Birthdays:
1971~ Mark Wahlberg (né Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg), American actor and model. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
1962~ Jeff (né Jeffrey Todd Garlin), American actor best known for his role as Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
1958~ Avigdor Leiberman, Israeli politician.
1951~ Suze Orman (néeSusan Lynn Orman), American financial advisor and television host.
1949~ Ken Follett (né Kenneth Martin Follett), Welsh author.
1947~ Laurie Anderson (née Laura Phillips Anderson), American performance artist.
1941~ Spalding Gray (né Spalding Rockwell Gray, d. Jan. 11, 2004), American actor and writer. He committed suicide at age 62.
1939~ Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, English novelist.
1934~ Bill Moyers (né Billy Don Moyers), 13th White House Press Secretary. He served under President Lyndon B. Johnson from July 1965 until February 1967.
1932~ Christy Brown (d. Sept. 7, 1981). Irish painter and writer. He had cerebral palsy and was able to write and paint only with his feet. His autobiography was entitled My Left Foot, which was later made into a film by the same name. He died at age 49.
1926~ Paul Soros (né Paul Schwartz, d. June 15, 2013), Hungarian-born holocaust survivor who fled to the United States and went on to make millions in the cargo shipping industry. His younger brother is George Soros. He died 10 days after his 87th birthday.
1924~ Arthur “The Bulldog” Donovan, Jr. (né Arthur James Donovan, Jr., d. Aug. 4, 2013), Hall of Fame tackle for the Baltimore Colts. He died at age 89.
1924~ Lou Brissie (né Leland Victor Brissie, d. Nov. 25, 2013), American wounded warrior who became and All-Star pitcher. He was injured during World War II. He returned from the war and began a long baseball career. He died at age 89.
1919~ Richard Scarry (né Richard McClure Scarry, d. Apr. 30, 1994), American author and illustrator of children’s books. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 74.
1900~ Dennis Gabor (d. Feb. 9, 1979), Hungarian-English engineer and physicist. He was the recipient of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is best known for inventing the holography. He died at age 78.
1899~ Otis Barton (né Frederick Otis Baton, Jr., d. Apr. 15, 1992), American deep-see diver and engineer. He designed the bathysphere. He died at age 92.
1898~ Salvatore Ferragamo (d. Aug. 7, 1960), Italian shoemaker and founder of Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. He died at age 62.
1883~ John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes (d. Apr. 21, 1946), English economist. He died of a heart attack at age 62.
1878~ Pancho Villa (né José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, d. July 20, 1923), Mexican revolutionary. He was assassinated at age 45.
1876~ Isaac Heinemann (d. July 28, 1957), German-Israeli rabbinical scholar and educator. He died at age 81.
1862~ Allvar Gullstrand (d. July 28, 1930), Swedish ophthalmologist and recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died at age 68.
1850~ Pat Garrett (né Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett, d. Feb. 29, 1908), American West lawman best known for killing Billy the Kid. He was shot and killed under mysterious circumstances at age 57.
1819~ John Couch Adams (d. Jan. 21, 1892), English mathematician and astronomer. He was 72 years old.
1762~ Bushrod Washington (d. Nov. 26, 1829), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was appointed to the High Court by President John Adams. He served from December 1798 until his death at age 67 in November 1829.
1718~ Thomas Chippendale (d. Nov. 1779), English furniture maker.
1646~ Elena Cornaro Piscopia (d. July 26, 1684), Italian mathematician. She was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Philosopher when she graduated from the University of Padua. She died of tuberculosis at age 38.
Events that Changed the World:
2015~ A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Malaysia. Eighteen people were killed.
2012~ The last Transit of Venus of the 21st century began. The best viewing spot for the event was in Siberia.
2006~ Serbia declared its independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
2001~ Tropical Storm Allison made landfall in Texas, causing extensive damage in Houston.
1989~ An unidentified protester, known only as the Tank Man, stopped a line of tanks for over 30 minutes after the Tiananmen Square protest in China in 1989.
1981~ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that five people in Los Angeles had a rare form of pneumonia. These turned out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
1976~ The Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed. Eleven people were killed and over 13,000 head of cattle were lost.
1975~ The Suez Canal opened for the first time since the Six-Day War.
1968~ Robert F. Kennedy (1925 ~ 1968) was shot by an assassin at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. He died the following day on June 6.
1967~ The Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria began when the Israeli air force launched pre-emptive strikes on Egypt and Syria.
1963~ The Mohammad Pahlavi (1919 ~ 1980) the Shah of Iran had the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1902 ~ 1989) arrested, which created riots throughout the country.
1963~ John Profumo (1915 ~ 2006), the British Secretary of State of War, resigned as a result of a sex scandal, which became known as the Profumo Affair.
1956~ Elvis Presley (1935 ~ 1977) sang Hound Dogon the Milton Berle Show. His suggestive hip movements scandalized the audience.
1947~ In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall (1880 ~ 1959) announced his plan to provide economic aid to war-torn Europe. This became known as the Marshall Plan.
1942~ During World War II, the United States declared war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
1933~ The United States Congress abrogated the use of the gold standard in the United States. Creditors could no longer demand payment in gold.
1916~ Louis Brandeis (1856 ~ 1941) was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was the first American Jew to be appointed to the High Court. He had been confirmed by the Senate 4 days earlier.
1915~ An amendment to the Danish Constitution granted women’s suffrage.
1883~ The Orient Expressbegan its regularly scheduled routes.
1851~ The first chapter of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was first published in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper.
1849~ Denmark became a constitutional monarchy.
1837~ The city of Houston, Texas became incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
70~ The date traditionally ascribed to when Titus and his Roman legions breached the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
Good-Byes:
2015~ Jane B. Hart (né Jane Briggs, b. Oct. 21, 1921), American senator’s wife who spoke her mind. Her husband was the Democratic Senator Phil Hart, from Michigan. She was a strong advocate for women’s rights as well as being active against the war in Viet Nam. She was also a would-be astronaut when she took part in a privately financed project to test women for fitness to enter NASA’s astronaut program and submitting to the same physical and psychological tests as were administered to the Mercury 7 astronauts. She was 93 years old.
2012~ Ray Bradbury (néRay Douglas Bradbury, b. Aug. 22, 1920), American science-fiction writer. He is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 541. He died at age 91.
2009~ Bernard Leon Barker (b. Mar. 17, 1917), Cuban-born CIA agent who was a Watergate burglar. He died at age 92.
2004~ Ronald Reagan (né Ronald Wilson Reagan, b. Feb. 6, 1911), American actor 40th President of the United States. He was president from January 1981 until January 1989. He died at age 93 years old.
2002~ Dee Dee Ramone (né Douglas Glenn Covin, b. Sept. 18, 1951), American singer-songwriter and bassist for The Ramones. He died of a heroin overdose at age 50.
1999~ Mel Tormé (né Melvin Howard Tormé, b. Sept. 13, 1925), American singer, composer and actor. He was known as “The Velvet Fog”. He died of a stroke at age 73.
1998~ Sam Yorty (né Samuel William Yorty, b. Oct. 1, 1909), American politician and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles. He served as Mayor from July 1961 until July 1973. He died at age 88.
1991~ Sylvia Porter (née Sylvia Field Feldman, b. June 18, 1913), American economist and journalist. She died 13 days before her 78th birthday.
1940~ Augustus Edward Hough Love (b. Apr. 17, 1863), English mathematician. He died at age 77.
1930~ Pascin (né Julius Mordecai Pincas, b. Mar. 31, 1885), Sephardi Bulgarian-American painter. He suffered from depression and committed suicide at age 45.
1920~ Julia A. Moore (néJulia Ann Moore, b. Dec. 1, 1847), American poet. She is known for writing especially bad poetry. She died at age 72.
1910~ O. Henry (né William Sydney Porter, b. Sept. 11, 1862), American short-story writer. He died at age 47.
1900~ Stephen Crane (b. Nov. 1, 1871), American author best known for his Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage. He died of tuberculosis at age 28.
1716~ Roger Cotes (b. July 10, 1682), English mathematician. He died of violent fever at age 33.
1316~ King Louis X of France (b. Oct. 4, 1289). He reigned from November 1314 until his death in June 1316. He was 26 at the time of his death. His death has been attributed to pneumonia but there is some suspicion that he was poisoned.
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