Birthdays:
1987 ~ Ronan Farrow (né Satchel Ronan O’Sullivan Farrow), American journalist, lawyer and political advisor. His investigative journalism uncovered the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations in 2017. He is the son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow. He was born in New York City, New York.
1980 ~ Jake Gyllenhaal (né Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal), American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1963 ~ Jennifer Beals, American actress best known for her role as Alex Owens in the 1983 movie Flashdance. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1961 ~ Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Palo Alto, California.
1957 ~ Kevin McHale (né Kevin Edward McHale), American basketball player with a long career with the Boston Celtics. He was born in Hibbing, Minnesota.
1949 ~ Uffe Haagerup (d. July 5, 2015), Danish mathematician. He drowned while swimming in the Baltic Sea. He was 65 years old at the time of his death.
1946 ~ Robert Urich (né Robert Michael Urich; d. Apr. 16, 2002), American actor. He was born in Toronto, Ohio. He died of cancer at age 55 in Thousand Oaks, California.
1944 ~ Alvin Lee (né Graham Anthony Barnes; d. Mar. 6, 2013), English reluctant rocker and guitarist who wowed Woodstock. He was the lead singer and guitarist with Ten Years After. He died from complications of surgery at age 68.
1944 ~ Mitchell Feigenbaum (né Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum; d. June 30, 2019), American mathematical physicist. His focus of study was in chaos theory. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in New York City at age 74.
1944 ~ Tim Reid (né Timothy Lee Reid), African-American actor. He is best known for his role as Venus Flytrap on the television sit-com WKRP in Cincinnati. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
1943 ~ James L. Jones (né James Long Jones, Jr.), American general and 22nd United States National Security Advisor. He served under President Barack Obama from January 20, 2009 through October 8, 2010. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
1942 ~ Cornell Dupree (né Cornell Luther Dupree; d. May 8, 2011), African-American jazz guitarist who enhanced hundreds of hits. He was born and died in Fort Worth, Texas. He died of complications of emphysema at age 68.
1941 ~ Maurice White (d. Feb. 4, 2016), African-American musician and vibrant frontman and founder of the 1970s megagroup Earth, Wind and Fire. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He died of Parkinson’s disease at age 74 in Los Angeles, California.
1940 ~ Phil Ochs (né Philip David Ochs; d. Apr. 9, 1979), American singer and songwriter. He was born in El Paso, Texas. He died by suicide at age 35 in New York, New York.
1925 ~ Robert B. Sherman (né Robert Bernard Sherman; d. Mar. 6, 2012), American songwriter who made Disney musicals soar. His best-known work is It’s A Small World. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 86 in London, England.
1924 ~ Cicely Tyson (d. Jan. 28, 2021), African-American screen and stage star who shattered racial stereotypes. She was born and died in Harlem, New York. She died at age 96.
1918 ~ Professor Longhair (né Henry Roeland Byrd; d. Jan. 30, 1980), African-American New Orleans Blues singer-songwriter and pianist. He was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana and died in New Orleans. He died of a heart attack at age 61.
1917 ~ Donald L. Hollowell (né Donald Lee Hollowell; d. Dec. 27, 2004), African-American attorney and civil rights advocate. He was instrumental in the movement to desegregate public institutions in Georgia. He was born in Wichita, Kansas. He died of heart failure 8 days after his 87th birthday in Atlanta, Georgia.
1915 ~ Édith Piaf (née Édith Giovanna Gassion; d. Oct. 10, 1963), French singer and actress. She was born in Paris, France. She died of cancer at age 47 in Plascassier, Grasse, France.
1906 ~ Leonid Brezhnev (d. Nov. 10, 1982), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He served in that Office from October 1964 until his death in November 1981. He died at age 75.
1903 ~ George Davis Snell (d. June 6, 1996), American geneticist and recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Bradford, Massachusetts. He died at age 92 in Bar Harbor, Maine.
1875 ~ Carter G. Woodson (né Carter Godwin Woodson; d. Apr. 3, 1950), African-American historian, author and journalist. He is credited with creating Black History Month. He died at age 74.
1875 ~ Grace Marie Bareis (d. June 15, 1962), American mathematician. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate degree in mathematics from Ohio State University. She was born in Canal Winchester, Ohio. She died at age 86 in Columbus, Ohio.
1852 ~ Albert A. Michelson (né Albert Abraham Michelson; d. May 9, 1931), Prussian-born American physicist and recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Physics for his design of precise optical instruments. He was the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize in science. He died at age 78 in Pasadena, California.
1820 ~ Mary Livermore (née Mary Ashton Rice; d. May 23, 1905), American journalist, abolitionist, and women’s right activist. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She died at age 84 in Melrose, Massachusetts.
1814 ~ Edwin Stanton (né Edwin McMasters Stanton; d. Dec. 24, 1869), 25th United States Attorney General. He served in this position under President James Buchanan. He subsequently served as the 27th United States Secretary of War under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He was born in Steubenville, Ohio. He died 5 days after his 55th birthday in Washington, D.C.
1778 ~ Marie Thérèse of France (d. Oct. 19, 1851), Queen consort of France and wife of Louis XIX, King of France. She was of the House of Bourbon. She was the oldest child of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. She died at age 72.
1714 ~ John Winthrop (d. May 3, 1779), American mathematician and astronomer. He served as the acting President of Harvard College from 1769 until 1773. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 64.
1683 ~ Philip V, King of Spain (d. July 9, 1746). He reigned as King from November 1700 until January 1724, and then again from September 1724 until his death 22 years later. He is known for instituting many important reforms in Spain. He was married twice, first to Maria Luisa of Savoy, and then, after her death, to Elizabeth Farnese. He was of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Louis, Grand Dauphin of France and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria. He died at age 62.
1594 ~ Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden (d. Nov. 16, 1632). He reigned as King from October 1611 until his death 21 years later. He was married to Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. He was of the House of Vasa. He was the son of Charles IX, King of Sweden and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. He was killed in the Battle of Lützen about a month before his 38th birthday. Under the calendar in effect at the time, his birthday is sometimes listed as occurring on December 9 and his death on November 6.
1554 ~ Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. Feb. 20, 1618). He was of the House of Orange-Nassau. He was the son of William, Prince of Orange (also known as William the Silent) and Anna van Egmont. He died at age 63.
Events that Changed the World:
2016 ~ A terrorist attack in Berlin, Germany killed and injured numerous people when a truck was driven into an open-air Christmas market.
2012 ~ Park Geun-hye (b. 1952) became the first female elected as President of South Korea. In 2016, due to the ratification of impeachment proceedings against her, her presidential duties were suspended effective December 9, 2016. She would be ousted on charges related to influence peddling and sentenced to 24 years in prison.
1998 ~ Impeachment proceeding relating to the Monica Lewinsky (b. 1973) scandal, against President Bill Clinton (b. 1946) began.
1986 ~ Andrei Sakharov (1921 ~ 1989) and his wife, Yelena Bonner (1923 ~ 2011), were released from exile in Gorky by Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931), the leader of the Soviet Union.
1974 ~ Nelson Rockefeller (1908 ~ 1979) was sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford (1913 ~ 2006). He was the 41st Vice President of the United States.
1941 ~ Adolf Hitler became the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.
1924 ~ The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost was sold in London, England.
1907 ~ A mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania kills 239 coal miners.
1843 ~ Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first published.
1490 ~ Anne, Duchess of Brittany (1477 ~ 1514), was married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459 ~ 1519) by proxy. He was her 1st of three husbands.
1154 ~ Henry II, King of England (1133 ~ 1189) was crowned at Westminster Abby. He reigned as King from December 1154 until his death in July 1189. He was the first Plantagenet king. He was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124 ~ 1204).
Good-Byes:
2015 ~ Kurt Masur (b. July 18, 1927), German conductor. He was known as one of the last old-style maestros. He was born in Brzeg, Poland. He died at age 88 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
2012 ~ Robert Bork (né Robert Heron Bork; b. Mar. 1, 1927), American legal scholar and rejected Supreme Court nominee. He was the United States Attorney General during the Richard Nixon administration from October 1973 until December 1973. He died at age 85.
2004 ~ Herbert C. Brown (né Herbert Charles Brown; b. May 22, 1912), English chemist and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 92.
2000 ~ John V. Lindsay (né John Vliet Lindsay; b. Nov. 24, 1921), American politician and 103rd mayor of New York City. He served as Mayor from January 1966 through December 1973. He was born in New York, New York. He died 25 days after his 79th birthday of complications from pneumonia and Parkinson’s disease in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
1997 ~ Masaru Ibuka (b. Apr. 11, 1908), Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony. He died at age 89.
1996 ~ Marcello Mastroianni (né Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni; b. Sept. 28, 1924), Italian actor. He died of pancreatic cancer at age 72.
1993 ~ Hans Rohrback (b. Feb. 27, 1903), German mathematician. He was a member of the Nazi party. He died at age 90.
1986 ~ V.C. Andrews (née Cleo Virginia Andrews; b. June 6, 1923), American author, illustrator and painter. She was best known for writing in the Gothic horror genre. She died of breast cancer at age 63.
1983 ~ Käte Fenchel (née Käte Sperling; b. Dec. 21, 1905), German mathematician. She is best known for her work in non-abelian groups. She was born in Berlin,, Germany. She died 2 days before her 78th birthday.
1977 ~ Nellie Tayloe Ross (né Nellie Davis Tayloe; b. Nov. 29, 1976), American politician and 14th Governor of Wyoming. She was the first woman to be elected to a State office. She served as Governor from January 1925 until January 1927. She later served as the 28th Director of the United States Mint from May 1933 until April 1953. She was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri. She died 3 weeks after her 101st birthday in Washington, D.C.
1953 ~ Robert Millikan (né Robert Andrews Millikan; b. Mar. 22, 1868), American physicist and recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect. He died at age 85.
1915 ~ Alois Alzheimer (né Aloysius Alzheimer; b. June 14, 1864), German physician and neuroscientist who first described the signs of dementia, which ultimately was determined to be the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. He died of heart failure at age 51.
1851 ~ J.M.W. Turner (né Joseph Mallord William Turner; b. Apr. 23, 1775), English landscape painter. He died of cholera at age 76.
1848 ~ Emily Brontë (née Emily Jane Brontë; b. July 30, 1818), English novelist. She is best known for her novels Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. She died at age 30.
1840 ~ Felix Grundy (b. Sept. 11, 1777), 13th United States Attorney General. He served under Martin Van Buren from July 1838 until January 1840. He had previously served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. He died at age 63 in Nashville, Tennessee.
1813 ~ James McGill (b. Oct. 6, 1744), Scottish-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He died at age 69.
1751 ~ Louise of Great Britain (b. Dec. 18, 1724), Queen consort of Denmark and Norway. She was the first wife of Frederick V, King of Denmark. She was of the House of Hanover. She was the daughter of George II, King of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach. She died of complications of childbirth 1 day after her 27th birthday.
1741 ~ Vitus Bering (né Vitus Jonassen Bering; b. Aug. 5, 1681), Danish explorer. The Bering Sea and the Bering Strait are named in his honor. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he was baptized on August 5, 1681. He died at age 60.
1476 ~ Vlad III, the Impaler (b. 1431).
1370 ~ Pope Urban V (né William de Grimoard; b. 1310). He was Pope from September 1362 until his death on this date. The exact date of his birth is not known. He died at age 60.
401 ~ Pope Anastasius I. He was Pope from 399 until his death on December 19, 401. The date of his birth is not known.
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