Birthdays:
1970 ~ Chris Kattan (né Christopher Lee Kattan), American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1969 ~ Trey Parker (né Randolph Severn Parker, III), American animator and co-creator of South Park. He was born in Conifer, Colorado.
1962 ~ Tracy Chevalier (née Tracy Rose Chavalier), American author. She is best known for her historical novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring. She was born in Washington, D.C.
1959 ~ Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem. He served as Mayor from November 2008 to December 2018. He was born in Jerusalem, Israel.
1954 ~ Deborah Blum, American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2010 book The Poisoner’s Handbook. She was born in Urbana, Illinois.
1951 ~ Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician. He was born in Athens, Greece.
1946 ~ Sir Philip Pullman (né Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman), British writer and novelist. He was born in Norwich, England.
1945 ~ Divine (né Harris Glenn Milstead; d. Mar. 7, 1988), American actor, singer and drag queen. He appeared in many films directed by John Waters. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He died of an enlarged heart at age 42 in Los Angeles, California.
1945 ~ Sir Angus Deaton (né Angus Stewart Deaton), Scottish economist. He was the recipient of the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1945 ~ John Lithgow (né John Arthur Lithgow), American actor. He was born in Rochester, New York.
1937 ~ Peter Max (né Peter Max Finkelstein), German-American illustrator and graphic artist. His work was very popular in the 1960s. He and his family fled to Shanghai, China in 1938 to escape from Nazi Germany. He was born in Berlin, Germany.
1936 ~ Sylvia Browne (née Sylvia Celeste Shoemaker; d. Nov. 20, 2013), American television psychic who often got the future wrong. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She died a month after her 77th birthday in San Jose, California.
1932 ~ Robert Reed (né John Robert Rietz, Jr.; d. May 12, 1992), American actor best known for his role as Mike Brady from the television sit-com The Brady Bunch. He was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He died of cancer at age 59 in Pasadena, California.
1931 ~ John le Carré (né David John Moore Cornwell; d. Dec. 12, 2020), English former intelligence operative who elevated the spy novel. He was the author of several espionage novels. He was born in Poole, Dorset, England. He died at age 89 in Truro, Cornwall, England.
1926 ~ Marjorie Tallchief (née Marjorie Louise Tall Chief; d. Nov. 30, 2021), Native American ballerina. She is of the Osage Nation. She is the sister of ballerina Maria Tallchief. She was born in Denver, Colorado. She died at age 95 in Boca Raton, Florida.
1923 ~ Ruth Carter Stevenson (née Ruth Carter; d. Jan. 6, 2013), American art collector and founder of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. She was born and died in Fort Worth, Texas. She died at age 89.
1922 ~ Jack Anderson (né Jack Northman Anderson; d. Dec. 17, 2005), American journalist. He was born in Long Beach, California. He died of Parkinson’s disease at age 83 in Bethesda, Maryland.
1922 ~ Elsa Joubert (née Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert; d. June 14, 2020), South African award-winning author who wrote the 1978 novel The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena ~ translated from Afrikaans into 13 languages ~ that helped arouse white opinion against the racist apartheid system. She was born in Paarl, South Africa. She died in Cape Town, South Africa at age 97 of complications of Covid-19.
1917 ~ Sharadchandra Shrikhande (né Subaradchandra Shankar Shrikhande; d. Apr. 21, 2020), Indian mathematician. He is best known for his work in combinatorial mathematics. He died at age 102.
1916 ~ Jean Dausset (d. June 6, 2009), French immunologist and recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Toulouse, France. He died at age 92 in Palma, Majorca, Spain.
1910 ~ Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (d. Aug. 21, 1995), Indian-born astrophysicist and mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 84 in Chicago, Illinois.
1909 ~ Marguerite Perey (née Marguerite Catherine Perey; d. May 13, 1975); French physicist. She was a student of Marie Curie. She is best known for her discovery of Francium. She died of cancer at age 65.
1899 ~ Miguel Ángel Asturias (d. June 9, 1974), Guatemalan writer and recipient of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in Guatemala, City, Guatemala. He died at age 74 in Madrid, Spain.
1895 ~ Lewis Mumford (d. Jan. 26, 1990), American historian. He is specifically known for his studies in urban architecture. He was born in Flushing, New York. He died at age 94 in Amenia, New York.
1885 ~ Charles Merrill (né Charles Edward Merrill; d. Oct 6, 1956), American banker and co-founder of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He was born in Green Cove Springs, Florida. He died 2 weeks before his 71st birthday in Southampton, New York.
1882 ~ Umberto Boccioni (d. Aug. 17, 1916), Italian sculptor and painter. He was born in Reggio, Calabria, Italy. He died at age 33 after being thrown from a horse during military training in Verona, Italy.
1868 ~ Bertha Knight Landes (née Bertha Ethel Knight; d. Nov. 29, 1943), 38th Mayor of Seattle. She served as Mayor from 1926-1928. She was the first female mayor of a major United States city. She was born in Ware, Massachusetts. She died at age 75 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1862 ~ Auguste Lumière (né Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière, d. Apr. 10, 1954), French movie director. He, along with his brother, Louis Jean Lumière (1864 ~ 1948), were considered the first filmmakers in history. They patented the cinematograph. Louis Jean died at age 83; Auguste was 91 at the time of his death.
1850 ~ Annie Smith Peck (d. July 18, 1935), American mountaineer. She wrote several books encouraging Americans to travel and explore. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She died of bronchial pneumonia at age 84 in New York, New York.
1582 ~ Dmitry of Uglich (d. May 15, 1591), member of the Russian royal family. He was the crown prince. He was of the House of Rurik. He was the son of Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia (Ivan the Terrible) and Maria Nagaya. He was Eastern Orthodox. He is believed to have been murdered at age 8.
Events that Changed the World:
2016 ~ Third and final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
2005 ~ Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. The storm formed October 2005 and dissipated on October 27, 2005.
2005 ~ Saddam Hussein’s trial for crimes against humanity and genocide began. He was tried under the provisional Iraqi government. He would be found guilty and executed by hanging in December 2006.
1960 ~ The United States government-imposed a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
1943 ~ Streptomycin was isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. This antibiotic was the first known remedy for tuberculosis.
1917 ~ Love Field in Dallas, Texas opened as a training site for the army. It opened as a public airport in 1927. It was named in honor of Army Lieutenant Moss Lee Love (1880 ~ 1913), who had been killed in an airplane crash.
1900 ~ Max Planck (1858 ~ 1947) discovered the law of black body emission, now known as Planck’s Law.
1864 ~ During the American Civil War, Confederate troops launched a raid on St. Albans, Vermont, coming onto the town from Canada.
1789 ~ John Jay (1745 ~ 1829) was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served as Chief Justice until June 1795.
1864 ~ During the American Civil War, Confederate troops launched a raid on St. Albans, Vermont, coming onto the town from Canada. This was the northernmost land action during the War and ended as a Confederate victory.
1781 ~ At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis (1738 ~ 1805) formally surrendered to General George Washington (1732 ~ 1799) at the end of the American Revolutionary War.
1512 ~ Martin Luther (1483 ~ 1546) received his doctorate of theology.
1469 ~ Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (1452 ~ 1516) married Isabella I, Queen of Castile (1451 ~ 1504). The marriage opened the door to the unification of Spain by uniting Aragon and Castile.
1386 ~ The first lectures were held at the Universität Heidelberg, Germany’s oldest university.
Good-Byes:
2021 ~ Leslie Bricusse (b. Jan. 29, 1931), British prolific lyricist who wrote for James Bond and Willy Wonka. He is best known for writing the music and lyrics for numerous movies. He died at age 90 in London, England.
2010 ~ Tom Bosley (né Thomas Edward Bosley, b. Oct 1, 1927), American actor. He is best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on Happy Days. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died 18 days after his 83rd birthday in Rancho Mirage, California.
2008 ~ Richard Blackwell (né Richard Sylvan Selzer; b. Aug. 29, 1922), American fashion designer known as Mr. Blackwell, who skewered the worst-dressed celebrities. He is best known for creating the “10 Worst Dress Women List.” He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 86 in Los Angeles, California.
2007 ~ Winifred Asprey (né Winnifred Alice Asprey; b. Apr. 8, 1917), American mathematician and computer scientist. She was one of a very small group of women to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics in the 1940s. She was born in Sioux City, Iowa. She died at age 90 in Poughkeepsie, New York.
2004 ~ Paul Nitze (né Paul Henry Nitze; b. Jan. 16, 1907), 10th United States Secretary of the Navy. He served under President Lyndon Johnson from November 1963 until June 1967. He helped shape the Cold War defense policy. He was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. He died at age 97 in Washington, D.C.
2003 ~ Margaret Murie (née Margaret Thomas; b. Aug. 18, 1902), American environmentalist and author. She is known as the Grandmother of the Conservation Movement. She was born in Seattle, Washington. She died at age 101 in Moose, Wyoming.
1994 ~ Martha Raye (née Margy Reed, b. Aug. 27, 1916), American actress and singer. She was known as The Big Mouth. She was born in Butte, Montana. She died at age 78 in Los Angeles, California.
1972 ~ Marie-Louise Dubriel-Jacotin (b. July 7, 1905), French mathematician. She was only the second woman to earn a doctorate in France in pure mathematics. She was the first woman to become a full professor of mathematics in France. She died at age 67.
1970 ~ Lázaro Cárdenas (b. May 21, 1895), President of Mexico. He served as President from December 1934 until November 1940. He died at age 75.
1955 ~ Carlos Dávila (né Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinoza; b. Sept. 15, 1887), Chilean journalist and President of Chile. He was born in Los Ángeles, Chile. He died about a month after his 68th in Washington, D.C.
1950 ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay (b. Feb. 22, 1892), American poet and playwright. She was born in Rockland, Maine. She was the recipient of the 1943 Robert Frost Medal. She died in Austerlitz, New York at 58 after suffering injuries from falling down a flight of stairs.
1945 ~ N.C. Wyeth (né Newell Convers Wyeth, b. Oct. 22, 1882), American artist and illustrator. He was born in Needham, Massachusetts. He was killed in a car accident when the vehicle he was in was struck by a freight train in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The accident occurred 3 days before his 63rd birthday.
1944 ~ Dénes Kőnig (b. Sept. 21, 1884), Hungarian mathematician. He wrote the first textbook on graph theory. He was born and died in Budapest, Hungary. He committed suicide less than a month after his 60th birthday to evade persecution from the Nazis for being a Hungarian Jew.
1943 ~ Camille Claudel (b. Dec. 8, 1877), French sculptor and illustrator. She died at age 78.
1937 ~ Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (b. Aug. 30, 1871), New Zealand physicist and recipient of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is known as the Father of Nuclear Physics. He was born in Brightwater, Colony of New Zealand. He died at age 66 following surgery in Cambridge, England.
1936 ~ Lu Xun (b. Sept. 25, 1881), Chinese writer. He was a leading figure in modern Chinese literature. He died 24 days after his 55th birthday.
1932 ~ Lindley Garrison (né Lindley Miller Garrison; b. Nov. 28, 1864), 46th United States Secretary of War. He served under President Woodrow Wilson from March 1913 until February 1916. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. He died at age 67 in Sea Bright, New Jersey.
1923 ~ Eleanor Norcross (née Ella Augusta Norcross, b. June 24, 1854), American painter. She was born and died in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She died at age 69.
1905 ~ Virgil Earp (né Virgil Walter Earp; b. July 18, 1853), United States lawman in the American Wild West. He was born in Hartford, Kentucky. He died at age 62 in Goldfield, Nevada.
1897 ~ George Pullman (né George Mortimer Pullman; b. Mar. 3, 1831), American businessman and inventor. He founded the Pullman Company, which built railroad sleeping cars. He was born in Brockton, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 66 in Chicago, Illinois.
1889 ~ Luís I, King of Portugal (b. Oct. 31, 1838). He ascended to the throne upon the death of his elder brother. He reigned as King from November 1861 until his death in 1889. He was known as Luís the Popular. In 1862 he married Maria Pia of Savoy. He was of the House of Braganza. He was the son of Maria II, Queen of Portugal and Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was Roman Catholic. He died 12 days before his 51st birthday.
1856 ~ William Sprague, III (b. Nov. 3, 1799), Governor of Rhode Island. He served as Governor from May 1838 until May 1839. He was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He died 2 weeks before his 57th birthday in Providence, Rhode Island.
1851 ~ Marie Thérèse of France (b. Dec. 19, 1778), Queen consort of France and wife of Louis XIX, King of France. She was of the House of Bourbon. She was the oldest child of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. She died at age 72.
1745 ~ Jonathan Swift (b. Nov. 30, 1667), Anglo-Irish author and satirist, best known for his novel, Gulliver’s Travels. He was also an Anglican cleric. He was born and died in Dublin, Ireland. He died at age 77.
1587 ~ Francesco I de’Medici (b. Mar. 25, 1541), Grand Duke of Tuscany. He ruled of Tuscany from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was married twice. His first wife was Joanna, Archduchess of Austria. It was not a happy marriage. She died at age 31 from injuries sustained from a fall down a flight of stairs while 8 months pregnant. His second wife was Bianca Cappello, who had been his mistress during his marriage to Joanna. He was of the House of Medici. He was the son of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleanor of Toledo. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 46.
1335 ~ Princess Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (b. Sept. 1, 1288), Queen consort of Bohemia through her first marriage to Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia. They married in 1303. She was his 2nd wife. After his death, she married Rudolph I, King of Bohemia. She was his 2nd wife. They married in 1306. After his death, she became romantically involved with Henry of Lipá, whom she may have married. She was of the House of Piast. She was the daughter of Przemysł II, King of Poland and Richeza of Sweden. She died at age 47.
1216 ~ John, King of England (b. Dec. 24, 1166). He was also known as John Lackland. He was the youngest of five sons of Henry II, King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was never expected to become king, however, his brothers all died, so he ascended to the throne. He is best known for his association with the Magna Carta. He was married to Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, but their marriage was annulled before he ascended to the throne. He then married Isabella, Countess of Angoulême. He was of the House of Plantagenet/Angevin. He was the son of Henry II, King of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. He was succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Henry, who would become King Henry III. John died at age 49.
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