Birthdays:
1971 ~ Perry Moore (né William Perry Moore, IV; d. Feb. 11, 2011), American novelist who gave gay teens a hero. He was born in Richmond, Virginia. He died of a drug overdose at age 39 in Manhattan, New York.
1969 ~ Matthew McConaughey (né Matthew David McConaughey), American actor. He was born in Uvalde, Texas.
1960 ~ Kathy Griffin (née Kathleen Mary Griffin), American comedian. She was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
1953 ~ Carlos Gutierrez (né Carlos Miguel Gutiérrez), 35th United States Secretary of Commerce. He served under President George W. Bush from February 2005 until January 2009. He was born in Havana, Cuba.
1951 ~ Traian Băsescu, President of Romania. He served in office from December 2004 until December 2014. He was born in Murfatlar, Romania.
1950 ~ Markie Post (née Marjorie Armstrong Post; d. Aug. 7, 2021), American actress. She is best known for her role as Christine Sullivan on the television sit-com Night Court. She was born in Palo Alto, California. She died of cancer at age 70 in Los Angeles, California.
1946 ~ Robert Mapplethorpe (d. Mar. 9, 1989), American photographer and artist. He was born in Floral Park, New York. He died of AIDS at age 42 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1946 ~ Laura Bush (né Laura Lane Welch), First Lady of the United States and wife of George W. Bush. She was born in Midland, Texas.
1937 ~ Loretta Swit (née Loretta Jane Szwed), American actress best known for her role as Hot Lips in the movie M*A*S*H. She was born in Passaic, New Jersey.
1933 ~ Sir Charles K. Kao (né Charles Kuen Kao; d. Sept. 23, 2018), Chinese-American and British physicist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Shanghai, China. He died at age 84 in Hong Kong.
1929 ~ Shakuntala Devi (d. Apr. 21, 2013), Indian mathematician. She died at age 83.
1929 ~ Paul Vance (né Joseph Paul Florio; d. May 30, 2022), American songwriter who struck gold with Itsy Bitsy. He wrote the song about “an itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini” for his young 2-year-old daughter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 92 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
1928 ~ Shaike Ophir (né Yeshayahu Goldstein-Ophir; d. Aug. 17, 1987), Israeli actor, comedian and mime. He was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He died of lung cancer at age 58 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
1925 ~ Doris Roberts (née Doris May Green, d. Apr. 17, 2016), American actress. She is best known for her role as Marie Barone on the television sit-com Everybody Loves Raymond. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She died at age 90 in Los Angeles, California.
1921 ~ Mary Sherman Morgan (née Mary Sherman, d. Aug. 4, 2004), American rocket fuel scientist. She is credited with inventing the liquid fuel Hydyne. She was born in Ray, North Dakota. She died at age 82.
1919 ~ Martin Balsam (né Martin Henry Balsam; d. Feb. 13, 1996), American actor. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He died of a stroke at age 76 while on vacation in Rome, Italy.
1918 ~ Art Carney (né Arthur William Matthew Carney; d. Nov. 9, 2003), American actor. He is best known for his role as Ed Norton on the sit-com The Honeymooners. He was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He died in Chester, Connecticut 5 days after his 85th birthday.
1916 ~ Ruth Handler (né Ruth Marianna Mosko; d. Apr. 27, 2002), American toymaker and creator of the Barbie doll. She was president of the Mattel toy company. She was born in Denver, Colorado. She died of colon cancer at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.
1916 ~ Walter Cronkite, Jr., (né Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.; d. July 17, 2009), American broadcast avuncular journalist who was America’s favorite anchorman. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. He died at age 92 in New York, New York.
1909 ~ Evelyn Bryan Johnson (née Evelyn Stone; d. May 10, 2012), American pilot and colonel in the Civil Air Patrol. She was a female pilot at a time when women were not pilots. She was known as Mama Bird. She was born in Corbin, Kentucky. She died at age 102 in Morristown, Tennessee.
1908 ~ Sir Joseph Rotblat (né Józef Rotblat, d. Aug. 31, 2005), Polish-English physicist and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, but left for England before the Holocaust. He had been recruited to work on the Manhattan Project but left on grounds of conscience. In 1995, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in nuclear disarmament. He died at age 96 in London, England.
1897 ~ Dolly Stark (né Albert D. Stark; d. Aug. 24, 1968), American baseball player and umpire. He was the first Jewish umpire in major league baseball. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 70.
1884 ~ Henry Ferguson (né Henry George Ferguson; d. Oct. 25, 1960), Irish engineer best known for his development of the modern agricultural tractor. He died 10 days before his 76th birthday.
1883 ~ Minnie D. Craig (née Minnie Davenport; d. July 2, 1966), American politician. In 1923, she was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives. Ten years later, she was elected to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives. She was the first person to be elected as Speaker in any State of the Union. She attended the Farmington State Normal School and became a schoolteacher. After she married, she and her husband moved to North Dakota. She was born in Phillips, Maine. She died in Farmington, Maine at age 82.
1879 ~ Will Rogers (né William Penn Adair Rogers; d. Aug. 15, 1935), American humorist. He, along with Wiley Post, was killed after the plane they were in developed engine problems during take-off in Point Barrow, Alaska. He was born in Oologah, Oklahoma Territory. He died at age 55.
1862 ~ Eden Phillpotts (né Eden Henry Phillpotts; d. Dec. 29, 1960), English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India. He died at age 98 in Devon, England.
1853 ~ Anna Bayerová (d. Jan. 24, 1924), Czech physician. She was one of the first practicing physicians in her country. She died at age 70 in Prague.
1816 ~ Stephen Field (né Stephen Johnson Field; d. Apr. 9, 1899), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Abraham Lincoln. He served on the Court from March 1863 until December 1897. This seat on the Court was established by the President. He was succeeded by Joseph McKenna on the Court. He had previously served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California from September 1859 to March 1863. He was born in Haddam, Connecticut. He died at age 82 in Washington, D.C.
1809 ~ Benjamin Robbins Curtis (d. Sept. 15, 1874), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Millard Fillmore. He served on the Court from September 1851 until September 1857. He was the first Supreme Court Justice to hold a law degree. He is best known for being one of the two dissenters in the Dred Scott decision. The acrimony over the Dred Scott decision ultimately led to his resigning from the Court after serving for only 6 years. He had replaced Levi Woodbury on the Court and was succeeded by Nathan Clifford. He is also known for having acted as the chief counsel for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson during the 1st presidential impeachment trial. He was born in Watertown, Massachusetts and died in Newport, Rhode Island. He died at age 64.
1765 ~ Pierre-Simon Girard (d. Nov. 30, 1836), French mathematician. He is known for his work in fluid dynamics. He was born in Caen, France. He died 26 days after his 71st birthday in Paris, France.
1732 ~ Thomas Johnson (d. Oct. 26, 1819), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated by President George Washington. He served on the Court from August 1792 until January 1793. He resigned after serving only 163 days, making his tenure the shortest in Supreme Court history. He replaced John Rutledge on the Court. He was succeeded by William Paterson. He had previously served as the 1st Governor of Maryland. He served as the 1stGovernor of Maryland from March 1777 until November 1779. He was born in St. Leonard, Maryland and died in Frederick, Maryland. Although he suffered from ill health for much of his life, he died at age 86, just 9 days before his 87th birthday.
1631 ~ Mary, Princess Royal (d. Dec. 24, 1660), Princess consort of Orange. She was the wife of William II, Prince of Orange (1626 ~ 1650). They married in 1641. She was of the House of Stuart. She was the daughter of Charles I, King of England and Henrietta Maria of France. She was born and died in London, England. She was Protestant. She died of smallpox at age 29.
1448 ~ Alfonso II, King of Naples (d. Dec. 18, 1495). He reigned from January 1494 until January 1495 when he was forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Ferdinand II, King of Naples. He was married to Ippolita Maria Sforza (1440s ~ 1488). They married in 1465. He was of the House of Trastámara. He was the son of Ferdinand I, King of Naples and Isabella of Clermont. He died at age 47.
1265 ~ Alfonso III, King of Aragon (d. June 18, 1291). He ruled Aragon from 1285 until his death 6 years later. He never married and had no known children. He was of the House of Barcelona. He was the son of Peter III, King of Aragon and Constance II of Sicily. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 25.
Events that Changed the World:
2014 ~ Mid-term Election Day in the United States.
2008 ~ Barack Obama (b. 1961) became the first African-American elected to the Office of President of the United States.
1995 ~ Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (1922 ~ 1995) was assassinated in Tel Aviv by an extremist Israeli.
1980 ~ Ronald Reagan (1911 ~ 2004) was elected as the 40th President of the United States. He defeated the incumbent president, Jimmy Carter (b. 1924).
1979 ~ Shortly after President Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) allowed the deposed Shah of Iran into the United States, Iranian revolutionaries and students stormed the United States embassy in Tehran. Ninety hostages were taken, of which 53 were Americans. The hostages would not be released until January 1981.
1970 ~ Salvador Allende (1908 ~ 1973) took office as the President of Chile. He would be ousted in a military coup three years later and would die under mysterious circumstances.
1966 ~ The Arno River flooded Florence, Italy leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of rare art masterpieces and rare books.
1960 ~ Dame Jane Goodall (b. 1934) observed chimpanzees creating tools, the first recorded observation of such activity in non-humans.
1956 ~ Soviet troops entered Hungary in an attempt to stop the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, which had begun on October 23. Thousands of Hungarians were killed and nearly a quarter million Hungarians fled the country.
1952 ~ Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 ~ 1969) was elected as the 34th President of the United States.
1952 ~ The United States government established the National Security Agency. Lieutenant General Ralph Crain (1895 ~ 1960) was the first director.
1924 ~ Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876 ~ 1977) was elected the first female governor when she was elected to serve in that office in Wyoming. She served in this office, as the State’s Governor from January 1825 until January 1927.
1922 ~ Howard Carter (1874 ~ 1939), a British archeologist, found the entrance to King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
1875 ~ The Massachusetts Rifle Association was founded. It bills itself as America’s Oldest Active Gun Club.
1861 ~ The University of Washington opened in Seattle, Washington. It was initially known as the Territorial University.
1847 ~ Sir James Young Simpson (1811 ~ 1870), a British physician, discovered the anesthetic properties of chloroform for surgery.
1783 ~ Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, also known as the Linz Symphony, was performed for the first time.
1780 ~ José Gabriel Condorcanqui (1738 ~ 1781), also known as Túpac Amaru II, the leader of the Peruvian indigenous people, began his rebellion on Peru against Spain.
1677 ~ William, Prince of Orange (1650 ~ 1702) married the future Mary II, Queen of England (1662 ~ 1694). They married on William’s 27th birthday. They would later reign England together as William and Mary.
1429 ~ Joan of Arc (1412 ~ 1431) liberated Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
Good-Byes:
2018 ~ Evelyn Y. Davis (b. Aug. 16, 1929), Dutch-born corporate gadfly who shamed CEOs. She was known as the Queen of the Corporate Jungle. She owned stock in more than 80 public companies and would travel to shareholder meetings to fight for lower executive pay and greater transparency and accountability. She was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She died at age 89 in Washington, D.C.
2015 ~ Melissa Mathison (née Melissa Marie Mathison; b. June 3, 1950), American Hollywood screenwriter who created E.T. She was married to Harrison Ford from 1983 until 2004. She was born and died in Los Angles, California. She died of neuroendocrine cancer at age 65.
2014 ~ S. Donald Stookey (né Stanley Donald Stookey; b. May 23, 1915). American inventor and chemist who invented CorningWare, the supertough glass. He held over 60 patents, mostly relating to glass and ceramics. He was born in Hay Springs, Nebraska. He died at age 99 in Rochester, New York.
2011 ~ Andy Rooney (né Andrew Aitken Rooney; b. Jan. 14, 1919), American World War II reported turned beloved TV philosopher. He was a radio and television personality. He began his career as a World War II reporter before becoming a TV philosopher on his long-time segment on 60 Minutes. He was born in Albany, New York. He died at age 92 in New York, New York.
2011 ~ Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. (b. Aug. 27, 1915), American physicist and recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Washington, D.C. He died at age 96 in Wayland, Massachusetts.
2010 ~ Sparky Anderson (né George Lee Anderson, b. Feb. 22, 1934), American professional baseball player and manager. He was born in Bridgewater, South Dakota. He died at age 76 in Thousand Oaks, California.
2008 ~ Michael Crichton (né John Michael Crichton; b. Oct. 23, 1942), American physician and author of “techno-thrillers”. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of lymphoma 12 days after his 66th birthday in Los Angeles, California.
2006 ~ Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (née Ernestine Moller Gilbreth; b. Apr. 5, 1908), American author. She is best known as being one of 12 children of Lillian and Frank Gilbreth, whose life was chronicled in the 1948 memoir Cheaper by the Dozen. She was born in New York, New York. She died at age 98 in Fresno, California.
1995 ~ Yitzhak Rabin (b. Mar. 1, 1922), Prime Minister of Israel. He was also the recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in Jerusalem. He was assassinated by an extremist Orthodox Israeli in Tel Aviv, Israel. He was 73 years old at the time of his assassination.
1992 ~ George Klein (né George Johann Klein; b. Aug. 15, 1904), Canadian engineer and inventor of the motorized wheelchair. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio. He died at age 88 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
1986 ~ Kurt Hirsch (né Kurt August Hirsch; b. Jan. 12, 1906), German-born mathematician. He left Germany for England to escape Nazi persecution. He died at age 80.
1982 ~ Dominique Dunne (née Dominique Ellen Dunne; b. Nov. 23, 1959), American actress. She was born in Santa Monica, California. She was murdered in Los Angeles, California by her boyfriend in a domestic violence dispute 19 days before her 23rd birthday.
1980 ~ Elsie MacGill (née Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill; b. Mar. 27, 1905), Canadian engineer. She was known as the Queen of the Hurricanes and was the first female aircraft designer. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 75.
1959 ~ Friedrich Waismann (b. Mar. 21, 1896), Austrian mathematician. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 63 in Oxford, England.
1957 ~ Shoghí Effendí (né Shoghí Effendí Rabbání, b. Mar. 1, 1897), Israeli religious leader of the Bahá’í Faith. He was born in Acre, Ottoman Empire. He died of the Asian Flu at age 59 in London, England.
1955 ~ Cy Young (né Denton True Young; b. Mar. 29, 1867), baseball pitcher. He was born in Gilmore, Ohio. He died at age 88 in Newcomerstown, Ohio.
1923 ~ Samuel W. McCall (né Samuel Walker McCall; b. Feb. 28, 1851), 47th Governor of Massachusetts. He served as Governor from January 1916 until January 1919. He had previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in East Providence Township, Pennsylvania. He died at age 72 in Winchester, Massachusetts.
1918 ~ Andrew Dickson White (b. Nov. 7, 1832), American educator and co-founder of Cornell University. He was the University’s first president. He was born in Homer, New York. He died 3 days before his 86th birthday in Ithaca, New York.
1869 ~ George Peabody (b. Feb. 18, 1795), American financier regarded as the Father of Modern Philanthropy. He was born in Danvers, Massachusetts into a poor family. He went into the dry-goods business, then into banking. He moved to London, England, then the financial capital where he helped to establish America’s international credit. He founded several philanthropic institutions. The town of Peabody, Massachusetts was named in his honor. He died in London at age 74. His body was returned to American and he is buried in Massachusetts.
1847 ~ Felix Mendelssohn (né Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; b. Feb. 3, 1809), German composer. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. He died following a series of strokes at age 38.
1809 ~ Noah Phelps (b. Jan. 22, 1740), American spy during the American Revolutionary War. He was born and died in Simsbury, Connecticut. He died at age 69.
1698 ~ Rasmus Bartholin (b. Aug. 13, 1625), Danish mathematician. He died at age 73 in Copenhagen.
1652 ~ Jean-Charles della Faille (b. Mar. 1, 1597), Flemish mathematician. He was also a Jesuit priest. He was born in Antwerp, Netherlands. He died at age 55 in Barcelona, Spain.
1428 ~ Sophia of Bavaria (b. 1376), Queen consort of Bohemia. She was the second wife of Wenceslaus, King of Germany (1361 ~ 1419). They married in 1389. There were no children of this marriage. She was of the House of Wittelsbach. She was the daughter of John II, Duke of Bavaria and Catherine of Gorizia. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been 52 at the time of her death.
1130 ~ Margaret Fredkulla (b. 1080s), Queen consort Norway and wife of Magnus III Olafson, King of Norway (1087 ~ 1103). He was her first husband. After his death, she married Niels, King of Denmark and became the Queen consort of Denmark. She was his first wife. They were the parents of Magnus I, King of Sweden. She was of the House of Stenkil. She was the daughter of Inge the Elder and Helena. The date of her birth is not known.
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