November 16th

EVENTS

13 – General Tiberius’ (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany
534 – A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.
1380 – French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever
1491 – An auto de fe, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
1532 – Francisco Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca
1572 – Troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupy and plunder Zutphen, Nmetherlands
1632 – Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein
1676 – 1st colonial prison organized, Nantucket Mass
1677 – French troops occupy Freiburg
1700 – Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia
1763 – English journalist John Wilkes injured in a duel
1764 – Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac
1771 – West Indian Company & Amsterdam divide up Suriname
Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro

1776 – 1st gun salute for an American warship in a foreign port – US Andrew Doria at Ft St Eustatius
1776 – British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution
1798 – Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress
1801 – First edition of New York Evening Post
1805 – Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French
1824 – NY City’s Fifth Avenue opens for business
1835 – Charles Darwin’s voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society
1840 – New Zealand officially becomes British colony
1841 – Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC)
1849 – A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
1856 – Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens
Naturalist Charles Darwin

1859 – Aleksandr Ostrovsky’s “Groza” premieres in Moscow
1863 – Battle of Campbell’s Station TN, 492 casualities
1864 – Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia
1864 – Union General William T. Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War
1870 – Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I
1875 – Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
1875 – William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities
1882 – British gunboat HMS Flirt fires at & destroys Abari village in Niger
1894 – 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
1894 – French captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki, West Africa
1901 – 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
1903 – V Herbert & H Smith’ musical “Babette” premieres in NYC
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman

1905 – Neth/Russ Count Witte becomes premier of Russia
1907 – Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state
1907 – 12th Iron Bowl: Auburn and Alabama tie 6-6 in Birmingham
1908 – Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NY’s Metropolitan Opera
1909 – EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms
1914 – Federal Reserve System formally opens
1914 – Pope Benedict XV calls for peace
1916 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Bound East for Cardiff” premieres in NYC
1916 – I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in NYC
1916 – Russian La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000
1917 – British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa
1918 – Hungarian People’s Republic declared
1919 – Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Béla Kuns Soviet Republic
1920 – Australia’s Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited
1920 – 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn
1922 – Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite
1922 – Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help
1924 – Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL & major-league football record)
1925 – American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY)
1925 – Philip Barry’s “In a Garden” premieres in NYC
1926 – NY Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0
President and Dictator of Brazil Getulio Vargas

1933 – Brazilian President Getulio Vargas declares himself dictator
1933 – Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR
1935 – Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart’s musical “Jumbo” premieres in NYC
1936 – German air force begins bombing of Madrid
1938 – K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India
1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
1939 – Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail
1939 – German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland
1940 – World War II: In response to Germany’s leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
1941 – German troops conquer Kertsh (probably)
1942 – Assault of US B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed
1943 – World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
Gangster Al Capone

1944 – US 9th division & 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen
1945 – Yeshiva College (Univesity), chartered in NY, 1st US Jewish College
1945 – UNESCO is founded.
1945 – Two new elements discovered by Glenn Seaborg, James, Morgan and Albert Ghiorso were are announced: americium (atomic number 95) and curium (atomic number 96)
1945 – “The Lost Weekend”, based on Charles R. Jackson’s novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman is released (Best Picture 1946)
1947 – 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis
1948 – Operation Magic Carpet – 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel
1950 – Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
1950 – UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps
Filmmaker Billy Wilder

1950 – US president Harry Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
1952 – Papagos’ Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
1955 – 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (Donald Campbell)
1955 – KLM orders 8 DC-8s
1955 – Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco
1957 – “Copper & Brass” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 perfs
1957 – Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Phila 111-89
1957 – US murderer and bodysnatcher Ed Gein kills his last victim
1957 – Okla’s NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0
1959 – “Sound of Music” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 1443 perfs
1960 – NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
1961 – Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries
Murderer and Body Snatcher Ed Gein

1961 – US President Kennedy decides to increase military aid to South Vietnam without committing US combat troops
1962 – Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)
1962 – Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 73 points vs NY Knicks
1963 – Toledo, OH newspaper strike began
1963 – Touch-tone telephone introduced
1964 – Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
1964 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 – Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
1965 – Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
1966 – Dr Sam Sheppard freed by a jury after 9 years in jail
1966 – Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP
1968 – The Derry Citizens Action Committee defies a ban on marches in Derry, Northern Ireland, by marching with an estimated 15,000 people
Baseball Player Roberto Clemente

1969 – 1968 Mỹ Lai massacre of between 347 and 504 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by US soldiers is first reported
1969 – US President Nixon becomes first president to attend a season NFL game while in office: the Dallas Cowboys beat the Washington Redskins 41-28
1970 – Two men are shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA)
1970 – South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky defends operations in Cambodia because communist forces could overrun South Vietnam “within 24 hours” if troops operating there were withdrawn
1970 – Elton John records a show in New York City which was later released as his 11-17-70 album
1971 – The Compton inquiry is published, acknowledging that there was ill-treatment of internees, but rejected claims of systematic brutality or torture (Northern Ireland)
1971 – The US increase air activity to support the Cambodian government as fighting neared Phnom Penh
Singer Elton John

1972 – “Dear Oscar” opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performances
1972 – British Prime Minister Edward Heath warns against a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
1973 – John Lennon releases “Mind Games” album
1973 – US Presidennt Richard Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline
1973 – Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit
1974 – 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
1974 – John Lennon’s only solo #1 “Whatever Gets You Through the Night”
1974 – Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record)
1974 – ABBA begin their first tour of Europe – their first tour outside of Sweden
1975 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open
Musician and Beatle John Lennon

1976 – René Levesque’s Parti Québécois wins elections in Quebec
1976 – Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1977 – Rod Carew wins AL MVP award
1978 – Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
1979 – Paul McCartney releases “Wonderful Christmas”
1980 – Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards
1981 – “Merrily We Roll Along” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 performances
1981 – Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis
1981 – President Reagan decides on a covert plan to block the Cuban aid to Nicaragua and El Salvador
1982 – 5th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 5-lands at Edwards AFB
1982 – Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike
1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight
1982 – Tom Stoppard’s “Real Thing” premieres in London
Cricketer Kapil Dev

1983 – Kapil Dev takes 9-83 v WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
1984 – 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center
1984 – Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record
1984 – Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket
1984 – John Lennon’s ‘Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him’ released posthumously
1985 – President Reagan arrives in Geneva for a summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
1986 – 36th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
1987 – Paul McCartney releases “Once Upon a Long Ago”
1988 – Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs
1988 – Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
1988 – Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto’s PPP wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson

1988 – Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel
1988 – President Reagan and the First Lady participate in the official state arrival ceremony, meetings and a state dinner with Margaret Thatcher
1988 – President Reagan meets with Jerusalem’s mayor Teddy Kollek
1989 – “Gypsy” opens at St James Theater NYC for 477 performances
1989 – 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
1989 – South Africa president FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act
1989 – UNESCO adopts the Seville Statement on Violence at the twenty-fifth session of its General Conference.
1990 – Manuel Noriega claims US denied him a fair trial
1993 – “Any Given Day” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 32 performances
1993 – Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum
1995 – US Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson’s disease
Consort of George VI Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

1995 – Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother undergoes hip surgery
1996 – “Into the Whirlwind” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 perfs
1996 – 18th ACE Cable Awards: Lifetime wins the Golden CableACE for “Lifetime Applauds: The Fight Against Breast Cancer”
1997 – “1776” closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1997 – 85th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Saskatchawan, 47-23
1997 – After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People’s Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
1997 – 47th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
1998 – Monica Lewinsky signs a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with US President Clinton
2000 – Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

2002 – Iraqi President Saddam Hussein says that he had to accept UN Resolution 1441 because the United States and Israel had shown their “claws and teeth” and declared unitlateral war on the Iraqi people
2003 – 91st CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 34-22
2003 – Lionel Messi makes his official debut for FC Barcelona
2003 – 55th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Matt Kenseth wins
2008 – 60th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
2009 – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Chris Weitz, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison, premieres in Los Angeles
2010 – In University Park, Texas, the groundbreaking ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center takes place
2010 – Engagement announced between Prince William and Catherine [Kate] Middleton at Clarence House, London
Wife of Prince William Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

2012 – ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 2’ grosses $500 million in 24 hours to become the biggest entertainment launch of all time
2014 – Klaus Iohannis wins the Romanian Presidential election
2014 – Kevin Harvick wins the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

BIRTHDAYS

1436 – Leonardo Loredan, Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521)
1569 – Paul Sartorius, composer
1587 – Joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist (Jephtha)
1603 – Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)
1609 – Henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)
1615 – Guillaume Dumanoir, composer
1642 – Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt admiral of Zeeland
1643 – Jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703)
1653 – Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1707-09)
1684 – Abraham Alewijn, Dutch poet/playwright (Puiterveense Helleveeg)
1715 – Girolamo Abos, composer
1717 – Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d’Alembert, French Enlightenment philosophe/mathematician (Encyclopédie), (d. 1783)
1720 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer
1730 – Gualtherius “Wouter” van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician
1757 – Daniel Read, composer

Enlightenment Philosopher Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d’Alembert (1717)

1758 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (d. 1841)
1762 – Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess
1766 – Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv)
1780 – Robert Archibald Smith, composer
1793 – Francis Danby, Irish painter
1807 – Francois Hainl, composer
1810 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer
1822 – Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1891)
1827 – James Southerton, cricketer (Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49)
1829 – Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer [OS]
1835 – Elliott Warren Rice, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), (d. 1887)
1835 – Eugenio Beltrami, Cremona Lombardy, Italian Mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)
1836 – David Kalakaua of Hawaii, Hawaiian king (d. 1891)
1839 – Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (d. 1908)
1840 – Frederick Scotson Clark, composer
1841 – Jules Violle, French physicist (d. 1923)
1847 – Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (d. 1927)
1854 – Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician
1860 – Edmund Schuecker, composer
1861 – Vaclav Suk, composer
1862 – Charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer (the “Terror”)
1870 – Alfred Hill, composer
1873 – William Christopher Handy, Alabama, jazz star (St Louis Blues) (d. 1958)
1874 – Johanna HC Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August)/wife of Henri Dons
1880 – Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28]
1881 – Joel H. Hildebrand, Camden New Jersey, American Chemist and Educator whose work on the chemistry of solutions helped treat divers with the ‘bends’ through the introduction of helium and oxygen breathing mixtures
1883 – Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/composer (In Tempore Belli)
1885 – Michael Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984)
1887 – Philip Frohman, US architect
1888 – Burnet Corwin Tuthill, composer (Laurentia), born in NYC, New York
1888 – Clinton Golden, Penn, founder (United Steelworkers of America)
1888 – Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco, French author/poet (Gogol)
1889 – August Croegaert, Flemish liturgist
1889 – George S Kaufman, playwright (This is Show Business), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1889 – Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer
1890 – Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer
6th President of the Philippines Elpidio Quirino(1890)

1890 – Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of Philippines (1949-53) Vigan Ilocos Sur (d. 1956)
1890 – George Seldes, journalist
1892 – Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)
1892 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (d. 1953)
1893 – Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist
1894 – Count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi, Austrian politician
1894 – Mabel Normand, [Muriel Fortescue], comedienne (Mickey), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1895 – Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzhubin], Russ poet/journalist (South-West)
1895 – Michael Arlen, Armenia, English author (An American Verdict)
1895 – Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)
1896 – Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield California, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50)
1896 – Oswald Mosley, baron/British nazi
1896 – Joan Lindsay, Australian author (d. 1984)
1897 – Halliwell Hobbes, Stratford-on-Avon England, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)
1897 – Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951)
1899 – Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC)
1902 – Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist
1904 – Eddie Condon, Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon’s Floor Show)
1904 – Frederik van der Meer, Dutch archaeologist/art historian
1904 – Nnamdi Benjamin “Zik” Azikiwe, politician
1905 – Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden
Actor Burgess Meredith(1907)

1907 – Burgess Meredith, actor (Mr Novak, The Penguin in Batman, Rocky), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1997)
1912 – Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, author (Weird White)
1912 – George Petrie, actor (Honeymooners)
1916 – Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound)
1917 – John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Saint’s Day)
1919 – Udo Kasemets, composer
1920 – Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer
1922 – Royal Dano, actor (Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II), born in NYC, New York
1922 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist
1922 – José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel laureate
1924 – Joep J P de Boer, Dutch MP (CDA)
1924 – Mel Patton, American sprinter & Olympic champion, born in Los Angeles, California, (d. 2014)
Novelist José Saramago(1922)

1926 – Ton de Leeuw, Dutch composer
1927 – Barbara Payton, Cloquet MN, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde)
1928 – Clu Gulager, Holdenville Oklahoma, actor (Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man)
1929 – Renate Rubinstein, [Tamar], German/Ned’s author/columnist (Tamar)
1930 – Alice Adams, sculptor
1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author (Christmas in Biafra), (d. 2013)
1930 – Salvatore Riina, Sicilian mafioso
1931 – Bob Gibson, rocker
1931 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (d. 2006)
1931 – Hubert Sumlin, American blues musician
1932 – Barbara Romack, LPGA golfer
1933 – Guy Stockwell, actor (Chris-Adventures in Paradise), born in NYC, New York
Novelist and Poet Chinua Achebe (1930)

1933 – Garrett “Garnet” Mimms, Ashland West Virginia, singer (Enchanters-Cry Baby)
1935 – Elizabeth Drew, journalist (Politics & Money: The Road to Corruption)
1935 – France-Albert Rene, president of Seychelles (1977- )
1936 – Shirvani Chalayev, composer
1936 – John Moore, Australian politician
1938 – Richard Landry, composer
1938 – Toni Brown, US guitarist/singer/keyboardist (Joy of Cooking)
1938 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
1940 – Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976)
1941 – Ann Dore McLaughlin, US Secretary of Labor (1987- )
1941 – Dan Penn, US songwriter/producer/gospel singer (Out in Left Field)
1942 – Donna McKechnie, Pontiac Michigan, actress/dancer (Company)
1942 – Willie Carson, Scottish jockey
1943 – Winfred “Blue” Lovett, US singer (Manhattans-One Life to Live)
1944 – Charles Jay Hammer, actor (Fletcher Reade-Guiding Light)
1944 – David O’Sullivan, NZ cricket left-arm spinner (in 11 Tests 1973-76)
1944 – Hugo Dittberner, writer
1944 – Joanna Pettit, actress (Knots Landing, Cry of the Innocent), born in London, England
1944 – Oliver Braddick, British psychologist
1945 – Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
1945 – Steve Railsback, American actor (The Stunt Man, Escape 2000), born in Dallas, Texas
1945 – Teenie Hodges [Mabon], American rhythm and blues guitarist (Take me to the River), born in Germantown, TN, (d. 2014)
1946 – Barbara Leigh, Ringgold Ga, actress (Vampirella)
1947 – Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter and writer
1948 – Aline Issermann, director (Amant Magnifiquew)
1948 – Chi Coltrane, US pianist/singer
1948 – Bonnie Greer, American playwright and critic
1949 – Pattie Santos, rocker
1949 – William Ackerman, composer
1950 – Carl J Meade, Illinos, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 38, STS 50, 64)
1950 – David Leisure, actor (Joe Isuzu, Airplane, Charley-Empty Nest)
1950 – John Swartzwelder, American television writer and novelist
1951 – Miguel Sandoval, American actor
1952 – Robin McKinley, American writer
1952 – Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist, Biblioteca Marciana
1952 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
1953 – Griff Rhys Jones, British humorist/actor (Morons From Outer Space)
1954 – Andrea Barrett, American author
1954 – Bruce Edwards, American golf caddy (d. 2004)
1954 – Dick Gross, Australian politician
1955 – Pierre Larouche, Canadian National Hockey League player
1956 – Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver
1957 – Frank Milton “Pete” Higgins II, VP (Microsoft Desktop)
1957 – Jacques Gamblin, French actor
1958 – Harry Rushakoff, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1958 – Marg Helgenberger, North Bend Nebraska, actress (China Beach)
1958 – Roberto Guerrero, Medelin Colombia, Indy racer (Rookie of Year 1984)
1958 – Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic
1959 – Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silv-1988)
1959 – Corey Allen Pavin, Oxnard CA, PGA golfer (1995 US Open)
Boxer Frank Bruno (1961)

1961 – Frank Bruno, Hammersmith, British boxer (European champ)
1961 – Corinne Hermès, French singer
1961 – Bruno Amato American actor
1962 – Chuck Finley, pitcher (Angels)
1962 – Josh Silver, American musician (Type O Negative)
1963 – Gay “Mani” Mournfield, English pop bassist (Stone Roses)
1963 – Zina Garrison Jackson, tennis star (1988/90 Wimbledon), born in Houston, Texas
1964 – Dwight Gooden, pitcher (NY Yankees, NY Mets), born in Tampa, Florida
1964 – Diana Krall, Canadian Jazz pianist and singer
1964 – Harry J. Lennix, American actor
1964 – Maeve Quinlan, American actress
1965 – Glen Edward Day, Mobile AL, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-2nd)
Tennis Player Zina Garrison(1963)

1965 – Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Turin Italy, actress (Normal People)
1966 – Dan Nowosielski, fencing epee (Olympics-96), born in Montreal, Quebec
1966 – Lisa Brown Miller, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
1966 – Tammy Lauren, SD California, actress (Angie, Out of the Blue)
1966 – Tim Scott, Hanford California, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1966 – Tricia Cast, Medford NY, actress (Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young & Restless)
1966 – Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein), born in East Berlin, East Germany
1966 – Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
1966 – Tahir Shah, British travel writer and explorer
1967 – Lawrence Dawsey, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1967 – Lisa Bonet, SF, actress (Cosby Show, Different World, Angel Heart)
1967 – Craig Arnold, American poet
1968 – Chris Haney, pitcher (KC Royals), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1968 – Ebrahim Essop-Adam, cricketer (one ODI for Zimbabwe 1992)
1968 – Melvin Stewart, US butterfly swimmer (200m record)
1968 – Suzi Simpson, Athens Greece, playmate (Jan, 1992)
1968 – Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper
1969 – Mike Devlin, NFL guard/center (Buffalo Bills, Cardinals)
1969 – Thomas Ingalsbe, 238+ lbs (108+ kg) US weightlifter (Olympics-1996)
1970 – Jason Carthen, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1970 – Martha Plimpton, actress (Goonies, Mosquito Coast), born in NYC, New York
1971 – Donald Wolf, computer game creator
1971 – Waqar Younis, cricketer (brilliant Pakistani fast/swing bowler)
1971 – Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
1971 – Koshi Rikdo, Japanese mangaka
1971 – Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
1972 – Missi Pyle, American actress
1973 – Howard Smothers, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 – Joe Hudepohl, US, 800m freestyle relay (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 – Sedrick Shaw, running back (New England Patriots)
1973 – Christian Horner, British Formula One team owner
1973 – Brendan Laney, Scottish rugby player
1974 – Eric Judy, American Musician
1974 – Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer
1974 – Paul Scholes, British footballer
1976 – Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
1976 – Danny Wallace, British author
1977 – Oksana Baiul, Ukraine, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1994)
1977 – Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal(1977)

1977 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, New York, actress (Donnie Darko, The Dark Knight)
1978 – Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer
1978 – Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
1978 – Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS)
1979 – Michael Faustino, actor (brother of David)
1979 – Salli Wills, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1979 – Tony Frias, American footballer
1979 – Bruce Irons, American surfer
1980 – Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
1980 – Nicole Gius, Italian alpine skier
1980 – Carol Huynh, 2008 Canadian Gold Medalist,48 kg. wrestling
1981 – Allison Crowe, Canadian singer
1981 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
1981 – Osi Umenyiora, English-born NFL football player
1982 – Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
1982 – Ronald Pognon, French athlete
1982 – Amare Stoudemire, American basketball player
1983 – Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
1983 – Britta Steffen, German swimmer
1983 – K, South Korean singer
1984 – Gemma Atkinson, British actress and model
1984 – Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
1986 – Saeko, Japanese actress
1992 – Adam Robert Worton, Newark DE, twin actor (Baby’s Day Out)
1992 – Jacob Joseph Worton, Newark DE, twin actor (Baby’s Day Out)
1995 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American child actor

WEDDINGS

1683 – Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia
1754 – British PM William Pitt the Elder (46) weds Lady Hester Grenville (34) in Argyle Street, London
1933 – Ramon Magsaysay, latter President of the Philippines (26) weds Luz Banzon (18) at Lourdes church in Manila
1981 – Luke marries Laura on TV soap “General Hospital” (16 million watch)
1987 – Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz
1996 – “What Part of No” country singer Lorrie Morgan (37) weds singer Jon Randall (29) in Nashville
1996 – Golf champ Phil Mickelson (26) weds Amy McBride

Golfer and Five-Time Major Championship Winner Phil Mickelson (1996)

2014 – Singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (28) weds music video director Alan Ferguson (51) in New Orleans, Louisiana

DIVORCES

1973 – Sci-fi author Isaac Asimov (53) divorces Gertrude Blugerman after 31 years of marriage
1993 – James Carrey files for divorce from Melissa
2010 – Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (25) divorces “Sum 41” lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley (29) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage
2011 – Second season American Idol winner Rubben Studdard (33) divorces Surata Zuri McCants due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage

DEATHS

1271 – Henry III, King of England (1216-71, Provisions of Oxford), dies
1328 – Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)
1512 – Gerbrand Mockema, Fries rebel, beheaded
1512 – Jemme Herjuwsma, Fries rebel, beheaded
1548 – Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44
1603 – Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies
1613 – Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556)
1628 – Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer
1667 – Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer, dies at 34
1668 – Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79
1695 – Pierre Nicole, French philosopher (b. 1625)
1706 – Cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64
1706 – Godfried Schalcken, Dutch painter, etcher and engraver, dies at about 63
1724 – Jack Sheppard, English robber, hanged
1745 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665)
1766 – Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81
1773 – John Hawkesworth, English writer
1775 – Marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28
1779 – Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. 1716)
1790 – Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
1797 – King Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744) Reigns 1786-97
1802 – André Michaux, French botanist (b. 1746)
1806 – Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
1808 – Mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29
1831 – Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51
1835 – Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1836 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, Dutch mycologist (b. 1761)
1869 – Hamiora Pere is hanged for treason at the Terrace Gaol, Wellington – only New Zealander ever to be executed for treason
1884 – František Chvostek, Moravian physician (b. 1835)
Politician Louis Riel (1885)

1885 – Louis Riel, Canadian rebel leader and “Father of Manitoba”, hanged for treason at 41
1890 – Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71
1893 – George Alexander Osborne, composer, dies at 87
1907 – Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
1908 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-born Canadian politician (b. 1829)
1909 – Francis Thome, composer, dies at 59
1911 – Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
1922 – Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
1924 – Alexander Andreyevich Archangel’sky, composer, dies at 78
1924 – Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
1932 – Carry van Bruggen, [de Haan], Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51
1934 – Joachim Ringelantz, writer, dies
1934 – Carl von Linde, German Engineer and Chemist who invented mechanical refrigeration, dies at 92
1935 – Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
1939 – Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1866)
1943 – Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1944 – Charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies
1945 – Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Kohtalon Vaaka), dies at 43
1948 – Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American Inventor (elecrostatic precipitator), dies at 71
1950 – Bob Smith, American doctor, co-founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
1954 – Albert Francis Blakeslee, American Botanist, dies at 80
1955 – Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies at 88
1957 – Cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67
1958 – Warner Fabian, [S Adams], US author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
Actor Clark Gable (1960)

1960 – Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind), dies at 59
1961 – Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
1964 – Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69
1964 – John Emery, actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59
1964 – Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champion cyclist (1921-24, 26), dies at 71
1965 – Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
1966 – Cluny MacPherson, Canadian inventor of the gas mask, dies at 87
1968 – Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74
1971 – Charlie Dell, comedian, dies at 90
1971 – Edward Sedgwick, director, dies of barbiturate overdose at 28
1971 – Edie Sedgwick, American socialite and heiress (b. 1940)
1972 – Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
1973 – Alan Watts, writer/popularizer of Zen, dies in Calif
Doctor Cluny MacPherson(1966)

1974 – Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91
1975 – Ernst van Raalte, lawyer/minister-president, dies at 83
1978 – Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75
1980 – Imogen Hassall, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng), suicide at 37
1981 – Enid Markey, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy), dies at 85
1981 – Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy Detective), dies
1982 – Arthur Askey, British comedian, dies at 82
1982 – Lenny Murphy, Leader of Belfast’s notorious Shankill Butchers (b. 1952)
1982 – Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov, Russian Mathematician (topology), dies at 86
1984 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
1985 – John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85
1986 – Siobhan McKenna, actress (Doctor Zhivago, Hungry Hill), dies at 63
1987 – Jim Brewer, Major League Baseball relief pitcher (b. 1937)
1987 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore’s national anthem (b. 1907)
1988 – Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Neth architect, dies at about 85
1989 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Quebec politician (b. 1938)
1991 – Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33
1993 – Evelyn Venable, model (Columbia Pictures logo), dies of cancer at 80
1993 – Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
1993 – Achille Zavatta, French clown (b. 1915)
1994 – Chester Dino Powers Valenti, singer/Songwriter, dies at 57
1994 – Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer, dies at 83
1994 – David Rayner, cyclist, dies
1994 – Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street), dies at 95
1994 – Harvey Watkins, gospel Singer, dies at 64
1994 – John Boylan, US actor (Twin Peaks, Sleepless in Seattle), dies at 82
1994 – Dino Valente, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b.1943)
1995 – Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist, dies at 70
1995 – Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies at 84
1996 – George Byatt, playwright, dies at 73
1996 – Jack Popplewell, composer/playwright, dies at 87
1996 – John Reginald Bevins, politician, dies at 88
1997 – George Petrie, actor (Honeymooners), dies on 85th birthday
1997 – Georges Marchais, Sec Gen of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies
1997 – Russ “Mad Monk” Meyer, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 74
1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1928)
2000 – DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
2000 – Joe C., American rapper (b. 1974)
2001 – Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
2003 – Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
2004 – Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (b. 1945)
2005 – Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92
2005 – Robert Tisch, American football team owner (b. 1926)
2005 – Donald Watson, English founder of the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
2005 – Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
Economist Milton Friedman(2006)

2006 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate, dies at 94
2006 – Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist (b. 1930)
2007 – Harold Alfond, American businessman (b. 1914)
2007 – Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
2007 – Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author (b. 1946)
2008 – Reg Varney, British actor (On The Buses) (b. 1916)
2009 – Edward Woodward, British actor (The Equalizer) (b. 1930)
2009 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
2010 – Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)
2010 – Donald Nyrop, American airline executive (b. 1912)
2010 – Ronni Chasen, American film publicist (b. 1946)
2010 – Britton Chance, American molecular biologist and yachtsman (b. 1913)
2012 – Bob Scott, New Zealand Rugby player, dies at 91
2014 – Ian Craig, Australian cricketer, dies at 79

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1532 Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa

• American Revolution

• 1776 Fort Washington Is Captured

• Automotive

• 1901 Riker Torpedo Racer sets the world speed record for electric cars

• Civil War

• 1863 Battle of Campbell Station, Tennessee

• Cold War

• 1945 German scientists brought to United States to work on rocket technology

• Crime

• 1957 Ed Gein kills final victim Bernice Worden

• Disaster

• 1999 Construction begins on deadly bonfire

• General Interest

• 1776 Hessians capture Fort Washington
• 1907 Oklahoma enters the Union
• 1988 Benazir Bhutto elected leader of Pakistan

• Hollywood

• 2001 First Harry Potter film opens

• Literary

• 1849 Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death

• Music

• 1959 The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway

• Old West

• 1821 Becknell opens trade on the Santa Fe Trail

• Presidential

• 1973 Nixon supports construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline

• Sports

• 1957 Notre Dame ends Oklahoma record winning streak

• Vietnam War

• 1961 Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon
• 1970 Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia
• 1971 U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians

• World War I

• 1914 New Fatherland League launched in Germany

• World War II

• 1941 Goebbels publishes his screed of hate