November 20th

EVENTS

284 – Diocletian is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his soldiers in the army of the east
762 – Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire.
1168 – Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope
1194 – Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI.
1272 – Edward I proclaimed King of England
1342 – Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht
1347 – Coke di Rienzo, later Roman Tribunal, addressess a meeting of on the Capitol during people’s revolt in Rome
1407 – A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
1431 – First meeting of Order of the Golden Fleece
1520 – Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
1521 – Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
1583 – Duke of Parma conquerors Aalst
1616 – Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War
Roman Emperor Diocletian

1637 – Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1695 – Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed.
1719 – Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm
1755 – English minister William Pitt Sr resigns
1759 – -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
1789 – New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
1795 – Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday
1805 – Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” premieres in Vienna
1815 – 2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies after 2nd defeat and abdication ofNapoleon Bonaparte.
1815 – Russia, Prussia, Austria & England signs Alliance “for the maintenance of peace in Europe” same day as Treaty of Paris
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

1817 – First Seminole War begins in Florida
1829 – Jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia
1833 – Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay
1852 – Charles Reade/Tom Taylor’s “Masks & Faces” premieres in London
1861 – Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky’s Confederate government.
1862 – Confederate armies of Mississippi and Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee, under General Braxton Bragg
1866 – First national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans’ org)
1866 – Howard University founded (Washington, D.C.)
1866 – Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1873 – Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
1888 – Willard Bundy patents timecard clock
1889 – Gustav Mahler’s 1st Symphony
1890 – Pope Leo XIII encyclical “On Slavery in the Missions”
Naturalist Charles Darwin

1894 – US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1901 – Opera “Grisélidis” is produced (Paris)
1902 – Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race
1906 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Doctor’s Dilemma” premieres in London
1909 – Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
1910 – Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1911 – Gustav Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” (Song of the Earth) premieres in Munich
1911 – The funeral of Paul and Laura (daughter of Karl Marx) Lafargue in Paris is attended by Lenin; the two socialists died in a suicide pact in the belief that their political usefulness was at an end
1914 – US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1915 – 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7
Marxist Revolutionary and Russian Leader Vladimir Lenin

1917 – First successful tank use in battle (Britain breaks through German lines) at Battle of Cambrai WWI
1917 – Ukrainian Republic declared
1919 – 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)
1920 – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US president W Wilson
1922 – Zoe Akins’ “Texas Nightingale” premieres in NYC
1923 – Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal
1923 – Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark
1928 – Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
1928 – WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
1929 – First broadcast of “Goldbergs” on US radio
1929 – Salvador Dali’s first one-man show
1931 – Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
Painter Salvador Dali

1932 – Earthquake at Uden Netherlands
1934 – Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig’s HR, US beats Japan 1-0
1934 – Lillian Hellman’s “Children’s Hour” premieres in NYC
1934 – New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers)
1934 – Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period
1936 – Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad.
1938 – 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
1940 – Hungary joins 3 Power pact
1940 – World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
1941 – Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1941 – German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia
1942 – 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
Baseball Player Lou Gehrig

1942 – British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya
1942 – NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
1942 – Soviet army offensive during WWII, 1 million Russians breach German lines
1943 – U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1943 – US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
1944 – 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
1944 – Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
1944 – Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda
1945 – 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1945 – Dmitri Sjostakovitch’s 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres
1945 – Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague
1946 – Lillian Hellman’s “Another Part of the Forest” premieres in NYC
1947 – “Meet the Press” makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 – 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey)
1947 – Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei
1947 – UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1948 – US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
1949 – Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
1951 – Snowdonia becomes a British National Park
1952 – Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
1952 – George Axelrod’s “Seven Year Itch” premieres in NYC
Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin

1952 – Slánský trials begin – a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
1953 – Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
1954 – KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 – Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
1955 – Polly Umrigar scores India’s 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ
1957 – Morton Wishengrad’s “Rope Dancers” premieres in NYC
1959 – UN adopts Universal Declaration of Children’s Rights
1959 – WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
1960 – 11th Formula One WDC: Jack Brabham wins by nine points
1961 – WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 – Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
1962 – USSR agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, & US lifts blockade
1964 – Dmitri Sjostakovitch’s 9th/10th String Quartet premieres in Moscow
Baseball Legend Mickey Mantle

1965 – “Pickwick” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 56 performances
1965 – UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
1965 – WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 – “Cabaret” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances
1966 – Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Success Golf Open
1966 – Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
1966 – Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage
1967 – At 11 AM, Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million
1967 – Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
1968 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 – 2nd Country Music Association Award: Glen Campbell & Tammy Wynettewins
1969 – Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
1969 – Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
1969 – Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
Brazilian Football Legend Pele

1969 – SF Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
1970 – UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR
1971 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 – 21st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
1972 – 2 British soldiers are killed in a booby trap bomb in Cullyhanna, County Armagh
1974 – Rangers’ Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP
1974 – The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
1975 – Ronald Reagan announces candidacy for Republican nomination for US President
1976 – George Harrison appears on “Saturday Night Live”
1976 – Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open
1977 – Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977 – Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
NFL Running Back Walter Payton

1977 – Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
1977 – 27th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
1979 – Sji’ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed
1979 – US’s 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at U of Minn Hospital
1980 – Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A’s)
1980 – Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1980 – UA withdraws $44 million movie “Heaven’s Gate” for re-editing
1980 – United Nations Gulf War mediator Olof Palme makes first unsuccessful peace shuttle between Tehran and Baghdad
1981 – Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship
1981 – Burundi adopts its constitution
1981 – El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens “limited offensive”
1981 – Ringo releases “Stop & Smell Roses” album
1982 – Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts “Saturday Night Live”
Actress Drew Barrymore

1983 – “Marilyn: An American Fable” opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 perfs
1983 – 100 million watch ABC-TV movie “Day After” about nuclear war
1983 – Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
1983 – NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
1983 – “Terms of Endearment” from the book by Larry McMurtry, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger premieres in New York (Best Picture 1984)
1983 – 33rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Allison wins
1984 – McDonald’s made its 50 billionth hamburger
1984 – Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
1984 – SETI is founded.
1985 – NY Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP
1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
Actress Shirley MacLaine

1986 – Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees
1986 – World Health Organization announces first global effort to combat AIDS
1988 – “Les Miserables” opens a Bus & Truck tour in Tampa
1988 – 38th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bill Elliott wins
1989 – Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
1990 – Soviet Union shows reluctance to endorse the use of force against Iraq
1990 – Oakland’s Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP
1990 – Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
1990 – Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine’s bid for party leadership
1990 – US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
1990 – Saddam Hussein announces plans to release German hostages
1991 – Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
1992 – Queen Elizabeth’s home Windsor Castle catches fire
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

1993 – 5th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 41-39 in South Bend (Boston College’s first win in the series)
1993 – Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
1993 – Sam’s Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo
1993 – Winnie Mandela’s driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg
1993 – Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his “dealings” with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
1993 – 58th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 22-14 in Auburn
1994 – “Flying Karamzov Brothers…” opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 perfs
1994 – “Shadow Box” opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
1994 – Kosmos 2294/2295/2296 launches
1994 – The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war (localized fighting resumed the next year).
1995 – “Beatles’ Anthology, Vol 1” released
1995 – “Racing Demon” opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 perfs
1995 – FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC
His Royal Highness Prince Charles

1995 – Diana, Pricess of Wales, admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
1995 – STS 74 (Atlantis 15), lands
1997 – “Ivanov” opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 51 performances
1997 – Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley
1997 – Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals
1997 – Mavericks’ A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played
1997 – NY Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak
1997 – Yohannes Haile-Selassie discovers the partial skull of a 2.5 million year old human ancestor, confirming and establishing the new species Australopithecus garhi, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
1997 – Iraq’s Revolution Command Council formally endorses an agreement, arranged by Russia, that enables UN weapons inspection teams to resume operations in Iraq
Islamic Militant & Terrorist Osama bin Laden

1998 – A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden “a man without a sin” in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
1998 – The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.
1999 – 64th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-17 in Auburn
1999 – 11th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 31-29 in South Bend
2000 – 52nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Labonte wins
2001 – In Washington, D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush dedicates the United States Department of Justice headquarters building as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, honoring the late Robert F. Kennedy on what would have been his 76th birthday.
2001 – Josh Groban releases his debut album “Josh Groban”
2002 – “Die Another Day”, 20th James Bond film released, directed by Lee Tamahori, starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry
Actor Pierce Brosnan

2003 – After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
2004 – 69th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-13 in Tuscaloosa
2005 – 57th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart wins
2006 – Moises Alou signs a one year-contract with the New York Mets worth $7.5 million
2006 – 58th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
2008 – After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997.
2009 – The Mexican government declares its economy technically out of recession after 2.93% GDP growth in the third quarter of 2009; Mexico had been in a severe economic crisis for over a year prior to its economic rebound
2011 – 38th American Music Awards: Adele, Bruno Mars & Taylor Swift win
2012 – Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters
2014 – Nearly 5 million illegal migrants in the US will have the threat of deportation deferred, after President Barack Obama announces sweeping immigration changes

BIRTHDAYS

270 – Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)
1327 – Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)
1602 – Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)
1606 – Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian
1620 – Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower
1621 – Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
1625 – Artus II Quellinus “the Young”, Flemish sculptor, baptised
1625 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
1652 – Romanus Weichlein, composer
1660 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (d. 1741)
1726 – Oliver Wolcott, (Ct-Gov)/signed Decl of Independence [NS=Dec 1]
1750 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
1752 – Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel)
1757 – Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer
1759 – Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer
1761 – Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italy, 253rd Pope (1829-30)
1762 – Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. 1833)
1765 – Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer
1765 – Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain (d. 1819)
1766 – John Wall Calcott, composer
1781 – Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian
1802 – James Lawrence Lardner, Comm (Union Navy), (d. 1881)
1830 – Patrick Henry Jones, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1900)
1834 – Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer
1836 – John Thomas Croxton, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), (d. 1874)
1839 – Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)
Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier (1841)

1841 – Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)
1841 – Victor D’Hondt, Belgian mathematician (d. 1901)
1850 – Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer
1851 – Queen Margherita of Italy (d. 1926)
1858 – Selma Lagerlöf, Mårbacka, Värmland, author and Nobel laureate (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils), (d. 1940)
1862 – Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)
1863 – Maria H “Mina” Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet)
1864 – Gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)
1866 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball
1867 – Vicente Ripolles, composer
1869 – Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
1871 – William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator
1873 – Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker)
Author and Nobel Laureate Selma Lagerlöf (1858)

1874 – James Michael Curley, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1879 – Franz Pfemfert, writer
1880 – George McBride, baseball player (d. 1973)
1882 – Andy Coakley, baseball player and long-time coach at Columbia University (d. 1963)
1884 – Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)
1886 – Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
1889 – Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
1890 – Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter
1890 – Robert Armstrong, Saginaw MI, actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong)
1891 – Leon Cadore, pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game)
1891 – Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman)
1892 – James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist (insulin)
1894 – Carl Mayer, Graz, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise)
Astronomer Edwin Hubble(1889)

1896 – Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer
1896 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977)
1897 – Lores Bonney, aviator
1897 – Margaret Sutherland, composer
1899 – Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer
1900 – Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy)
1902 – Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian
1903 – Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (d. 1981)
1904 – Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
1907 – Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
1907 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, director (Le salaire de la peur)
1908 – Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host (Masterpiece Theatre)
1909 – Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74)
1910 – Pauli Murray, famous African
1910 – Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (d. 1944)
1911 – Jean Shiley, US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932)
1912 – Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German nobleman, head of the Habsburg house
1913 – Judy Canova, American actress (d. 1983)
1914 – Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954)
1915 – Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks)
1916 – Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter
1916 – Judy Canova, Jacksonville Fla, comedienne/actress (Cannonball)
1916 – Robert A Bruce, MD, pioneer (exercise cardiology)
1916 – William John Elwyn Davies, painter
1916 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
1917 – Max Georg Baumann, composer
1917 – Pam Henningen, [Cornelia CP Ingenegeren], Indonesian/Dutch dancer
1917 – Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain)
1917 – Robert C Byrd, (Sen-D-WV, 1959- )/majority leader
1917 – Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
1918 – Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper (Oly-4th-1936)
1919 – Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress (Mine Own Executioner)
1919 – Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician
1919 – John McCarthy, composer
1920 – Armin Schibler, composer
1920 – Douglas Dick, Charlestown WV, actor (Carl-Waterfront)
1921 – Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress (Nora, Fort Worth), (d. 2012)
1921 – Jim Garrison, American district attorney and judge (d. 1992)
1923 – Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)
1923 – Nadine Gordimer, South African author (July’s people, Nobel 1991), born in Springs, Transvaal, (d. 2014)
1924 – Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician (proved Zipf’s law)
1925 – Judy Woodruff, news analyst & commentator
1925 – June [Shirley L] Christy, US, jazz singer (Tampico)
1925 – Maya Plisetskaya, Rusiian prima ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet), born in Moscow
US Attorney General Robert Francis Kennedy (1925)

1925 – Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass (D-Sen-NY, US Attorney General), (d. 1968)
1926 – Kaye Ballard, Cleve Ohio, actress/comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law)
1926 – Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (d. 2007)
1926 – Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, Nobel laureate
1927 – Estelle Parsons, Lynn Mass, actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde)
1928 – Franklin Cover, Cleve, actor (Tom-The Jeffersons)
1928 – Rex Reason, actor (Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s), born in Berlin, Germany
1928 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor
1928 – John Disley, Welsh athlete
1929 – Dick Clark, Mt Vernon NY, TV host (American Bandstand), (d. 2012)
1929 – Donald Ray January, Plainview TX, PGA golfer (1960 Tucson Open)
1929 – Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady NY, conductor (Amer Ballet)
Radio and Television Personality Dick Clark(1929)

1932 – John Barnes Chance, composer
1932 – Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor (Hogan’s Heroes, Family Feud), (d. 2012)
1934 – Valentine J Peter, priest (Boy’s Town 1985- ), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1936 – Don DeLillo, American author
1937 – Jack Linkletter, TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny), born in San Franciso, California
1937 – René Kollo, German tenor
1937 – Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian playwright
1938 – Tony White, cricketer (2 Tests WI v Australia 1965)
1939 – Dick Smothers, comedian (Smother Brothers’ Show), born in NYC, New York
1940 – Helma Sanders-Brahms, Emden Germany, director (Apple Trees, Manoever)
1941 – Gary Karr, double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic), born in Los Angeles, California
1941 – Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu playwright
1942 – Bob Einstein, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne), born in Los Angeles, California
47th Vice President of the United States Joe Biden(1942)

1942 – Joseph biden Jr, Scranton Pennsylvania, 47th US Vice President
1942 – Meredith Monk, Lima, Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist
1942 – Norman Greenbaum, Mass, folk singer (Spirit in the Sky)
1942 – Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic bishop (d. 2008)
1943 – Lindsay Thomas, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
1943 – Veronica Hamel, Phila, actress (Joyce-Hill St Blues, 79 Park Ave)
1944 – Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player (Olympic-1980)
1945 – Dan McBride, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1945 – Rachid Mimouni, author
1945 – Nanette Workman, American-born Canadian singer and actress
1946 – Duane Allman, Nashville Tn, rock guitarist (Allman Brothers)
1946 – John “Blackfoot” Colbert, US singer (Soul Children, Taxi)
1946 – Judy Woodruff, newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report)
1946 – Ray Stiles, rocker
1946 – Greg Cook, American football player
1947 – George Grantham, OK, rock drummer/vocalist (Poco)
1947 – Joe Walsh, Wichita Ks, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy)
1947 – Mardell Wilkins, LPGA golfer
1948 – Richard Masur, actor (David-One Day at a Time), born in NYC, New York
1948 – Samuel E Wright, Camden SC, actor (Enos, Ball Four)
1948 – John R. Bolton, American ambassador
1949 – Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
1949 – Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), born in NYC, New York
1949 – Thelma Drake, American politician
1950 – Gary Green, rocker (Gentle Giant)
1951 – David Walters, American politician
1952 – John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player
1953 – Greg Gibson, Stafford Va, Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic-silver-1984)
1954 – Frank Marino, rock guitarist (Mahogany Rush), born in Montreal, Quebec
1954 – Steve Dahl, California, Chicago’s anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
1954 – Berit Andnor, Swedish politician
1955 – Thea Vidale, actress (Family Matters)
1955 – Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut
1956 – Bo Derek, [Mary Collins], actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man), born in Long Beach, California
1956 – Dan Powers, rock guitarist (Michael Stanley Band)
1956 – Mark Gastineau, NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85)
1956 – Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut
1957 – James Brown, British reggae singer/drummer (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1957 – Mike Craven, former English professional footballer
1958 – Rickson Gracie, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1959 – Sean Young, Louisville Ky, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love)
1959 – James P. McGovern, American politician
1960 – Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
1961 – Tim Harvey, British racing driver
1961 – Larry Karaszewski, American screenwriter
1961 – Dave Watson, English footballer
1962 – Steve Alexander, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1963 – Timothy Gowers, British mathematician
1963 – Ming-Na Wen, Macau-born actress
1964 – John Maclean, Oshawa, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
1964 – Ned Vaughn, actor (The Rescuer)
1965 – Andrew Stewart, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1965 – Mike D[iamond], rap vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight), born in NYC, New York
1965 – Sen Dog, Cuban rapper (Cypress Hill)
1965 – Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan)
1966 – Kevin Gilbert, American musician (d. 1996)
1966 – Jill Thompson, American comic book writer and artist
1967 – Alex Arias, infielder (Florida Marlins), born in NYC, New York
1967 – Chris Childs, NBA guard (NJ Nets, NY Knicks)
1967 – Chris Patton, Fountain Inn SC, Nike golfer (1993 NM Charity Classic)
1967 – Jeff Cotler, actor (Brian-Struck by Lightning), born in Long Beach, California
1967 – Teoman, Turkish rock singer
1968 – Jeff Tarango, California, tennis star (defaulted 1995 Wimbledon)
1968 – Keith Rucker, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
1968 – Ming Na-Wen, actress (ER, One Night Stand, Lien-As the World Turns)
1968 – Richard Clarke, Yachter Finn (Olympics-96), born in Toronto, Ontario
1969 – Chris Harris, cricketer (son of Zin NZ all-rounder in ODI’s)
1969 – Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men’s pole vaulter (Oly-11th-1996)
1969 – Malvin Hunter, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 – Richard Dickson Reid, NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 – Silvia Sommaggio, Italian 5k runner
1969 – Callie Thorne, American actor
1970 – Sabrina Lloyd, actress (Sliders)
1970 – Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 – Matt Blunt, American politician
1970 – Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
1970 – Geoffrey Keezer, American jazz pianist
1970 – Joe Zaso, American actor
1971 – Dion Nash, cricketer (NZ right-arm medium-pacer 1992- )
1971 – Joey Galloway, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 – Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1971 – Joel McHale, American actor and comedian
1972 – Riddick Parker, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire, Seattle Seahawks)
1972 – Trent Pollard, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
1972 – Yanick Dupre, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers), born in Montreal, Quebec
1972 – Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian born poet
1973 – Brad Keeney, WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores)
1973 – Matthew Smith, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1974 – Brad Williams, cricketer (Victoria & Young Australia fast bowler)
1974 – Drew Ginn, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1974 – Jerald Moore, running back (St Louis Rams)
1974 – Kirk Reynolds, Outlook Saskatchwan, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
1974 – Marissa Ryan, actress (Elizabeth MacGillis-Major Dad)
1975 – Dierks Bentley, American singer
1975 – J. D. Drew, American baseball player
1975 – Davey Havok, singer (AFI)
1976 – Dominique Dawes, Silver Spring Md, gymnast (Olympics-gold/brz-92, 96)
1976 – Elisa Blair, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1976 – Jason Thompson, Canadian actor
1976 – Theodoros Velkos, badminton player
1977 – Rudy Charles, American professional wrestling referee
1977 – Josh Turner, American singer
1978 – Ryan Leslie, American singer/songwriter
1978 – Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer
1978 – Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
1979 – Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer
1979 – Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player (Silver Ferns)
1980 – James Chambers, English footballer
1981 – Jilen Siroky, 200m breaststroke (Olympics-96)
1981 – Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
1981 – Kimberley Walsh, English singer (Girls Aloud)
1982 – Margo Stilley, American actress
1984 – Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian racing driver
1985 – Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentine racing driver
1985 – Dan Byrd, American actor
1986 – Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor
1986 – Oli Sykes, English musician
1989 – Tyga, American rapper
1989 – Cody Linley, American actor
1990 – Sam Burton, English footballer
1992 – Ishimura Maiha, graduated Berryz Kobo member
1999 – Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
1999 – Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
2000 – Connie Talbot, English singer

WEDDINGS

1895 – Businessman Harvey Firestone (26) weds composer Idabelle Smith (21)
1900 – Archaeologist Hiram Bingham (25) weds Tiffany heiress Alfreda Mitchell in Honolulu, Hawaii
1932 – Blues musician Muddy Waters (19) weds Mabel Berry
1937 – Actor Jackie Coogan (23) weds actress Betty Grable (20) at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Los Angeles
1944 – Model agency executive Eileen Ford (22) weds businessman Gerard W. Ford (20) in San Francisco, California
1947 – Future British Queen Princess Elizabeth II (21) weds Lt Philip Mountbatten (26) in Westminster Abbey, London
1954 – NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas (21) weds his high school sweetheart Dorothy Hoelle
Actor and Comedian Steve Martin (1986)

1986 – Comedian and actor Steve Martin (41) weds actress Victoria Tennant (36)
1993 – Actor Luke Perry (27) weds Minnie Sharp (24) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills
1994 – Patti Davis weds Paul Hayeland
2001 – ABC News political analyst George Stephanopoulos (40) weds actress Alexandra Wentworth (36) at Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan
2005 – Bollywood actor Zayed Khan (25) weds Malaika Parekh at the Grand Maratha Sheraton in Mumbai, India

DIVORCES

2007 – Linda Bollea (46) divorces professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (53) after 23 years of marriage

DEATHS

869 – King Edmund of East Anglia
967 – Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of Liederen), dies
1348 – Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle against Roman revolutionaries by Porta Tiburtina
1437 – Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)
1480 – Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies
1518 – Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies
1518 – Marmaduke Constable, English soldier
1527 – Wendelmoet “Weyntjen” Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
1529 – Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio
1591 – Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
1612 – John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
1651 – Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
1662 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
1669 – Arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
1675 – Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Neth (1664-68)
1678 – Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56
1704 – Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)
1713 – Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies at 74
1737 – Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies
1741 – Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies
1750 – Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
1758 – Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64
1764 – Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies
1778 – Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)
1827 – Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58
1851 – Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75
1856 – Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
1863 – James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52
1882 – Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
1887 – Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77
1894 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
1898 – John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
1899 – Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63
Old West Lawman, Outlaw and Bounty Hunter Tom Horn (1903)

1903 – Tom Horn, American gunfighter and outlaw, hanged to death at 42
1908 – Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (b. 1868)
1910 – Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich], Russian novelist (Anna Karenina, War & Peace), dies of pneumonia at 82
1925 – Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
1927 – Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56
1934 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (b. 1872)
1935 – John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, British Admiral of the Fleet, Kensington, London, of pneumonia
1936 – Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed
1938 – Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
1939 – Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
1944 – Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21
1945 – Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1877)
1950 – Francesco Cilea, Italian composer ( Adriana Lecouvreur), dies at 84
British Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe(1935)

1951 – Thomas Quinlan (impresario) (b. 1881)
1952 – Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
1957 – Weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46
1957 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist (d. 1875)
1960 – Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet/writer, dies
1962 – Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies
1964 – John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73
1968 – Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50
1968 – Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies
1973 – Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey & Sheila), dies at 48
1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
1976 – Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (b. 1898)
1977 – Maxie Wander, writer, dies
1978 – Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
1983 – Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
Spanish Dictator and General Francisco Franco (1975)

1983 – Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
1984 – Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78
1985 – Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
1989 – Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71
1991 – Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies
1992 – John Foreman, producer (Prizzi’s Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
1993 – Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51
1993 – Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs
1993 – Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28
1994 – John Lucarotti, scriptwriter, dies at 68
1994 – Saeedi Sirjani, poet, dies at 64
1995 – Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist, dies at 50
1995 – Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28
1996 – Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67
1997 – Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana
1997 – Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52
1997 – Dick Littlefield, baseball player (b. 1926)
1998 – Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. 1946)
1999 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and prime minister (b. 1908)
2000 – Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
2000 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. 1919)
2003 – Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. 1960)
2003 – Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
2003 – David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
2003 – Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
2003 – Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. 1944)
2003 – Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
2003 – Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
2004 – David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
2004 – Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)
2005 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (b. 1931)
2005 – Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934)
2005 – Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
2005 – James King, American singer (b. 1925)
2006 – Robert Altman, American film director (b. 1925)
2006 – Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician and daughter of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, dies of lung cancer at 57
2006 – Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)
2007 – Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
2008 – Sven Inge, Swedish painter and modern artist (b. 1935)
2009 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
2009 – Max Robertson, British sports commentator, radio and television presenter and author (b. 1915)
2010 – Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954)
2010 – Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer and fugitive (b. 1958)
2010 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2010 – Chalmers Johnson, American political scholar and author (b. 1931)
2012 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete, dies at 98

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1945 Nuremberg trials begin

• American Revolution

• 1789 New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights

• Automotive

• 1923 Garrett Morgan patents three-position traffic signal

• Civil War

• 1864 Sherman on the move

• Cold War

• 1948 American consul in China held “hostage” by communists

• Crime

• 1945 Trials open at Nuremberg

• Disaster

• 1968 Explosions rock West Virginia coal mine

• General Interest

• 1820 American vessel sunk by sperm whale
• 1947 Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten

• Hollywood

• 2003 Music producer Phil Spector indicted for murder of actress

• Literary

• 1875 Henry James’ first novel is published

• Music

• 1955 Bo Diddley makes his national television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show

• Old West

• 1843 Blacksnake Hills trading post is renamed St. Joseph

• Presidential

• 1962 Kennedy announces fair housing legislation

• Sports

• 1982 Cal beats Stanford as band blocks field

• Vietnam War

• 1967 Students Demonstrate Against Dow Chemical Company
• 1969 Seymour Hersh files follow-up to My Lai story

• World War I

• 1917 British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai

• World War II

• 1945 Nuremberg war-crimes trials begin