Birthdays:
1967 ~ Scott Weiland (né Scott Richard Kline; d. Dec. 3, 2015), American rock star and frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots who struggled with drug addiction. He was born in San Jose, California. He died at age 48 of a drug overdose in Bloomington, Minnesota.
1963 ~ Marla Maples (née Marla Ann Maples), American television personality. She is most famous for being the second wife of Donald Trump. They were married from 1993 until 1999. She was born in Cohutta, Georgia.
1950 ~ Fran Lebowitz (née Frances Ann Lebowitz), American writer and humorist. She was born in Morristown, New Jersey.
1946 ~ Ivan Reitman (d. Feb. 12, 2022), Czech-born Canadian irreverent film director who made Ghostbusters. He was born in Komárno, Czechoslovakia. He died at age 75 in Montecito, California.
1944 ~ J.A. Jance (née Judith Ann Jance), American author of mystery novels. She is best known for writing series involving specific detectives. She was born in Watertown, South Dakota.
1943 ~ Domenic Parisi (d. Oct. 2, 2020), Sicilian-born American barber. He was born in Santa Croce Camerina, Sicily. He immigrated to the United States in the mid-1950s. His father wanted him to become a farrier, but there were no such jobs where he landed in New Jersey. Instead he became a barber and opened a shop in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. One of his clients was Richard Nixon, whose hair he cut for the last 9 years of Nixon’s life. He died in Hackensack, New Jersey of Covid-19 just 25 days before his 77th birthday.
1940 ~ Maxine Hong Kingston (née Maxine Ting Ting Hong), American author. She was born in Stockton, California.
1939 ~ John Cleese (né John Marwood Cleese), British actor and co-founder of Monty Python. He was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.
1932 ~ Sylvia Plath (d. Feb. 11, 1963), American poet. She was married to Ted Hughes. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She died by suicide at age 30 in London, England.
1926 ~ H.R. Haldemann (né Harry Robbins Haldemann; d. Nov. 12, 1993), American politician and 4th White House Chief of Staff. He served under President Nixon from January 1969 until April 1973. He was involved in the Watergate scandal cover-up. He was convicted of perjury, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice for which he spent 18 months in a federal prison. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died abdominal cancer 16 days after his 67th birthday in Santa Barbara, California.
1925 ~ Warren Christopher (né Warren Minor Christopher; d. Mar. 18, 2011), 63rd United States Secretary of State. He served during President Bill Clinton’s first term from January 1993 until January 1997. He was born in Scranton, North Dakota. He died at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.
1923 ~ Roy Lichtenstein (né Roy Fox Lichtenstein; d. Sept. 29, 1997), American artist. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of pneumonia about a month before his 74th birthday.
1922 ~ Ralph Kiner (né Ralph McPherren Kiner; d. Feb. 6, 2014), American major league baseball player and slugger who became a broadcaster and voice of the Mets. He was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He died at age 91 in Rancho Mirage, California.
1922 ~ Ruby Dee (née Ruby Ann Wallace; d. June 11, 2014), African-American activist actress who stood up for civil rights. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She died at age 91 in New Rochelle, New York.
1920 ~ Nanette Fabray (née Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; d. Feb. 22, 2018), American stage star who became Sid Caesar’s comic foil. She became an advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing after she overcame an aural impairment. She was born in San Diego, California. She died at age 97 in Palos Verdes, California.
1919 ~ Jeremiah Stamler (d. Jan. 26, 2022), American doctor who flagged threats to the heart. He specialized in preventive cardiology and the study of the influence of various risk factor on heart disease. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 102 in Sag Harbor, New York.
1914 ~ Dylan Thomas (né Dylan Marlais Thomas; d. Nov. 9, 1953), Welsh poet. He was born in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He died 2 weeks after his 39th birthday in Greenwich Village, New York.
1910 ~ Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau (né Margaret Hutchinson; d. Jan. 12, 2000). American chemical engineer. She designed the first commercial penicillin production plant. She was also the first female member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. She received her doctorate from MIT. She was born in Houston, Texas and died at age 89 in Weston, Massachusetts.
1908 ~ Lee Krasner (née Lenore Krassner; d. June 19, 1984), American painter. She was the wife of Jackson Pollack. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died at age 75 in New York, New York.
1906 ~ Earle Cabell (d. Sept. 24, 1975), Mayor of Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He served as Mayor of Dallas from 1961 until February 1964. He was born and died in Dallas, Texas. He died of emphysema about a month before his 69th birthday.
1889 ~ Enid Bagnold, Lady Jones (née Enid Algerine Bagnold; d. Mar. 31, 1981), British playwright, best known for her novel, National Velvet. She was born in Rochester, Kent, England. She died at age 91 of bronchopenumonia.
1872 ~ Emily Post (née Emily Price, d. Sept. 25, 1960), American etiquette expert. The exact date of her birth is disputed but is generally considered to be October 27. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She died in New York, New York about a month before her 88th birthday.
1868 ~ Roy West (né Roy Owen West; d. Nov. 29, 1958), 30th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Calvin Coolidge from July 1928 until March 1929. He was born in Georgetown, Illinois. He died a month after his 90th birthday in Chicago, Illinois.
1858 ~ Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (d. Jan. 6, 1919), 26th President of the United States, and 25th Vice President of the United States. He became President following the assassination of William McKinley. He served as President from September 1901 until March 1909. He had previously served as the Governor of New York from January 1899 through December 1900. Roosevelt was also the recipient of the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 60 in Oyster Bay, New York.
1844 ~ Klas Pontus Arnoldson (d. Feb. 20, 1916), Swedish writer and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He died at age 71 in Stockholm. Sweden.
1838 ~ John Davis Long (d. Aug. 28, 1915), 34th United States Secretary of the Navy. He served under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from March 1897 until Apr. 1902. He had previously served as the 32nd Governor of Massachusetts from January 1880 until January 1883. He was born in Buckfield, Maine and died in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was 76 years old at the time of his death.
1828 ~ Jacob Dolson Cox (d. Aug. 4, 1900), 10th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Ulysses S. Grant. He served in that Office from March 1869 thorough October 1870. He had previously served as the 28th Governor of Ohio, from January 1866 until January 1868. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He died while on summer vacation in Gloucester, Massachusetts at age 71.
1811 ~ Isaac Singer (né Isaac Merritt Singer; d. July 23, 1875), American inventor who made improvements to the sewing machine, and entrepreneur founder of the Singer Corporation. He fathered at least 24 children through various wives and mistresses. He was born in Pittstown, New York. He died at age 63 in Paignton, Devon, England.
1782 ~ Niccolò Paganini (d. May 27, 1840), Italian violinist and composer. He was born in Genoa, Republic of Genoa. He died from internal hemorrhaging at age 57 in Nice, France.
1744 ~ Mary Moser (d. May 2, 1819), British painter and artist. She was one of the two female founding members of the Royal Academy. She died at age 74.
1572 ~ Princess Marie Elisabeth of France (d. Apr. 2, 1578), member of the French royal family. She was of the House of Valois. She was the only child of Charles IX, King of France and Elizabeth of Austria. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 5.
1561 ~ Mary Herbert (née Mary Sidney; d. Sept. 25, 1621), English writer and translator. She was one of the first Englishwomen to achieve fame for her poetry and literary patronage. She was also known as being a translator of Petrarch’s works into English. She died of smallpox a month before her 60th birthday in London, England.
1401 ~ Catherine of Valois (d. Jan. 3, 1437), Queen consort and wife of Henry V of England. She was Queen Consort of England from June 1420 until August 1422 when her husband died. She later entered into a relationship with Owen Tudor. She was of the House of Valois. She was the daughter of Charles VI, King of France and Isabeau of Bavaria. She was born in Paris, France. She died at age 35 following complications of childbirth in London, England.
921 ~ Chai Rong (d. July 27, 959), 2nd Chinese Emperor of the Later Zhou during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Ne ruled from February 954 until his death 4 years later. He died of an illness at age 37.
892 ~ Ai (d. Mar. 26, 908), last emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He ascended to the throne at age 11 and was poisoned at age 15.
Events that Changed the World:
2018 ~ In an act of domestic terrorism, a gunman opened fire in the Tree of Life Synagogue during a bris ceremony in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Eleven people were killed and six others were injured.
2004 ~ The Boston Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series games, winning their first World Series championship since 1918.
1967 ~ In protest of the war in Vietnam, Father Philip Berrigan (1923 ~ 2002) and others of the so-called “Baltimore Four” poured blood on Selective Service records. In addition to Father Berrigan, the others involved were Thomas Lewis (1940 ~ 2008), James Mengel, and David Eberhardt.
1954 ~ Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912 ~ 2002) became the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. Almost 14 years to the day earlier, his father, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr, (1880 ~ 1970), had become the first African-American general in the United States Army.
1936 ~ Mrs. Wallis Simpson (1896 ~ 1986) received a divorce from her second husband, freeing her to marry Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1894 ~ 1972). He would ultimately abdicate, and the couple would become known as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
1904 ~ The New York City Subway line, run by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, or IRT, opened. The System would become the biggest in the United States.
1838 ~ Missouri governor, Lilburn Boggs (1796 ~ 1860), issued Executive Order No. 44, also known as the Extermination Order, which ordered all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
1810 ~ The United States annexed the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
1682 ~ The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was founded.
1275 ~ The city of Amsterdam, Netherlands was founded.
Good-Byes:
2019 ~ Vladimir Bukovsky (né Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky; b. Dec. 30, 1942), Russian lifelong dissident who exposed Soviet abuse. He was a Russian-born British human rights activist and writer. He spent 12 years in psychiatric prison hospitals, labor camps and prisons in the Soviet Union. He was expelled from the Soviet Union in the mid-1970 and began his campaign to stop human rights abuse in his native country. He died of a heart-attack at age 76 in Cambridge, England.
2019 ~ John Coyners (né John James Conyers, Jr.; b. May 16, 1929), African-American trailblazing congressman who fell from glory. He served as a United States Representative Michigan. He was active in sponsoring civil rights legislation. His long political career ended in 2017 due to allegations of sexual harassment. He was born and died in Detroit, Michigan. He died at age 90.
2018 ~ Ntozake Shange (née Paulette Linda Williams; b. Oct. 18, 1948), African-American playwright who wrote For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. She was born in Trenton, New Jersey. She died 9 days after her 70th birthday in Bowie, Maryland.
2015 ~ Betsy Drake (b. Sept. 11, 1923), American actress who quit her career for Cary Grant. She became his 3rd wife. She was born in Paris, France. She died at age 92 in London, England.
2014 ~ Starke Taylor (né Austin Starke Taylor, Jr.; b. July 2, 1922), Mayor of Dallas, Texas. He was Mayor from 1983 until 1987. He was born in Paris, Texas. He died at age 92 in Dallas, Texas.
2013 ~ Lou Reed (né Lewis Allan Reed; b. Mar. 2, 1942), American singer and guitarist. He was the dark visionary who reshaped rock ‘n’ roll. He was the frontman for the band The Velvet Underground. His third wife was musician and artist Laurie Anderson. He was born in New York, New York. He died of liver disease at age 71 in East Hampton, New York.
2012 ~ Hans Werner Henze (b. July 1, 1926), German composer who was repelled and inspired by Germany. He died at age 86 in Dresden, Germany.
2012 ~ Rodney S. Quinn (né Rodney Sharon Quinn; b. May 27, 1923), Secretary of State of Maine from 1979 to 1988. He was born in Portland, Maine. He died at age 89 in Scarborough, Maine.
2010 ~ Néstor Carlos Kirchner (b. Feb. 25, 1950), 51st President of Argentina. He served as President from May 2003 until December 2007. He died of cardiac arrest at age 60.
2009 ~ Roy DeCarava (né Roy Rudolph DeCarava; b. Dec. 9, 1919), African-American photographer who chronicled black lives. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 89.
1996 ~ Morey Amsterdam (né Moritz Amsterdam; b. Dec. 14, 1908), American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of a heart attack at age 87 in Los Angeles, California.
1992 ~ David Bohm (né David Joseph Bohm; b. Dec 20, 1917), American physicist who contributed greatly quantum theory. Due to his communist affiliations, he was the subject of a federal investigation in the late 1940s, causing him to leave the United States and he ultimately settled in Great Britain. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He died of a heart attack at age 74 in London, England.
1990 ~ Xavier Cugat (né Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingali de Bru y Deulofeu; b. Jan. 1, 1900), Spanish-born musician. He died at age 90.
1980 ~ John Hasbrouck van Vleck (b. Mar. 13, 1899), American physicist and mathematician. He was the recipient of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Middletown, Connecticut. He died at age 81 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1977 ~ James M. Cain (né James Mallahan Cain; b. July 1, 1892), American detective writer and journalist. He is best known for his novels, The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. He was born in Annapolis, Maryland. He died at age 85 in University Park, Maryland.
1975 ~ Rex Stout (né Rex Todhunter Stout; b. Dec. 1, 1886), American detective-story writer. He created fictional detective Nero Wolf. He was born in Noblesville, Indiana. He died in Danbury, Connecticut at age 88.
1974 ~ C.P. Ramanujam (né Chakravarthi Padmanabhan Ramanujam; b. Jan. 9, 1938), Indian mathematician. He died by suicide at age 36.
1933 ~ Emily Murphy (née Emily Gowan Ferguson; b. Mar. 14, 1868), Canadian lawyer and activist. She was the first female magistrate in Canada and the British Empire. She was born in Cookstown, Ontario, Canada. She died at age 65 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1930 ~ Ellen Hayes (née Ellen Amanda Hayes; b. Sept. 23, 1851), American mathematician and social activist. She was born in Granville, Ohio. She died in Wellesley, Massachusetts about a month after her 79th birthday.
1675 ~ Gilles de Roberval (b. Aug. 10, 1602), French mathematician. He died at age 73 in Paris, France.
1505 ~ Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. Jan. 22, 1440). He was known as Ivan the Great. He ruled as the Grand Prince of Moscow from April 1462 until his death in October 1505. He was married twice; first to Maria Borisovna of Tver(1442 ~ 1467), and then to Sophia Palaiologina (1440s ~ 1503). He was of the House of Rurik. He was the son of Vasily II, Grand Prince of Moscow and Maria of Borovsk. He died at age 65.
1449 ~ Ulugh Beg (né Mīrza Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh; b. Mar. 22, 1394), Persian mathematician and astronomer. He was also a ruler and sultan. He is best known for his work in trigonometry and geometry. His academic legacy was the creation of the Ulugh Beg Observatory. He died at age 55.
1439 ~ Albert II, King of Bohemia (b. Aug. 10, 1397). He ruled Bohemia from May 1438 until his death the following year. He was known as Albert the Magnanimous. He was known for expelling the Jews from his realm. He was married to Elizabeth of Luxembourg. He was of the House Habsburg. He was the son of Albert IV, Duke of Austria and Joanna Sophia of Bavaria. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 42.
1327 ~ Elizabeth de Burgh (b. 1289), Queen consort of Scotland and 2nd wife of Robert I, King of Scotland. She was of the House of de Burgh. She was the daughter of Richard Óg de Burgh, Earl of Ulster and Margarite de Burgh. The exact date of her birth is unknown, but she is believed to have been about 43 at the time of her death.
1303 ~ Beatrice of Castile (b. 1240s), Queen consort of Portugal and 2nd wife of Alfonso III, King of Portugal. She was of the Castilian House of Ivrea. She was the illegitimate daughter of Alfonso X, King of Castile and Mayor Guillén de Guzmán. She was Roman Catholic. The exact date of her birth is not known.
939 ~ Ǽthelstan (b. 895), English King. He ruled from 924 until his death in 939. He is generally considered to be the first King of England. He never married and had no known children. He was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I. He was of the House of Wessex. He was the son of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn. The date of his birth is unknown.
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