International Nurse’s Day in honor of Florence Nightingale.
Birthdays:
2003 ~ Madeleine McCann (née Madeleine Beth McCann; disappeared May 3, 2007), British missing person. She disappeared from her bed in Praia da Luz, Portugal while on holiday with her parents. In June 2020, she was declared presumed dead in absentia.
1981 ~ Rami Malek (né Rami Said Melek), American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1980 ~ Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He assumed the Office in October 2022. He became the third Prime Minister in two months and is the first non-white leader of the country. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
1977 ~ Maryam Mirzakhani (d. July 14, 2017), Iranian mathematician prodigy who shattered math’s glass ceiling. In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal. She was born in Tehran, Iran. She died of breast cancer at age 40 in Stanford, Connecticut.
1970 ~ Samantha Mathis, American actress. She was born in New York, New York.
1968 ~ Catherine Tate (né Catherine Jane Ford), British actress. She was born in London, England.
1962 ~ Emilo Estavez, American actor, and son of actor Martin Sheen. He was born in New York, New York.
1950 ~ Gabriel Byrne (né Gabriel James Byrne), Irish actor. He was born in Dublin, Ireland.
1948 ~ Lindsay Crouse (née Lindsay Ann Crouse), American actress. She was born in New York, New York.
1939 ~ Ron Ziegler (né Ronald Louis Ziegler; d. Feb. 10, 2003), White House Press Secretary. He served during the Nixon Administration from January 1969 until August 1974. He was born in Covington, Kentucky. He died of a heart attack at age 63 in Coronado, California.
1937 ~ George Carlin (né George Denis Patrick Carlin; d. June 22, 2008), American subversive comedian who honored no sacred cows. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died of heart failure at age 71 in Santa Monica, California.
1936 ~ Tom Snyder (né Thomas James Snyder; d. July 29, 2007), American journalist and talk show host. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He died of leukemia at age 71 in San Francisco, California.
1936 ~ Frank Stella (né Frank Philip Stella; d. May 4, 2024), American painter and sculptor who never stopped inovating. He was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He died 8 days before his 88th birthday in New York, New York.
1933 ~ Stephen Vizinczey (né István Vizinczey; d. Aug. 18, 2021), Hungarian author who sang the praises of older women. He fled to Canada after the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution and settled in Canada. He is best known for his 1965 semi-autobiographical novel In Praise of Older Women. He was born in Káloz, Hungary. He died at age 88 in London, England.
1930 ~ Pat McCormick (née Patricia Joan Keller; d. Mar. 7, 2023), American Olympic diver who never stopped achieving. She was the first diver to sweep all gold medals in two Olympic games. She won both diving events at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. She was born in Seal Beach, California. She died at age 92 in Orange County, California.
1928 ~ Burt Bacharach (né Burt Freeman Bacharach; d. Feb. 8, 2023), American songwriter, composer, and pianist who crafted complex classics. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He died at age 94 in Los Angeles, California.
1925 ~ Yogi Berra (né Lawrence Peter Berra; d. Sept. 22, 2015), American professional baseball player and manager. He was the baseball great who became a fount of wisdom. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died in West Caldwell, New Jersey. He was 90 years old.
1924 ~ Evan Mecham (d. Feb. 21, 2008) American loose-lipped governor from Arizona who was impeached. He served as governor from January 1987 until April 1988. He was impeached on charges of obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds. He was born in Duchesne, Utah. He died at 83 years old in Phoenix, Arizona.
1924 ~ Alexander Esenin-Volpin (d. Mar. 16, 2016), Russian mathematician. He was born in Leningrad, Russia. He died at age 91 in Boston, Massachusetts.
1921 ~ Farley Mowat (né Farley McGill Mowat; d. May 6, 2014), Canadian writer who championed animals. He is best known for his 1963 book Never Cry Wolf. He was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. He died 6 days before his 93rdbirthday in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.
1918 ~ Julius Rosenberg (d. June 19, 1953), American who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. He and his wife, Ethel (1918 ~ 1953), were executed. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He died in Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. He was 35 years old.
1918 ~ Mary Kay Ash (née Mary Kathryn Wagner; d. Nov. 22, 2001), American entrepreneur and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics. She was born in Hot Wells, Texas. She died in Dallas, Texas at age 83.
1914 ~ Howard K. Smith (né Howard Kingsbury Smith; d. Feb. 15, 2002), American journalist. He was born in Ferriday, Louisiana. He died of pneumonia at age 87 in Bethesda, Maryland.
1910 ~ Dorothy Hodgkin (née Dorothy Mary Crowfoot; d. July 29, 1994), British biochemist and recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography and was able to confirm the structure of penicillin. She was born in Cairo, Egypt. She died of a stroke at age 84.
1907 ~ Katherine Hepburn (née Katherine Houghton Hepburn; d. June 29, 2003), American actress. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She died at age 96 in Fenwick, Connecticut.
1895 ~ William Giauque (né William Francis Giauque; d. Mar. 28, 1982), Canadian-born American chemist and recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. He died at age 86 in Berkeley, California.
1889 ~ Otto Frank (né Otto Heinrich Frank; d. Aug. 19, 1980), German-born Swiss father of Anne Frank and Holocaust survivor. He died of lung cancer at age 91.
1855 ~ George Woodberry (né George Edward Woodberry; d. Jan. 2, 1930), American poet and literary critic. He was born and died in Beverly, Massachusetts. He died at age 79.
1850 ~ Henry Cabot Lodge (d. Nov. 9, 1924), American politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. He died following a stroke suffered after gall bladder surgery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 74 years old.
1846 ~ Boutros Ghali (d. Feb. 21, 1910), Prime Minister of Egypt. He served as Prime Minister from November 1908 until his assassination on this date. He was the father of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who became the United Nations Secretary-General. The exact date of his birth is not known, it is often believed to have been May 12, 1846. He died in Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt. He is believed to have been about 64 or 65 years of age.
1828 ~ Dante Gabriel Rossetti (d. Apr. 9, 1882), English poet and illustrator. He was born in London, England. He died of kidney disease at age 53.
1820 ~ Florence Nightingale (d. Aug. 13, 1910), British nurse. She is the founder of modern nursing. She was instrumental in the health of British soldiers during the Crimean War. She was born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. She was named after her birth city. She died at age 90 in London, England.
1812 ~ Edward Lear (d. Jan. 29, 1888), English artist and poet, who is most famous for his limericks. He died of heart disease at age 75.
1670 ~ Augustus II, King of Poland (d. Feb. 1, 1733). 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.
1590 ~ Cosimo II de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. Feb. 28, 1621). He ruled from February 1609 until his death in 1621. He was married to Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (1589 ~ 1631). He was of the House of Medici. He was the son of Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Christina of Lorraine. He died of tuberculosis at age 30.
1496 ~ Gustav I, King of Sweden (né Gustav Eriksson, d. Sept. 29, 1560). He ruled from June 1523 until his death in September 1560. He was known as Gustav Vasa. He was married 3 times. His first wife was Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513 ~ 1535). They married in 1531. They were the parents of Eric XIV, King of Sweden. After her death of complications of childbirth, he married Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516 ~ 1551). They married in 1536. They were the parents of John III, King of Sweden. His third and final wife was Catherine Stenbock (1535 ~ 1621). There were no children of his third marriage. He was of the House of Vasa. He was the son of Erik Johansson Vasa and Cecilia Månsdotter Eka. He was born Catholic but converted to Lutheranism in 1523. He was 64 years old at the time of his death.
1258 ~ Sancho IV, King of Castile and León (d. Apr. 25, 1295). He was King from April 4, 1284 until his death 11 years later. He was known as Sancho the Brave. In 1282, he married María de Molina (1265 ~ 1321). They had 7 children. He also had 3 illegitimate children. He was of the Castilian House of Ivrea. He was the son of Alfonso X, King of Castile and Violant of Aragon. He was Roman Catholic. He died of an illness, probably tuberculosis, at age 36. He was succeeded by his son, Ferdinand IV, King of Castile.
Events that Changed the World:
2024 ~ Mother’s Day in the United States.
2021 ~ Representative Liz Chaney (b. 1966) was stripped of her leadership position because she did not support “The Big Lie” that Donald Trump actually won the 2020 Presidential election.
2019 ~ Mother’s Day in the United States.
2018 ~ In a terrorist attack, a Chechnya-born French citizen attached pedestrians near the Paris Opera House with a knife. He killed one pedestrian and injured several others before he was shot and killed by police.
2015 ~ A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Nepal. Over 200 people were killed.
2015 ~ An Amtrak train running from New York City towards Washington, D.C., derailed in Philadelphia. Eight people were killed and over 200 people were injured.
2014 ~ The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., opened for the first time since the 2011 earthquake, which caused massive damage to the monument.
2013 ~ Mother’s Day in the United States.
2008 ~ A massive 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
2002 ~ Former President Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) visited Fidel Castro (1926 ~ 2016) in Cuba. He became the first United States President to visit Cuba since Castro took power in the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
1984 ~ The World’s Exposition opened in New Orleans. It was a financial disaster.
1948 ~ Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1880 ~ 1962) ceded the throne to her daughter, who became Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1909 ~ 2004).
1942 ~ During World War II, the United States tanker, the SS Virginia was torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by a German submarine.
1937 ~ George VI (1895 ~ 1952) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900 ~ 2002) were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland following the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII (1894 ~ 1972).
1935 ~ Alcoholics Anonymous met for the first time in Akron, Ohio.
1933 ~ The Agricultural Adjustment Act was enacted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies.
1932 ~ Just over 2 months after his abduction, the body of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh (1902 ~ 1974) was discovered a few miles from the Lindberghs’ home.
1873 ~ The coronation of Oscar II, King of Sweden (1829 ~ 1907) took place. He had been ruling the country since September 1872.
1862 ~ During the American Civil War, Union troops began their occupation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1780 ~ The Continental Army suffered its largest defeat during the American Revolutionary War when Charleston, South Carolina was taken by British forces.
1551 ~ The National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, was founded in Lima, Peru.
1364 ~ The Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, was founded in Kraków.
1191 ~ Richard I, King of England (1157 ~ 1199) married Princess Berengaria of Navarre (d. 1230). She was crowned Queen consort of England on her wedding day.
254 ~ Pope Stephen I (d. 257) became the 23rd Pope of the Catholic Church.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Robert McFarlane (né Robert Carl McFarlane; b. July 12, 1937), 13th United States National Security Advisor. He served under President Ronald Reagan from October 1983 until December 1985. He was the Iran-Contra operative who lived with regret. He was born in Washington, D.C. He died at age 84 in Lansing, Michigan.
2014 ~ H.R. Giger (né Hans Rudolf Giger; b. Feb. 5, 1940), Swiss artist who made monsters. He was a surreal artist who designed the monster in the movie Alien. He died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall.
2008 ~ Robert Rauschenberg (né Milton Ernest Rauschenberg; b. Oct. 22, 1925), American graphic artist. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas. He died of heart failure at age 82 in Captiva, Florida.
2008 ~ Irena Sendler (née Irena Krzyżanowska; b. Feb. 15, 1910), Polish nurse and humanitarian. She led a cell in the Polish Resistance and helped save over 2500 Jewish children during the Holocaust. She is recognized by the State of Israel as a Righteous Among the Gentiles. Her story is depicted in the book, Irena’s Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto. She was born and died in Warsaw, Poland. She died at age 98.
2001 ~ Perry Como (né Pierino Ronald Como; b. May 18, 1912), American singer. He was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He died 6 days before his 89th birthday in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida.
1992 ~ Robert Reed (né John Robert Rietz, Jr.; b. Oct. 19, 1932), American actor best known for his role as Mike Brady from the television sit-com The Brady Bunch. He was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He died of cancer at age 59 in Pasadena, California.
1980 ~ Bette Nesmith Graham (née Bette Clair McMurray; b. Mar. 23, 1924), American inventor of Liquid Paper. She was born in Dallas, Texas. She died at age 56 in Richardson, Texas. Her son, Michael Nesmith, was in the band The Monkees.
1975 ~ Emma Vyssotsky (née Emma Williams; b. Oct. 23, 1894), American astronomer. She earned her Ph.D., in astronomy at Harvard College. She was born in Media, Pennsylvania. She died at age 80 in Winter Park, Florida.
1970 ~ Nelly Sachs (née Leonie Sachs; b. Dec. 10, 1891), German-born, Swedish writer and recipient of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was born in Berlin, German Empire. She died of cancer at age 78 in Stockholm, Sweden.
1964 ~ Agnes Forbes Blackadder (b. Dec. 4, 1875), Scottish medical doctor. She was the first female graduate of the University of St. Andrews. She was also the first consultant dermatologist appointed at St. John’s Hospital. She died in London, England at ag 86.
1925 ~ Amy Lowell (née Amy Lawrence Lowell; b. Feb. 9, 1874), American poet. She was born and died in Brookline, Massachusetts. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 51.
1902 ~ Maria Zakrzewska (née Maria Elizabeth Zakrzewska; b. Sept. 6, 1929), German-born American physician. She is best known for establishing the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, Massachusetts. She died in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts at age 72.
1894 ~ Grand Duchess Catherine Makhailovna of Russia (b. Aug. 28, 1827). She became the Duchess Georg of Mecklenburg-Strelitz upon her 1851 marriage to Duke Georg of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824 ~ 1876). They married in 1851. She was of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. She was the daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg. She was the granddaughter of Paul I, Tsar of Russia. She was Russian Orthodox. She died at age 66.
1864 ~ Jeb Stuart (né James Ewell Brown Stuart; b. Feb. 6, 1833), Confederate Army General. He was born in Patrick County, Virginia. He was killed in the Battle of Yellow Tavern in Henrico County, Virginia. He was 31 years old.
1856 ~ Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (b. Feb. 2, 1786), French mathematician. He made significant contributions to number theory. He was born in Rennes, France. He died at age 70 in Paris, France.
1490 ~ Joanna, Princess of Portugal (b. Feb. 6, 1458), member of the Portuguese royal family. She never married and became a nun. She was of the House of Aviz. She was the daughter of Afonso V, King of Portugal and Infanta Isabel of Coimbra. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 38.
1429 ~ Elizabeth of Pilica (b. 1372), Queen consort of Poland and third wife of Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland (1350s ~ 1434). He was her second husband. She had previously been married to Wincenty Granowski. She was the daughter of Otton Pilica and Jadwiga of Melsztyn.
1182 ~ Valdemar I, King of Denmark (b. Jan. 14, 1131). He reigned from 1154 until his death in May 1182. He was known as Valdemar the Great. He was married to Sophia of Minsk (1140 ~ 1198). He was of the House of Estridsen. He was the son of Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig and Ingeborg of Kiev. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 51.
1012 ~ Pope Sergius IV (né Pietro Martino Buccaporci, b. 970). He was pope from July 1009 through his death on this date in May 1012. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
1003 ~ Pope Sylvester II (né Gerbert d’Aurillac, b. 946). He was Pope from April 999 until his death on this date 4 years later. He was the first French Pope. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
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