Birthdays:
1967~ Julia Roberts (née Julia Fiona Roberts), American actress.
1966~ Andy Richter (né Paul Andrew Richter), American actor and sidekick to Conan O’Brien.
1963~ Lauren Holly (née Lauren Michael Holly), American actress.
1960~ Landon Curt Noll, American mathematician.
1956~ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 6thPresident of Iran.
1955~ Bill Gates (né William Henry Gates, III), American computer executive and principle founder of Microsoft.
1952~Annie Potts (née Anne Hampton Potts), American actress.
1945~ Sandy Berger (né Samuel Richard Berger, d. Dec. 2, 2015), American 19th United States National Security Advisor. He served from March 1997 until January 2001 during the Bill Clinton administration. He died of cancer at age 70.
1944~ Dennis Franz (né Dennis Franz Schlachta), American actor. He is best known for his role as Lt. Norman Buntz on the television drama Hill Street Blues.
1938~ Anne Perry (née Juliet Marion Hulme), British author of historical detective novels. As a teenager, she and her friend Pauline Parker, were convicted of the murder of Parker’s mother.
1933~ Anne Morrissy Merick (née Anne Louise Morrissy; d. May 2, 2017), American pioneering journalist who covered Vietnam. She is best known for persuading the Pentagon to reverse an order, known as the Westmoreland Edict, which had prevented female reporters from accompanying troops on the front lines during the Vietnam War. She died at age 83.
1932~ Suzy Parker (née Cecilia Ann Renee Parker, d. May 3, 2003), American actress and model. She died of kidney failure at age 70.
1929~ Joan Plowright, Baroness Olivier (née Joan Ann Plowright), British actress. Laurence Olivier was her second husband. She is often referred to as Dame Joan Plowright.
1926~ Bowie Kuhn (né Bowie Kent Kuhn; d. Mar. 15, 2007), American lawyer and businessman. He served as the 5th Commissioner of Major League Baseball. He was the Baseball Commissioner from February 1969 until September 1984. He died of complications of pneumonia at age 80.
1919~ Gerhard Ringel (d. June 24, 2008), Austrian mathematician. He died at age 88.
1914~ Richard Synge (né Richard Laurence Millington Synge; d. Aug. 18, 1994), British biochemist and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 79.
1914~ Jonas Salk (né Jonas Edward Salk, b. June 23, 1995), American biologist and physician. He was best known for his discovery and development of a polio vaccine. He died at age 80.
1908~ Arturo Frondizi (d. Apr. 18, 1995), President of Argentina. He served as President from May 1958 until March 1962. He died at age 86.
1905~ Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest (d. Nov. 29, 1984), Dutch mathematician. She about a month after her 79th birthday.
1903~ Evelyn Waugh (né Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh, d. Apr. 10, 1966), English writer. He died of heart failure at age 62.
1897~ Edith Head (né Edith Claire Posener; d. Oct. 24, 1981), American costume designer for Hollywood. She died 4 days before her 84th birthday.
1879~ Channing H. Cox (né Channing Harris Cox, d. Aug. 20, 1968), 49th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1921 until January 1925. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. He died at age 88.
1804~ Pierre François Verhulst (d. Feb. 15, 1849), Belgian mathematician. He died at age 44.
1793~ Eliphalet Remington (d. Aug. 12, 1861), American inventor and designer of the Remington rifle. He was the founder of the Remington Arms Company. He was born in Suffield, Connecticut. He died at age 67.
1718~ Ignacije Szentmartony (d. Apr. 15, 1793), Croatian mathematician, astronomer and Jesuit priest. He died at age 74.
1703~ Antoine Deparcieux (d. Sept. 2, 1768), French mathematician. He died at age 64.
1466~ Desiderius Erasmus (néDesiderius Erasmus Roterodamus; d. July 12, 1536), Dutch theologian and philosopher. He was 69 years old.
1017~ Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Oct. 5, 1056). He served as Emperor from December 1046 until his death. He died 23 days before his 39th birthday.
Events that Changed the World:
2007~ Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (b. 1953) became the first woman elected President of Argentina. She became President upon the death of her husband.
1965~ Construction of the St. Louis Arch in Missouri was completed. Construction on the Arch, which was designed by Eero Sarrinen (1910 ~ 1961), had begun on February 12, 1963.
1965~ The Second Vatican Council promulgated the Nostra aetate, or the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions, which absolved the Jews of the responsibility for the death of Jesus.
1962~ The Cuban Missile Crisis ended after Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894 ~ 1971) ordered the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
1948~ Paul Müller (1899 ~ 1965) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. DDT was later banned due to its carcinogenic effect.
1942~ The Alaska Highway, which ran though Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska, was completed.
1929~ The Wall Street Crash of 1929, which saw a major stock market upheaval. This date has been called Black Monday.
1919~ The United States Congress passed the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, thus paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
1886~ President Grover Cleveland (1837 ~ 1908) dedicated the Statute of Liberty. It also marked the first ticker-tape parade. Office workers spontaneously threw ticker tape into the streets during the dedication.
1775~ During the American Revolutionary War, a British proclamation was issued that forbade residents from leaving the City of Boston.
1726~ Jonathan Swift’s novel, Gulliver’s Travels, was first published.
1636~ Harvard University (initially known as Harvard College) was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was the first college in what would become the United States.
1628~ The Siege of La Rochelle, which had been going on for 14 months, ended when the Huguenots surrendered.
1449~ Christian I (1426 ~ 1481) was crowned King of Denmark.
1420~ Beijing was officially designated as the capital of the Ming dynasty. The construction of the Forbidden City complex was also completed.
Good-Byes:
2013~ Tadeusz Mazowiecki (b. Apr. 18, 1927), Polish author and editor who became Poland’s first post-communist leader. He was the 1st Prime Minister from August 1989 until January 1991. He died at age 86.
2012~ Kevin Reilly (né Kevin Patrick Reilly, Sr., b. July 22, 1928), American politician who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but served from Louisiana. He died of Parkinson’s disease in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at age 84.
2010~ Ehud Netzer (b. May 13, 1934), Israeli archaeologist. He is best known for his excavation of the Herodium, where he uncovered the tomb of Herod the Great. He died at age 76 of injuries sustained when he fell from a railing that gave way at the dig at the Herodium. He died at Hadassah Hospital in Ein Karem.
2006~ Red Auerbach (né Arnold Jacob Auerbach, b. Sept. 20, 1917), American basketball coach of the Boston Celtics. He died at age 89.
2005~ Richard Smalley (né Richard Errett Smalley; b. June 6, 1943), American chemist and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died of leukemia at age 62.
1998~ Ted Hughes (né Edward James Hughes, b. Aug. 17, 1930), English poet and husband of Sylvia Plath. He died of a heart attack at age 68.
1996~ Morey Amsterdam (né Moritz Amesterdam, b. Dec. 14, 1908), American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show. He died of a heart attack at age 87.
1983~ Otto Messmer (né Otto James Messmer, d. Aug. 16, 1892), American cartoonist and co-creator of Felix the Cat. He was born and died in New Jersey. He died at age 91.
1968~ Harold Burton (né Harold Hitz Burton; b. June 22, 1894), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Harry S Truman. He served on the Court from September 1945 until October 1958. He had previously served as the 45th Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. He was born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He died at age 76.
1944~ Helen Magill White (née Helen Magill; b. Nov. 28, 1853), first American woman to earn a Ph.D. She earned her degree in Greek in 1877 from Boston University. She died a month before her 91st birthday in Kittery Point, Maine.
1930~ Mary Harrison McKee (née Mary Scott Harrison; b. Apr. 3, 1858), American daughter of President Benjamin Harrison. She served as First Lady during her father’s presidency after her mother, Caroline died. She assumed the role of First Lady at age 34 and served from October 1892 until March 1893. She died at age 72.
1918~ Ulisse Dini (b. Nov. 14, 1845), Italian mathematician. He died 17 days before his 73rd birthday.
1893~ Carter Harrison, Sr. (né Carter Henry Harrison; b. Feb. 15, 1825), Mayor of Chicago. He served several terms as Mayor. He was assassinated during his 5th term. He was 68 years old at the time of his death.
1818~ Abigail Adams (née Abigail Smith; b. Nov. 22, 1744), 2nd First Lady and wife of President John Adams. She died about a month before her 74th birthday.
1740~ Empress Anna of Russia (b. Feb. 7, 1693). She was the Empress from January 1730 until her death in October 1740. She died at age 47.
1704~ John Locke (b. Aug. 29, 1632), English philosopher and physician. He died at age 72.
1412~ Margaret I of Denmark (b. March 15, 1353). Queen Consort of Norway and Sweden. She died at age 59.
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