November 5th

EVENTS

1228 – Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
1414 – Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
1492 – Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
1499 – Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
1500 – -6th Nov astronomer Copernicus observes a lunar eclipse in Rome
1530 – St Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast and destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands
1556 – Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun as Sultan of Delhi
1556 – Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu
1605 – Gunpowder Plot; attempt to blow up King James I while he opened Parliament. Plot discovered and Guy Fawkescaught and tortured. He and seven others were later executed
1630 – Spain & England sign peace treaty
1639 – First post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts
1678 – Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden
1725 – Spain & Austria sign secret treaty
1743 – Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury were organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
English Catholic Conspirator Guy Fawkes

1757 – Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War)
1773 – John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting that resolves that anyone who supports the Tea Act is an “Enemy to America”
1780 – French-American force under Colonel LaBalme is defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
1781 – John Hanson elected first “President of US in Congress assembled”
1789 – Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname
1789 – French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law
1811 – El Salvador’s 1st battle against Spain for independence
1838 – Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1846 – Robert Schumann’s 2nd Symphony in C premieres
1854 – Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 at Inkerman
1862 – Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac
1862 – Battle at Barbee’s Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties
Statesman John Hancock

1872 – American women’s right to vote advocate Susan B. Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant
1872 – Ulysses S. Grant re-elected US President
1873 – Due to the fallout from the Pacific Scandal, John A. Macdonald resigns as Prime Minister of Canada
1876 – Henry Morton Stanley’s expedition leaves Nyangwe
1881 – French government-Ferry resigns
1881 – 1,600 police and volunteers attack Māori settlement at Parihaka in western Taranaki which had become the symbol of protest against the confiscation of Māori land, New Zealand
1882 – Bedrich Smetana’s “Ma Vlast” premieres
1883 – Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi’s army destroys Egyptian army
1883 – Musical “Cordelia’s Aspirations” premieres in NYC
Prime Minister of Canada John A. Macdonald

1886 – 26th British Golf Open: David Brown shoots a 157 at Musselburgh Links
1887 – Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship
1889 – Louisa Woosley first women to be ordained as a minister in any Presbyterian denomination (US Cumberland Presbyterian Church).
1894 – Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki
1894 – Richard Strauss’ “Till Eulenspiegels” premieres
1895 – 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car
1895 – Edward, Prince of Wales, says “We are all Socialists nowadays”
1895 – US state Utah accepts female suffrage
1898 – Gerhart Hauptmann’s “Fuhrmann Henschel” premieres in Berlin
1900 – Under US military control since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Cuba now calls its own constitutional convention
1911 – Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tripoli & Cyrenaica
Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann

1911 – Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17)
1912 – Arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage
1912 – Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water
1912 – Woodrow Wilson (D) defeats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & President Taft (R)
1913 – Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria
1914 – Britain declares war on Turkey and annexes Cyprus, occupied since 1878; the immediate reason is to keep it from being taken by Turkey
1916 – Emperors Wilhelm II (Germany) and Franz Jozef I (Austria-Hungary) establish the kingdom of Poland
1916 – Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males/female suffrage
1916 – The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between IWW organizers and local police.
German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II

1917 – Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
1917 – Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Louisville, Kentucky, ordinance requiring backs & whites to live in separate areas
1919 – Ir à Steringa Idzerda begins hosting “soirée-musical” on Dutch radio
1921 – Soviet Russia signs a treaty with Mongolia, temporarily supporting the new government against China and Japanese incursions
1922 – Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent
1925 – Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties
1927 – 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest CC Dallas
1927 – Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title
1930 – Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for “Babbitt”
1930 – 3rd Academy Awards – “All Quiet on the Western Front”, George Arliss & Norma Shearer win
1932 – Benito Mussolini frees 16,000 convicts
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini

1933 – Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0)
1933 – Spanish Basques vote for autonomy
1935 – Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of Maryland to admit Donald Murray, a black man
1935 – Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1936 – French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime
1937 – Hitler informs his military leaders in a secret meeting of his intentions of going to war
1938 – Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return
1938 – Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 yrs as Rutgers Stad dedicated
1940 – Dutch submarine departs Dundee
1940 – US President FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
1940 – Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Wash Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)
MLB Pitcher Walter Johnson

1941 – Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor
1942 – Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris
1942 – Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez’s final transmission
1943 – -6] Vatican bombed
1944 – Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren
1944 – Canadian & British troops liberate Dinteloord
1944 – German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
1945 – Colombia joins the United Nations.
1946 – John F Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) elected to US House of Representatives
1950 – Cleveland Browns’ Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
1950 – Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis
1951 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
6th President of the Philippines Elpidio Quirino

1953 – Nobel prize for physics awarded/appended on Frederik Zernicke
1953 – Paul Searls saws a 32″ log in 86.4 seconds
1953 – Terence Rattigan’s “Sleeping Prince” premieres in London
1955 – Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds)
1955 – New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria)
1955 – Date returned to in “Back to the Future” by Marty McFly
1956 – Britain & France land forces in Egypt in reaction to seizure of Suez Canal
1956 – Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized
1956 – Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba
1956 – Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime
1956 – The Nat King Cole Show debuts on NBC, the first variety program to be hosted by an African-American
1957 – Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2½ cent soccer pool ticket
Musician Nat King Cole

1958 – “Maria Golovin” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 performances
1958 – KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1959 – AFL announced with 8 teams
1961 – India’s premier Nehru arrives in NY
1961 – St Louis Cards Bill Stacy, returns 2 interceptions for TDs vs Dallas
1963 – US VP Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands
1964 – US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned
1966 – Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained
1966 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 – ATS-3 launched by US to take first pictures of full Earth disc
1967 – Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1967 – New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24
1967 – US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson

1967 – Yemen president Sallal flees
1967 – The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
1968 – 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously)
1968 – Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for presidency
1971 – Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
1971 – NBA’s LA Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak
1972 – Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1972 – Vice-President of Sinn Féin Maire Drumm is arrested in the Republic of Ireland
1973 – BART starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service
1973 – Arab producers announce 25 percent cut in oil production
1974 – Dmitri Shostakovitch completes Michelangelo songs
1974 – Ella Grasso (Ct) elected first woman US governor not related to previous governor
Singer-songwriter Robin Gibb

1974 – Walter E Washington, becomes first elected mayor of Wash DC
1975 – British government sends troops to Belize
1975 – Sao Tome & Principe adopts constitution
1976 – Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award
1976 – New AL franchises in Seattle & Toronto fill up their rosters
1976 – Pirates trade Manny Sanguillen & $100,000 to A’s for mgr Chuck Tanner
1976 – USSR performs nuclear test
1977 – NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
1978 – Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
1978 – Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran
1978 – Oakland Raider’s John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games
1979 – Iran government of Bazargan resigns
1979 – Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini declares US “The Great Satan”
1981 – Charles Fuller’s “Soldier’s Play” premieres in NYC
Supreme Leader of Iran  Ayatollah Khomeini

1981 – Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy, & possession of cocaine
1982 – Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)
1982 – George Harrison releases “Gone Troppo” album
1983 – NY Rangers & Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
1983 – Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden
1985 – “News” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 4 performances
1985 – CBS’ premiere of TV made Lucille Ball drama “Stone Pillow”
1987 – “Into the Woods” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 764 performances
1987 – France performs nuclear test
1987 – Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
1987 – South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed
1987 – Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine’s musical “Into the Stars,” premieres
1987 – Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana
Comedienne/Actress Lucille Ball

1988 – 1st NBA game at Bradley Center, Milw Bucks lose to Atlnata Hawks 94-107
1988 – 1st NBA game at Miami Arena, Miami Heat loss to LA Clippers, 111-91
1988 – 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85
1988 – Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage
1988 – France performs nuclear test
1988 – Gulch wins Breeder’s Cup
1988 – Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
1988 – Horse Racing Breeders’ Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs
1989 – “Threepenny Opera” opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 perfs
1989 – 19th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30
1989 – 20th NYC Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01
1989 – Browns’ Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions
1989 – Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1989 – US plays El Salvador in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 – 40th Formula One WDC: Alain Prost wins by 16 points
1990 – Reports of increasing Saudi petroleum production and lower world demand
1991 – Kiichi Miyazawa elected premier of Japan
1991 – Richard J Kerr ends term as acting director of CIA
1992 – “Show Off” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1992 – Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade
1993 – 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85
1994 – Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
1994 – Tony Rominger bicycles world record for distance covered in one hour for second time (55.291 km)
1994 – Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed
1994 – Horse Racing Breeders’ Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country
Boxing Champ George Foreman

1994 – George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing HW championship
1995 – STS 73 (Columbia 18), lands
1995 – Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament
1995 – 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minn Timberwolves 100-98 in OT
1995 – André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the PM’s wife locks the door.
1996 – Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of
1997 – 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns he is named AL Manager of Year
1997 – French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages
2000 – Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church
Baseball Player Derek Jeter

2003 – 37th Country Music Association Award: Alan Jackson & Martina McBride wins
2006 – Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi’as in 1982.
2007 – China’s first lunar satellite, Chang’e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
2009 – US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (US Army Medical Corps) killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.
2012 – 50 Syrian military personnel are killed by a suicide car bomb in Hama
2012 – Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

2013 – 4 people are killed after a 4-story building under construction collapses in Lagos, Nigeria
2014 – New Zealand Prime Minister John Key rules out sending troops to fight against Islamic State, but claims there are 40 NZers on ‘terror watchlist’
2014 – 48th CMT Music Awards: Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, and Miranda Lambert win

BIRTHDAYS

1271 – Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304)
1494 – Hans Sachs, German composer, playwright and shoemaker
1534 – Joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician (horticulture catalog)
1549 – Philippe de Mornay (or Philippe Du-Plessis-Mornay), French writer (d. 1623)
1563 – Anna van Nassau, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna of Saksen
1592 – Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
1613 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
1615 – Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648)
1654 – Christian Liebe, German composer
1666 – Attilio Ariosti, Italian composer born in Bologna
1667 – Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
1701 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785)
1715 – John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
1722 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (d. 1798)
1742 – Richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821)
1764 – Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist (Newton)
1770 – Etienne P de Senancour, French author (Obermann)
1779 – Washington Allston, US painter/author
1798 – Carolina F L duchess of Berry, daughter of crown prince of Naples
1818 – Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1893)
1819 – Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer
1825 – Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Major General (Union volunteers)
1832 – William Woods Averell, Major General (Union Army), (d. 1900)
1835 – Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902)
1841 – Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer
1846 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
1849 – Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties
1850 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
1851 – Charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923)
1854 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1854 – Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920)
1855 – Eugene V. Debs, Terre Haute, Indiana, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (d. 1926)
1855 – Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere)
1857 – Ida Tarbell, muckraker (Standard Oil was very unhappy)
1866 – Daniel Protheroe, composer
Olympic Runner Teddy Flack(1873)

1873 – Teddy Flack [Edwin], Australian athlete, double Olympic gold medallist in 1896, born in London, England (d. 1935)
1876 – Raymond Duchamp-Villon, cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire)
1881 – George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (d. 1961)
1884 – James Elroy Flecker, English poet/dramatist (Hassan)
1885 – Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization)
1887 – Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand
1887 – Paul Wittgenstein, left hand specialist pianist, born in Vienna, Austria
1890 – Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter (d. 1977)
1891 – Bert McGirr, cricketer (played in NZ’s 1st Test series)
1891 – Earle “Greasy” Neale, NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles)
1891 – Mary Dorna, Dutch author
1892 – J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (d. 1964)
1893 – Raymond Loewy, US industrial designer
1894 – Henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar
1895 – Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer
1895 – Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956)
1899 – Forrest Lewis, actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas)
1900 – Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972)
1901 – Eddie Paynter, cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series)
1902 – Strom Thurmond, (Sen-R-SC, 1955- )
1904 – Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
1905 – George Bissett, cricketer (successful South African quick in 1927-28)
1905 – Joel McCrea, South Pasadena California, actor (Marshal-Wichita Town)
1906 – George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary
1906 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (d. 2004)
1911 – Roy Rogers, Cincinnati Ohio, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show)
1912 – Natalie Schaeffer, Rumson NJ, actress (Lovey Howell-Gilligan’s Island)
1913 – John McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), born in NYC, New York
1913 – Vivien Leigh, (Gone With Wind) Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn
1914 – Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73)
1914 – Alton Tobey, American artist (d. 2005)
1915 – Moe Biller, labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers), born in NYC, New York
1916 – Len Wilkinson, cricketer (England leg-spinner just before WW II)
1917 – Claus Adam, composer
1917 – Jacob Everaers, office clerk/resistance fighter
1917 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (d. 2000)
1917 – Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
1919 – Myron Floren, Webster SD, accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1919 – Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher (d. 1978)
1920 – Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1920 – Tommy Goodwin [Thomas], Connecticut, British Track Cyclist (2 X Olympic Bronze 1948), (d. 2012)
1921 – Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt)
1921 – Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran
1922 – Violet Barclay, American illustrator
1923 – Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist
1924 – Ivan Rezak, composer
1926 – Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist (Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper)
1927 – Robert Abernethy, Geneva Switz, Newscaster (NBC News Encore)
1929 – Ottmar MA Fraai, Curacaos/Dutch tenor
1930 – Herb Edelman, American actor (Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5), born in Brooklyn, New York
1931 – Ike Turner, Miss, AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love)
1932 – Arthur L Liman, trial lawyer (Oliver North), born in NYC, New York
1934 – Nick Smith, (Rep-R-Michigan)
1934 – Victor Argo, American actor (d. 2004)
1935 – Dick Davalos, actor (Jeff-The Americans), born in The Bronx, New York
1935 – Jerry Amper Dadap, composer
1935 – John Nicholas Maw, composer
1935 – Lester Piggott, British jockey (11 time champ)
1935 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novellist
1936 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
1937 – Harris Yulin, American actor
1938 – Chris Robinson, Fla, actor (Stanley, General Hospital, Another World)
1938 – Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980)
1938 – César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
1939 – Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler (1961-62 series v NZ)
1940 – Elke Sommer, [Elke Schletz], actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar), born in Berlin, Germany
1941 – Patricia Harty, actress (Occasional Wife, Blondie), born in Washington, D.C.
1941 – Art Garfunkel, New York, American singer/actor (Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge)
1943 – Pablo Gomez, rocker
1943 – Sam Shepard, Ill, actor/playwright (Frances, Crimes of the Heart)
1943 – Friedman Paul Erhardt (Chef Tell), German-born American TV chef (d. 2007)
1945 – Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1945 – Aleka Papariga, Greek politician
1946 – Gram Parsons, [Cecil Ingram Connor III], Winter Haven Florida, rocker (Byrds)
1946 – Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist (Sleepin’ Bird)
1946 – Patricia K Kuhl, speech & hearing scientist
1947 – Oleg Antropov, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 – Peter Noone, rocker (Herman-Herman’s Hermits-Silhouttes)
1948 – Peter Hammill, English singer/songwriter (Patient)
1948 – Rick Cobb, rocker
1948 – Mel Ab-Owain, Welsh politician
1948 – Hridayananda dasa Goswami, ISKCON guru
1948 – Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual
1949 – Armin Shimerman, American actor
1949 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
1950 – Debbie Massey, Grosse Pointe MI, LPGA golfer (1979 Wheeling Classic)
1951 – Cindy Brooks, Gettysburg Pa, playmate (April, 1985)
1951 – Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist
NBA Center and Television Sportscaster Bill Walton(1952)

1952 – Bill Walton, La Mesa California, NBA center (Portland Trailblazers, Boston Celtics)
1952 – Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
1952 – Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
1953 – Florentino V. Floro, Filipino dwarf judge
1953 – Joyce Maynard, American writer
1955 – Sylvester Louis Adams, murderer
1955 – Karan Thapar, Foremost Indian Journalist, Political Analyst & Commentator
1955 – Nestor Serrano, American actor
1956 – Mike Score, rock guitarist (Flock Of Seagulls), born in Liverpool, England
1956 – Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes)
1957 – David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1957 – Jon-Erik Hexum, Tenafly NJ, actor (Voyager, Cover-up)
1958 – Don Falcone, American musician and producer
1958 – Robert Patrick, American actor
Singer Bryan Adams (1959)

1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian singer (Heaven), born in Kingston, Ontario
1960 – Mark West, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
1960 – René Froger, Dutch singer (Everything Can Make a Man Happy)
1960 – Tilda Swinton, actress (Orlando), born in London, England
1961 – Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Capt USMC/astronaut
1961 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
1962 – Brian Wheat, rock bassist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
1962 – Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
1962 – Marcus J. Ranum, American computer/network security innovator
1963 – Andrea McArdle, Phila, actress (Annie)
1963 – Hans Gilhaus, soccer player (Vitesse)
1963 – Tatum O’Neal, Los Aangeles California, actress (Paper Moon, Little Darlings) and ex-wife of John McEnroe
Actress Tilda Swinton(1960)

1965 – Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
1965 – Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family
1966 – Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress
1966 – Nayim, Spanish footballer
1967 – Frank Pollack, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
1967 – Grant Leury, Australian canoeist (Olympics-96), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1967 – Percy Snow, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1967 – Steve Wagner, Phila, field hockey goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
1967 – Judy Reyes, Dominican American actress (Scrubs), born in NYC, New York
1968 – Bob Dahl, NFL guard (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns)
1968 – Cary Blanchard, NFL kicker (Indianapolis Colts)
1968 – Chris Gray, Perth WA, Australian golfer
1968 – Malcolm Frank, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1968 – Sam Rockwell, American film actor
1968 – Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress
1969 – Jennifer Guthrie, Willimantic Conn, actress (Dawn-General Hospital)
1970 – Javier Lopez, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Atlanta Braves)
1970 – Ryan Wetnight, NFL tight end (Chicago Bears)
1970 – Javy López, baseball player
1970 – Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
1971 – Corin “Corky” Nemec, Little Rock, actor (Tucker, Parker Lewis)
1971 – Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper
1971 – Sergei Berezin, Voskrensensk Russia, NHL forward (Team Russia, Oly-Si-98)
1971 – Todd Collins, NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills)
1971 – Dana Jacobson, ESPN’s First Take hostess
1971 – Rob Jones, English footballer
1971 – Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
1971 – Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
1972 – Tracy Greene, NFL tight end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1973 – Alexei Yashin, Sverdlovsk Russia, NHL center (Team Russia Olympics-Silver-1998, Ottawa Senators)
1973 – James Collins, NBA guard (LA Clippers)
1973 – Johnny Damon, Ft. Riley Kansas, baseball outfielder (Kansas City Royals)
1973 – Kate Anderson, Australian 1.5k/3k/5k runner (Olympics-96)
1973 – Rupert Grant, NFL fullback (NE Patriots)
1973 – Daniella Westbrook, English actress
1974 – Conrad Hamilton, cornerback (NY Giants)
1974 – Jerry Stackhouse, NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, Phila 76ers)
1974 – Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
1974 – Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
1974 – Ryan Adams, American musician
1977 – Jodi Webb, Miss Utah Teen USA (1996)
1977 – Tuula Puputti, ice hockey goalie (Finland, Oly-98)
1977 – Richard Wright, English footballer
1979 – Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer
1980 – Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
1980 – Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
1980 – Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
1983 – Mike Hanke, German footballer
1983 – Andrew Hayden-Smith, TV presenter and actor
1984 – Nick Folk, American football player
1984 – Tobias Enstrom, Swedish hockey player
1985 – Tanaka Koki, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
1985 – Kate DeAraugo, Australian Idol 2005
1986 – BoA, Korean singer
1986 – Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
1987 – Kevin Jonas, American guitarist, member of the Jonas Brothers

WEDDINGS

1940 – American author and journalist “The Old Man and the Sea” Ernest Hemingway marries journalist Martha Gellhorn
1941 – Writer and veterinary surgeon James Herriot (25) weds Joan Catherine Danbury
1977 – 43rd US President George W. Bush (31) weds Laura Welch (31) at The First United Methodist Church in Midland, Texas
2005 – 2004 Indianapolis 500 racecar driver winner Buddy Rice (29) weds Michelle Noonan in Arizona

DIVORCES

None

DEATHS

1370 – Kazimierz III, the Great, King of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61
1515 – Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli, Italian painter, dies at 41
1559 – Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83
1603 – Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies
1660 – Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)
1660 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1669 – John Coccejus, German/Neth reformed theologist, dies at about 66
1675 – Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52
1680 – Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57
1701 – Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (bc. 1659)
1714 – Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633)
1737 – Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke, dies at 55
1743 – Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44
1752 – Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
1758 – Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
1772 – Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50
1772 – Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66
1801 – Norinaga Moto’ori, Japanese scientist, dies
1803 – Ch de Laclos, writer, dies
1804 – Elizabeth “Betje” Wolff-Bekker, poetess (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 66
1819 – Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55
1828 – Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1759)
1834 – Aernout Drost, Dutch literary/founder (The Guide), dies at 24
1836 – Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
1850 – Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69
1854 – Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann
1860 – Carl Binder, composer, dies at 43
1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48
1883 – William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle
1923 – Jacques d’Adelswärd-Fersen, French novelist (b. 1880)
Physician and Nobel Laureate Christiaan Eijkman (1930)

1930 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858)
1933 – Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
1935 – Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71
1941 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
1942 – George M Cohan, father of musical comedy, dies of cancer at 64
1943 – Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies at 62
1944 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
1946 – Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77
1950 – Jacobus J E Hondius, Dutch classicist/graphic artist, dies at 53
1951 – Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer/pegagoge, dies at 72
1951 – Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, composer, dies at 67
1955 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1883)
Composer George M. Cohan(1942)

1956 – Art Tatum, African American pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles
1956 – Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909)
1960 – August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69
1960 – Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33
1960 – Mack Sennett, director/producer (Keystone Cops), dies
1960 – Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57
1964 – Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57
1964 – Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Congressman for Maryland’s 5th District (b. 1893)
1968 – Estelle Hemsley, American actress (Leech Woman, Take a Giant Step), dies at 81
1968 – Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54
1969 – Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies
1969 – Lloyd Corrigan, actor (Prof McKillup-Hank), dies at 69
1971 – Sam Jones, baseball player (b. 1925)
1972 – Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85
1974 – Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O’Hara-Batman), dies at 56
1975 – Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87
1975 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1909)
1975 – Lionel Trilling, American critic and writer (b. 1905)
1977 – Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72
1977 – Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75
1977 – René Goscinny, French writer (Asterix), dies at 51
1978 – Denis O’Dea, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 73
1979 – Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li’l Abner), dies at 70
1982 – Gerda Brautigam, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies
1982 – Jacques Tati[scheff], French actor/director (Parade), dies at 74
1985 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
1986 – Claude Jutra, Québécois actor and film director (b. 1930)
1986 – Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
1987 – Eamonn Andrews, Television Presenter (b. 1922)
1989 – Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn
1989 – Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85
1990 – Bobby Nunn, US bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65
1990 – Herbert Berghof, actor (Belarus File), dies of heart failure at 81
1991 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at 83
1991 – Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (NY Daily News), dies at 68
1992 – Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies
1992 – Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92
1994 – McHenry Boatwright, signer, dies at 66
1995 – Laura Weber, TV Host, dies at 70
1996 – Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62
1996 – Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat, dies at 53
1996 – Paula Hinton, dancer, dies at 72
1996 – Ronald Ogden, engineer, dies at 81
1997 – James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter (b. 1946)
1997 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-born historian of ideas (b. 1909)
1997 – Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
2000 – Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
2000 – Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b.1926)
2000 – Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899)
2001 – Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b. 1913)
2001 – Barry Horne, a British animal liberation activist.
2002 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
2003 – Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand environmentalist (b. 1957)
2005 – John Fowles, English writer (b. 1926)
2005 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
2006 – Bülent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (b. 1925)
2007 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish football midfielder and coach (b. 1922)
2009 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian (b. 1925)
2010 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet and politician (b. 1943)
2010 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
2010 – Shirley Verrett, American operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1931)
2011 – Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam (b. 1926)
2012 – Charles V Bush, African-American pioneer, dies from colon cancer at 72
2012 – Elliott Carter, American composer, dies from natural causes at 103
2012 – Stalking Cat [Dennis Avner], American body modifier, dies at 54

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1994 George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ

• American Revolution

• 1775 Washington condemns Guy Fawkes festivities

• Automotive

• 1895 George Selden patents gas-powered car

• Civil War

• 1862 Lincoln removes McClellan

• Cold War

• 1968 Richard Nixon elected president

• Crime

• 2009 Army major kills 13 people in Fort Hood shooting spree

• Disaster

• 1991 Philippines struggles with severe flooding

• General Interest

• 1556 Mughal victory assures Akbar’s ascension
• 1605 King James learns of gunpowder plot
• 1912 Wilson wins landslide victory
• 1930 An American Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1990 Jewish extremist assassinated in New York

• Hollywood

• 2007 Writers strike stalls production of TV shows, movies

• Literary

• 1893 Willa Cather starts writing for the Nebraska State Journal

• Music

• 1938 Samuel Barber’s Adagio For Strings receives its world premiere on NBC radio

• Old West

• 1862 300 Santee Sioux sentenced to hang in Minnesota

• Presidential

• 1977 George W. Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland, Texas

• Sports

• 1994 George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ in history

• Vietnam War

• 1968 Nixon wins presidential election
• 1970 U.S. combat deaths down

• World War I

• 1914 Battle of Tanga ends in defeat for British colonial troops

• World War II

• 1940 FDR re-elected president