Birthdays:
1964 ~ Lori Loughlin (née Lori Anne Loughlin), American actress. She is best known for allegedly being involved in a college entrance examination cheating scandal in 2019. In 2020, she was fined and sentenced to 2 months in prison. She was born in Queens, New York.
1960 ~ Jonathan Gold (d. July 21, 2018), American food writer who savored Los Angeles. He was born and died in Los Angeles, California. He died of pancreatic cancer 1 week before his 58th birthday.
1954 ~ Hugo Chávez (né Hugo Rafael Frías Chávez; d. Mar. 5, 2013), President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. He died of cancer at age 58 in Caracas, Venezuela.
1954 ~ Gerd Faltings, German mathematician.
1949 ~ Vida Blue (né Vida Rochelle Blue, Jr.), African-American baseball player and sportscaster. He was born in Mansfield, Louisiana.
1948 ~ Georgia Engel (née Georgia Bright Engel; d. Apr. 12, 2019), American actress. She is best known for her role as Georgette Franklin Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. She was born in Washington, D.C. She died at age 70 in Princeton, New Jersey.
1947 ~ Sally Struthers (née Sally Anne Struthers), American actress best known for her role as Gloria on All in the Family. She was born in Portland, Oregon.
1945 ~ Jim Davis (né James Robert Davis), American cartoonist and creator of the Garfield comic. He was born in Marion, Indiana.
1943 ~ Bill Bradley (né William Warren Bradley), American professional basketball player and politician. After retiring from basketball, he became a politician and served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from January 1979 until January 1997. He was born in Crystal City, Missouri.
1938 ~ Robert Hughes (né Robert Studley Forrest Hughes; d. Aug. 6, 2012), Australian critic and writer and pugnacious popularize of fine art. He was born in Sydney, Australia. He died in New York, New York following a long illness a week after his 74th birthday.
1938 ~ Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru. He was President from July 1990 until November 2000. In 2009, he was convicted of human rights violations and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was born in Lima, Peru.
1937 ~ John A. Walker, Jr. (né John Anthony Walker, Jr.; d. Aug. 28, 2014), American Navy officer who lead a family spy ring. He was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 until 1985. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He died in prison in Butner, North Carolina a month after his 77th birthday.
1932 ~ Norma Holloway Johnson (née Normalie Loyce Johnson; d. Sept. 18, 2011), African-American Federal judge who oversaw the Monica Lewinsky probe. She was the first African-American woman to serve as Chief Judge of a United States District Court. She was born and died in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She died at age 79.
1929 ~ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (née Jacqueline Lee Bouvier; d. May 19, 1994), First Lady and wife of President John F. Kennedy. She was born in Southampton, New York. She died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at age 64 in Manhattan, New York.
1927 ~ John Ashbery (né John Lawrence Ashbery; d. Sept. 3, 2017), American poet and art critic. He was born in Rochester, New York. He died at age 90 in Hudson, New York.
1925 ~ Baruch Samuel Blumberg (d. Apr. 5, 2011), American physician and recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the study of kuru. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 85 in Mountain View, California.
1924 ~ Irving Burgie (né Irving Louis Burgie; d. Nov. 29, 2019), African-American lyricist who got the world singing Day-O. He is considered one of the greatest composers of Caribbean music. He was sometimes known as Lord Burgess. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died in Queens, New York at age 95.
1916 ~ David Brown (d. Feb. 1, 2010), American movie producer who made Jaws and The Sting. He was married to Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of renal failure at age 93.
1915 ~ Charles Townes (né Charles Hard Townes; d. Jan. 27, 2015), American physicist and recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics. He invented the maser and the laser. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina. He died in Oakland, California. He was 99 years old at the time of his death.
1909 ~ Malcolm Lowry (né Clarence Malcolm Lowry; d. June 26, 1957), British novelist. He is best known for his novel Under the Volcano. He died about a month before his 48th birthday.
1907 ~ Earl Tupper (né Earl Silas Tupper; d. Oct. 5, 1983), American inventor of Tupperware. He was born in Berlin, New Hampshire. He died at age 76 in Costa Rica.
1904 ~ Pavel Alekseyevich Čerenkov (d. Jan. 6, 1990), Russian physicist and recipient of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation. He died at age 85 in Moscow, Russia.
1902 ~ Sir Karl Popper (né Karl Raimund Popper; d. Sept. 17, 1994), Austrian-British philosopher. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 92 in Kenley, England.
1901 ~ Rudy Vallée (né Hubert Prior Vallée, d. July 3, 1986), American singer and musician. He was born in Island Pond, Vermont. He is known for his rendition of The Maine Stein Song, the theme song of the University of Maine. He was born in Island Pond, Vermont. He died 25 days before his 85th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1887 ~ Marcel Duchamp (d. Oct. 2, 1968), French painter and artist. He died at age 81.
1879 ~ Lucy Burns (d. Dec. 22, 1966), American social activist and leader in the women’s rights. She was a co-founder, along with Alice Paul, of the National Woman’s Party. She was born and died in Brooklyn, New York. She died at age 87.
1866 ~ Beatrix Potter (née Helen Beatrix Potter; d. Dec. 22, 1943), English author and creator of the Peter Rabbit stories. She died of pneumonia and heart disease at age 77.
1645 ~ Marguerite Louise d’Orléans (d. Sept. 17, 1721), Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany. She was the wife of Cosimo III de’Medici. She was of the House of Bourbon. She was the daughter of Gaston, Duke of d’Orléans and Marguerite of Lorraine. She was the granddaughter of Henry IV, King of France. She died at age 76.
1635 ~ Robert Hooke (d. Mar. 3, 1703), English scientist. He is best known for his investigations with the microscope. He died at age 67 in London, England.
1609 ~ Judith Leyster (née Judith Jans Leijster; d. Feb. 10, 1660), Dutch painter. She died at age 50.
1347 ~ Margaret of Durazzo (d. Aug. 6, 1412), Queen consort of Naples. She was married to Charles III, King of Naples. She was of the House of Anjou-Durazzo. She was the daughter of Charles, Duke of Durazzo and Maria of Calabria. She died just 9 days after her 65th birthday.
Events that Changed the World:
2016 ~ At the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton (b. 1947) became the first woman to clinch the presidential nomination of a major political party. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine (b. 1958), was her running mate.
2002 ~ Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania were rescued. They had been trapped for over 75 hours.
1996 ~ The remains of a prehistoric man, now known as the Kennewick Man, were discovered near Kennewick, Washington State.
1984 ~ The 1984 Summer Olympics opened in Los Angeles, California. The Olympics ran through August 12, 1984.
1976 ~ A massive earthquake struck Tangshan in China. Approximately 250,000 people were believed to have been killed in the disaster, with another 150,000 individuals injured.
1945 ~ A United States Army B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. Fourteen people were killed and 26 were injured.
1914 ~ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia after Serbia rejected the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863 ~ 1914).
1896 ~ The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated.
1868 ~ The 14th Amendment to the United States was certified. The principles of the 14th Amendment (1) defines citizenship regardless of race; (2) provides that no state shall abridge the privileges and immunities of citizens; (3) provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law; and (4) no person could be denied equal protection of the laws.
1866 ~ Lavinia “Vinnie” Ream (1847 ~ 1914) became the first and youngest woman artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue. She was 18 years old when she was commissioned to sculpt the statue of Abraham Lincoln, which is in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building.
1821 ~ José de San Martín (1778 ~ 1850) declared Peru to be independent from Spanish rule and became the Protector of Peru.
1540 ~ Henry VIII, King of England (1491 ~ 1547) married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard (1523 ~ 1542) after he had Thomas Cromwell (1485 ~ 1540) executed for treason.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Dusty Hill (né Joe Michael Hill; b. May 19, 1949), American long-bearded bassist who gave ZZ Top its rumble. He was born in Dallas, Texas. He died in Houston, Texas at age 72.
2021 ~ Ron Popeil (né Ronald Martin Popeil; b. May 3, 1935), American TV pitchman and inventor who blanketed late-night cable. He was the founder of the direct response marketing company Ronco and its ubiquitous infomercials. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died in Los Angeles, California at age 86.
2014 ~ Theodore Van Kirk (b. Feb. 27, 1921), American navigator who guided the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the H-bomb on Hiroshima. He was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He died at age 93 in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
2013 ~ Eileen Brennan (née Verla Eileen Brennan; b. Sept. 3, 1932), American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She died of cancer at age 80 in Burbank, California.
2013 ~ William Scranton (né William Warren Scranton; b. July 19, 1917), 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He served in that office from March 1976 until January 1977 during the Gerald Ford administration. He was born in Madison, California. He died 9 days after his 96th birthday in Monceito, California.
2009 ~ The Reverend Ike (né Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter, II; b. June 1, 1935), African-American minister who preached the gospel of wealth. He was born in Ridgeland, South Carolina. He died at age 74 in Los Angeles, California.
2004 ~ Francis Crick (né Francis Harry Compton Crick, b. June 8, 1916), English molecular biologist and recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He, along with James Watson, discovered the molecular structure of DNA. They failed, however, to give due credit to Roselyn Franklin, who also provided valuable insight into the DNA structure. He died at age 88 in San Diego, California.
2002 ~ Archer Martin (né Archer John Porter Martin; b. Mar. 1, 1910), British chemist and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in London, England. He died at age 92 in Llangarron, Wales.
1999 ~ Trygve Haavelmo (né Trygve Magnus Haavelmo; b. Dec. 13, 1911), Norwegian economist and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 87 in Oslo, Norway.
1998 ~ James J. Andrews (b. Mar. 18, 1930), American mathematician. He specialized in knot theory and topology. He was born in Seneca Falls, New York. He died at age 68 in Tallahassee.
1987 ~ James Burnham (b. Nov 22, 1905), American philosopher and political theorist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 81 in Kent, Connecticut.
1968 ~ Otto Hahn (b. Mar. 8, 1879), German chemist and recipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in nuclear fission. He is known as the Father of Nuclear Chemistry. He discovered radioactive isotopes of radium, thorium, protactinium, and uranium. He died at age 89.
1957 ~ Edith Abbott (b. Sept. 26, 1876), American economist, statistician and educator. She was born and died in Grand Island, Nebraska. She died at age 80.
1957 ~ Isaac Heinemann (b. June 5, 1876), German-Israeli rabbinical scholar and educator. He was born in Frankfort, Germany. He died at age 81 in Jerusalem, Israel.
1939 ~ William James Mayo (b. June 29, 1861), American physician and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was born in Le Sueur, Minnesota. He died a month after his 78th birthday in Rochester, Minnesota.
1930 ~ Allvar Gullstrand (b. June 5, 1862), Swedish ophthalmologist and recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died at age 68 in Stockholm, Sweden.
1885 ~ Sir Moses Montefiore, 1st Baronet (né Moses Haim Montefiore; b. Oct. 24, 1784), British philanthropist and banker. He was also the Sheriff of London. He was also a pro-Zionist and built the Montefiore Windmill in Jerusalem. He died at age 100.
1836 ~ Nathan Mayer Rothschild (b. Sept. 16, 1777), German banker and financier. He was born and died in Frankfort, Germany. He died of an infected abscess at age 58.
1818 ~ Gaspart Monge, Comte de Péluse (b. May 9, 1746), French mathematician. He died at age 72 in Paris, France.
1794 ~ Maximilien de Robespierre (b. May 6, 1758), French revolutionary leader who was executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution. He was 36 years old.
1750 ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (b. Mar. 31, 1685), German composer. He died at age 65.
1741 ~ Antonio Vivaldi (né Antonio Lucio Vavaldi; b. Mar. 4, 1678), Italian composer. He died at age 63.
1655 ~ Cyrano de Bergerac (né Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac; b. Mar. 6, 1619), French soldier and poet. He died at age 36.
1540 ~ Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex (b. 1485), English attorney and politician. He was beheaded by order of Henry VIII, King of England on charges of treason on the same day that Henry VIII married Catherine Howard. He was condemned to death without a trial. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been about 54 or 55 at the time of his death.
1230 ~ Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (b. Oct. 15, 1176). He ruled from 1198 until his death in 1230. He was married to Theodora Angelina. He was of the House of Babenberg. He was the son of Leopold V, Duke of Austria and Helena of Hungary. He died at age 54.
1057 ~ Pope Victor II (né Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein, and Hirschberg; b. 1018). He was Pope from April 1055 until his death 2 years later. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
942 ~ Emperor Shi Jingtang (b. Mar. 30, 892) 1st Chinese Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty. He reigned from November 936 until his death 6 years later. He died at age 50.
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