Birthdays:
1976 ~ Rashida Jones (née Rashida Leah Jones), American actress. Her parents are Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1975 ~ Chelsea Handler (née Chelsea Joy Handler), American comedian and actress. She was born in Livingston, New Jersey.
1971 ~ Sean Astin (né Sean Patrick Duke), American actor. His mother was actress Patty Duke. He was born in Santa Monica, California.
1966 ~ Téa Leoni (née Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni), American actress. She was born in New York, New York.
1958 ~ Kurt Rambis (né Darrell Kurt Rambis), American professional basketball player. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana.
1950 ~ Néstor Carlos Kirchner (d. Oct. 27, 2010), 51st President of Argentina. He served as President from May 2003 until December 2007. He died of cardiac arrest at age 60.
1949 ~ Jack Handey, American humorist. He is best known for his “Deep Thoughts.” He was born in San Antonio, Texas.
1943 ~ George Harrison (d. Nov. 29, 2001), English musician and member of the Beatles. He was born in Liverpool, England. He died of lung cancer at age 58 in Los Angeles, California.
1937 ~ Bob Schieffer (né Bob Lloyd Schieffer), American television journalist. He was born in Austin, Texas.
1935 ~ Oktay Sinanoğlu (d. Apr. 19, 2015), Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist. He was born in Bari, Italy. He died at age 80 in Miami, Florida.
1935 ~ Sally Jessy Raphaël (née Sally Ray Lowenthal), American talk show host known for her signature red-framed glasses. She was born in Easton, Pennsylvania.
1930 ~ Sister Wendy (née Wendy Mary Beckett; d. Dec. 26, 2018), British nun and art historian. In 1946, she entered the convent and became a nun. In the 1990s, she hosted a television show on the BBC on art history. She was born in South Africa. She died in England at age 88.
1927 ~ Dick Jones (né Richard Percy Jones; d. July 7, 2014), American actor who voiced Disney’s Pinocchio. He was born in Snyder, Texas. He died of injuries sustained in a fall at age 87 in Northridge, California.
1926 ~ Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda (d. Feb. 9, 2003), Turkish-Japanese mathematician. He is best known for his contribution to algebraic number theory. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He died 16 days before his 77th birthday in Ankara, Turkey.
1922 ~ Tex Winter (né Morice Fredrick Winter; d. Oct. 10, 2018), American professional coach who changed the shape of basketball. He was the innovator of the triangle offense. He was born near Wellington, Texas. He died at age 96 in Manhattan, Texas.
1920 ~ Sun Myung Moon (né Mun Yong-myeong, d. Sept. 3, 2012), South Korean super-rich “messiah” who founded the Moonies. He was the religious leader who founded the Unification Church. The date of his birth is somewhat foggy. Some records indicate he may have been born on January 6, 2021. He died at age 92.
1918 ~ Bobby Riggs (né Robert Larimore Riggs; d. Oct. 25, 1995), American tennis player. He is best known for his 1973 tennis match with Billy Jean King, which was dubbed The Battle of the Sexes, in which he lost. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died of prostate cancer at age 77 in Encinitas, California.
1917 ~ Anthony Burgess (né John Anthony Burgess Wilson; d. Nov. 22, 1993), British author best known for his novel, A Clockwork Orange. He was born in Manchester, England. He died at age 76 in London, England.
1913 ~ Jim Backus (né James Gilmore Backus; d. July 3, 1989), American actor, best known for his roles as the voice of Mr. Magoo and the millionaire, Thurston Howell, III, on Guilligan’s Island. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He died of pneumonia at age 76 in Los Angeles, California.
1910 ~ Millicent Fenwick (née Millicent Vernon Hammond; d. Sept. 16, 1992), American politician and writer. She served in the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey. She was born in Manhattan, New York. She died at age 82 in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
1908 ~ Mary Locke Petermann (d. Dec. 17, 1975), American cellular biochemist. She is best known for her role in the discovery and characterization of animal ribosomes. She was the first woman to become a full professor at Cornell Medical School. She was born in Laurium, Michigan. She died of cancer at age 67 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1901 ~ Zeppo Marx (né Herbert Manfred Marx; d. Nov. 30, 1979), American actor and comedian. He was the youngest of the Marx brothers. He was the last surviving Marx brother. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died of lung cancer at age 78 in Rancho Mirage, California.
1888 ~ John Foster Dulles (d. May 24, 1959), 52nd Secretary of State. He served under President Dwight David Eisenhower from January 1953 until his death. He was born and died in Washington, D.C. He died of colon cancer at age 71.
1885 ~ Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. Dec. 5, 1969), great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. During World War II, she worked sheltering Jewish refugees. She is recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Israel’s Holocaust memorial institution. She was married to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882 ~ 1944). They married in 1903. It was not a happy marriage and they separated by 1930. She was of the House of Battenberg. She was the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. She died at age 84.
1883 ~ Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (d. Jan. 3, 1981), member of the British royal family and last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria (1819 ~ 1901). In 1904, she married to Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874 ~ 1957). She was of the House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 1917, when the family became the House of Windsor. Her father was Prince Leopold, the eighth and youngest son of Queen Victoria, and Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont. She died at age 97.
1873 ~ Enrico Caruso (d. Aug. 2, 1921), Italian tenor. He was born and died in Naples, Italy. He died of peritonitis at age 48.
1841 ~ August Renoir (né Pierre-August Renoir; d. Dec. 3, 1919), French impressionist painter and sculptor. He died at age 78.
1778 ~ José de San Martín y Matorras (d. Aug. 17, 1850), Argentine general and 1st President of Peru. He died at age 72.
1670 ~ Maria Margaretha Kirch (née Maria Margaretha Winkelmann; d. Dec. 29, 1720), German astronomer. She was one of the first famous astronomers of her time due to her writings on the conjunction of the sun with Saturn, Venus and Jupiter. She died at age 50.
1475 ~ Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (d. Nov. 28, 1499), last male member of the House of York. He never married and had no known children. He was the son of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville. He was beheaded at age 24 on grounds of treason.
1337 ~ Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (d. Dec. 7, 1383), ruler of Luxembourg. He was married to Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322 ~ 1406). They married in 1352. He was of the House of Luxembourg. He was the son of John, King of Bohemia (also known as John the Blind) and Beatrice of Bourbon. He died at age 46, probably of leprosy.
1259 ~ Infanta Branca of Portugal (d. Apr. 17, 1321), member of the Portuguese royal family. She never married, but did have a son out of wedlock. She subsequently became a nun. She was of the Portuguese House of Burgundy. She was the eldest daughter of Afonso III, King of Portugal and his second wife, Beatrice of Castile. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 62.
449 ~ Emperor Qianfei (d. Jan. 1, 466), Chinese emperor of the Liu Song dynasty. His brief reign was known for his violent and impulsive acts. He was assassinated age 16 after reigning for just a year and a half.
Events that Changed the World:
2021 ~ United States President Joe Biden (b. 1942) authorized an airstrike in eastern Syria. It was the first military strike under his administration. The strike was aimed at the infrastructure used by the Iran-backed militia groups that were involved in a February attack against United States coalition forces in Iraq.
2020 ~ Mardi Gras.
1994 ~ Baruch Goldstein (1956 ~ 1994) opened fire with an automatic rifle killing 29 Palestinians and injuring an addition 125 people in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. He was subsequently beaten to death.
1986 ~ Ferdinand Marcos (1917 ~ 1989), the President of the Philippines, was ousted by the People Power Revolution. He and his wife, Imelda (b. 1929), fled the country. Corazon Aquino (1933 ~ 2009) became the first woman president of the Philippines.
1954 ~ Gamal Abdul Nassar (1918 ~ 1970) became premier of Egypt.
1945 ~ Turkey declared war on Germany, thereby entering World War II.
1919 ~ Oregon became the first State to impose a gasoline tax when it placed a 1 cent per gallon tax on gasoline.
1912 ~ Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894 ~ 1924) became the first reigning female over Luxembourg. She reigned until January 1919 when she abdicated in favor of her younger sister, Charlotte (1896 ~ 1985). She had ruled during World War I, and her perceived support for Germany caused her to be unpopular in her country. After leaving the throne, she went into exile in Italy and joined a convent. She was of the House of Nassau-Weilburg. She was the daughter of William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Marie Anne of Portugal. She died of influenza at age 29.
1901 ~ United States Steel Corporation was incorporated by J.P. Morgan (1837 ~ 1919).
1870 ~ Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827 ~ 1901) became the first African-American to sit in the United States Congress after he was sworn into the United States Senate. He was a Republican from Mississippi and he represented that State from 1870 ~ 1871.
1836 ~ Samuel Colt (1814 ~ 1862) was granted a United States Patent for the Colt revolver.
1570 ~ Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533 ~ 1603) was excommunicated by Pope Pius V (1504 ~ 1572), who had declared her a heretic.
Good-Byes:
2020 ~ Hosni Mubarak (b. May 4, 1928), President of Egypt. He was ousted from office during the Arab Spring in 2011. He died at age 91.
2017 ~ Bill Paxton (né William Paxton; b. May 17, 1955), American actor. He died of a stroke following complications from surgery. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He died at age 61 in Los Angeles, California.
2015 ~ Eugenie Clark (b. May 4, 1922), American pioneering oceanographer who swam with sharks. She was known as The Shark Lady. She was born in New York, New York. She died of lung cancer at age 92 in Sarasota, Florida.
2014 ~ Paco de Lucía (b. Dec. 21, 1947), the Mexican guitarist who reinvented flamenco. He was born in Algeciras, Spain. He died of a heart attack at age 66 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
2013 ~ Allan Calhamer (né Allan Brian Calhamer; b. Dec. 7, 1931), American mild-mannered mailman who invented the board game Diplomacy. He was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. He died at age 81 in La Grange, Illinois.
2013 ~ C. Everett Koop (né Charles Everett Koop; b. Oct. 14, 1916), American surgeon who became “America’s Doctor.” He was the 13th Surgeon General of the United States. He served from January 1982 until October 1989, during the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He is best known for his work on tobacco use, AIDS, and his support for the rights of children with disabilities. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 96 in Hanover, New Hampshire.
2010 ~ Aaron Cohen (b. Jan. 5, 1931), American engineer who ran Mission Control. He was the Acting Deputy Administrator for NASA from February 1992 until November 1992. He died at age 79.
2005 ~ Peter Benenson (né Peter James Henry Solomon; b. July 31, 1921), British barrister who founded Amnesty International. He was born in London, England. He died at age 83 in Oxford, England.
1999 ~ Glenn T. Seaborg (né Glenn Theodore Seaborg; b. Apr. 19, 1912), American chemist and recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Ishpeming, Michigan. He died at age 86 in Lafayette, California.
1983 ~ Tennessee Williams (né Thomas Lanier Williams, III, b. Mar. 26, 1911), American playwright, best known for A Streetcar Named Desire. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi. He died a month before his 72nd birthday in New York, New York.
1977 ~ Bill Vaughan (né William E. Vaughan; b. Oct. 8, 1915), American columnist and author. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died of lung cancer at age 61.
1975 ~ Elijah Muhammad (né Elijah Robert Poole; b. Oct. 7, 1897), American religious leader of the Nation of Islam. He was born in Sandersville, Georgia. He died at age 77 in Chicago, Illinois.
1972 ~ Hugo Steinhaus (né Władysław Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus; b. Jan. 14, 1887), Polish mathematician and educator. He died at age 85.
1971 ~ Theodor Svedberg (b. Aug. 30, 1884), Swedish chemist and recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 86 in Kopparberg, Sweden.
1970 ~ Mark Rothko (né Markus Yakovlevich Rotkovich; b. Sept. 25, 1903), Latvian-born American painter. He died by suicide at age 66 in New York, New York.
1964 ~ Grace Metalious (née Marie Grace DeRepentigny; b. Sept. 8, 1924), American novelist best known for her novel, Payton Place. She was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. She died at age 39 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1950 ~ George Minot (né George Richards Minot; b. Dec. 2, 1885), American physician and recipient of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with pernicious anemia. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Brookline, Massachusetts at age 64.
1934 ~ Elizabeth Britton (née Elizabeth Gertrude Knight; b. Jan. 9, 1858), American botanist. She and her husband were instrumental in creating the New York Botanical Garden. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died at age 76.
1912 ~ William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. Apr. 22, 1852). He ruled Luxembourg from November 1905 until his death 7 years later. He was married to Infanta Maria Anna de Bragança of Portugal (1861 ~ 1942). They married in 1893. He was House of Nassau-Weilburg. He was the son of Adolphe, Duke of Luxembourg and Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau. He died at age 59.
1899 ~ Paul Reuter (né Israel Beer Josaphat; b. July 21, 1816), German-born British journalist and founder of Reuters news service. Although born Jewish, he converted and was baptized at St. George’s German Lutheran Chapel in London in 1845. He was born in Kassel, Electorate of Hesse. He died at age 82 in Nice, France.
1864 ~ Anna Harrison (née Anna Elizabeth Tuthill Symmes; b. July 25, 1775), First Lady of the United States and wife of President William Henry Harrison. Because her husband died a month after his inauguration, she never lived in the White House. She was born in Morristown, New Jersey. She died at age 88 in North Bend, Ohio.
1841 ~ Philip Pendleton Barbour (b. May 25, 1783), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Andrew Jackson. He replaced Gabriel Duval on the Court. He was succeeded by Peter Daniel. He served on the Court from March 1836 until his death 5 years later. He had previously served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a Representative from Virginia. To date, he is the only person to have served both as Speaker of the House and Supreme Court Justice. He was born in Gordonsville, Virginia. He died of coronary thrombosis at age 57 in Washington, D.C.
1822 ~ William Pinkney (b. Mar. 17, 1764), 7th United States Attorney General. He served under James Madison from December 1811 until February 1814. He argued many cases before the United States Supreme Court, including McCulloch v. Maryland. He subsequently became a United States Senator from the State of Maryland. He served as Senator from December 21,1819 until his death. He was born in Annapolis, Maryland. He died 3 weeks before his 58thbirthday in Washington, D.C.
1713 ~ Frederick I, King of Prussia (b. July 11, 1657). He ruled Prussia from January 1701 until his death 12 years later. He was married three times. His first wife was Elizabeth Henriëtte of Hesse-Kassel (1661 ~ 1683). After her death, he married Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668 ~ 1705). They were the parents of Frederick William I. After her death, he married Sophia Louise of Mencklenburg-Schwerin (1685 ~ 1735). There were no children of this marriage. He was of the House of Hohenzollern. He was the son of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, and Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau. He was a Calvinist. He died at age 55.
1558 ~ Eleanor, Archduchess of Austria (b. Nov. 15, 1498), Queen consort of Portugal through her first marriage to Manuel I, King of Portugal (1469 ~ 1521). She was his third wife, and they were married in 1518. After his death, she married Francis I, King of France (1494 ~ 1547) and became Queen consort of France. She was his second wife and they married in 1530. She was also known as Eleanor of Castile. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Joanna, Queen of Castile and Philip I, King of Castile. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 59.
805 ~ De Zong (b. May 27, 742), Chinese Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He reigned from June 779 until his death in 805. He died at age 62.
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