Birthdays:
1984~ Mark Zuckerberg (né Mark Elliot Zuckerberg), American computer programmer and co-founder of Facebook.
1983~ Amber Tamblyn (née Amber Rose Tamblyn), American actress. She is best known for her role as Joan Girardi in the television drama Joan of Acadia.
1971~ Sofia Coppola (née Sofia Carmina Coppola), American film director and screenwriter.
1969~ Cate Blanchett (née Catherine Elsie Blanchett), Australian actress.
1964~ Mara Neusel (née Mara Dicle Neusel; b. Sept. 5, 2014), German mathematician. She died at age 50.
1961~ Tim Roth (né Simon Timothy Roth), English actor.
1952~ David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician and frontman of the Talking Heads.
1944~ George Lucas (né George Walton Lucas, Jr.), American film director.
1943~ Jack Bruce (néJohn Symon Asher Bruce; d. Oct. 25, 2014), British musician and bassist who wrote Cream’s greatest hits. He died of liver disease at age 71.
1936~ Bobby Darin (né Walden Robert Cassotto; d. May 20, 1973), American singer-songwriter. He died following heart surgery at age 37.
1936~ Richard John Neuhaus (d. Jan. 8, 2009), conservative Catholic theologian who worked to forge ties between Catholics and evangelic Christians, which helped energize the Republican party under George W. Bush. He began his career as a Lutheran minister before converting to Catholicism. He was a staunch conservative and opposed to abortion. He died of cancer at age 72.
1932~ Bob Johnson (né Donald William Johnson; d. Aug. 14, 2015), American record producer who is best known for nurturing Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash. He was 83 years old.
1925~ Oona O’Neill Chaplin, Lady Chaplin (née Oona O’Neill; d. Sept. 27, 1991), daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill and 4thwife of Charlie Chaplin. She died of pancreatic cancer at age 66.
1922~ Franjo Tuđman (d. Dec. 10, 1999), Croatian politician and 1st President of Croatia following its independence from Yugoslavia. He served in Office from May 1990 until his death 9 years later. He died of cancer at age 77.
1917~ W.T. Tutte (né William Thomas Tutte, d. May 2, 2002), British mathematician. He was a code-breaker during World War II. He died 12 days before his 85th birthday.
1888~ Archie Alexander (né Archie Alphonso Alexander; d. Jan. 4, 1958), African-American engineer and mathematician. In 1954, he was appointed to serve as the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. He served in that position from 1954 until 1955. He was born and died in Iowa. He died at age 69.
1885~ Otto Klemperer (né Otto Nossan Klemperer, d. July 6, 1973), German composer and conductor. He died at age 88.
1869~ William Hale Thompson (d. Mar. 19, 1944), Mayor of Chicago. He served for several terms in that office. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 74.
1868~ Leland Stanford, Jr. (né Leland Dewitt Stanford; d. Mar. 13, 1884), only son of the American railroad magnate. He died of typhoid fever at age 15. His father named Stanford University in California in his memory.
1863~ John Charles Fields (d. Aug. 9, 1932), Canadian mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics. The Fields Medal was first awarded in 1936 for outstanding achievement in mathematics. Since 1950, it has been awarded every 4 years to a mathematician under the age of 40. John Fields died at age 69.
1851~ Anna Laurens Dawes (d. Sept. 25, 1938), American writer, social activist and suffragist. She was from North Adams, Massachusetts. She died at age 87.
1832~ Rudolf Lipschitz (d. Oct. 7, 1903), German mathematician. He died at age 71.
1771~ Thomas Wedgwood (d. July 10, 1805), British early pioneer as a photographer. He was a son of Josiah Wedgwood. He died at age 34.
1761~ Samuel Dexter (d. May 4, 1816), 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury. He served in this position from January 1801 until May 1801. He also served as the 4th United States Secretary of War from June 1800 until January 1801, during the John Adams administration. He was a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts. The town of Dexter, Maine is named in his honor. He died 10 days before his 55th birthday.
1727~ Thomas Gainsborough (d. Aug. 2, 1788), English painter. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he was baptized on May 14, 1727. He died at age 61.
1710~ Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. Feb. 12, 1771). He was king from March 1751 until his death in February 1771. He died at age 60.
1701~ William Emerson (d. May 20, 1782), English mathematician. He died 6 days after his 81st birthday.
1679~ Peder Horrebow (b. Apr. 15, 1764), Danish mathematician. The crator Horrebow on the moon is named in his honor. He died a month before his 85th birthday.
1553~ Margaret of Valois (d. Mar. 27, 1615), Queen consort of France and first wife of Henry IV of France. Their marriage was annulled after 27 years. She died at age 61.
1316~ Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Nov. 29, 1378). He was born and died in Prague. He died at age 62.
Events that Changed the World:
2018~ The American Embassy moved its location from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The move caused riots in Gaza.
2017~ Mother’s Day in the United States.
1973~ The United States’s first space station, Skylab, was launched. It orbited the Earth until 1979 when it fell back to earth.
1948~ Israel declared its independence. This is the traditional date on the Gregorian calendar. Immediately after the declaration, Israel was attached by Arab states, which initiated the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1925~ Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf (1882 ~ 1941) was first published.
1811~ Paraguay gained its independence from Spain.
1804~ Lewis and Clark Expedition began. The expedition took place between May 1804 and September 1806. It is also sometimes referred to as the Corps of Discovery Expedition. It was the first expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States.
1796~ Edward Jenner (1749 ~ 1823) administered the first smallpox vaccination.
1787~ A Constitutional Convention was convened in Philadelphia to draft a new United States Constitution.
1643~ Louis XIV (1638 ~ 1715), the Sun King became King of France at age 4 following the death of his father, King Louis XIII (1601 ~ 1643).
1607~ Jamestown, Virginia was settled as an English colony.
Good-Byes:
2018~ Tom Wolfe (né Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.; b. Mar. 2, 1930), American “New Journalist” who gleefully skewered the elite. He is best known for his books such as The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff. He died at age 87.
2015~ B.B. King (né Riley Benjamin King; b. Sept. 16, 1925), American musician. He was the Mississippi sharecropper who became the King of the Blues. His nickname of B.B. stood for “Blues Boy.” He was 89 years old.
2013~ Billie Sol Estes (b. Jan. 10, 1925), Texas businessman and con man who bilked the government. He is best known for his involvement in a business fraud scheme and his connection to Lyndon Johnson. He spend several years in prison for swindling, mail fraud and conspiracy. He died at age 88.
2011~ Lord Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow (né Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow; b. Feb. 28, 1938), British lord and eccentric who enlivened the House of Lords. He died of cancer at age 73.
2011~ Murray Handwerker (b. July 25, 1921), American businessman who expanded the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, the company his father had founded. He died at age 89.
2006~ Robert Bruce Merrifield (b. July 15, 1921), American chemist and recipient of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 84.
2006~ Stanley Kunitz (né Stanley Jasspon Kunitz; b. July 29, 1905), American Poet Laureate. He died at age 100.
2005~ Jimmy Martin (né James Henry Martin, b. Aug. 10, 1927), American singer known as the King of Bluegrass. He died at age 77.
2003~ Robert Stack (né Charles Langford Modini Stack; b. Jan. 13, 1919), American actor. He died at age 84.
2003~ Dame Wendy Hiller (née Wendy Margaret Hiller; b. Aug. 15, 1912), English actress. She is best known for her role in the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express. She died at age 90.
1998~ Frank Sinatra (né Francis Albert Sinatra; b. Dec. 12, 1915), American singer and actor. He died of a heart attack at age 82.
1998~ Marjory Stoneman Douglas (b. Apr. 7, 1890), American journalist, environmental activist and feminist. She died at age 108.
1995~ Christian B. Anfinsen, Jr. (né Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, Jr.; b. Mar. 26, 1916), American chemist and recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 79.
1994~ W. Graham Claytor, Jr. (né William Graham Claytor, Jr.; b. Mar. 14, 1912), 15thUnited States Secretary of the Navy. He served during the administration of Jimmy Carter, from August 1979 until January 16, 1981. He died at age 82.
1993~ William Randolph Hearst, Jr. (b. Jan. 27, 1908), American newspaper magnate. He was the second son of publisher William Randolph Hearst, Sr. He died of cardiac arrest at age 85.
1991~ Jiang Qing (b. Mar. 19, 1914), Chinese widow of Mao Zedong. She died at age 77.
1987~ Rita Hayworth (née Margarita Carmen Cansino; b. Oct. 17, 1918), American actress. She died at age 68 of Alzheimer’s disease.
1983~ Miguel Alemán Valdés (b. Sept. 29, 1900), President of Mexico. He served as President from December 1946 until November 1952. He died at age 82.
1982~ Hugh Beaumont (né Eugene Hugh Beaumont; b. Feb. 16, 1909), American actor best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver on the sit-com Leave It to Beaver, which ran from 1957- 1963. He died of a heart attack at age 73 while visiting his son in Germany.
1979~ Jean Rhys (née Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams; b. Aug. 24, 1890), English novelist best known for her novel, Wide Sargasso Sea. She died at age 88.
1968~ Husband E. Kimmel (né Husband Edward Kimmel; b. Feb. 26, 1882), American admiral. He died at age 86.
1965~ Frances Perkins (née Fannie Coralie Perkins; b. Apr. 10, 1880), first woman to be appointed to a United States cabinet position when she was appointed as the 4th United States Secretary of Labor. She served under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman from March 1933 through June 1945. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She died at age 85.
1945~ Isis Pogson (née Elizabeth Isis Pogson; b. Sept. 28, 1852), British astronomer and meteorologist. She died at age 92.
1943~ Henri La Fontaine (né Henri Marie La Fontaine, b. Apr. 22, 1854), Belgian lawyer and recipient of the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize. He died less than a month after his 89th birthday.
1940~ Emma Goldman (b. June 27, 1869), Lithuanian-born anarchist. She died of complications of a stroke at age 70.
1936~ Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, (né Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby; b. Apr. 23, 1861), British general. He died suddenly from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm about 3 weeks after his 75th birthday.
1919~ Henry J. Heinz (né Henry John Heinz; b. Oct. 11, 1844), German-American businessman and founder of the H.J. Heinz Company. He died of pneumonia at age 74.
1912~ August Strindberg (né Johan August Strindberg; b. Jan. 22, 1849), Swedish playwright best known for his play, Miss Julie. He died following a long illness at age 63.
1912~ Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. June 3, 1843). He was King from January 1906 until his death 6 years later. He died 20 days before his 69th birthday.
1906~ Carl Schurz (né Carl Christian Schurz; d. Mar. 2, 1829), German-born American and 13th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Rutherford Hayes from March 1877 until March 1881. He died at age 77.
1893~ Ernst Kummer (né Ernst Eduard Kummer; b. Jan. 29, 1810), German mathematician. He died at age 83.
1887~ William Woods (né William Burnham Woods; b. Aug. 3, 1824), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Rutherford B. Hayes. He served on the Court from December 1880 until his death 6 ½ years later. He died at age 62.
1847~ Fanny Mendelssohn (b. Nov. 14, 1805), German composer and pianist. She was the sister of Felix Mendelssohn and the granddaughter of Mendelssohn. She died of complications of a stroke at age 41.
1761~ Thomas Simpson (b. Aug. 20, 1710), English mathematician. He died at age 50.
1643~ King Louis XIII of France (b. Sept. 27, 1601), French king from May 1610 until his death on May 14, 1643. His father was King Henry IV of France had died on the same day 33 years earlier. Louis XIII died at age 41 of intestinal tuberculosis.
1610~ King Henry IV of France (b. Dec. 13, 1553). He reigned as King from August 1589 until his assassination. Although baptized as a Catholic, he was raised as a Protestant. His first marriage to Margaret of Valois was annulled. He then married Marie de’Medici. He was assassinated by a fanatical Catholic at age 56.
1470~ King Charles VIII of Sweden (b. Oct. 5, 1409). He died at age 60.
964~ Pope John XII (né Octavianus; b. 927). He was Pope from December 955 until his death 8 and a half years later. The date of his birth is not known.
649~ Pope Theodore I. He was Pope from November 24, 642 until his death on this day in 649. The date of his birth is not known.
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