Birthdays:
1990 ~ Najwa Zebian, Lebanese-Canadian poet.
1969 ~ Cory Booker (né Cory Anthony Booker), African-American politician. He is a United States Senator from New Jersey. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election. He was born in Washington, D.C.
1967 ~ Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands (né Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand). He became King on April 30, 2013 following the abdication of his mother, Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands. In 2002, he married Máxima Zorreguleta Cerruti (b. May 17, 1971). They have 3 daughters. He is of the House of Orange-Nassau. He is the son of Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg. He is of the Protestant Church of the Netherlands.
1946 ~ Michel Delebarre (d. Apr. 2, 2022), French politician. He was born in Bailleul, France. He died 25 days before his 76th birthday in Lille, France.
1945 ~ August Wilson (né Frederick August Kettel, Jr.; d. Oct. 2, 2005), African-American author and playwright. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died of cancer at age 60 in Seattle, Washington.
1941 ~ Fethullah Gülen (né Muhammed Fethullah Gülen), Turkish theologian.
1939 ~ Judy Carne (née Joyce Audrey Botterill; d. Sept. 3, 2015), British actress. She is best known for her performances in Laugh-In. She was born and died in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. She died of pneumonia at age 76.
1932 ~ Gian-Carlo Rota (d. Apr. 18, 1999), Italian-born mathematician. He was born in Vigevano, Italy. He died of cardiac arrest 9 days before his 67th birthday in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1932 ~ Casey Kasem (né Kemal Amin Kasem; d. June 15, 2014), American radio disc jockey and personality, best known for being the host of American Top 40. He democratized rock ‘n roll. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died at age 82 in Gig Harbor, Washington.
1932 ~ Anouk Aimée (née Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus), French actress. She was born in Paris, France.
1931 ~ Ida Nudel (née Ida Yakovlevna Nudel; d. Sept. 14, 2021), Soviet-born Israeli refusenik who risked it all for freedom. She was known as the Guardian Angel for her efforts to provide food, medicine, and legal aid to imprisoned Soviet Jews. She died at age 90 in Rehovot, Israel.
1928 ~ Dorothy Casterline (née Dorothy Chiyoko Sueoka; d. Aug. 8, 2023), Japanese-American deaf linguist who helped write the American Sign Language dictionary. She lost her hearing as a teenager due to an illness. She was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. She died at ag e95 in Irmo, South Carolina.
1927 ~ Coretta Scott King (né Coretta Scott; d. Jan. 30, 2006), African-American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. She was born in Heiberger, Alabama. She died of ovarian cancer in Rosarito Beach, Mexico at age 78 years old.
1926 ~ Tim LaHaye (né Timothy Francis LaHaye; d. July 25, 2016), American evangelic leader who co-authored an apocalyptic smash. He is best known for co-writing the 16-volume Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died at age 90 in San Diego, California.
1923 ~ Jean Harris (née Jean Struven; d. Dec. 23, 2012), American educator who murdered her lover. She was the headmistress of the Madeira School for girls in Virginia. She was in a relationship with Herman Tarnowner. After she discovered that he had another girlfriend, she killed him. She was convicted of his murder and sent to prison. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She died in New Haven, Connecticut at age 89.
1922 ~ Jack Klugman (né Jacob Joachim Klugman; d. Dec. 24, 2012), American actor. He is best known for his role as Oscar Madison on the television sit-com, The Odd Couple. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 90 in Los Angeles, California.
1921 ~ John Stott (né John Robert Walmsley Stott; d. July 27, 2011), British Anglican priest and Christian who evangelized the world. He was born in London, England. He died at age 90.
1920 ~ Mark Krasnosel’skii (d. Feb. 13, 1997), Ukrainian mathematician. He is best known for his work on nonlinear functional analysis. He died at age 76.
1916 ~ Enos Slaughter (né Enos Bradsher Slaughter; d. Aug. 12, 2002), American baseball player. He was born in Roxboro, North Carolina. He died at age 86 in Durham, North Carolina.
1913 ~ Irving Adler (d. Sept. 22, 2012), American mathematician. He was born in Harlem, New York. He died in Bennington, Vermont at age 99.
1899 ~ Walter Lantz (né Walter Benjamin Lantz; d. Mar. 22, 1994), American animator, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for creating such cartoon characters as Woody Woodpecker. He was born in New Rochelle, New York. He died of heart failure a month before his 95th birthday in Burbank, California.
1896 ~ Wallace Carothers (né Wallace Hume Carothers; d. Apr. 29, 1937), American organic chemist who, while working at DuPont, invented nylon. He was born in Burlington, Iowa. He died by suicide 2 days after his 41st birthday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1891 ~ Sergei Prokofiev (d. Mar. 5, 1953), Russian composer. He is best known for composing Peter and the Wolf. He died at age 61.
1848 ~ Otto, King of Bavaria (d. Oct. 11, 1916). He reigned as King of Bavaria from June 13, 1886 until November 5, 1913. He never actively ruled, however, due to alleged severe mental illness. He was deposed in November 1913, following legislation allowing his cousin, Ludwig, to reign over Bavaria. Ludwig then became Ludwig III, King of Bavaria. Otto never married and had no known children. He was of the House of Wittelsbach. He was the son of Maximilian II, King of Bavaria and Marie of Prussia. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 68.
1827 ~ Mary Ward (née Mary King; d. Aug. 31, 1869), Irish astronomer and entomologist. She was killed at age 42 when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam vehicle. She is the first person known to have been killed by a motor vehicle.
1822 ~ Ulysses S. Grant (né Hiram Ulysses Grant, d. July 23, 1885), 18th President of the United States. He was President from March 1969 through March 1877. He has previously served as General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He died of throat cancer at age 63 in Wilton, New York.
1820 ~ Herbert Spencer (d. Dec. 8, 1903), British philosopher, biologist, and sociologist. He is best known for his theory of social Darwinism, whereby superior forces shape history. He died at age 83.
1806 ~ Princess Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (d. Aug. 22, 1878), Queen consort of Spain and fourth wife of Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1784 ~ 1833). He was her first husband. They married in 1829. They were the parents of Isabella II, Queen of Spain. After his death, she married Agustín Fernando Muñoz (1808 ~ 1873) in 1833. She was of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. She was the daughter of Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies and Maria Isabella of Spain. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 71.
1791 ~ Samuel Morse (né Samuel Finley Breese Morse; d. Apr. 2, 1872), American painter and inventor of the Morse code. His contribution greatly advanced the use of the commercial telegraph. He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He died in New York, New York three weeks before his 81st birthday.
1796 ~ Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (d. Jan. 3, 1865), Grand Duchess consort of Tuscony. She was the second wife of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769 ~ 1824). They married in 1821. He was 27 years her senior. There were no children of this marriage. She was of the House of Wettin. She was the daughter of Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony and Princess Carolina of Parma. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 68.
1759 ~ Mary Wollstonecraft (d. Sept. 10, 1797), English author and early feminist, best known for her book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. She was the mother of novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. She was born and died in London, England. She died at age 38 of complications following childbirth.
1755 ~ Marc-Antoine Parseval (d. Aug. 16, 1836), French mathematician. He died at age 81.
1650 ~ Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (d. Mar. 27, 1714), Queen consort of Denmark and wife of Christian V, King of Denmark (1646 ~ 1699). They married in 1667. They had 8 children, one of whom became Frederick IV, King of Denmark. She was of the House of Hesse-Kassel. She was the daughter of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg. She died of smallpox a month before her 64th birthday. She was Calvinist. The city of Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands is named in her honor.
1593 ~ Mumtaz Mahal (d. June 17, 1631) Mughal princess. She was the third and favorite wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I (1592 ~ 1666). She died during the birth of her 14th child. She was 38 years old. Her husband spent the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
Events that Changed the World:
2022 ~ Holocaust Memorial Day.
2019 ~ During services celebrating the last day of Passover in a Chabad synagogue outside of San Diego, California, a gunman opened fire, killing one woman, and injuring three others. The gunman was later arrested.
2014 ~ A tornado outbreak over much of the eastern portion of the United States killed 45 people.
2011 ~ Over 200 tornados touched down in the Southeastern United States, especially in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. During the tornado outbreak, which occurred from April 25 through April 28, over 300 people were killed, and scores were injured in the devastation caused by the storms.
2010 ~ Standard & Poor’s downgraded Greece’s sovereign credit rating to junk.
1987 ~ The United States Department of Justice banned Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (1918 ~ 2007) from entering the United States because he had been involved in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews while serving as a German Army officer during World War II.
1967 ~ Expo 67 officially opened in Montreal, Canada in a ceremony that was broadcast around the world. The exhibition opened to the public the following day.
1865 ~ The steamboat, SS Sultana, exploded and sank into the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. The boat’s passenger list was comprised of many Union soldiers who had survived the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons. Of the 2,400 passengers aboard the steamboat, over 1,700 were killed.
1865 ~ The New York State Senate created Cornell University as the state’s land grant institution.
1861 ~ President Abraham Lincoln (1809 ~ 1865) suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
1810 ~ Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 ~ 1827) composed his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
1667 ~ John Milton (1608 ~ 1674), who was blind and impoverished, sold the copyright of his book, Paradise Lost, for £10.
1570 ~ Pope Pius V (1504 ~ 1572) issued the Regnans in Excelsis (Reigning on High) that declared England’s Queen Elizabeth I (1533 ~ 1603) a heretic, thereby releasing her subjects from their allegiance to her.
711 ~ Islamic Moorish troops landed in Gibraltar and began their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
Good-Byes:
2023 ~ Jerry Springer (né Gerald Norman Springer; b. Feb. 13, 1944), English-born American television host who ran a circus of sleaze. He also served as the 56th Mayor of Cincinnati from January 1977 until January 1978. He was born in London, England. He died of cancer at age 79 in Evanston, Illinois.
2023 ~ Harold Kushner (né Harold Samuel Kushner; b. Apr. 3, 1935), American rabbi who wrote a book of comfort. He wrote several books, including When Bad Things Happen to Good People. He was born in New York, New York. He died 24 days after his 88th birthday in Canton, Massachusetts.
2021 ~ Edward Diener (né Edward Francis Diener; b. July 25, 1946), American psychologist who joyfully measured happiness. He was known as Dr. Happiness. He was born in Glendale, California. He died at age 74 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
2020 ~ James A. Mahoney (b. 1957), African-American pulmonologist and intensive care physician. He cared for patients through the HIV/AIDS crisis, the crack epidemic, 9/11, and Hurricane Sandy. He postponed his retirement plans to work on the front lines against Covid-19. He died in New York, New York of Covid-19 at age 62.
2017 ~ Julius S. Youngner (b. Oct. 24, 1920), American scientist who helped develop the polio vaccine. He was on the team with Jonas Salk in working to develop the vaccine. Salk failed to recognize the contribution of his assistants and took the credit for himself. This left Youngner bitter. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 96 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
2016 ~ Phil Kives (né Philip Kives; b. Feb. 12, 1929), Canadian business executive and pitchman who pioneered infomercials. He is known for founding the K-tel company and coining the term “As seen on TV.” He was born in Oungre, Saskatchewan, Canada. He died at age 87 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2012 ~ Moose Skowron (né William Joseph Skowron; b. Dec. 18, 1930), American All-Star first baseman. He played 13 seasons in the major league from 1954 to 1967, playing with such teams as the Yankees, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 81 in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
2002 ~ Ruth Handler (né Ruth Marianna Mosko; b. Nov. 4, 1916), 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.
1999 ~ Al Hirt (né Alois Maxwell Hirt; b. Nov. 7, 1922), American trumpeter. He was born and died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2009. He died at age 76.
1996 ~ William Colby (né William Egan Colby; b. Jan. 4, 1920), 10th Director of the Central Intelligence. He served under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from September 1973 until January 1996. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He died in what appeared to be a boating accident in Rock Point, Maryland. He took off on a canoe on April 27, 1996. His body was discovered on May 6, 1996. Although the coroner determined that he died drowning after having suffered a stroke or heart attack, there has been speculation that his death may have been due to foul play or suicide. He was 76 years old.
1978 ~ Guido Stampacchia (b. Mar. 26, 1926), Italian mathematician. He was born in Naples, Italy. He died of a heart attack in Paris, France a month after his 52nd birthday.
1965 ~ Edward R. Murrow (né Egbert Roscoe Murrow; d. Apr. 25, 1908), American journalist. He was born in Guilford County, North Carolina. He died of lung cancer 2 days after his 57th birthday in Pawling, New York.
1952 ~ Guido Castelnuovo (b. Aug. 14, 1865), Italian mathematician. He was born in Venice, Italy. He died at age 86 in Rome, Italy.
1938 ~ Edmund Husserl (né Edmund Gustav Albrecht Hesserl; b. Apr. 8, 1859), Austrian mathematician. He died 19 days after his 79th birthday.
1937 ~ Antonio Gramsci (né Antonio Francesco Gramsci; b. Jan. 22, 1891), Italian political theorist, Marxist philosopher, linguist, and writer. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party. He was born in Ales, Italy. He died at age 46 in Rome, Italy.
1936 ~ Karl Pearson (b. Mar. 27, 1857), English statistician and mathematician. He was also a proponent of social Darwinism, eugenics, and scientific racism. His name was changed from Carl to Karl by accident when he enrolled at the University of Heidelberg. He was born in London, England. He died a month after his 79th birthday.
1932 ~ Hart Crane (né Harold Hart Crane; b. July 21, 1899), American writer. He was born in Garrettsville, Ohio. He is believed to have intentionally died by suicide at age 32 by throwing himself off a steamship in the Gulf of Mexico.
1915 ~ John Labatt (b. Dec. 11, 1838), Canadian businessman and brewer. He was the founder of the Labatt’s Brewing Company. He died at age 76 in London, Ontario, Canada.
1902 ~ Julius Sterling Morton (b. Apr. 22, 1832), 3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture. He served in that Office from March 1893 until March 1897 in the Grover Cleveland administration. He was born in Adams, New York. He died 5 days after his 70th birthday in Lake Forest, Illinois.
1886 ~ Henry Hobson Richardson (b. Sept. 29, 1838), American architect. He designed Trinity Church in Copley Square in Boston. He was born in St. James Parish, Louisiana. He died in Brookline, Massachusetts at age 47 of Bright’s disease.
1882 ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (b. May 25, 1803), American essayist, poet and philosopher. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in Concord, Massachusetts less than a month before his 79th birthday.
1813 ~ Zebulon Pike (né Zebulon Montgomery Pike; b. Jan. 5, 1779), American army officer, frontiersman, and explorer. He was born in Lamington, New Jersey. He was killed in action age 34 in the Battle of York, Canada during the War of 1812. Pikes Peak in Colorado is named in his honor.
1605 ~ Pope Leo XI (né Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici; b. June 2, 1535). He was Pope for less than a month, from April 1 until April 27, 1605. He died at age 69.
1521 ~ Ferdinand Magellan (b. 1480), Portuguese explorer who was killed in the Battle of Mactan in a violent clash between the indigenous people of the Philippines and Spanish forces. He is believed to have been about 40 years old at the time of his death. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
1404 ~ Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. Jan. 17, 1342), member of the French royal family. He was known as Philip the Bold. He was married to Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350 ~ 1405). They married in 1369. He was her second husband. Her first husband was John I, Duke of Burgundy (1371 ~ 1419). After the death of Margaret’s first husband, John II, King of France acquired the Duchy of Burgundy and made his son Philip II, Duke of Burgundy. He is known for the development of gunpowder artillery in European warfare. Philip was of the House of Valois-Burgundy. He was the son of John II, King of France and Princess Bonne of Bohemia. He died at age 62.
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