin Bernsen (né Corbin Dean Bernsen), American actor best known his role as Arnie Becker on LA Law. His mother was Jeanne Cooper who played Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. He was born in North Hollywood, California.
1951 ~ Chrissie Hynde (née Christine Ellen Hynde), American singer and guitarist. She was a member of The Pretenders. She was born in Akron, Ohio.
1950 ~ Julie Kavner (née Julie Deborah Kavner), American actress best known as the voice of Marge Simpson on the TV show, The Simpsons. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1950 ~ Peggy Noonan (née Margaret Ellen Noonan), American journalist and political speechwriter. She was the primary speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan. She was born in New York, New York.
1943 ~ Gloria Gaynor (née Gloria Fowles), African-American singer. She is best known for her disco song I Will Survive. She was born in Newark, New Jersey.
1939 ~ Stanislav Petrov (né Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov; d. May 19, 2017), Soviet missile defense officer who averted a nuclear war. In 1983, alarm bells rang, but Petrov doubted the reliability of the anti-missile system, believing it to be a false alarm. He did nothing and did not activate Soviet missiles pointed towards the United States. He died at age 77.
1936 ~ Buddy Holly (né Charles Hardin Holly, d. Feb. 3, 1959), American singer. American singer who was killed in a plane crash along with Ritchie Vallens and the Big Bopper. He was born in Lubbock, Texas. He was killed at age 22 in Clear Lake, Iowa.
1934 ~ Meir Brandsdorfer (d. May 13, 2009), Belgian-Israeli rabbi. He was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He died at age 74 of cardio-vascular disease in Jerusalem, Israel.
1930 ~ Baudouin, King of Belgium (d. July 31, 1993). He ruled Belgium from July 1951 until his death in July 1993. He was also the last Belgium monarch to be sovereign over the Congo. In 1960, he married Fabiola Fernanda María-de-las-Victoria Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón (1928 ~ 2014). They did not have any children. He was of the House of Belgium. He was the son of Leopold III, King of Belgium and Astrid of Sweden. He was Roman Catholic. He died of heart failure at age 62. Upon his death, the crown went to his younger brother, Albert II, King of Belgium.
1928 ~ Donald A. Henderson (né Donald Ainslie Henderson; d. Aug. 19, 2016), American doctor and epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox. He was born in Lakewood, Ohio. He died 19 days before his 88th birthday in Baltimore, Maryland.
1926 ~ Ronnie Gilbert (née Ruth Alice Gilbert; d. June 6, 2015), American folksinger who was blacklisted in the 1950s during a period of anti-communist sediment due to her left-wing sympathies. She was one of the original members of The Weavers. She was born in New York, New York. She died in Mill Valley, California. She was 88 years old.
1925 ~ Laura Ashley (née Laura Mountney; d. Sept. 17, 1985), British fashion designer. She died just 10 days after her 60th birthday from a brain hemorrhage after falling down a flight of stairs.
1925 ~ Robert Jastrow (d. Feb. 8, 2008), American astronomer who brought outer space down to earth. He was also a science writer. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 82 in Arlington, Virginia.
1924 ~ Daniel Inouye (né Daniel Ken Inouye, d. Dec. 17, 2012), American politician and United States Senator from Hawaii. He was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. He died at age 88 in Bethesda, Maryland.
1923 ~ Peter Lawford (né Peter Sydney Ernest Alyen, d. Dec. 24, 1984), English-American actor. He was the former brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy during his marriage to the President’s sister, Patricia. He had married several times, but Patricia Kennety was his first wife. He was born in London, England. He died in Los Angeles, California at age 61 of cardiac arrest, complicated by renal and liver failure.
1917 ~ Sir John Cornforth (né John Warcup Comforth, Jr.; d. Dec. 8, 2013), Australian chemist and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He died at age 96.
1916 ~ Maida Heatter (d. June 6, 2019), American amateur baker who became dessert royalty. She became a cookbook author who specialized in baking and desserts. She was born in Baldwin, New York. She died at age 102 in Miami Beach, Florida.
1915 ~ Kiyoshi Itō (d. Nov. 10, 2008), Japanese mathematician. He died at age 93 in Kyoto, Japan.
1915 ~ Richard E. Cole (né Richard Eugene Cole; d. Apr. 9, 2019), American career Air Force officer and aviator who raided Tokyo with Lt. Col. James Dooley. He was the last living Doolittle Raider. He was born in Dayton, Ohio. He died at age 103 in San Antonio, Texas.
1914 ~ James Van Allen (né James Alfred Van Allen; d. Aug. 9, 2006), American physicist. The Van Allen radiation belts are named in his honor. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He died a month before his 92nd birthday in Iowa City, Iowa.
1912 ~ David Packard (d. Mar. 26, 1996), American businessman and co-founder of Hewlett-Packard. He also served as the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 1969 to December 1971 during the Nixon Administration. He was born in Pueblo, Colorado. He died at age 83 in Stanford, California.
1911 ~ Todor Zhivkov (né Todor Hristov Zhivkov; d. Aug. 5, 1998), Prime Minister of Bulgaria. He served in that position from November 1962 until July 1971. He died a month before his 87th birthday in Sofia, Bulgaria.
1909 ~ Elia Kazan (né Elias Kazantzoglou; d. Sept. 28, 2003), Greek-American actor and movie director. He was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (what is now Istanbul, Turkey). He died 3 weeks after his 94th birthday in New York, New York.
1908 ~ Michael DeBakey (né Michel Dabaghi; d. July 11, 2008), Lebanese-American cardiologist, surgeon and inventor, best known for being a pioneer in heart transplants. He made heart transplants seem routine. He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He died at age 99 in Houston, Texas.
1904 ~ C.B. Colby (né Carroll Burleigh Colby; d. Oct. 31, 1977), American children’s author. He was born in Claremont, New Hampshire. He died at age 73 in Westchester County, New York.
1900 ~ Taylor Caldwell (née Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell; d. Aug. 30, 1985), English-born American novelist. She is best known for her novel entitled Captains and the Kings. She was born in Manchester, England. She died in Greenwich, Connecticut 8 days before her 85th birthday.
1887 ~ Dame Edith Sitwell (née Edith Louisa Sitwell; d. Dec. 9, 1964), British poet and critic. She died at age 77 in London, England.
1885 ~ Elinor Wylie (née Elinor Morton Hoyt; d. Dec. 16, 1928), American author and poet. She was born in Somerville, New Jersey. She died of a stroke at age 43 in New York, New York.
1875 ~Edward Francis Hutton (d. July 11, 1962), American businessman and financier. He was a co-founder of E.F. Hutton & Company. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died at age 86 in Old Westbury, New York.
1860 ~ Grandma Moses (née Anna Mary Robertson; d. Dec. 13, 1961), American folk artist. She took up painting at age 78. She was born in Greenwich, New York. She died at age 101 in Hoosick Falls, New York.
1836 ~ Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (d. Apr. 22, 1908), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was Prime Minister from December 1905 until his death on this date in April 1908 during the reign of Edward VII, King of Great Britain. He died at age 71, just 19 days after he resigned as Prime Minister while he was still living at 10 Downing Street, London, England.
1819 ~ Thomas A. Hendricks (né Thomas Andrew Hendricks; d. Nov. 25, 1885), 21st Vice President of the United States. He served under President Grover Cleveland for only 8 months, from March 1885 until his sudden death in Office at age 66 in November 1885. He was born in Fultonham, Ohio. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1818 ~ Thomas Talbot (d. Oct. 6, 1885), 31st Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1879 until January 1880. He was born in Cambridge, New York. He died in Lowell, Massachusetts a month after his 67th birthday.
1817 ~ Louise of Hesse-Kassel (d. Sept. 29, 1898), Queen consort of Denmark and wife of Christian IX, King of Denmark. They married in 1842. She was of the House of Hesse-Kassel. She was the daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Charlotte of Denmark. She died 22 days after her 81st birthday.
1707 ~ Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (d. Apr. 16, 1788), French mathematician. He died at age 80 in Paris, France.
1683 ~ Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. Aug. 14, 1754), Queen consort of Portugal. She was married to John V, King of Portugal. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor Magdalene of Neuburg. She died about 3 weeks before her 71st birthday.
1533 ~ Elizabeth I, Queen of England (d. Mar. 24, 1603). She ruled England from 1558 until her death in 1603, nearly 50 years later. She never married. She was of the House of Tudor. She was the daughter of Henry VIII, King of England and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. She died at age 69.
1524 ~ Thomas Erastus (d. Dec. 31, 1583), Swiss physician and theologian. He argued that sinners should be punished by the government, and not the Church, believing that the Church should not withhold sacraments to sinners. He died at age 59 in Basel, Switzerland.
Events that Changed the World:
2022 ~ A 19-year-old gunman went on a shooting spree in Memphis, Tennessee. He killed 4 people and injured 4 others, while broadcasting his shootings on Facebook Live. He was subsequently arrested.
2021 ~ First day of Rosh Hashanah.
2020 ~ Labor Day in the United States
2017 ~ An 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Chiapas, Mexico. Over 100 people were killed in the quake.
2015 ~ Labor Day in the United States.
2008 ~ The United States government took control over the mortgaging companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2004 ~ Hurricane Ivan hit Grenada as a Category 5 storm, killing nearly 40 people. The storm had formed on September 2 and dissipated by September 25, 2004.
1999 ~ A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Athens, Greece, killing over 140 people, and leaving over 50,000 people homeless.
1979 ~ The Chrysler Corporation sought a $1.5 Billion hand-out from the United States government to avoid bankruptcy.
1979 ~ The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) began broadcasting.
1978 ~ While walking across the Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov (1929 ~ 1978) was assassinated when he was hit with a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella by a Bulgarian secret police agent.
1953 ~ Nikita Khrushchev (1894 ~ 1971) was elected as the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1943 ~ A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas killed over 50 people. This fire remains the worst loss of life in a fire in that city’s history.
1942 ~ Over 8,700 Jews from Kolomyia in the western Ukraine were sent to the Belzec concentration camp.
1940 ~ The Blitz of London in World War II began. The bombing lasted for 57 consecutive nights.
1927 ~ The first fully electronic television system was achieved by Philo Farnsworth (1901 ~ 1971).
1923 ~ The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) was formed.
1921 ~ The first Miss American Pageant was held. It was a two-day event in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman (1905 ~ 1995) would be crowned the first Miss America on the second day of the event.
1901 ~ The Boxer Rebellion during the Qing dynasty in China officially ended with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1896 ~ Physician Ludwig Wilhelm Rehn (1849 ~ 1930) Carl conducted the first successful heart surgery when he repaired a stab wound suffered by a 22-year-old man.
1864 ~ General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 ~ 1891) ordered the evacuation of Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War.
1822 ~ Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
1818 ~ Carl III (1763 ~ 1844) of Sweden-Norway was crowned King of Norway.
1813 ~ The United States got its nickname of Uncle Sam.
1654 ~ The first Jewish immigrants in North America fled from Recife, Brazil, after Portugal took control of the country. The Jews settled in what was is now New York. The Dutch West Indies Company allowed them to stay despite the opposition of Governor Peter Stuyvesant (1610 ~ 1672).
1630 ~ The City of Boston, Massachusetts was founded.
1228 ~ Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194 ~ 1250) landed in Acre, in what is now Israel, and started the Sixth Crusade. This ultimately resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
878 ~ Louie the Stammerer (846 ~ 879) was crown king of West Francia by Pope John VIII (d. 882). He became known as Louis II, King of West Francia.
70 ~ The tradition date ascribed to when the Roman army under Titus occupied and plundered Jerusalem.
Good-Byes:
2017 ~ Gene Michael (né Eugene Richard Michael; b. June 2, 1938), American professional shortstop who built a Yankees dynasty. He was known as the Stick due to his lanky physique. He was born in Kent, Ohio. He died of a heart attack at age 79 in Oldsmar, Florida.
2016 ~ Bobby Chacon (b. Nov. 28, 1951), American professional boxing champion who was haunted by tragedy. In 1982, his first wife died by suicide. In 1991, his son was killed in a gang slaying. He was born in Pacoima, California. He died at age 64 in Lake Elsinore, California from a fall.
2016 ~ Norbert Schemansky (b. May 30, 1924), American Olympic gold medalist who received little acclaim at home. He was an Olympian weightlifter who competed in the 1948, 1952, 1960, and 1964 Olympics. During his 27-year weight-lifting career, he shattered 26 world records. During his career, however, there were no endorsements and no money for athletes and weightlifting was virtually unknown in the American public. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died at age 92 in Dearborn, Michigan.
2015 ~ Dickie Moore (né John Richard Moore, Jr.; b. Sept. 12, 1925), American child superstar who survived the Hollywood limelight. He was one of the last surviving actors to have appeared in silent films. He appeared in such films as Our Gang and Sergeant York. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died 5 days before his 90th birthday in Wilton, Connecticut.
2010 ~ Barbara Holland (née Barbara Murray Holland; b. Apr. 5, 1933), American writer who celebrated her vices, such as drinking and smoking cigarettes. She was born in Washington, D.C. She died at age 77 of lung cancer in Bluemont, Virginia.
2010 ~ John Kluge (né John Werner Kluge; b. Sept. 21, 1914), German-born American immigrant who build a media empire. He was born in Chemnitz, Germany. He died 2 weeks before his 96th birthday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
2003 ~ Warren Zevon (né Warren William Zevon; b. Jan. 24, 1947), American musician. He is best known for his song,Werewolves of London. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of cancer at age 56 in Los Angeles, California.
2002 ~ Uziel Gal (né Gotthard Glas; b. Dec. 15, 1923), Israeli firearms designed and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun. He was born in Weimar, Germany. He died of cancer at age 78 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1991 ~ Edwin McMillan (né Edwin Mattison McMillan; b. Sept. 18, 1907), American physicist and recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Redondo Beach, California. He died less than 2 weeks before his 84th birthday in El Cerrito, California.
1985 ~ George Pólya (b. Dec. 13, 1887), Hungarian-American mathematician. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He died at age 97 in Palo Alto, California.
1981 ~ Christy Brown (b. June 5, 1932), Irish painter and writer. He had cerebral palsy and was able to write and paint only with his feet. His autobiography was entitled My Left Foot, which was later made into a film by the same name. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He died at age 49 in England.
1978 ~ Keith Moon (né Keith John Moon; b. Aug. 23, 1946), British musician who was the drummer for The Who. He died of a drug overdose 15 days after his 32nd birthday in London, England.
1969 ~ Everett Dirksen (né Everett McKinley Dirksen, b. Jan. 4, 1896), United States Republican Senator from Illinois. The Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., is named in his honor. He was born in Pekin, Illinois. He died at age 73 in Washington, D.C.
1965 ~ Jesse Douglas (d. July 3, 1897), American mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1936 Fields Medal for his general solution to Plateau’s problem. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 68.
1964 ~ Walter A. Brown (b. Feb. 10, 1905), American businessman. He was the founder and original owner of the Boston Celtics basketball team. He was also instrumental in the development of ice hockey in the United States. He was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. He died at age 59 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
1962 ~ Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke, (née Karen Christenze Denesen; b. Apr. 17, 1885), Danish author who wrote under the name Isak Dinesen. She is best known for her memoir, Out of Africa. She was born and died in Rungsted, Denmark. She died at age 77.
1951 ~ John Sloan (né John French Sloan; b. Aug. 2, 1871), American artist. He is considered one of the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. He was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. He died of cancer about a month after his 80th birthday in Hanover, New Hampshire.
1893 ~ Hamilton Fish (b. Aug. 3, 1808), 26th United States Secretary of State. He served under Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes. He served in that Office from March 1869 through March 1877. He had previously served as the Governor of New York, from January 1849 through December 1950. He was born in New York, New York. He died in Garrison, New York about a month after his 85th birthday.
1892 ~ John Greenleaf Whittier (b. Dec. 17, 1807), American poet, Quaker, and abolitionist. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and died in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He died at age 84.
1799 ~ Jan Igenhousz (b. Dec. 8, 1730), Dutch physiologist, biologist and chemist best known for discovering the process of photosynthesis by showing that light is essential to the process by which green plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. He was born in Breda, Netherlands. He died at age 86 in the United Kingdom.
1731 ~ Eudoxia Lopukhina (née Evdokiya Feodorovna Lopukhina; b. Aug. 9, 1669), Tsaritsa consort of Russia and first wife of Peter I, Tsar of Russia (1672 ~ 1725), also known as Peter the Great. They married in 1689. Her husband despised her conservative relatives and abandoned her for another woman. They divorced in 1698. She was also the last ethnic Russian and non-foreign spouse of a Russian monarch. She was of the House of Lopukhin. She was the daughter of Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin and Ustinia Bogdanovna Rtishcheva. She was Eastern Orthodox. She died a month after her 62nd birthday.
1573 ~ Joanna, Archduchess of Austria (b. June 24, 1535), Hereditary Princess of Portugal and wife of John Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1537 ~ 1554). They married in 1552. He died 2 years later, before ascending to the Portuguese throne and leaving her a widow with an infant son. Their infant son became Sebastian, King of Portugal. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 38.
1496~ Ferdinand II, King of Naples (b. Aug. 26, 1467). He ruled Naples from January 1495 until his death in September 1496. He was married to his aunt, Joanna of Naples (1479 ~ 1518). He was 29 and she was 17 at the time of their marriage. He was of the House of Trastámara. He was the son of Alfonso II, King of Naples and Ippolita Maria Sforza. He was Roman Catholic. He had been ill with malaria and died soon after his wedding and less than 2 weeks after his 29th birthday.
1450 ~ Catherine Karlsdotter, Queen consort of Sweden and second wife of Charles VIII, King of Sweden and Norway (1409 ~ 1470). Little is known of her life. She was of the House of Grumsehufvud. She was the daughter of Karl Ormsson and an unnamed mother. The date of her birth is unknown. She died of the plague in 1450 in Stockholm, Sweden.
1362 ~ Princess Joan of England (b. July 5, 1321), Queen consort of Scotland and first wife of David II, King of Scotland (1324 ~ 1371). They married in 1328. She was known as Joan of the Tower because she was born in the Tower of London. She was of the House of Plantagenet. She was the daughter of Edward II, King of England and Princess Isabella of France. She died at age 41. She was most likely a victim of the Black Death.
1312 ~ Ferdinand IV, King of Castile (b. Dec. 6, 1285). He reigned from April 1295 until his death in September 1312. He was known as The Summoned. He was married to Infanta Constance of Portugal. He was of the Castilian House of Ivrea. He was the son of Sancho IV, King of Castile and Maria de Molina. He was Roman Catholic. He was 26 years old at the time of his death.
1151 ~ Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (b. Aug. 24, 1113). He was known as Geoffrey the Handsome. In 1128, he married to Matilda, Empress of England (1102 ~ 1167). He was her second husband. He was the founder of the House of Plantagenet. He was the son of Fulk, King of Jerusalem and Ermendgarde, Countess of Maine. He died suddenly just 14 days after his 38th birthday.
1134 ~ Alfonso I, King of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1070s). He was known as Alfonso the Battler. He ruled Aragon and Navarre from September 1104 until his death 30 years later. In 1109, he married Urraca of Léon and Castile, however, the marriage was annulled 3 years later on grounds of sanguinity. He was of the House of Jiménez. He was the son of Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon and Felicie de Roucy. He was Roman Catholic. The date of his birth is not known. He died at about age 60.
859 ~ Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (b. July 27, 810), Chinese emperor. He was the last emperor of the Tang dynasty. He died at age 49.
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