Birthdays:
1994 ~ Harry Styles (né Harry Edwards Styles), English singer-songwriter. He was born in Redditch, England.
1987 ~ Heather Morris (née Heather Elizabeth Morris) American actress best known for her role as Brittany Pierce in Glee. She was born in Thousand Oaks, California.
1987 ~ Ronda Rousey (née Ronda Jean Rousey), American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She was born in Riverside, California.
1971 ~ Michael C. Hall (né Michael Carlyle Hall), American actor best known his role as Dexter on the TV show of the same name. He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1969 ~ Andrew Breitbart (né Andrew James Breitbart; d. Mar. 1, 2012), American conservative journalist and publisher. He was a graduate of Tulane University. He was born and died in Los Angeles, California. He died a month after his 43rdbirthday of heart failure.
1968 ~ Lisa Marie Presley (d. Jan. 12, 2023), American tortured singer and only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She died of heart failure just 3 weeks before her 55th birthday.
1965 ~ Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Countess of Polignac. She married twice. Her first husband was Daniel Ducruet (b. 1964). She was his second wife. They married in 1995 and divorced a year later. In 2003, she married Adans Lopez Peres. They divorced 10 months later. She is the of the House of Grimaldi. She is the youngest child of Princess Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier, III of Monaco.
1951 ~ Brandis Kemp (née Sally Kemp; d. July 4, 2020), American comic character actress best known for her appearances on Fridays and AfterMASH. She was born in Palo Alto, California. She died of Covid-19 at age 76 in Los Angeles, California.
1947 ~ Jessica Savitch (née Jessica Beth Savitch; d. Oct. 23, 1983), American journalist. She was born in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. She was killed in a car accident at age 36 in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
1942 ~ Terry Jones (né Terrance Graham Parry Jones; d. Jan. 21, 2020), British comedian and actor. He was one of the co-creators of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. He was the Python who bridged slapstick and scholarship. He was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales. He died 11 days before his 78th birthday in London, England.
1940 ~ Mark Fleischman (d. July 13, 2022), American impresario who revived Studio 54’s temple of debauchery. He was born in New York, New York. He suffered from a degenerative condition so arranged to die by assisted suicide at age 82 in Zurich, Switzerland.
1939 ~ Wally Funk (née Mary Wallace Funk), American aviator. In July 2021, she became a commercial astronaut when she became the oldest person to go into space. She was on the maiden flight of Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin spacecraft. She was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
1938 ~ Sherman Hemsley (né Sherman Alexander Hemsley; d. July 24, 2012), African-American actor who gave heart to George Jefferson on the sit-com, The Jeffersons. He was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of cancer at age 74 in El Paso, Texas.
1937 ~ Don Everly (né Isaac Donald Everly; d. Aug. 21, 2021), American musician and member of The Everly Brothers. He was the singer who soared in brotherly harmony. He was born in Brownie, Kentucky. He died in Nashville, Tennessee at age 84.
1937 ~ Garrett Morris (né Garrett Isaac Morris), American actor best known for his role in the ensemble of Saturday Night Live. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1936 ~ Azie Taylor Morton (né Azie Taylor; d. Dec. 7, 2003), 36th Treasurer of the United States from September 1977 until Jan. 1981. She served under President Jimmy Carter. She was the first African American to serve in this position. She was born in Dale, Texas. She died of a stroke at age 67 in Bastrop County, Texas.
1934 ~ Bob Shane (né Robert Castle Schoen; d. Jan. 26, 2020), American clean-cut singer who sparked a 1950s folk music revival. He was a founding member of The Kingston Trio. He was born in Hilo in the Territory of Hawaii. He died in Phoenix, Arizona 5 days before his 86th birthday.
1934 ~ Godfrey Hodgson (d. Jan. 27, 2021), British journalist and historian. He was known for his coverage of American politics and civil society. He died just 5 days before his 87th birthday.
1933 ~ Reynolds Price (né Edward Reynolds Price; d. Jan. 20, 2011), American novelist and poet who knew the South best. His first novel, A Long and Happy Life, won the William Faulkner Award. He also had a lifelong interest in Biblical scholarship. He was born in Macon, North Carolina. He died 12 days before his 78th birthday in Durham, North Carolina.
1931 ~ Boris Yeltsin (d. Apr. 23, 2007), 1st President of Russia. He was in that Office from July 1991 until December 1999. He died of congestive heart failure at age 76 in Moscow, Russia.
1928 ~ Tom Lantos (né Tamás Péter Lantos; d. Feb. 11, 2008), Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor who championed human rights. He served in the United States House of Representatives, representing California, for over 25 years. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He died 10 days after his 80th birthday in Bethesda, Maryland.
1927 ~ Galway Kinnell (né Galway Mills Kinnell; d. Oct. 28, 2014), American poet. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He died at age 87 in Sheffield, Vermont.
1923 ~ Gena Turgel (née Gena Goldfinger, d. June 7, 2018), Polish Holocaust survivor who cared for Anne Frank. She survived the Bergen-Belen concentration camp where she nursed the dying Anne Frank. She was liberated from the camp on April 15, 1945. She spent the rest of her life working with Holocaust educational groups. Her memoir is entitled I Light a Candle. She died at age 95.
1921 ~ Winton M. Blount (né Winton Malcolm Blount, Jr.; d. Oct. 24, 2002), 59th United States Postmaster General. He served during the Nixon administration from January 1969 until January 1972. He was born in Union Springs, Alabama. He died at age 81 in Highlands, North Carolina.
1918 ~ Dame Muriel Spark (né Muriel Sarah Camberg; d. Apr. 13, 2006), Scottish author. She is best known for her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She died at age 88 in Florence, Italy.
1905 ~ Emilio G. Segrè (né Emilio Gino Segrè; d. Apr. 22, 1989), Italian physicist and recipient of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton, which is a subatomic antiparticle. He was also a group leader for the Manhattan Project. He was born in Trivoli, Italy. He died of a heart attack at age 84 in Lafayette, California.
1904 ~ S.J. Perelman (né Sidney Joseph Perelman; d. Oct. 17, 1979), American author and humorist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 75 in New York, New York.
1902 ~ Langston Hughes (né James Mercer Langston Hughes; d. May 22, 1967), American poet. He was born in Joplin, Missouri. He died at age 65 following complications of surgery in New York, New York.
1901 ~ Clark Gable (né William Clark Gable; d. Nov. 16, 1960), American actor best known for his role as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind. He was born in Cadiz, Ohio. He died at age 59 of coronary thrombosis in Los Angeles California.
1901 ~ Frank Buckles (né Wood Buckles; d. Feb. 27, 2011), the last surviving American veteran of World War I. He was born in Bethany, Missouri. He died 26 days after his 110th birthday in Charles Town, West Virginia.
1898 ~ Lilia Denmark (née Lelia Alice Daughtry; d. Apr. 1, 2012), American pediatrician and health-care advocate. She was the oldest practicing pediatrician when she retired in May 2001 at age 103. She is credited with co-creating the vaccine for whooping cough. She was born in Portal, Georgia. She died at age 114 in Athens, Georgia.
1894 ~ John Ford (d. Aug. 31, 1973), American film director. He was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He died of stomach cancer at age 79 in Palm Desert, California.
1878 ~ Milan Hodža (d. June 27, 1944), Czech journalist and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from November 1935 until September 1938 when he was forced to resign. He then went into exile in the United States. He died in Clear Water, Florida at age 66. In 2002, his remains were returned to his native Slovakia.
1878 ~ Hattie Caraway (née Hattie Ophelia Wyatt; d. Dec. 21, 1950), American politician. She was a United States Senator from Arkansas. She served in Congress from December 1931 until 1945. She initially took office following the death of her husband, Senator Thaddeus Caraway (1871 ~ 1931). At the time, there was a precedent of appointing widows to take their husband’s place. She later was elected to a full term in her own right. She was born in Bakersville, Tennessee. She died at age 72 in Falls Church, Virginia.
1698 ~ Colin Maclaurin (d. June 14, 1746), Scottish mathematician. He made important contributions to geometry and algebra. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been born on February 1, 1698. He died at age 48.
1561 ~ Henry Briggs (d. Jan. 26, 1630), British mathematician. He is best known for his work in logarithms in base 10. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been born on February 1, 1561. Thus, he died 5 days before his 69th birthday.
1552 ~ Sir Edward Coke (d. Sept. 3, 1634), English judge and politician. He died at age 82.
1352 ~ Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (d. Dec. 27, 1381), English politician. He married Philippa Plantagenet, which ultimately gave rise to the claim of the House of York, contested in the War of the Roses. He was killed at age 29.
Events that Changed the World:
2021 ~ A massive snow storm swept across the mid-west and into the New England states.
2021 ~ A coup d’état in Myanmar removed Aung San Suu Kyi (b. 1945) from power and reinstituted military rule.
2015 ~ The New England Patriots beat the Seattle Sea Hawks in the Super Bowl.
2013 ~ The Shard in London opened to the public. At 1,016 feet high, it is the tallest building in the United Kingdom.
2009 ~ The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (b. 1942) was formed in Iceland. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was the first female Prime Minster of Iceland and the world’s first openly gay head of government. She served as Prime Minister from February 1, 2009 until May 23, 2013.
2004 ~ Janet Jackson (b. 1966) experiences a “wardrobe malfunction” during the half-time show at the Super Bowl XXXVIII. Broadcasters were forced to adopt stronger adherence to the Federal Communication Commission’s censorship guidelines.
2003 ~ The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. The disintegration occurred over East Texas and north Louisiana.
2002 ~ Daniel Pearl (1963 ~ 2002), American journalist with the Wall Street Journal who was kidnapped on January 23, 2002, and subsequently beheaded by his captors while on assignment in Pakistan. He was murdered for being Jewish. He was 38 years old.
1998 ~ Rear Admiral Lillian Fishburne (b. 1949) became the first female African-American to be promoted to rear admiral.
1992 ~ The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declared Warren Anderson (1921 ~ 2014), the former CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear at the trial in the Bhopal Union Carbide chemical spill disaster case. The United States, however, declined to extradite him, citing a lack of evidence.
1979 ~ The Ayatollah Khomeini (1902 ~ 1989) was welcomed back to Tehran, Iran after being in exile for almost 15 years.
1979 ~ Convicted bank robber and heiress, Patty Hearst (b. 1954), was released from prison and her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter (b. 1924).
1978 ~ Film director Roman Polanski (b. 1933) skipped bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
1968 ~ The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem (1931 ~ 1968) by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan was photographed and published by Eddie Adams (1933 ~ 2004). This photograph increased American opposition to the war in Vietnam.
1964 ~ The Beatles song, I Want to Hold Your Hand, became their first number one hit in the United States.
1960 ~ Four black students staged the first sit-in at the Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter at the beginning of the Civil Right Movement.
1946 ~ The Parliament of Hungary abolished the monarchy after 900 years. The country proclaimed itself to be the Hungarian Republic.
1946 ~ Trygve Lie (1896 ~ 1968) of Norway was selected to become the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. He took Office the following day and held that position until November 1952.
1942 ~ The Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, began broadcasting programs aimed at areas controlled by Axis powers.
1920 ~ The Royal Canadian Mounted Police began operating.
1918 ~ Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar.
1908 ~ Carlos I, King of Portugal (1863 ~ 1908) and his son and heir-apparent, Infante Luis Filipe (1887 ~ 1908) were shot and killed.
1884 ~ The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. This volume defined words from A to Ant.
1865 ~ President Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865) signed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1861 ~ Texas seceded from the United States during the American Civil War period.
1814 ~ The Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupted, killing over 1200 people.
1790 ~ The United States Supreme Court convened for the first time, however, because three of the justices could not make it to the Court at the appointed time, the scheduled meeting took place on the following day. The initial meeting of the Court was held at the Royal Exchange Building in New York City.
1327 ~ The teenaged Edward III (1312 ~ 1377) was crowned King of England. The country, however, was effectively ruled by his mother, Isabella of France (1295 ~ 1358) and her lover, Roger Mortimer (1287 ~ 1330).
Good-Byes:
2014 ~ Maximilian Schell (b. Dec. 8, 1930), Austrian actor who explored World War II’s legacy. He is best known for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 83 in Innsbruck, Austria.
2013 ~ Ed Koch (né Edward Irving Koch; b. Dec. 12, 1924), American outspoken mayor who embodied New York City. He was the 105th Mayor of New York City. He served three terms as Mayor from January 1978 through December 1989. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died at age 88.
2012 ~ Don Cornelius (né Donald Cortez Cornelius; b. Sept. 27, 1936), African-American disc jockey who put soul on the small screen. He was the creator of Soul Train. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died by suicide at age 75 in Los Angeles, California.
2012 ~ Wisława Szymborska (née Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska; b. July 2, 1923), Polish poet and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. She died at age 88.
2012 ~ Angelo Dundee (né Angelo Mirena; b. Aug. 30, 1921), American boxing trainer in the coming of boxing’s best. He trained such boxers as Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Sugar Ray Leonard. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 90 in Tampa, Florida.
2010 ~ David Brown (b. July 28, 1916), American movie producer who made Jaws and The Sting. He was married to Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan. He was born and died in New York, New York. He died of renal failure at age 93.
2005 ~ John Vernon (né Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; b. Feb. 24, 1932), Canadian classically trained actor who found fame as Dean Wormer in the movie Animal House. He was born in Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada. He died 23 days before his 73rd birthday of complications following heart surgery in Westwood, California.
2003 ~ Crew of the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia that disintegrated upon reentry over Texas:
v 2003 ~ Kalpana Chawla (b. Mar. 17, 1962), Indian-born astronaut. She was aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia and was killed when the shuttle exploded upon returning to earth. She was born in Karnal, Haryana, India. She died at age 40.
v 2003 ~ William McCool (né William Cameron McCool; b. Sept. 23, 1961), American astronaut. He was the commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia. He was born in San Diego, California. He died at age 41 when the Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry to the Earth.
v 2003 ~ Laurel Clark (née Laurel Blair Salton; b. Mar. 10, 1961), American astronaut who was killed during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She was born in Ames, Iowa. She died at age 41.
v 2003 ~ Michael P. Anderson (né Michael Phillip Anderson; b. Dec. 25, 1959), African-American astronaut who perished in the Columbia shuttle explosion. He was born in Plattsburgh, New York. He was 43 at the time of his death.
v 2003 ~ Rick Husband (né Richard Douglas Husband; b. July 12, 1957), American astronaut who was the Commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. He was born in Amarillo, Texas. He was 45 years old.
v 2003 ~ David Brown (né David McDowell Brown; b. Apr. 16, 1956), American astronaut who was aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia. He was born in Arlington County, Virginia. He died at age 46.
v 2003 ~ Ilan Ramon (né Ilan Wolferman; b. June 20, 1954), Israeli combat pilot and astronaut, who was killed, along with 6 other crew members, when the Columbia crashed upon re-entry. He was the first Israeli astronaut to go into space. He was born in Ramat Gan, Israel. He was 48 years old.
2002 ~ Daniel Pearl (b. Oct. 10, 1963), American journalist with the Wall Street Journal who was kidnapped on January 23, 2002, and subsequently beheaded by his captors while on assignment in Pakistan. He was born in Princeton, New Jersey. He was 38 years old.
1997 ~ Herb Caen (né Herbert Eugene Caen; b. Apr. 3, 1916), American journalist, humorist, and gossip columnist. He was born in Sacramento, California. He died at age 80 in San Francisco, California.
1989 ~ Elaine de Kooning (née Elaine Marie Catherine Fried; b. Mar. 12, 1918), American artist. She was also the wife of artist Willem de Kooning. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died at age 68 in Southampton, New York.
1988 ~ Heather O’Rourke (b. Dec. 27, 1975), American child actress best known for her role in Poltergeist. She was born in Santee, California. She died in Encinitas, California. She died at age 12 of cardiac arrest caused by septic shock due to a misdiagnosed intestinal stenosis.
1986 ~ Alva Myrdal (née Alva Reimer; b. Jan. 31, 1902), Swedish sociologist and politician and recipient of the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in the disarmament movement. She died 1 day after her 84th birthday.
1986 ~ Ida Rhodes (née Hadassah Itzkowitz; b. May 15, 1900), Ukrainian-born American mathematician and pioneer in computer programming. She died at age 85 in Rockville, Maryland.
1981 ~ Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. (b. Apr. 6, 1892), American aviation industrialist and founder of the Douglas Aircraft Company. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 88 in Palm Springs, California.
1976 ~ Werner Heisenberg (né Werner Karl Heinsenberg; b. Dec. 5, 1901), German physicist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was a pioneer in quantum mechanics. He died of kidney cancer at age 74.
1976 ~ George Whipple (né George Hoyt Whipple; b. Aug. 28, 1878), American pathologist and recipient of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in liver therapy. He was born in Ashland, New Hampshire. He died at age 97 in Rochester, New York.
1970 ~ Alfréd Rényi (d. Mar. 20, 1921), Hungarian mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to probability theory. He was born and died in Budapest, Hungary. He died at age 48.
1966 ~ Buster Keaton (né Joseph Frank Keaton; b. Oct. 4, 1895), American silent screen comedic actor. He was born in Piqua, Kansas. He died of lung cancer at age 70 in Los Angeles, California.
1966 ~ Hedda Hopper (née Elda Furry; b. May 2, 1885), American gossip columnist. She was born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. She died of pneumonia at age 80 in Los Angeles, California.
1958 ~ Clinton Davisson (né Clinton Joseph Davisson; b. Oct. 22, 1881), American physicist and recipient of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois. He died at age 76 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
1944 ~ Piet Mondriaan (né Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan; b. Mar. 7, 1872), Dutch artist. He was born in Amersfoort, Netherlands. He died of pneumonia about a month before his 72nd birthday in New York, New York.
1908 ~ Carlos I, King of Portugal (b. Sept. 28, 1863). He ruled Portugal from October 19, 1889 until his assassination 19 years later. He was known by many names, including Carlos the Diplomat, Carlos the Martyr and Carlos the Obese. He was married to Amélie, Princess of Orléans (1865 ~ 1951). They were married in 1886. They shared a birthday, although she was 2 years younger than Carlos. He was of the House of Braganza. He was the son of Luis I, King of Portugal and Maria Pia of Savoy. He was assassinated at age 44, along with his 20-year-old son, Luis Filipe, Prince Royal (1887 ~ 1908) in February 1908.
1903 ~ Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (né George Gabriel Stokes; b. Aug. 13, 1819), Irish mathematician and physicist. He died at age 83.
1893 ~ George Henry Sanderson (b. 1824), 22nd Mayor of San Franciscio. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in San Francisco, California. The exact date of his birth is not known.
1851 ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; b. Aug. 30, 1797), English author best known for her gothic novel, Frankenstein. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 53.
1733 ~ Augustus II, King of Poland (b. May 12, 1670). He was known as Augustus the Strong. He ruled Poland from 1697 until 1706. He was married to Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671 ~ 1727). They married in 1693. They were the parents of Augustus III, King of Poland. He was of the House of Wettin. He was the son of John George III, Elector of Saxony and Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark. He was Lutheran but converted to Roman Catholicism upon becoming King. He died at age 62.
1705 ~ Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (b. Oct. 30, 1668), Queen consort of Prussia. She was the 2nd wife of Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1657 ~ 1713). When they married in 1684, Frederick William was the Elector of Brandenburg, thus she became the Electress consort of Brandenburg. After he became King, she became the first Queen of Prussia. She was of the House of Hanover. She was the daughter of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover and Sophia of the Palatinate. She was Lutheran. She died at age 36 of pneumonia.
1691 ~ Pope Alexander VIII (né Pietro Vito Ottoboni; b. Apr. 22, 1610). He was Pope from October 1689 until his death less than 2 years later. To date, he is the last Pope named Alexander. He died at age 80.
1510 ~ Sidonie of Poděbrady (b. Nov. 11, 1449), Duchess consort of Saxony and wife of Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443 ~ 1500). They married in 1464. She was of the House of Poděbrady. She was the daughter of George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia and Kunigunde of Sternberg. She was the twin sister of Catherine of Poděbrady who became the wife of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. Sidonie was Roman Catholic. She died at age 60.
1328 ~ Charles IV, King of France (b. June 18, 1294). He was King from January 1322 until his death in February 1328. He had three wives, but no surviving sons. His first wife was Blanche of Burgundy (1296 ~ 1326). They married in 1308. This marriage was annulled in 1322. Soon after the annulment, he married Marie of Luxembourg (1304 ~ 1324). She died in childbirth. His third marriage was to Joan of Évreux (1310 ~ 1371). He was the 15th and last king in the direct line of the House of Capet. He was the son of Philip IV, King of France and Joan I, Queen of Navarre. He died at age 33.
850 ~ Ramiro I, King of Asturias (b. 790). He ruled Asturias from 842 until his death. He married Paterna around 842. Little is known of her life. He was of the Astur-Leonese dynasty. He was the son of Bermudo I, King of Asturias and an unknown mother. The exact date of his birth is not known.
772 ~ Pope Stephen III (né Stephanus; b. 720). He was Pope from August 768 until his death. Before becoming the Pope, he was a Benedictine monk. The date of his birth is not known.
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