Birthdays:
1978 ~ Kobe Bryant (né Kobe Bean Bryant; d. Jan. 26, 2020), American basketball player. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash in Casabasas, California. He was 41 years old.
1975 ~ Sean Leary (d. Mar. 13, 2014), American extreme athlete who found escape in flight. He was born in Lodi, California. He was killed at age 38 in a BASE jumping accident in Utah’s Zion National Park.
1974 ~ Sir Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia.
1974 ~ Serhiy Zhadan, Ukrainian poet.
1970 ~ River Phoenix (né River Jude Bottom; d. Oct. 31. 1993), American actor. He was born in Madras, Oregon. He died at age 23 of a drug overdose in West Hollywood, California.
1970 ~ Jay Mohr (né Jon Ferguson Mohr), American actor. He was born in Verona, New Jersey.
1956 ~ Andreas Floer (d. May 15, 1991), German mathematician. He died by suicide at age 34.
1951 ~ Queen Noor of Jordan (née Lisa Najeeb Halaby). She was the fourth wife of King Hussein of Jordan. She was born in Washington, D.C.
1949 ~ Shelley Long (née Shelley Lee Long), American actress, best known for her role as Diane on the television sit-com Cheers. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1946 ~ Keith Moon (né Keith John Moon, d. Sept. 7, 1978), British musician who was the drummer for The Who. He died of a drug overdose 15 days after his 32nd birthday in London, England.
1944 ~ Antonia Novello (née Antonia Coello Novello), Puerto Rican-born American physician. She was the 14thSurgeon General of the United States. She served under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. She was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
1933 ~ Robert Curl (né Robert Floyd Curl, Jr.; d. July 3, 2022), American chemist and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Alice, Texas. He died at age 88 in Houston, Texas.
1932 ~ Mark Russell (né Joseph Marcus Ruslander), American political commentator, satirist, and humorist. He was born in Buffalo, New York.
1931 ~ Barbara Eden (née Barbara Jean Morehead), American actress, best known for her role as the genii, Jeannie, on the television sit-com, I Dream of Jeannie. She was born in Tucson, Arizona.
1931 ~ Hamilton O. Smith (né Hamilton Othanel Smith), American microbiologist and recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on restriction enzymes. He was born in New York, New York,
1930 ~ Michel Rocard (d. July 2, 2016), French politician and Prime Minister of France. He was born in Courbevoie, France. He died at age 85 in Paris, France.
1929 ~ Vera Miles (née Vera June Ralston), American actress. She was born in Boise City, Oklahoma.
1928 ~ Marian Seldes (née Marian Hall Seldes; d. Oct. 6, 2014), American stage actress and Broadway stalwart who lived for the stage. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died at age 86.
1926 ~ Clifford Geertz (né Clifford James Geertz; d. Oct. 30, 2006), American anthropologist. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died at age 80 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1924 ~ Ephraim Kishon (né Ferenc Hoffmann; d. Jan. 29, 2005), Hungarian-born Israeli writer. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He died at age 80 of cardiac arrest in Appenzell, Switzerland.
1924 ~ Robert Solow (né Robert Merton Solow), American economist and recipient of the 1987 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1923 ~ Nazik al-Malaika (d. June 20, 2007), Iraqi poet. She was born in Baghdad, Iraq. She died at age 83 in Cairo, Egypt.
1921 ~ Kenneth Arrow (né Kenneth Joseph Arrow; d. Feb. 21, 2017), American economist and recipient of the 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 95 in Palo Alto, California.
1919 ~ Vladimir Rokhlin (né Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin; d. Dec. 3, 1984), Soviet mathematician. He died at age 65 in Leningrad, Soviet Union.
1912 ~ Gene Kelly (né Eugene Curran Kelly; d. Feb. 2, 1996), American dancer and actor. He was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He died at age 83 in Beverly Hills, California.
1908 ~ Hannah Frank (d. Dec. 18, 2008), Scottish sculptor. She was born and died in Glasgow, Scotland. She died at age 100.
1905 ~ Ernie Bushmiller (né Ernest Paul Bushmiller, Jr.; d. Aug 15, 1982), American cartoonist and creator of Nancy. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He died 8 days before his 77th birthday in Stamford, Connecticut.
1902 ~ Ida Siekmann (b. Aug. 22, 1961), became the first person to die in an attempt to cross the Berlin Wall. She died from injuries when she jumped out of the window hoping to land on the other side of the Wall. She was born in Górki, Poland. She died 1 day before her 59th birthday.
1884 ~ Ogden L. Mills (né Ogden Livingston Mills, d. Oct. 11, 1937), American politician. He served as the 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Herbert Hoover administration. He served in that Office from February 1932 until March 1933. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He died at age 53 of heart disease in New York, New York.
1868 ~ Edgar Lee Masters (d. Mar. 5, 1950), American attorney and author. He is best known for his book of poetry, Spoon River Anthology. He was born in Garnett, Kansas. He died at age 81 in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania.
1847 ~ Sarah Frances Whiting (d. Sept. 12, 1927), American physicist and astronomer. She died 20 days after her 80thbirthday in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
1846 ~ Alexander Milne Calder (d. June 4, 1923), Scottish-born American sculptor. He died at age 76 in Pennsylvania. He was the father and grandfather of Alexander Stirling Calder and Sandy Calder, respectively, both of whom were also famous sculptors.
1829 ~ Moritz Cantor (né Moritz Benedikt Cantor; d. Apr. 10, 1920), German mathematician and historian. He died at age 90 in Heidelberg, Germany.
1785 ~ Oliver Hazard Perry (d. Aug. 23, 1819), American naval officer known for his heroism during the War of 1812. He was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. He died of yellow fever on his 34th birthday in Trinidad.
1781 ~ John M. Berrien (né John Macpherson Berrien; d. Jan. 1, 1856), 10th United States Attorney General. He served under President Andrew Jackson from March 1829 until July 1831. Following his service as Attorney General, he became a United States Senator from Georgia. He was also a slave owner. He was born in Rocky Hill, New Jersey. He died at age 81 in Savannah, Georgia.
1754 ~ Louis XVI, King of France (d. Jan. 21, 1793). Last French king before the collapse of the monarchy. He ruled from May 1774 until September 1792. He was married to Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria. He was of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Josepha of Saxony. He was the grandson of Louis XV, King of France. He was Roman Catholic. He was executed by guillotine after having been found guilty of treason by the French Convention. He was 38 at the time of his execution.
1498 ~ Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (d. July 19, 1500). Member of the Portuguese royal family. He was of the House of Aviz. He was the son of Manuel I, King of Portugal and Isabella, Princess of Asturias. He was Roman Catholic. He died about a month before his 2nd birthday.
Events that Changed the World:
2021 ~ United States Food and Drug Administration formally approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for individuals over 16 years of age. The approval replaced the emergency use authorization that had been granted in December 2020.
2011 ~ A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia causing considerable damage to the Washington Monument, and other structures in Washington, D.C.
2007 ~ The skeletal remains of Russia’s last royal family members were discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia. The remains were identified as being those of Alexei Nikolayevich (1904 ~ 1918) and the Grand Duchess Anastasia (1901 ~ 1918).
1999 ~ New York City reported the first cases of the West Nile virus in the United States.
1991 ~ The World Wide Web opened to the public.
1973 ~ During the course of a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, several hostages were held over the next five days. During this period, the hostages began to sympathize with their captors, leading to what is now known as Stockholm Syndrome.
1970 ~ Mexican-American union leader, César Chávez (1927 ~ 1993) organized the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in the United States.
1966 ~ Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photographs of Earth from orbit around the moon.
1939 ~ Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a secret agreement outlining specific boundaries for the future division of Northern and Eastern Europe between German and Soviet powers.
1929 ~ The Jewish community in Hebron was attacked by Arabs, fighting continued for two days and by the end of the second day, nearly 70 Jews were killed, and the remainder of the Jewish community was forced to leave the city.
1921 ~ The British installed King Faisal I (1883 ~ 1933) to rule over Iraq. He was the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali (1850s ~ 1931), the leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire.
1914 ~ Japan declared war on Germany in World War I.
1904 ~ Harry Weed (1872 ~ 1961) received a patent for the automobile tire chain.
1873 ~ The Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opened.
1839 ~ The United Kingdom captured Hong Kong as a base as it prepared for war with Qing China. This conflict would become known as the First Opium War.
1814 ~ First Lady Dolley Madison (1768 ~ 1849) saved the portrait of George Washington (1732 ~ 1799) painted by Gilbert Stuart (1755 ~ 1828), from being looted by British troops during the burning of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812.
1775 ~ George III, King of England (1738 ~ 1820) proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion.
1521 ~ Christian II, King of Denmark (1481 ~ 1559) was deposed as King of Sweden and Gustav Vasa (1496 ~ 1560) was elected regent.
1382 ~ The Mongolians, led by Khan Tokhtamysh (1342 ~ 1406), seized the city of Moscow
1244 ~ The Khwarezmian Empire seized the City of Jerusalem, taking it from the Christians who had claimed the city following the 6th Crusade.
Good-Byes:
2019 ~ David Koch (né David Hamilton Koch; b. May 3, 1940), American billionaire who shaped conservative politics. He was born in Wichita, Kansas. He died of cancer at age 79 in Southampton, New York.
2016 ~ Reinhard Selten (né Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten; b. Oct. 5, 1930), German economist and recipient of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 85.
2016 ~ Jeremiah O’Keefe (né Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe; b. July 12, 1923), American World War II fighter ace who battled racism in Mississippi. After the war, he entered politics as a Democrat. He served as the mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi from 1973 unti 1981. He advocated for equal rights for Black citizens and often clashed with the KKK. He was born in Ocean Springs Mississippi. He died at age 93 in Biloxi, Mississippi.
2016 ~ Steven Hill (né Solomon Krakovsky; b. Feb. 24, 1922), American actor. He is best known for his role as Adam Schiff, District Attorney on Law and Order. He was born in Seattle, Washington. He died at age 94 in New York, New York.
2008 ~ Thomas Huckle Weller (b. June 15, 1915), American virologist and recipient of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He died at age 93 in Needham, Massachusetts.
2001 ~ Peter Maas (b. June 27, 1929), American author and journalist. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 72.
1997 ~ Sir John Kendrew (né John Cowdrey Kendrew; b. Mar. 24, 1917), English biochemist and crystallographer. He was the recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 80.
1995 ~ Alfred Eisenstaedt (b. Dec. 6, 1898), German-born photographer. He died in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts at age 96.
1991 ~ Florence B. Seibert (née Florence Barbara Seibert; b. Oct. 6, 1897), American biochemist best known for isolating a pure form of tuberculin used in the standard Tuberculosis, or TB, tests. She was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. She died at age 93 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1982 ~ Stanford Moore (b. Sept. 4, 1913), American biochemist and recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died less than 2 weeks before his 69th birthday in New York, New York.
1960 ~ Oscar Hammerstein, II (né Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein, II; b. July 12, 1895), American lyricist. He was born in New York, New York. He died of stomach cancer at age 65 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
1954 ~ Jaan Sarv (b. Dec. 21, 1877), Estonian mathematician. He died at age 76.
1927 ~ Ferdinando Nicola Sacco (b. Apr. 22, 1891) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (b. June 11, 1888). They were anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during a botched robbery in 1920. Because they were Italian immigrants, it has been suggested that they did not receive a fair trial. They were both executed. Sacco was 36; Vanzetti was 39.
1926 ~ Rudolph Valentino (b. May 6, 1895), Italian-American silent film actor. He died of peritonitis at age 31 in New York, New York.
1874 ~ Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. Jan. 21, 1855). She was the wife of Prince Henry of Bourbon-Parma. She was of the House of Bourbon. She was the youngest daughter of Ferdinand II, King of the Two-Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. She became ill on her honeymoon and died less than a year after her marriage. She was 19 years old at the time of her death.
1819 ~ Oliver Hazard Perry (d. Aug. 23, 1785), American naval officer known for his heroism during the War of 1812. He was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. He died of yellow fever on his 34th birthday in Trinidad.
1806 ~ Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (b. June 14, 1736), French physicist who developed Coulomb’s Law. He died at age 70 in Paris, France.
1795 ~ William Bradford (b. Sept. 14, 1755), 2nd United States Attorney General. He served under President George Washington from January 1795 until his death in office in August 1795. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died 22 days before his 40th birthday in Washington, D.C.
1723 ~ Increase Mather (b. June 21, 1639), American minister and author. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America. He died at age 84 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America.
1498 ~ Infanta Isabella of Aragon (b. Oct. 2, 1470), Queen consort of Portugal and first wife of Manuel I, King of Portugal. He was her second husband. She had previously been married to Afonso, Prince of Portugal. When her first husband died, she was convinced it was because her parents, the Catholic Monarchs, had expelled the Jews from Portugal and Spain. She was of the House of Trastámara. She was the daughter of Ferdinand II, King of Aragon and Isabella I, Queen of Castile. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 27 of complications of childbirth.
1387 ~ Olaf II, King of Denmark (b. Dec. 1370). He reigned from May 1376 until his death in August 1387. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He was of the House of Bjelbo. He was the son of Haakon VI, King of Norway and Margaret I, Queen of Denmark. He was Roman Catholic. The exact date of is birth is unknown. He died unexpectedly at age 16.
1305 ~ Sir William Wallace (b. 1272), Scottish knight. He was executed in London for high treason. He was about 35 years old at the time of his death. The date of his birth is unknown.
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