Birthdays:
1983 ~ Amy Winehouse (née Amy Jade Winehouse; d. July 23, 2011), British diva dogged by self-destruction. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 27 of alcohol poisoning.
1970 ~ Ketanji Brown Jackson (née Ketanji Onyika Brown), African-American attorney and federal judge. In February 2022, President Biden nominated her to become an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. She was sworn into Office on the High Court on June 30, 2022. She was born in Washington, D.C.
1969 ~ Bong Joon-ho, South Korean film director. He was born in Daegu, South Korea.
1964 ~ Faith Ford (née Faith Alexis Ford), Louisiana-born American actress. She is best known for her role as Corky Sherwood on the television sit-com, Murphy Brown. She was born in Alexandria, Louisiana.
1961 ~ Wendy Thomas (née Melinda Lou Thomas), American daughter of Dave Thomas and the namesake of the fast food restaurant chain, Wendy’s. She was born in Columbus, Ohio.
1960 ~ Melissa Leo (née Melissa Chessington Leo), American actress. She is best known for her role as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on the television drama Homicide: Life on the Street. She was born in Manhattan, New York.
1955 ~ Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American journalist and writer, best known for her historical novels, including Year of Wonder and People of the Book. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1947 ~ Sam Neill (né Nigel John Dermot Neil), New Zealand actor. He was born in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
1936 ~ Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Whiting, Indiana.
1932 ~ Igor Kirillov (né Igor Leonidovich Kirillov; d. Oct. 30, 2021), Soviet news anchor who told comforting lies. He served as the chief news anchor on the Soviet news station and reported on the Soviet’s latest “triumphs”. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, he acknowledged that his broadcasts had been filled with propaganda. He was born and died in Moscow, Russia. He died at age 89.
1929 ~ Larry Collins (né John Lawrence Collins, d. June 20, 2005), American writer and journalist who wrote Is Paris Burning?, about the Nazi occupation of France during World War II, and O Jerusalem!, about the birth of Israel. He was born in West Hartford, Connecticut. He died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 75 in Fréjus, France.
1924 ~ Kalman Aron (d. Feb. 24, 2018), Latvian-born artist who drew to survive the Holocaust. He began drawing at age 3 and at age 13, he had painted the official portrait of the Latvian prime minister. He was born in Riga, Latvia. He died at age 94 in Santa Monica, California.
1921 ~ Constance Baker Motley (née Constance Baker; d. Sept. 28, 2005), African-American lawyer, federal judge and politician. She was the first African-American woman to argue before the United States Supreme Court. After graduating from law school, she clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She died 2 weeks after her 84th birthday in New York, New York.
1920 ~ Alberto Calderón (né Alberto Pedro Calderón; d. Apr. 16, 1998), Argentine mathematician. He was born in Mendoza, Argentina. He died at age 77 in Chicago, Illinois.
1920 ~ Mario Benedetti (d. May 17, 2009), Uruguayan writer and political activist. He died at age 88 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
1920 ~ Lawrence Klein (né Lawrence Robert Klein; d. Oct. 20, 2013), American economist and recipient of the 1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He died at age 93 in Gladwne, Pennsylvania.
1917 ~ Sydney J. Harris (né Sydney Justin Harris; d. Dec. 7, 1986), American journalist and columnist. He was born in London, England. He died at age 69 of complications following heart by-pass surgery in Chicago, Illinois.
1916 ~ Eric Bentley (né Eric Russell Bentley; d. Aug. 5, 2020), British-American theater critic. He was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. He died in New York, New York at age 103.
1915 ~ John Dobson (né John Lowry Dobson; d. Jan. 15, 2014), American Hindu monk who looked to the stars. He was an amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope. He was born in Beijing, China when his parents were working there as Christian missionaries. He died at age 98 in Burbank, California.
1914 ~ Clayton Moore (né Jack Carlton Moore; d. Dec. 28, 1999), American actor best known for playing the role of the Lone Ranger on the television series of the same name. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of a heart attack at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.
1914 ~ Robert McCloskey (né John Robert McCloskey; d. June 30, 2003), American children’s author and illustrator. He is best known for his book, Make Way for Ducklings. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio. He died at age 88 in Deer Isle, Maine.
1907 ~ Solomon Asch (né Solomon Eliot Asch; d. Feb. 20, 1996), Polish-born American psychologist. He was born in Warsaw, Poland. He died at age 88 in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
1902 ~ Hilda Standish (née Hilda Crosby; d. June 1, 2005), American physician who was a leader in the birth control movement. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She was 102 at the time of her death.
1891 ~ Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov (d. Mar. 20, 1983), Russian mathematician. He died at age 91 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
1879 ~ Margaret Sanger (née Margaret Louise Higgins; d. Sept. 6, 1966), American birth control activist. She was born in Corning, New York. She died of congestive heart failure a week before her 87th birthday in Tucson, Arizona.
1873 ~ Simion Stoilow (d. Apr. 4, 1961), Romanian mathematician. He was born and died in Bucharest, Romania. He died at age 87 of a brain stroke.
1867 ~ Charles Dana Gibson (d. Dec. 23, 1944), American illustrator. He is best known for the creation of the Gibson Girls. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He died of heart disease at age 77 in New York, New York.
1864 ~ Lord Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (né Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil; d. Nov. 24, 1958), English lawyer and politician. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations. He was the recipient of the 1937 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in London, England. He died at age 94.
1857 ~ Julia Platt (d. May 28, 1935), American embryologist and politician. Although she earned her Ph.D., she was unable to secure a position at a university. She was born in San Francisco, California but grew up in Burlington, Vermont and attended the University of Vermont. She became a politician and in 1931, at age 74, she became the mayor of Pacific Grove, California. She died at age 78.
1837 ~ Nikolai Bugaev (d. June 11, 1903), Russian mathematician. He died at age 65 in Moscow, Russian Empire.
1769 ~ Alexander von Humboldt (née Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Humboldt; d. May 6, 1859), German polymath, naturalist, and explorer. He died at age 89.
1755 ~ William Bradford (d. Aug. 23, 1815), 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.
1742 ~ James Wilson (d. Aug. 21, 1798), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was one of the first six members of the High Court. He was nominated to the Court by President George Washington. He served from September 1789 until his death 9 years later. He was succeeded by Bushrod Washington. He was born in Scotland. He died of a stroke 24 days before his 56th birthday in Edenton, North Carolina.
1713 ~ Johann Kies (d. July 29, 1781), German mathematician. The crater on the moon Kies is named in his honor. He died at age 67.
1032 ~ Daozong (d. Feb. 12, 1101), 8th Chinese Emperor of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty. He ruled from August 1055 until his death 56 years later. He died at age 68.
953 ~ Guo Zongxun (d. 973), 3rd and last Chinese Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty. The exact date of his death is not known, but he is believed to have been about 20 years old.
Events that Changed the World:
2018 ~ Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. The storm formed on August 31 and dissipated on September 18, 2018.
2015 ~ The first observation of gravitational waves was made. The discovery was made to the public by LIGO and Virgo collaborations in February 2016.
2015 ~ Twenty (20) people died in flash flooding in Utah.
1994 ~ The Major League Baseball season was cancelled because of a strike.
1975 ~ Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774 ~ 1821) was canonized by Pope Paul VI (1897 ~ 1978), thus becoming the first American saint.
1960 ~ OPEC, The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries was founded. The OPEC countries include: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.
1917 ~ Russia officially proclaimed itself a republic.
1901 ~ Theodore Roosevelt (1858 ~ 1919) became the 26th President of the United States following the assassination of William McKinley (1843 ~ 1901).
1814 ~ Francis Scott Key (1779 ~ 1843) finished is poem Defence of Fort McHenry. The poem later became the lyric to The Star-Spangled Banner. It became the national anthem by congressional resolution on March 3, 1931.
1812 ~ The Fire of Moscow, Russia began and over the course of the next several days, destroyed nearly 75% of the city. The fire blazed through September 18, 1812.
1752 ~ The British Empire, including the American colonies, adopted the Gregorian calendar, thus skipping calendar days, going from September 2 to September 14.
1741 ~ George Frederic Handel (1685 ~ 1759) completed his oratorio, Messiah.
326 ~ This is the date traditionally ascribed to Helena of Constantinople (240s ~ 330) discovering the True Cross and Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Norm Macdonald (né Norman Gene Macdonald; b. Oct. 17, 1959), Canadian deadpan comic who spun absurd tales. He was best known for being a news anchor on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He died of cancer at a month before his 62nd birthday in Pasadena, California.
2021 ~ Ida Nudel (née Ida Yakovlevna Nudel; b. Apr. 27, 1931), Soviet-born Israeli refusenik who risked it all for freedom. She was known as the Guardian Angel for her efforts to provide food, medicine, and legal aid to imprisoned Soviet Jews. She died at age 90 in Rehovot, Israel.
2021 ~ Reuben Klamer (b. June 20, 1922), American designer and toy inventor who made an enduring Game of Life. He was born in Canton, Ohio. He died at age 99 in La Jolla, California.
2018 ~ Alan Abel (né Alan Irwin Able; b. Aug. 2, 1924), American professional prankster who fooled America. He is best known for creating several hoaxes that became media circuses. In the 1950s he created SINA (the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals), to protest censorship. SINA’s mission was to clothe animals. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He died at age 94 in Southbury, Connecticut.
2015 ~ Fred DeLuca (né Frederick Adrian DeLuca; b. Oct. 3, 1947), American businessman and co-founder of the Subway sandwich shops. He was born in New York, New York. He died of leukemia less than 3 weeks before his 68thbirthday in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.
2012 ~ Louis Simpson (né Louis Aston Marantz Simpson; b. Mar. 27, 1923), American poet born in Kingston, Jamaica. He died at age 89 in Stony Brook, New York.
2011 ~ Malcolm Wallop (b. Feb. 27, 1933), American rancher and United States Senator from Wyoming who pushed hard for missile defense. He was born in New York City, New York. He died at age 78 in Big Horn, Wyoming.
2011 ~ Rudolf Mössbauer (né Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer; d. Jan. 31, 1929), German physicist and recipient of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 82.
2009 ~ Patrick Swayze (né Patrick Wayne Swayze; b. Aug. 18, 1952), American actor and dancer. He was born in Houston, Texas. He died of pancreatic cancer a month after his 57th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
2009 ~ Jody Powell (né Joseph Lester Powell, Jr.; b. Sept. 30, 1943), American White House Press Secretary to President Jimmy Carter. He was born in Cordele, Georgia. He died of a heart attack 16 days before his 66th birthday in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2009 ~ Henry Gibson (né James Bateman; b. Sept. 21, 1935), American actor best known for his role in Laugh-In. He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He died of cancer a week before his 74th birthday in Malibu, California.
2006 ~ Mickey Hargitay (né Miklós Hargitay; b. Jan. 6, 1926), Hungarian bodybuilder and husband of Jayne Mansfield. He was the father of actress Mariska Hargitay. He was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary. He died of multiple myeloma at age 80 in Los Angeles, California.
1996 ~ Juliet Prowse (née Juliet Anne Prowse; b. Sept. 25, 1937), South-African singer and dancer. She was born in Bombay, British India. She died of pancreatic cancer 11 days before her 60th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1982 ~ Grace Kelly (née Grace Patricia Kelly; b. Nov. 12, 1929), American actress. Upon her marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, she became the Princess consort of Monaco. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was killed at age 52 from injuries sustained in a car accident in Monaco.
1981 ~ William Loeb, III (b. Dec. 26, 1905), American newspaper publisher of the ultraconservative Manchester Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire. He published his editorial views on the front page of the newspaper. He was born in Washington, D.C. He died at age 75.
1964 ~ Vasily Grossman (b. Dec. 12, 1905), Russian writer and journalist. He was born in Berdychiv, Ukraine. He died of stomach cancer at age 58 in Moscow, Russia.
1927 ~ Isadora Duncan (née Angela Isadora Duncan; b. May 27, 1877), American dancer. She was killed at about age 50 when the scarf around her neck became entangled in the spokes of the automobile in which she was riding. The exact date of her birth is a bit of a mystery. She was born in San Francisco, California. Her birth is sometimes May 26, 1877. She died in Nice, France.
1916 ~ Pierre Duhem (né Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem; b. June 9, 1861), French mathematician and physicist. He was born in Paris, France. He died at age 55 in Cabrespine, France.
1916 ~ José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (b. Apr. 19, 1832), Spanish writer, civil engineer and mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born and died in Madrid, Spain. He died at age 84.
1901 ~ William McKinley, Jr. (b. Jan. 29, 1843), 25th President of the United States. He died from injuries suffered in the assassination attempt on September 6, 1901 while in Buffalo, New York. He was just two months into his second term as President when he died. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt (1858 ~ 1919) succeeded him as President. McKinley had previously served as the 39th Governor of Ohio. He was born in Niles, Ohio. McKinley was 58 years old at the time of his death.
1852 ~ Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (b. May 1, 1769), Irish-English field marshal. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for two terms in the early 1800s. He served his first term from January 1828 until November 1830, during the reigns of King George IV and King William IV. He served a second term for a month from November 1834 until December 1834 during the reign of King William IV. He is the individual referred to when one is speaking of The Duke of Wellington. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He died at age 83.
1851 ~ James Fenimore Cooper (b. Sept. 15, 1789), American novelist best known for The Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels about Natty Bumppo, a frontiersman. He was born in Burlington, New Jersey. He died 1 day before his 62nd birthday in Cooperstown, New York.
1836 ~ Aaron Burr, Jr. (b. Feb. 6, 1756), 3rd Vice President of the United States. He served during the President Thomas Jefferson administration from March 1801 until March 1805. He served as a United States Senator from New York from March 1791 until March 1797. He is best known for killing political rival, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel. He was born in Newark, Province of New Jersey, British America. He died at age 80 in Staten Island, New York.
1715 ~ Dom Pierre Pérignon (b. Dec. 1638), French monk and champagne pioneer. The exact date of his birth is not known. He died at age 71.
1712 ~ Giovanni Domenico Cassini (b. June 8, 1625), Italian mathematician and astronomer. He died at age 87 in Paris, France.
1638 ~ John Harvard (b. Nov. 26, 1607), English-American clergyman whose deathbed bequest provided the seed funding for a school of higher education, which was first known as Harvard College, and lager became known as Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died at age 30 of tuberculosis in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America.
1523 ~ Pope Adrian VI (né Adriaan Florenzoon Boeyens; b. Mar. 2, 1459). He was Pope from January 1522 until his death a year later. He died at age 64 in Rome, Italy.
1495 ~ Elizabeth Tudor (b. July 2, 1492), member of the British royal family. She was of the House of Tudor. She was the second daughter and fourth child of Henry VII, King of England and Elizabeth of York. Her brother became Henry VIII, King of England. She died at age 3.
1404 ~ Albert IV, Duke of Austria (b. Sept. 19, 1377). He reigned over Austria from 1395 until his death in 1404. He was married to Joanna Sophia of Bavaria. He was of the House of Habsburg. He was the son of Albert III, Duke of Austria (Albert the Pigtail) and Beatrix of Nuremberg. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died 5 days before his 27thbirthday.
1321 ~ Dante Alighieri (b. 1265), Italian author, best known for his book, Divine Comedy. The exact date of his birth and death is unknown. He is believed to have died on either September 13 or 14, 1321, and was about 56 at the time of his death.
891 ~ Pope Stephen V. He was Pope for 6 years, from September 885 until his death on this date in 891. The date of his birth is unknown.
619 ~ Yang You (b. 605), last Chinese Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been 15 years old at the time of his death.
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