November 13th

EVENTS

866 – Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
1002 – English king Ethelred II (the ‘Unready’) launches ‘St Brice’s Day’ massacre of Danish settlers
1553 – English Lady Jane Grey and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer accused of high treason
1565 – King Philip II’s “Letters out Segovia” reaches Brussels
1565 – Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei
1642 – Battle at Turnham Green outside London: King Charles I vs English parliament
1673 – Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn
1715 – Battle of Sheriffmuir during Jacobite rebellion. Battle inconclusive but Government forces halt advance of Jacobite army lead by Scottish Earl of Mar
1775 – American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
1781 – British troops occupy Negapatam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1789 – Ben Franklin writes “Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes”
1839 – 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis.
King Charles I

1843 – Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
1849 – Peter Burnett elected first governor of California
1851 – 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary “Netherlands & Orange”
1851 – Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked
1851 – The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington.
1854 – “New Era” sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300
1864 – The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
1865 – PT Barnum’s New American museum opens in Bridgeport
1865 – US issues 1st gold certificates
1868 – American Philological Association organized in NY
1875 – Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
1875 – National Bowling Association organized in NYC
1885 – Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1895 – First shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
1900 – Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball’s American League
1901 – The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
1906 – C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland
1907 – French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)
1907 – The Conference of Central American States, convoked in response to the war between Honduras and Nicaragua, meets in Washington, D.C. to promote unification
1909 – 259 miners die in a fire at St Paul Mine at Cherry, Illinois
1909 – Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1909 – Collier’s magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
1913 – 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob
1916 – British offensive at Ancre, Belgium
1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
1918 – Prince Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, abdicates
1918 – Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1918 – Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg
1920 – Hudson River frozen at Albany
Silent Film Star Rudolph Valentino

1921 – “Sheik”, a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
1921 – US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1922 – Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY
1922 – George Cohan’s musical “Little Nellie Kelly” premieres in NYC
1922 – Marc Connelly/George Kaufman’s “’49ers” premieres in NYC
1926 – Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java
1927 – NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
1928 – Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC
1930 – WA Drake’s “Grand Hotel” premieres in NYC
1931 – Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator
1933 – 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn
1935 – Anti-British riots in Egypt
1937 – NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1938 – America’s first saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified
Animator Walt Disney

1940 – Walt Disney’s animated film “Fantasia” released
1941 – German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic
1942 – Chaotic “sea battle of Friday the 13th” at Guadalcanal
1942 – Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18
1945 – Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
1946 – First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA
1946 – Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI v the MCC
1948 – “As the Girls Go” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 perfs
1950 – US win 1st world championship bridge contest
1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
1951 – Lefty O’Doul’s all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio & Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
Cricket Legend Donald Bradman

1952 – False fingernails 1st sold
1952 – KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 – Dmitri Shostakovitch’s 4th String Quartet premieres
1954 – 1st Rugby League World Cup: Great Britain beats France 16-12
1955 – 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
1955 – Argentine general Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president
1956 – US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
1958 – NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League
1960 – Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude, Spain)
1961 – WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 – Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
1964 – Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
1964 – Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
1965 – “Skyscraper” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
1965 – “Yarmouth Castle” burns & sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
1965 – Director Kenneth Tynan says the word “Fuck” on BBC
1966 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies’ Golf Open
1967 – Carl B Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland Oh)
1967 – NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle & Kansas City
MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose

1968 – Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP
1968 – William Craig, Home Affairs Minister, bans all marches, with the exception of ‘customary’ parades, in Derry, Northern Ireland; the exception of ‘customary’ parades meant that Loyalist institutions could parade but civil rights marches could not
1969 – VP Spiro T Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias & distortion
1970 – Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
1970 – VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives “impudent snobs”
1971 – Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)
1973 – “Gigi” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances
1973 – Oakland A’s Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
1974 – Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
1975 – “Musical Jubilee” opens at St James Theater NYC for 92 performances
1977 – 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
MLB Right Fielder Reggie Jackson

1977 – Final Al Capp comic strip of “Li’l Abner” (1934-77)
1977 – Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1978 – NASA launches HEAO
1979 – British newspaper “The Times” resumes publishing after 1 year
1979 – Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for US President
1979 – Willie Stargell & Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL
1980 – US spacecraft Voyager 1 sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
1980 – Gabriella Brum, 18, of West Germany crowned 30th Miss World; she resigns the next day because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
1981 – Ringo Starr releases “Wrack My Brains”
1982 – Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1982 – A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim’s death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.
LPGA Golfer Pat Bradley

1983 – Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984 – David Levy finds his first comet
1984 – Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
1985 – Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award
1985 – Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
1986 – Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
1986 – NASA launches space vehicle S-199
1986 – US President Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran
1987 – 1st condom commercial on British TV
1988 – 39th Formula One WDC: Ayrton Senna wins by three points
1989 – Paul McCartney releases “Figure of 8” & “Ou Est Le Soleil”
1990 – Oakland’s Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award
1990 – In Aramoana, New Zealand, Resident David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in the Aramoana Massacre.
Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney

1990 – Saudis ask US for rights to bid on SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) crude
1991 – Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state
1991 – Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award
1992 – Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 – 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
1993 – Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
1993 – Pakistani minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president
1994 – Sweden agrees to join European Union
1994 – 45th Formula One WDC: Michael Schumacher wins by one point
1994 – 44th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
1995 – “GoldenEye”, 17th James Bond film, starring Pierce Brosnan for the first time and Judi Dench as M, released
1996 – “Three Sisters” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
Actor Pierce Brosnan

1996 – Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 – 1 (35th known Mersenne prime)
1996 – Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
1997 – “Lion King” opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC
1997 – Ken Griffey Jr unanimously wins AL MVP
1997 – UN pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq
1999 – “Toy Story 2”, directed by John Lasseter, starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, premieres in the US
2000 – Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
2001 – Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
2001 – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US PresidentGeorge W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
Singer Shakira

2001 – Shakira’s fifth studio album and first English language album, “Laundry Service”, is released
2001 – US President Bush orders that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve be filled to capacity over the next few years
2002 – The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
2002 – Eminem releases single ‘Lose Yourself’ from soundtrack of 8 Mile, 1st rap song to win Academy Award Best Original Song
2007 – An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.
Rapper Eminem

2008 – Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest , contracted by 0.5% in the third quarter after GDP fell 0.4% in the second quarter, putting it in recession for the first time in five years
2008 – Equity research by Deutsche Bank states that Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines should not experience a recession, despite potential harm to economic growth from falling commodity prices and possible weaker exports
2009 – The Netherlands officially exits the recession after experiencing 0.4% growth in the third quarter, but recovery for the Netherlands still remains fragile as the country is highly dependent on exports to maintain the recovery
2009 – Germany’s growth of 0.7% in the third quarter helps lead the Eurozone out of the recession after providing overall growth of 0.4% in the same period, with the whole European Union growing 0.2%, it is reported today
2010 – Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage
2012 – 3 Syrian tanks enter the demilitarized zone of Golan Heights
2014 – Rohit Sharma of India sets a new record of 264 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI innings in cricket
2014 – Clayton Kershaw & Mike Trout wins the MVP awards in MLB for 2014

BIRTHDAYS

354 – [Christian] Aurelius Augustine, bp of Hippo in Roman Africa
1312 – Edward III, Windsor Castle, England, king of England (1327-77, raped countess of Salisbury), (d. 1377)
1486 – Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
1504 – Philip I (the Generous), Landgrave of Hesse and important early protestant ruler. (d. 1567)
1559 – Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal
1572 – Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638)
1663 – Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1679 – Thomas-Philippe d’alsace et de Boussu, South Netherland cardinal
1699 – Jan Zach, composer
1710 – Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
1714 – William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
1715 – Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d. 1762)
1718 – Anton Laube, composer
1732 – John Dickinson, Talbot County Maryland, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
1759 – Timothy Olmstead, composer
1760 – Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820)
Founding Father of the United States John Dickinson(1732)

1768 – Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
1782 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (d. 1846)
1789 – Martin de Ron, composer
1792 – Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son)
1801 – Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
1801 – Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, queen of Saxony (d. 1877)
1804 – Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1880)
1809 – John AB Dahlgren, US Union lt adm/inventor (Civil war Dahlgren-cannon)
1811 – Yuri Arnold, composer
1813 – John Wolcott Phelps, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1885)
1813 – Peter II Petrovic Njegos, poet/ruler of Montenegro (1830-51)
1814 – Joseph Hooker, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1879)
1826 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895)
1833 – Edwin Thomas Booth, US, US Hall of Fame/actor (Hamlet)
1834 – Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco)
1837 – James T. Rapier, American politician (d. 1883)
1838 – Joseph F Smith, 6th pres of Mormon church
1841 – Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913)
1848 – Albert HK, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922)
Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)

1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh, Scotland, author (Treasure Island), (d. 1894)
1853 – John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
1854 – George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)
1855 – Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker
1856 – Louis D Brandeis, Mass, 68th Supreme Court Justice (1916-39)
1856 – Sigwart Aspestrand, composer
1858 – Percy McDonnell, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880’s)
1859 – Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains)
1866 – Abraham Flexner, American educator (d. 1959)
1868 – Pierre Maurice, composer
1869 – Helene Stöcker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943)
1869 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962)
1870 – Henry Kolker, Quincy IL, actor (Real Glory, Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry)
1875 – Rogelio del Villar, composer
1878 – John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname (1933-44)
1878 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
1879 – Maurice Delage, composer
1882 – John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall)
1885 – Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer
1886 – Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
1893 – Edward A Doisy Sr, US bio-chemist (Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943)
1894 – Artur Nebe, German SS officer {d. 1945)
1896 – Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60)
1897 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
1898 – Earl Sande, jockey (Hall of Famer)
1900 – Edward Buzzell, American film director (d. 1985)
1902 – Gustav von Koenigswald, paleontologist (found Pithecanthropus erectus)
1904 – Gertrude Olmsted, actress (The Monster), born in Chicago, Illinois
1906 – Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room)
1906 – Hermione Baddeley, England, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life)
1906 – Eva Zeisel, Budapest, Hungary, American industrial designer
1907 – Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan)
1907 – Lewis Boddington, aerospace engineer
1907 – Giovanna of Italy, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
1908 – C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999)
1909 – Gunnar Bjornstrand, Stockholm Sweden, actor (Shame, Dreams)
1909 – Paul de Vree, Flemish author (Between Doubt & Tears)
1910 – William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986)
1911 – Buck O’Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1913 – Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), born in Brooklyn, New York
1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985)
1913 – Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986)
1915 – Howard Cooke, Jamaica, (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award)
1915 – Robert Sutton, electronics engineer
1917 – Robert Sterling, Newcastle PA, actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper)
1918 – Janine Andrade, French violinist
1920 – Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo)
1921 – Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist
1921 – Joonas Kokkonen, composer
1921 – Yoshiro Irino, composer
1922 – Jack Narz, Louisville Ky, TV gameshow host (Dotto, Video Village)
1922 – Madeleine Sherwood, actress (Mother Superior-Flying Nun), born in Montreal, Quebec
1922 – Oskar Werner, film actor/director (The Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel)
1923 – Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone)
1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994)
1925 – Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author
1926 – Max Vernon Mathews, composer
1926 – Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland
1927 – Billy Klüver, American scientist (d. 2004)
1928 – Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1929 – Steef C Weijers, Dutch MP (CDA)
1929 – Fred Phelps, American pastor
1930 – Fred Harris, (Sen-D-Okla)
1930 – Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet
1931 – Anthony Jacobs, English industrialist (BSM)
1931 – Joan Lestor, British MP
1931 – John A Manke, US test pilot (HL-10)
1931 – Andrée Lachapelle, French Canadian actress
1932 – Olga Connolly-Fikotova, Czech, US discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1956)
1932 – Richard Mulligan, actor (Soap, Empty’s Nest, Big Bus), born in The Bronx, New York
1933 – Adrienne Corri, actress (River, Doctor Zhivago), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1934 – Garry Marshall, producer (Laverne & Shirley), born in NYC, New York
1934 – Peter Arnett, New Zealand-born American journalist
1935 – Thomas Augustine Martin, academic
1935 – Tom Atkins, American actor
1935 – George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
1937 – Kamahl, [Kamalesvaran], Australian singer (Elephant Song)
1937 – Tabu Ley Rochereau, African musician, born in Bagata, Bandundu, Belgian Congo (d. 2013)
1938 – Jean Seberg, American actress (Breathless, Paint Your Wagon), born in Marshaltown Iowa (d. 1979)
1938 – Gérald Godin, French Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994)
1939 – Karel Brückner, Czech football manager
1939 – Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, (d. 2014)
1940 – Jack Birkenshaw, cricketer (England off-spinner 1973-74)
1940 – Joan Haanappel, figure skater/sports reporter
1940 – Justine “Baby” Washington, US singer (Only Those in Love)
1940 – Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor
1941 – Dack Rambo, Delano California, actor (Guns of Will Sonnett, Dallas)
1941 – Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher (NY Yankee)/pitching coach (NY Met)
1941 – Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
1942 – Beth Brickell, Camden Arkansas, actress (Gentle Ben)
1943 – John Paul Hammond, blues singer (So Many Roads), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Robert Jay Sigel, Narberth PA, PGA golfer (1994 GTE West Classic)
1943 – André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977)
1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
1944 – Ken Shuttleworth, cricketpaceman (England on 1970-71 Ashes tour)
1944 – Timmy Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Why Can’t We Live Together)
1944 – Wouter R van Romondt, Dutch/Dutch Antillean cartoonist
1945 – John B. Craig, American diplomat
1945 – Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver
1946 – Al Luginbill, Pomona California, WLAF head coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1946 – Martin Bresnick, composer
1947 – Joe Mantegna, actor (House of Games, Weeds), born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 – Gene Garber, American baseball player
1948 – Sheila Frazier, actress (Gloria-Lazarus Syndrome), born in NYC, New York
1949 – Roger Steen, rock guitarist/vocalist (Tubes)
1949 – Terry Reid, rock guitarist (River, Bang Bang You’re Terry Reid)
1949 – Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver
NHL Star Gilbert Perreault(1950)

1950 – Gilbert Perreault, Victoriaville Quebec, NHL center (over 500 goals)
1951 – Beth Anders, field hockey sweeper (Oly-bronze-1984), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
1951 – Bill Gibson, California, rock drummer (Huey Lewis & The News)
1951 – Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st African American dancer with Opera Co (Aida)
1952 – Art Malik, Pakistani-born English actor
1953 – Andy “the Clobberer” Ranken, English pop drummer (The Pogues)
1953 – Larry Miller, comedian (Dream On, Favor, Dream Lover)
1953 – Tracy Scoggins, Galveston Tx, actress (Colbys, Gumshoe Kid)
1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress
1953 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician
1953 – Waswo_X._Waswo, American Photographer
1954 – Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
1954 – Chris Noth, American actor
Actress Whoopi Goldberg(1955)

1955 – Whoopi Goldberg [Caryn Johnson], New York, actress, comedian, and singer (Color Purple, Burglar)
1956 – Aldo Nova, rocker (Blood on the Bricks)
1956 – Christopher Noth, Madison Wisconsin, US actor (Law and Order, The Good Wife)
1956 – Ginger Alden, American actress
1957 – Ronald Shusett, Hamburg Germany, author (Project Mankind)
1958 – Linda Jackson, cyclist (Olympics-96), born in Montreal, Quebec
1959 – Anne Manning, Australian walker (Olympics-96)
1959 – Rosie Jones, Santa Ana CA, LPGA golfer (1988 USX Golf Classic)
1960 – Neil Flynn, American actor
1961 – Edwin “Rick” Bakker, Dutch author: Rick’s Report, AIDS Diary
1962 – Blair Rasmussen, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks)
1962 – Gaetano Orlando, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1963 – Thilo Timothy Newman, Hamburg Germany, writer (Freejack, Alien)
1963 – Vinny Testaverde, NFL quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1964 – Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player (1989 French quarters)
1965 – Kevin Gamble, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
1965 – Rob Natal, catcher (Florida Marlins), born in Long Beach, California
1965 – Sheryl Boyle, Renfrew Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1965 – Zeljko Petrovic, soccer player (FC The Bosch/RKC)
1966 – Rumeal Robinson, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons)
1967 – Randi Ingerman, Phila Pa, actress (Trade Winds)
1967 – Steve Christie, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills)
1967 – Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
1967 – Steve Zahn, American actor
1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American TV host and producer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), born in Brooklyn, New York
1968 – Mark Fitzpatrick, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers), born in Toronto, Ontario
1968 – Pat Hentgen, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Detroit, Michigan
1968 – Tami Whitlinger-Jones, Neenah Wisc, tennis star (1995 Futures-Sedona)
1969 – Lori Berenson, American criminal
1969 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
1969 – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author
1971 – Anthony Whiteman, England, 800m/1500m runner
1971 – Craig Powell, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns)
1971 – John Francis Zingg, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1971 – Matthew Minagall, cricketer (S Australian lefty wrist-spinner 1991-95)
1971 – Noah Hathaway, actor (Troll, Neverending Story)
1971 – Ron Rivers, NFL running back (Detroit Lions)
1972 – Kimberlee Ann McKay, Belle Fourche SD, Miss America-SD (1996)
1972 – Shom-Rock, rocker (Young Nation)
1972 – T-Haxx, rocker (DYC)
1972 – Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
1973 – George Harris, WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
1973 – Samantha Riley, Brisbane Australia, breastroker (Oly-2 bronze-92, 96)
1973 – Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer
1975 – Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Koksijde)
1975 – Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer
1975 – Quim, Portuguese footballer
1975 – Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (d. 2008)
1976 – Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler
1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete
1977 – Tammy Leigh Ashton, Miss North Carolina Teen USA (1996)
1977 – Chanel Cole, Australian singer
1977 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, American bassist (The Strokes)
1979 – Ron Artest, American basketball player
1979 – Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
1980 – Monique Coleman, American actress
1980 – François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian short track speed skater
1981 – Kirsty-Leigh Brown, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 – Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
1981 – Rivkah, American comic book writer and artist
1982 – Samkon Gado, American football player
1982 – Koda Kumi, Japanese singer
1982 – Michael Copon, American actor and singer
1985 – Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
1990 – Jibbs, American rapper
1995 – Stella Hudgens, American actress
1997 – Brent Kinsman, American actor
1997 – Shane Kinsman, American actor

WEDDINGS

1160 – Marriage of Louis VII of France with Adele of Champagne.
1929 – Writer E. B. White (30) weds literary editor Katharine Angell (37)
1934 – Actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (23) weds “All Quiet on the Western Front” actor Lew Ayres (25)
1960 – US Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt (divorced 1968)
1987 – MLB baseball player Cal Ripken Jr (27) weds Kelly Geer at Towson United Methodist Church in Maryland
1993 – “Ladyhawke” actress Michelle Pfeiffer (35) weds television writer and producer David E. Kelley (37) in Santa Barbara, California
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis(1996)

1996 – “A Room With A View” actor Daniel Day-Lewis (39) weds “Personal Velocity: Three Portraits” screenwriter Rebecca Miller (34) in Vermont
2004 – “The View” co-host Star Jones (42) weds banker Al Reynolds at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City
2010 – Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Kendrick (26) married three-time “Survivor” contestant Stephanie LaGrossa (30) at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California
2012 – Soccer goalkeeper and a double Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo (31) weds former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens (33) in Washington

DIVORCES

1922 – Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (55) divorces socialite Catherine Tobin after 33 years of marriage

DEATHS

867 – Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67
1004 – Abbo van Fleury, [Floriacensis], French abbott/saint, dies
1093 – Malcolm III (Canmore, “Big Head”) King of Scots, dies in battle at Alnwick, Northumberland. Historical figure Shakespeare’s character based on.
1143 – King Fulk of Jerusalem
1170 – Albert I of Brandenburg
1314 – Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
1319 – Erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies
1345 – Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
1359 – Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow & Vladimir, dies
1460 – Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at 66
1606 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
1619 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555)
1620 – Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65
1650 – Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
1687 – Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 37
1689 – Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
1770 – George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58
1771 – Conrad E Ackermann, German actor/theater director, dies at 61
1779 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61
1829 – Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125′ dive into Genesse Falls
1849 – William Etty, English painter best known for paintings of nudes, dies at 62
1862 – Ludwig Uhland, writer, dies at 75
1863 – Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50
1867 – Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806)
1868 – Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
1877 – Pietro Coppola, composer, dies at 83
1893 – Antoine T d’abbadie, French explorer: Ethiopia, dies at 78
1896 – Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50
1903 – Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies
Painter Camille Pissarro(1903)

1903 – Camille Pissarro, French Impressionist painter (b. 1830)
1909 – Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70
1916 – Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35
1917 – Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies
1918 – Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Fries author, dies at 28
1928 – Abraham M “Mark” Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist, dies at 60
1939 – George Nicholls Jr, actor (Finishing School), dies at 42
1942 – Daniel J Callaghan, US spy (at Guadalcanal), dies
1942 – Douglas H Fox, US captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle
1942 – Norman Scott, US admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies
1944 – Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72
1944 – Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35), dies
1951 – Hugo Leichtentritt, composer, dies at 77
1951 – Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71
1954 – Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60
1958 – Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81
1961 – Fredrik J “Frits” Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63
1961 – Wally Brown, actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57
1961 – Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897)
1963 – Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
1967 – Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60
1967 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
1973 – Bruno Maderna, Italian composer/conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53
Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1973)

1973 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer, dies at 77
1973 – Lila Lee, actress (Blood & Sand), dies of stroke at 68
1974 – Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances
1974 – Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor/director (Boccacio 70), dies
1975 – Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
1977 – Ingrid Schubert, German terrorist (b. 1944)
1978 – George Hearne, South African cricketer (open bat in 3 Tests 1922-24), dies
1979 – Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
1982 – Babette Deutsch, US poet (Honey out of the Rock), dies at 87
1982 – Chesney Allen, actress (Okay for Sound, Frozen Limits), dies at 88
1982 – Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies
1982 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Quebec (b. 1911)
1983 – “Alvin” Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56
1984 – Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66
1984 – ML de Braauw, esquire/DS’70-minister of Wetenschapsbeleid, dies at 59
1985 – George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
1986 – Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker’s union leader, murdered
1986 – Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71
1986 – Thierry Le Luron, French humourist (b. 1952)
1988 – Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82
1988 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
1989 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
1990 – Charlie Carpenter, dies at 77
1991 – Ad Kosto, Dutch state secretary (PvdA), assassinated by bomb
1991 – Cyril Poitier, actor (Uptown Saturday Night), dies of cancer at 80
1991 – Hanson Baldwin, US military historian, dies at 88
1992 – Alan Balsam, US movie editor (Divine Madness), dies
1992 – Bobby Mcclure, US singer (Don’t mess up a good thing), dies at 50)
1992 – Gregory Markopoulos, German/US director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies
1992 – Lucrecia Perez, Dominicans in Spain (Racist Murder), dies at 33
1992 – Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies
1993 – Jose Toirkens, journalist (Slogan, NRC), dies at 48
1993 – Carey Lloyd (Rufus R. Jones), American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
1994 – Frank Singleton, librarian, dies at 67
1994 – Joseph H Hazen, US producer/VP (Warner Bros), dies at 96
1994 – Lewis Bingham Keeble, town Planner, dies at 79
1994 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924)
1995 – Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter, dies at 81
1995 – Robert Stephens, actor (Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), dies at 64
1996 – Kenneth Watkins, woodland conservationist, dies at 86
1996 – William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80
1996 – Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925)
1997 – William John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80
1997 – André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
1997 – Dawud M. Mu’Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
1998 – Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907)
1998 – Valerie Hobson, British actress (b. 1917)
1998 – Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
1998 – Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
1999 – Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915)
2001 – Peggy Mount, English actress (b. 1915)
2002 – Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925)
2003 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
2004 – John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
2004 – Thomas Foglietta, American politician (b. 1928)
2004 – Ol’ Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)
2005 – Eddie Guerrero, American/Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1967)
2005 – Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933)
2007 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman (b. 1960)
2007 – John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
2007 – Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
2007 – Monty Westmore, American make-up artist. (b. 1923)
2010 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921)
2010 – Ken Iman, American football player (b. 1939)
2010 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer (b. 1926)
2013 – Todd Christensen, NFL player and sportscaster, dies from complications during liver transplant surgery at 57
2013 – Barbara Lawrence, American actress, dies at 83
2014 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player & manager, dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 92

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated

• American Revolution

• 1775 Patriots take Montreal

• Automotive

• 1974 Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash

• Civil War

• 1861 McClellan snubs Lincoln

• Cold War

• 1953 Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communistic

• Crime

• 1955 Police search John Graham’s home and find bomb-making materials

• Disaster

• 1970 Tidal wave ravages East Pakistan

• General Interest

• 1789 First presidential tour concludes
• 1970 East Pakistan devastated by cylcone
• 1985 The eruption of Nevado del Ruiz

• Hollywood

• 1955 Whoopi Goldberg born

• Literary

• 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson is born

• Music

• 1999 “Chris Gaines,” Garth Brooks’ rock alter ego, performs on Saturday Night Live

• Old West

• 1909 Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts

• Presidential

• 1945 Truman announces inquiry into Jewish settlement in Palestine

• Sports

• 1979 Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard

• Vietnam War

• 1967 President receives optimistic reports
• 1969 “March Against Death” commences in Washington, D.C.

• World War I

• 1916 British statesman expresses criticism of war effort

• World War II

• 1941 Congress revises the Neutrality Act