Birthdays:
1977 ~ Tom Brady (né Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr.), American football quarterback with a long career with the New England Patriots. He spent 20 years with the Patriots before becoming a quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was born in San Mateo, California.
1959 ~ John C. McGinley (né John Christopher McGinley), American actor. He is best known for his role as Perry Cox on the television sit-com Scrubs. He was born in New York, New York.
1959 ~ Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Toyama, Japan.
1943 ~ Béla Bollobás, Hungarian mathematician. His primary area of research is combinatorics and graph theory. He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
1943 ~ Christina, Princess of Sweden (née Christina Louise Helena). She is of the House of Bernadotte. She is the youngest daughter of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. When she married Tord Magnuson in 1974, she lost her style of Royal Highness and received the courtesy title of Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson.
1941 ~ Martha Stewart (née Martha Helen Kostyra), American businesswoman. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
1940 ~ Martin Sheen (né Ramón Antonio Geraldo Estévez), American actor. He was born in Dayton, Ohio.
1926 ~ Roger G. Kennedy (né Roger George Kennedy; d. Sept. 30, 2011), American polymath and preservationist with a broad view of America’s past. He served as the Director of the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum of American History from 1979 to 1992 before heading the National Park Service in 1993. He was responsible for putting Dorothy’s ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz in display. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He died at age 85 in Rockville, Maryland.
1926 ~ Tony Bennett (né Anthony Dominick Benedetto), American singer. He was born in New York, New York.
1924 ~ Leon Uris (né Leon Marcus Uris; d. June 21, 2003), American writer, best known for his novel, Exodus, which is about the creation of the State of Israel. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He died of kidney failure at age 78 in New York, New York.
1923 ~ Anne Klein (née Hannah Golofski; d. Mar. 19, 1974), American fashion designer. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died of breast cancer at age 50.
1921 ~ Matthew Perry (né Matthew James Perry, Jr.; d. July 29, 2011), African-American Federal District Court Judge and attorney tirelessly who fought for civil rights. He was born and died in Columbia, South Carolina. He died 5 days before his 90th birthday.
1920 ~ P. D. James (aka Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park; d. Nov. 27, 2014), English crime writer who made murder into literature. She was born and died in Oxford, England. She died at age 94.
1902 ~ Regina Jonas (d. 1944), the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. She was born in Berlin, German Empire. She was murdered at age 42 Auschwitz during World War II. The exact date of her death is not known.
1901 ~ John Stennis (né John Cornelius Stennis; d. Apr. 23, 1995), American United States Senator from Mississippi. The John C. Stennis Space Center is named in his honor. He was born in Kemper County, Mississippi. He died at age 93 in Jackson, Mississippi.
1900 ~ Ernie Pyle (né Ernest Taylor Pyle; d. Apr. 18, 1945), American journalist. He was born in Dana, Indiana. He was killed in Japan while reporting during World War II. He was 44 years old.
1900 ~ John T. Scopes (né John Thomas Scopes; d. Oct. 21, 1970), American educator and defendant in the Scopes trial for attempting to teach evolution in the Tennessee schools. He was found guilty and fined $100. He was born in Paducah, Kentucky. He died in Shreveport, Louisiana at age 70.
1887 ~ Rupert Brooke (né Rupert Chawner Brooke; d. Apr. 23, 1915), English poet best known for his idealistic sonnets written during World War I. He died of sepsis from an infected mosquito bite while on his way to Gallipoli. He was 27 years old.
1872 ~ Haakon VII, King of Norway (né Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel, d. Sept. 21, 1957). He was King from November 1905 until his death in September 1957. He was born as Prince Carl of Norway. He was married to Maud of Wales. He was of the House of Glücksburg. He was the son of Frederick VIII, King of Denmark and Louise of Sweden. He died at age 85.
1867 ~ Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (d. Dec. 14, 1947), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was Prime Minister from June 1935 through May 1937 during the reigns of Kings George V, Edward VIII and George VI. He died at age 80.
1851 ~ George FitzGerald (né George Francis FitzGerald; d. Feb. 22, 1901), Irish mathematician and physicist. He was born and died in Dublin, Ireland. He died following complications for a perforated ulcer at age 49.
1830 ~ John Ordronaux (d. Jan. 23, 1908), American Civil War army surgeon and pioneer in mental health. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 77 in Roslyn, New York.
1824 ~ William Woods (né William Burnham Woods; d. May 14, 1887), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Rutherford B. Hayes. He replaced William Strong on the Court and was replaced by Lucius Lamar. He served on the Court from December 1880 until his death 6 ½ years later. He was born in Newark, Ohio. He died at age 62 in Washington, D.C.
1811 ~ Elisha Otis (né Elisha Graves Otis; d. Apr. 8, 1861), American industrialist, inventor of the modern elevator break. He was the founder of the Otis Elevator Company. He was born in Halifax, Vermont. He died of diphtheria at age 49 in Yonkers, New York.
1808 ~ Hamilton Fish (d. Sept. 7, 1893), 26th United States Secretary of State. He served under Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes. He served in that Office from March 1869 through March 1877. He had previously served as the Governor of New York, from January 1849 through December 1950. He was born in New York, New York. He died in Garrison, New York about a month after his 85th birthday.
1805 ~ Sir William Rowan Hamilton (d. Sept. 2, 1865), Irish mathematician. He was known for his work in pure mathematics and mathematical physics. He was born and died in Dublin, Ireland. He died a month after his 60thbirthday.
1803 ~ Sir Joseph Paxton (d. June 8, 1865), English gardener and architect. He designed the Crystal Palace. He is also known for cultivating the Cavendish banana. He died at age 61.
1766 ~ Frederick William III, King of Prussia (d. June 7, 1840). He ruled over Prussia from November 1797 until his death in 1840. He ruled during the difficult Napoleonic Wars. He was married twice. His first wife was Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After her death, he entered into a morganatic marriage with Auguste von Harrach. He was of the House of Hohenzollern. He was the son of Frederick William II, King of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. He died at age 69.
1766 ~ Aaron Chorin (d. Aug. 24, 1844), Hungarian rabbi and author. He was a pioneer of religious reform. He died 21 days after his 78th birthday.
Events that Changed the World:
2019 ~ A mass shooter opened fire in a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people and wounding many others.
2014 ~ A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck in Yunnan, China killing over 600 people and injuring over 2,400 others.
2005 ~ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (b. 1956) became the President of Iran. He was president for 8 years, until August 3, 2013.
2004 ~ The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopened for the first time since the September 11 attacks.
1960 ~ Niger gained its independence from France.
1958 ~ The United States nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, traveled under the North Pole. It launched from Barrow, Alaska and then, after traveling through the North Pole, went to Finland.
1949 ~ The National Basketball Association was founded in the United States following the merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.
1946 ~ Santa Claus Land in Santa Claus, Indiana opened as themed amusement park.
1936 ~ Jesse Owens (1913 ~ 1980) won the 100-meter dash at the Olympics, which were held in Nazi Germany.
1921 ~ Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866 ~ 1944) confirmed the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
1914 ~ Germany declared war against France during World War I. Romania declared its neutrality.
1907 ~ Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lakdis (1866 ~ 1944) fined Standard Oil of Indiana $29.4 Million for or violating federal laws forbidding rebates on railroad freight tariffs. The appellate court reversed the conviction and fine.
1900 ~ The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone (1868 ~ 1938).
1859 ~ The American Dental Association was founded.
1852 ~ The first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard was held, which was also the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Yale lost.
1778 ~ The La Scala, the opera house in Milan, Italy, was inaugurated.
1492 ~ Christopher Columbus (1451 ~ 1506) set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the “New World.”
1057 ~ Frederik van Lotharigen (1020 ~ Mar. 29, 1058) was elected as Pope. He became known as Pope Stephen IX. He ruled as Pope from August 3, 1057 until his death 7 months later.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ John Hume (b. Jan. 18, 1937), Northern Irish politician and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize. He was one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process. He was born and died in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He died at age 83.
2020 ~ Shirley Ann Grau (b. July 8, 1929), American writer whose work primarily focused on the Deep South. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She died about a month after her 91st birthday in Kenner, Louisiana.
2019 ~ Henri Belolo (b. Nov. 27, 1936), French music producer who sparked a disco inferno with the Village People. He was born in Casablanca, French Morocco. He died at age 82 in Paris, France.
2015 ~ Robert Conquest (né George Robert Acworth Conquest; b. July 15, 1917), British-American historian who documented Stalin’s Crimes. He is most well-known for his influential works on Soviet history, including The Great Terror: Stalin’s Purges of the 1930s. He was born in England. He died 19 days after his 98th birthday in Stanford, California.
2012 ~ Martin Fleischmann (b. Mar. 29, 1927), Czech-born chemist who promised an energy miracle. He is best known for his work with electrochemistry. He caused a media sensation when a premature announcement of his cold fusion research could result in a nuclear reaction. His family was Jewish and ultimately ended up in Great Britain. He died at age 85.
2008 ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (b. Dec. 11, 1918), Russian novelist and Soviet dissident who chronicled the evils of communism. He was the recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died at age 89 in Moscow, Russia.
2004 ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson (b. Aug. 22, 1908), French photographer. He died less than 3 weeks before his 96thbirthday.
1995 ~ Ida Lupino (b. Feb. 4, 1918), British-American actress. Her name appears often in crossword puzzles. She was born in London, England. She died of a stroke at age 77 in Los Angeles, California.
1993 ~ Eugene T. Maleska (né Eugene Thomas Maleska, b. Jan. 6, 1916), American crossword puzzle creator and editor. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He died of throat cancer at age 77 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1986 ~ Beryl Markham (née Beryl Clutterbuck, b. Oct. 26, 1902), English pilot, writer and horse trainer. She is best known for her book, West with the Night. She died in Nairobi, Kenya at age 83.
1979 ~ Bertil Ohlim (né Bertil Gottard Ohlim; b. Apr. 23, 1899), Swedish economist and recipient of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 80.
1966 ~ Lenny Bruce (né Leonard Alfred Schneider; b. Oct. 13, 1925), American comedian. He was born in Mineola, New York. He died at age 40 of a drug overdose in Los Angeles, California.
1964 ~ Flannery O’Connor (née Mary Flannery O’Connor; b. Mar. 25, 1925), American Southern author. She was born in Savannah, Georgia. She died of complications of lupus at age 39 in Milledgeville, Georgia.
1954 ~ Colette (née Sidonie-Gabrielle Collette; b. Jan. 28, 1873), French writer, best known for her novel, Gigi. She died at age 81 in Paris, France.
1942 ~ Richard Willstätter (né Richard Martin Willstätter, b. Aug. 13, 1872), German chemist and recipient of the 1915 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died 10 days before his 70th birthday in Muralto, Locarno, Switzerland.
1929 ~ Emile Berliner (b. May 20, 1851), German-born American inventor who is best known for inventing the phonograph. He died of a heart attack at age 78 in Washington, D.C.
1924 ~ Joseph Conrad (né Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; b. Dec. 3, 1857), Polish-born British writer. He is best known for his novel Lord Jim, as well as stories of the sea. He died at age 66, probably of a heart attack.
1917 ~ Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (b. Oct. 26, 1849), German mathematician. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. He died at age 67.
1913 ~ Josephine Cochrane (née Josephine Garis; b. Mar. 8, 1839), American inventor who produced the first commercially successful dishwasher. She was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio. She died of exhaustion at age 74 in Chicago, Illinois.
1881 ~ William Fargo (né William George Fargo; b. May 20, 1818), American businessman and co-founder of Wells Fargo and American Express. He also served as the 27th Mayor of Buffalo, New York from 1862 until 1866. He was born in Pompey, New York. He died at age 63 in Buffalo, New York following a long illness.
1877 ~ William B. Ogden (né William Butler Ogden; b. June 15, 1805), 1st Mayor of Chicago. He was a railroad executive before becoming Mayor. He was Mayor from 1837 until 1838. He was born in Walton, New York. He died at age 72 in New York, New York.
1839 ~ Dorothea von Schlegel (née Brendel Mendelssohn; b. Oct. 33, 1764), German novelist and translator. She was the eldest daughter of Moses Mendelssohn. She died at age 74.
1546 ~ Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (b. Apr. 12, 1484), Italian architect. He designed St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. He died at age 61.
1460 ~ James II, King of Scotland (b. Oct. 16, 1430). He was King of Scots from February 1437 until his death at age 29 in August 1460. He was married to Mary of Guelders. They married in 1449. He was of the House of Stewart. He was the son of James I, King of Scotland and Joan Beaufort. He was killed when a cannon that he was standing near exploded.
908 ~ Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg. He served as the Bishop of Würzburg from 892 until his death 16 years later. The date of his birth is unknown. Rudolf was killed while fighting against the Magyars in Thuringia.
a
No comments:
Post a Comment