Birthdays:
1965 ~ Viola Davis, American actress. She was born in Saint Matthews, South Carolina.
1956 ~ Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1994 Fields Medal. He was born in Frasse, France.
1953 ~ Hulk Hogan (né Terry Gene Bollea), American professional wrestler and television personality. He was born in Augusta, Georgia.
1950 ~ Steve Wozniak (né Stephen Gary Wozniak), American computer pioneer, who, along with Steve Jobs, co-founded Apple, Inc. He was born in San Jose, California.
1944 ~ Frederick W. Smith (né Frederick Wallace Smith), American businessman and founder of FedEx. He was born in Marks, Mississippi.
1943 ~ Abigail Folger (née Abigail Anne Folger; d. Aug. 9, 1969), American heiress to the Folger coffee fortune and murder victim of Charles Manson. She was killed just two days before her 26th birthday.
1936 ~ Andre Dubus (né Andre Jules Dubus, III; d. Feb. 24, 1999), American writer born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His son, Andre Dubus, III, is the author of the novel, House of Sand and Fog. Andre Dubus II died at age 62 of a heart attack in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
1933 ~ Jerry Falwell (né Jerry Lamon Falwell; d. May 15, 2007), Evangelical preacher and conservative activist. He was the cofounder of the Moral Majority. He died of sudden cardiac arrest at age 73.
1926 ~ Sir Aaron Klug (d. Nov. 20, 2018), Lithuanian-English chemist and recipient of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 92.
1926 ~ Claus von Bülow (né Claus Cecil Boberg; d. May 25, 2019), Danish-English socialite who was accused of attempted murder of his wife, Martha “Sunny” Crawford (1931 ~ 2008), by giving her an overdose of insulin in 1980. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He died at age 92 in London, England.
1925 ~ Arlene Dahl (née Arlene Carol Dahl), American actress. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1921 ~ Alex Haley (né Alexander Murray Palmer Haley; d. Feb. 10, 1992), African-American historian and writer, best known for his book, Roots, which was later made into a television mini-series. He was born in Ithaca, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 70.
1920 ~ Mike Douglas (né Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.; d. Aug. 11, 2006), American singer and talk show host. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died on his 86th birthday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
1917 ~ Dik Browne (né Richard Arthur Allan Browne; d. June 4, 1989), American cartoonist. He created such cartoons as Hägar the Horrible and Hi and Lois. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died of cancer at age 71 in Sarasota, Florida.
1897 ~ Louise Bogan (d. Feb. 4, 1970), American poet. In 1945, she became was the 4th Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress and was the first woman to hold this title. She was born in Livermore Falls, Maine. She died in New York City at age 72.
1858 ~ Christiaan Eijkman (d. Nov. 5, 1930), Dutch physician and pathologist. He was the recipient of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the study of vitamins. He died at age 72.
1833 ~ Robert G. Ingersoll (né Robert Green Ingersoll; d. July 21, 1899), American Union Civil War Veteran and politician. He was known as the Great Agnostic and campaigned in defense of agnosticism. He died of congestive heart failure 12 days before his 66th birthday.
1667 ~ Anna Marie Luisa de’Medici (d. Feb. 18, 1743), the last of the Medicis. She died at age 75.
1467 ~ Mary of York (d. May 23, 1482). She was the second daughter of King Edward IV. She died at age 14.
1081 ~ Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. May 23, 1125). The exact year of his birth is unknown. He is believed to have been born between 1081 and 1086. He is believed to have been between 39 and 44 at the time of his death.
Events that Changed the World:
2012 ~ An earthquake struck near Tabriz, Iran, killing over 300 people and injuring 3,000 others.
1982 ~ A bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 830 as it traveled from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii. One passenger was killed and 15 others were injured.
1972 ~ The last United States ground combat units departed from Viet Nam.
1965 ~ The Watts race riots began in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
1960 ~ Chad declared its independence.
1952 ~ Hussein bin Talal (1935 ~ 1999) was proclaimed King of Jordan.
1945 ~ In Kraków, Poland, a pogrom began against the Jews living in the city.
1942 ~ Actress Hedy Lamarr (1914 ~ 2000) and composer George Antheil (1900 ~ 1959) received a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system. This later became the basis for the technology used in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
1934 ~ The first civilian prisoners were sent to the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
1929 ~ Babe Ruth (1895 ~ 1948) became the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career when he hit a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
Good-Byes:
2018 ~ Sir V.S. Naipaul (né Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, b. Aug. 17, 1932), Indo-Trinidadian-British writer and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died 6 days before his 86th birthday.
2014 ~ Robin Williams (né Robin McLaurin Williams, b. July 21, 1951), American live-wire comedian who excelled at improvision. He died by suicide 21 days after his 63rd birthday.
2013 ~ Jean Bethke Elshtain (née Jean Paulette Bethke; b. Jan. 6, 1941), American academic who argued for a “just war” in Iraq. She was born in Windsor, Colorado. She died of heart failure at age 72 in Nashville, Tennessee.
2009 ~ Eunice Kennedy Shriver (née Eunice Mary Kennedy; b. July 10, 1921), American founder of the Special Olympics, sister of President John F. Kennedy and mother of Maria Shriver. She died of a stroke a month after her 88th birthday.
2006 ~ Mike Douglas (né Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.; b. Aug. 11, 1920), American singer and talk show host. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died on his 86th birthday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
2003 ~ Armand Borel (b. May 21, 1923), Swiss-born American mathematician. He died at age 80.
1995 ~ Alonzo Church (b. June 14, 1903), American mathematician. He was born in Washington, D.C. He died at age 92 in Hudson, Ohio.
1984 ~ Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. (né Alfred Abraham Knopf; b. Sept. 12, 1892), American publisher and founder of the Alfred A Knopf, Inc., publishing house. He died a month before his 92nd birthday.
1972 ~ Max Theiler (b. Jan. 30, 1899), South African virologist and recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in developing a vaccine against yellow fever. He died at age 73 in New Haven, Connecticut.
1956 ~ Jackson Pollock (né Paul Jackson Pollock; b. Jan. 28, 1912), American artist. He was killed in a car accident at age 44.
1955 ~ Opha May Johnson (née Opha May Jacob; b. May 4, 1879), American who was the first woman to enlist in the United States Marines. She enlisted on August 13, 1918 during World War I. She was born in Kokomo, Indiana. She died at age 76 in Washington, D.C.
1937 ~ Edith Wharton (née Edith Newbold Jones; b. Jan. 24, 1862), American novelist. She is best known for her novel, The Age of Innocence, for which she won the 1921 Pulitzer. She died at age 75.
1919 ~ Andrew Carnegie (b. Nov. 25, 1835), Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist. He was a steel manufacturer and used much of his fortune to establish many cultural, educational and scientific institutions. He died at age 83 in Lenox, Massachusetts.
1892 ~ Enrico Betti (b. Oct. 21, 1813), Italian mathematician. He is best known for his work in topology. He died at age 68.
1578 ~ Pedro Nunes (b. Jan. 7, 1502), Portuguese mathematician. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been born on January 7, 1502. He died at age 76.
1464 ~ Nicholas of Cusa (b. 1401), German philosopher and mathematician. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
1253 ~ St. Clare of Assisi (né Chiara Offreduccio; b. July 16, 1194). She founded the monastic religious order of the Poor Ladies. Following her death, the order became known as the Poor Clares. She died less than a month after her 59th birthday.
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