Birthdays:
1994 ~ Otto Warmbier (né Otto Frederick Warmbier; d. June 19, 2017), American student who had been arrested and tortured by the North Korean regime. In 2016, he was arrested for trying to take a propaganda banner from a hotel in Pyongyang. In 2017, he was returned to the United States in a coma just six days before his death. He was born and died in Cincinnati, Ohio. He died at age 22.
1975 ~ Mayim Bialik (née Mayim Chaya Bialki), American actress. She is best known for her role as Amy Fowler on the television sit-com The Big Bang Theory. She also holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience. She was born in San Diego, California.
1970 ~ Jennifer Connelly (née Jennifer Lynn Connelly), American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Alicia Nash in the 2002 movie A Beautiful Mind. She was born in Cairo, New York.
1965 ~ Russell Batiste, Jr. (né David Russell Batiste, Jr.; d. Sept. 30, 2023), African-American funk drummer who gave New Orleans its throbbing heartbeat. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died of a heart attack at age 57 in LaPlace, Louisiana.
1952 ~ Cathy Rigby (née Cathleen Roxanne Rigby), American gymnast. She was born in Long Beach, California.
1949 ~ Bill Nighy (né William Francis Nighy), British actor. He was born in Caterham, England.
1942 ~ John Casablancas (d. July 20, 2013), modeling agent who ushered in the era of the supermodel. He was the founder of the Elite Model Management. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 70 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he was receiving cancer treatment.
1940 ~ Dionne Warwick (née Marie Dionne Warrick), African-American singer. She was born in Orange, New Jersey.
1934 ~ Miguel de la Madrid (d. Apr. 1, 2012), President of Mexico. He served as president from December 1982 until November 30, 1988. He led Mexico in hard times. He was born in Colima, Mexico. He died at age 77 in Mexico City, Mexico.
1932 ~ Bob Pettit (né Robert E. Lee Pettit, Jr.), American basketball player who was born Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He played basketball for Louisiana State University before playing for the NBA. In 1956, he became the first basketball player to be awarded the Most Valuable Player Award.
1928 ~ Helen Frankenthaler (d. Dec. 27, 2011), American artist and abstract painter. She was born in New York, New York. She died 15 days after her 83rd birthday in Darien, Connecticut.
1927 ~ Robert Noyce (né Robert Norton Noyce, d. June 3, 1990), American inventor of the microchip. He was also the co-founder of the Intel Corporation. He was born in Burlington, Iowa. He died at age 62 of a heart attack in Austin, Texas.
1925 ~ Anne V. Coates (née Anne Voase Coates; d. May 8, 2018), British film editor who became a Hollywood icon. She is best known for her editing of the 1962 film, Lawrence of Arabia. She died at age 92 in Los Angeles, California.
1924 ~ Ed Koch (né Edward Irving Koch; d. Feb. 1, 2013), American outspoken mayor who embodied New York City. He was the 105th Mayor of New York City. He served three terms as Mayor from January 1978 through December 1989. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 88.
1923 ~ Bob Dorough (né Robert Lrod Dorough; d. Apr. 23, 2018), American jazzman who created Schoolhouse Rock!, a series of television cartoons on Saturday morning television from the 1970s to the 1990s. He was born in Cherry Hill, Arkansas. He died at age 94 in Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania.
1923 ~ Bob Barker (né Robert William Barker; d. Aug. 26, 2023), American game show host who invited us to “Come on Down!” He was the host of The Price is Right from 1972 to 2007. He was born in Darrington, Washington. He died at age 99 in Los Angeles, California.
1915 ~ Frank Sinatra (né Francis Albert Sinatra; d. May 14, 1998), American singer and actor. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He died of a heart attack at age 82 in Los Angeles, California.
1905 ~ Vasily Grossman (d. Sept. 14, 1964), Russian writer and journalist. He died of stomach cancer at age 56 in Moscow, Russia.
1893 ~ Edward G. Robinson (né Emanuel Goldenberg; d. Jan. 26, 1973), American actor. He was born in Bucharest, Romania. He died at age 79 in Los Angeles, California.
1881 ~ Harry Warner (né Hirsz Mojżwa Wonsal; d. July 25, 1958), Polish-born American movie studio executive. He, along with his brothers, Albert (né Abraham Wonsal, 1884 ~ 1967), Sam (né Szmuel Wonsal; 1887 ~ 1927) and Jack (né Jacob Wonsal, 1892 ~ 1978), founded Warner Brothers. Harry Warner was 76 years old at the time of his death in Los Angeles, California.
1881 ~ Louise Thuliez (d. Oct. 10, 1966), French teacher and resistance fighter during both World War I and World War II. She died in Paris, France at age 84.
1866 ~ Alfred Werner (d. Nov. 15, 1919), German inorganic chemist and recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died 27 days before his 53rd birthday of arteriosclerosis in Zurich, Switzerland.
1863 ~ Edvard Munch (d. Jan. 23, 1944), Norwegian painter, best known for his painting, The Scream. He was born in Ådalsbruk, Norway. He died at age 80 in Oslo, Norway.
1862 ~ J. Bruce Ismay (né Joseph Bruce Ismay; d. Oct. 17, 1937), English businessman who was the managing director of the White Star Line, which owned the RMS Titanic. He is best known as being a survivor of the Titanic, for which he received much criticism. He died of a stroke at age 74 in Mayfair, London, England.
1821 ~ Gustave Flaubert (d. May 8, 1880), French novelist, best known for Madame Bovary. He was born and died in Rouen, France. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 58.
1805 ~ Henry Wells (d. Dec. 10, 1878), American businessman and co-founder of Wells Fargo and American Express. He was born in Thetford, Vermont. He died two days before his 73rd birthday in Glasgow, Scotland.
1791 ~ Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria (d. Dec. 17, 1847). She was the duchess of Palma in her own right. She was the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. They married in 1810. He was her first husband. After Napoleon died, she married Adam Albert von Neipperg. They married in 1821. They had two children. After his death, she married Charles René, Count of de Bombelles. They married in 1834. She was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She was the daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. She was Roman Catholic. She died of what is believed to be pleurisy just 5 days after her 56th birthday.
1786 ~ William L. Marcy (né William Learned Marcy; d. July 4, 1857), 21st United States Secretary of State. He served under Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan from March 1853 until March 1857. He served as the 20th United States Secretary of War in the James Polk administration from March 1845 until March 1849. He was also the 11thGovernor of New York State. He was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts. He died at age 70 in Ballston Spa, New York.
1574 ~ Princess Anne of Denmark (d. Mar. 2, 1619), Queen consort of Scotland, England, and Ireland. She was the wife of James VI, King of Scotland / James I, King of England (1566 ~ 1625). They married in 1589. They were the parents of Charles I, King of England. She was of the of the House of Oldenburg. She was the daughter of Frederick II, King of Denmark and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. She was raised Lutheran. She may have converted to Catholicism. She died at age 44.
1298 ~ Albert II, Duke of Austria (d. Aug. 16, 1358). He reigned from April 1335 until his death in August 1358. He was known as Albert the Wise and Albert the Lame. He was married to Countess Johanna of Pfirt. They married in 1324. He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the son of Albert I, King of Germany and Elizabeth of Carinthia. He died at age 59.
Events that Changed the World:
2017 ~ Chanukah began at sunset.
2017 ~ Doug Jones (b. 1954) beat Roy Moore (b. 1947) in the Alabama special United States Senate race to fill the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions (b. 1946), who took the job as United States Attorney General.
2000 ~ The United States Supreme Court ruled that George W. Bush beat Al Gore in the presidential election in the case of Bush v. Gore.
1991 ~ The Russian Federation became independent from the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR).
1985 ~ Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after takeoff in Newfoundland, killing all 256 crew and passengers aboard, including 236 members of the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division.
1979 ~ An 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Columbia and Ecuador killing between 300 and 600 people. The earthquake also caused a large tsunami that was felt in Japan, Hawaii, Tahiti and Mexico.
1964 ~ Jomo Kenyatta (1891 ~ 1978) became the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
1963 ~ Kenya became independent from the United Kingdom.
1950 ~ Paula Ackerman (1893 ~ 1989) became the first woman appointed to function as a rabbi in the United States. She led the congregation at Temple Beth Israel in Meridian, Mississippi, following the sudden death of her husband two weeks earlier.
1941 ~ Adolf Hitler (1889 ~ 1945) announced the extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
1941 ~ During World War II, the United Kingdom declared war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania declared war on the United States and India declared war on Japan.
1936 ~ In the Xi’an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek (1887 ~ 1975), the leader of the China Nationalist government, was kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang (1901 ~ 2001).
1925 ~ Reza Khan (1878 ~ 1944) was crown as the new Shah of Iran, thereby beginning the Pahlavi dynasty.
1917 ~ Monsignor Edward Flanagan (1886 ~ 1948) founded Boys Town in Nebraska as a farm village to assist delinquent boys.
1911 ~ George V, King of the United Kingdom (1865 ~ 1936) and Mary of Tech (1867 ~ 1953) were enthroned as the Emperor and Empress of India.
1911 ~ Delhi became the capital of India, replacing Calcutta.
1901 ~ The first transatlantic wireless transmission, sent in Morse Code, was sent from Cornwall, England to Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1862 ~ During the American Civil War, the USS Cairo sank on the Yazoo River in Mississippi, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electronically detonated mine.
1787 ~ Pennsylvania became the 2nd State to ratify the United States Constitution.
1098 ~ During the First Crusade, the Crusaders breached the walls of Ma’arrat al-Numan, in what is now modern-day Syria, and massacred its 20,000 inhabitants. Then, finding insufficient food, the Crusaders began to eat the bodies.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Ann Reinking (b. Nov. 10, 1949) American choreographer. She was born and died in Seattle, Washington. She died a month after her 71st birthday.
2020 ~ Charlie Pride (né Charley Frank Pride; b. Mar. 18, 1934), African-America velvet-voiced singer who became country’s first Black star. He was born in Sledge, Mississippi. He died in Dallas, Texas at age 86 of complication from Covid-19.
2020~ John le Carré (né David John Moore Cornwell; b. Oct. 19, 1931), English former intelligence operative who elevated the spy novel. He was the author of several espionage novels. He was born in Poole, Dorset, England. He died at age 89 in Truro, Cornwall, England.
2020 ~ Jack Steinberger (né Hans Jakob Steinberger; b. May 25, 1921), German physicist and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the muon neutrino. He emigrated to the United States at age 13. He was born in Bad Kissingen, Germany. He died at age 99 in Geneva, Switzerland.
2019 ~ Danny Aiello (né Daniel Louis Aiello, Jr.; b. June 20, 1933), American actor. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died in New Jersey at age 86 following a brief illness.
2017 ~ Ed Lee (né Edwin Mah Lee; b. May 5, 1952), American politician and Mayor of San Francisco. He served as Mayor from January 2011 until his sudden death in December 2017. He was the first Asian American to hold this Office. He was born in Seattle, Washington, He died of cardiac arrest at age 65 in San Francisco, California.
2016 ~ Shirley Hazzard (b. Jan. 30, 1931), Australian writer best known for her book The Transit of Venus. She was born in Sydney, Australia. She died at age 85 in Manhattan, New York.
2014 ~ Ivor Grattan-Guinness (né Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness; b. June 23, 1941), British historian of mathematics. He died of heart failure at age 73.
2014 ~ Norman Bridwell (né Norman Ray Bridwell; b. Feb. 15, 1928), American illustrator. He is best known for his illustrations in the Clifford the Big Dog series. He was born in Kokomo, Indiana. He died at age 86 in Oak Bluff, Massachusetts.
2008 ~ Daniel C. Gajduske (né Daniel Carleton Gajdusek; b. Sept. 9, 1923), American physician and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with kuru. In the 1990s, he was convicted of child molestation and spent a year in prison. He was born in Yonkers, New York. He died at age 85 in Tromsø, Norway while visiting colleagues.
2007 ~ Ike Turner (né Izear Luster Turner, Jr., b. Nov. 5, 1931), American singer and songwriter. He was the former husband of singer Tina Turner. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He died at age 76 in San Marcos, California.
2006 ~ Peter Boyle (né Peter Lawrence Boyle; b. Oct. 18, 1935), American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the monster in Mel Brook’s film, Young Frankenstein. He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He died of multiple myeloma and heart disease at age 71 in New York, New York.
2002 ~ Dee Brown (né Dorris Alexander Brown; b. Feb. 29, 1908), American author and historian best known for his book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. He was born in Alberta, Louisiana. He died at age 94 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
1999 ~ Joseph Heller (b. May 1, 1923), American novelist, best known for his novel, Catch-22. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 76 in East Hampton, New York.
1998 ~ Mo Udall (né Morris King Udall; b. June 15, 1922), American Democrat politician and member of the United States Representative from Arizona. He was born in St. Johns, Arizona. He died at age 76 in Washington, D.C.
1997 ~ Evgenii Landis (b. Oct. 6, 1921), Ukrainian mathematician. He died at age 76 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
1996 ~ Vance Packard (né Vance Oakley Packard; b. May 22, 1914), American journalist, author, and social critic. He was born in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania. He died at age 82 on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
1993 ~ József Antall, Jr. (b. Apr. 8, 1932), Prime Minister of Hungary. He was the first democratically elected Prime Minister after the fall of communism. He served from May 1990 until his death in December 1993. He was born and died in Budapest, Hungary. He died of cancer at age 61.
1987 ~ Clifton Chenier (b. June 25, 1925), African-American musician and songwriter from Opelousas, Louisiana. He was known as the King of Zyceco. He died of complications from diabetes at age 62 in Lafayette, Louisiana.
1985 ~ Anne Baxter (b. May 7, 1923), American actress. Her grandfather was Frank Lloyd Wright. She was born in Michigan City, Indiana. She died of a brain aneurysm at age 62 in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
1977 ~ Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (née Clementine Ogilvy Hozier; b. Apr. 1, 1885), wife of Winston Churchill. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 92.
1971 ~ Yechezkel Kutscher (b. June 1, 1909), Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist. He was born in Solvakia. He died at age 63.
1971 ~ David Sarnoff (b. Feb. 27, 1891), Russian-born American businessman and pioneer in radio and television. He was the founder of RCA. He also founded NBC. He was born in Uzlyany, Belarus. He died at age 80 in Manhattan, New York.
1968 ~ Tallulah Bankhead (née Tallulah Brockman Bankhead; b. Jan. 31, 1902), American actress. She was born in Huntsville, Alabama. She died at age 66 of pneumonia in New York, New York.
1958 ~ Milutin Milanković (b. May 28, 1879), Serbian mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Dalj, Croatia. He died at age 79 in Belgrade, Serbia.
1939 ~ Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (né Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; b. May 23, 1883), American actor during the silent film era. He was born in Denver, Colorado. He died of a heart attack at age 56 in Santa Monica, California.
1921 ~ Henrietta Swan Leavitt (b. July 4, 1868), American astronomer. She was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. She died of cancer at age 53 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1889 ~ Robert Browning (b. May 7, 1812), English poet. He was born in London, England. He died at age 77 in Venice, Kingdom of Italy.
1889 ~ Viktor Bunyakovsky (b. Dec. 16, 1804), Russian mathematician. He died 4 days before his 86th birthday in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.
1858 ~ Jacques Viger (b. May 7, 1787), 1st Mayor of Montreal, Quebec. He was Mayor from 1833 until 1836. He was born and died in Montreal, Canada. He died at age 71.
1851 ~ Joel Poinsett (né Joel Roberts Poinsett; b. Mar. 2, 1779), 15th United States Secretary of War. He served under President Martin Van Buren from March 1837 until March 1841. He was also a physician and slave owner. From March 1821 until March 1825, he served as a member in the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He died at age 72 in Stateburg, South Carolina.
1843 ~ William I, King of the Netherlands (b. Aug. 24, 1772). He was the first King of the Netherlands. He reigned over the Netherlands from March 1815 until October 1840. He was married twice. In 1791, he married Wilhelmina of Prussia. She died in 1837. In 1841, he married Countess Henrietta d’Oultremont. His second marriage was a morganatic marriage. He abdicated the throne to marry his second wife who was both Belgium and Catholic. He was of the House of Orange-Nassau. He was the son of William V, Prince of Orange and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia. He was of the Dutch Reformed Church. He died at age 71. He was succeeded by his son, William II, King of the Netherlands.
1803 ~ Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (b. July 18, 1750), member of the Swedish royal family. He was given the title of Duke of Östergötland. He never married, but had many love interests. He was of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. He was the son of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden and Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. He died at age 53.
1685 ~ John Pell (b. Mar. 1, 1611), English mathematician. He died at age 74.
1586 ~ Stephen Báthory (b. Sept. 27, 1533), King of Poland through his marriage to Anna Jagiellon (1523 ~ 1596). They married in 1576 when she was 52 years old. There were no children of the marriage. He was of the House of Báthory. He was the son of Stephen Báthory of Somlyo and Catherine Telegdi. He was Roman Catholic. He was in ill health and died at age 53.
1296 ~ Isabella of Mar (b. 1277), she was the first wife of Robert the Bruce, Earl of Carrick (1274 ~ 1329). She died before her husband became king, so she was never the queen consort. She was of the Clan of Mar. She was the daughter of Domhnall I, Earl of Mar and Elena. The exact date of her birth is not known. She died of complications of childbirth at about age 18 or 19.
1204 ~ Maimonides (né Moshe ben Maimon, also known as the Rambam, which stands for Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, b. Mar. 30, 1135), preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher, rabbi and Torah scholar. The exact date of his birth is not known. It has been recorded as early as March 29 and as late as April 4, 1135. March 30 is the generally accepted date of his birth. Although he was born in Córdoba, Spain, he traveled extensively throughout the Mediterranean. He died in Egypt at age 69.
894 ~ Guy III of Spoleto, King of Italy. He reigned as Holy Roman Emperor from 891 until his death 3 years later. He was married to Ageltrude. He was of the House of Guideschi. He was the son of Guy I of Spotelo and Itta of Benevento. He was killed while fighting for the Italian peninsula. The date of his birth is not known.
884 ~ Carloman II, King of the West Franks (b. 866). He reigned as King of West Francia from April 879 until his death 5 years later. He was of the Carolingian dynasty. He was the son of Louis the Stammerer and Ansgarde of Burgundy. He died in a hunting accident. The date of his birth is not known.
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