Birthdays:
1983 ~ Edward Snowden (né Edward Joseph Snowden), American whistleblower. He was born in Elizabeth, North Carolina.
1982 ~ Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (né William Arthur Philip Louis).
1979 ~ Chris Pratt (né Christopher Michael Pratt), American actor. His 2nd wife is Katherine Schwartzenegger. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota.
1973 ~ Juliette L. Lewis (née Juliette Lake Lewis), American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1954 ~ Robert Pastorelli (né Robert Joseph Pastorelli; d. Mar. 8, 2004), American actor best known for his role as Eldon on Murphy Brown. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He died in Los Angeles, California of a drug overdose that may have been a suicide. He was 49 years old.
1953 ~ Benazir Bhutto (d. Dec. 27, 2007), 11th Pakistani Prime Minister. She was assassinated in a bombing attack after leaving a political rally where she was attempting another campaign to become Pakistan’s prime minister. She was 54 years old.
1951 ~ Jim Douglas (né James Holley Douglas), 80th Governor of Vermont. He served as Governor from January 2003 until January 2011. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1950 ~ Anne Carson, Canadian poet. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1947 ~ Meredith Baxter (né Meredith Ann Baxter), American actress. She was born in South Pasadena, California.
1947 ~ Shirin Ebadi, Iranian judge and activist. She was the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and was the first Iranian to receive this award. She was born in Hamedan, Iran.
1947 ~ Michael Gross (né Michael Edward Gross), American actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1944 ~ Sir Ray Davies (né Raymond Douglas Davies), frontman for the Kinks. He was born in London, England.
1942 ~ Togo D. West, Jr. (né Togo Dennis West, Jr.; d. Mar. 8, 2018), 3rd United States Secretary of Veteran Affairs. He served under President Bill Clinton from May 1998 until July 2000. He died of a heart attack at age 78.
1940 ~ Mariette Hartley (née Mary Loretta Hartley), American actress and television personality. She was born in New York, New York.
1938 ~ Michael M. Richter, German mathematician and computer scientist. He was born in Berlin, Germany.
1933 ~ Bernie Kopell (né Bernard Morton Kopell), American actor best known for his role on The Love Boat. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1931 ~ Margaret Heckler (née Margaret Mary O’Shaugnhessy; d. Aug. 6, 2018), 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. She served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush from January 1986 until August 1989. She died at age 87.
1928 ~ Wolfgang Haken, German-American mathematician who specializes in topology. He was born in Berlin, Germany.
1925 ~ Maureen Stapleton (née Lois Maureen Stapleton; d. Mar. 13, 2006), American actress. She died in Lenox, Massachusetts at age 80.
1924 ~ Francis Kennedy (d. May 10, 2020), American Army artillery spotter during the Korean War. He was awarded the Silver Star and 2 Purple Hearts for pulling three wounded members of his unit to safety under enemy fire. After leaving the Army, he became an inventor. He invented an early prototype of the telephone caller ID and an energy efficient concrete block. He was born in Pittson, Pennsylvania. He died in Buffalo, New York at age 95 of Covid-95.
1923 ~ Peter Flanigan (né Peter Magnus Flanigan; d. July 29, 2013), American investment banker and Nixon aide who pioneered education reform. He was born in New York, New York. He died in Salzburg, Austria just over a month after his 90th birthday.
1921 ~ Judy Holliday (née Judith Tuvim; d. June 7, 1965), American actress. She died of breast cancer 2 weeks before her 44th birthday.
1921 ~ Jane Russell (née Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell; d. Feb. 28, 2011), American actress. She died at age 89 of respiratory failure.
1920 ~ Iosif Vorovich (d. Sept. 6, 2001), Russian mathematician. He died at age 81.
1918 ~ Tibor Szele (d. Apr. 5, 1955), Hungarian mathematician. He died at age 36.
1914 ~ William Vickery (né William Spencer Vickery, d. Oct. 11, 1996), Canadian economist and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The announcement of his Nobel Prize was just 3 days before his death of heart failure. The award was given to him posthumously. He died at age 82.
1912 ~ Mary McCarthy (née Mary Therese McCarthy; d. Oct. 25, 1989), American writer, best known for her novel, The Group. She died of lung cancer at age 77.
1905 ~ Jean-Paul Sartre (d. Apr. 15, 1980), French existential philosopher and writer. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, however he refused it claiming that he always declined official honors. He died at age 74.
1903 ~ Al Hirschfeld (né Albert Hirschfeld; d. Jan. 20, 2003), American illustrator. He died at age 99.
1892 ~ Reinhold Niebuhr (né Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr; d. June 1, 1971), American Christian theologian and social reformer. He died 20 days before his 79th birthday.
1882 ~ Rockwell Kent (d. Mar. 13, 1971), American painter and illustrator. He died of a heart attack at age 88.
1870 ~ Clara Immerwahr (d. May 2, 1915), German chemist and women’s rights activist. She was the first woman chemist to be awarded a doctorate in Germany. Although born Jewish, she converted to Christianity. She was the wife on Fritz Haber, recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She died by suicide at age 44 following an argument with her husband.
1781 ~ Baron Siméon Denis Poisson (d. Apr. 25, 1840), French mathematician. His name is one of 72 inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. He died at age 58.
1774 ~ Daniel D. Tompkins (d. June 11, 1825), 6th Vice President of the United States. He served under President James Monroe from March 1817 until March 1825. He had previously served as the 4th Governor of New York State. He died soon after leaving office, just died 10 days before his 51st birthday.
1759 ~ Alexander J. Dallas (né Alexander James Dallas; d. Jan. 16, 1817), 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He served under President James Madison. He served in this Office from October 1814 through October 1816. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He died at age 57.
1732 ~ Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (d. Jan. 26, 1795), German pianist and composer. He was the 5th son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He died at age 62.
1710 ~ James Short (d. June 14, 1768), Scottish mathematician and telescope maker. He died 7 days before his 58th birthday.
1639 ~ Increase Mather (d. Aug. 23, 1723), Early American colonist and minister. He died at age 84.
1630 ~ Samuel Oppenheimer (d. May 3, 1703), German diplomat and banker. He supplied Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor with military equipment. Although the Jews had been expelled from Vienna, the Emperor allowed him to settle there. He died at age 72.
1528 ~ Archduchess Maria of Austria (d. Feb. 26, 1603), Holy Roman Empress consort and wife of Maximilian II. She died at age 74.
1002 ~ Pope Leo IX (né Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg; d. Apr. 19, 1054). He was Pope from February 1049 until his death 5 years later. He was 51 years old.
598 ~ Pope Martin I (d. Sept. 16, 655). He was Pope from July 649 until his death 6 years later. He died at age 57.
Events that Changed the World:
2020 ~ Father's Day observed in the United States.
2015 ~ Father’s Day observed in the United States.
1989 ~ The United States Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson that burning the American flag was a form of political protest and thus was protected by the First Amendment. Justice William Brennan (1906 ~ 1997) drafted the decision.
1982 ~ John Hinckley (b. 1955) was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan (1911 ~ 2004).
1978 ~ The original production of the musical Evita opened in London.
1964 ~ During the American Civil Rights movement, three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman (1943 ~ 1964), James Chaney (1943 ~ 1964) and Michael “Mickey” Schwerner (1939 ~ 1964), were murdered in Mississippi. In June 2005, 41 years later, Edgar Ray Killen (1925 ~ 2018) was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to 60 years in prison.
1963 ~ Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini (1897 ~ 1978) was elected as Pope Paul VI.
1945 ~ Allied forces captured Okinawa during World War II.
1900 ~ China formally declared war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict was issued from the Dowager Empress Cixi (1835 ~ 1908), in what became known as the Boxer Rebellion.
1898 ~ The United States captured Guam from Spain.
1788 ~ New Hampshire ratified the Constitution of the United States and was admitted as the 9th State in the Union.
1749 ~ Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is founded.
Good-Byes:
2018 ~ Charles Krauthammer (né Irving Charles Krauthammer; b. Mar. 13, 1950), American journalist and political commentator who became a conservative icon. He became paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident when he was in his 20s. He died of cancer at age 68.
2017 ~ Yuri Drozdov (b. Sept 19, 1925), Russian spymaster who planted agents across the West. He was born in Minsk, Belarus. He died at age 91 in Moscow, Russia.
2016 ~ Al Howie (né Arthur Howie; b. Sept. 16, 1945), Scottish ultramarathoner who couldn’t stop running. At age 30, he quit smoking and took up running. He died at age 70.
2012 ~ Anna Schwartz (née Anna Jacobson; b. Nov. 11, 1915), American economist who rewrote the history of the Depression. She is best known for her 1963 classic A Monetary History of the United States. She died at age 96.
2003 ~ Leon Uris (né Leon Marcus Uris; b. Aug. 3, 1924), American writer, best known for his novel, Exodus, which is about the creation of the State of Israel. He died at age 78.
2001 ~ Carroll O’Connor (né John Carroll O’Connor; b. Aug. 2, 1924), American actor, best known for his role as Archie Bunker on the TV series, All in the Family. He died of a heart attack at age 76.
1985 ~ Ettore Boiardi (b. Oct. 22, 1897), Italian-born chef and founder of Chef Boyardee. His Anglicized name was Hector Boyardee. He died at age 87.
1982 ~ Joseph B. Friedman (b. Oct. 9, 1900), American inventor. He invented the bendy straw. He died at 81.
1964 ~ Andrew Goodman (b. Nov. 23, 1943), American civil rights activist who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan on a Freedom March in Mississippi during Freedom Summer. He was killed at age 20.
1964 ~ James Chaney (né James Earle Chaney; b. May 30, 1943), African-American civil rights activist who was murdered during Freedom Summer. He was from Meridian, Mississippi. He was killed 22 days after his 21stbirthday.
1964 ~ Michael Schwerner (né Michael Henry Schwerner; b. Nov. 6, 1939), American civil rights activist who was murdered during Freedom Summer. He was murdered at age 24.
1957 ~ Johannes Stark (b. Apr. 15, 1874), German physicist and recipient of the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was closely associated with the Nazi party. He died at age 83.
1954 ~ Gideon Sundbäck (né Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck; b. Apr. 24, 1880), Swedish-American engineer and inventor of the zipper. He died at age 74.
1914 ~ Baroness Bertha von Suttner (b. June 9, 1843), Austrian novelist and pacifist. She was recipient of the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize. She was the first woman to be awarded the Peace Prize. She died less than 2 weeks after her 71st birthday.
1913 ~ Gaston Tarry (b. Sept. 27, 1843), French mathematician. He died at age 69.
1908 ~ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (b. Mar. 18, 1844), Russian composer. He died at age 64.
1893 ~ Leland Stanford (né Amasa Leland Stanford; b. Mar. 9, 1824), American businessman and founder of Stanford University in California, which he named after his son, Leland, who died at age 15. He served as the 8thGovernor of California from January 1862 through December 1863. He was also a United States senator from California. He died of heart failure at age 69.
1876 ~ Antonia López de Santa Anna (b. Feb. 21, 1794), President of Mexico and Mexican general. He died at age 82.
1874 ~ Anders Jonas Ångström (b. Aug. 13, 1814), Swedish physicist. He was a pioneer in the field of spectroscopy. The unit of the measurement of wavelengths, the Ångström, is named in his honor. He died at age 59.
1852 ~ Friedrich Fröbel (né Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel; b. Apr. 21, 1782), German founder of the Kindergarten system. He died at age 70
1652 ~ Inigo Jones (b. July 15, 1573), English architect. He died 24 days before his 79th birthday.
1527 ~ Niccolò Machiavelli (b. May 3, 1469), Italian historian and political author, best known for his book, The Prince. He is sometimes considered the father of modern political science. He died at age 58.
1377 ~ King Edward III of England (b. Nov. 13, 1312). He reigned from January 1327 until his death in June 1377. He followed King Edward II and was succeded by King Richard II. He was married to Philippa of Hainault. He died at age 64.
1305 ~ Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (b. Sept. 27, 1271). He died at age 33, probably of tuberculosis.
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