November 14th

EVENTS

1380 – King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
1524 – Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia
1550 – Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
1666 – Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1675 – Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
1680 – Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch’s Comet/Newton’s Comet)
1698 – Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
1732 – First professional librarian in north America, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
1755 – Henry Fox appointed British ‘Secretary of State for the Southern Department’
1775 – -15] Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces
1792 – Captain George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay
1832 – First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Sts
1833 – Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
1834 – William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
Moby Dick Author Herman Melville

1851 – “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville published
1863 – Nathan Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
1863 – Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
1881 – Charles J. Guiteau put on trial for the assassination of US President Garfield
1881 – Leon Gambetta forms French government
1888 – St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1888 – USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
1889 – New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours
1893 – Gerhart Hauptmann’s “Hanneles Himmelfahrt” premieres in Berlin
1894 – Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez” (BG)
Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann

1896 – Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1904 – King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade
1905 – David Belasco’s “Girl of Golden West” premieres in NYC
1906 – President Theodore Roosevelt visits Panama
1907 – The Third Duma (Parliament) meets in Russia; following Tsar Nicholas II’s limiting of the franchise, a conservative majority holds sway and suppresses the radical elements
1908 – Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
1908 – Oscar Strauss’ musical “Der tapfere Soldat” premieres in Vienna
1908 – Liberal candidate Jose Miguel Gomez wins national elections for president in Cuba
1910 – 1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va
1914 – Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1915 – Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein

1918 – Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president
1919 – Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
1920 – American Pro Football League’s Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
1920 – The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anticommunist attempts to regain the government of Russia
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
1922 – BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1922 – German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth’s term ends
1923 – Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna.
1927 – World’s largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
1931 – Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain
1935 – FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1935 – Nazis deprive German Jews of their citizenship
1936 – Bradman scores 192 for S A v Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000
Cricket Legend Donald Bradman

1938 – Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die
1939 – Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela
1940 – During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
1941 – British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in Mediterranean, having been torpedoed by a German submarine the day before
1941 – Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refuge
1942 – -Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal)
1942 – Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
1943 – Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)
1943 – J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN
1945 – H Lindsay & R Crouse’s “State of the Union” premieres in NYC
1945 – Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government
1946 – Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11
1952 – Greek general Alexander Papagos wins elections
1952 – First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
1953 – WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 – Egyptian pres Naguib fire, state of emergency declared
1956 – Hungarian revolt put down by Soviet invasion
1957 – Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1957 – Henry Aaron wins NL MVP
1957 – The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
1959 – “Girls against the Boys” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1959 – Kilauea’s most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1960 – 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
1960 – Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo
Musician Ray Charles

1960 – Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My Mind” reaches #1
1960 – Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
1964 – “Fade Out-Fade In” closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 perfs
1964 – “Folies Bergere” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 perfs
1964 – “Oliver!” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
1964 – Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
1965 – “Baker Street” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 313 performances
1965 – George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th NYC, demolished
1965 – KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 – Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open
1965 – US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1966 – Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
1967 – The Congress of Colombia in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as “Day of the Colombian Woman”.
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali

1968 – “National Turn in Your Draft Card Day” features draft card burning
1968 – First European lung transplant
1968 – Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1968 – U.S. premiere of film version of Morris L. West’s best seller “The Shoes of the Fisherman”
1969 – 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
1969 – Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1970 – DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
1970 – Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV
1970 – Paul Brown, as head coach of the expansion Cincinnati Bengals, defeats his former team the Cleveland Browns, a moment he calls his “greatest victory”
1971 – Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
1972 – Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
1973 – “Good Evening” opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 438 performances
American Football Coach Paul Brown

1973 – Canada begins production of Olympic coins
1973 – Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
1975 – Spain, Morocco & Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara
1976 – “Don’t Step on My Olive Branch” closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 perfs
1976 – Cleveland Browns’ Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks
1976 – War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
1976 – Satire film drama “Network” directed by Sidney Lumet premieres in Los Angeles and New York City
1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Walter Cronkite
1979 – California’s Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
1980 – Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral
1980 – Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
1980 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Broadcast Journalist Walter Cronkite

1981 – 2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
1981 – Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired & working again
1981 – Pakistan all out 62 v Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
1981 – Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins
1982 – Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed
1983 – First cruise missile placed at Greenham Common, England
1984 – Astronauts aboard “Discovery” pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
1984 – NASA launches NATO-3D
1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
1985 – Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers
1985 – Holmfriour Karlsdottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
1985 – Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
1986 – Doubleday Publishing sells NY Mets to Nelson Doubleday & Fred Wilpon
1986 – FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Phila
1986 – SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
1987 – “La Cage aux Folles” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 1761 perfs
1987 – Sam’s Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
1989 – Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
1990 – Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award
1990 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

1990 – Michael Heseltine contests Margaret Thatcher’s leadership of the British Conservative Party
1990 – Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
1990 – James Worthy is arrested in Houston and charged with two counts of solicitation of prostitution
1991 – Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” video premieres on FOX TV
1991 – Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal & is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
1991 – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
1992 – Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls & breaks 3 fingers
King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk

1993 – “Kentucky Cycle” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
1993 – “Twilight of the Golds” closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 perfs
1993 – 23rd NYC Women’s Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24
1993 – 24th NYC Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04
1993 – Don Shula becomes the coach with the most wins in NFL history
1993 – Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st US state
1993 – 43rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
1994 – 1st trains for public run in Channel Tunnel under English Channel
1994 – Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands
1996 – “Chicago” opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC
1996 – Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
1997 – Colo Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP
1997 – Disney’s “Lion King” sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale
2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.
NFL Head Coach Don Shula

2001 – OPEC announces that it intends to cut its crude oil output quotas by 1.5 million barrels per day effective, but only if non-OPEC producers cut their output by 500,000 barrels per day as well.
2001 – “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” the 1st film adaptation of the books by J. K. Rowling, is released starring Daniel Radcliffe
2002 – Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.

UA Flight 175 flies toward the south tower of the
World Trade Center while the north tower burns

 2002 – The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
Novelist J. K. Rowling

2002 – Film “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” is released, based on the 2nd book by J. K. Rowling
2004 – 31st American Music Awards: Sheryl Crow, Usher & Kenny Chesney win
2006 – “Casino Royale”, 21st James Bond film premieres in London, starring Daniel Craig for the 1st time and Eva Green, premieres in London
2007 – the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
2008 – Italy plunges into recession, its first since the start of 2005, after GDP contracts a steeper-than-expected 0.5% in the third quarter
2008 – Hong Kong becomes the second Asian economy to tip into recession, its exports hit by weakening global demand
2008 – Eurozone officially slips into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999, pushed down by recessions in Germany and Italy
2009 – The National Statistical Service of Greece states that the country has been in recession since the beginning of the year
Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow

2010 – 61st Formula One WDC: Sebastian Vettel wins by four points
2012 – A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Greece
2012 – CFBDSIR 2149-0403 is discovered, the closest rogue planet to earth (100 light-years away)
2012 – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2”, based on the book by Stepenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison, is released
2013 – Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes

BIRTHDAYS

1511 – Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)
1567 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
1601 – Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
1650 – Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)
1663 – Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1679 – Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
1719 – Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer
1740 – Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven’s father and first teacher (d. 1792)
1746 – Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal
1765 – Robert Fulton, Little Britain, Pen., inventor and engineer (1st commercial steamboat), (d. 1815)
1771 – Marie François Xavier bichat, Paris, anatomist and physiologist (tissue theory), (d. 1802)
1774 – Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer
1776 – Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis
1778 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer
1779 – Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
1796 – Carlo Conti, composer
1797 – Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)
Geologist Charles Lyell(1797)

1800 – Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer
1802 – August F Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen)
1803 – Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
1805 – Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer
1812 – Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836)
1814 – Michael Kelly Lawler, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882
1816 – John Curwen, composer
1822 – William Harrow, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1872)
1823 – Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war)
1825 – August Reissmann, composer
1827 – Isaac Wistar, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1905)
1828 – James Birdseye MacPherson, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), (d. 1864)
1829 – Giulio Roberti, composer
1833 – Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian/chess player
1838 – August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
Impressionist Painter Claude Monet (1840)

1840 – Claude Monet, Paris, impressionist (Water Lilies), (d. 1926)
1842 – Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
1845 – Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)
1845 – Johann Ernst Perabo, composer
1861 – Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)
1863 – Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)
1875 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
1875 – Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)
1877 – René de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)
1878 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
1878 – Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)
1879 – Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer
1880 – Eugene O’Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)
1885 – Sonia Delaunay, Russian born French artist
1887 – Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer
1887 – Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)
Physician Frederick Banting(1891)

1891 – Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
1892 – James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
1893 – Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)
1893 – Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author (conservation flora)
1893 – Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champ cyclist (1921-24, 26)
1894 – Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist
1894 – Seena Owen, Spokane WA, silent screen actress (Queen Kelly)
1895 – Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
1895 – Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
1896 – Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)
1897 – John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)
1898 – Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
1900 – Clara Fasano, sculptor
Composer Aaron Copland(1900)

1900 – Aaron Copland, American composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring) (d. 1990), born in Brooklyn, New York
1901 – Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)
1904 – Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer
1904 – Dick Powell, Mt View Ark, actor (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater)
1904 – Harold Larwood, cricketer (England bodyline bowler)
1904 – Marya Mannes, author (The Reporter), born in NYC, New York
1905 – L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reformed of Netherlands)
1905 – Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author
1905 – John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
1906 – Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora’s Box)
1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pipi Longstocking)
1907 – Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader
1907 – Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit
1908 – Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author (50th Anniv of Soviet Union)
US Senator Joseph McCarthy (1909)

1909 – Joseph McCarthy, US Senator, (Rep – Wisconsin) claimed anti-communists had infiltrated US govt.
1910 – Eric Lawson Malpass, writer
1910 – Norman MacCaig, poet
1910 – Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott Az, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl)
1912 – Barbara Hutton, heiress (Woolworth)
1914 – Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist
1914 – Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi
1914 – Ken Carson, Coalgate Oklahoma, singer (Garry Moore Show)
1915 – Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist
1916 – Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is)
1919 – Lisa Otto, German soprano
1920 – Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), born in Detroit, Michigan
1921 – Brian Keith, Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner)
1922 – Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (I Married a Witch) (d. 1973)
1922 – Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian secretary-general of UN (1992- )
1922 – Marina Candael, Flemish dancer/choreography (Rhapsody in Blue)
1923 – Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One)
1924 – Arthur Frank “Peter” Shore, egyptologist
1924 – Billy Jim Layton, composer
1924 – Kenneth J Gray, (Rep-D-IL, 1955-75, 85- )
1924 – Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952)
1924 – Phyllis Avery, actress (Alice-George Gobel Show, Ruth-Mr Novak), born in NYC, New York
1927 – Narciso Yepes, Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947)
1927 – McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
1928 – Kathleen Hughes, Hollywood California, actress (It Came From Outer Space)
1928 – Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54)
1929 – Horst Janssen, graphic Artist
1929 – McLean Stevenson, Normal Ill, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry)
1930 – Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler (England during 50’s)
1930 – Edward H White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), born in San Antonio, Texas
1930 – Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curacao
1930 – Shirley Crabtree, professional wrestler (d. 1997)
1930 – Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
1930 – Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress
1930 – Michael Robbins, British actor (d. 1992)
1930 – Dame Elisabeth Frink, Thurlow, Suffolk, English sculptor and printmaker
1931 – Claudia Jane Archibald, parapsychologist
1932 – Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
1932 – Ramon Zupko, composer
1933 – Fred W Haise Jr, Biloxi Miss, astronaut (Apollo 13 STS T-1, T-3, T-5)
1934 – Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician
1934 – Roman A Gulyayev, cosmonaut
1934 – Kurt Hamrin, Swedish soccer player
1935 – Don Stewart, actor (Guiding Light)
1935 – Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator
1935 – Gennadi Aleksandrovich Dolgopolov, cosmonaut
1935 – Hussein ibn Talal I, king of Jordan (1953- )
1935 – Jakusho Kwong, Santa Rosa California, head of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
1936 – Cornell Gunther, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy), born in Los Angeles, California
1939 – Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach)
1940 – Freddie Garrity, rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I’m Telling You Now)
1941 – Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning (1989- )
1942 – John Du Preez, cricketer (S Afr leg-spin all-rounder v Aust 1966-67)
1943 – Peter Norton, American software engineer
1944 – Aditya Biria, industrialist
1944 – Scherrie Payne, US singer (Supremes-Incredible)
1945 – Paul Hirsch, American film editor
1945 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005)
1947 – P J O’Rourke, writer (Easy Money)
1947 – Syanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr, US accordionist (On Track)
His Royal Highness Prince Charles (1948)

1948 – Prince Charles [Charles Philip Arthur George], Prince of Wales/Duke of Cornwall, born in London
1948 – Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-)
1948 – James Young, rock guitarist (Styx), born in Chicago, Illinois
1948 – Robert Ginty, American actor (Paper Chase, White Fire), born in Brooklyn, New York
1949 – Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1949 – Phil Baron, American voice actor (Piglet), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1951 – Barry Brandt, rock drummer (Angel), born in Washington, D.C.
1951 – Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz)
1951 – Stephen Bishop, rocker vocalist
1951 – Alec John Such, US pop bassist (Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive)
1951 – Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director
1952 – Ray Sharkey, actor (Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear), born in Brooklyn, New York
1953 – Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France
1954 – Bernard Hinault, French cyclist (Tour de France)
1954 – Yanni, new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance)
1954 – Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State
1955 – Jack Sikma, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1955 – Willie Hernandez, pitcher (Cy Young Award)
1956 – Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth Va, USN/astro (STS 50, 61, 73, 82)
1957 – Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer (If Nobody Does)
1957 – Michael J Fitzgerald, American writer
1958 – Lynda Lehmann, Karoonda Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1959 – Paul McGann, English actor (Dr Who), born in Liverpool, Lancashire
1959 – Annie Schilder, Dutch singer (BZN)
1959 – Bryan Stevenson, Activist and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, born in Milton, Delaware
1960 – Tom Judson, American actor and composer
1961 – D B Sweeney, actor (Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October)
1961 – Gordon Jennison Noice, American actor
1962 – Laura San Giacoma, Danville NJ, actress (Pretty Woman, Vital Signs)
1962 – Morgan Reeser, Fort Lauderdale Fla, 470 yachter (Olymp-8th-1992, 96)
1962 – Harland Williams, Canadian-born actor
1963 – Mike Prior, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1964 – Andrew, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
1964 – Joseph “Run” Simmons, New York, American rapper (Run DMC)
1964 – Silken Laumann, Canadian rower (Oly-bronze, silver-92, 96), born in Mississauga, Ontario
1964 – Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
1964 – Patrick Warburton, American actor
1964 – Rev Run, American rapper
1966 – Carl Coulter, CFL corner (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 – Curt Schilling, Anchorage AK, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1966 – Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1966 – Rod Harris, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 – Petra Roßner, German cyclist
1967 – Letitia Dean, actress (Sharon Watts-EastEnders)
1967 – Matthew King, Brisbane QLD, Australian golfer
1967 – Nina Gordon, American singer
1968 – Bob Christian, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons)
1968 – Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star (1995 Futures-Valladolid)
1968 – Kent Bottenfield, Portland Oregon, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1968 – Lionel Simmons, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1968 – Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
1969 – Butch Walker, Rome Ga, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
1969 – David Webb, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
1969 – Mark Henderson, US, 4X100m butterfly (Olympics-gold-96)
1969 – Sue Stewart, basketball guard (Olympics-96), born in Toronto, Ontario
1970 – Dana Stubblefield, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
1970 – Darrien Gordon, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1970 – David Wesley, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics)
1970 – Derrick Hoskins, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
1970 – Dexter Nottage, NFL defensive end (Wash Redskins, KC Chiefs)
1971 – Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper (hard-hit Australian ODI 1996)
1971 – Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
1972 – Aaron Taylor, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1972 – Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
1972 – Lori Dupuis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1972 – Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
1972 – Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
1972 – Martin Pike, Australian rules footballer
1973 – Caroline Hall, Bristol England, golfer (Curtis Cup 1992)
1973 – DeRon Jenkins, cornerback (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 – Lawyer Milloy, strong safety (New England Patriots)
1973 – Dana Snyder, American voice actor
1973 – Moka Only, Canadian musician
1974 – David Moscow, actor (Big)
1974 – Adam Walsh, American murder victim (d. 1981)
1975 – Travis Barker, American musician (Blink-182, +44)
1975 – Faye Tozer, British musician (Steps)
1976 – Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks MI, actor (Dolly Dearest)
1977 – Heather Gray, Miss West Virginia Teen USA (1996)
1977 – Obie Trice, American rapper
1978 – Xavier Nady, American baseball player
1978 – Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
1979 – Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
1979 – Tobin Esperance, American musician (Papa Roach)
1979 – Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
1980 – Margot Contois, Marquette Mich, dance skater (& Robert Peal)
1980 – Brock Pierce, American actor
1981 – Tom Ferrier, British racing driver
1982 – Kyle Orton, American football player (Chicago Bears)
1983 – C E Gadda, writer
1983 – Lil Boosie, American rapper
1984 – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
1984 – Lisa De Vanna, Australian female footballer
1985 – Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
1989 – Jake Livermore, English footballer
1990 – Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)

WEDDINGS

1677 – Prince Willem III Henry (14) marries English princess Mary Stuart (9)
1855 – Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart (22) weds Flora Cooke in Fort Riley, Kansas
1951 – Musician Louis Jordan (43) weds dancer Vicky Hayes
1964 – MLB right fielder Roberto Clemente (30) weds Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina
1973 – Britain’s Princess Anne marries commoner, Captain Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey
1996 – King of Pop Michael Jackson (38) weds Debbie Rowe (38) in Sydney, Australia
1998 – Chicago Bulls NBA player Dennis Rodman (37) weds “Baywatch” actress Carmen Electra (26) at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada
Basketball Player Dennis Rodman (1998)

1998 – “Can’t Hardly Wait” actor Ethan Embry (20) weds Amelinda Smith
2009 – “Kings of Leon” drummer Nate Followill (33) weds singer Jessie Baylin (25) at the Wolf Den Farm in Brentwood, Tennessee

DIVORCES

1983 – Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (35) divorces Sarah Hugill after more than 11 years of marriage

DEATHS

784 – Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies
976 – T’ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies
1226 – Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)
1263 – Alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43
1359 – Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies
1391 – Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)
1522 – Anne of France, daughter of French King Louis XI, Princess and French Regent (for her brother King Charles VIII during his minority). Born 1461
1556 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1504)
1589 – Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geographer, dies at 58
1625 – Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
1633 – William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
1673 – Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
1687 – Eleanor “Nell” Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II, dies at 37
1691 – Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
1692 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64
Key Figure of Medieval Rus Alexander Nevsky (1263)

1716 – Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70
1734 – Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies
1746 – Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
1780 – Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
1794 – Pieter Nieuwland, prodigy/”Dutch Newton”, dies at 30
1804 – Agatha “Aagje” Blanket, literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
1817 – Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
1825 – Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
1829 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (b. 1763)
1831 – Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74
1832 – Charles Carroll, large landowner/signed Decl of Ind, dies at 95
1832 – Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44
1841 – Thomas Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, dies
1842 – Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41
1844 – Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41
1844 – John Abercrombie, British physician (b. 1780)
1860 – Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58
1866 – King Miguel of Portugal (b. 1802)
1902 – Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies
1906 – Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies
1907 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
1908 – Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
1914 – Frederick Sleigh “Bobs” Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1914 – Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
Education Pioneer Booker T. Washington (1915)

1915 – Booker T. Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala
1915 – Theodor Leschetizky, composer, dies at 85
1916 – Henry George, Jr., American politician (b. 1862)
1916 – Saki, British writer (b. 1870)
1917 – William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
1922 – Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer, dies at 79
1925 – Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer, dies at 78
1929 – Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (NY Giants), dies at 58
1935 – J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
1937 – Jack O’Connor, American baseball player (b. 1869)
1944 – Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)
1946 – Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
1946 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)
1947 – Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1873)
1955 – Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59
1959 – Thomas Ross, actor (Without Limit), dies at 84
1960 – Walter Catlett, actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71
1962 – Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80
1964 – Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
1965 – George Bissett, cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for South Africa), dies
1965 – Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
1967 – Colonel C K Nayudu, cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30’s), dies
1971 – William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
1972 – Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies
1974 – Johnny Mack Brown, actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), dies at 70
1975 – Max Ackermann, German “entartet” painter, dies at 88
1977 – Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73
1977 – A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON (b. 1896)
1979 – Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
1981 – Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941)
1982 – Joachim Stutschewsky, composer, dies at 91
1984 – George Matthews, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
1984 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
1987 – Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
1990 – K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
1990 – Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
1990 – Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
1991 – Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
1992 – Clem Beauchamp, US stuntman/director (Tarzan, Superman), dies
1992 – Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
1992 – George Adams, US tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies
1992 – Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/”We go to Rome!”), dies
1992 – Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66
1993 – Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
1994 – Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
1994 – Jake Dengel, US actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61
1994 – John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric & Stoflongen), dies at 83
1994 – John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
1994 – Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
1994 – Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
1995 – Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84
1995 – Jack Walter Braden Finney, writer, dies at 84
1995 – John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83
1995 – John Lee Admiral-Barber, dies at 90
1996 – Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, lloyd’s underwriter, dies at 77
1996 – Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
1996 – Liz Knights, publisher, dies at 41
1996 – Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst, dies at 96
1996 – Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88
1997 – Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
1997 – Stefan Lorant, writer/actor, dies at 96
2000 – Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
2001 – Charlotte Coleman, British actress (b. 1968)
2001 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
2002 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing), dies at 87
2003 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962)
2004 – Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)
2010 – Wes Santee, American middle distance runner (b. 1932)
2012 – Brian Davies, Australia Rugby League player, dies at 82
2012 – Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian political activist, killed by an airstrike at 53
2014 – Glen Larson, American television producer & writer, dies from esophageal cancer at 77

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1851 Moby-Dick published

• American Revolution

• 1776 Benjamin Franklin takes sides

• Automotive

• 2006 Last day for Texas’ celebrated drive-in Pig Stands

• Civil War

• 1862 Lincoln approves Burnside’s plan

• Cold War

• 1951 United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia

• Crime

• 1986 Ivan Boesky confesses to illegal stock trading activity

• Disaster

• 1985 Volcano erupts in Colombia and buries nearby towns

• General Interest

• 1969 Apollo 12 lifts off
• 1982 Walesa released from jail

• Hollywood

• 1941 Cary Grant stars in Hitchcock’s Suspicion

• Literary

• 1851 Moby-Dick is published

• Music

• 1900 American classical composer Aaron Copland is born in Brooklyn, New York

• Old West

• 1882 Franklin Leslie kills Billy “The Kid” Claiborne

• Presidential

• 1959 Kennedy publishes article on television and American politics

• Sports

• 1970 Plane crash devastates Marshall University

• Vietnam War

• 1965 Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley
• 1967 Marine general killed in Vietnam
• 1972 Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam

• World War I

• 1914 Ottoman Empire declares a holy war

• World War II

• 1940 Germans bomb Coventry