Birthdays:
1979~ B.J. Novak (né Benjamin Joseph Novak), American actor, best known for his role in the TV sit-com, The Office.
1965~ J.K. Rowling (née Joanne Rowling), British writer of the Harry Potter series.
1962~ Wesley Snipes (né Wesley Trent Snipes), American actor.
1956~ Deval Patrick (né Deval Laurdine Patrick), 71st Governor of Massachusetts. He was Governor from January 2007 until January 2015.
1952~ Faye Kellerman (née Faye Marder), American author of mystery stories.
1951~ Evonne Goolagong (née Evonne Faye Goolagong), Australian tennis player.
1945~ William Weld (né William Floyd Weld), 68th Governor of Massachusetts. He was Governor from January 1991 until July 1997.
1944~ Geraldine Chaplin (née Geraldine Leigh Chaplin), American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill, his 4th wife.
1944~ Robert Merton (né Robert Cox Merton), American mathematician and recipient of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science.
1943~ William Bennett (né William John Bennett) 3rd United States Secretary of Education. He served in the Ronald Reagan administration from February 1985 until September 1988. He also served as the 1st Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy during the George H.W. Bush administration from March 1989 until December 1990.
1926~ Hilary Putnam (né Hilary Whitehall Putnam, d. Mar. 13, 2016), American mathematician and computer scientist. He died at age 89.
1924~ Anthony Acevedo (néAnthony Claude Acevedo; d. Feb. 11, 2018), Mexican-American medic who documented the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. He had been captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He received a Red Cross care package that contained a diary and fountain pen. He began to meticulously document his Holocaust ordeal. He died at age 93.
1923~ Stephanie Kwolek (née Stephanie Louise Kwolek; d. June 18, 2014), American chemist and inventor of Kevlar. She died at age 90.
1921~ Peter Benenson (né Peter James Henry Solomon; d. Feb. 25, 2005), British barrister who Amnesty International. He died at age 83.
1919~ Primo Levi (néPrimo Michele Levi, d. Apr. 11, 1987), Italian chemist and author. He was a Holocaust survivor and much of his writings reflected his time in Auschwitz concentration camp. He died by suicide at age 67 by throwing himself down a flight of stairs.
1919~ Curt Gowdy (né Curtis Edward Gowdy; d. Feb. 20, 2006), American sportscaster. He died of leukemia at age 86.
1919~ Robert Morgenthau (né Robert Morris Morgenthau; d. July 21, 2019), American District Attorney who cleaned up New York City. He served as the District Attorney for New York County/Manhattan from 1975 until his retirement in 2009. He died 10 days before his 100th birthday.
1918~ Paul Boyer (né Paul Delos Boyer; d. June 2, 2018), American biochemist and 1997 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry. He died at age 99.
1914~ Raymond Aubrac (né Raymond Samuel; d. Apr. 10, 2012), French hero of the French Resistance. Following World War II, he became a civil engineer. He died at age 97.
1912~ Milton Friedman (d. Nov. 16, 2006), American economist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 94.
1892~ Herbert W. Armstrong (d. Jan. 16, 1986), American evangelist. He was an early pioneer in radio and televanglism. He died at age 93.
1880~ Munshi Premchand (né Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava; d. Oct. 8, 1936), Indian writer. He is best known for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He died at age 56.
1867~ Sebastian S. Kresge (né Sebastian Spering Kresge, d. Oct. 18, 1966), American merchant and founder of the S.S. Kresge retail organization and the K-Mart and Kresge’s Department Stores. He died at age 99.
1860~ Mary Vaux Walcott (née Mary Morris Vaux; d. Aug. 22, 1940), American painter. She is best known for her watercolors of wildflowers. She died a month after her 80th birthday.
1704~ Gabriel Cramer (d. Jan. 4, 1752), Swiss mathematician. He died at age 47.
1527~ Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. Oct. 12, 1576). He was married to Maria of Spain. He died at age 49.
Events that Changed the World:
2006~ Fidel Castro (1926 ~ 2016) handed over power of Cuba to his brother, Raúl Castro (b. 1931), in what was intended to be for a temporary period of time.
2002~ Nine people were killed when a bomb exploded in a cafeteria on the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem.
1973~ Delta Flight 723 crash landed in the fog at Logan International airport. 89 people were killed.
1964~ The American space probe, Ranger 7, transmitted pictures of the moon’s surface.
1948~ The New York International Airport in Idlewild Field was dedicated. The airport was later renamed and is now known as the John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1932~ The Nazi Party won more than 38% of the vote in the German elections.
1930~ The radio mystery series, The Shadow, was first broadcast.
1856~ Christchurch, New Zealand obtained is corporate charter.
1790~ The first United States patent was issued. Samuel Hopkins (1743 ~ 1818) was the recipient of the patent for his invention of a potash process.
1703~ Daniel Defoe (1659 ~ 1731) was placed in a pillory after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet. He was charged with the crime of seditious libel.
1492~ The Jews were expelled from Spain by order of the Alhambra Decree, which took effect on this date. The Alhambra Decree was not formally revoked until December 1968.
1009~ Pope Sergius IV (970 ~ 1012) became the 142nd Catholic Pope.
781~ The oldest recorded volcanic eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
Good-Byes:
2017~ Jeanne Moreau (b. Jan. 23, 1928), French actress. She died at age 89.
2016~ Seymour Papert (né Seymour Aubrey Papert; b. Feb. 29, 1928), South African mathematician and computer scientist. He died in Blue Hill, Maine at age 88.
2015~ Richard Schweiker (né Richard Schultz Schwieker; b. June 1, 1926), 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. He served in this office under the Ronald Reagan administration from January 1981 until February 1983. He was 89 at the time of his death.
2015~ Howard W. Jones, Jr. (néHoward Wilbur Jones, Jr.; b. Dec. 30, 1910), American medical doctor who pioneered in vitro fertilization in the United States. When he turned 65, he refused to stop working, despite having reached the mandatory retirement age at Johns Hopkins University. Instead, in 1975, he began a gynecological practice with his wife, Georgeanna Jones (1912 ~ 2005), a reproductive endocrinologist, and set up the first in vitro fertilization clinic in the United States. Elizabeth Carr, born on December 28, 1981, was first “test tube” baby born in the United States. He died at age 104.
2012~ Gore Vidal (né Eugene Louis Vidal; b. Oct. 3, 1925), American author and literary juggernaut who charted America’s decline. He died at age 86.
2011~ Matthew Perry (né Matthew James Perry, Jr.; b. Aug. 3, 1921), African-American Federal District Court Judge and attorney tirelessly who fought for civil rights. He died 3 days before his 90th birthday.
2010~ Mitch Miller (né Mitchell William Miller; b. July 4, 1911), American musician and entertainer. He died 27 days after his 99th birthday.
1966~ Isabel Martin Lewis (née Isabel Martin; b. July 11, 1881), American astronomer. She was the first woman hired by the United States Naval Observatory. She was born in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. She died 20 days after her 74th birthday.
1944~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (b. June 29, 1900), French pilot and writer, best known for The Little Prince. During World War II, while on a reconnaissance mission in July 1944, he disappeared and was presumed killed. He was 44 years old.
1895~ Richard Morris Hunt (b. Oct 31, 1827), American architect and designer of the New York Tribune Building. He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. He died in Newport, Rhode Island at age 67.
1886~ Franz Liszt (b. Oct. 22, 1811), Hungarian pianist and composer. He died at age 74.
1875~ Andrew Johnson (b. Dec. 29, 1808), 17th President of the United States. He had served as the 17th Vice President during President Abraham Lincoln’s second term. He took Office following the assassination of Lincoln. He was the first president to be impeached, which was the result of a bitter disagreement between him and Congress over how to treat the South following the Civil War. He died at age 66.
1867~ Catharine Marie Sedgwick (b. Dec. 28, 1789), American novelist of “domestic fiction.” She was born in Stockridge, Massachusetts and died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 77.
1726~ Nicolaus II Bernoulli (b. Feb. 6, 1695), Swiss mathematician. He died of a fever at age 31.
1653~ Thomas Dudley (b. Oct. 12, 1576), Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He served as the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for several terms. He died at age 76.
1556~ Ignatius of Loyola (b. Oct. 23, 1491), Spanish theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus. He died at age 64.
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