Birthdays:
1985 ~ Bruno Mars (né Peter Gene Hernandez), American singer-songwriter. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1970 ~ Matt Damon (né Matthew Paige Damon), American actor and screenwriter. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1968 ~ Emily Procter (née Emily Mallory Procter), American actress best known for her role as a police officer in CSI: Miami. She was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1956 ~ Janice E. Voss (née Janice Elaine Voss; d. Feb. 6, 2012), American engineer and astronaut. She flew in space 5 times. She died of breast cancer at age 55.
1955 ~ Darrell Hammond (né Darrell Clayton Hammond), American actor and comedian. He was a regular on Saturday Night Live. He is best known for in impersonation of President Bill Clinton. He was born in Melbourne, Florida.
1949 ~ Sigourney Weaver (née Susan Alexandra Weaver), American actress. She was born in Manhattan, New York.
1948 ~ Johnny Ramone (né John Williams Cummings; d. Sept. 15, 2004), American guitarist and member of the Ramones. He died of prostate cancer three weeks before his 56th birthday.
1943 ~ Chevy Chase (né Cornelius Crane Chase), American comedian and actor. He was born in New York, New York.
1943 ~ R.L. Stein (né Robert Lawrence Stein), American writer best known for his children’s horror fiction novels such as the Goosebumps series. He was born in Columbus, Ohio.
1941 ~ Jesse Jackson (né Jesse Louis Burns), American minister and Civil Rights activist. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina.
1940 ~ Paul Hogan, Australian actor, best known for his role as Michael Dundee, in the Crocodile Dundee movies. He was born in Sydney, Australia.
1936 ~ Rona Barrett (née Rona Burstein), American journalist and gossip columnist. She was born in New York, New York.
1932 ~ Kenneth Appel (né Kenneth Ira Appel; d. Apr. 19, 2013), American mathematician. He was the chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the University of New Hampshire. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died in Dover, New Hampshire at age 80.
1927 ~ César Milstein (d. Mar. 24, 2002), Argentine biochemist and recipient of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in antibody research. He died of a heart condition at age 74.
1927 ~ Jenny Wallenda (d. Apr. 4, 2015), German-born matriarch of the Wallenda family. She was the high-wire walker who followed family tradition, despite seeing her father and husband killed from high-wire accidents. She died of cancer at age 87.
1926 ~ Louise L. Hay (née Helen Vera Lunney; d. Aug. 30, 2017), American professional speaker and self-help guru who pushed positive thinking. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She died at age 90 in San Diego, California.
1924 ~ John Nelder (né John Ashworth Nelder; d. Aug. 7, 2010), British statistician and mathematician. He died at age 85.
1920 ~ Frank Herbert (né Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.; d. Feb. 11, 1986), American science-fiction author best known for his science fiction series Dune. He died at age 65.
1918 ~ Jens Christian Skou (d. May 28, 2018), Danish chemist and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 99.
1917 ~ Rodney Robert Porter (d. Sept. 6, 1985), English biochemist and recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died about a month before his 68th birthday.
1917 ~ Walter Lord (né John Walter Lord, Jr.; d. May 19, 2002), American writer, best known for his book, A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the Titanic. He died at age 84.
1915 ~ Bill Vaughan (né William E. Vaughan, d. Feb. 25, 1977), American columnist and author. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died of lung cancer at age 61.
1895 ~ Juan Perón (d. July 1, 1974), Argentine politician and President of Argentina. He served his first term as President from June 1946 until September 1955. He served his second term from October 1973 until his death in July 1974. He was 78 years old.
1890 ~ Eddie Rickenbacker (né Edward Vernon Rickenbacker; d. July 23, 1973), American flying ace during World War I. He died at age 82.
1889 ~ Collett E. Woolman (né Collett Everman Woolman; d. Sept. 11, 1966), American businessman and co-founder of Delta Air Lines. He died about a month before his 77th birthday.
1883 ~ Otto Heinrich Warburg (d. Aug. 1, 1970), German physician and biochemist. He was the recipient of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died at age 86.
1873 ~ Ma Barker (née Kate Clark aka Arizona Donnie Clark; d. Jan. 16, 1935), mother of several criminals who ran the Barker gang, including her son, Fred Barker (1901 ~ 1935), who was killed along with her in a shoot-out with the FBI in Florida. She was born in Ash Grove, Missouri. She died in Ocklawaha, Florida. She was 61 at the time of her death. According to the book Public Enemies, by Bryan Burrough, she may not have been the genius behind the criminal activities of her sons.
1872 ~ Mary Engel Pennington (d. Dec. 27, 1952), American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer. In 1895, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She died at age 80.
1838 ~ John Hay (né John Milton Hay; d. July 1, 1905), 37th United States Secretary of State. He served under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from September 1898 until his death in July 1905. He died of heart disease in Newbury, New Hampshire at age 66.
1753 ~ Sophia Albertina (d. Mar. 17, 1829), Princess-abbess of Quedlinburg. She was the daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. She died at age 75.
1713 ~ Yechezkel ben Yehudah Landau (d. Apr. 29, 1793), Polish Rabbi. He died at age 79.
Events that Changed the World:
2019 ~ Yom Kippur began as sunset.
2014 ~ Thomas Eric Duncan became the first person in the United States to die of Ebola. He had been living in Liberia while West Africa had been experiencing an outbreak of Ebola.
2005 ~ A massive 7.6 earthquake struck in Kashmir killing thousands of people in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. An estimated 87,000 people were killed.
2001 ~ President George W. Bush (b. 1946) announced the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
1991 ~ Croatia and Slovenia voted to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia.
1982 ~ Poland banned Solidarity and all other trade unions.
1982 ~ The Broadway musical Cats opened and ran for nearly 18 years before finally closing on September 10, 2000.
1967 ~ Che Guevara (1928 ~ 1967) and his band of guerrillas were captured in Bolivia. Guevara would be executed the following day.
1912 ~ Montenegro declared war against Turkey beginning the First Balkan War.
1871 ~ The Great Chicago Fire started with four major fires along the shores of Lake Michigan. It burned for three days.
1860 ~ The telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco became operative.
1856 ~ The Second Opium War between China and several western powers began.
1821 ~ General José de San Martín (1778 ~ 1850), Protector of Peru, established the Peruvian Navy.
1645 ~ Jeanne Mance (1606 ~ 1673) opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, making it the first hospital in North America that was not affiliated with the Church.
1582 ~ Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1200 ~ Isabella of Angoulême (1188 ~ 1246) was crowned Queen consort of England. She was the second wife of King John, who was also known as John Lackland.
Good-Byes:
2019 ~ Francis S. Curry (né Francis Sherman Curry; b. June 20, 1925), American Army Private and Medal of Honor recipient who fought off a Nazi attack during the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. In December 1944, age 19, Curry was guarding a bridge crossing when German tanks suddenly rolled out in front of him and his company. During intense fighting, Curry rushed out to grab ammunition and fired a bazooka, disabling the German tanks. He died at age 94.
2018 ~ David Wise (b. May 10, 1930), American investigative journalist who lifted the veil on the CIA. He was one of the foremost authorities on the CIA. He is known for his 1964 book The Invisible Government, which was a well-sourced account of the CIA’s involvement in the Bay of Pigs. He died at age 88.
2018 ~ George Galiaferro (b. Jan. 8, 1927), American football player who broke an NFL color line. He was the first African-American drafted by the National Football League. He died at age 91.
2017 ~ Y.A. Tittle (né Yelberton Abraham Tittle, Jr.; b. Oct. 24, 1926), American football quarterback who symbolized grit. He led the New York Giants to three consecutive NFL championships in the 1980s. In collage, he led Louisiana State University to the 1947 Cotton Bowl, a 0-0 tie against Arkansas that was played in an ice storm. He died 16 days before his 92nd birthday.
2017 ~ Creighton J. Hale (b. Feb. 18, 1924), American physiologist who made Little League safer. He designed the plastic, padded helmet with flaps to protect the temple and cheekbones. He died at age 93.
2015 ~ Paul Prudhomme (b. July 13, 1940), American chef who specialized in Louisiana and Cajun cuisine. He was the proprietor of K-Paul’s restaurant in New Orleans. He was born in Opelousas, Louisiana and died at age 75 in New Orleans.
2011 ~ Al Davis (né Allen Davis; b. July 4, 1929), American football executive and hard-charging maverick who shook up football. He died at age 82.
1997 ~ Bertrand Goldberg (b. 1913), American architect and designer of the Marina City Building in Chicago. He died at age 84.
1992 ~ Willy Brandt (né Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; b. Dec. 18, 1913), 4th Chancellor of Germany and recipient of the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to strengthen cooperation in western Europe through the EEC to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and Eastern Europe. He resigned as Chancellor in 1974 after one of his closest aides was exposed as an agent of the East German secret police. He died of colon cancer at age 78.
1985 ~ Gordon Welchman (né William Gordon Welchman; b. June 15, 1906), British mathematician and code-breaker during World War II. He died at age 79 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
1982 ~ Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker (né Philip John Baker; b. Nov. 1, 1889), British-born Canadian diplomat and recipient of the 1959 Nobel Peace Prize. He died about 3 weeks before his 93rd birthday.
1967 ~ Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (né Clement Richard Attlee; b. Jan. 3, 1883), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served as Prime Minister from July 1845 until October 1951 during the reign of King George VI. He died of pneumonia at age 84.
1965 ~ Thomas B. Costain (né Thomas Bertram Costain; b. May 8, 1885), Canadian novelist who first began writing historical fiction at age 57. He was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He died of a heart attack at age 80 in New York, New York.
1952 ~ Arturo Rawson (b. June 4, 1885), Provisional President of Argentina and military officer. He served as President for only 2 days, from June 4, 1943 until June 6, 1943. He died of a heart attack at age 67.
1944 ~ Wendell Willkie (né Lewis Wendell Willkie; b. Feb. 18, 1892), American politician and 1940 Republican nominee for President. He died of a heart attack at age 52.
1944 ~ Oszkár Gerde (b. July 8, 1883), Hungarian athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist in fencing in the 1908 and 1912 Olympic games. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He was murdered in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp during the Holocaust. He was 61 years old at the time of his death. In 1989, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
1942 ~ Sergey Chaplygin (b. Apr. 5, 1869), Russian physicist and mathematician. He died at age 75.
1936 ~ Munshi Premchand (né Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava; b. July 31, 1880), Indian writer. He is best known for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He died at age 56.
1894 ~ Norbert Rillieux (b. Mar. 17, 1806), African-American inventor and chemical engineer. He is best known for inventing the multiple-effect evaporator, an innovation in the sugar industry. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died at age 88 in Paris, France.
1869 ~ Franklin Pierce (b. Nov. 23, 1804), 14th President of the United States. He was President from March 1853 until March 1857. Prior to becoming President, he served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire. He was from New Hampshire. He died in Concord, New Hampshire at age 64.
1793 ~ John Hancock (b. Jan. 23, 1737), early American statesman, patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was the Governor of Massachusetts from October 1780 until January 29, 1785 and in a second term from May 1787 until his death in October 1793. He died at age 56. [Note: Under the Julian calendar his birthday is noted as January 12.].
1754 ~ Henry Fielding (b. Apr. 22, 1707), English novelist, best known for his book, Tom Jones. He died at age 47.
1735 ~ Yongzheng (b. Dec. 13, 1678), 5th Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He reigned from 1722 until his death 13 years later. He died at age 56.
1699 ~ Mary Beale (b. Mar. 26, 1633), British painter and artist. She was one of the most successful professional female Baroque artists. She is best known for her portraiture. She died at age 66.
1652 ~ John Greaves (b. 1602), English mathematician and astronomer. The date of his birth is not known.
1647 ~ Christen Søensen Longomontanus (b. Oct. 4, 1562), Danish mathematician and astronomer. He died 4 days after his 85th birthday.
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