Birthdays:
1979 ~ John Krasinski, American actor.
1957 ~ Hilda Solis, 25th
United States Secretary of Labor. She
served during President Obama’s administration.
She served in that office from February 2009 until January 2013.
1953 ~ Keith Hernandez, American
baseball player.
1950 ~ Tom Petty, American musician
and frontman for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
1946 ~ Lewis Grizzard (d. 1994),
American comedian and author. He died at
age 47 following heart surgery.
1946 ~ Elfriede Jelinke, Austrian
author and playwright. She was the
recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature.
1942 ~ Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard,
German biologist and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine.
1936 ~ Bobby Seale, American activist
and co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
1935 ~ Jerry Orbach (né Jerome Bernard
Orbach, d. 2004), American actor. He
died of prostate cancer at age 69.
1931 ~ Mickey Mantle (d. 1995),
American baseball player. He died at age
63.
1927 ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers (d. 2013),
American psychologist and columnist. She
died at age 85.
1925 ~ Art Buchwald (d. 2007),
American columnist and humorist. He died
at age 81.
1907 ~ Arlene Francis (d. 2001),
American actress and talk show host. She
died at age 90.
1891 ~ Sir James Chadwick (d. 1974),
English physicist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 82.
1885 ~ Jelly
Roll Morton (né Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, d. 1941), Louisiana jazz musician,
born in New Orleans. The date and month
of his birth is actually unknown, although this is the date he always
claimed. His musical style was risqué,
but his music lives on. He died of
respiratory problems at age 50.
1882 ~ Bela Lugosi (né Béla Ferenc
Dezsö Blaskó, d. 1956), Hungarian-American actor, best known for his roles in
early horror films. He died at age 73.
1874 ~ Charles Ives (d. 1954),
American composer. He died at age 79.
1859 ~ John
Dewey (d. 1952), American philosopher and educator. He was born in Burlington, Vermont. He died at age 92.
1784 ~ Henry John Temple, 3rd
Viscount Palmerston (d. 1865), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served as Prime Minister for two
terms. The first term was from February
1855 through February 18858l and the second term was from June 1859 until his
death on this date 6 years later. He was
Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Victoria. He died 2 days before his 81st
birthday.
1632 ~ Sir
Christopher Wren (d. 1723), English architect and mathematician. Following the Great Fire of London in 1666, he
re-designed many of the city’s churches. He is best known as being the lead architect
of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. He
died at age 89.
1616 ~ Thomas Bartholin (d. 1680),
Danish physician and mathematician. He
died at age 64.
Events the Changed the World:
2011 ~ During the Libyan Civil War,
National Transitional Council rebel forces captured ousted Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi (1943 ~ 2011) and killed him in his hometown of Sirte.
1991 ~ A 6.8 Magnitude earthquake hit
the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
1981 ~ Two police offers and an
armored car guard were killed during an armed robbery in Rockland County, New
York. The robbery was carried out by
members of the Black Liberation Army and the Weathermen Underground.
1976 ~ A ferry boat crossing the
Mississippi River between Destrehan and Luling, Louisiana was struck by a ship,
killing 78 passengers and crew. Only 18
people on the ferry survived.
1973 ~ The Sydney Opera House opened.
1973 ~ In what became known as the
Saturday Night Massacre, in the wake of the Watergate Scandal, President
Richard Nixon (1913 ~ 1994) filed US Attorney General Elliot Richardson (1920 ~
1999) and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus (b. 1932) after they
refused to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox (1912 ~ 2004). Ultimately, Robert Bork (1927 ~ 2012) fired
Cox.
1968 ~ Jacqueline Kennedy (1929 ~
1994) married Aristotle Onassis (1906 ~ 1975).
1947 ~ The House Un-American
Activities Committee began its investigation into Communist infiltration of
Hollywood. The result was the creation
of a blacklist that halted the careers of many Hollywood actors and directors.
1904 ~ Chile and Bolivia signed the
Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which delimited the boarder between the two
countries.
1883 ~ The Treaty of Ancón was signed
between Chile and Peru. Under the terms
of this treaty, Peru ceded the Tarapacá province to Chile, thus ending Peru’s
involvement in the War of the Pacific.
1818 ~ The Convention of 1818 was
signed between the United States and the United Kingdom. This document settled the border between the
United States and Canada, which for most of its length follows the 49th
parallel.
1803 ~ The United States Senate
ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
Good-Byes:
2014 ~ Oscar
de la Renta (b. 1932), Dominican-American fashion designed who dressed the rich
and fabulous. He died at age 82.
2013 ~ Lawrence Klein (b. 1920.),
American economist and recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. He died at age 93.
2012 ~ E. Donnall Thomas (né Edward
Donnall Thomas, b. 1920), American physician and recipient of the 1990 Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died
at age 92.
2012 ~ John McConnell (b. 1915),
American activist and creator of Earth Day.
He died at age 97.
2011 ~ Muammar
Gadhafi (b. 1942), Libyan dictator who was murdered after he was caught by
rebels in his home town of Sirte. He was
the “mad dog” who ruled Libya for 42 years.
His fourth son, Mutassim Gaddafi (b. 1977), was also killed in the raid. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but
he is believed to have been born between 1940 and 1943, thus he was between 68
and 71 at the time of his death.
2011 ~ Jerzy
Bielecki (b. 1921), Polish Catholic social worker who was sent to Auschwitz on
suspicion of being a resistance fighter.
While in the concentration camp, he met and fell in love with Cyla
Cybulaska, a Polish Jew. The two escaped
from Auschwitz, but were separated for 39 years. He died at age 90.
2006 ~ Jane
Wyatt (née Jane Waddington, b. 1911), American actress who played TV’s ideal
suburban mom in her role in Father Knows
Best. She died at age 96.
1994 ~ Burt Lancaster (b. 1913),
American actor. He died 2 weeks before
his 81st birthday.
1987 ~ Andrey Kolmogorov (d. 1903),
Russian mathematician. He died at age
84.
1984 ~ Paul Dirac (b. 1902), English
theoretical physicist and mathematician.
He was the recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 82.
1984 ~ Carl Ferdinand Cori (b. 1896),
Czech biochemist and recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine. He died at age 87.
1964 ~ Herbert Hoover (b. 1874), 31st
President of the United States. He
served as President from March 1929 until March 1933. He had previously served as the 3rd
United State Secretary of Commerce from March 1921 until August 1928 under
Presidents Warren G Harding and Calvin Coolidge. He died at age 90.
1950 ~ Henry L. Stimson (b. 1867), 46th
United States Secretary of State. He
served under President Herbert Hoover from March 1929 until March 1933. He had also served as the 45th and
the 54th Secretary of War under Presidents William Howard Taft and
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, respectively. He died a month after his 83rd
birthday.
1936 ~ Anne Sullivan (née Johanna
Mansfield Sulliven, b. 1866), American educator and teacher of Helen Keller. She died at age 70.
1935 ~ Arthur Henderson (b. 1836),
Scottish politician and recipient of the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize. He died at age 72.
1926 ~ Eugene V. Debs (b. 1855),
American politician and union leader. He
died less than 3 weeks before his 71st birthday.
1910 ~ David B. Hill (b. 1843), 29th
Governor of New York State. He served as
Governor from January 1885 until December 1891.
He died at age 67.
1890 ~ Sir Richard Francis Burton (b.
1821), British geographer and explorer.
He died at age 69.
1740 ~ Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
(d. 1685). He reigned as the Holy Roman Emperor from
October 1711 until his death in October 1740.
He died three weeks after his 55th birthday.
1631 ~ Michael Maestlin (b. 1550),
German astronomer and mathematician. He
died 3 weeks after his 81st birthday.
