Birthdays:
1979 ~ Adam Levine (Adam Noah Levine), American singer-songwriter and frontman for the band Maroon 5. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1972 ~ Reince Priebus (né Reinhold Richard Priebus), 27th White House Chief of Staff. He served during the Trump administration for six months: from January 2017 through July 2017. He was born in Dover, New Jersey.
1970 ~ Queen Latifah (née Dana Elaine Owens), American rapper and actress. She was born in Newark, New Jersey.
1964 ~ Bonnie Blair (née Bonnie Kathleen Blair), American Olympian speed skater. She was born in Cornwall, New York.
1963 ~ Vanessa Williams (née Vanessa Lynn Williams), American model and actress. She was named Miss America 1984 but had to relinquish the title after lewd photographs of her appeared in Penthouse magazine. She was born in the Bronx, New York.
1959 ~ Irene Cara (née Irene Cara Escalera; d. Nov. 25, 2022), American singer whose Fame burned out early. She is best known for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 movie, Fame, and for recording the movie’s title song of the same name. She also sang and co-wrote the title song for Flashdance in 1983. She was born in the Bronx, New York. She died at age 63 in Largo, Florida.
1951 ~ Ben Cohen (né Bennet Cohen), American businessman and co-founder with Jerry Greenfield, of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1951 ~ Bill Frisell (né William Richard Frisell), American jazz musician. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1947 ~ Deborah Lipstadt (née Deborah Esther Lipstadt), American historian and author. She is best known for her research into antisemitism. In July 2021, she was nominated by President Biden to be the United States Special Envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism. She was born in New York, New York.
1936 ~ Frederik Willem de Klerk (d. Nov. 11, 2021), South African politician and recipient of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending Apartheid. He was the President of South Africa. He served in that Office from August 1989 until May 1994. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He died of cancer at age 85 in Cape Town, South Africa.
1935 ~ Ole Eiler Barndorff-Nielsen (d. June 26, 2022), Danish mathematician and statistician. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He died at age 87 in Aarhus, Denmark.
1934 ~ Charlie Pride (né Charley Frank Pride; d. Dec. 12, 2020), 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.
1932 ~ John Updike (né John Hoyer Updike; d. Jan. 27, 2009), American author who captured the inner life of Middle America. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He died at age 76 in Danvers, Massachusetts.
1931 ~ John Mollo (d. Oct. 25, 2017), British military historian and costume designer who dressed stormtroopers and Darth Vader. He was born in London, England. He died at age 86.
1930 ~ James J. Andrews (d. July 28, 1998), American mathematician. He specialized in knot theory and topology. He was born in Seneca Falls, New York. He died at age 68 in Tallahassee, Florida.
1929 ~ Samuel Pisar (d. July 27, 2015), Polish-born lawyer and author. He was also a Holocaust survivor. He died of pneumonia at age 86 in New York, New York.
1927 ~ George Plimpton (né George Ames Plimpton; d. Sept. 25, 2003), American journalist and actor. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 76.
1927 ~ William C. Davidon (né William Cooper Davidon; d. Nov. 8, 2013), American mathematician and political activist. He was the mastermind of the 1971 break-in in the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, which uncovered illegal activities of FBI operations. He was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He died at age 86 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
1927 ~ Lillian Vernon (née Lilli Menacsche; d. Dec. 14, 2015), German-American businesswoman and founder of the Lillian Vernon Company. She died at age 88 in Manhattan, New York.
1926 ~ Peter Graves (né Peter Duesler Aurness; d. Mar. 14, 2010), American actor. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died of a heart attack 4 days before his 84th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1915 ~ Richard Condon (né Richard Thomas Condon; d. Apr. 9, 1996), American political novelist. He is best known for his novel The Manchurian Candidate. He was born in New York, New York. He died 22 days after his 81st birthday in Dallas, Texas.
1909 ~ Ernest Gallo (d. Mar. 6, 2007), American winemaker and co-founder, along with his brother Julio (1910 ~ 1993) of Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery. He was born in Jackson, California. He died 12 days before his 98th birthday in Modesto, California.
1891 ~ Margaret Culkin Banning (née Margaret Frances Culkin; d. Jan. 4, 1982), American novelist. She was born in Buffalo, Minnesota. She died in Tyron, North Carolina at age 90.
1870 ~ Agnes Sime Baxter (d. Mar. 9, 1917), Canadian mathematician. She earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University. She was only the 4th woman in North America to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. She died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died following a long illness 9 days before her 47th birthday in Columbia, Missouri.
1869 ~ Neville Chamberlain (né Arthur Neville Chamberlain; d. Nov. 9, 1940), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1837 ~ 1940. He is best known for his attempt to “maintain peace for our time” through appeasement of Nazi Germany for signing the Munich Agreement, which conceded the Sudetenland region of Bohemia to Germany. He died at age 71, just 6 months after leaving Office.
1863 ~ William Sulzer (d. Nov. 6, 1941), Governor of New York State. He served as Governor for 10 months, from January 1913 until October 1913 when he was impeached. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He died at age 78 in New York, New York.
1858 ~ Rudolf Diesel (né Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel; d. Sept. 29, 1913), French-born German mechanical engineer and inventor of the diesel engine. He developed the first internal-combustion engine in which fuel was ignited without a spark, now known at the diesel. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 55 under mysterious circumstances. He had boarded a steamer ship in the North Sea. After dinner retired to his cabin. He was never seen again and his bed had not been slept in. His clothing, however, was neatly folded beneath an after deck railing, leading to believe he had committed suicide.
1848 ~ Princess Louise, (née Louisa Caroline Alberta; d. Dec. 3, 1939), member of the British royal family. She married John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845 ~ 1914) in 1871. After her marriage, she became known as the Duchess of Argyll. It was an unhappy marriage, and couple had no children. She was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 1917, when the name changed to Windsor. She was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She died at age 91.
1844 ~ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (d. June 21, 1908), Russian composer. He died at age 64.
1837 ~ Grover Cleveland (né Stephen Grover Cleveland; d. June 24, 1908), the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He is the only American President to have served two non-consecutive terms as President. He served his first term from March 1885 until March 1889, and his second term from March 1893 until March 1897. Before becoming President, he was the Governor of New York, from January 1883 until January 1885. He married the 21-year old Francis Folsom while in Office as President. He was born in Caldwell, New Jersey. He died of a heart attack at age 71 in Princeton, New Jersey.
1828 ~ Sir Randal Cremer (né William Randal Cremer; d. July 22, 1908), English politician and recipient of the 1903 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the international arbitration movement. He died at age 80 in London, England.
1782 ~ John C. Calhoun (né John Caldwell Calhoun; d. Mar. 31, 1850), 7th Vice President of the United States. He served under President John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson from March 1925 until December 1832, when he resigned the Office. He went on to serve as the 16th United States Secretary of State during the John Tyler and James Polk administrations, from April 1844 until March 1845. Before becoming the Vice President, he had served as the 10thUnited States Secretary of War under President James Monroe from December 1817 until March 1825. He was born in Abbeville, South Carolina. He died 13 days after his 68th birthday in Washington, D.C.
1690 ~ Christian Goldbach (d. Nov. 20, 1764), Prussian mathematician. He is best known for Goldbach’s conjecture. He died at age 74 in Moscow, Russia.
1640 ~ Philippe de La Hire (d. Apr. 21, 1718), French mathematician and astronomer. The Mons La Hire, a mountain on the moon, is named in his honor. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 78.
1634 ~ Madame de La Fayette (née Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne; d. May 25, 1693), French author. She wrote La Princesse de Clèves, which is considered one of the earliest novels in literature and France’s first historical novel. She was born and died in Paris, France. She died at age 59.
1609 ~ Frederick III, King of Denmark (d. Feb. 9, 1670). He ruled Denmark and Norway from February 1648 until his death 14 years later. He was married to Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628 ~ 1685). They married in 1643 before he became the king. He was of the House of Oldenburg. He was the son of Christian IV, King of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg. He died at age 60.
1603 ~ Simon Bradstreet (d. Mar. 27, 1697), Early American politician and 20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he was baptized on March 18, 1603. He was born in Lincolnshire, England. He presumably died 9 days after his 93rd birthday in Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
1602 ~ Jacques de Billy (d. Jan. 14, 1679), French mathematician and Jesuit priest. The crater Billy on the Moon is named in his honor. He died at age 76.
1555 ~ Francis, Duke of Anjou (d. June 10, 1584), French prince. He was of the House of Valois-Angoulême. He was the youngest son of Henry II, King of France and Catherine de’Medici. He never married. He died of malaria at age 29.
1496 ~ Mary Tudor (d. June 25, 1533), English-born Queen consort of France and third wife of Louis XII of France. Following his death, she married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. She was of the House of Tudor. She was the third daughter of Henry VII, King of England and Elizabeth of York. She died of an illness at age 37.
Events that Changed the World:
1990 ~ Twelve paintings valued at over $300 Million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Mass. Two thieves disguised as police officers overpowered the security guards to gain entry into the museum. This remains the largest art theft in United States history. The pieces have not been recovered.
1971 ~ A landslide crashed into the Yanawayin Lake in Peru and killed 200 people at a mining camp.
1968 ~ The United States Congress repealed the gold standard, thereby a gold reserve was no longer required to back United States currency.
1965 ~ Soviet Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov (1934 ~ 2019) became the first person to walk in space when he left his spacecraft for 12 minutes.
1953 ~ An earthquake in western Turkey killed over 260 people.
1944 ~ Mount Vesuvius erupted in Italy, killing 26 people, and forcing thousands of others to be relocated.
1922 ~ Mohandas Gandhi (1869 ~ 1948) was sentenced to 6 years in prison for civil disobedience in India. He ultimately served only 2 years.
1892 ~ Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, also known as Lord Stanley of Preston (1841 ~ 1908), donated a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada. This award later became known as the Stanley Cup.
1874 ~ Hawaii signed a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
1850 ~ Henry Wells (1805 ~ 1878) and William Fargo (1818 ~ 1881) founded American Express.
1766 ~ The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but it came too late for the American colonists.
1438 ~ Albert II of Habsburg (1397 ~ 1439) became Holy Roman Emperor.
1241 ~ The first Mongol invasion of Poland when the Mongols overwhelmed the Polish army during the Battle of Chmielnki in Kraków.
1229 ~ Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194 ~ 1250) declared himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Don Young (née Donald Edwin Young; b. June 9, 1933), American irascible congressman who got Alaska perks. He served as member of the United States House of Representatives from March 1973 until his death 49 years later. He was known for procuring billions of dollars in federal funds for the State, including the infamous “bridge to nowhere”. He was born in Meridian, California. He died at age 88 in flight from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington, before catching a plane to Alaska. He was declared dead in SeaTac, Washington.
2021 ~ Elsa Peretti (b. May 1, 1940), Italian model who became an iconic jewelry designer. She had a long-term contract with Tiffany’s for her jewelry sales. She was born in Florence, Italy. She died at age 80 in Sant Martí Vell, Spain.
2020 ~ Alfred Worden (né Alfred Merill Worden; b. Feb. 7, 1932), American astronaut who soared the moon alone. He was the Command Modular Pilot for the Apollo 15 mission. While his crew members, David Scott and James Irwin explored the moon, he orbited the moon. He was born in Jackson, Michigan. He died in Sugar Land, Texas at age 88.
2019 ~ Jerrie Cobb (née Geraldyn M. Cobb; b. Mar. 5, 1931), American space pioneer who was grounded by sexism. She was a member of the Mercury 13, a group of women selected to undergo the same psychological screening testing as the original Mercury Seven male astronauts. She was born in Norman, Oklahoma. She died 13 days after her 88th birthday in Florida.
2018 ~ Hazel Smith (née Hazel Ruth Boone; b. May 31, 1934), American journalist who named country’s “outlaw music.” She was born in North Carolina. She died at age 83 in Madison, Tennessee.
2017 ~ Chuck Berry (né Charles Edward Anderson, Berry; Oct. 18, 1926), African-American guitarist, song-writer and pioneer of rock and roll music who started it all. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died at age 90 in Wentzville, Missouri.
2017 ~ Tom Amberry (né Thomas Amberry; b. Nov. 13, 1922), American podiatrist who became a free throw master. In 1993, at age 71, he began to shoot free throws and continued for 12 hours, making 2,750 baskets in a row. He died at age 94.
2013 ~ Mary Ellen Ruden (née Mary Ellen Estill; b. Dec. 7, 1924), American mathematician. She is best known for her work in set-theoretic topology. She was born in Hillsboro, Texas. She died at age 88.
2013 ~ Robin M. Williams (né Robert Martin Williams; b. Mar. 30, 1919), New Zealand mathematician. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He died 12 days before his 94th birthday in Wellington, New Zealand.
2012 ~ Shirley May Setters (née Shirley May France; b. Apr. 11, 1932), American swimmer who never crossed the Chanel. At age 17, she attempted to cross the English Chanel, hoping to be the youngest to accomplish this feat. Unfortunately, she had to be pulled out of the water just 6 miles short of her goal. She was born and died in Somerset, Massachusetts. She died of cancer at age 79.
2012 ~ Melvyn Kaufman (b. Aug. 4, 1924), American “oddball” architect whose buildings shaped New York City. He died at age 87 in Mamaroneck, New York.
2011 ~ Warren Christopher (né Warren Minor Christopher; b. Oct. 27, 1925), 63rd United States Secretary of State. He served during President Bill Clinton’s first term from January 1993 until January 1997. He was born in Scranton, North Dakota. He died at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.
2010 ~ Fess Parker (né Fess Elisha Parker, Jr.; b. Aug. 16, 1924), American actor, best known for his role as Daniel Boone in the TV series of the same name. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He died at age 85 in Santa Ynaz, California.
2009 ~ Natasha Richardson (née Natasha Jane Richardson; b. May 11, 1963), American actress who suffered a severe head injury following a skiing accident in Quebec, Canada. Liam Neeson was her second husband. She was born in London, England. She died at age 45 years old in New York, New York.
1996 ~ Odysseas Elytis (b. Nov. 2, 1911), Greek poet and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 84 in Athens, Greece.
1989 ~ Sir Harold Jeffreys (b. Apr. 22, 1891), English mathematician and statistician. He died at age 97 in Cambridge, England.
1986 ~ Bernard Malamud (b. Apr. 26, 1914), American novelist. He is best known for his novel The Fixer about anti-Semitism in Czarist Russia, and The Natural. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 71 in Manhattan, New York.
1983 ~ Umberto II, King of Italy (b. Sept. 15, 1904). He ruled Italy for only a few weeks: from May to June 1946. He was the last King of Italy. In 1930, He married Princess Marie-José of Belgium (1906 ~ 2001). He was of the House of Savoy. He was the son of Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Princess Elena of Montenegro. After Italy became a republic, Umberto lived the remainder of his life in exile. He died at age 78.
1983 ~ Robert F. Bradford (né Robert Fiske Bradford; b. Dec. 15, 1902), 57th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1947 until January 1949. He was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 80.
1980 ~ Erich Fromm (né Erich Selgmann Fromm; b. Mar. 23, 1900), German psychologist and philosopher. He died 5 days before his 80th birthday.
1965 ~ Farouk I, King of Egypt and Sudan (b. Feb. 11, 1920). He was overthrown during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. He was born in Cairo, Egypt. He died at age 45 in Rome, Italy.
1964 ~ Norbert Wiener (b. Nov. 26, 1894), American mathematician. He was born in Columbus, Missouri. He died of a heart attack at age 69 in Stockholm, Sweden. He is buried in Sandwich, New Hampshire.
1947 ~ William Durant (né William Crapo Durant; b. Dec. 8, 1861), American businessman and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He also founded Frigidaire. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 85 in New York, New York.
1913 ~ George I, King of Greece (b. Dec. 24, 1845). He was King of Greece from March 1963 until his assassination 50 years later. He was married to Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851 ~ 1926). They married in 1867 and were the parents of Constantine I, King of Greece. He was of the House of Glücksburg. He was the son of Christian IX, King of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He was assassinated at age 67.
1898 ~ Matilda Joslyn Gage (née Matilda Electa Joslyn; b. Mar. American social activist who advocated for women’s rights, rights of Native Americans and the abolishment of slavery. She was born in Cicero, New York. She died 6 days before her 72nd birthday in Chicago, Illinois 24, 1829), American social activist who advocated for women’s rights, rights of Native Americans and the abolishment of slavery. She was born in Cicero, New York. She died 6 days before her 72ndbirthday in Chicago, Illinois.
1877 ~ Emory Washburn (b. Feb. 14, 1800), 22nd Governor of Massachusetts. He was Governor from January 1854 until January 1855. He was born in Leicester, Massachusetts. He died about a month after his 77th birthday in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1871 ~ Augustus De Morgan (b. June 27, 1806), English mathematician. He was born in Madurai, British India. He died at age 64 in London, England.
1845 ~ Johnny Appleseed, (né John Chapman; b. Sept. 26, 1774), American pioneer in horticulture, who introduced the apple tree to large parts of the American mid-west. He was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. He died at age 70 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1823 ~ Henry Livingston (né Henry Brockholst Livingston; b. Nov. 25, 1757), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Thomas Jefferson. He served on the Court from November 1806 until his death on this date 17 years later. He replaced William Paterson on the Court and was succeeded by Smith Thompson. He was born in New York, New York, New York. He died at age 65 in Washington, D.C.
1768 ~ Laurence Sterne (b. Nov. 24, 1713), English clergyman and novelist, whose most famous novel was The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. He died of fever at age 54 in London, England.
1745 ~ Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (b. Aug. 26, 1676), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is considered to effectively be the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was Prime Minister from April 1721 until February 1742, was during the reigns of King George I and George II. He died at age 68.
1703 ~ Maria de Dominici (b. Dec. 6, 1645), Maltese sculptor, painter, and nun. She died in Rome, Italy at age 57.In 2010, a crater on the Mercury was named in her honor.
1227 ~ Pope Honorius III (né Cencio Savelli; b. 1148). He was Pope from July 1216 until his death 11 years later. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 77 – 79 at the time of his death.
978 ~ Edward the Martyr, King of England (b. 962). He was King as a child from July 975 until his murder under mysterious circumstances. He was of the House of Wessex. The was the son of Edgar the Peaceful, King of the English and Æthelflæd. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 15 or 16 at the time of his death.
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