Birthdays:
1977~ Jaime Pressly (née Jaime Elizabeth Pressly), American actress.
1974~ Hilary Swank (née Hilary Ann Swank), American actress.
1969~ Simon Baker, Australian actor best known for his role as Patrick Jane on The Mentalist.
1963~ Lisa Kudrow (née Lisa Valerie Kudrow), American actress.
1961~ Laurence Fishburne (né Laurence John Fishburne, III), American actor.
1960~ Richard Linklater (né Richard Stuart Linklater), American film director.
1958~ Kate Bush (née Catherine Bush), English musician.
1956~ Delta Burke (née Delta Ramona Leah Burke), American actress.
1956~ Anita Hill (née Anita Faye Hill), American academic and attorney. She became a household name when she testified as a witness against the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
1954~ Ken Olin (né Kenneth Edward Olin), American actor.
1948~ Jean Reno (né Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez), Moroccan-French actor.
1947~ Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist who first discovered the HIV virus. She was the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
1947~ Arnold Schwarzenegger (né Arnold Alois Schwartzenegger), Austrian-born body builder, actor and politician. He was the 38th Governor of California. He married into the Kennedy family when he married Maria Shriver. They were divorced in 2011.
1945~ Patrick Modiano (né Jean Patrick Modiano), French author and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.
1939~ Eleanor Smeal (née Eleanor Marie Cutri), American women’s rights activist. She served as the president of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
1936~ Buddy Guy (né George Guy), American blues guitarist and singer who was born in Louisiana.
1934~ Bud Selig (né Allan Huber Selig), Major League Baseball Commissioner. He served as the Commissioner from July 1998 until January 2015.
1929~ Darrell H. Winfield (d. Jan. 12, 2015), American rancher and cowboy who defined the Marlboro Man. He was the real-life cowboy who appeared in the Marlboro cigarette advertisements. He was 85 years old.
1922~ Mary Doyle Keefe (d. Apr. 21, 2015), American petite model who became “Rosie the Riveter.” She was born in Bennington, Vermont. She was 92 years old.
1922~ Henry W. Bloch (né Henry Wollman Bloch), American banker, businessman and co-founder of H&R Block.
1898~ Henry Moore (né Henry Spencer Moore, d. Aug. 31, 1986), English sculptor. He died a month after his 88th birthday.
1890~ Casey Stengel (né Charles Dillon Stengel, d. Sept. 29, 1975), American baseball player and manager. He died at age 85.
1863~ Henry Ford (d. Apr. 7, 1947), American automobile manufacturer and pioneer. He founded the Ford Motor Company. He died at age 83.
1818~ Emily Brontë (née Emily Jane Brontë, d. Dec. 19, 1848), English novelist. She is best known for her novels Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. She died at age 30.
1549~ Ferdinando I de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. Feb. 17, 1609). He died at age 59.
1470~ Hongzhi (d. June 9, 1505), 10th Chinese Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He reigned from September 1487 until his death 18 years later. He died at age 34.
Events that Changed the World:
1975~ Jimmy Hoffa (1913 ~ 1975) disappeared. In 1982, on the 7th anniversary of his disappearance, he was declared legally dead.
1974~ After being ordered by the United States Supreme Court in the United States v. Nixon, President Richard Nixon released the subpoenaed White House tapes that were part of the Watergate scandal.
1971~ The Apollo 15 Mission Lunar Module, Falcon, landed on the moon with the first Lunar Rover. The crew consisted of David Scott (b. 1932), James Irwin (1930 ~ 1991), and Alfred Worden (b. 1932).
1965~ President Lyndon Johnson (1908 ~ 1973) signed the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
1956~ The United States Congress issued a joint resolution, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed, authorizing the words, “In G~d we Trust” as the United States national motto.
1930~ The Uruguayan soccer team defeated Argentina to win the first FIFA World Cup. The games were played in Montevideo, Uruguay. The first tournament consisted of thirteen teams: 7 from South America, 4 from Europe and 2 from North America.
1866~ In New Orleans, Louisiana, the Democratic government ordered police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting. Forty people were killed and over 150 others were injured during the raid.
1756~ The Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was presented to Empress Elizabeth (1709 ~ 1762).
1729~ The city of Baltimore, Maryland was founded.
1629~ An earthquake in Naples, Italy killed about 10,000 people.
1419~ The first Defenestration of Prague occurred when a crowd of radical Hussites killed seven members of the Prague city council.
Good-Byes:
2015~ Lynn Anderson (née Lynn Rene Anderson, b. Sept. 26, 1947), American singer. She died at age 67 of a heart attack.
2014~ Dick Smith (né Richard Emerson Smith, b. June 26, 1922), American make-up artist who transformed Hollywood. He died at age 92.
2013~ Berthold Beitz (b. Sept. 26, 1913), German industrialist who saved Jews. In 1973, he received the Righteous Among the Nations award. He died at age 99.
2012~ Maeve Binchy (née Anne Maeve Binchy, b. May 28, 1939), Irish novelist. She died at age 73.
2007~ Ingmar Bergman (né Ernest Ingmar Bergman, b. July 14, 1918), Swedish film maker. He died 2 weeks after his 89th birthday.
2003~ Sam Phillips (né Samuel Cornelius Phillips, b. Jan. 5, 1923), American record producer and founder of Sun Records. He died at age 80.
1998~ Buffalo Bob Smith (né Robert Emil Schmidt, b. Nov. 27, 1917), American actor and television host best known for hosting The Howdy Doody Show. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He died of cancer at age 80.
1996~ Claudette Colbert (née Émilie Claudette Chauchion, b. Sept. 13, 1903), French actress. She died at age 92.
1992~ Joe Shuster (né Joseph Shuster, b. July 10, 1914), Canadian-born illustrator who, along with Jerry Siegel, created the comic strip, Superman. He died 3 weeks after his 78th birthday.
1989~ Lane Frost (né Lane Clyde Frost, b. Oct. 12, 1963), American bull rider. He was killed at age 25 from injuries sustained from being rammed by a bull he had just dismounted. His life and death was depicted in the 1994 movie 8 Seconds.
1985~ Julia Robinson (née Julia Hall Bowman, b. Dec. 8, 1919), American mathematician. She died at age 65 of leukemia.
1983~ Lynn Fontanne (b. Dec. 6, 1887), American actress. She died at age 95.
1963~ Patrick J. Hurley (né Patrick Jay Hurley, b. Jan. 8, 1883), 51st United States Secretary of War. He served under President Herbert Hoover from December 1929 until March 1933. He died at age 80.
1918~ Joyce Kilmer (né Alfred Joyce Kilmer, b. Dec. 6, 1886), He is best known for his poem Trees. He died at age 31 during the Second Battle of Marne during World War I.
1908~ James Budd (né James Herbert Budd, b. May 18, 1851), Governor of California. He served as Governor from January 1895 until January 1899. He died at age 57.
1898~ Otto von Bismarck (b. Apr. 1, 1815), 1st Chancellor of the German Empire. He served in that Office from March 1871 until March 1890. He died at age 83.
1875~ George Pickett (né George Edward Pickett, b. Jan. 16, 1825), General in the Confederate Army. He died at age 50.
1859~ Richard Rush (b. Aug. 29, 1780), 8th United States Attorney General. He served under President James Madison from February 1814 until November 1817. He subsequently went on to serve as the 8th United States Secretary of the Treasury, from March 1825 until March 1829. He died a month before his 79th birthday.
1718~ William Penn (b. Oct. 14, 1644), English founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. He died at age 73.
579~ Pope Benedict I (né Benedictus). He was Pope from June 575 until his death on this date 4 years later. The date of his birth is unknown.
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