Birthdays:
2007 ~ Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau. She is of the House of Orange-Nassau. She is the daughter of Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti.
1988 ~ Haley Joel Osment, American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1959 ~ Brian Setzer (né Brian Robert Setzer), American musician and frontman for the Stray Cats. He was born in Massapequa, New York.
1954 ~ Anne Lamott, American author, and political activist. She was born in San Francisco, California.
1954 ~ Peter MacNicol, American actor. He was born in Dallas, Texas.
1941 ~ Paul Theroux (né Paul Edward Theroux), American travel writer and novelist. He was born in Medford, Massachusetts.
1938 ~ Don Meredith (né Joseph Don Meredith; d. Dec. 5, 2010), American professional football quarterback who lit up the broadcast booth. His nickname was “Dandy Don.” He was born in Mount Vernon, Texas. He died at age 72 of a brain hemorrhage in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1936 ~ John Madden (né John Earl Madden; d. Dec. 28, 2021), American NFL Hall of Fame football coach who led the Oakland Raiders to their first Super Bowl victory in 1977 and went on to become one of football’s greatest ambassador, reaching generations of fans from broadcasting booth and through the best-selling video game that bears his name. He was born in Austin, Minnesota. He died at age 85 in Pleasanton, California.
1934 ~ David Halberstam (d. Apr. 23, 2007), American journalist and author. He was born in New York, New York. He was killed in a car accident in Menlo Park, California, just 13 days before his 73rd birthday.
1932 ~ Blaze Starr (née Fannie Belle Fleming; d. June 15, 2015), American burlesque star and stripper who had a long affair with Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long. She was known as the Hottest Blaze in Burlesque. She was born and died in Wayne County, West Virginia. She was 83 years old.
1932 ~ Omar Sharif (né Michel Dimitri Chalhoub; d. July 10, 2015), Egyptian actor and playboy who excelled in exotic roles. He was best known for his role as Dr. Zhivago in the movie of the same name and for his role in Lawrence of Arabia. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He died of a heart attack at age 83 in Cairo, Egypt.
1929 ~ Max von Sydow (né Carl Adolf von Sydow; d. Mar. 8, 2020), Swedish actor who played chess with Death. He is best known for his role as a disillusioned medieval knight who challenged Death to a game of chess in Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 movie The Seventh Seal. He was born in Lund, Sweden. He died about a month before his 91st birthday in Provence, France.
1929 ~ Ann Sullivan (née Sara Ann McNeese; d. Apr. 13, 2020), American Disney animator who brought to life Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, and other classics. She was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She died in Los Angeles, California of complications of Covid-19, just 3 days after her 91st birthday.
1927 ~ Marshall Warren Nirenberg (d. Jan. 15, 2010), American biochemist and recipient of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for breaking the genetic code. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 82.
1927 ~ Joan Quigley (née Joan Ceciel Quigley; d. Oct. 23, 2014), American astrologer who guided First Lady Nancy Reagan. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She died at age 87 in San Francisco, California.
1926 ~ Gustav Metzger (d. Mar. 1, 2017), German artist who made a career out of destruction. He was born in Nuremberg, Germany. He died at age 90 in London, England.
1921 ~ Chuck Connors (né Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors; d. Nov. 10, 1992), American professional baseball player, professional basketball player, and actor. He is best known for his role in the television western, The Rifleman. He played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and basketball for the Boston Celtics. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of lung cancer at age 71 in Los Angeles, California.
1919 ~ John Houbolt (né John Cornelius Houbolt; d. Apr. 15, 2014), American engineer who helped NASA reach the moon. He was born in Altoona, Iowa. He died of Parkinson’s disease in Scarborough, Maine 5 days after his 95thbirthday.
1917 ~ Robert Burns Woodward (d. July 8, 1979), American organic chemist and recipient of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 62.
1915 ~ Harry Morgan (né Harry Bratsberg; d. Dec. 7, 2011), American hardest-working actor in Hollywood. He was best known for his role as Col. Sherman Potter on the television sit-com M*A*S*H. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died at age 96 in Los Angeles, California.
1910 ~ Yosef Shalom Eliashiv (d. July 18, 2012), Lithuanian-Israeli Haredi rabbi. He died at age 102 in Jerusalem, Israel.
1909 ~ Jimmy Cannon (d. Dec. 5, 1973), American sports journalist. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his coverage of boxing. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 64.
1903 ~ Clare Turlay Newberry (d. Feb. 12, 1970), American children’s author and illustrator. She was born in Enterprise, Oregon. She died at age 66 in San Diego, California.
1887 ~ Bernardo Houssay (né Bernardo Alberto Houssay; d. Sept. 21, 1971), Argentine physiologist and recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the role of the pituitary homes in regulating blood sugar levels. He was born and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died at age 84.
1880 ~ Frances Perkins (née Fannie Coralie Perkins; b. May 14, 1965), first woman to be appointed to a United States cabinet position when she was appointed as the 4th United States Secretary of Labor. She served under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman from March 1933 through June 1945. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She died at age 85 in New York, New York.
1861 ~ Ray Frank (née Rachel Frank; d. Oct. 10, 1948), American Jewish religious leader. She was the first Jewish woman to formally preach from a pulpit in the United States. She was from San Francisco and was known as the “Girl Rabbi of the Golden West”. She was a role model for women in Judaism. She died at age 87.
1847 ~ Joseph Pulitzer (né József Pulitzer; d. Oct. 29, 1911), Hungarian-American publisher. He introduced the technique of yellow journalism, journalism with little well researched news. He became and American citizen and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State. He was born in Hungary. He died at age 64 in Charleston, South Carolina.
1829 ~ William Booth (d. Aug. 20, 1912), English Methodist minister and founder of the Salvation Army. He died at age 83 in London, England.
1827 ~ Lew Wallace (né Lewis Wallace; d. Feb. 15, 1905), American lawyer, General in the American Civil War, and novelist, who’s best known book was Ben-Hur. He was born in Brookville, Indiana. He died at age 77 in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
1794 ~ Matthew C. Perry (né Matthew Calbraith Perry; d. Mar. 4, 1858), Commodore of the United States Navy. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He died of rheumatic fever about a month before his 64th birthday in New York, New York.
1778 ~ William Hazlitt (d. Sept. 18, 1830), British writer, literary critic, social commentator, and philosopher. He died at age 52 in London, England.
1755 ~ Samuel Hahnemann (né Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, d. July 2, 1843), German physician best known for creating an alternative form of medicine now known as homeopathy. He died at age 88 in Paris, France.
1651 ~ Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (d. Oct. 11, 1708), German mathematician. He died at age 57.
1603 ~ Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (d. June 2, 1647). member or the Danish royal family. He was heir apparent to the throne of Norway but died before becoming king. He was married to Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617 ~ 1668). He was of the House of Oldenburg. He was the son of Christian IV, King of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg. He was Lutheran. They married in 1634. He died at age 44.
1512 ~ James V, King of Scotland (d. Dec. 14, 1542). He reigned over Scotland from September 1513 until his death 29 years later. He married Princess Madeleine of France (1520 ~ 1537) in 1537. She died 6 months after they married. He then married Mary of Guise (1515 ~ 1560), who was the mother of his successor, Mary, Queen of Scots. He was of the House of Stewart. He was the son of James IV, King of Scotland and Margaret Tudor. He was Catholic. He died at age 30, probably of cholera or dysentery. He died when his daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots was just 6 days old.
1480 ~ Philbert II, Duke of Savoy (d. Sept. 10, 1504), second husband of Archduchess Margaret of Austria. They married in 1501. He had previously been married to Yolande Louise of Savoy. He was of the House of Savoy. He was the son of Philip II, Duke of Savoy and Marguerite of Bourbon. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 24.
1472 ~ Princess Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy (d. Dec. 11, 1472), member of the British family. She was of the House of York. She was the fifth child and fourth daughter of Edward IV, King of England and Elizabeth Woodville. She died at age 8 months.
1270 ~ Haakon V Magnusson, King of Norway (d. May 8, 1319). He ruled over Norway from 1299 until his death 14 years later. He was married twice. In 1295, he married his first wife was Isabelle de Joigny. Little is known of her life other than she died in 1297. In 1299, he married his second wife Euphemia of Rügen (1280 ~ 1312). Little is known of her life. He was of the House of Sverre. He was the son of Magnus VI, King of Norway and Ingeborg of Denmark. He died about a month after his 49th birthday.
1267 ~ James II, King of Aragon and Valencia, James I, King of Sicily (d. Nov. 2, 1327). He ruled Aragon and Valencia from June 1291 until his death in 1327. He ruled Sicily from November 1285 until June 1295. He married four times. His first wife was Isabelle of Castile (1283 ~ 1328). They married in 1291 when the bride was only 8 years old. The marriage was never consummated and was annulled by Pope Boniface VIII, who refused to grant a dispensation for the marriage. His second wife was Blanche of Anjou (1280 ~ 1310) whom he married in 1295. They were the parents of Alfonso IV, King of Aragon. His third wife was Marie of Lusigan (1273 ~ 1319) whom he married in 1315. Theirs was a strictly political marriage and there were no children of this union. His fourth and final wife was Elisenda of Montcada (1292 ~ 1364). They married in 1322. There were no children of this marriage either. He was of the House of Barcelona. He was the son of Peter III, King of Aragon and Constance of Sicily. He was Roman Catholic. His death is sometimes listed on November 5, 1327. He died at age 60.
Events that Changed the World:
2023 ~ In the 146th mass shooting in the United States, a gunman entered the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, killing five people and injuring nine others. The shooter was subsequently killed by police officers.
2022 ~ Palm Sunday.
2019 ~ Massive gas explosion in downtown Durham, North Carolina. At least 1 person was killed, and numerous others were injured.
2017 ~ Passover began at sunset.
2017 ~ Neil Gorsuch (b. 1967) was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He had previously served as a Federal Judge on the 10th United States Circuit Court of Appeal.
1971 ~ The United States table tennis team visited China. This event became known as the Ping-pong diplomacy in an attempt to thaw relations between China and the United States.
1970 ~ Paul McCartney (b. 1942) announced that he was leaving the Beatles for personal reasons.
1963 ~ The nuclear submarine USS Thresher sank off the coast of Massachusetts, killing 129 American sailors. The submarine had begun its voyage from Bath, Maine.
1957 ~ The Suez Canal was reopened. It had been closed during the Suez crisis.
1953 ~ Warner Brothers released the first 3-D movie in New York, New York. The movie was entitled House of Wax, and starred Vincent Price (1911 ~ 1993).
1944 ~ Rudolf Vrba (1924 ~ 2006) and Alfréd Wetzler (1918 ~ 1988) escaped from the Birkenau concentration camp. They reported what was going on in the camps. Their report helped to end the mass deportation of Hungarian Jews to the concentration camps.
1925 ~ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 ~ 1940) was first published.
1912 ~ The Titanic left port in Southhampton, England on her first and only voyage. It would hit an iceberg and sink 5 days later.
1906 ~ The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (1862 ~ 1910) was first published.
1866 ~ The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCAP was founded in New York City by Henry Bergh (1813 ~ 1888), a philanthropist and diplomat. He had been appointed to a diplomatic post in Russia and was horrified to see how the work horses there were beaten by their drivers.
1816 ~ The United States government approved of the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
1815 ~ The Mount Tambora volcano on an island in Indonesia, began its three-month long eruption, which lasted through July 15, 1815. The volcano killed over 71,000 people and affected the Earth’s climate for over 2 years.
1710 ~ The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, became effective in Great Britain.
1606 ~ James I, King of England (1566 ~ 1625) established the Virginia Company of London for the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
Good-Byes:
2023 ~ Richard Ieyoub (né Richard Phillip Ieyoub; b. Aug. 11, 1944), American lawyer and politician. He served as the Attorney General of Louisiana from January 1992 until January 2004. He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He died at age 78 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from complications of surgery to repair a ruptured aneurysm.
2023 ~ Anne Perry (née Juliet Marion Hulme; b. Oct. 28, 1938), British author crime fiction with a crime in her past. She is known for her historical detective novels. As a teenager, she and her friend Pauline Parker, were convicted of the murder of Parker’s mother. She changed her name after serving a 5-year prison term. The story of the murder was depicted in the 1994 film, Heavenly Creatures. She was born in London, England. She died at age 84 in Los Angeles, California.
2023 ~ Al Jaffee (né Abraham Jaffee; b. Mar. 13, 1921), American ingenious cartoonist who helped define Madmagazine. He is best known for his work in the satirical magazine Mad. He worked there for 65 years: from its founding in 1952 until its last issue in 2020. He was born in Savannah, Georgia. He died about a month after his 102nd birthday in New York, New York.
2013 ~ Sir Robert G. Edwards (né Robert Geoffrey Edwards; b. Sept. 27, 1925), English physiologist and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was a pioneer in vitro fertilization research who changed the rules of conception. He died at age 87.
2012 ~ Raymond Aubrac (né Raymond Samuel; b. July 31, 1914), French hero of the French Resistance. Following World War II, he became a civil engineer. He died at age 97 in Paris, France.
2010 ~ Lech Kaczyński (b. June 18, 1949), President of Poland. He served as President from December 2005 until his death. He was killed in a plane crash in Russia. He was 60 years old.
2010 ~ Dixie Carter (née Dixie Virginia Carter, b. May 25, 1939), American actress. She is best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on the television sit-com Designing Women. She was born in McLemoresville, Tennessee. She died in Houston, Texas of endometrial cancer at age 70.
1996 ~ Moshe Davis (b. Jan. 12, 1916), American rabbi and scholar of American Jewish history. He died at age 80.
1992 ~ Peter Mitchell (né Peter Dennis Mitchell; b. Sept. 29, 1920), English biochemist and recipient of the 1878 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemiosmotic mechanism of the ATP synthesis. He died at age 71.
1990 ~ Wealthy Babcock (née Wealthy Consuelo Babcock; b. Nov. 11, 1895), American mathematician. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and had a long teaching career at that university. She was born in Washington County, Kansas. She died at age 94 in Lawrence, Kansas.
1981 ~ Howard Thurman (né Howard Washington Thurman; b. Nov. 18, 1899), African-American theologian, educator, philosopher and civil rights activist. He was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He died at age 81 in San Francisco, California.
1975 ~ Walker Evans (b. Nov. 3, 1903), American photographer and photojournalist. He is best known for his work with the Farm Security Administration, which documented the effects of the Great Depression. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died in New Haven, Connecticut at age 71.
1967 ~ Oscar Chisini (b. Mar. 4, 1889), Italian mathematician. He died at age 78 in Milan, Italy.
1966 ~ Evelyn Waugh (né Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh; b. Oct. 28, 1903), English writer. He died of heart failure at age 62.
1962 ~ Stuart Sutcliffe (né Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe; b. June 23, 1940), Scottish bass player who was briefly with the Beatles. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 21 in Hamburg, West Germany.
1954 ~ Auguste Lumière (né Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière; b. Oct. 19, 1862), French movie director. He, along with his brother, Louis Jean Lumière (1864 ~ 1948), were considered to be the first filmmakers in history. They patented the cinematograph. Louis Jean died in Bandol, Fance at age 83; Auguste died in Lyon, France and was 91 at the time of his death.
1933 ~ Henry van Dyke, Jr. (né Henry Jackson van Dyke, Jr.; b. Nov. 10, 1852), American author, educator and clergyman. He also served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg during the Woodrow Wilson administration. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 80 in Princeton, New Jersey.
1931 ~ Khalil Gibran (b. Jan. 6, 1883), Lebanese poet and painter. He is best known for his book of poetry entitled The Prophet. He died at age 48 in New York, New York.
1920 ~ Moritz Cantor (né Moritz Benedikt Cantor; b. Aug. 23, 1829), German mathematician and math historian. He died at age 90.
1919 ~ Emiliano Zapata (né Emiliano Zapata Salazar; b. Aug. 8, 1879), Mexican general and revolutionary. He was ambushed and killed by government forces. He died at age 39.
1813 ~ Joseph-Louis Lagrange (né Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia; b. Jan. 25, 1736), Italian-born mathematician. He was born in Turin, Italy. He died at age 77 in Paris France.
1806 ~ Horatio Gates (né Horatio Lloyd Gates; b. July 26, 1727), British-born soldier who served as a General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is credited for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga. He died at age 78 in New York, New York.
1742 ~ Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick (b. Apr. 21, 1673), Holy Roman Empress consort and wife of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678 ~ 1711). They married in 1699. She was of the House of Hanover. She was the daughter of John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg and Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate. She was Roman Catholic. She died 11 days before her 69th birthday.
1585 ~ Pope Gregory XIII (né Ugo Boncompagni, b. Jan. 7, 1502). He was Pope from May 1572 until his death 13 years later. He is best known for commissioning, and being the namesake of, the Gregorian calendar. He died at age 83.
1533 ~ Frederick I, King of Denmark (b. Oct. 7, 1471). He was King from 1523 until his death 10 years later. He was married twice. His first wife was Anna of Brandenburg (1487 ~ 1514). They were the parents of Christian III, King of Denmark. His second wife was Sophie of Pomerania (1498 ~ May 13, 1568). They had six children together. He was of the House of Oldenburg. He was the son of Christian I, King of Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg. He died at age 61.
1216 ~ Eric X of Sweden (b. 1180). Little is known of his life. He married Princess Richeza of Denmark (d. 1220). He was of the House of Eric. He was the son of Canute I, King of Sweden and an unnamed mother. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
879 ~ Louis the Stammerer (b. Nov. 1, 846), King of West Francia. He was formally known as Louis II, King of West Francia. He was married twice. His first wife was Ansgarde of Burgundy. Little is known of her life. They had married in secret and had two sons who would become Louis III, King of France and Carolman II. Louis’ father wanted Louis to marry Adelaide of Paris (d. 901), thus, he had to obtain a papal annulment to marry his second wife. His second wife was Adelaide of Paris. They married in 875. He was of the Carolingian Dynasty. He was the son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. He died of an illness at age 32.
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