Birthdays:
1975~ Sean Lennon (né Sean Taro Ono Lennon), American musician. He was the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He was born on his father’s 35th birthday.
1966~ David Cameron (néDavid William Donald Cameron), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served as Prime Minister from May 2010 until July 2016, following the Brexit referendum.
1954~ Scott Bakula (né Scott Stewart Bakula), American actor. He is best known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television shows Quantum Leap, and as Special Agent Pride in NCIS: New Orleans.
1954~ John O’Hurley (né John George O’Hurley), American actor. He is best known for playing J. Peterman on the television sit-com Seinfeld. He was born in Kittery, Maine.
1953~ Tony Shalhoub (né Anthony Marcus Shalhoub), American actor. He earned his bachelor’s degree in drama from the University of Southern Maine.
1950~ Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines. She was born in Rutland, Vermont. She graduated from the University of Vermont.
1940~ John Lennon (d. Dec. 8, 1980), British musician and founding member of the Beatles. His son, Sean, was born on his 35th birthday. He was assassinated outside his apartment in New York City by Mark Chapman. He was 40 years old at the time of his death.
1933~ Sir Peter Mansfield (d. Feb. 8, 2017), British scientist who helped develop the MRI scanner. He was a pioneer in the field of magnetic resonance imaging. He was the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died at age 83.
1922~ Fyuvsh Finkel (né Philip Finkel, d. Aug 14, 2016), American actor best known as being a star of the Yiddish theater. He played Tevye the milkman for many years in the musical Fiddler on the Roof. He died of a heart attack at age 93.
1918~ E. Howard Hunt (né Everette Howard Hunt, Jr., d. Jan. 23, 2007), American CIA officer. He, along with G. Gordon Liddy, engineered the Watergate break-in during the Nixon administration. He was convicted of burglary, conspiracy and wiretapping, for which he spent 33 months in prison. He died at age 88.
1918~ Bebo Valdés (né Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro, b. Mar. 22, 2013), Cuban pianist and bandleader. He was 94 years old.
1915~ Clifford M. Hardin (né Clifford Morris Hardin; d. Apr. 4, 2010), 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture. He served during the Richard Nixon administration from January 1969 until November 1971. He died at age 94.
1915~ Belva Plain (née Belva Offenberg; d. Oct. 12, 2010), American novelist. She died 3 days after her 95th birthday.
1900~ Joseph B. Friedman (d. June 21, 1982), American inventor. He invented the bendy straw. He died at 81.
1899~ Bruce Catton (né Charles Bruce Catton, d. Aug. 28, 1978), American historian and author whose focus was the American Civil War. He died of a respiratory illness at age 78.
1892~ Ivo Andrić (d. Mar. 13, 1975), Serbo-Croatian writer and recipient of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 82.
1890~ Aimee Semple McPherson (née Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy, d. Sept. 27, 1944), Canadian-born evangelist. She died of an accidental overdose 12 days before her 54th birthday.
1879~ Max von Laue (d. Apr. 24, 1960), German physicist and recipient of the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. He died at age 80.
1873~ Charles Walgreen (néCharles Rudolph Walgreen; d. Dec. 11, 1939), American businessman and founder of Walgreens drug stores. He enlisted to fight in the Spanish-American War. While in Cuba in the War, he contracted malaria and Yellow Fever. These diseases ultimately lead to his death. He died at age 66.
1859~ Alfred Dreyfus (d. July 12, 1935), Jewish French military officer and target of the anti-Semitism in the Dreyfus Affair. He was accused of treason solely based on the basis of his religion. He was ultimately exonerated of all charges. He died at age 75.
1852~ Emil Fischer (né Hermann Emil Louis Fischer, b. July 15, 1919), German chemist and recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 66.
1835~ Camille Saint-Saëns (né Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, d. Dec. 16, 1921), French composer. He died of a heart attack at age 86.
1813~ Giuseppe Verdi (né Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi; d. Jan. 27, 1901), Italian composer. He wrote many operas. His birthday is something given as October 10. He died at age 87.
1782~ Lewis Cass (d. June 17, 1866), 22nd United States Secretary of State. He served in this position under President James Buchanan from March 1857 until December 1860. He was previously the 14th United States Secretary of War and served under President Andrew Jackson. He was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. He died at age 83.
1757~ King Charles X of France (d. Nov. 6, 1836). He was King from September 1824 until August 1830. He died 28 days after his 79th birthday.
1704~ Johann Andreas Segner (d. Oct 5, 1777), Slovak-German mathematician. He died 4 days before his 73rd birthday.
1581~ Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (d. Feb. 26, 1638), French mathematician. He died at age 56.
1261~ King Denis of Portugal (d. Jan. 7, 1325). He was King from February 1279 until his death in January 1325. He died at age 63.
1201~ Robert de Sorbon (d. Aug. 15, 1274), French theologian and founder of the College of Sorbonne. He died at age 72.
Events that Changed the World:
2012~ The Pakistani Taliban attempted to assassinate 15-year old Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) as she returned from school. She had been an outspoken advocate for the education of girls in her country. She survived the attack and in 2013 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1981~ France abolished capital punishment.
1936~ The generators at the Boulder Dam (now known as the Hoover Dam) began to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it to Los Angeles.
1919~ The Cincinnati Reds won the Baseball World Series. The Chicago White Sox conspired to throw the games in what later became known as the Black Sox Scandal.
1888~ The Washington Monument officially opened to the general public.
1812~ During the War of 1812, American forces captured two British ships on Lake Erie.
1701~ The Collegiate School of Connecticut was charted in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The college was later became Yale University.
1635~ Roger Williams (1603 ~ 1683), founder of Rhode Island, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after he spoke out against punishments for religious offences and for giving away Native American Lands.
1582~ Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this year did not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1514~ King Louis XII (1462 ~ 1515) of France married Mary Tutor (1496 ~ 1533), daughter of King Henry VII of England.
768~ Carloman I (751 ~ 771) and Charlemagne (542 ~ 814) were crowned Kings of the Franks.
Good-Byes:
2014~ Jan Hooks (née Janet Vivian Hooks, b. Apr. 23, 1957), American comedienne who skewered the famous. She was a member of the Saturday Night Live ensemble in the late 1980s. She died of throat cancer at age 57.
2013~ Mark “Chopper” Read (b. Nov. 17, 1954), Australian criminal who became a legend. The 2000 movie Chopper was based on his life of crime. He died at age 58 of liver cancer.
2011~ Ed Pauls (né Edward Arthur Pauls, b. Aug. 28, 1931), American inventor of the Nordic Track. He was 80 years old.
2010~ Maurice Allais (né Maurice Félix Charles Allais, b. May 31, 1911), French economist and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 99.
1999~ Morris West (né Morris Lango West; b. Apr. 26, 1916), Australian writer. He is best known for his novels The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Devil’s Advocate. He died at age 83.
1995~ Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (né Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, b. July 2, 1903), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served as Prime Minister from October 1963 until October 1964 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. He died at age 92.
1990~ Géza Ottlik (b. May 9, 1912), Hungarian mathematician. He died at age 78.
1988~ Felix Wankel (né Felix Heinrich Wankel, b. Aug. 13, 1902), German engineer and inventor of the Wankel engine. He died at age 86.
1987~ Clare Boothe Luce (née Ann Clare Boothe; b. Mar. 10, 1903), American journalist and diplomat. She died at age 84.
1987~ William P. Murphy (né William Parry Murphy; b. Feb. 6, 1892), American physician and recipient of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in treating pernicious anemia. He died at age 95.
1982~ Anna Freud (b. Dec. 3, 1895), Austrian-born British psychoanalyst and daughter of Sigmund Freud. She died at age 86.
1978~ Jacques Brel (néJacques Romain Georges Brel; b. Apr. 8, 1929), Belgian singer-songwriter and actor. He died from complications of lung cancer at age 49.
1974~ Oskar Schindler (b. Apr. 28, 1908), Austro-Hungarian industrialist who saved many Jews during World War II. Although a member of the Nazi Party, he hired many Jews in his factories, which ultimately saved their lives. He was the subject of Steven Spielberg’s movie, Schindler’s List. He was named Righteous Among Nations by the Israeli government in 1963. He died at age 66. He is buried in the Mount Zion Catholic Cemetery in Jerusalem.
1967~ Che Guevara (né Ernesto Guevara, b. June 14, 1928), Argentine-Cuban revolutionary and guerrilla leader. He was also a physician. He was executed at age 39 for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
1967~ Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (b. June 19, 1897), English chemist and recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 70.
1958~ Pope Pius XII (né Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, b. Mar. 2, 1876). He was elected Pope on his 63rd birthday. He was Pope from March 1939 until his death at age 82 in October 1958.
1954~ Robert H. Jackson (né Robert Houghwout Jackson; b. Feb. 13, 1892), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served on the Court from July 1941 until his death in October 1954. Prior to being appointed to the Supreme Court, he had served as the 57th United States Attorney General under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He previously served as the 24th United States Solicitor General. He also served as the chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. He died of a heart attack at age 62.
1950~ Frank G. Allen (né Frank Gilman Allen; b. Oct. 6, 1874), 51st Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1929 until January 1931. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts and died in Norwood, Massachusetts. He died 3 days after his 76th birthday.
1943~ Pieter Zeeman (b. May 25, 1865), Dutch physicist and recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 78.
1934~ Louis Barthou (né Jean Louis Barthou; b. Aug. 25, 1862), Prime Minister of France. He served as Prime Minister from March 1913 until December 1913. He died at age 72.
1911~ Cornelius N. Bliss (né Cornelius Newton Bliss; b. Jan. 26, 1833), 21st United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President William McKinley from March 1897 until February 1899. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He died at age 78.
1906~ Joseph Glidden (b. Jan. 18, 1813), American farmer who patented barbed wire. He was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire. He died at age 93.
1857~ Josef Ressel (né Josef Ludwig Franz Ressel, b. June 29, 1793), Bohemian inventor who designed the ship propeller. He died at age 64.
1806~ Benjamin Banneker (d. Nov. 9, 1731), African-American astronomer, surveyor, naturalist, almanac author and farmer. A school in New Orleans, Louisiana is named in his honor. He died a month before his 75th birthday.
1797~ Vilna Gaon (né Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kremer, b. Apr. 23, 1720), Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist. He died at age 77.
1619~ Joseph Pardo (b. 1561), Italian-born rabbi and merchant. He was a leading figure in Jewish life in Amsterdam. The exact date of his birth is not known.
1562~ Gabriele Falloppio (b. 1523), Italian anatomist. Fallopian tubes are named after him. The exact date of her birth is not known. He is believed to have been 39 at the time of his death.
1047~ Pope Clement II (né Suidger von Morsleben, b. 1005). He was Pope from December 1046 until his death 10 months later. The date of his birth is not known.
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