Birthdays:
1987 ~ Tim Tebow (né Timothy Richard Tibow), American football player. He was born in Makati, Philippines.
1983 ~ Mila Kunis (née Milena Markovna Kunis), Ukrainian-American actress. She was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Soviet Union (current day Ukraine).
1966 ~ Halle Berry (née Marie Halle Berry), African-American actress. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1960 ~ Sarah Brightman, British singer.
1959 ~ Marcia Gay Harden, American actress. She was born in La Jolla, California.
1959 ~ Magic Johnson (né Earvin Johnson, Jr.), American basketball player. He was born in Lansing, Michigan.
1956 ~ Erica Flapan, American mathematician. She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
1956 ~ Jackée Harry (née Jacqueline Yvonne Harry), African-American actress and comedian. She is a regular on the television game show Funny You Should Ask. She was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
1954 ~ Mark Fidrych (né Mark Steven Fidrych; d. Apr. 13, 2009), American professional baseball pitcher. He was nicknamed “the Bird.” He played his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. He died at age 54 in a freak accident while working underneath his dump truck and his clothing became entangled with a spinning shaft, suffocating him. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and died in Northborough, Massachusetts.
1954 ~ Stanley McChrystal (né Stanley Allen McChrystal), American Army 4 Star General. He was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
1953 ~ James Horner (né James Roy Horner; d. June 22, 2015), American composer who scored blockbuster soundtracks. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died at age 61 when the turboprop aircraft he was flying crashed in Los Padres National Forest, California.
1951 ~ Carl Lumbly (né Carl Winston Lumbly), African-American actor. He played NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the television police drama Cagney & Lacey. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1950 ~ Gary Larson, American cartoonist, and creator of The Far Side. He was born in Tacoma, Washington.
1947 ~ Danielle Steel (née Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel), American writer of romance novels. She was born in New York, New York.
1946 ~ Susan Saint James (née Susan Jane Miller), American actress. She is best known for her role as Kate McArdle on the television sit-com Kate and Allie. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1945 ~ Steve Martin (né Stephen Glenn Martin), American actor and comedian. He was born in Waco, Texas.
1945 ~ Wim Wenders (né Ernest Wilhelm Wenders), German-born film director. He was born in Düsseldorf, Germany.
1933 ~ Richard Ernst (né Richard Robert Ernst; d. June 4, 2021), Swiss physical chemist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born and died in Winterthur, Switzerland.
1930 ~ Earl Weaver (né Earl Sidney Weaver; b. Jan. 19, 2013), American professional baseball player and longtime manager of the Baltimore Orioles. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died at age 82 while aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean.
1928 ~ Lina Wertmüller (née Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich; d. Dec. 9, 2021), Italian film director. She was born and died in Rome, Italy. She died at age 93.
1925 ~ Russell Baker (né Russell Wayne Baker; d. Jan. 21, 2019), American journalist and irreverent columnist who delighted readers. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. He died at age 93 in Leesburg, Virginia.
1923 ~ Alice Ghostley (née Alice Margaret Ghostley; d. Sept. 21, 2007), American actress. She was best known for her role as Cousin Alice on Mayberry RFD and Bernice Clifton on Designing Women. She was born in Eve, Missouri. She died of colon cancer at age 84 in Studio City, California.
1918 ~ Alice Provensen (née Alice Rose Twitchell; d. Apr. 23, 2018), American illustrator who, along with her husband, Martin Provensen (1916 ~ 1987) brought kids’ books to life. She illustrated many books in the Golden Book Series. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She died at age 99 in San Clemente, California.
1912 ~ Frank Oppenheimer (né Frank Friedman Oppenheimer; d. Feb. 3, 1985), American particle physicist. He was involved in the Manhattan Project. He was born in New York, New York. He died of cancer at age 72 in Sausalito, California.
1881 ~ Francis Ford (né Francis Joseph Feeney; d. Sept. 5, 1953), American film director. He was the older brother director of John Ford. He was born in Portland, Maine. He died of cancer 22 days after his 72nd birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1876 ~ Alexander I, King of Serbia (d. June 11, 1903). He ruled Serbia from 1889 until his assassination in 1903. He was married to Draga Mašin, a disreputable widow who was 12 years his elder. He was of the House of Obrenović. He was the son of Milan I, King of Serbia and Natalika Keșco. He was Serbian Orthodox. He was born and died in Belgrade, Serbia. He and his wife were assassinated in 1903. He was 26 years old at the time of his death.
1871 ~ Guangxu (d. Nov. 14, 1908), 11th Chinese Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He reigned from February 1875 until his death at age 37.
1867 ~ John Galsworthy (d. Jan. 31, 1933), British novelist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is best known for The Forsyte Saga. He died of a brain tumor at age 65 in London, England.
1866 ~ Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Baron de la Vallée Poussin (d. Mar. 2, 1962), Belgian mathematician. He is best known for proving the Prime Number Theory. He died at age 95 in Brussels, Belgium.
1865 ~ Guido Castelnuovo (d. Apr. 27, 1952), Italian mathematician. He was born in Venice. He died at age 86 in Rome.
1851 ~ Doc Holliday (né John Henry Holliday; d. Nov. 8, 1887), American gambler, gunfighter and dentist in the American Wild West. He was born in Griffin, Georgia. He died at age 36 of tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
1848 ~ Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Lady Huggins (née Margaret Lindsay Murray; d. Mar. 24, 1915), Irish astronomer and author. She died at age 66.
1802 ~ Letitia Elizabeth Landon (d. Oct. 15, 1838), English poet and novelist. She is better known by her initials L.E.L. She was born in Chelsea, London, England. She died in Cape Coast, Ghana, likely by suicide at age 36.
1742 ~ Pope Pius VII (né Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; d. Aug. 20, 1823). He was Pope from March 14, 1800 until his death in 1823. He died 6 days after his 81st birthday.
1688 ~ Frederick William I, King of Prussia (d. May, 31, 1740). He ruled from February 1713 until his death in 1740. He was married to Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. He was of the House of Hohenzollern. He was the son of Frederick I, King of Prussia and Sophia Charlotte of Hanover. He was a Calvinist. He was born and died in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. He died at age 51.
1642 ~ Cosimo III de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. Oct. 31, 1723). He ruled from May 1670 until his death in 1723. He was married to Marguerite Louise d’Orléans. He was of the House of Medici. He was the son of Ferdinando II de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Vittoria Della Rovere. He was Roman Catholic. He was born and died in Florence, Tuscany. He died at age 81.
1530 ~ Giambattista Benedetti (d. Jan. 20, 1590), Italian mathematician and physicist. He was born in Venice, Republic of Venice. He died at age 59 in Turin, Duchy of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire.
1479 ~ Princess Catherine of York (d. Nov. 15, 1527), Countess of Devon. She was married to William Courtenay, 1stEarl of Devon. She was of the House of York. She was the daughter of Edward IV, King of England and Elizabeth Woodville. She died at age 48.
Events that Changed the World:
2021 ~ A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Haiti. Over 2,000 people were killed by the quake.
2021 ~ Kabul, Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban.
2015 ~ The United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba reopened after having been closed for 54 years.
2013 ~ Egypt declared a state of emergency after security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators supporting former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi (1951 ~ 2019).
1994 ~ Criminal Ilich Ramíerz Sánchez (b. 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal, was captured. He was ultimately tried, found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
1980 ~ Lech Wałęsa (b. 1943) led strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
1975 ~ The cult film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, opened in London. The film of the would be released in the United States in September 1975.
1962 ~ Two gunmen hijacked a mail truck in Plymouth, Massachusetts and stole over $5.1M. The money has never been recovered.
1947 ~ Pakistan gained independence from the British Indian Empire and joined the Commonwealth of Nations.
1935 ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 ~ 1945) signed the Social Security Act into law, creating a government pension system for retirees.
1893 ~ France became the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
1880 ~ Construction of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany was completed. Construction had begun exactly 632 years earlier, on August 15, 1248, but was stopped in the 1500s due to lack of funds. Construction did not begin again until the 1800s.
1842 ~ The Second Seminole War ended with the Seminoles forced from their native lands of Florida to Oklahoma territory.
1592 ~ The first Europeans to see the Falkland Islands were a group of ships lead by British navigator John Davis (1550 ~ 1605).
1040 ~ Duncan I, King of Scotland (1001 ~ 1040) was killed in battle against Macbeth (1005 ~ 1057), his cousin, who then became the King of Scotland.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ Julian Bream (né Julian Alexander Bream; b. July 15, 1933), British virtuoso who elevated the classical guitar and lute. He was born in London, England. He died a month after his 87th birthday.
2016 ~ Fyuvsh Finkel (né Philip Finkel; b. Oct. 9, 1922), American actor best known as being a star of the Yiddish theater. He played Tevye the milkman for many years in the musical Fiddler on the Roof. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 93 in Manhattan, New York.
2015 ~ Bob Johnston (né Donald William Johnston, b. May 14, 1932), American record producer who is best known for nurturing Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash. He was born in Hillsboro, Texas. He died in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 83 years old.
2014 ~ Leonard J. Fein (b. July 1, 1934), American journalist and co-founder of Moment Magazine. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 80.
2011 ~ Albert Brown (b. Oct. 26, 1905), American dentist. He was the oldest survivor of the Bataan Death March. He died at age 105.
2006 ~ Bruno Kirby (né Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu, Jr.; d. Apr. 28, 1949), American actor. He was born in New York, New York. He died of leukemia at age 57 in Los Angeles, California.
2004 ~ Czesław Miłosz (b. June 30, 1911), Polish author and recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. He became an American citizen in 1970. He died at age 93.
1999 ~ Pee Wee Reese (né Harold Peter Henry Reese; b. July 23, 1918), American professional baseball player. He was born in Ekron, Kentucky. He died 22 days after his 81st birthday in Louisville, Kentucky.
1994 ~ Elias Canetti (b. July 25, 1905), Bulgarian-born novelist and playwright. He was the recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died 20 days after his 89th birthday.
1992 ~ John Sirica (né John Joseph Sirica; b. Mar. 19, 1904), American judge. He was the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He is best known for presiding over the Watergate hearings. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He died at age 88 in Washington, D.C.
1988 ~ Enzo Ferrari (né Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari; b. Feb. 18, 1898), Italian carmaker and founder of the Ferrari company. He died at age 90.
1984 ~ J. B. Priestley (né John Boynton Priestley; b. Sept. 13, 1894), English playwright and novelist. He died a month before his 90th birthday.
1980 ~ Dorothy Stratten (née Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten; b. Feb. 28, 1960), Canadian actress and model. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was murdered by her estranged husband at age 20 in Los Angeles, California. Her life story was depicted in the movie Star 80.
1972 ~ Oscar Levant (b. Dec. 27, 1906), American pianist, composer, and actor. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died in Beverly Hills, California of a heart attack at age 65.
1963 ~ Clifford Odets (b. July 18, 1906), American playwright. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of stomach cancer in Los Angeles, California less than a month after his 57th birthday.
1958 ~ Frédéric-Joliot Curie (b. Mar. 19, 1900), French physicist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was the husband of physicist Irène Joliet-Curie, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 58.
1958 ~ Mary Beard (née Mary Ritter; b. Aug. 5, 1876), American historian and social activists. She was involved in the suffrage movement. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She died in Phoenix, Arizona 9 days after her 82nd birthday.
1956 ~ Bertolt Brecht (né Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht; b. Feb. 10, 1898), German writer and playwright. He is best known for his play, Three Penny Opera. He died of a heart attack at age 58 in East Berlin, East Germany.
1955 ~ Herbert Putnam (né George Herbert Putnam, d. Sept. 20, 1861), 8th Librarian of Congress. He held this Office from 1899 until 1939. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 93 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
1951 ~ William Randolph Hearst, Sr. (b. Apr. 29, 1863), American newspaper publisher. He was the founder of the Hearst Corporation. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died at age 88 in Beverly Hills, California.
1941 ~ Paul Sabatier (b. Nov. 5, 1854), French chemist and recipient of the 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Carcassonne, France. He died at age 86 in Toulouse, France.
1922 ~ Sophie Bryant (née Sophie Willock; b. Feb. 15, 1850), Irish mathematician and social activist. She was born in Sandymount, Ireland. She died at age 72 in Chamonix, France.
1922 ~ Rebecca J. Cole (b. Mar. 16, 1846), African-American doctor and social reformer. She was the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States. She was born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died at age 76.
1894 ~ Virginia Minor (née Virginia Louisa Minor, b. Mar. 27, 1824), American woman’s rights activist. She is best remembered for being the plaintiff in the case of United States Supreme Court case of Minor v. Happersett, in which she argued, unsuccessfully that the 14th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Chief Justice Morrison Waite wrote the decision for the Court. She was born in Caroline County, Virginia. She died at age 70 in St. Louis, Missouri.
1891 ~ Sarah Polk (née Sarah Childress; b. Sept. 4, 1803), First Lady of the United States and wife of President James Polk. She was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She died in Nashville, Tennessee 21 days before her 88th birthday.
1870 ~ David Farragut (né David Glasgow Farragut; b. July 5, 1801), American naval commander. He was a flag officer in the United States navy during the American Civil War. He was born in Campbell’s Station, Tennessee. He died in what is now Kittery, Maine at age 69.
1852 ~ Margaret Taylor (née Margaret Mackall Smith; b. Sept. 21, 1788), First Lady of the United States and wife of President Zachary Taylor. She served as First Lady during her husband’s Presidency from March 1849 until her husband’s death July 9, 1850. During her time in the White House, she was in ill health and the duties of being First Lady fell heavily upon her youngest daughter, Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Taylor (1824 ~ 1909). She was born in Calvert County, Maryland. Margaret Taylor died at age 63 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
1754 ~ Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (b. Sept. 7, 1683), Queen consort of Portugal. She was married to John V, King of Portugal. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor Magdalene of Neuburg. She died about 3 weeks before her 71st birthday.
1464 ~ Pope Pius II (né Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini; b. Oct. 18, 1405). He was Pope from August 19, 1458 until his death on this date nearly 6 years later. He was 58 at the time of his death.
1433 ~ John I, King of Portugal (b. Apr. 11, 1357). He was king from April 1385 until his death in 1433. He was married to Philippa of Lancaster. He was of the House of Aviz. He was the son of Peter I, King of Portugal and Teresa Lourenço. He was born and died in Lisbon, Portugal. He died at age 76.
1040 ~ Duncan I, King of Scotland (né Donnchad mac Crinain; b. 1001). He ruled Scotland from 1034 until his death in 1040. He was married to Suthen. He was of the House of Dunkeld. He was the son of Crínán of Dunkeld and Bethóc. The exact date of his birth is not known. He was killed in battle.
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