Birthdays:
1971 ~ Mark Wahlberg (né Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg), American actor and model. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
1962 ~ Jeff Garlin (né Jeffrey Todd Garlin), American actor best known for his role as Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1958 ~ Avigdor Leiberman, Israeli politician. He was born in Chişinău, Modova.
1951 ~ Suze Orman (née Susan Lynn Orman), American financial advisor and television host. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1949 ~ Ken Follett (né Kenneth Martin Follett), Welsh author. He was born in Cardiff, Wales.
1947 ~ Laurie Anderson (née Laura Phillips Anderson), American performance artist. She was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
1941 ~ Spalding Gray (né Spalding Rockwell Gray; d. Jan. 11, 2004), American actor and writer. He died by suicide at age 62.
1939 ~ Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, English novelist. She was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
1934 ~ Bill Moyers (né Billy Don Moyers), American journalist and 13th White House Press Secretary. He served under President Lyndon B. Johnson from July 1965 until February 1967. He was born in Hugo, Oklahoma.
1932 ~ Christy Brown (d. Sept. 7, 1981). Irish painter and writer. He had cerebral palsy and was able to write and paint only with his feet. His autobiography was entitled My Left Foot, which was later made into a film by the same name. He died at age 49.
1926 ~ Paul Soros (né Paul Schwartz; d. June 15, 2013), Hungarian-born holocaust survivor who fled to the United States and went on to make millions in the cargo shipping industry. His younger brother is George Soros. He died 10 days after his 87th birthday.
1924 ~ Arthur “The Bulldog” Donovan, Jr. (né Arthur James Donovan, Jr.; d. Aug. 4, 2013), Hall of Fame tackle for the Baltimore Colts. He was born in the Bronx, New York. He died at age 89 in Baltimore, Maryland.
1924 ~ Lou Brissie (né Leland Victor Brissie; d. Nov. 25, 2013), American wounded warrior who became and All-Star pitcher. He was injured during World War II. He returned from the war and began a long baseball career. He died at age 89.
1919 ~ Richard Scarry (né Richard McClure Scarry; d. Apr. 30, 1994), American author and illustrator of children’s books. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack at age 74.
1914 ~ Beatrice de Cardi (née Beatrice Eileen de Cardi; d. July 5, 2016), English archaeologist. She is best known for her work in the Persian Gulf. She died a month after her 102nd birthday from complications of a fall.
1900 ~ Dennis Gabor (né Günszberg Dénes; d. Feb. 9, 1979), Hungarian-English engineer and physicist. He was the recipient of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is best known for inventing the holography. He died at age 78.
1899 ~ Otis Barton (né Frederick Otis Baton, Jr.; d. Apr. 15, 1992), American deep-see diver and engineer. He designed the bathysphere. He died at age 92.
1898 ~ Salvatore Ferragamo (d. Aug. 7, 1960), Italian shoemaker and founder of Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. He was born in Bonito, Italy. He died at age 62 in Florence, Italy.
1883 ~ John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes (d. Apr. 21, 1946), English economist. He died of a heart attack at age 62.
1878 ~ Pancho Villa (né José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; d. July 20, 1923), Mexican revolutionary. He was assassinated at age 45.
1876 ~ Isaac Heinemann (d. July 28, 1957), German-Israeli rabbinical scholar and educator. He died at age 81.
1862 ~ Allvar Gullstrand (d. July 28, 1930), Swedish ophthalmologist and recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died at age 68.
1850 ~ Pat Garrett (né Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett, d. Feb. 29, 1908), American West lawman best known for killing Billy the Kid. He was shot and killed under mysterious circumstances at age 57.
1819 ~ John Couch Adams (d. Jan. 21, 1892), English mathematician and astronomer. He is best known for calculating the position of Neptune. He was 72 years old.
1762 ~ Bushrod Washington (d. Nov. 26, 1829), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President John Adams. He replaced James Wilson on the High Court. He was succeeded by Henry Baldwin. He served from December 1798 until his death at age 67 in November 1829. He was born in Mount Holly, Virginia. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1718 ~ Thomas Chippendale (d. Nov. 1779), English furniture maker. He died of tuberculosis. The exact date of his death is not known, but he was buried on November 16, 1779.
1646 ~ Elena Cornaro Piscopia (d. July 26, 1684), Italian mathematician. She was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Philosopher when she graduated from the University of Padua. She died of tuberculosis at age 38.
1553 ~ Bernardino Baldi (d. Oct. 10, 1617), Italian mathematician. He was born and died in Urbino, Italy. He died at age 63.
Events that Changed the World:
2015 ~ A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Malaysia. Eighteen people were killed.
2012 ~ The last Transit of Venus of the 21st century began. The best viewing spot for the event was in Siberia.
2006 ~ Serbia declared its independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
2001 ~ Tropical Storm Allison made landfall in Texas, causing extensive damage in Houston.
1989 ~ An unidentified protester, known only as the Tank Man, stopped a line of tanks for over 30 minutes after the Tiananmen Square protest in China in 1989.
1981 ~ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reportthat five people in Los Angeles had a rare form of pneumonia. These turned out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
1976 ~ The Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed. Eleven people were killed and over 13,000 head of cattle were lost.
1975 ~ The Suez Canal opened for the first time since the Six-Day War.
1968 ~ Robert F. Kennedy (1925 ~ 1968) was shot by an assassin at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. He died the following day on June 6.
1967 ~ The Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria began when the Israeli air force launched pre-emptive strikes on Egypt and Syria.
1963 ~ The Mohammad Pahlavi (1919 ~ 1980) the Shah of Iran had the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1902 ~ 1989) arrested, which created riots throughout the country.
1963 ~ John Profumo (1915 ~ 2006), the British Secretary of State of War, resigned as a result of a sex scandal, which became known as the Profumo Affair.
1956 ~ Elvis Presley (1935 ~ 1977) sang Hound Dog on the Milton Berle Show. His suggestive hip movements scandalized the audience.
1949 ~ Orapin Chaiyakan (1904 ~ 1996) became the first female member elected to Thailand’s Parliament.
1947 ~ In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall (1880 ~ 1959) announced his plan to provide economic aid to war-torn Europe. This became known as the Marshall Plan.
1942 ~ During World War II, the United States declared war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
1933 ~ The United States Congress abrogated the use of the gold standard in the United States. Creditors could no longer demand payment in gold.
1916 ~ Louis Brandeis (1856 ~ 1941) was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was the first American Jew to be appointed to the High Court. He had been confirmed by the Senate 4 days earlier.
1915 ~ An amendment to the Danish Constitution granted women’s suffrage.
1893 ~ Lizzie Borden’s murder trial began in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was ultimately acquitted of the murders of her father and step-mother.
1883 ~ The Orient Express began its regularly scheduled routes.
1862 ~ The Treaty of Saigon was signed ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France.
1851 ~ The first chapter of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was first published in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper.
1849 ~ Denmark became a constitutional monarchy.
1837 ~ The city of Houston, Texas became incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
70 ~ The date traditionally ascribed to when Titus and his Roman legions breached the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
Good-Byes:
2018 ~ Kate Spade (née Katherine Noel Frances Brosnahan, b. Dec. 24, 2018), American fashion designer who built a handbag empire. She was best known for her designer handbags. She died at age 55 of an apparent suicide.
2015 ~ Jane B. Hart (né Jane Briggs, b. Oct. 21, 1921), American senator’s wife who spoke her mind. Her husband was the Democratic Senator Phil Hart, from Michigan. She was a strong advocate for women’s rights as well as being active against the war in Viet Nam. She was also a would-be astronaut when she took part in a privately financed project to test women for fitness to enter NASA’s astronaut program and submitting to the same physical and psychological tests as were administered to the Mercury 7 astronauts. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. She died in West Hartford, Connecticut at age 93 years old.
2012 ~ Ray Bradbury (né Ray Douglas Bradbury; b. Aug. 22, 1920), American science-fiction writer. He is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 541. He died at age 91.
2009 ~ Bernard Barker (né Bernard Leon Barker; b. Mar. 17, 1917), Cuban-born CIA agent who was a Watergate burglar. He was born in Havana, Cuba. He died at age 92 in Miami, Florida.
2004 ~ Ronald Reagan (né Ronald Wilson Reagan; b. Feb. 6, 1911), American actor who became the 40th President of the United States. He was president from January 1981 until January 1989. He had previously served as the 33rd Governor of California. He died at age 93 years old.
2002 ~ Dee Dee Ramone (né Douglas Glenn Covin; b. Sept. 18, 1951), American singer-songwriter and bassist for The Ramones. He died of a heroin overdose at age 50.
1999 ~ Mel Tormé (né Melvin Howard Tormé; b. Sept. 13, 1925), American singer, composer and actor. He was known as “The Velvet Fog”. He died of a stroke at age 73.
1998 ~ Sam Yorty (né Samuel William Yorty; b. Oct. 1, 1909), American politician and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles. He served as Mayor from July 1961 until July 1973. He died at age 88.
1991 ~ Sylvia Porter (née Sylvia Field Feldman; b. June 18, 1913), American economist and journalist. She was born in Patchogue, New York. She died 13 days before her 78th birthday in Round Ridge, New York.
1965 ~ Eleanor Farjeon (b. Feb. 13, 1881), British author, poet and playwright. She wrote a lot of children’s literature. She died at age 84.
1951 ~ Isabel Pell (née Isabel Townsend Pell, b. Sept. 28, 1900), American socialite and fighter in the French Resistance during World War II. She died at age 50.
1940 ~ Augustus Edward Hough Love (b. Apr. 17, 1863), English mathematician. He died at age 77.
1930 ~ Pascin (né Julius Mordecai Pincas; b. Mar. 31, 1885), Sephardi Bulgarian-American painter. He suffered from depression and died by suicide at age 45.
1920 ~ Julia A. Moore (né Julia Ann Moore; b. Dec. 1, 1847), American poet. She is known for writing especially bad poetry. She died at age 72.
1910 ~ O. Henry (né William Sydney Porter; b. Sept. 11, 1862), American short-story writer. He died at age 47.
1900 ~ Stephen Crane (b. Nov. 1, 1871), American author best known for his Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage. He died of tuberculosis at age 28.
1716 ~ Roger Cotes (b. July 10, 1682), English mathematician. He died of violent fever at age 33.
1316 ~ King Louis X of France (b. Oct. 4, 1289). French king who reigned from November 1314 until his death in June 1316. He was known as Louis the Stubborn. He was 26 at the time of his death. His death has been attributed to pneumonia but there is some suspicion that he was poisoned.
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