Birthdays:
2001 ~ Sasha Obama (née Natasha Obama), daughter of President Barack Obama. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1982 ~ Tara Lipinski (née Tara Kristen Lipinski), American figure skater. At age 14, she won the World Figure Skating title. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1982 ~ Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland. She married commoner Christopher O’Neill in 2013. She is of the House of Bernadotte. She is the youngest daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Silvia Sommerlath.
1971 ~ Bobby Jindal (né Piyush Jindal), 55th Governor of the State of Louisiana. He was also a failed 2016 presidential candidate. He never formally changed his first name to Bobby but selected that name from one of the sons on the television sit-com The Brady Bunch. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1969 ~ Kate Snow, American journalist. She was born in Bangor, Maine.
1965 ~ Elizabeth Hurley (née Elizabeth Jane Hurley), English model and actress.
1962 ~ Gina Gershon, American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1959 ~ Eliot Spitzer (né Eliot Laurence Spitzer), American politician and disgraced governor of New York State. He served as the 54th Governor of New York from January 2007 until March 2008, when he was forced to resign due to a sex prostitution scandal. He was born in New York, New York.
1953 ~ John Edwards (né Johnny Reid Edwards), American politician and presidential hopeful in the 2004 and 2008 campaign until he was caught in a sex scandal. He had served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from January 1999 until January 2005. He was born in Seneca, South Carolina.
1944 ~ Ze’ev Friedman (d. Sept. 6, 1972), Polish-Israeli weightlifter. He was murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich. He was 28 years old.
1938 ~ Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak (d. Feb. 12, 2009), Indian mathematician. She is known for her work in combinatorics. She died at age 70.
1935 ~ Lu Jaixi (d. Oct. 31, 1983), Chinese self-taught mathematician. He made important contributions in the field of combinatorial design theory. He was born in Shanghai, China. He ostensibly died suddenly at age 48 from exhaustion from overworking.
1935 ~ Elio Fiorucci (d. July 19, 2015), Italian fashion designer who defined the disco age. He was born and died in Milan, Italy. He was 80 years old.
1933 ~ F. Lee Bailey (né Francis Lee Bailey, Jr.; d. June 3, 2021), American inexhaustible celebrity attorney who defended the infamous. He is best known for being one of O.J. Simpson’s defense attorneys. He also defended the Boston Strangler and Patty Hearst. He was disbarred in the early 2000s for misconduct while defending a marijuana dealer. He was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. He died in Atlanta, Georgia a week before his 88th birthday.
1932 ~ Branko Lustig (d. Nov. 14, 2019), Croatian Holocaust survivor who produced Schindler’s List. He was born in present-day Osijek, Croatia. During World War II, he was imprisoned in Auschwitz. After the War, he became a movie director. He died at age 87 in Zagreb, Croatia.
1932 ~ Pierre Cartier (né Pierre Emile Cartier), French mathematician.
1931 ~ João Gilberto (d. July 6, 2019), Brazilian quiet virtuoso who pioneered bossa nova. He is often called the Father of Bossa Nova. He died about a month after his 88th birthday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1929 ~ E.O. Wilson (né Edward Osborne Wilson; d. Dec. 26, 2021), American biologist, naturalist and writer. He was the Harvard University biologist who called Darwin’s natural heir for his pioneering studies of social behavior in ants and other animals ~ including Homo sapiens. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He died at age 92 in Burlington, Massachusetts.
1928 ~ Maurice Sendak (né Maurice Bernard Sendak; d. May 8, 2012), American writer and illustrator of children's literature, best known for his book, Where the Wild Things Are. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died about a month before his 84th birthday in Danbury, Connecticut.
1925 ~ Nat Hentoff (né Nathan Irving Hentoff; d. Jan. 7, 2017), American jazz journalist who championed civil liberties. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 91 in New York, New York.
1924 ~ Friedrich L. Bauer (né Friedrich Ludwig Bauer; d. Mar. 26, 2015), German mathematician. He died at age 90.
1923 ~ Robert Maxwell (né Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; also known as Ian Robert Maxwell; d. Nov. 5, 1991), Slovak-English publisher and politician. He was born in Slatinské Doly, Czechoslovakia. He died at age 68 under mysterious circumstances, apparently from falling off his yacht.
1922 ~ Judy Garland (née Frances Ethel Gumm; d. June 22, 1969), American actress and singer, best known for her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. She was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She died by suicide in 1969, just 10 days after her 47th birthday in London, England.
1921 ~ Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (né Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark; d. Apr. 9, 2021), husband of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom. He was the naval officer who became patriarch of Britain’s royal family and played a steadfast supporting rule as husband of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom. He was of the House of Glücksburg until 1947, when the name was changed to Mountbatten. He was the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. He died at age 99.
1916 ~ William Rosenberg (d. Sept. 22, 2002), American entrepreneur and founder of Dunkin’ Donuts. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Mashpee, Massachusetts at age 86.
1915 ~ Saul Bellow (né Solomon Bellows; d. Apr. 5, 2005), Canadian-born Jewish novelist and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in Lachine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He died at age 89 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1913 ~ Benjamin Shapira (d. 1993), German-Israeli biochemist.
1910 ~ Howlin’ Wolf (né Chester Arthur Burnett; d. Jan. 10, 1976), African-American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was born in White Station, Mississippi. He died at age 65 in Hines, Illinois of complications from kidney surgery.
1901 ~ Frederick Loewe (né Friedrich Löwe; d. Feb. 14, 1988), Austrian-American composer who collaborated with Alan Jay Lerner to compose many Broadway musicals. He was born in Berlin, Germany. He died of cardiac arrest at age 86 in New York, New York.
1897 ~ Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (d. July 17, 1918). Member of the Russian Royal Family. She was of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. She was the second daughter of Czar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna (née Alix of Hesse). She was 21 years old when she was assassinated.
1895 ~ Hattie McDaniel (d. Oct. 26, 1952), African-American actress who won the 1939 Academy Award for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind. She was born in Wichita, Kansas. She died at age 57 of breast cancer in Los Angeles, California.
1835 ~ Rebecca Latimer Felton (née Rebecca Ann Latimer; d. Jan. 24, 1930), American politician. She was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, although she only served for one day. She was a slave owner and a white supremacist from Georgia who often spoke in favor of lynching. She was born in Decatur, Georgia. She died at age 94 in Atlanta, Georgia.
1822 ~ John Jacob Astor, III (d. Feb. 22, 1890), American businessman and financier. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 67.
1819 ~ Gustave Courbet (né Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet; d. Dec. 31, 1877), French painter and leader of the Realism movement. He died at age 58 of liver disease.
1753 ~ William Eustis (d. Feb. 6, 1825), 6th United States Secretary of War. He served under President James Madison from March 1809 until January 1813. He later served as the 12th Governor of Massachusetts from May 1823 until February 1825. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America. He died at age 71 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1713 ~ Princess Caroline of Great Britain (d. Dec. 28, 1757), member of the British Royal Family. She never married. She was of the House of Hanover. She was the fourth child of George II, King of Great Britain, and Caroline of Ansbach. She died at age 44.
940 ~ Abū al-Wafā Būzjānī (d. July 15, 998), Persian mathematician and astronomer. The exact dates of his birth and death are unknown. He is believed to have been about 58 at the time of his death.
Events that Changed the World:
2019 ~A helicopter crashed into the AXA Equitable Center building in Manhattan, which sparked a fire on top of the building. Only the pilot was killed, and it was not deemed to have been a terrorist act.
2009 ~ An 88-year-old white supremacist opened fire in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and fatally shot a Museum Special Police Officer. The gunman, although wounded in return fire, was arrested and charged with a hate crime.
1991 ~ Jaycee Lee Dugard (b. 1980) was kidnapped. She would be released from her captivity in 2009.
1977 ~ The Apple II first went on sale.
1971 ~ President Richard Nixon (1913 ~ 1994) lifted the 20-year trade embargo on China.
1967 ~ The Six-Day War ended when Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire.
1947 ~ Saab produced its first automobile. The company stopped manufacturing in 2012.
1942 ~ During World War II, German forces massacred 173 male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich (1904 ~ 1942).
1935 ~ Dr. Robert Smith (1879 ~ 1950) and William “Bill” Griffith Wilson (1895 ~ 1971) founded Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron, Ohio.
1898 ~ United States Marines landed on Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1854 ~ The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduated.
1829 ~ The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place.
1793 ~ The Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris. It would soon become the first public zoo.
1692 ~ The first official execution resulting from the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts took place when Bridget Bishop (1632 ~ 1692) was hanged.
Good-Byes:
2018 ~ Dorothy Cotton (née Dorothy Lee Forman; b. Jan. 5, 1930), African-American civil rights leader who educated black voters. She was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina. She died in Ithaca, New York at age 88.
2016 ~ Gordie Howe (né Gordon Howe; b. Mar. 31, 1928), Canadian ice hockey player. He spent 25 years with the Detroit Red Wings. His nickname was Mr. Hockey. He was born in Floral, Saskatchewan, Canada. He died at age 88 in Sylvania, Ohio.
2011 ~ Sir Patrick Fermor (né Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor; b. Feb. 11, 1915), British writer who walked across Europe. He was born in London, England. He was 96 years old.
2009 ~ Richard Quick (né Richard Walter Quick; b. Jan. 31, 1943), American head swim coach at Stanford University. He coached the United States swim team in six Olympic competitions. He was born in Akron, Ohio. He died of a brain tumor at age 66 in Austin, Texas.
2004 ~ Ray Charles (né Ray Charles Robinson; b. Sept. 23, 1930), African-American musician. He was blind from the age of 7. He was born in Albany, Georgia. He died of liver disease at age 73 in Beverly Hills, California.
2003 ~ Donald Regan (né Donald Thomas Regan; b. Dec. 21, 1918), 11th White House Chief of Staff. He served under President Ronald Reagan from February 1985 through February 1987. He had previously served as the 66th Secretary of the Treasury, also during the Ronald Reagan administration from January 1981 until February 1985. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died of cancer at age 84 in Williamsburg, Virginia.
1992 ~ Morris Kline (b. May 1, 1908), American mathematician. He was born and died in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 84.
1988 ~ Louis L’Amour (né Louis Dearborn LaMoore, b. Mar. 22, 1908), American writer of western novels. He was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. He died of lung cancer at age 80 in Los Angeles, California.
1982 ~ Rainer Werner Fassbinder (b. May 31, 1945), German actor and movie director. He died of a drug overdose, just 10 days after his 37th birthday.
1976 ~ Adolph Zukor (b. Jan. 7, 1873), Hungarian-American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures. He died at age 103 in Los Angeles, California.
1974 ~ Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. Mar. 31, 1900), member of the British Royal family. He was married to Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott. He was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until the family changed its name to Windsor in 1917. He was the son of George V, King of England and Mary of Teck. He died at age 74.
1973 ~ William Inge (né William Motter Inge; b. May 3, 1913), American playwright. He was born in Independence, Kansas. He died by suicide using carbon monoxide about a month after his 60th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1967 ~ Spencer Tracy (né Spencer Bonaventure Tracy; b. Apr. 5, 1900), American actor. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He died at age 67 of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California.
1949 ~ Sigrid Undset (b. May 20, 1882), Norwegian author and recipient of the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature. She died 21 days after her 67th birthday.
1948 ~ Philippa Fawcett (née Philippa Garrett Fawcett; b. Apr. 4, 1868), British mathematician. She was also an advocate for women’s rights. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 80.
1944 ~ Willem Jacob van Stockum (b. Nov. 20, 1910), Dutch mathematician. He was killed at age 33 during a bombing raid during World War II, when his plane was hit by flak.
1926 ~ Antoni Gaudí (b. June 25, 1852), Spanish-Catalan architect. He died 15 days before his 74th birthday from injuries sustained from being struck by a tram in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
1889 ~ Abraham Hochmuth (b. Dec. 14, 1816), Hungarian rabbi. He died at age 72.
1836 ~ André-Marie Ampère (b. Jan. 20, 1775), French physicist and mathematician. The measurement of electric current, the Ampere, is named in his honor. He was born in Lyon, France. He died at age 61 in Marseille, France.
1824 ~ Caesar Augustus Rodney (b. Jan. 4, 1772), 6th United States Attorney General. He served under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison from January 1807 until December 1811. He subsequently became a United States Senator from Delaware from January 1882 until January 1823. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He died at age 52 in Buenos Aries, Argentina while serving as the United States Minister to Argentina.
1584 ~ Francis, Duke of Anjou (b. Mar. 18, 1555), French prince. He was of the House of Valois-Angoulême. He was the youngest son of Henry II, King of France and Catherine de’Medici. He never married. He died of malaria at age 29.
1437 ~ Joan of Navarre (b. 1370), Queen consort of England and 2nd wife of Henry IV, King of England. Henry was her second husband. She had previously been married to John IV, Duke of Brittany. She was of the House of Évreux. She was the daughter of Charles II, King of Navarre and Joan of Valois. The date of her birth is not known.
1364 ~ Agnes of Austria (b. May 18, 1281), Queen consort of Hungary and second wife of Andrew III, King of Hungary. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Albert I, King of Germany and Elisabeth of Tirol. She was died about a month after her 83rd birthday.
1190 ~ Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. (b. 1122). He was also known as Frederick Barbarossa due to his red beard. He reigned the Holy Roman Empire from 1155 until his death. He was married twice. His first wife was Adelheid of Vohburg. His second wife was Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy. He was of the House of Hohenstaufen. He was the son of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia and Judith of Bavaria. He drowned in the Saleph River while leading his army to Jerusalem during the Third Crusade. He was 67 or 68. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
1141 ~ Richenze of Northeim (b. 1080s), Holy Roman Empress and wife of Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor. She was the daughter of Henry, Margrave of Frisia and Gertrude of Brunswick. The exact date of her birth is not known.
942 ~ Liu Yan (b. 889), Chinese emperor of the Southern Han dynasty. The exact date of his birth is not known.
799 ~ Emperor Daizong of Tang (b. Jan. 9, 727), Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He reigned from May 762 until his death in June 799. He died at age 52.
223 ~ Lui Bei (b. 161), Chinese emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been 62 at the time of his death.
323 BCE ~ Alexander the Great (b. 356 July 20, BCE), Macedonian king and explorer. This is the traditional date ascribed to his death. He is believed to have been about 32 at the time of his death.
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