Birthdays:
2018~ Prince Louis of Cambridge, second son and third child of Prince William and Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
1990~ Dev Patel, British actor best known for his roles in Slum Dog Millionaire and Lion.
1977~ John Oliver (né John William Oliver), English comedian and television talk show host.
1977~ Kal Penn (né Kalpen Suresh Modi), American actor.
1968~ Timothy McVeigh (né Timothy James McVeigh; d. June 11, 2001), American terrorist. He was executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. He was 33 years old.
1960~ Valerie Bertinelli (née Valerie Anne Bertinelli), American actress.
1957~ Jan Hooks (née Janet Vivian Hooks; d. Oct. 9, 2014), 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.
1955~ Judy Davis (née Judith Davis), Australian actress.
1954~ Michael Moore (né Michael Francis Moore), American movie director and social activist.
1946~ Blair Brown (née Bonnie Blair Brown), American actress.
1936~ Roy Orbison (né Roy Kelton Orbison; d. Dec. 6, 1988), American singer and musician. He died of a heart attack at age 52.
1933~ Annie Easley (d. June 25, 2011), African-American computer scientist and mathematician. She went to Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She worked for NASA. She died at age 78.
1932~ Jim Fixx (né James Fuller Fixx; d. July 20, 1984), American runner and fitness author. He died of a heart attack while jogging. He was 52 years old.
1932~ Halston (né Roy Halston Frowick; d. Mar 26, 1990), American fashion designer. He died less than a month before his 58th birthday.
1928~ Shirley Temple Black (d. Feb. 10, 2014), American child star who became a United States Ambassador. She died at age 85.
1926~ J.P. Donleavy (né James Patrick Donleavy; d. Sept. 11, 2017), Irish-American playwright. He is best known for his novel, The Ginger Man, which was often banned for being obscene. He died at age 91.
1923~ Dolph Briscoe, Jr. (d. June 27, 2010), 41st Governor of Texas. He was Governor from January 1973 until January 1979. He died at age 87.
1921~ Judy Agnew (née Elinor Isabel Judefind; d. June 20, 2012), Second Lady of the United States and wife of United States Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew. She was 91 years old.
1902~ Halldór Kiljan Laxness (né Halldór Guõjónsson; d. Feb. 8, 1998), Icelandic writer and recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 95.
1899~ Bertil Ohlim (né Bertil Gottard Ohlim; d. Aug. 3, 1979), Swedish economist and recipient of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 80.
1897~ Lester B. Pearson (né Lester Bowles Pearson; d. Dec. 27, 1972), 14th Prime Minister of Canada and recipient of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He served as Prime Minister from April 1963 until April 1968. He died of cancer at age 75.
1891~ Sergei Prokofiev (d. Mar. 5, 1953), Russian composer. He is best known for composing Peter and the Wolf. He died at age 61.
1867~ Johannes Fibiger (né Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger; d. Jan. 30, 1928), Danish physician and recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died of colon cancer at age 60.
1861~ Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, (né Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby; d. May 14, 1936), British general. He died suddenly from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm about 3 weeks after his 75th birthday.
1858~ Max Planck (né Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck; d. Oct. 4, 1947), German theoretical physicist and recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research in quantum theory. He died at age 89.
1856~ Granville Woods (né Granville Tailer Woods; d. Jan. 30, 1910), African-American inventor and engineer. He held over 50 patents. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 53.
1853~ Winthrop Crane (né Winthrop Murray Crane; d. Oct. 2, 1920), 40th Governor of Massachusetts. He was Governor from January 1900 until January 1903. He subsequently went on to become a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He died at age 67.
1813~ Frédéric Ozanam (d. Sept. 8, 1853), French scholar and co-founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. He died of consumption at age 40.
1813~ Stephen A. Douglas (né Stephen Arnold Douglas, d. June 3, 1861), United States Senator and Presidential candidate who ran against Abraham Lincoln. He was born in Brandon, Vermont. He died at age 48 of typhoid fever.
1791~ James Buchanan, Jr. (d. June 1, 1868), 15th President of the United States. He was President from March 1857 until March 1861. He had previously served as the 17th United States Secretary of State under Presidents James Polk and Zachary Taylor. He died at age 77.
1775~ J.M.W. Turner (né Joseph Mallord William Turner; d. Dec. 19, 1851), English landscape painter. He died of cholera at age 76.
1720~ Vilna Gaon (né Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman; d. Oct. 9, 1797), Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist. He died at age 77.
1628~ Johann van Waveren Hudde (b. Apr. 15, 1704), Dutch mathematician. He also served as a governor of the Dutch East Indies Company. He died 8 days before his 75th birthday.
1564~ William Shakespeare (d. Apr. 23, 1616), English playwright. (This is considered his birth date based upon the April 26, 1616 baptism records.) He is believed to have died on his 52nd birthday.
1464~ Jeanne de Valois (d. Feb. 4, 1505), Queen consort of France and first wife of King Louis VII. They were married in 1476, but the marriage was annulled in December 1498. Following the annulment, she became the founder the monastic Order of the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary. In the 1950s, she was made a saint. She died at age 40.
1185~ King Afonso II of Portugal (d. Mar. 25, 1223). He reigned as King of Portugal from March 1211 until his death 12 years later. He died about a month before his 38th birthday.
1141~ King Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. Dec. 9, 1165). He reigned as King of Scots from May 1153 until his death in December 1165. He died at age 24.
Events that Changed the World:
2018~ A 25-year old man deliberately drove his van into a busy business district in Toronto, Canada ramming his van into pedestrians. He killed 10 people and seriously injured several others.
2005~ The first YouTube video was posted on the internet. It was entitled Me at the Zoo.
1985~ The Coca-Cola company released its new formula, New Coke. The response was so negative that the original formula was back on the market within three months.
1954~ Hank Aaron (b. 1934) hit the first of his 755 major-league home runs.
1940~ The Rhythm Night Club fire in a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi killed over 200 people.
1661~ King Charles II (1630 ~ 1685) of England, Scotland, and Ireland was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1635~ Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts was founded. It is the first public school in the United States.
1348~ King Edward III (1312 ~ 1377) of England founded the Most Noble Order of the Garter. It is the highest order of chivalry existing in England.
1016~ Edmund II (990 ~ 1016), also known as Edmund Ironside, succeeded his father, Æthelred the Unready (966 ~ 1016) as King of England.
Good-Byes:
2018~ Doreen Simmons (née Doreen Sylvia Clarke; b. May. 29, 1932), British teacher who made it big in the world of sumo. She was best known for her English radio commentary on Sumo wrestling. She died at age 85.
2018~ Bob Dorough (né Robert Lrod Dorough, b. Dec. 12, 1923), American jazzman who created Schoolhouse Rock!, a series of television cartoons on Saturday morning television from the 1970s to the 1990s. He died at age 94.
2018~ Alice Provensen (née Alice Rose Twitchell; b. Aug. 14, 1918), American illustrator who, along with her husband, Martin Provensen (1916 ~ 1987) brought kids’ books to life. She illustrated many books in the Golden Book Series. She died at age 99.
2014~ Connie Marrero (né Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos; b. Apr. 25, 1911), Cuban baseball pitcher who bamboozled batters. He played for the Washington Senators. He died 2 days before his 103rd birthday.
2013~ Frank W.J. Olver (né Frank William John Olver; b. Dec. 15, 1924), English mathematician. He died at age 88.
2007~ David Halberstam (d. Apr. 10, 1934), American journalist and author. He was killed in a car accident 13 days before his 73rd birthday.
2007~ Boris Yeltsin (b. Feb. 1, 1931), 1st President of Russia. He was in that Office from July 1991 until December 1999. He died of congestive heart failure at age 76.
1996~ Pamela Lyndon Travers (née Helen Lyndon Goff; b. Aug. 9, 1899), Australian author, best known for her children’s novel, Mary Poppins. She took the penname Pamela L. Travers, but went by P.L. Travers. She was the subject of the 2013 movie Saving Mr. Banks. She died at age 96.
1995~ Howard Cosell (né Howard William Cohen; b. Mar. 25, 1918), American sportscaster. He died of a heart attack about a month after his 77th birthday.
1995~ John Stannis (né John Cornelius Stannis; b. Aug. 3, 1901), American politician from Mississippi. The John C. Stannis Space Center is named in his honor. He died at age 93.
1993~ César Chávez (né César Estrada Chávez; b. Mar. 31, 1927), American labor activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers. He died 23 days after his 66th birthday.
1990~ Paulette Goddard (née Marion Levy; b. June 3, 1910), American actress and model. She died of heart failure at age 79.
1986~ Otto Preminger (né Otto Ludwig Preminger; b. Dec. 5, 1905), Ukranian-born film director. He died at age 80.
1985~ Sam Ervin (né Samuel James Ervin, Jr.; b. Sept. 27, 1896), American politician from North Carolina. He is best known for leading the investigation into the 1972-73 Watergate scandal that lead to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. He died at age 88.
1985~ Sarah T. Hughes (née Sarah Augusta Tilghman; b. Aug. 2, 1896), American attorney and Federal District Judge. She is best known for administering the oath of Office to President Johnson following the assassination of President Kennedy. She died at age 88.
1983~ Buster Crabbe (né Clarence Linden Crabbe, II; b. Feb. 7, 1908), American swimmer and actor. He died of a heart attack at age 75.
1963~ Itzhak Ben-Ziv (b. Nov. 24, 1884), 2nd President of the State of Israel. He served as President from December 1952 until his death at age 78 in April 1963.
1951~ Charles G. Dawes (né Charles Gates Dawes; b. Aug. 27, 1865), 30thVice President of the United States. He served under President Calvin Coolidge from March 1925 until March 1929. He had previously served as the 1st Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget, which was during the Warren Harding administration. He was also the co-recipient of the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations. He died at age 85.
1915~ Rupert Brooke (né Rupert Chawner Brooke; b. Aug. 3, 1887), English poet best known for his idealistic sonnets written during World War I. He died of sepsis from an infected mosquito bite while on his way to Gallipoli. He was 27 years old
1850~ William Wordsworth (b. Apr. 7, 1770), English poet and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. He died 16 days after his 80th birthday.
1620~ Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (b. Oct. 11, 1543), rabbi from Safed. He died at age 77,
1616~ William Shakespeare (b. Apr. 23, 1564), English dramatist. He died on or about his 52nd birthday, as the actual date of his birth is unknown, but is often ascribed to April 23, 1616 based on his April 26 baptism records.
1605~ Boris Gudunov (b. 1551), Russian tsar. The exact date of his birth is not know, but he is believed to have been about 54 at the time of his death.
1124~ Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078). He died at age 45, although the date of his birth is unknown.
1016~ Æthelred the Unready (b. 968), King of England. He died at about age 48. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
303~ Saint George (b. 275), Roman soldier and martyr. The date of his birth is unknown.
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