Birthdays:
1969 ~ Gwen Stefani (née Gwen Renée Stefani), American singer-songwriter. She was born in Fullerton, California.
1966 ~ Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane (d. Dec. 31, 2000), American-Israeli rabbi and scholar. He was the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane. He was born in New York, New York. He and his wife were shot and killed in a settlement near Ofra in Israel. He was 34 years old.
1964 ~ Clive Owen, British actor.
1962 ~ Tommy Lee (né Thomas Lee Bass), American songwriter and drummer. He was born in Athens, Greece.
1959 ~ Greg Proops (né Gregory Everett Proops), American comedian and actor. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
1954 ~ Stevie Ray Vaughn (né Stephen Ray Vaughn; d. Aug. 27, 1990), American musician. He was born in Dallas, Texas. He was killed in a helicopter accident over East Troy, Wisconsin at age 35.
1954 ~ Dennis Eckersley (né Dennis Lee Eckersley), American professional baseball player. He played for several teams, including the Boston Red Sox (1978 ~ 1984). He was born in Oakland, California.
1947 ~ Fred DeLuca (né Frederick Adrian DeLuca; d. Sept. 14, 2015), American businessman and co-founder of the Subway sandwich shops. He was born in New York, New York. He died of leukemia less than 3 weeks before his 68thbirthday in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.
1947 ~ John Perry Barlow (d. Feb. 7, 2018), American rock lyricist for the Grateful Dead who became an internet activist. Born in Cora, Wyoming, he was a cattle rancher and a cyberlibertarian political activist. He died at age 70 in San Francisco, California.
1945 ~ Michael C. Gross (d. Nov. 16, 2015), American designer and graphic artist who created the Ghostbusters logo. He was born in Newburgh, New York. He died of cancer at age 70 in Oceanside, California.
1944 ~ Roy Horn (né Uwe Ludwig Horn; d. May 8, 2020), German-American magician and half of the famed illusionist team of Siegfried and Roy. They dazzled Las Vegas audiences for decades by levitating tigers, making elephants disappear, and transforming themselves into snakes. He was seriously mauled by a tiger during a show in 2003 on his 59th birthday. He died at age 75 in Las Vega, Nevada of Covid-19.
1944 ~ Pierre René, Viscount Deligne, Belgian mathematician. He is best known for his work on the Weil conjectures. He was the recipient of the 1978 Fields Medal. He was born in Etterbeek, Belgium,
1941 ~ Chubby Checkers (né Ernest Evans), African-American singer-songwriter. He is best known for popularizing such dances as The Twist. He was born in Spring Gully, South Carolina.
1938 ~ Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peruvian businessman and politician. He served as the 59th President of Peru from July 2016 until March 2018. He was born in Lima, Peru.
1935 ~ Charles Duke (né Charles Moss Duke, Jr.), American astronaut and test pilot. He was the lunar-module pilot on Apollo 16, the fifth manned lunar mission. The mission landed in the lunar highlands and collected 213 pounds of moon rocks. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1928 ~ Richard Stolley (né Richard Brockway Stolley; d. June 16, 2021), American journalist and founder of Peoplemagazine. He is best known for acquiring the Zapruder tape. He was born in Pekin, Illinois. He died at age 92 in Evanston, Illinois.
1927 ~ Nancy Hatch Dupree (née Nancy Hatch; d. Sept. 10, 2017), American-Afghan historian who became “Afghanistan’s grandmother”. Her work focused mainly on the history of modern Afghanistan. She was born in Cooperstown, New York. She died at age 89 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
1925 ~ Gore Vidal (né Eugene Louis Vidal; d. July 31, 2012), American author and literary juggernaut who charted America’s decline. He was known for his epigrammatic wit. His writings interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. He was also heavily involved in politics. He was born in West Point, New York. He died at age 86 in Hollywood Hills, California.
1925 ~ George Wein (d. Sept. 13, 2021), American jazz lover who remade the music festival. In 1954, he founded the Newport Jazz Festival, which is held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts. He died 20 days before his 96th birthday in New York, New York.
1925 ~ Simone Segouin (d. Feb. 21, 2023), French Resistance fighter during World War II. She is known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet. She was born in Chartres, France. She died at age 97 in Courville-sur-Eure.
1919 ~ James Buchanan (né James McGill Buchanan, Jr.; d. Jan. 9, 2013), American economist and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on public choice theory. He was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He died at age 93 in Blacksburg, Virginia.
1916 ~ James Herriot (né James Alfred Wight; d. Feb. 23, 1995), English veterinarian and author. He is best known for his autobiographical books of stories of his experience as a country veterinarian, such as All Creatures Great and Small. He died of prostate cancer at age 78.
1904 ~ Charles J. Pedersen (né Charles John Pedersen; d. Oct. 26, 1989), American organic chemist and recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Busan, Korean Empire. He died 3 weeks after his 85th birthday in Salem, New Jersey.
1900 ~ Thomas Wolfe (né Thomas Clayton Wolfe; d. Sept. 15, 1938). American author best known for his novel, Look Homeward, Angel. He was born in Asheville, North Carolina. He died 18 days before his 38th birthday of complications of “military” tuberculosis of the brain in Baltimore, Maryland.
1898 ~ Zizi Lambrino (née Joanna Marie Valentina Lambrino; d. Mar. 11, 1953), first wife of Carol II, King of Romania (1893 ~ 1953). They married in 1918. They married when he was known as Prince Carol. She was a commoner and the Carol’s parents opposed the marriage and force an annulment in 1919, claiming that the marriage was unconstitutional. They were the parents of Carol Lambrino. She was born in Roman, Romania. She died at age 54 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
1897 ~ Louis Aragon (d. Dec. 24, 1982), French poet and leader in the French surrealist movement in France. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 85.
1894 ~ Elmer Robinson (né Elmer Edward Robinson; d. June 9, 1982), American politician and 33rd Mayor of San Francisco. He served as Mayor from 1948 until 1856. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died at age 87 in Paradise, California.
1889 ~ Carl von Ossietzky (d. May 4, 1938), German pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German re-armament. He was born in Hamburg, German Empire. He died at age 48 under Gestapo surveillance from complications of tuberculosis and from the after-effects of abuse he had suffered after having been arrested by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp.
1837 ~ Nicolás Avellandeda (né Nicholás Remingio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva; d. Nov. 24, 1885), President of Argentina. He was in Office from October 1874 until October 1880. He died at age 48 at sea while returning from France for medical treatment.
1800 ~ George Bancroft (d. Jan. 17, 1891), 17th United States Secretary of the Navy during the James Polk administration. He served in that capacity from March 1845 until September 1846. During his tenure as Secretary of the Navy, in 1845 he established the United States Navy Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He died at age 90 in Washington, D.C.
1458 ~ Saint Casimir (d. Mar. 4, 1484), Polish prince and Saint in the Catholic Church. He was known for his piety, devotion to God, and generosity towards the sick and poor. He was of the Jagiellon Dynasty. He was the second son of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elizabeth of Austria. He died at age 25 of tuberculosis.
1390 ~ Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (d. Feb. 23, 1447), English prince and member of the British royal family. He was married twice. His first wife was Jacqueline of Hainaut (1401 ~ 1436). They married in 1422. After this marriage was annulled, he married Eleanor Cobham (1400 ~ 1452). This marriage was also annulled. He was of the House of Lancaster. He was the fourth and youngest son of Henry IV, King of England and Mary de Bohun. He died at age 56.
Events that Changed the World:
2022 ~ The Nobel Committee announced that Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo (b. Apr. 20, 1955) was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in evolutionary genetics.
2016 ~ Rosh HaShanah.
2003 ~ On his 59th birthday, Roy Horn (1944 ~ 2020), half of the entertainment duo of Siegfried and Roy, was attacked by one of his tigers. The show was cancelled during his recovery but restarted again in 2009.
1995 ~ O.J. Simpson (b. 1947) was acquitted of the murders of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson (1959 ~ 1994) and her friend, Ronald Goldman (1968 ~ 1994).
1991 ~ The Nobel Committee announced that South African author, Nadine Gordimer (1923 ~ 2014), was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature.
1990 ~ The German Democratic Republic ceased to exist as it merged into the Federal Republic of Germany. Former East German citizens became part of the European Union. This day is now celebrated as German Unity Day.
1985 ~ The Space Shuttle Atlantis made its maiden flight.
1962 ~ Astronaut Wally Schirra (1923 ~ 2007) orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 space craft in a nine-hour flight that was part of the Mercury program.
1957 ~ The California State Superior Court ruled that Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems was not obscene material.
1955 ~ The Mickey Mouse Club TV made its debut on ABC television. The final episode aired on March 7, 1996.
1932 ~ Iraq gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
1929 ~ The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes became known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1918 ~ Boris III, King of Bulgaria (1894 ~ 1943) began his reign over the country. He was king until his death at age 49 in August 1943.
1872 ~ The Bloomingdale brothers, Joseph (1842 ~ 1904) and Lyman (1841 ~ 1905), opened their first department store in New York City. The store was unique because it sold a wide range of high-end clothing. Most clothing shops at the time sold just one item, such as hats or gloves.
1863 ~ President Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865) declared the last Thursday of November to be declared Thanksgiving Day.
1849 ~ Edgar Allan Poe (1809 ~ 1949) was found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the last time he was seen alive in public. He was taken to the Washington Medical College where he died 4 days later.
1789 ~ President George Washington (1732 ~ 1799) proclaimed a Thanksgiving Day. It would not become a national holiday, however, until 1863.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Neal M. Sher (b. Aug. 29, 1947), American federal investigator who brought Nazi war criminals to justice. He served as an attorney as the Head of the United States’s Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 74 in Manhattan, New York.
2021 ~ Todd Akin (né William Todd Akin; b. July 5, 1947), American politician. He served as a Missouri Republican Representative in the United States House of Representatives. His political career crashed after he in an interview discussing abortion, he claimed that “legitimate rape” rarely resulted in pregnancy. He was born in New York, New York. He died of prostate cancer at age 74 in Wildwood, Missouri.
2018 ~ Leon Lederman (né Leon Max Lederman; b. July 15, 1922), American physicist and mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is known for his 1993 book The God Particle, which established the importance of the Higgs boson. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 96 in Rexburg, Idaho.
2006 ~ John Crank (b. Feb. 6, 2016), British mathematician. He died at age 90.
2004 ~ Janet Leigh (née Jeanette Helen Morrison; b. July 6, 1927), American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Marion Crane, the murder victim, in the Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Psycho. She was the mother of actress Jamie Lee Curtis. She was born in Merced, California. She died of a heart attack at age 77 in Beverly Hills, California.
2003 ~ William Steig (b. Nov. 14, 1907), American cartoonist and children’s author, whose most familiar character is the ogre, Shrek. He was born in New York, New York. He died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 95.
1999 ~ Akio Morita (b. Jan. 26, 1921), Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony. He died of pneumonia at age 78 in Toyko, Japan.
1990 ~ Stefano Casiraghi (b. Sept. 8, 1960), Italian-Monegasque businessman. He was the second husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1957). He was born in Como, Italy. He was killed in an offshore powerboat racing accident off the coast of Monaco. He died about a month after his 30th birthday.
1990 ~ Beatrice Alexander (née Bertha Alexander; b. Mar. 9, 1895), American dollmaker and founder of the Alexander Doll Company. She was known as Madame Alexander. She was born in New York, New York. She died at age 95 in Palm Beach, Florida.
1967 ~ Woody Guthrie (né Woodrow Wilson Guthrie; b. July 14, 1912), American folksinger and musician. He was born in Okemah, Oklahoma. He died of complications of Huntington’s disease at age 55 in New York, New York.
1953 ~ Florence R. Sabin (née Florence Rena Sabin; b. Nov. 9, 1871), American medical scientist. She was the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Her research focused on the lymphatic system, blood vessels and cells. In 1925, she became the first woman elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. She was born in Central City, Colorado Territory. She died in Denver, Colorado about a month before her 82nd birthday.
1937 ~ Edgar W. Howe (né Edgar Watson Howe; b. May 3, 1853), American novelist and magazine editor. He was born in Wabash County, Indiana. He died at age 84.
1936 ~ John Heisman (né John William Heisman; b. Oct. 23, 1869), American football player and coach. The college Heisman Trophy is named in his honor. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He died in New York, New York of pneumonia 20 days before his 67th birthday.
1929 ~ Gustav Stresemann (né Gustav Ernst Stresemann; b. May 10, 1878), German politician and Chancellor of German during the Weimar Republic. He served as Chancellor from August 1923 until November 1923. He was also the recipient of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the reconciliation between Germany and France following World War I. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. He died of a stroke at age 51.
1910 ~ Lucy Hobbs Taylor (née Lucy Beaman Hobbs; b. Mar. 14, 1833), the first American woman to graduate from dental school in the United States. She graduated from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in 1866. She had been denied entry into the Eclectic Medical College due to being a woman. She was privately tutored in the art of dentistry in Iowa, albeit with a diploma. Later, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery waived the gender requirement for her, and she was admitted into the school. She was born in Constable, New York. She died at age 77 in Lawrence, Kansas.
1896 ~ William Morris (b. Mar. 24, 1834), English poet, artist, textile designer, and social reformer. He died at age 62.
1891 ~ Édouard Lucas (b. Apr. 4, 1842), French mathematician. He was born in Amines, France. He died of septicemia at age 49 in Paris, France. He had attended a banquet when a waiter dropped a plate, cutting his cheek, thereby causing a fatal infection.
1881 ~ Orson Pratt, Sr. (b. Sept. 19, 1811), American mathematician and religious leader in the Church of the Latter-Day Saints. He was born in Hartford, New York. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah less than 3 weeks after his 70th birthday.
1867 ~ Elias Howe, Jr. (b. July 9, 1819), American inventor who is credited with inventing the sewing machine. He was born in Spencer, Massachusetts. He died at age 48 of gout in Brooklyn, New York.
1860 ~ Rembrandt Peale (b. Feb. 22, 1778), American artist best known for his portraits of early American patriots, such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He died at age 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1859 ~ John Y. Mason (né John Young Mason; b. Apr. 18, 1799), 18th United States Attorney General. He served during the James Polk administration from March 1845 until October 1946. He also served as the 16th United States Secretary of the Navy during the John Tyler administration from March 1844 until March 1945. From September 1846 until March 1849, he served as the 18th Secretary of the Navy during the Polk administration. He was born in Hicksford, Virginia. He died at age 60 in Paris, France.
1656 ~ Myles Standish (b. 1584), English pilgrim and passenger on the Mayflower. He was a leader in the Plymouth colony. The exact date of his birth is not known. He died in what is now Duxbury, Massachusetts at age 72.
1611 ~ Margaret of Austria (b. Dec. 25, 1584), Queen consort of Spain and wife of Philip III, King of Spain // Philip II, King of Portugal (1578 ~ 1621). They married in 1599. They were the parents of Philip IV, King of Spain. She was very active in government and politics. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Charles II, Archduke of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria. She was Roman Catholic. She died in childbirth at age 26. Her husband never remarried.
1568 ~ Princess Elizabeth of Valois (b. Apr. 2, 1545), Queen consort of Spain and third wife of Philip II, King of Spain (1527 ~ 1598). They married in 1559 when she was just 14 years old. She was known to be a patron of the arts. She was of the House of Valois-Angoulême. She was the daughter of Henry II, King of France and Catherine de’Medici. She died of complications of childbirth at age 23.
1283 ~ Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales (b. July 11, 1238). He was the Prince of Wales from 1282 until his assassination the following year. He was the last native Prince of Wales before Edward I, King of England conquered the country. He was married to Elisabeth Ferrers (1250 ~ 1300). He was of the House of Aberffraw. He was the son of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and Senana ferch Caradog. He was killed at age 45.
1226 ~ Saint Francis of Assisi (né Giovanni di Bernardone; b. 1181), Italian friar and saint. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 44 at the time of his death.
818 ~ Ermengarde of Hesbaye (b. 778), Queen consort of the Franks and first wife of Louis the Pious (778 ~ 840). She was of the House of Hesbaye. She was the daughter of Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye and Rotrude. The exact date of her birth is not known. She is believed to have been about 40 years old at the time of her death.
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