Birthdays:
1991 ~ Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian professional football player. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2014 until 2021. He opted out of playing for the team in its 2020-2021 season, opting instead to use his medical degree and work in a Montreal long-term care facility during the Covid pandemic. In July 2021, he was the recipient of the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian award for his decision to help fight the global Covid pandemic. He was born in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada.
1987 ~ Julio Torres, Salvadorian writer, comedian, and actor. He is best known for being a writer for Saturday Night Live. He was born in San Salvador, El Savador.
1986 ~ Gabriel Boric (né Gabriel Boric Font), President of Chile. He assumed Office on March 11, 2022.
1971 ~ Damian Lewis (né Damian Watcyn Lewis), British actor. He is best known for his role as Nicholas Brody in the television series Homeland and Bobby Axerod on Billions. He was born in London, England.
1969 ~ Jennifer Aniston (née Jennifer Joanna Aniston), American actress. She was born in Sherman Oaks, California.
1967 ~ Hank Gathers (né Eric Wilson Gathers; b. Mar. 4, 1990), American basketball player. He collapsed and died during a game. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died less than a month after his 23rd birthday in Los Angeles, California.
1964 ~ Sarah Palin (née Sarah Louise Palin), American politician and Vice-Presidential candidate with running-mate with John McCain in the 2004 US Presidential race. She was also the 9th Governor of Alaska. She was born in Sandpoint, Idaho.
1962 ~ Tammy Baldwin (née Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin), American politician. She is a United States Senator from Wisconsin. She was the first openly gay woman to be elected to Congress when joined the United States House of Representatives in January 1999. Her maternal grandfather was the biochemist David E Green (1910 ~ 1983). She was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
1961 ~ Carey Lowell, American model and actress. She is best known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross on the television drama Law & Order. She was born in Huntington, New York.
1957 ~ Pico Iyer (né Siddharth Pico Raghaven Iyer), British author and essayist. He is best known for his travel writing and essays. He was born in Oxford, England.
1953 ~ Jeb Bush (né John Ellis Bush, Sr.), American politician and 43rd Governor of Florida. He was also a presidential candidate in the 2016 election. He is the son of President George H W Bush and the brother of President George Bush. He was born in Midland, Texas.
1944 ~ Josh Jensen (d. June 11, 2022), American winemaker who gave us California pinot. He was the founder of the Calera Wine Company. He was born in Seattle, Washington. He died at age 78 in San Francisco, California.
1936 ~ Burt Reynolds (né Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr.; d. Sept. 6, 2018), American Hollywood heartthrob who played it for laughs. He was born in Lansing, Michigan. He died of cardiac arrest at age 82 in Jupiter, Florida.
1934 ~ Manuel Noriega (d. May 29, 2017), Panamanian dictator. He was born and died in Panama City, Panama. He died following complications of brain surgery. At age 83.
1934 ~ Tina Louise (née Tatiana Josivovna Chernova Blacker), American actress best known for her role as Ginger Grant on Gilligan’s Island. She was born in New York City.
1931 ~ Lionel Batiste (d. July 8, 2012), African-American jazz musician from New Orleans. He was born and died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died at age 81.
1930 ~ Dame Mary Quant (née Barbara Mary Quant; d. Apr. 13, 2023), English fashion designer who was very influential and made miniskirts a mod stable during the 1960s. She was instrumental in the London-based MOD fashion movement. She was born in London, England. She died at age 93 in Surrey, England.
1926 ~ Leslie Nielsen (né Leslie William Nielsen; d. Nov. 28, 2010), Canadian-born American dramatic actor who bloomed into a dolt. He became well known after the success of Airplane! He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He died of pneumonia at age 84 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1926 ~ Paul Bocuse (d. Jan. 20, 2018), French chef who made chefs celebrities. He was born and died in Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or, France. He died of Parkinson’s disease 22 days before his 92nd birthday.
1925 ~ Virginia Johnson (née Mary Virginia Eshelman, d. July 24, 2013), sexologist and partner of Dr. William Masters. She was the researcher who helped redefine sex. She was born in Springfield, Missouri. She died at age 88 in St. Louis, Missouri.
1921 ~ Lloyd Bentsen (né Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr., d. May 23, 2006). American politician and 69th Secretary of the United States Treasury. He served under President Bill Clinton from January 1993 until December 1994. He was also the 1988 Vice Presidential candidate as a running mate to Michael Dukakis. He was born in Mission, Texas. He died at age 85 in Houston, Texas.
1920 ~ King Farouk I of Egypt and the Sudan (d. Mar. 18, 1965). He was overthrown during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. He was born in Cairo, Egypt. He died in exile at age 45 in Rome, Italy.
1919 ~ Eva Gabor (née Éva Gábor; d. July 4, 1995), Hungarian-born actress. She is best known for her role as Lisa Douglas on the sit-com Green Acres. She was born in Budapest, Hungary. She died of respiratory failure and pneumonia at age 76 in Los Angeles, California.
1918 ~ Margaret Vinci Heldt (née Margaret Vinci; d. June 10, 2016), American hairdresser who sculpted the lofty beehive. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She died at age 98.
1917 ~ Sidney Sheldon (né Sidney Schechtel; d. Jan. 30, 2007), American author. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died 12 days before his 90th birthday in Rancho Mirage, California.
1915 ~ Richard Hamming (né Richard Wesley Hamming; d. Jan. 7, 1998), American mathematician. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died about a month before his 83rd birthday in Monterey, California.
1915 ~ Sir Patrick Fermor (né Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor; d. June. 10, 2011), British writer who walked across Europe. He was born in London, England. He was 96 years old.
1909 ~ Max Baer (né Maximilian Adelbert Baer; d. Nov. 21, 1959), American professional boxer. He was the father of actor Max Baer, Jr., who played Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He died of a heart attack at age 50 in Hollywood, California.
1904 ~ Lucile Randon (d. Jan. 17, 2023), French nun known as Sister André, and supercentenarian. She was the oldest verified living person. She was also the oldest known survivor of the Covid-19 pandemic after testing positive for the virus in 2021. She was born in Arès, France. She died about a month before her 119th birthday in Toulon, France.
1903 ~ Irène Némirovsky (née Irina Lvovna Nemirovskaya; d. Aug. 17, 1942), Ukrainian-born writer and novelist. She lived most of her life in France. She was denied French citizenship because she was Jewish. She is best known for her posthumous novel Suite Française. She died in Auschwitz at age 39.
1897 ~ Emil Leon Post (d. Apr. 21, 1954), Polish-born American mathematician. He died of a heart attack at age 57 in New York, New York.
1869 ~ Helene Kröller-Müller (née Helene Emma Laura Juliane Müller; d. Dec. 14, 1939), German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist. She was one of the first art collectors to recognize and value the works of Vincent Van Gogh. She was the founder of the Kröller-Müller sculpture garden, which is located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo, Netherlands. She was born in Essen, Germany. She died at age 70 in Otterlo, Netherlands.
1869 ~ Else Lasker-Schüler (née Elisabeth Schüler; d. Jan. 22, 1945), German poet. In 1934, she fled Nazi Germany and moved to Jerusalem, where she left for the rest of her life. She died 20 days before her 76th birthday.
1863 ~ John Francis Fitzgerald (d. Oct. 2, 1950), American politician and Mayor of Boston. He was Mayor for two separate terms, first from 1906 until 1908 and second from 1910 until 1914. He also served as a representative in the United States House of Representatives from the State of Massachusetts. He was known as Honey Fitz. He was the father of Rose Kennedy and the grandfather of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 87.
1855 ~ Ellen Day Hale (d. Feb. 11, 1940), American impressionist artist and painter. She born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She died in Brookline, Massachusetts on her 85th birthday.
1847 ~ Thomas Edison (né Thomas Alva Edison; d. Oct. 18, 1931), American inventor. He was born in Milan, Ohio. He died at age 84 in West Orange, New Jersey.
1839 ~ Almon Strowger (né Almon Brown Strowger; d. May 26, 1902) American undertaker and inventor who patented the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching. He was born in Penfield, New York. He died of an aneurysm at age 63 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1839 ~ Josiah Willard Gibbs (d. Apr. 28, 1903), American mathematical physicist. An instructorship at the Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut is named in his honor. He was born and died in New Haven, Connecticut. He died at age 64.
1833 ~ Melville Fuller (né Melville Weston Fuller; d. July 4, 1910), 8th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Grover Cleveland. He replaced Morrison Waite on the Court. He was succeeded by Edward Douglas White. He served on the Court from October 1888 until his death at age 77 on this date 22 years later. He was born in Augusta, Maine and died in Sorrento, Maine.
1812 ~ Alexander Hamilton Stephens (né Alexander Hamilton Stephens; d. Mar. 4, 1813), Vice President of the Confederate States of America. He served under Confederate President Jefferson Davis. After the Civil War, he became the 50th Governor of Georgia. He was born in Crawfordville, Georgia. He died less than a month after his 71st birthday in Atlanta, Georgia.
1802 ~ Lydia Maria Frances Child (née Lydia Maria Frances; d. Oct. 20, 1880), American journalist, abolitionist, and activist for women’s rights. She was from Massachusetts. She is best known for her poem Over the River and Through The Woods. She was born in Medford, Massachusetts. She died at age 78 in Wayland, Massachusetts.
1800 ~ Henry Fox Talbot (né William Henry Fox Talbot; d. Sept. 17, 1877), English photographer and inventor. He developed the Calotype process, a precursor of modern photography. He died at age 77.
1535 ~ Pope Gregory XIV (né Niccolò Sfondrato; d. Oct. 16, 1591). He was Pope from December 1590 until his death 10 months later. He died at age 56.
1466 ~ Elizabeth of York (d. Feb. 11, 1503), Queen consort of England and wife of Henry VII, King of England (1457 ~ 1509). She was of the House of York. She was the daughter of Edward IV, King of England and Elizabeth Woodville. She was the mother of Henry VIII, King of England. She was Roman Catholic. She died on her 37th birthday following complications of childbirth.
1261 ~ Otto III, King of Hungary and Croatia (d. Nov. 9, 1312). He ruled Hungary from December 6, 1305 until he abdicated in 1308. He was the Duke of Lower Bavaria from February 2, 1290 until his death in November 1312. He married twice. His first wife was Catherine of Habsburg. His second wife was Agnes of Glogau. Little is known of either of his wives. He was of the House of Wittelsbach. He was the son of Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria and Elizabeth of Hungary. He died at age 51.
855 ~ Li Congke (d. Jan. 11, 937), Chinese Emperor and last emperor of the Later Tang dynasty. He ruled from May 834 until January 937. He died in a mass suicide a month before his 52nd birthday.
Events that Changed the World:
2021 ~ In what became known as the Great Texas Freeze, began and lasted through February 20 bring as three severe winter storms swept across the United States. Texas suffered a major power crisis as the storms triggered the worst energy infrastructure in Texas history, leading to shortages of heat, food and water. Over 4.5 million homes and businesses were without power for several days. At least 250 people were killed, directly or indirectly, as a resulted of the failed power grid.
2020 ~ The World Health Organization officially named the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19.
2013 ~ Pope Benedict XVI (1927 ~ 2022) announced his intention to resign at the end of the month from the papacy.
2011 ~ After several weeks of protests in Egypt, Hosni Mubarak (1928 ~ 2020) surrendered his presidency to the military, ending 30 years of authoritarian rule. Power was transferred to the Supreme Military Council.
2006 ~ United States Vice President Dick Cheney (b. 1941) accidently shot Harry Wittington (1927 ~ 2023) in the face while quail hunting in Texas. Whittington recovered from his wounds. Cheney never apologized for the incident.
1990 ~ Nelson Mandela (1918 ~ 2013) was released from prison after being imprisoned as a political prisoner for 27 years.
1979 ~ The Ayatolla Ruhollah Khomeini (1902 ~ 1989) established an Islamic theocracy in Iran.
1978 ~ China lifted its ban on the works of Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
1973 ~ The first release of American prisoners of war in Vietnam began.
1971 ~ The Seabed Arms Control Treaty, which banned the emplacement of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters, was signed. Eighty-seven countries signed the treaty, including the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.
1953 ~ The Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with Israel.
1953 ~ President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 ~ 1969) refused a clemency appeal for Julius (1918 ~ 1953) and Ethel Rosenberg (1915 ~ 1953). They were subsequently executed as spies against the United States.
1943 ~ General Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 ~ 1969) was selected to command the allied armies in Europe during World War II.
1937 ~ The Flint sit-down strike, which had begun in December 1936, ended after General Motors recognized the trade union. The union became known as the United Automobile Union.
1916 ~ Emma Goldman (1869 ~ 1940) was arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1873 ~ Amadeo I, King of Spain (1870 ~ 1890) abdicated as a result of the Spanish revolution, which ushered in the short-lived First Spanish Republic. He fled to Italy, where he spent the rest of his life.
1861 ~ The United States House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution guaranteeing non-interference with slavery in any state.
1812 ~ Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry (1744 ~ 1814) signed legislation allowing the Republican-controlled legislature to designate voting districts to enhance certain partisan districting. This practice became known as “gerrymandering”.
1794 ~ The first session of the United States Senate is opened to the public.
1790 ~ The Quakers begin to petition the United States Congress for the abolition of slavery.
1534 ~ Through the 1534 Act of Supremacy, Henry VIII, King of England (1491 ~ 1547) became recognized as the supreme head of the Church of England.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ Joseph Shabalala (né Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala; b. Aug. 28, 1941), South African singer who took South African sounds global. He was the founder and musical director of the choral group Ladysmith Balck Mambazo. He was born in Ladysmith, South Africa. He died in Pretoria, South Africa at age 79.
2018 ~ Vic Damone (né Vito Rocco Farinola; b. June 12, 1928), the American velvet-voiced crooner who wowed Frank Sinatra. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 89 in Miami Beach, Florida.
2018 ~ Anthony Acevedo (né Anthony Claude Acevedo; b. July 31, 1924), American medic who documented the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. He had been captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He received a Red Cross care package that contained a diary and fountain pen. He began to meticulously document his Holocaust ordeal. He was born in San Bernardino, California. He died at age 93 in Loma Linda, California.
2015 ~ Bob Simon (né Robert David Simon; b. May 29, 1941), American television foreign correspondent who was it all. He was born in The Bronx. He was killed at age 73 from head injuries sustained when the taxicab he was traveling in crashed in New York, New York.
2015 ~ Jerry Tarkanian (né Jerry Esther Tarkanian, b. Aug. 8, 1930), American rebel basketball coach who battled the NCAA. He was the long-term head coach for the men’s basketball team at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he was known as Tark the Shark. He was born in Euclid, Ohio. He died at age 84 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2012 ~ Whitney Houston (née Whitney Elizabeth Houston; b. Aug. 9, 1963), American pop goddess who fell from grace. She died of drowning due to a drug overdose. She was born in Newark, New Jersey. She died in Beverly Hills, California at age 48 years old.
2010 ~ Alexander McQueen (né Lee Alexander McQueen; b. Mar. 17, 1969), English fashion designer who embraced audacity. He was born and died in London, England. He died by suicide at age 40 on the eve of his mother’s funeral. His mother had died 9 days earlier.
2009 ~ Estelle Bennett (b. July 22, 1941), African-American sassy ‘60s singer who rocked with the Ronettes. She was born in New York, New York. She died of colon cancer at age 67 in Englewood, New Jersey.
2009 ~ Willem Johan Kolff (b. Feb. 14, 1911), Dutch surgeon who was known as the father of artificial organs. He was born in Leiden, Netherlands. He died 3 days before his 98th birthday in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
2008 ~ Tom Lantos (né Tamás Péter Lantos, b. Feb. 1, 1928), 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.
2006 ~ Peter Benchley (né Peter Bradford Benchley; b. May 8, 1940), American author and screenwriter. He is best known for his novel Jaws. He was born in New York, New York. He died of complications of pulmonary fibrosis at age 65 in Princeton, New Jersey.
2005 ~ Mary Jackson (née Mary Winston; b. Apr. 9, 1921), African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor of NASA. Her story was portrayed in the 2016 movie, Hidden Figures. She was born and died in Hampton, Virginia. She died at age 83.
2000 ~ Roger Vadim (né Roger Vadim Plemiannikov; b. Jan. 26, 1928), French actor and director. He was married 5 times to several women including Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died of cancer 16 days after his 72nd birthday.
1994 ~ William Conrad (né John William Cann, Jr.; b. Sept. 27, 1920), American actor. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He died of a heart attack at age 73 in Hollywood, California.
1993 ~ Robert Holley (né Robert William Holley; b. Jan. 28, 1922), American biochemist and recipient of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Urbana, Illinois. He died 14 days after his 71st birthday in Los Gatos, California.
1986 ~ Frank Herbert (né Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.; b. Oct. 8, 1920), American science-fiction author best known for his science fiction series Dune. He was born in Tacoma, Washington. He died of a massive pulmonary embolism at age 65 in Madison, Wisconsin.
1978 ~ Harry Martinson (b. May 6, 1904), Swedish author and recipient of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature. He died by suicide at age 73 by cutting his stomach open with a pair of scissors.
1976 ~ Dorothy Maud Wrinch (b. Sept. 12, 1894), English mathematician and biochemical theorist. She was born in Rosario, Argentina. She died in Falmouth, Massachusetts at age 81.
1973 ~ J. Hans D. Jensen (né Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen; b. June 25, 1907), German physicist and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died at age 65.
1963 ~ Sylvia Plath (b. Oct. 27, 1932), American poet. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was married to Ted Hughes. She died by suicide at age 30 in London, England.
1948 ~ Sergei Eisenstein (né Sergei Malkailovich Eisenstein; b. Jan. 22, 1898), Soviet film director and film theorist. He is best known for his 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin. He was born in Riga, governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire. He died of a heart attack 20 days after his 50th birthday in Moscow, USSR.
1940 ~ Ellen Day Hale (b. Feb. 11, 1955), American impressionist artist and painter. She born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She died in Brookline, Massachusetts on her 85th birthday.
1931 ~ Sir Charles Algeron Parsons (b. June 13, 1854), Anglo-Irish engineer and inventor of the steam turbine. He was born in London, England. He died at age 76 in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica.
1923 ~ Wilhelm Killing (né Wilhelm Karl Joseph Killing; b. May 10, 1847), German mathematician. He made important advancement is Lie algebra. He died at age 75.
1901 ~ Milan I, King of Serbia (né Milan Obrenović; b. Aug. 22, 1854). He ruled Serbia first as Prince, then as King from 1868 until 1889. In January 1889, Milan adopted a new constitution and two months later abdicated unexpectedly to his young son, Alexander I. He was married to Natalija Keșco (1859 ~ 1941). They married in 1875. He was of the House of Obrenović. He was the son of Milos J Obrenović and Marija Obrenović. He died suddenly and unexpectedly at age 46.
1878 ~ Charles M. Conrad (né Charles Magill Conrad, b. Dec. 24, 1804), politician and United States Senator from Louisiana. He was a Senator from April 1842 until 1843. He served as the 22nd United States Secretary of War under Presidents Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce from August 1850 until March 1853. After Louisiana seceded from the Union, he served a member of the Confederate Congress. He was born in Winchester, Virginia. He died in New Orleans, Louisiana at age 73.
1868 ~ Léon Foucault (né Jean Bernard Léon Foucault; b. Sept. 18, 1819), French physicist, best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum. He was born and died in Paris, France. He died at age 48.
1828 ~ DeWitt Clinton (b. Mar. 2, 1769), 6th Governor of New York. He had also served as the Mayor of New York as well as a United States Senator from New York. He was born in Little Britain, New York. He died less than a month before his 59th birthday in Albany, New York.
1744 ~ Hedwig Taube, Countess von Hessenstein (b. Oct. 31, 1714), Swedish royal mistress to Frederick I, King of Sweden. They had 3 children together. She was the daughter of Count Edvard Didrik Taub and Christina Maria Falkenberg. She died in childbirth at age 29.
1650 ~ René Descartes (b. Mar. 31, 1596), French philosopher and mathematician. He died of pneumonia at age 53 in Stockholm, Sweden.
1626 ~ Pietro Cataldi (né Pietro Antonio Cataldi; b. Apr. 15, 1552), Italian mathematician. He was born and died in Bologna, Italy. He died at age 77.
1617 ~ Giovanni Magini (né Giovanni Antonio Magini; b. June 13, 1555), Italian mathematician, cartographer, and astronomer. He was born in Padua, Italy. He died at age 61 inBologna, Italy.
1503 ~ Elizabeth of York (b. Feb. 11, 1466), Queen consort of England and wife of King Henry VII of England. She was of the House of York. She was the daughter of Edward IV, King of England and Elizabeth Woodville. She was the mother of Henry VIII, King of England. She was Roman Catholic. She died on her 37th birthday following complications of childbirth.
824 ~ Pope Paschal I (né Pascale Massimi). He was pope from January 817 until his death on this date 7 years later. The date of his birth is not known.
806 ~ Emperor Shunzong of Tang (b. 761). The exact date of his birth is not known.
731 ~ Pope Gregory II (né Gregorius Sabellus, b. 669). He was Pope from May 715 until his death nearly 16 years later. The exact date of his birth is not known.
55 ~ Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (b. Feb. 12, 41), heir to the Roman Emperorship, died under mysterious circumstances. His death led to Nero stepping up to become Emperor. He was the Roman son of Claudius. He is believed to have died a day before his 14th birthday.
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