November 21st

EVENTS

164 BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
235 – St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
695 – Pope Sergius names Willibrord as Archbishop Clemens of Friezen
1272 – Following Henry III of England’s death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England.
1317 – Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht
1620 – Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass
1620 – Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod, [O.S. Nov 11]
1654 – Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1696 – J Vanbrughe’s “Relapse or Virtue in Danger” premieres in London
1729 – Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville
1759 – Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians
1783 – Pilstre de Rozier & Marquis d’Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 – Andrew Jackson admitted to bar
1789 – North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

1791 – Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.
1794 – Honolulu Harbor discovered
1806 – Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England
1813 – Stettin surrenders to allied armies
1818 – Russia’s Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1824 – First Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC
1834 – HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile
1837 – Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times
1847 – Steamer “Phoenix” is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
1848 – Alfred de Musset’s “Andre del Sarto” premieres in Paris
1848 – Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded
1849 – Friedrich Hebbel’s “Der Rubin” premieres in Vienna
1852 – Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College
1864 – -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
1865 – Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
1871 – Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC)
1871 – The first human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot
1876 – Skirmish between HM Stanley’s expedition & natives
1877 – Tom Edison announces his “talking machine” invention (phonograph) – first machine to play and record sound
1880 – Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
1895 – Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans” (BG)
1901 – Richard Strauss’ opera “Feuersnot” premieres in Dresden
1902 – 1st night football game, Phila Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
1902 – Baseball’s Phila Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
1902 – The Canadian government appoints a commission to consider revising, classifying, and consolidating the many public statutes passed over the years
1905 – 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open
1906 – China prohibits opium trade
1914 – Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1914 – British army conquerors Bazra
1916 – HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes, killing 30 people.
Marxist Revolutionary and Russian Leader Vladimir Lenin

1917 – M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer
1918 – 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die
1918 – Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland
1918 – The German High Seas Fleet of 5 battlecruisers, 9 battleships, 7 cruisers and 49 destroyers surrendered to the British Grand Fleet and were shepherded into the Firth of Forth
1920 – Karel Capék’s “Vec Makropulos” premieres in Prague
1920 – Mussolini’s squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna, Italy
1921 – The trial of the accused of the Bulhoek Massacre commences in South Africa
1922 – Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as first female US Senator
1924 – British premier Baldwin cancels Labour contract with USSR
1925 – Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
1933 – 1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
1934 – “Uiver” returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
Baseball Player Joe DiMaggio

1934 – NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
1935 – First commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1935 – Jean Giraudoux’ “La Guerre de Troie n’Aura” premieres in Paris
1937 – Dmitri Shostakovitch’s 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad
1938 – -24] Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands
1938 – Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia & declared them German citizens
1940 – Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands
1942 – Hitler names fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein commander of the newly-created Army Group Don (Heeresgruppe Don)
1942 – Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in “Tale of Two Kitties”
1943 – 7 Belgian ministers in London criticise King Leopold III for surrendering to Germany
1944 – Personnel & executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler

1945 – Benjamin Britten’s 2nd String quartet in C premieres
1945 – General Motors workers go on strike
1946 – Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria
1946 – Harry Truman becomes 1st US president to travel in a submerged sub
1946 – “Best Years of Our Lives”, directed by William Wyler and starring Fredric March and Dana Andrew premieres in New York (Best Picture 1947)
1947 – Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1949 – Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million
1952 – 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1952 – Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
1953 – WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 – Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce the “Piltdown Man” skull, one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax.
1955 – Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron
1955 – KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 – Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP & 1st-ever Cy Young Award
37th US President Richard Nixon

1959 – Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1960 – Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
1962 – The Chinese People’s Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
1963 – JFK flies to Texas
1964 – “Something More!” closes at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC after 15 perfs
1964 – “Zizi” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
1964 – Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
1964 – World’s longest suspension bridge “Verrazano Narrows” opens (NYC)
1965 – 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel
1965 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1966 – Dutch government of Zijlstra forms
1967 – Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: “I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.”
35th US President John F. Kennedy

1968 – Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
1968 – Supremes & The Temptations release “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”
1969 – KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, TX (ABC) 1st broadcast
1969 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 – NY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at Madison Square Garden
1970 – 17th National Film Awards (India): “Bhuvan Shome” wins the Golden Lotus
1971 – NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1971 – Richard Baker becomes teacher of SF Zen Center
1971 – Indian troops partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas) defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
1972 – Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
1973 – Pete Rose wins NL MVP
1973 – Pres Nixon’s attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18½ minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose

1974 – Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over Pres Ford’s veto
1974 – Birmingham pub bombings: 21 civilians killed when bombs explode at two pubs in Birmingham, England (This was the deadliest attack in England during “the Troubles”)
1975 – Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped
1976 – “Rocky” directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallonepremieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
1976 – 26th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
1977 – First flight of Concorde (London to New York)
1977 – Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
1978 – Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1979 – Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
1980 – Dallas’ “Who Shot JR?” episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill) in the US
MLB First Baseman Eddie Murray

1980 – Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
1980 – Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
1980 – John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1980 – MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die
1981 – 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
1981 – Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
1982 – 32nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins
1983 – “Doonesbury” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 104 performances
1986 – Central African Republic adopts constitution
1986 – Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
1987 – Horse Racing Breeders’ Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood
1989 – Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush
1989 – TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
21st President of France Francois Mitterrand

1990 – French President François mitterrand voices support of a proposed UN resolution that would authorize the use of force in the Persian Gulf
1990 – Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
1991 – Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba
1992 – Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
1992 – Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
1992 – Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
1992 – Oregon Sen Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances
1992 – Sam’s Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1993 – “Cinderella” closes at New York State Theater NYC after 14 perfs
1993 – “Cyrano – The Musical” opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 137 perfs
1993 – Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome
1994 – 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW, SCG)
1995 – Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time
Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon

1995 – Israel grants jailed US spy Jason Pollard, citizenship
1995 – New double Beatle CD released with new song “Free as a Bird”
1996 – “Rehearsal” opens at Criterion Theater NYC
1996 – A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.
1998 – 63rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-17 in Birmingham
1999 – Elian Gonzalez, Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, departs from Cuba with his mother
1999 – 51st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Jarrett wins
2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
2004 – The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy over the election’s integrity.
2004 – The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island receives the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. It is also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed as a result.
2004 – The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq’s external debt.
2004 – 92nd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 27-19
2004 – 56th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kurt Busch wins
2006 – Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
Singer Kelly Clarkson

2006 – 33rd American Music Awards: Kelly Clarkson, Sean Paul & Rascal Flatts win
2010 – 37th American Music Awards: Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber win
2012 – An Israel and Hamas ceasefire is negotiated
2012 – Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Ben
2013 – 31 people are killed by a truck bomb in northeaster Iraq
2013 – The Alabama parole board grants posthumous pardons to three members of the Scottsboro boys
2013 – 54 people are killed after the roof of a supermarket collapses in Riga, Latvia

BIRTHDAYS

1495 – John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)
1561 – Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author
1567 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
1637 – Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)
1645 – Johann Lohner, composer
1683 – Johann Michael Muller, composer
1692 – Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet
1694 – Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, writer, essayist, philosopher and playwright (Candide) (d. 1778)
1724 – John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist
1729 – Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence)
1742 – Alessandro Felici, composer
1761 – Dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816)
1768 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher
1785 – William Beaumont, Lebanon, Connecticut, surgeon (Father of gastric physiology), (d. 1853)
1787 – Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
1811 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese military (d. 1872)
1817 – Richard Brooke Garnett, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
Surgeon William Beaumont(1785)

1824 – Hieronymus Theodor Richter, Dresden, German Mineralogist and co-discoverer of the element indium
1828 – William McComb, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1918)
1829 – Peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet
1831 – John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), (d. 1886)
1834 – henrietta (Hetty) Green, New Bedford, Massachusetts, financier (Witch of Wall Street), (d. 1916)
1834 – Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), (d. 1893)
1840 – Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia
1851 – Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal
1852 – Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer
1853 – Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)
1854 – Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)
1860 – Tom Horn, Scotland County Missouri, American gunman and outlaw
Old West Lawman, Outlaw and Bounty Hunter Tom Horn (1860)

1861 – Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet
1863 – Arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse)
1863 – Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis (Poppenhuis)
1867 – Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist
1870 – Joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)
1870 – Stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)
1870 – Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (d. 1964)
1871 – Panayot Pipkov, composer
1877 – Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer
1877 – Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer (d. 1933)
1878 – Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice
1880 – Franz Hessel, writer
1886 – Harold Nicolson, English diplomat/author (Good Behaviour)
1894 – Corinne Griffith, Texarkana TX, actress (3 Hours, Lilies of Field)
1897 – Mollie Steimer anarchist agitator (d. 1980)
1898 – René Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter (This is Not a Pipe)
1900 – Alice Calhoun, Silent film actress (Flowing Gold), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1900 – Jobyna Ralston, South Pittsburgh TN, actress (For Heaven’s Sake)
1902 – Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist [OS=Nov 8]
1902 – Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (d. 1985)
1904 – Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
1905 – David Moule-Evans, composer
1907 – Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools)
1907 – Jim Bishop, author (The Day Lincoln was Shot)
1907 – M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor
1908 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)
1912 – Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist
1912 – Eleanor Powell, actress/tap dancer (Bdwy Melody), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1913 – Roy Boulting, British film director (d. 2001)
1916 – Cecilia P J “Cilly” Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama)
1916 – Esmond Kentish, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 & 1954)
1916 – Sid Luckman, NFL QB (Chicago Bears)
1917 – Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer
1919 – Steve Brodie, El Dorado Kansas, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
1920 – Ralph Meeker, Minneapolis MN, actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker)
MLB Legend Stan Musial(1920)

1920 – Stan Musial, Donora Pennsylvania, MLB outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ)
1921 – Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bartok)
1921 – Vivian Blaine, Newark NJ, actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy)
1922 – Maria Casares, La Coruna Spain, French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice)
1922 – Abe Lemons, American basketball coach
1924 – Christopher Tolkien, British author
1925 – Johan “Poncke” Princen, KNIL-defector/civil rights in Jakarta
1927 – Joseph Campanella, actor (Dr Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix), born in NYC, New York
1927 – Georgia Frontiere, co-owner of the St. Louis Rams (d. 2008)
1929 – Marilyn French, US author (The Women’s Room)
1929 – Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist, broadcaster and senator
1931 – Malcolm Williamson, composer
1931 – Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian scientist (d. 1985)
1932 – Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
1932 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, composer
1933 – Frank Brake, English multi-millionaire
1933 – Henry Hartsfield Jr, American astronaut (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A), born in Birmingham Ala, (d. 2014)
1933 – Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Oklahoma, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1933 – Joseph Campanella, American actor
1934 – Laurence Luckinbill, Ft Smith Ark, actor (Delphi Bureau, Ike)
1934 – Peter Philpott, cricketer (NSW & Australian leg spinner 1965-66)
1935 – Fairuz, Lebanese singer
1936 – James DePreist, American conductor (Mitropolos 1964), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1936 – Victor Chang, Australian physician (d. 1986)
1937 – Marlo Thomas, [Mrs Phil Donahue], Detroit Mich (That Girl!, Jenny)
1938 – Robert Drivas, [Choromokos], actor (Our Private World), born in Chicago, Illinois
1939 – Rick Lenz, Springfield Ill, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John)
1939 – Budd Dwyer, American politician (d. 1987)
1940 – Dr. John [Rebennack], American vocalist (I Was in Right Place), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1940 – Javed Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test)
1940 – Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina (Kirov)/defected 1970
1940 – Richard Marcinko, American author
1941 – David Porter, US songwriter (Soul Man)
1941 – Juliet Mills, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII), born in London, England
1941 – İdil Biret, Turkish pianist
1942 – Tweety Bird, cartoon character
1942 – Afa Anoa’i, Samoan/American wrestler
1942 – Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German politician
1943 – Larry Mahan, Oregon, rodeo champ (1967-70)
1943 – Phil Bredesen, American politician
1943 – Viktor Sidjak, Russian fencer
1943 – Jacques Laffite, French former racing driver
1944 – Earl “the Pearl” Monroe, Phila Pa, NBA Guard (NY Knicks, Balt Bullets)
1944 – Harold Ramis, actor/director (SCTV, Stripes), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)
1944 – Marcia “Marcy” Carsey, TV executive/producer
1944 – Richard J Durbin, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
1945 – Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park Md, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
1946 – Jonas Tomasson, composer
1946 – Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress
1947 – Dick W de Cloe, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1948 – Alphonse Mouson, rocker
1948 – Lonnie Jordan, rock keyboardist/vocalist (War), born in San Diego, California
1948 – George Zimmer, American entrepreneur
1948 – Alphonse Mouzon, American jazzist
1949 – Basil Williams, cricketer (century on debut for West Indies 1978)
1949 – Nickolas Grace, Cheshire England, actor (Diamond’s Edge)
1950 – Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1976)
1950 – Bruce Laird, cricketer (tough Australian opener 1979-82)
1950 – Livingston Taylor, rocker (I Will be in Love With You), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1950 – Stephen Geyer, American film & television songwriter
1951 – Nick Gilder, singer (Hot Child in the City), born in London, England
1952 – Deborah Shelton, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double), born in Washington, D.C.
1952 – Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland, 1500m runner (Oly-4th-76)
1952 – Lorna Luft, Scarsdale NY, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are-1980)
1953 – Tina Brown, journalist publisher (New Yorker, Tattler)
1954 – Thomas Rothman, American film executive
1955 – Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
1956 – Mariana Simionescu, Tirgu Neamt Romania, 1st wife of Bjorn Borg
1956 – Terri Welles, [Knepper], California, playmate of the year (Dec, 1980)
1957 – Jim Brown, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1958 – Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)
1958 – Frank Edmonds, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Alberta)
1958 – Tim Robinson, cricketer (solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89)
1959 – Colin Beashel, Australian star yachter (Olympics-96)
1959 – Tim Wilkison, Shelby NC, tennis player (WCT Atlanta finals-1986)
1962 – Steven Curtis Chapman, American musician
1962 – Sabine Busch, German athlete
1963 – Nicollette Sheridan, Worthing England, actress (Paige-Knots Landing)
1963 – Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star (Toulon/Feyenoord)
1964 – Marjorie Judith Vincent, Oak Park Ill, Miss America (1991)
1964 – Olden Polynice, NBA forward/center (Sacramento Kings)
1964 – Thomas Everett, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1964 – Liza Tarbuck, British entertainer
1965 – Bjork, Iceland, singer (Like Someone in Love)
1965 – Alexander Siddig, British actor
1966 – Jerry Fontenot, NFL center/guard (Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints)
1966 – Troy Aikman, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys – Super Bowl 1992)
1967 – Dominic Lavoie, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1967 – Kelly Gallagher, Myrtle Beach SC, playmate (Sep, 1994)
1967 – Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
1967 – Toshihiko Koga, Japanese Judoka
1968 – Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler (NZ 1993)
1968 – Antonio Tarver, Orlando Fla, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96)
1968 – Alex James, English bassist
1968 – Christopher Noxon, American journalist
1969 – Ken Griffey, Jr., Donora, Pennsylvania, American baseball center fielder (Seattle Mariners, MVP 1997)
1970 – Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 – Justin Langer, cricketer (gutsy Australian lefty bat 1993- )
1970 – Keith Crawford, wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
1971 – Dahlia Salem, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1971 – Michael Strahan, NFL defensive end (NY Giants)
1971 – Ramondo Stallings, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
1971 – Robert Flickinger, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
1972 – Rain Phoenix, American singer/actress
1972 – David Tua, Samoan boxer
1973 – Brent Smith, tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1973 – Danny Kanell, quarterback (NY Giants)
1973 – Brook Kerr, American actress
1973 – Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress
1974 – Casey Patton, London Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
1974 – Tremain Mack, strong safety (Cincinnati Bengals)
1975 – Chad Levitt, running back (Oakland Raiders)
1975 – Cherie Johnson, Pitts Pa, actress (Cherie-Punky Brewster)
1975 – Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
1976 – Saleem Elahi, cricketer (bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener v Aust 1995)
1976 – Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
1976 – Daniel Whiston, British ice skater
1977 – Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer
1977 – Myles Heskett, Australian musician (Wolfmother)
1977 – Jonas Jennings, American football player
1977 – Tobias Sammet, German singer (Edguy)
1977 – Yolande James, Quebec politician
1978 – Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress
1978 – Sara Tanaka, American actress
1979 – Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
1979 – Stromile Swift, American basketball player
1979 – Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
1979 – Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1980 – Danielle Hartsell, Ann Arbor Mich, pairs skater (& Steve Hartsell)
1980 – Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
1980 – Hank Blalock, American baseball player
1980 – Alec Brownstein, American author, director
1980 – Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong Actress
1981 – Wesley Britt, American football player
1981 – Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer
1981 – Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
1982 – Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
1982 – Ryan Starr, American singer
1983 – Jamie Langley, English rugby player
1984 – Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
1984 – Jena Malone, American Actress
1985 – Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
1985 – Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer (“Call Me Maybe”), born in Mission, British Columbia
1987 – Brian Douwes, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist

WEDDINGS

1982 – Singer Joni Mitchell (39) weds bassist Larry Klein in Malibu, California
1983 – NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
1983 – Actor Ed Harris (33) weds actress Amy Madigan (33)
1987 – Actress Demi Moore weds actor Bruce Willis at The Little White Chapel in Las Vegas
2013 – Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (34) weds actor Brian Hallisay (34)

DIVORCES

None

DEATHS

496 – Pope Gelasius I, Catholic Pope, of Berber extraction
1361 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
1481 – Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87
1555 – Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61
1566 – Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)
1579 – Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier
1580 – Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed
1610 – Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies
1652 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
1695 – Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36
1710 – Barnardo Pasquini, composer, dies at 72
1728 – Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian gen-admiral, dies at about 57
1730 – François de Troy, French portrait artist
1775 – John Hill, British writer
1811 – Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34
1813 – William Russell, composer, dies at 36
1817 – Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett’s Charge, Brig Gen
1844 – Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (b. 1769)
1863 – Joseph Mayseder, composer, dies at 74
1870 – Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Ruiker), dies at 69
1875 – Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67
1881 – Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)
1882 – Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, dies at 35
1899 – Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
1900 – J J Ferris, cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880’s), dies
1907 – Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78
1907 – Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust’s early Tests), dies
1916 – Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies
1920 – Caryl Florio, composer, dies at 77
1920 – William James Robjohn, composer, dies at 77
1922 – Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
1924 – Florence Harding, American First Lady (b. 1860)
1928 – Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies
1932 – Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
1938 – Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68
1940 – Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
1941 – Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif
1941 – Henrietta Vinton Davis American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator, public speaker (b. 1860)
1941 – George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor, dies at 73
South African Premier J. B. M. Hertzog (1942)

1942 – J. B. M. Hertzog [Barry Hertzog], South African Premier (1914-39), dies at 76
1945 – Robert Benchley, US humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56
1952 – Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
1952 – William Green, union chairman (AFL 1924-52), dies at 79
1953 – Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1893)
1954 – Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59
1954 – Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 69
1957 – Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
1958 – Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
1959 – Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
1959 – Max Baer, American boxer (b. 1909)
1963 – Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61
1963 – Pierre Blanchar, actor (Man From Nowhere), dies at 71
1963 – Robert Stroud, American convict “Birdman of Alcatraz”, dies at 73
1967 – Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
1967 – C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (b. 1896)
1969 – Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924)
1970 – Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
1970 – Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1973 – Thomas Pelly, American politician (b. 1902)
1974 – Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84
1975 – G Gunnarsson, writer, dies at 86
1976 – Niles Welch, actor (Cornered), dies at 88
1980 – Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
1981 – Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 75
1982 – Lee Patrick, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon), dies at 75
1982 – John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894)
1985 – Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies
1986 – Jerry Colonna, actor (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 82
1986 – Marcelino Sanchez, American actor (b. 1957)
1986 – Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
1987 – James E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
1988 – Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1990 – Dean Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1954)
1991 – Daniel Mann, US director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79
1991 – David “Sonny” Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
1991 – Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
1991 – Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
1992 – Kaysone Phomvihane, PM of Laos (1975-91), dies
1992 – Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, dies
1993 – Christopher Frank, director/actor (Annee Des Meduses), dies at 50
1993 – Emile Ardolino, director (Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50
1993 – Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59
1994 – Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42
1995 – Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer, dies at 81
1995 – George Ivan Smith, diplomat, dies at 80
1995 – Peter Grant, rock band manager, dies at 60
1995 – Smilin’ Jim Eames, singer/songwriter, dies at 71
1995 – Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)
1996 – Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80
1996 – Edward George Edwards, chenist, dies at 82
1996 – Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8), dies at 92
1997 – Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies
1999 – Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor (b. 1908)
2001 – Salahuddin of Malaysia, King of Malaysia (b. 1926)
2002 – Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
2005 – Alfred Anderson, last Scottish World War I (and Christmas Truce) veteran (b. 1896)
2005 – Hugh Sidey, American journalist (b. 1927)
2006 – Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese Cabinet minister (assassinated) (b. 1972)
2006 – Robert Lockwood Jr., American blues guitarist, dies at 91
2007 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (b. 1921)
2007 – Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
2007 – Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
2009 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)
2010 – Norris Church Mailer, American model and widow of Norman Mailer (b. 1949)
2010 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American artist and writer (b. 1917)
2010 – David Nolan, American politicial activist (b. 1943)
Sci-Fi Author Anne McCaffrey (2011)

2011 – Anne McCaffrey, sci-fi author, dies at 85
2013 – Vern Mikkelsen, American HOF basketball player, dies at 85

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1980 Millions tune in to find out who shot J.R.

• American Revolution

• 1776 Washington orders General Lee to New Jersey

• Automotive

• 1927 Holland Tunnel appears on the cover of Time

• Civil War

• 1861 Judah Benjamin becomes Confederate secretary of war

• Cold War

• 1975 Congressional report charges U.S. involvement in assassination plots

• Crime

• 1986 Oliver North starts feeding documents into the shredding machine

• Disaster

• 1916 Britannic sinks in Aegean Sea

• General Interest

• 1783 Men fly over Paris
• 1877 Edison’s first great invention
• 1985 Israeli spy arrested in United States

• Hollywood

• 1976 Rocky premieres

• Literary

• 1694 Voltaire’s birthday

• Music

• 1934 Ella Fitzgerald wins Amateur Night at Harlem’s Apollo Theater

• Old West

• 1860 Tom Horn is born in Missouri

• Presidential

• 1864 Lincoln allegedly writes to mother of Civil War casualties

• Sports

• 1931 USC ends Notre Dame winning streak

• Vietnam War

• 1967 Westmoreland tells media the communists are losing
• 1970 U.S. force raids Son Tay prison camp

• World War I

• 1916 Emperor Franz Josef of Austria dies

• World War II

• 1941 Nazi chief architect requests POWs to labor for a new Berlin