Birthdays:
1953 ~ Sir Andrew Wiles (né Andrew John Wiles), British mathematician. He is best known for proving Fermat’s last theorem. He was born in Cambridge, England.
1947 ~ Meshach Taylor (d. June 28, 2014), American actor best known for his role as Anthony Bouvier on the television sit-com Designing Women. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 67 of colon cancer in Altadena, California.
1946 ~ Chris Burden (né Christopher Lee Burden; d. May 10, 2015), American performance artist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of cancer a month after his 69th birthday in Topanga Canyon, California.
1941 ~ Ellen Goodman (née Ellen Holtz), American journalist and columnist. She was born in Newton, Massachusetts.
1939 ~ Louise Lasser, American actress. She is best known for her role as Mary Hartman on the television satire, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. She went to Brandeis University. She was born in New York, New York.
1932 ~ Shirley May Setters (née Shirley May France; d. Mar. 18, 2012), 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 from Somerville, Massachusetts. She died of cancer at age 79 in Fall River, Massachusetts.
1932 ~ Joel Grey (né Joel David Katz), American actor, dancer, and singer. He came out as gay at age 82. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1931 ~ Nelly Kaplan (d. Nov. 12, 2020), Argentine-born film director. She earned international acclaim after she moved to France and made a series of satirical films about revenge and female empowerment. She was born in Buenos Aries, Argentina. She died in Geneva, Switzerland of Covid-19 at age 89.
1930 ~ Nicholas Brady (né Nicholas Frederick Brady), 68th Secretary of the United States Treasury. He served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He was in that Office from September 1988 until January 1993. He had previously served as a United States Senator from New Jersey. He was born in New York, New York.
1928 ~ Ethel Kennedy (née Ethel Skakel), wife of Robert Kennedy and human rights advocate. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1923 ~ Dody Weston Thompson (née Dora Harrison; d. Oct. 14, 2012), American photographer. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She died at age 89 in Los Angeles, California.
1923 ~ Theodore Rubin (né Theodore Isaac Rubin; d. Feb. 16, 2019), American psychotherapist and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 95 in Manhattan, New York.
1919 ~ Hugh Carey (né Hugh Leo Carey; d. Aug. 7, 2011), 51st Governor of New York State. He served as Governor from January 1975 through December 1982. He was considered the Democrat who rescued New York. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 92 in Shelter Island, New York.
1914 ~ Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (d. Feb. 5, 1988), American mathematician. She was the first woman elected to be president of the Mathematics Association of American. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She died at age 73 in Providence, Rhode Island.
1913 ~ Oleg Cassini (né Oleg Cassini Loiewski; d. Mar. 17, 2006), American fashion designer who designed many of the clothes Jackie Kennedy wore while in the White House. He was born in Paris, France. He died from complications of an aneurism less than three weeks before his 93rd birthday in Manhasset, New York.
1908 ~ Leo Rosten (né Leo Calvin Rosten; d. Feb. 19, 1997), American Yiddish novelist and humorist. He wrote The Joy of Yiddish. He was born in Łódź, Poland. He died at age 88 in New York, New York.
1908 ~ Masaru Ibuka (d. Dec. 19, 1997), Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony. He died at age 89 in Tokyo, Japan.
1908 ~ Jane Bolin (née Jane Matilda Bolin; d. Jan. 8, 2007), African-American lawyer and judge. She was the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School. In 1939, she was appointed a judge of the New York State Domestic Relations Court, becoming the first black woman judge in the United States. She was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She died at age 98 in Queens, New York.
1906 ~ Dale Messick (née Dalia Messick, d. Apr. 5, 2005), American author and illustrator. She was the creator of the comic Brenda Starr. She was born in South Bend, Indiana. She died 6 days before her 99th birthday in Sonoma County, California.
1893 ~ Dean Acheson (né Dean Gooderham Acheson; d. Oct. 12, 1971), 51st United States Secretary of State. He served under President Harry S Truman. He served in that Office from January 1949 until January 1953. He was born in Middletown, Connecticut. He died of a stroke at age 78 in Sandy Spring, Maryland.
1869 ~ Gustav Vigeland (né Adolf Gustav Thorsen; d. Mar. 12, 1943), Norwegian sculptor who designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal. He died a month before his 64th birthday.
1862 ~ Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (d. Aug. 27, 1948), 11th United States Supreme Court Chief Justice. He was nominated to be the Chief Justice by President Herbert Hoover. He replaced William Howard Taft as Chief Justice. He served as the Chief Justice from February 1930 until June 1941. He was replaced as Chief Justice by Harlan F. Stone. He had served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from October 1910 to June 1016. He had been nominated by President William Howard Taft. He replaced David Josiah Brewer and was succeeded by John Hessin Clarke. He served as an Associate Justice from October 1910 until June 1916. He resigned from the Court to make a run for President. When he lost the bid for President, he served as the 44th United States Secretary of State from March 1921 until March 1925, serving under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Prior to his federal appointments, he served as the 36th Governor of New York State. He was born in Glens Falls, New York. He died at age 86 in Osterville, Massachusetts.
1837 ~ Elmer E. Ellsworth (né Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth; d. May 24, 1861), American soldier. He has the distinction of being the first casualty in the American Civil War. He was born in Malta, New York. He was killed while removing a Confederate flag from the roof of an inn in Alexandria, Virginia. He was 24 years old.
1794 ~ Edward Everett (d. Jan. 15, 1865), 20th United States Secretary of State. He served in this office from November 1852 until March 1853. He served under President Millard Fillmore. Previously, he had served as the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, from January 1836 until January 1840. The town of Everett, Massachusetts was named in his honor. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He died at age 70 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1770 ~ George Canning (d. Aug. 8, 1827), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was the Prime Minister from April 1827 until August 1827. He died in office at age 57. He served only 119 days as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1755 ~ James Parkinson (d. Dec. 21, 1824), English physician, surgeon, geologist, paleontologist and political activist. He was the first to describe the condition now known as Parkinson’s disease. He died of a stroke at age 69.
1492 ~ Marguerite de Navarre (d. Dec. 21, 1549), Queen consort of Navarre and first wife of Henry II, King of Navarre (1503 ~ 1555). Henry was her second husband. They married in 1526. They were the parents of Jeanne III, Queen of Navarre. She had previously been married to Charles IV, Duke of Alençon (1489 ~ 1525). They married in 1509. She was of the House of Valois-Angoulême. She was the daughter of Charles, Count of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy. She died at age 57.
1357 ~ John I, King of Portugal (b. Aug. 14, 1433). He was king from April 1385 until his death in 1433. He was married to Philippa of Lancaster. He was of the House of Aviz. He was the son of Peter I, King of Portugal and Teresa Lourenço. He died at age 76.
Events that Changed the World:
2012 ~ A 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia.
2006 ~ Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (b. 1956) announced that Iran had successfully enriched uranium.
2002 ~ The Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia was the target of a suicide bomb by Al Qaeda. Twenty-one people were killed in the bombing.
1979 ~ Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (1925 ~ 2003) was deposed.
1976 ~ Apple I was created.
1968 ~ President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 ~ 1973) signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibiting the discrimination in sales, rental and financing of housing.
1961 ~ The trial of Adolf Eichmann (1906 ~ 1962) for war crimes committed during World War II began in Jerusalem. He would be found guilty and executed.
1951 ~ President Harry S Truman (1884 ~ 1972) relieved General Douglas MacArthur (1880 ~ 1964) of his command in Korea.
1945 ~ American forces liberated Buchenwald concentration camp at the end of World War II.
1909 ~ The city of Tel Aviv, Israel was founded.
1881 ~ Spelman College was founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary. In 1884, the name was changed to the Spelman Seminary in honor of Laura Spelman (1839 ~ 1915), John D. Rockefeller’s wife, who was supportive of the school. It was designed as an institution of higher learning for African-American women.
1814 ~ Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 ~ 1821), Emperor of France, abdicated the throne and was banished to the island of Elbe.
1689 ~ William III (1650 ~ 1702) and Mary II (1662 ~ 1694) were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ Stanley Chera (né Stanley Isaac Chera; b. Oct. 22, 1942), American real estate mogul who was a friend of President Trump and a major campaign donor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of complications of Covid-19 in New York, New York at age 77.
2020 ~ John Conway (né John Horton Conway; b. Dec. 26, 1937), English mathematician and Princeton mathematician. He made profound contributions knot theory, number theory, probability theory, topology, and game theory. He was born in Liverpool, England. He died in New Brunswick, New Jersey of complications of Covid-19. He was 82 years old.
2020 ~ Wynn Handman (né Irwin Leo Handman; b. May 19, 1922), American acting teacher and stage director. He was the artistic director of the American Place Theater, which he had cofounded in 1963. He was known for mentoring such stars as Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, and Richard Gere. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of complication from Covid-19 about a month before his 98th birthday
2018 ~ Rob Matthews (né Robert Matthews; b. May 26, 1961), British blind runner who dominated the Paralympics. He was born with a degenerative eye condition and was blinded by age 20. He died of a brain tumor at age 56.
2018 ~ Mitzi Shore (née Lillian Saidel, b. July 25, 1930), American stand-up matriarch who ruled Los Angeles comedy. She co-founded The Comedy Store in 1972. She was born in Menominee, Michigan. She died at age 87 in West Hollywood, California.
2017 ~ J. Geils (né John Warren Geils, Jr.; b. Feb. 20, 1946), American blues guitarist who became an ‘80s hitmaker. He founded the J. Geils Band. He was born in New York, New York. He died in Groton, Massachusetts at age 71.
2014 ~ Jesse Winchester (né James Rideout Winchester, Jr.; b. May 17, 1944), American-Canadian singer-songwriter who made music in exile. He was an anti-Vietnam War protester and fled to Canada after receiving his draft notice. He was born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He died of bladder cancer about a month before his 70th birthday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
2013 ~ Jonathan Winters (né Jonathan Harshman Winters, III; b. Nov. 11, 1925), American comic and actor who thrived on improvisation. He was born in Dayton, Ohio. He died at age 87 in Montecito, California.
2013 ~ Maria Tallchief (née Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief; b. Jan. 24, 1925), Native American dancer hailed as America’s prima ballerina. She was a member of the Osage Nation. She broke her hip in December 2012 and died from complications from that injury. She was born in Fairfax, Oklahoma. She died at age 88 years old in Chicago, Illinois.
2013 ~ Hilary Koprowski (d. Dec. 5, 1916), Polish-born virologist and immunologist. He is credited with creating the Polio vaccine. He died at age 96 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
2012 ~ Agustín Román (b. May 5, 1928), Cuban bishop who ministered to Cubans in exile. He died less that a month before his 84th birthday in Miami, Florida.
2007 ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. Nov. 11, 1922), American novelist, best known for his novels Slaughter-House Five and Cat’s Cradle. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He died at age 84 in New York, New York.
2007 ~ Roscoe Lee Browne (b. May 2, 1922), African-American actor. He was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. He died less than a month before his 85th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
2003 ~ Cecil Howard Green (b. Aug. 6, 1900), British-born American businessman and founder of Texas Instruments. He was born in Whitefield, England. He died at age 102.
2001 ~ Robert Moon (né Robert Aurand Moon; b. Apr. 15, 1917), American postal inspector and creator of the ZIP Code. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He died 4 days before his 84th birthday in Leesburg, Florida.
1987 ~ Primo Levi (né Primo Michele Levi; b. July 31, 1919), Italian chemist and author. He was a Holocaust survivor and much of his writings reflected his time in Auschwitz concentration camp. He was born and died in Turin, Italy. He died by suicide at age 67 by throwing himself down a flight of stairs.
1987 ~ Erskine Caldwell (né Erskine Preston Caldwell; b. Dec. 17, 1903), American author. He is best known for his novel God’s Little Acre. He was born in Moreland, Georgia. He died of lung cancer at age 83 in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
1985 ~ Susan Ertz (b. Feb. 13, 1887), Anglo-American novelist. She is best known for her novels of genteel life in the country. She died at age 98.
1970 ~ John O’Hara (né John Henry O’Hara; b. Jan. 31, 1905), American author and screenwriter. He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He died of cardiovascular disease at age 65 in Princeton, New Jersey.
1958 ~ Paul A. Dever (né Paul Andrew Dever; b. Jan. 15, 1903), 58th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1946 until January 1953. He was born and died in Boston. He died at age 55 of a heart attack.
1947 ~ Louise Peete (née Lofie Louise Preslar; b. Sept. 20, 1880), Louisiana serial killer. She was born in Bienville, Louisiana. She led a colorful life, marrying several times, with a number of her husbands “committing suicide.” She was tried for murder several times, once being sentenced to life in prison, but was released after serving only 19 years. Following additional murders, she was finally found guilty and sentenced to death, where she was executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin. She was 66 years old at the time of her execution.
1926 ~ Luther Burbank (b. Mar. 7, 1849), American horticulturist. He was a pioneer in agricultural science. He was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He died just over a month after his 77th birthday in Santa Rosa, California.
1921 ~ Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (b. Oct. 22, 1858), German Empress consort and 1st wife of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. They married in 1881. She was the last German empress. She was of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. She was the daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She died at age 62.
1906 ~ James Anthony Bailey (né James Anthony McGinnis, b. July 4, 1847), American businessman and co-founder of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died at age 58 in Mount Vernon, New York.
1895 ~ Lothar Meyer (né Julius Lother Meyer; b. Aug. 19, 1830), German chemist. He is best known for being a pioneer in the development of the periodic table of chemical elements. He was born in Varel, Germany. He died of a stroke at age 64 in Tübingen, Germany.
1890 ~ John Merrick (né John Carey Merrick; b. Aug. 5, 1862), English man known as The Elephant Man due to the severe deformities he suffered as a result most likely from a combination of neurofibromatatosis and Proteus syndrome. He died at age 27 in London, England.
1890 ~ David de Jahacob Lozez Cardozo (b. May 21, 1808), Dutch Talmudist. He died at age 81.
1779 ~ Joseph de Jussieu (b. Sept. 3, 1704), French explorer, botanist, and mathematician. He is best known for introducing the common garden heliotrope to European gardeners. He was born in Lyon, France. He died at age 74 in Paris, France.
1626 ~ Marino Getaldić (b. Oct. 2, 1568), Croatian mathematician. He died at age 57.
1578 ~ Archduchess Joanna of Austria (b. Jan. 24, 1547), Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany and first wife of Francesco I de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541 ~ 1587). It was not a happy marriage. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 31 from injuries sustained from a fall down a flight of stairs while 8 months pregnant. The mysterious circumstances of her death caused speculation that she was actually murdered by her husband and his mistress.
1240 ~ Llywelyn the Great (b. 1173), Prince of Wales. He ruled as the Prince of Wales from 1288 until his death. He was married to Joan, Lady of Wales. He was of the House of Aberffraw. He was the son of Iorwerth Drwyndwn and Marared ferch Madog. The date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been about 66 or 67 at the time of his death.
1165 ~ Stephen IV, King of Hungary (b. 1133). He ruled from 1163 until his death 2 years later. He was married to Maria Komnene. He was of the Árpád dynasty. He was the son of Béla II, King of Hungary and Helena of Rascia. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been between 31 and 33 at the time of his death.
678 ~ Pope Donus. He was Pope from November 676 until had death less than 2 years later. The date of his birth is unknown.
618 ~ Emperor Yang of Sui (b. 569), 2nd Chinese Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. The exact date of his birth is not known.
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