Birthdays:
2003 ~ Carsyn Davis (née Carsyn Leigh Davis; d. June 23, 2020), American high school student who survived cancer and was living with a rare autoimmune disease. She had attended a church service two weeks before her death and caught Covid-19. She died in Fort Myers, Florida of complications of the disease 2 days after her 17th birthday.
1983 ~ Edward Snowden (né Edward Joseph Snowden), American whistleblower. He was born in Elizabeth, North Carolina. As of 2022, he is living in Russia.
1982 ~ Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (né William Arthur Philip Louis). He is a member of the Royal Family. In 2011, he married commoner Catherine Middleton. He is of the House of Windsor. He is the son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. He is the grandson of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom.
1979 ~ Chris Pratt (né Christopher Michael Pratt), American actor. His 2nd wife is Katherine Schwarzenegger. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota.
1973 ~ Juliette L. Lewis (née Juliette Lake Lewis), American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1954 ~ Robert Pastorelli (né Robert Joseph Pastorelli; d. Mar. 8, 2004), American actor best known for his role as Eldon on Murphy Brown. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He died in Los Angeles, California of a drug overdose that may have been a suicide. He was 49 years old.
1953 ~ Benazir Bhutto (d. Dec. 27, 2007), 11th Pakistani Prime Minister. She was assassinated in a bombing attack after leaving a political rally where she was attempting another campaign to become Pakistan’s prime minister. She was 54 years old.
1951 ~ Jim Douglas (né James Holley Douglas), 80th Governor of Vermont. He served as Governor from January 2003 until January 2011. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1950 ~ Anne Carson, Canadian poet. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1948 ~ Ian McEwan (né Ian Russell McEwan) British novelist. He is best known for his novel Atonement.
1947 ~ Meredith Baxter (née Meredith Ann Baxter), American actress. She was born in South Pasadena, California.
1947 ~ Shirin Ebadi, Iranian judge and activist. She was the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and was the first Iranian to receive this award. She was born in Hamedan, Iran.
1947 ~ Michael Gross (né Michael Edward Gross), American actor. He is best known for his role as the father, Steven Keaton, on the television sit-com Family Ties. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1944 ~ Sir Ray Davies (né Raymond Douglas Davies), frontman for the Kinks. He was born in London, England.
1942 ~ Togo D. West, Jr. (né Togo Dennis West, Jr.; d. Mar. 8, 2018), 3rd United States Secretary of Veteran Affairs. He served under President Bill Clinton from May 1998 until July 2000. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He died of a heart attack at age 78 while on a cruise in the Caribbean.
1940 ~ Mariette Hartley (née Mary Loretta Weston, Connecticut.
1938 ~ Michael M. Richter (d. July 10, 2020), German mathematician and computer scientist. He was born in Berlin, Germany. He died 19 days after his 82nd birthday.
1935 ~ Françoise Sagan (née Françoise Delphine Quoirez; d. Sept. 24, 2004), French playwright. She died of a pulmonary embolism at age 69.
1933 ~ Bernie Kopell (né Bernard Morton Kopell), American actor best known for his role on The Love Boat. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1931 ~ Margaret Heckler (née Margaret Mary O’Shaugnhessy; d. Aug. 6, 2018), 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. She served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush from January 1986 until August 1989. She was born in New York, New York. She died at age 87 in Arlington, Virginia.
1928 ~ Wolfgang Haken, German-American mathematician who specializes in topology. He was born in Berlin, Germany.
1926 ~ Lou Ottens (né Lodewijk Frederik Ottens; d. Mar. 6, 2021), Dutch engineer who changed the way we listen to music. He is best known for inventing the cassette tape, and for his work in helping to develop the compact disc. He was born in Bellingwolde, Netherlands. He died at age 94 in Duizel, Netherlands.
1925 ~ Maureen Stapleton (née Lois Maureen Stapleton; d. Mar. 13, 2006), American actress. She was born in Troy, New York. She died in Lenox, Massachusetts at age 80.
1924 ~ Francis Kennedy (d. May 10, 2020), American Army artillery spotter during the Korean War. He was awarded the Silver Star and 2 Purple Hearts for pulling three wounded members of his unit to safety under enemy fire. After leaving the Army, he became an inventor. He invented an early prototype of the telephone caller ID and an energy efficient concrete block. He was born in Pittson, Pennsylvania. He died in Buffalo, New York at age 95 of Covid-95.
1923 ~ Peter Flanigan (né Peter Magnus Flanigan; d. July 29, 2013), American investment banker and Nixon aide who pioneered education reform. He was born in New York, New York. He died in Salzburg, Austria just over a month after his 90th birthday.
1921 ~ Judy Holliday (née Judith Tuvim; d. June 7, 1965), American actress. She was born in Queens, New York. She died of breast cancer 2 weeks before her 44th birthday in New York, New York.
1921 ~ Jane Russell (née Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell; d. Feb. 28, 2011), American actress. She was born in Bemidji, Minnesota. She died at age 89 of respiratory failure in Santa Maria, California.
1920 ~ Iosif Vorovich (d. Sept. 6, 2001), Russian mathematician. He died at age 81.
1918 ~ Tibor Szele (d. Apr. 5, 1955), Hungarian mathematician. He is best known for his work in combinatorics and abstract algebra. He died at age 36 of complications from influenza.
1918 ~ Josephine Webb (née Josephine Rohas), American electrical engineer and inventor. She earned two patents for oil circuit breaker contact design. She was born in Niagara Falls, New York.
1914 ~ William Vickery (né William Spencer Vickery, d. Oct. 11, 1996), Canadian economist and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The announcement of his Nobel Prize was just 3 days before his death of heart failure. The award was given to him posthumously. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He died at age 82 in Harrison, New York.
1912 ~ Mary McCarthy (née Mary Therese McCarthy; d. Oct. 25, 1989), American writer, best known for her novel, The Group. She was born in Seattle, Washington. She died of lung cancer at age 77 in New York, New York.
1905 ~ Jean-Paul Sartre (d. Apr. 15, 1980), French existential philosopher and writer. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, however he refused it claiming that he always declined official honors. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 74.
1903 ~ Al Hirschfeld (né Albert Hirschfeld; d. Jan. 20, 2003), American illustrator. He was best known for his black and white caricatures of celebrities. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died at age 99 in New York, New York.
1892 ~ Reinhold Niebuhr (né Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr; d. June 1, 1971), American Christian theologian and social reformer. He was born in Wright City, Missouri. He died 20 days before his 79th birthday in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
1882 ~ Rockwell Kent (d. Mar. 13, 1971), American painter and illustrator. He was born in Tarrytown, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 88 in Plattsburgh, New York.
1870 ~ Clara Immerwahr (d. May 2, 1915), German chemist and women’s rights activist. She was the first woman chemist to be awarded a doctorate in Germany. Although born Jewish, she converted to Christianity. She was the wife on Fritz Haber, recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She died by suicide at age 44 following an argument with her husband.
1781 ~ Baron Siméon Denis Poisson (d. Apr. 25, 1840), French mathematician. His name is one of 72 inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. He died at age 58.
1774 ~ Daniel D. Tompkins (d. June 11, 1825), 6th Vice President of the United States. He served under President James Monroe from March 1817 until March 1825. He had previously served as the 4th Governor of New York State. He died soon after leaving office. He was born in Scarsdale, Province of New York, British America. He died just died 10 days before his 51st birthday in Staten Island, New York.
1759 ~ Alexander J. Dallas (né Alexander James Dallas; d. Jan. 16, 1817), 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He served under President James Madison. He served in this Office from October 1814 through October 1816. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He died at age 57 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1732 ~ Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (d. Jan. 26, 1795), German pianist and composer. He was the 5th son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He died at age 62.
1710 ~ James Short (d. June 14, 1768), Scottish mathematician and telescope maker. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He died 7 days before his 58th birthday in London, England.
1639 ~ Increase Mather (d. Aug. 23, 1723), Early American colonist and minister. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America. He died at age 84 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America.
1630 ~ Samuel Oppenheimer (d. May 3, 1703), German diplomat and banker. He supplied Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor with military equipment. Although the Jews had been expelled from Vienna, the Emperor allowed him to settle there. He was born in Frankfort, Germany. He died at age 72 in Vienna, Austria.
1528 ~ Archduchess Maria of Austria (d. Feb. 26, 1603), Holy Roman Empress consort and wife of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal. She died at age 74.
1002 ~ Pope Leo IX (né Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg; d. Apr. 19, 1054). He was Pope from February 1049 until his death 5 years later. He was 51 years old.
598 ~ Pope Martin I (d. Sept. 16, 655). He was Pope from July 649 until his death 6 years later. He died at age 57.
Events that Changed the World:
2020 ~ Father’s Day observed in the United States.
2015 ~ Father’s Day observed in the United States.
2009 ~ Greenland assumed self-rule.
1990 ~ A 7.7 magnitude earthquake near the Caspian Sea killed approximately 50,000 people in Iran and injured about 135,000 others.
1989 ~ The United States Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson that burning the American flag was a form of political protest and thus was protected by the First Amendment. Justice William Brennan (1906 ~ 1997) drafted the decision.
1982 ~ John Hinckley (b. 1955) was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan (1911 ~ 2004).
1978 ~ The original production of the musical Evita opened in London.
1964 ~ During the American Civil Rights movement, three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman (1943 ~ 1964), James Chaney (1943 ~ 1964) and Michael “Mickey” Schwerner (1939 ~ 1964), were murdered in Mississippi. In June 2005, 41 years to the day, Edgar Ray Killen (1925 ~ 2018) was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to 60 years in prison.
1963 ~ Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini (1897 ~ 1978) was elected, and became, Pope Paul VI.
1945 ~ Allied forces captured Okinawa during World War II.
1900 ~ China formally declared war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict was issued from the Dowager Empress Cixi (1835 ~ 1908), in what became known as the Boxer Rebellion.
1898 ~ The United States captured Guam from Spain.
1788 ~ The Unites States Constitution was ratified when New Hampshire became the 9th of the 13 state to ratify the document.
1749 ~ Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is founded.
Good-Byes:
2018 ~ Charles Krauthammer (né Irving Charles Krauthammer; b. Mar. 13, 1950), American journalist and political commentator who became a conservative icon. He became paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident when he was in his 20s. He died of cancer at age 68.
2017 ~ Yuri Drozdov (b. Sept 19, 1925), Russian spymaster who planted agents across the West. He was born in Minsk, Belarus. He died at age 91 in Moscow, Russia.
2016 ~ Al Howie (né Arthur Howie; b. Sept. 16, 1945), Scottish ultramarathoner who couldn’t stop running. At age 30, he quit smoking and took up running. He died at age 70.
2012 ~ Anna Schwartz (née Anna Jacobson; b. Nov. 11, 1915), American economist who rewrote the history of the Depression. She is best known for her 1963 classic A Monetary History of the United States. She died at age 96.
2003 ~ Leon Uris (né Leon Marcus Uris; b. Aug. 3, 1924), American writer, best known for his novel, Exodus, which is about the creation of the State of Israel. He died at age 78.
2001 ~ Carroll O’Connor (né John Carroll O’Connor; b. Aug. 2, 1924), American actor, best known for his role as Archie Bunker on the TV series, All in the Family. He died of a heart attack at age 76.
1985 ~ Ettore Boiardi (b. Oct. 22, 1897), Italian-born chef and founder of Chef Boyardee. His Anglicized name was Hector Boyardee. He died at age 87.
1982 ~ Joseph B. Friedman (b. Oct. 9, 1900), American inventor. He invented the bendy straw. He died at 81.
1964 ~ Andrew Goodman (b. Nov. 23, 1943), American civil rights activist who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan on a Freedom March in Mississippi during Freedom Summer. He was killed at age 20.
1964 ~ James Chaney (né James Earle Chaney; b. May 30, 1943), African-American civil rights activist who was murdered during Freedom Summer. He was from Meridian, Mississippi. He was killed 22 days after his 21st birthday.
1964 ~ Michael Schwerner (né Michael Henry Schwerner; b. Nov. 6, 1939), American civil rights activist who was murdered during Freedom Summer. He was murdered at age 24.
1957 ~ Johannes Stark (b. Apr. 15, 1874), German physicist and recipient of the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was closely associated with the Nazi party and supported the removal of Jewish scientist from German physics programs. In 1947, he was classified as a “Major Offender” and was sentenced to 4 years in prison by the denazification court. His sentence was later suspended. He died at age 83.
1954 ~ Gideon Sundbäck (né Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck; b. Apr. 24, 1880), Swedish-American engineer and inventor of the zipper. He died at age 74.
1914 ~ Baroness Bertha von Suttner (b. June 9, 1843), Austrian novelist and pacifist. She was recipient of the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize. She was the first woman to be awarded the Peace Prize. She died less than 2 weeks after her 71stbirthday.
1913 ~ Gaston Tarry (b. Sept. 27, 1843), French mathematician. He died at age 69.
1908 ~ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (b. Mar. 18, 1844), Russian composer. He died at age 64.
1893 ~ Leland Stanford (né Amasa Leland Stanford; b. Mar. 9, 1824), American businessman and founder of Stanford University in California, which he named after his son, Leland, who died at age 15. He served as the 8th Governor of California from January 1862 through December 1863. He was also a United States senator from California. He died of heart failure at age 69.
1876 ~ Antonia López de Santa Anna (b. Feb. 21, 1794), President of Mexico and Mexican general. He died at age 82.
1874 ~ Anders Jonas Ångström (b. Aug. 13, 1814), Swedish physicist. He was a pioneer in the field of spectroscopy. The unit of the measurement of wavelengths, the Ångström, is named in his honor. He died at age 59.
1852 ~ Friedrich Fröbel (né Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel; b. Apr. 21, 1782), German founder of the Kindergarten system. He died at age 70
1652 ~ Inigo Jones (b. July 15, 1573), English architect. He died 24 days before his 79th birthday.
1527 ~ Niccolò Machiavelli (b. May 3, 1469), Italian historian and political author, best known for his book, The Prince. He is sometimes considered the father of modern political science. He died at age 58.
1377 ~ Edward, III King of England (b. Nov. 13, 1312). He reigned from January 1327 until his death in June 1377. He was of the House of Plantagenet. He was the son of Edward II, King of England and Isabella of France. He was married to Philippa of Hainault. He died at age 64.
1305 ~ Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (b. Sept. 27, 1271). He died at age 33, probably of tuberculosis.
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