Birthdays:
2015 ~ Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, member of the British royal family. She is of the House of Windsor. She is the daughter of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. She is great-granddaughter of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom.
1981 ~ Duda Salabert Rosa, Brazilian politician and environmentalist. In 2020, she became the first transgender person to serve on the city council of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
1980 ~ Ellie Kemper (née Elizabeth Claire Kemper), American actress known for her role as Erin Hannon on the television sit-com The Office. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
1975 ~ David Beckham (né David Robert Joseph Beckham), English soccer player. He was born in London, England.
1972 ~ Dwayne Johnson (né Dwayne Douglas Johnson), American actor and professional wrestler. His professional wrestling name is The Rock. He was born in Haywood, California.
1967 ~ Mika Brzezinksi (née Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski), American journalist. She is the daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinksi. In 2018, she married, Joe Scarborough, her second husband. She was born in New York, New York.
1955 ~ Donatella Versace (née Donatella Francesca Versace), Italian fashion designer. She was born in Riggio Calabria, Italy.
1952 ~ Christine Baranski (née Christine Jane Baranski), American actress. She was born in Buffalo, New York.
1950 ~ Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (née Eve Kosofsky; d. Apr. 12, 2009), American academic scholar who pioneered “queer theory.” She was born in Dayton, Ohio. She died of breast cancer less than 3 weeks before her 59th birthday in New York, New York.
1946 ~ Lesley Gore (né Lesley Sue Goldstein; d. Feb. 16, 2015), American feminist icon and singer best known for her song, It’s My Party. She was born and died in New York, New York. She died of lung cancer at age 68.
1945 ~ Bianca Jagger (née Blanca Pérez-Mora Macías), Nicaraguan socialite and former wife of Mick Jagger. She was born in Managua, Nicaragua.
1942 ~ Alexis Mardas (né Yannis Alexis Madras; d. Jan. 13, 2017), the Greek electronics engineer and madcap inventor who befriended the Beatles. He was known as Magic Alex. He was born and died in Athens, Greece. He died of complications from pneumonia at age 74.
1936 ~ Engelbert Humperdinck (né Arnold George Dorsey), British singer. He was born in Madras, British India (now known as Chennai, India).
1935 ~ Faisal II of Iraq (d. July 14, 1958), last king of Iraq. He was executed in a coup d’état during the July 14 Revolution. He was 23 years old.
1931 ~ Martha Grimes, American writer of detective and mystery novels. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1930 ~ Bernard Slade (né Bernard Slade Newbound; d. Oct. 30, 2019), Canadian playwright who created The Partridge Family. He was also the creator of The Flying Nun. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He died at age 89 in Beverly Hills, California.
1924 ~ Theodore Bikel (né Theodore Meir Bikel; d. July 21, 2015), Austrian singer and actor. He was named after Theodor Herzl, who was also born on this date. In 1938, his family moved to Israel. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 91 in Los Angeles, California.
1922 ~ Roscoe Lee Browne (d. Apr. 11, 2007), African-American actor. He was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. He died in Los Angeles, California less than a month before his 85th birthday.
1916 ~ Bernard C. Meltzer (d. Mar. 25, 1998), American radio host and personality. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 81 in Manhattan, New York.
1903 ~ Benjamin Spock (né Benjamin McLane Spock; d. Mar. 15, 1998), American pediatrician and writer. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He died at age 94 in San Diego, California.
1901 ~ Edouard Zeckendorf (d. May 16, 1983), Belgian doctor and mathematician. He is best known for his work on Fibonacci numbers. He died 2 weeks after his 82nd birthday.
1896 ~ Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark (d. Nov. 28, 1982), member of the Greek royal family and Queen Mother of Romania. In 1921, she married Carol, Crown Prince of Romania. She was his second wife. They divorced in 1928 before he became King, thus she was never the Queen consort. They were the parents of Michael I, King of Romania. She is recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel for her humanitarian efforts to save Romanian Jews during World War II. She was of the House of Glücksburg. She was the daughter of Constantine I, King of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia. She was Eastern Orthodox. She died at age 86.
1892 ~ Manfred von Richthofen (d. Apr. 21, 1918), German pilot known as the Red Baron. He was killed at 11 days before his 26th birthday while in an air battle during World War I.
1887 ~ Vernon Castle (né William Vernon Blythe; d. Feb. 15, 1918), British-born dancer. He and his wife, Irene Castle (1893 ~ 1969), revitalized the popularity of modern dancing. He was a pilot with the Royal Air Force. He was killed in a plane crash during a test flight near Fort Worth, Texas. He was 30 years old.
1885 ~ Hedda Hopper (née Elda Furry; d. Feb. 1, 1966), American gossip columnist. She was born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. She died of pneumonia at age 80 in Los Angeles, California.
1882 ~ James Francis Byrnes (d. Apr. 9, 1972), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He replaced James McReynolds on the Court. He was succeeded by Wiley Rutledge. He served on the Court from July 1941 until October 1942. He resigned after serving 15 months to head the Office of Economic Stabilization. His tenure on the Court is one of the shortest in Court history. He went on to become the 49th United States Secretary of State under President Harry Truman. He served in that capacity from July 1945 until January 1947. He then became the 104th Governor of South Carolina. He listed his birthday as May 2, 1879, so that he could apply for work after his father died. His actual birthdate, however, was May 2, 1882. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He died a month before his 90th birthday in Columbia, South Carolina.
1875 ~ Owen Roberts (né Owen Josephus Roberts; d. May 17, 1955), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Herbert Hoover. He replaced Edward Stanford on the Court. He was succeeded by Harold Burton. He served on the Court from May 1930 until July 1945. He also led two Roberts Commissions, the first of which investigated the Pearl Harbor attack. The second commission investigated the works of cultural value during World War II. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in West Vincent, Pennsylvania 15 days after his 80th birthday.
1860 ~ Theodor Herzl (d. July 3, 1904), Austrian journalist and Zionist. He advocated Jewish migration to what is now Israel. He was born in Pest, Hungary, Austrian Empire. He died at age 44 of heart disease.
1859 ~ Jerome K. Jerome (né Jerome Klapka Jerome; d. June 14, 1927), British author. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 68.
1808 ~ Emma Darwin (née Emma Wedgwood; d. Oct. 2, 1896), English naturalist and wife and first cousin of Charles Dickens. They married in 1839. She was the granddaughter of Josiah Wedgwood, of Wedgwood pottery fame. She died at age 88.
1750 ~ John André (d. Oct. 2, 1780), British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War. He was hanged as a spy by American forces. He was 30 years old at the time of his death. He was born in London, England and died in Tappan, New York.
1740 ~ Elias Boudinot (d. Oct. 24, 1821), Early-American politician. He served as the President of the Continental Congress, from November 1782 until November 1783. He also served as the Director of the United States Mint from October 1795 until July 1805. He was born in Philadelphia, Provence of Pennsylvania, British America. He died at age 81 in Burlington, New Jersey.
1737 ~ William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, also known as the 2nd Earl of Shelburne (d. May 7, 1805), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was Prime Minister during the reign of King George III, from July 1782 until April 1783. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He died 5 days after his 68th birthday in Westminster, England.
1729 ~ Catherine II, Empress of Russia (née Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; d. Nov. 17, 1796). She was known as Catherine the Great. She became Empress after her husband, Peter III, Tsar of Russia (1728 ~ 1762), was assassinated in 1762. They had married in 1745. They were the parents of Paul I, Tsar of Russia. She ruled the country from July 1762 until her death in November 1796. She was of the House of Ascania. She was the daughter of Christina August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst and Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. She converted from Lutheranism to Russian Orthodox upon her marriage. She died at age 67.
1660 ~ Alessandro Scarlatti (né Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti; d. Oct. 22, 1725), Italian composer. He was born in Sicily. He died at age 65 in Naples, Italy.
1458 ~ Eleanor of Viseu (d. Nov. 17, 1525), Queen consort of Portugal and wife of John II, King of Portugal (1455 ~ 1495). They married in 1470. She was of the House of Aviz. She was the daughter of Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu and Beatrice of Portugal. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 67.
1402 ~ Eleanor of Aragon (d. Feb. 19, 1445), Queen consort of Portugal and wife of Edward, King of Portugal (1391 ~ 1438). They married in 1438. They were the parents of Afonso V, King of Portugal. She was of the House of Trastámara. She was the daughter of Ferdinand I, King of Aragon and Eleanor of Albuquerque. She died of a prolonged respiratory illness at age 42.
1360 ~ Yongle (d. Aug. 12, 1424), 3rd Chinese Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He ruled from July 1402 until his death 22 years later. He died at age 64.
Events that Changed the World:
2022 ~ A draft version of the United States Supreme Court decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, was leaked to the press. The draft indicated that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade.
2008 ~ The Chaitén Volcano began erupting in Chile.
2000 ~ President Bill Clinton (b. 1946) announced that accurate Global Positioning Systems (GPS) would not be restricted solely to United States military usage.
1999 ~ Mireya Moscoso (b. 1946) became the first woman to be elected to the office of President of Panama. She served as President beginning in September 1999 until September 2004.
1986 ~ The city of Chernobyl was finally evacuated, six days after the nuclear meltdown.
1955 ~ Tennessee Williams (1911 ~ 1983) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
1952 ~ The first jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet made its maiden voyage from London, England to Johannesburg, South Africa.
1945 ~ The United States 82nd Airborne Division liberated Wöbbelin concentration camp. Over 1000 of the prisoners had died of starvation.
1933 ~ The first recorded sighting of the Loch Ness monster was reported in a local Scottish newspaper.
1885 ~ The first issue of the Good Housekeeping magazine went on sale.
1863 ~ Confederate General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson (1824 ~ 1863) was wounded by friendly fire during the Battle of Chancellorsville during the American Civil War. He died of his wounds, compounded by a case of pneumonia, 8 days later.
1670 ~ The Hudson’s Bay Company was chartered by King Charles II (1630 ~ 1685) of England, to open up the fur trade in North America.
1611 ~ The King James Bible was published for the first time in London, England.
1559 ~ John Knox (1513 ~ 1572) returned to Scotland from having been in exile. He subsequently became the leader of the Scottish Reformation.
1536 ~ Anne Boleyn (1501 ~ 1536), Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason, and witchcraft. She would be executed 17 days later.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Rob Stein (b. Oct 26, 1943), American political strategist who revved up liberal fundraising. He was the founder of the Democracy Alliance. He was born in Wheeling West Virginia. He died of prostate cancer at age 78 in Washington, D.C.
2021 ~ Bobby Unser (née Robert William Unser; b. Feb 20, 1934), American hard-charger who triumphed at the Indy 500. He was from the Unger racing family. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He died at age 87 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2017 ~ Anne Morrissy Merick (née Anne Louise Morrissy; b. Oct. 28, 1933), American pioneering journalist who covered Vietnam. She is best known for persuading the Pentagon to reverse an order, known as the Westmoreland Edict, which had prevented female reporters from accompanying troops on the front lines during the Vietnam War. As a college student, she was the first female reported allowed in the Yale Bowl press box. She was born in Manhattan, New York. She died at age 83 in Naples, Florida.
2017 ~ Leo Thorsness (né Leo Keith Thorsness; b. Feb. 14, 1932), American war hero who shared a cell with John McCain. He had been shot down and captured in Vietnam while on his 93rd mission. He was born in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. He died at age 85 in St. Augustine, Florida.
2015 ~ Ruth Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh (née Barbara Ruth Grasemann; b. Feb. 17, 1930), English writer of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. She died at age 85 in London, England.
2015 ~ Guy Carawan (né Guy Hughes Carawan, Jr., b. July 27, 1927), American folksinger who popularized We Shall Overcome. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died at age 87 in New Market, Tennessee.
2015 ~ Maya Plisetskaya (née Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya; b. Nov. 20, 1925), Russian ballerina who stayed loyal to the USSR. Her father was executed as an “enemy of the people” when she was 11, and her mother spent time in a labor camp, and although she was banned from touring in the West for fear that she would defect, Maya stayed in the Soviet Union because of her love of the Bolshoi Theater. She was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. She was 89 years old in Munich, Germany.
2014 ~ Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (b. Nov. 30, 1918), American actor, best known for his role in the TV show, The FBI. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 95 in Slovang, California.
2011 ~ Osama bin Laden (b. Mar. 10, 1957), Saudi Islamist and al-Quada terrorist who was killed in Pakistan by United States operatives. President Barack Obama announced his death on May 1 in the United States, however, due to the time difference between the United States and Abbottabad, Pakistan, he was actually killed on May 2 local time. He was 54 years old.
2011 ~ Frank Tyger (b. Dec. 24, 1929), American cartoonist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of Parkinson’s Disease at age 81.
2010 ~ Lynn Redgrave (née Lynn Rachel Redgrave; d. Mar. 8, 1943), the British pedigreed actress who had the common touch. She was born in London, England. She died at age 67 of breast cancer in Kent, Connecticut.
2009 ~ Jack Kemp (né Jack French Kemp; b. July 13, 1935), American politician and professional football player. He served as the 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from February 1989 until January 1993 in the George H.W. Bush administration. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died of cancer at age 73 in Bethesda, Maryland.
2009 ~ Marilyn French (née Marilyn Edwards; b. Nov. 21, 1929), American feminist author best known for her 1977 novel, The Women’s Room. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died of heart failure at age 79 in Manhattan, New York.
2008 ~ Mildred Loving (née Mildred Delores Jeter; b. July 22, 1939), African-American woman who, along with her white husband Richard (1933 ~ 1975), helped legalize interracial marriage in the United States. They were arrested and sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other. Their case eventually went to the United States Supreme Court as Loving v. Virginia, which unanimously held that the prohibition against interracial marriage was unconstitutional. It was also portrayed in the 2016 film, Loving. She was born in Central Point, Virginia. She died at age 68 in Milford, Virginia.
2002 ~ W.T. Tutte (né William Thomas Tutte, b. May 14, 1917), British mathematician. He was a code-breaker during World War II. He died 12 days before his 85th birthday in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
1997 ~ Sir John Eccles (né John Carew Eccles; b. Jan. 27, 1903), Australian neurophysiologist and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was born in Melbourne, Australia. He died at age 94 in Switzerland.
1993 ~ Julio Gallo (b. Mar. 21, 1910), American vintner who, along with his brother, Ernest Gallo (1909-2007), founded the E&J Gallo Winery. Julio was born in Antioch, California. Julio was killed from injuries sustained in a single car crash in Tracy, California. He was 83 at the time of his death.
1992 ~ Wilbur Mills (né Wilber Daigh Mills, b. May 24, 1909), American politician, whose political career ended when he was found cavorting with stripper Fanne Foxe in 1974. He finished his term in the House of Representatives but did not run for re-election. He had represented Arkansas in the House from January 1939 until his term ended in 1976. He was born in Kensette, Arkansas. He died 22 days before his 83rd birthday in Searcy, Arkansas.
1979 ~ Guilio Natta (b. Feb. 26, 1903), Italian chemist and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 76.
1972 ~ J. Edgar Hoover (né John Edgar Hoover; b. Jan. 1, 1895), American law enforcement officer and 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He served in that position from May 1924 until his death 48 years later. He was born and died in Washington, D.C. He died in Office at age 77 of a heart attack.
1964 ~ Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (née Nancy Witcher Langhorne; b. May 19, 1879), American socialite and British politician. She moved to England at age 26. Her second husband was Waldorf Astor. She became the first woman Member of Parliament. She was born in Danville, Virginia. She died 17 days before her 85th birthday in Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.
1957 ~ Joseph McCarthy (né Joseph Raymond McCarthy; b. Nov. 14, 1908), United States Senator from Wisconsin, and head of the Un-American Activities Committee who tried to root out Communism in the United States. He fueled the Red Scare in the 1950s and led the investigations of numerous individuals alleging they supported Communism. He was born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. He died at age 48 in Bethesda, Maryland.
1945 ~ Joe Corbett (né Joseph Aloysius Corbett; b. Dec. 4, 1875), American professional baseball player. He was the younger brother of boxer James Corbett. He was born and died in San Francisco, California. He died at age 69.
1929 ~ Tad Dorgan (né Thomas Aloysius Dorgan; d. Apr. 29, 1877), American cartoonist. He was born in San Francisco, California. He died of heart disease 3 days after his 52nd birthday in Great Neck, New York.
1922 ~ Richard Greener (né Richard Theodore Greener; b. Jan. 30, 1844), lawyer who was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard College. He went on to become the dean of the Howard University School of Law. He was the father of Belle da Costa Green who served as the personal librarian to J.P. Morgan. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died age 78 in Chicago, Illinois.
1915 ~ Clara Immerwahr (née Clara Helene Immerwahr; b. June 21, 1870), German chemist and women’s rights activist. She was the first woman chemist to be awarded a doctorate in Germany. Although born Jewish, she converted to Christianity. She was the wife on Fritz Haber, recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She died by suicide at age 44 following an argument with her husband.
1880 ~ Eberhard Anheuser (b. Sept. 27, 1806), German-American manufacturer and co-founder of the Anheuser-Busch company. He died at age 73 in St. Louis, Missouri.
1880 ~ Eunice Waite Cobb (née Eunice Hale Waite; b. Jan. 27, 1803), American writer, social activist, and public speaker. She and her husband, the Rev. Sylvanus Cobb, were very active in the Universalist Church. She was born in Kennebunk, Maine. She died at age 77 in East Boston, Massachusetts.
1819 ~ Mary Moser (b. Oct. 27, 1744), British painter and artist. She was one of the two female founding members of the Royal Academy. She was born in London, England. She died at age 74.
1813 ~ Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (b. May 23, 1730), member of the Prussian royal family. In 1755, he married his niece, Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1738 ~ 1820). He was of the House of Hohenzollern. He was the son of Frederick William I, King of Prussia and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. He was the grandson of George I, King of England. He was born and died in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. He died 21 days before his 83rd birthday.
1683 ~ Stjepan Gradić (b. Mar. 6, 1613), Croatian philosopher and mathematician. He died at age 70 in Rome, Papal States.
1519 ~ Leonardo da Vinci (b. Apr. 15, 1452), Italian painter, sculpture, scientist, and Renaissance man. He died 17 days after his 67th birthday.
1302 ~ Blanche of Artois (b. 1248), Queen consort of Navarre. She was the wife of Henry I, King of Navarre (1244 ~ 1274). He was her first husband. After his death, she married Edmund Crouchback (1245 ~ 1296), an English prince. They married in 1276. She was his second wife. She was of the House of Artois. She was the daughter of Robert I, Count of Artois and Matilda of Brabant. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 53 or 54 at the time of her death.
1293 ~ Meir of Rothenburg (b. 1215), German rabbi and poet. The date of his birth is not known.
907 ~ Boris I, Tsar of Bulgaria. He was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire. He ruled from 852 until he abdicated the throne in 889 to become a monk. He was married to Maria. Little is known of her. The date of his birth is unknown.
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