Birthdays:
1965~ Linda Evangelista, Canadian supermodel.
1961~ Candalyn Chamberlain Kubeck (d. May 11, 1996), American commercial airline pilot. She was the captain of ValuJet Flight 592 when it crashed into the Florida Everglades shortly after take-off. She was the first female commercial pilot to die in a plane crash. She died 1 day after her 35th birthday.
1959~ Victoria Rowell (née Victoria Lynn Rowell), American actress. She was born in Portland, Maine. She is best known for her role in The Young and the Restless.
1958~ Rick Santorum (né Richard John Santorum), American politician from Pennsylvania and presidential-hopeful candidate in 2012 campaign.
1957~ Sid Vicious (né John Simon Ritchie, d. Feb. 2, 1979), English musician and singer in The Sex Pistols. He murdered his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. He died at age 21 from a drug overdose that was possibly a suicide.
1955~ Rick Steves (né Richard Steves), American travel television host and author of travel books.
1941~ Nicholas Sand (d. Apr. 24, 1917), American chemist who spread the gospel of LSD. He was a strong advocate for using LSD throughout his life. He died 16 days before his 76th birthday.
1940~ Wayne Dyer (né Wayne Walter Dyer, d. Aug. 29, 2015), American self-help guru who preached self-reliance. He died of a heart attack at 75 years old.
1939~ Wayne Cochran (né Talvin Wayne Cochran, d. Nov. 21, 2017), American flamboyant soul singer who found religion. He is best known for his outlandish outfits and white pompadour. He retired from music in the early 1970s and became an evangelistic minister. He died at age 78.
1933~ Barbara Taylor Bradford, English novelist.
1930~ Pat Summerall (né George Allen Summerall, d. Apr. 16, 2013), American former football player who became the voice of the NFL. He died 24 days before his 83rd birthday.
1930~ George E. Smith (né George Elwood Smith), American physicist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.
1922~ Nancy Walker (née Anna Myrtle Swoyer, d. Mar. 25, 1992), American actress. She was best known for her role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She died at age 69 of lung cancer.
1919~ Ella Grasso (d. Feb. 5, 1981), 83rd Governor of Connecticut. She served as Governor from January 1975 through December 31, 1980. She died of ovarian cancer at age 61.
1915~ Sir Denis Thatcher, 1stBaronet (d. June 26, 2003), British businessman and husband of Britain’s Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. He died at age 88.
1911~ Bel Kaufman (née Bella Kaufman, d. July 25, 2014), American author who skewered school bureaucracy. She is best known for book, Up the Down Staircase. She died at age 103.
1908~ Carl Albert (néCarl Bert Albert, d. Feb. 4, 2000), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a politician from Oklahoma and served as Speaker of the House from January 1971 until January 1977. He died at age 91.
1902~ David O. Selznick (d. June 22, 1965), American movie producer. He died of a heart attack at age 63.
1900~ Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (d. Dec. 7, 1979), British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist. She died at age 79 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1899~ Fred Astaire (né Frederick Austerlitz, d. June 22, 1987), American actor and dancer. He died at age 88.
1898~ Ariel Durant (néChayna Kaufman, d. Oct. 25, 1981), Russian-born American historian who, along with her husband, Will Durant (1885 ~ 1981), wrote a series of books on the history of civilization. She died 2 weeks before her husband in 1981. She was 83 at the time of her death.
1878~ Gustav Stresemann (d. Oct. 3, 1929), Chancellor of German and recipient of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize. He died of a stroke at age 51.
1874~ Moses Schorr (d. July 8, 1941), Polish rabbi. He died in a Russian work camp at age 67.
1847~ Wilhelm Killing (néWilhelm Karl Joseph Killing, d. Feb. 11, 1923), German mathematician. He made important advances in Lie algebra. He died at age 75.
1838~ John Wilkes Booth (d. Apr. 26, 1865), American assassin who killed President Abraham Lincoln. He was shot by Union Calvary troopers in Virginia. He was killed 14 days before his 27th birthday.
1813~ Montgomery Blair (d. July 27, 1883), 20th Postmaster General of the United States. He served in that office from March 1861 until September 1864 during the Lincoln administration. He died at age 70.
1788~ Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. Jan. 9, 1819). She died at age 30 from complications of pneumonia.
1760~ Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (d. June 26, 1836), French soldier and composer. He composed a piece of music that would later become known as La Marseillaise, which is the French national anthem. He died at age 76.
Events that Changed the World:
2015~ Mother’s Day in the United States.
2005~ Germany dedicated its Holocaust Memorial.
1997~ A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Iran killing over 1,500 people and injuring over 2,300 others.
1994~ Nelson Mandela (1918 ~ 2013) was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president.
1954~ Bill Haley and the Comets released Rock Around the Clock. This was the first rock and roll record to hit number one on the Billboard charts.
1940~ Winston Churchill (1874 ~ 1965) was appointed as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain (1869 ~ 1940).
1933~ In Germany, the Nazis began massive public book burnings. This event was depicted in the novel, The Book Thief.
1924~ J. Edgar Hoover (1895 ~ 1972) was appointed as the Director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation and remained in that position until his death in 1972.
1908~ Mother’s Day was observed for the first time in the United States.
1893~ In Nix v. Hedden, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a tomato was a vegetable and not a fruit for purposes of the Tariff Act of 1883.
1877~ Romania declared itself independent from the Ottoman Empire.
1872~ Victoria Woodhull (1838 ~ 1927) became the first woman to be nominated for President of the United States.
1869~ The First Transcontinental Railroad, which linked the eastern and western United States was completed.
1865~ Confederate President Jefferson Davis (1808 ~ 1889) was captured by Union troops.
1824~ The National Gallery in London, England opened to the public.
1775~ During the American Revolutionary War, a small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen (1738 ~ 1789) of the Green Mountain Boys and Colonel Benedict Arnold (1741 ~ 1801) captured Fort Ticonderoga.
1774~ Louis XVI (1754 ~ 1793) became King of France and Marie Antoinette (1755 ~ 1793) became Queen of France.
1773~ The British Parliament passed the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Tea Company. The Act granted a monopoly to the company on the North American tea trade.
1497~ Amerigo Vespucci (1454 ~ 1512) is said to have left Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
1291~ Scottish nobles acknowledged the authority of King Edward I of England (1239 ~ 1307).
70~ The date attributed to the Siege of Jerusalem when Titus, the son of the Roman emperor Vespasian, opened a full scale attack on the Jerusalem and attacked the City’s Third Wall.
Good-Byes:
2012~ Carroll Shelby (né Carroll Hall Shelby, b. Jan. 11, 1923), Texan chicken farmer and hot-rod designer. He was 89 years old.
2012~ Gunnar Sønsteby (b. Jan. 11, 1918), Norwegian saboteur who foiled the Nazis. He was a member of the Norway resistance movement during German occupation. He was 94 years old.
2005~ Jay Marshall (né James Ward Marshall, b. Aug. 29, 1919), American magician and ventriloquist. He died of a heart attack at age 85.
1999~ Shel Silverstein (né Sheldon Allen Silverstein, b. Sept. 25, 1930), American poet, composer and author of children’s books. He died of a heart attack at age 68.
1992~ K.G. Ramanathan (né Kollagunta Goplaliyer Ramanathan, b. Nov. 13, 1920), Indian mathematician best known for his work in number theory. He died at age 71.
1990~ Walker Percy (b. May 28, 1916), American author who wrote about Louisiana. Although born in Birmingham, Alabama, he died in Covington, Louisiana. He died 18 days before his 74th birthday.
1977~ Joan Crawford (née Lucille Faye LeSueur, b. Mar. 23, 1904), American actress. She died of a heart attack. The year of her birth is disputed, but is generally accepted as being in 1904, making her 73 at the time of her death.
1904~ Sir Henry Morgan Stanley (né John Rowlands, b. Jan. 28, 1841), Welsh-born explorer and journalist. He is best known for his search for the Scottish explorer and missionary, David Livingston. He died at age 63.
1863~ Stonewall Jackson (néThomas Jonathan Jackson, b. Jan. 21, 1824), General in the Confederate army. He had been shot by friendly fire 8 days prior to his death. He was 39 years old.
1822~ Paolo Ruffini (b. Sept. 22, 1765), Italian mathematician. He died at age 56.
1818~ Paul Revere (b. Jan. 1, 1835), American patriot and silversmith. The town of Revere, Massachusetts was named in his honor. He died at age 83.
1798~ George Vancouver (b. June 22, 1757), British navy officer and explorer. The province of Vancouver, Canada was named after him. He died at age 40.
1774~ King Louis XV of France (b. Feb. 15, 1701). He reigned from September 1715 until his death 59 years later. He was 64 years old at the time of his death.
1692~ Sarah Osborne (b. 1643), American woman accused of witchcraft. She was one of the first to be accused during the Salem Witch trials. She died in jail before being indicted or found guilty. The exact date of her birth is unknown.
1482~ Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (b. 1397), Italian mathematician and astronomer. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
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