Birthdays:
1949~ Jessica Lange (née Jessica Phyllis Lange), American actress.
1943~ Edie Sedgwick (née Edith Minturn Sedgwick; d. Nov. 16, 1971), American socialite and heiress. She died of a drug overdose at age 28.
1941~ Ryan O’Neal (né Charles Patrick Ryan O’Neal), American actor. He is best known for his role in Love Story.
1938~ Betty Cuthbert (née Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert; d. Aug. 6, 2017), Australian sprinter who won it all. She competed in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics in Melbourne and Tokyo, respectively, where she won gold medals. She died at age 79.
1937~ George Takei (né George Hosato Takei), American actor. He is best known for his role as Sulu on Star Trek.
1927~ Karl Müller (né Karl Alexander Müller), Swiss physicist and recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.
1924~ Nina Foch (née Nina Consuelo Maud Fock; d. Dec. 5, 2008), Dutch-American actress. She died at age 84.
1923~ Tito Puente (né Ernesto Antonio Puente; d. May 31, 2000), American jazz musician. He died of a massive heart attach at age 77.
1920~ John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Gerald Ford. He replaced William O. Douglas on the Court. He served on the Court from December 1975 until June 2010.
1918~ Kai Seigbahn (d. July 20, 2007), Swedish physicist and recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 89.
1908~ Lionel Hampton (né Lionel Leo Hampton, d. Aug. 31, 2002), African-American jazz musician and bandleader. He died at age 94.
1905~ Stanley Marcus (né Harold Stanley Marcus; d. Jan. 22, 2002), American businessman and son of the co-founder of the Neiman Marcus department store. He died at age 96.
1893~ Harold Lloyd, Sr. (néHarold Clayton Lloyd; d. Mar. 8, 1971), American silent screen actor. He died of prostate cancer at age 77.
1893~ Joan Miró (d. Dec. 25, 1983), Spanish painter. He died at age 90.
1889~ Adolf Hitler (d. Apr. 30, 1945) dictator of Nazi Germany. He committed suicide 10 days before his 57th birthday.
1889~ Albert Jean Amateau (d. Feb. 9, 1996), Turkish rabbi. He died at age 106.
1871~ Slavoljub Penkala (né Slavoljub Eduard Penkala; d. Feb. 5, 1922), Croatian engineer and inventor. He invented the mechanical pencil. He died of pneumonia at age 50.
1850~ Daniel French (né Daniel Chester French; d. Oct. 7, 1931), American sculptor and designer of the Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. He was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. He died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts at age 81.
1839~ King Carol I of Romania (d. Oct. 10, 1914), King of Romania. He ruled from March 1881 until his death 33 years later in October 1914. He died at age 75.
1808~ Napoleon III (né Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, d. Jan. 9, 1873), 1st President of the French Republic. He died at age 64.
1745~ Nathanael Emmons (d. Sept. 23, 1840), American Congregational minister and theologian. He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut and died in Franklin, Massachusetts. He died at age 95.
1586~ St. Rose of Lima (née Isabel Flores de Oliva, d. Aug. 24, 1617), Peruvian saint. She died at age 31.
1446~ Sandro Botticelli (d. May 17, 1510), Italian painter. The actual date of his birth is unknown, although some believe it was May 20, 1446. He is believed to have been about 65 at the time of his death.
Events that Changed the World:
2014~ Easter Sunday.
2013~ A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck in China killing over 150 people and injuring thousands more.
2010~ The Deepwater Horizon oil well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 12 workers and beginning an oil spill that would take over 6 months before being capped. The damage to the sea life would be felt for years. The ensuing lawsuit with British Petroleum was finally settled in April 2016. A Federal Judge approved a $20 Billion settlement, which included environmental damages as well as economic damages caused by the oil spill.
2008~ Danica Patrick (b. 1984) won the Indy Japan 300 to become the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
1999~ Two students went on a killing rampage at their school, and killed 12 classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School, before committing suicide.
1972~ Apollo 16, commanded by astronaut John Young (1930 ~ 2018), landed on the moon.
1951~ Romanian surgeon Dan Gavriliu (1915 ~ 2012) performed the first total surgical replacement of a human organ when he replaced an esophagus, using sections of the patient’s stomach to bypass the damaged tissue.
1946~ The League of Nations officially dissolved. Most of its power and authority was transferred to the United Nations.
1939~ Billie Holiday (1915 ~ 1959) recorded Strange Fruit, which is regarded as the first civil rights song.
1912~ The Boston Red Sox baseball team began playing for the first time in Fenway Park. Mayor John F. Fitzgerald (1863 ~ 1950) threw out the first pitch. The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Highlanders in a score of 7-6 in a game that lasted 11 innings.
1902~ Pierre (1859 ~ 1906) and Marie Curie (1867 ~ 1934) refined radium chloride.
1862~ Louis Pasteur (1822 ~ 1985) and Claude Bernard (1813 ~ 1878) completed their first pasteurization tests.
1861~ Robert E. Lee (1807 ~ 1870) resigned his commission in the United States Army to command the Confederate forces for the state of Virginia.
1775~ The Siege of Boston began, following the battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, during the American Revolutionary War.
1657~ Freedom of religion was granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam.
1653~ Oliver Cromwell (1699 ~ 1658) dissolved the Rump Parliament.
1534~ Jacques Cartier (1491 ~ 1557) began his first voyage to what is now known as Newfoundland and Canada.
Good-Byes:
2015~ Aharon Lichtenstein (b. May 23, 1933), French-American Orthodox rabbi. He died about a month before his 82nd birthday.
2014~ Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (b. May 6, 1937), American boxer convicted of murder. He spent nearly 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. His story inspired Bob Dylan to write a song about him called Hurricane. He died of prostate cancer 16 days before his 77th birthday.
2003~ Bernard Katz (d. Mar. 26, 1911), German-born biophysicist and recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died less than a month after his 92nd birthday.
1999~ Señor Wences (né Wenceslao Moreno; b. Apr. 17, 1896), Spanish-American ventriloquist. He died 3 days after his 103rd birthday.
1996~ Christopher Robin Milne (b. Aug. 21, 1920), son of writer A.A. Milne and inspiration for the character of Christopher in Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books. He died at age 75.
1992~ Benny Hill (né Alfred Hawthorne Hill; b. Jan. 21, 1924), British comedian. He died of heart failure at age 68.
1982~ Archibald MacLeish (b. May 7, 1892), American poet and writer. He served as the 9th Librarian of Congress from 1939 to 1944. He died in Boston, Massachusetts 17 days before his 90th birthday.
1947~ King Christian X of Denmark (b. Sept. 26, 1870). He died at age 76.
1932~ Guiseppe Peano (b. Aug. 27, 1858), Italian mathematician. He died at age 73.
1918~ Karl Ferdinand Braun (b. June 6, 1850), German physicist and recipient of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 67.
1912~ Bram Stoker (né Abraham Stoker; b. Nov. 8, 1847), Irish novelist who was best known for his Gothic novel, Dracula. He died at age 64.
1812~ George Clinton (b. July 26, 1739), 4th Vice President of the United States. He served under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and was Vice President from March 1805 until his death at age 72 in 1812. He was the first Vice President to die in Office.
1521~ Zhengde (b. Oct. 26, 1491), 11th Chinese Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He died at age 29.
1517~ Prince Bogdan III, the One-Eyed (b. 1479), Romanian son of Stephen III of Moldavia. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He is believed to have been about 37 or 38 at the time of his death.
1314~ Pope Clement V (né Raymond Bertrand de Got; b. 1264). He was Pope from June 1305 until his death on this date. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
1164~ Antipope Victor IV (néOctavian; b. 1095). The exact date of his birth is not known. He was Pope from September 1159 until his death 5 years later.
888~ Xi Zong (b. June 8, 862), Chinese Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He died at age 25.
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