Birthdays:
1975 ~ Drew Barrymore (née Drew Blythe Barrymore), American actress. She was born in Culver City, California.
1972 ~ Ben Sasse (né Benjamin Eric Sasse), American politician and United States Senator from Nebraska. He is a Republican. He was born in Plainview, Nebraska.
1970 ~ Ravi Vakil, Canadian mathematician. He is best known for his work in algebraic geometry. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1962 ~ Steve Irwin (né Stephen Robert Irwin; d. Sept. 4, 2006), Australian naturalist and television personality. He was nicknamed The Crocodile Hunter. He died at age 44 after being stung by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary.
1959 ~ Kyle MacLachlan (né Kyle Merritt MacLachlan), American actor best known for his role as Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks. He was born in Yakima, Washington.
1955 ~ David M. Axelrod, American political consultant. He was born in New York, New York.
1950 ~ Julius Erving (né Julius Winfield Erving, III), African-American professional basketball player. He was known as Dr. J. He was born in East Meadow, New York.
1950 ~ Dame Julie Walters (née Julia Mary Walters), British actress.
1949 ~ Niki Lauda (né Andreas Nikolaus Luada; d. May 20, 2019), Austrian Formula One race car champ who got back on the track after a fiery crash. In August 1976, while racing in the German Grand Prix, he crashed his car into a guard rail. The car burst into flames, and he suffered serious burns to his face and arms. Six weeks later, while still in bandages, he raced again. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 70 in Zurich, Switzerland.
1945 ~ Oliver (né William Oliver Swofford; d. Feb. 12, 2000), American pop singer and songwriter. He is best known for his song Good Morning, Sunshine from the musical Hair. He was born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. He died 10 days before his 55th birthday in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1944 ~ Robert Kardashian (né Robert George Kardashian; d. Sept. 30, 2003), Armenian-American lawyer, best known for being on the defense team during the 1995 O.J. Simpson trial. He was born and died in Los Angeles, California. He died at age 59 of esophageal cancer.
1944 ~ Jonathan Demme (né Robert Jonathan Demme; d. Apr. 26, 2017), American director who made The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won an Academy War. He was born in Baldwin, New York. He died of complications from esophageal cancer and heart disease in New York, New York. He was 73 years old.
1942 ~ Christine Keeler (née Christine Margaret Keeler; d. Dec. 4, 2017), British model and topless showgirl. She is best known for being in a sex scandal with British governmental official John Profomo and a Soviet diplomat during the Cold War. She died of pulmonary disease at age 75 in London, England.
1939 ~ Phyllis Theroux, American author, and columnist. She was born in San Francisco, California.
1937 ~ Joanna Russ (d. Apr. 29, 2011), American author and feminist activist. She is known for her works in science fiction and fantasy as well as feminist literary criticism. She was born in New York, New York. She died at age 74 in Tucson, Arizona.
1936 ~ J. Michael Bishop (né John Michael Bishop), American immunologist and microbiologist. He was the recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize on Physiology or Medicine for his work on retroviral oncogenes. He was born in York, Pennsylvania.
1934 ~ Sparky Anderson (né George Lee Anderson, d. Nov. 4, 2010), American professional baseball player and manager. He was born in Bridgewater, South Dakota. He died at age 76 in Thousand Oaks, California.
1932 ~ Ted Kennedy (né Edward Moore Kennedy; d. Aug. 25, 2009), American liberal icon who was known as the “Lion of the Senate.” He served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from November 1962 until his death 47 years later. He was the youngest son in the Kennedy clan. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of a brain tumor at age 77 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
1930 ~ Marni Nixon (née Margaret Nixon McEathron; d. July 24, 2016), American actress and singer who became Hollywood’s unseen star. She was the soprano known at the Ghostest with the Mostest. She is best known for being the voice that was dubbed in such movies as The King and I and My Fair Lady. She was born in Altadena, California. She died at age 86 in New York, New York.
1930 ~ Walter Mischel (d. Sept. 12, 2018), Austrian-born psychologist who tested our willpower. He specialized in personality theory and social psychology. His family fled to the United States in 1938 to escape Nazi occupation of Austria. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 88 in New York, New York.
1925 ~ Edward Gorey (né Edward St. John Gorey; d. Apr. 15, 2000), American illustrator. He is best known for his eerie Victorian images. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 75 Hyannis, Massachusetts.
1924 ~ Vincent Marotta, Sr., (né Vincent George Marotta; d. Aug. 1, 2015), American businessman who revolutionized coffee-making. He was the co-creater of the Mr. Coffee Machine. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He died at age 91 in Pepper Pike, Ohio.
1920 ~ Mike Sadler (né Willis Michael Sadler; d. Jan. 4, 2024), British soldier who guided troops across the desert. He was a British Army Major and the last original member of the Special Air Service and the last survivor of the Long Range Desert Group of World War II. He was a “human GPS” and guided British special forces through the Libyan desert by his instinct and the stars. He was born in London, England. He died at age 103 in Cambridge, England.
1918 ~ Robert Wadlow (né Robert Pershing Wadlow; d. July 15, 1940), the world’s tallest-ever recorded human. He was 8 ft., 11 in. tall. He was born in Alton, Illinois. He died at age 22 in Manistee, Michigan.
1918 ~ Don Pardo (né Dominick George Pardo; d. Aug. 18, 2014), American radio and television announcer who became one of television’s most recognizable voices. His career spanned over 70 years. He was born in Westfield, Massachusetts. He died at age 96 in Tucson, Arizona.
1914 ~ Renato Dulbecco (d. Feb. 19, 2012), Italian virologist and recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on oncoviruses. He was born in Catanzaro, Italy. He died in La Jolla, California 3 days before his 98th birthday.
1907 ~ Robert Young (né Robert George Young; d. July 21, 1998), American actor. He is best known for his role as Marcus Welby on the television show, Marcus Welby, M.D. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of respiratory failure at age 91 in Westlake Village, California.
1903 ~ Frank Ramsey (né Frank Plumpton Ramsey; d. Jan. 19, 1930), British mathematician. He was born in Cambridge, England. He died of liver disease about a month before his 27th birthday in London, England.
1901 ~ Charles Evans Whittaker (d. Nov. 26, 1973), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Dwight Eisenhower. He replaced Stanley Forman Reed on the Court. He was replaced by Byron White. He served on the Court from March 1957 until March 1962. He was born in Troy, Kansas. He died of a ruptured abdominal aneurysm at age 73 in Kansas City, Missouri.
1900 ~ Luis Buñuel (d. July 29, 1983), Spanish film director. He was born in Calanda, Aragon, Spain. He died at age 83 in Mexico City, Mexico.
1892 ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay (d. Oct. 19, 1950), American poet and playwright. She was the recipient of the 1943 Robert Frost Medal. She was born in Rockland, Maine. She died in Austerlitz, New York at 58 after suffering injuries from falling down a flight of stairs.
1890 ~ Robert Ripley (né LeRoy Robert Ripley; d. May 27, 1949) American cartoonist and collector of odd facts. He founded the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! newspaper. He was born in Santa Rosa, California. He died of a heart attack at age 58 in New York, New York.
1889 ~ Lady Olave Baden-Powell (née Olave Soames; d. June 25, 1977), English founder of the Girl Guides, forerunner of the Girl Scouts. She was the wife of Lord Robert Baden-Powell and was born on his 32nd birthday. She died at age 88.
1888 ~ Owen Brewster (né Ralph Owen Brewster; d. Dec. 25, 1961), 54th Governor of Maine. He served as governor from 1925 to 1929. He subsequently served as a United States Senator from January 1941 through December 1952. He was born in Dexter, Maine. He died of cancer at age 73 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1885 ~ Pat Sullivan (né Patrick Peter Sullivan; d. Feb. 15, 1933), Australian animator and co-creator of the cartoon Felix the Cat. He was born in Paddington, New South Wales, Austria. He died 7 days before his 48th birthday in New York, New York.
1881 ~ Joseph B. Ely (né Joseph Buell Ely; d. June 13, 1956), Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1931 until January 1935. He was born and died in Westfield, Massachusetts. He died at age 75.
1864 ~ Jules Renard (né Pierre-Jules Renard; d. May 22, 1910), French author. He died of arteriosclerosis at age 46 in Paris, France.
1857 ~ Heinrich Hertz (né Heinrich Rudolf Hertz; d. Jan. 1, 1894), German physicist. He proved the existence of electromagnetic waves. The unit of frequency (cycle per second), known as the Hertz, was named in his honor. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. He died of an illness at age 36 in Bonn, Germany.
1857 ~ Lord Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (né Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell; d. Jan. 8, 1941), British soldier, author and founder of the Boy Scouts. He was married to Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, who was born on his 32nd birthday. He was born in London, England. He died at age 83 in Nyeri, British Kenya.
1849 ~ Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin (d. Feb. 27, 1915), Russian mathematician. He was born in Tula, Russian Empire. He died 5 days after his 66th birthday in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.
1824 ~ Pierre Janssen (né Pierre Jules César Janssen; d. Dec. 23, 1907), French mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 83 in Meudon, France.
1819 ~ James Russell Lowell (d. Aug. 12, 1891), American poet. He was born and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died at age 72.
1817 ~ Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (d. June 27, 1880), German mathematician. He was born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. He died at age 63.
1805 ~ Sarah Fuller Adams (née Sarah Fuller Flower; d. Aug. 14, 1848), English poet and hymn writer. She was Unitarian. She is best known for writing Near, My God, to Thee, which is said to have been played as the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. She died in London, England at age 43.
1796 ~ Adolphe Quetelet (né Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet; d. Feb. 17, 1874), Belgian mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Ghent, French Republic (now Ghent, Belgium). He died 5 days before his 78th birthday in Brussels, Belgium.
1788 ~ Arthur Schopenhauer (d. Sept. 21, 1860), Polish-born German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. He died of pulmonary failure at age 72.
1778 ~ Rembrandt Peale (d. Oct. 3, 1860), 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.
1732 ~ George Washington (d. Dec. 14, 1799), American general during the American Revolutionary War and 1stPresident of the United States. He was born in Popes Creek, Virginia. He died at age 67 in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
1530 ~ Moses Isserles (d. May 11, 1572), Polish rabbi and Talmudist. He died at age 42.
1440 ~ Ladislaus, King of Hungary and Croatia (d. Nov. 23, 1457). He was known as Ladislaus the Posthumous because he was born after his father died, thus he became king upon his birth. He never married and had no known children. He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the posthumous son of Albert, King of Bohemia, and Hungary and Croatia and Elizabeth of Luxembourg. He died at age 17, probably of the plague.
1403 ~ Charles VII, King of France (d. July 22, 1461). He was known as Charles the Victorious. He was King from October 1422 until his death 39 years later. He was married to Marie of Anjou (1404 ~ 1463). They married in 1422. They were the parents of Louis XI, King of France. He was of the House of Valois. He was the son of Charles VI, King of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. He died at age 58.
1302 ~ Gegeen Khan (d. Sept. 4, 1323), Chinese Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and 9th Khan of the Mongol Empire. He died at age 21.
1040 ~ Rashi (né Shlomo Yitzchaki; d. July 13, 1105), medieval French rabbi Talmudic Scholar. He was the author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud. He was born and died in Troyes, France. He is generally called Rashi because that is the Hebrew acronym of RAbbi Shlomo Itzhaki. He died at age 65.
Events that Changed the World:
2022 ~ Massive winter storms swept through the United States. Over 3,000 flights were cancelled due to the weather.
2021 ~ In the United States, 500,000 Americans were confirmed to have died from Covid-19 since it reached the country.
2018 ~ An unidentified man threw a grenade at the United States embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He was killed at the scene in what was called a suicide. No other people were injured.
2012 ~ A train crash in Buenos Aries, Argentina killed 51 people and injured 700 others.
2011 ~ A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand causing massive damage and killing 185 people.
2006 ~ At least six men were involved in Britain’s biggest robbery when approximately $92.5M was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
2005 ~ A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck in Iran, killing over 600 people and injuring nearly 1,500 others.
1997 ~ Scientist in Roslin, Scotland announced that they had successfully cloned a sheep, which they named Dolly. Dolly was born in July 1996 and died in February 2003.
1994 ~ Former CIA officer Aldrich Ames (b. 1941) was charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
1980 ~ The United States hockey team defeated the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3 during the Olympic games in Lake Placid, New York. The winning game was called the Miracle on Ice.
1979 ~ Saint Lucia gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
1974 ~ An assassination attempt was made on President Richard Nixon (1913 ~ 1994) by Samuel Byck (1930 ~ 1974). He attempted to hijack an airplane to crash into the White House with the hopes of killing the President. He was ultimately caught in a stand-off with police and committed suicide.
1959 ~ Lee Petty (1914 ~ 2000) won the first Daytona 500. He was the father of racer Richard Petty (b. 1937).
1958 ~ Egypt and Syria merged to form the United Arab Republic. It remained until 1961 when Syria seceded.
1924 ~ President Calvin Coolidge (1872 ~ 1933) gave the first radio broadcast from the White House. It is ironic since Coolidge had a reputation for not speaking more than he had to.
1881 ~ Cleopatra’s Needle, the 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk was erected in New York City’s Central Park. The obelisk was given to the United States as a gift from Egypt.
1879 ~ Frank Woolworth (1852 ~ 1919) opened his first Five and Dime Woolworth store in Utica, New York. The Woolworth stores closed in 1997.
1862 ~ Jefferson Davis (1808 ~ 1889) was officially inaugurated for a six-year term as President of the Confederate States of America. He had previously been inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861, nearly a year earlier.
1856 ~ The United States Republican Party opened its first national convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1855 ~ Pennsylvania State University was founded in State College, Pennsylvania.
1853 ~ Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri was founded as Eliot Seminary.
1847 ~ During the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War, 5,000 American troops defeated 15,000 Mexican soldiers.
1819 ~ The United States purchased Florida from Spain for $5M.
1651 ~ A massive storm surge flooded the Frisian coast of Germany. An estimated 15,000 were drown in the first of the St. Peter’s Flood. A second storm tide flooded Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 weeks later.
1632 ~ Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems was first published. The book was dedicated to Ferdinando II de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610 ~ 1670), and he received the first printed copy.
1371 ~ Robert II (1316 ~ 1390) became King of Scotland, thereby beginning the Stuart dynasty.
1076 ~ Pope Gregory VII (1015 ~ 1085) excommunicated Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050 ~ 1106) after the synod of Worms issued a letter on Henry’s orders that the Pope Gregory’s election was invalid and demanded that he abdicate.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Antoine Hodge (b. Aug. 5, 1982), African-American bass-baritone who performed with 15 professional opera companies, including Opéra Louisiane, for over 20 years. He was born in Albany, Georgia. He died of complications of Covid-19 at age 38 in Orlando, Florida.
2021 ~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti (né Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti; b. Mar. 24, 1919), American author and poet who became a counterculture icon. He championed and published the Beats. He was a co-founder of, and for seven decades was the proprietor of, the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. He was born in Yonkers, New York. He was brought up in France. He died about a month before his 102nd birthday in San Francisco, California.
2020 ~ B. Smith (né Barbara Elaine Smith; b. Aug. 24, 1949), African-American trailblazing model who built a lifestyle empire. She was a model, author, and restauranteur. She was born in Everson, Pennsylvania. She died of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at age 70 in Long Island, New York.
2020 ~ Herb Goldsmith (né Herbert Martin Goldsmith; b. Sept. 3, 1927), American clothing entrepreneur and founder of Members Only who created an ‘80s men’s fashion essential. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He died in Long Island, New York of lymphoma at age 92.
2018 ~ Richard E. Taylor (né Richard Edward Taylor; b. Nov. 2, 1929), Canadian physicist and recipient of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. He died at age 88 in Stanford, California.
2018 ~ Nanette Fabray (née Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; b. Oct. 27, 1920), American stage star who became Sid Caesar’s comic foil. She became an advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing after she overcame an aural impairment. She was born in San Diego, California. She died at age 97 in Palos Verdes, California.
2016 ~ Yolande Fox (née Yolande Margaret Betbeze; b. Nov. 29, 1928), American Miss America who defied convention. She became the 1951 Miss America. Following her year as Miss America, she became a social activist. She was born in Mobile, Alabama. She died of lung cancer at age 87 in Washington, D.C.
2013 ~ Wolfgang Sawallisch (b. Aug. 26, 1923), old-school German conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was born in Munich, Germany. He died at age 89 in Grassau, Bavaria, German.
2012 ~ Marie Colvin (née Marie Catherine Colvin; b. Jan. 12, 1956), American war reporter determined to bear witness. She was a foreign war correspondent who followed wars throughout the world, primarily in the Middle East. She was born in New York, New York. She was killed covering the war in Syria at age 56. Her story is depicted in the 2018 film A Private War.
2007 ~ Dennis Johnson (né Dennis Wayne Johnson; b. Sept. 18, 1954), American basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics. He was born in San Pedro, California. He died of a heart attack at age 52 in Austin, Texas.
2002 ~ Chuck Jones (né Charles Martin Jones; b. Sept. 21, 1912), American animator best known for his work with Warner Brothers on such cartoons as Loony Toons. He was born in Spokane, Washington. He died of congestive heart failure at age 89 in Newport Beach, California.
1998 ~ Abraham A. Ribicoff (né Abraham Alexander Ribicoff; b. Apr. 9, 1910), 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. He served during the Kennedy administration from January 1961 until July 1962. He had previously served as the 80th Governor of Connecticut, from January 1955 until January 1961. He was born in New Britain, Connecticut. He died at age 87 in New York, New York.
1987 ~ Andy Warhol (né Andrew Warhola; b. Aug. 6, 1928), American pop artist. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died at age 58 following complications of gall bladder surgery in New York, New York.
1985 ~ Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. (b. Apr. 21, 1889), Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor. He died in Reno, Nevada at age 95.
1978 ~ Phyllis McGinley (b. Mar. 21, 1905), American author and poet. She wrote many children’s books. She was born in Ontario, Oregon. She died a month before her 73rd birthday in New York, New York.
1976 ~ Florence Ballard (née Florence Glenda Ballard; b. June 30, 1943), American singer and member of The Supremes. She was born and died in Detroit, Michigan. She died of a heart attack at age 32.
1973 ~ Elizabeth Bowen (née Elizabeth Dorothea Cole; b. June 7, 1899), Irish novelist. She was born in Dublin, Ireland. She died at age 73 in London, England.
1965 ~ Felix Frankfurter (b. Nov. 15, 1882), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. He served on the Court from January 1939 until August 1962. He replaced Benjamin Cardozo on the High Court. He was succeeded by Arthur Goldberg. In 1920, he helped to found the ACLU. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died in Washington, D.C., at age 82.
1945 ~ Sara Josephine Baker (b. Nov. 15, 1873), American physician best known for her role in promoting public health. She is best known for tracking down Typhoid Mary. She was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She died at age 71 in Princeton, New Jersey.
1939 ~ Antonio Machado (b. July 26, 1875), Spanish poet. He was born in Seville, Spain. He died at age 63 on Collioure, France.
1913 ~ Francisco I. Madero (né Francisco Ignacio Madero Gonzáles; b. Oct. 30, 1873), President of Mexico. He was President from November 1911 until a coup in February 1913. He was killed in a military coup at age 39 in Mexico City, Mexico.
1901 ~ George FitzGerald (né George Francis FitzGerald, b. Aug. 3, 1851), Irish mathematician and physicist. He was born and died in Dublin, Ireland. He died following complications for a perforated ulcer at age 49.
1897 ~ Charles Blondin (né Jean François Gravelet; b. Feb. 28, 1824), French acrobat and tightrope walker. He is best known for crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope. He died of diabetes 6 days before his 73rd birthday in London, England.
1896 ~ George Dexter Robinson (né George Washington Robinson; b. Jan. 20, 1834), 34th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as governor from January 1884 until January 1887. He was an attorney, and his most famous client was Lizzie Bordon, who was accused of murdering her father and stepmother in 1892. He was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He died just over a month after his 62nd birthday in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
1890 ~ John Jacob Astor, III (b. June 10, 1822), American businessman. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 67.
1888 ~ Anna Kingsford (née Anna Bonus; b. Sept. 16, 1846), English physician. She was one of the first British women to earn a medical degree. She later became an advocate for animal rights. She died at age 41 of pneumonia in London, England.
1875 ~ Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet (b. Nov. 14, 1797), Scottish geologist. He was born in Angus, Scotland. He died at age 77 in London, England.
1875 ~ Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (b. July 16, 1796), French painter. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 78.
1845 ~ Sydney Smith (b. June 3, 1771), British author, humorist, and Anglican cleric. He died at age 73.
1827 ~ Charles Willson Peale (b. Apr. 15, 1741), American painter. He is best known for his portrait paintings of the leaders of the American Revolution. He also founded the Philadelphia Museum, one of the first museums in the United States. The museum, later known as the Peale’s American Museum, housed a diverse collection of botanicals, biological, and archeological specimens. He was born in Chester, Province of Maryland, British America. He died at age 85 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1797 ~ Baron Münchhausen (né Hieronymus Cark Friedrich von Münchhausen; b. May 11, 1720), German military officer who was given to tell wild, exaggerated stories. Münchhausen syndrome was named after him. He was born and died in Bodenwerder, Germany.
1512 ~ Amerigo Vespucci (b. Mar. 9, 1454), Italian explorer, navigator, and cartographer. The continents of North and South America were named after him. He was born in Florence, Italy. He died 15 days before his 58th birthday in Seville, Castile (current-day Spain).
1511 ~ Henry, Duke of Cornwall (b. Jan. 1, 1511), member of the British royal family. He was of the House of Tudor. He was the first-born child of Henry VIII, King of England. His mother was Henry’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon. The young Henry died less than 2 months after his birth.
1371 ~ David II, King of Scotland (b. Mar. 5, 1324). He was King from June 1329 until his death 42 years later. He was married twice. His first wife was Princess Joan of England (1321 ~ 1362). She was also known as Joan of the Tower. They married in 1328. After her death, he married his second wife, Margaret Drummond (b. 1340). They married in 1364 and divorced in 1370. David was her second husband. There were no children of either marriage. He was the last male heir of the House of Bruce. He was the son of Robert I, King of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh. He died 11 days before his 47th birthday.
954 ~ Gui Wei (b. Sept. 10, 904), Chinese emperor during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He had been a military officer who staged a coup and declared himself the first Chinese Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty. He died of an illness at age 49.
606 ~ Pope Sabinian. He was Pope from September 604 until his death about 18 months later. The date of his birth is not known.
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