November 24th

EVENTS

380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
496 – Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope
642 – Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1105 – Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
1434 – River Thames freezes
1542 – Battle of Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James V
1587 – Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins
1601 – Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
1628 – John Ford’s “Lover’s Melancholy” premieres in London
1639 – 1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree – helped establish size of the Solar System
1642 – Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
1643 – Battle of Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France
1655 – English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans
1688 – General strategist John Churchill meets William III
1703 – 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila
English Military and Political Leader Oliver Cromwell

1715 – River Thames freezes
1759 – Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
1800 – Weber’s opera “Das Waldmadchen” premieres in Freiburg
1800 – Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland depart Caracas for Cuba where they met fellow botanist John Fraser
1832 – South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
1835 – Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government
1859 – Charles Darwin publishes “On the Origin of Species”
1861 – Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens
1862 – M Levy publishes Gustave Flaubert’s “Salammbo”
1863 – Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
1869 – American Woman’s Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
1871 – National Rifle Association organized (NYC)
Naturalist Charles Darwin

1874 – Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire
1880 – Southern University forms
1887 – Victorien Sardou’s “La Tosca” premieres in Paris
1896 – 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
1897 – Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston
1898 – The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens.
1903 – Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter
1903 – George Ade’s “County Chairman” premieres in NYC
1905 – Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
1912 – Conflict in the Balkans grows into an acute international crisis with major powers supporting either Austria or Serbia
1914 – Benito Mussolini leaves Italy’s socialist party
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini

1914 – Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
1915 – Serbian leader flees to Albania
1916 – Mexican and US representatives sign a protocol at Atlantic City, under which Pershing’s troops will withdraw and each nation’s army will guard the border. President Carranza of Mexico will refuse to accept it
1917 – Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building.
1918 – Béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party
1922 – Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolini dictatorial powers “for 1 year”
1923 – Radio Belgium’s 1st transmission
1924 – 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker’s F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)
1924 – General Feng Yu-Hsiang, a warlord from the north of China, turns on his allies and seizes Peking
1925 – 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1925 – Eugene O’Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC
1926 – KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
1930 – Ruth Nichols sets women’s transcontinental air flight record (Mineola, NY to California), in a Lockheed-Vega
1932 – In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
1934 – CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto
1934 – SN Behrman’s “Rain from Heaven” premieres in NYC
1935 – King George II returns to Greece after 12 years
1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
1936 – Noel Coward’s “Tonight at 8:30” premieres in NYC
1936 – Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize
1938 – Clifford Odets’ “Rocket to the Moon” premieres in NYC
1938 – National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
1941 – “Life Certificates” issued to some Jews of Vilna, the rest are exterminated
1941 – Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
1941 – US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
1942 – Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
1942 – French collaborator Marquis de Brinon establishes “African Falanx”
1944 – US bombers based on Saipan begin 1st attack on Tokyo
Author John Steinbeck

1947 – John Steinbeck’s novel “Pearl” published
1947 – The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds “Hollywood 10” in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
1948 – WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 – British steel & iron industry nationalised
1949 – Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
1950 – “Guys & Dolls” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
1950 – UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
1950 – US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
1951 – “17” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
1951 – “Music in the Air” closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs
1951 – 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14
1951 – British auto manufacturers Austin and Morris Motors merge
1953 – Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
1954 – Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
1954 – France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
1955 – 1st test flight of Fokker’s F-27 Friendship
1956 – “Pajama Game” closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
1956 – 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27
NFL Legend Jim Brown

1957 – Cleveland Browns’ fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing
1958 – Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
1960 – Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
1962 – Last of Dutch military leave New Guinea
1964 – 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
1964 – Cards’ 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP
1964 – For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washngton DC permitted to vote
1964 – Rebellion ends in Zaire
1965 – Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire
1966 – 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)
1966 – 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
1966 – The Beatles began recording sessions for “Sergeant Pepper”
1966 – A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia.
President of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko

1966 – New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the city’s history.
1968 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
1969 – Apollo 12 returns to Earth
1969 – West German president Heinemann visits Netherlands
1969 – Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
1970 – 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
1971 – Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
1971 – Dan “DB” Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
1971 – Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey
1971 – A woman is killed after members of the Irish Republican Army carry out an attack on British soldiers in Strabane, County Tyrone
1971 – A British Army bomb-disposal specialist is killed by a bomb in Lurgan, County Armagh
LPGA Golfer Kathy Whitworth

1972 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1972 – Taoiseach Jack Lynch met with British Prime Minister Edward Heath in London to give Irish approval to Attlee’s paper that said new arrangements should be ‘acceptable to and accepted by the Republic of Ireland’
1973 – Miss Teenage America Pageant
1974 – 2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974)
1974 – 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7
1974 – Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty
1974 – Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1974 – 24th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
1975 – “Boccaccio” opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
1976 – NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
1976 – Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev

1977 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 – Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
1979 – Kings’ Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
1979 – US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
1981 – 1st air-launched cruise missile tested
1982 – Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year
1982 – Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan
1983 – PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese
1983 – Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay
1985 – 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24
1985 – Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
1986 – “Smile” opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
1986 – Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year
1986 – Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana
MLB Legend Cal Ripken Jr

1987 – Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR
1989 – Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia
1989 – Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
1989 – Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record
1991 – 1st intl flight from Long Island’s MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
1991 – 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21
1991 – After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21
1991 – Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year
1991 – Rachmon Nabijev elected president of Tadzjikistan
1991 – US 75th manned space mission “STS 44” Atlantis 10 launched
1992 – Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
1993 – Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for US handgun sales
1993 – End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica Seles

1993 – In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger.
1995 – Ireland votes to end 58-year-old amendment on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)
1996 – “Juan Darien – A Carnival Mass” opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1996 – 84th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton
1996 – Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship
1996 – Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
1996 – Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
1996 – Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship
1997 – “Street Corner Symphony” opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 perfs
2002 – 90th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 25-16
2005 – Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper, introduces a motion of no confidence. The motion is passed on November 28 leading to the dissolution of the 38th Canadian Parliament.
2006 – Israeli rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a court hearing.
Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper

2007 – Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal/National coalition government.
2007 – 72nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-10 in Auburn
2012 – Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed youtube video surpassing 808 million views
2012 – Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone
2012 – The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled
2012 – 77th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 49-0 in Tuscaloosa
2013 – 40th American Music Awards: Taylor Swift & Justin Timberlake win
2013 – 101st CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 45-23
2013 – 64th Formula One WDC: Sebastian Vettel wins by 155 points
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift

2014 – A 12-year-old boy is shot dead by police in Cleveland, after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground

BIRTHDAYS

1273 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
1394 – Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
1420 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
1583 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
1615 – Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
1630 – Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
1632 – Baruch “Benedict” de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher
1642 – Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal
1655 – Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97)
1690 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer
1712 – Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer (Ecclesiastical)
1713 – Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary priest, founded 1st missions in California, born in Petra, Majorca
1713 – Laurence Sterne, Ireland, novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy)
1724 – Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
1729 – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
1740 – John Bacon, English sculptor
1745 – Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
Missionary Junípero Serra(1713)

1747 – Felice Alessandri, composer
1766 – J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist
1768 – Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer
1774 – Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
1784 – Zachary Taylor, Barboursville Virginia, 12th President (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)
1795 – Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer
1801 – Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
1806 – Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq
1806 – William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
1811 – Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )
1811 – Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
1815 – James Trapier, N Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1865)
1815 – Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
12th US President Zachary Taylor (1784)

1817 – Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala
1824 – Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist
1826 – Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio)
1829 – William Passmore Carlin, Bvt Major General (Union Army), (d. 1903)
1833 – Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
1848 – Lilli Lehmann, opera singer
1849 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, Manchester UK, playwright and children’s author (“The Secret Garden”)
1853 – Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d. 1921)
1859 – Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
1864 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)
1868 – Scott Joplin, Texas, US ragtime entertainer and composer (The Entertainer)
1869 – António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
Ragtime Composer Scott Joplin (1868)

1873 – L Martov, [Yuly O Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary
1874 – Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
1876 – Walter Griffin, US architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust
1877 – Alben W Barkley, Graves County Ky, (35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53)
1877 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
1878 – Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian
1881 – Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
1884 – Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School)
1884 – Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
1886 – Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist (L’art et Son Avenir)
1886 – Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973)
1887 – Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
1888 – Cathleen Nesbitt, Belfast Ireland, actress (Agatha-Farmer’s Daughter)
1888 – Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends & Influence People)
1888 – Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cologne Germany, actor (Metropolis, Spies)
1888 – Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
1889 – Albert J Sylvester, England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977)
1889 – Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Haan], Dutch author
1892 – Isidor Achron, composer
1893 – Fern Andra, Watseka IL, actress (Eyes of the World)
1893 – Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1894 – Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for Engl)
NYC Gangster Charles “Lucky” Luciano (1896)

1896 – Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster, (d. 1962)
1899 – Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer
1899 – Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
1900 – Cornelius Kee, composer
1900 – Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher
1901 – Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker
1902 – Fernand Braudel, French historian
1905 – Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady)
1906 – Andreina Pagnani, Rome Italy, actress (Il Commandante)
1906 – Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Air Bridge monument Berlin)
1908 – Harry Kemelman, US detective author (rabbi-omnibus)
1908 – Libertad Lamaraque, Agentina, actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada)
1908 – Ray Carter, orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party), born in Chicago, Illinois
1909 – Hans Melchior Brugk, composer
1909 – Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author (Chameleon)
1910 – Lennox Brown, cricketer (S Afr leg-spinner on 1931-32 Aust/NZ tour)
1911 – Kirby Grant, Butte Mont, actor (Sky King)
1911 – Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter
1911 – Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
1912 – Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (Johnson murderer!)
1912 – Garson Kanin, playwright/producer (Double Life), born in Rochester, New York
1912 – Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money), born in Dublin, Ireland
1912 – Theodore “Teddy” Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger
1913 – Gisela Mauermeyer, Germany, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1936)
1913 – Howard Duff, Bremerton Washington, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing)
1914 – Elise Hoomans, Dutch director/actress (Jane Eyre)
1916 – Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term “sci-fi”
1917 – Richard Bilderback Hervig, composer
1917 – Rita Corita, [Hendrika Sturm], Dutch singer
1918 – Roley Jenkins, cricketer (English leg-spinner 1948-52)
1918 – Tom “Stubby” Fouts, Carroll County Ind, actor (Polka-go-round)
1918 – William Strethan “Wild Bill” Davis, musician
1919 – John Silverlight, journalist
1919 – David Kossoff, British actor (d. 2005)
1920 – Anthony Griffin, sailor
1920 – Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner
1921 – Joe “Ducky” Medwick, baseball player
1921 – John V Lindsay, (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73)
1924 – Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1925 – Alun Owen, North Wales, writer (Hard Days Night)/actor (Servant)
1925 – William F. Buckley Jr, New York, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line)
1925 – Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 – Alan Owen, English author (Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show)
1926 – Alfred “Fred” Benavente, director/actor (Farce Majeur)
1926 – Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala)
1927 – Emma Lou Diemer, composer
1927 – Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
1929 – Eileen Barton, Bkln, singer (Broadway Open House)
1930 – C T Patankar, cricketer (kept wicket in one Test India v NZ 1955-56)
1930 – Ken Barrington, cricketer (tough England batsman)
1930 – Bob Friend, baseball player
1932 – Fred Titmus, cricketer (long-running England off-spinner)
1934 – Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer (St Florian)
1934 – Claudio Prieto, composer
1934 – Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist (Annie, West Side Story)
1935 – Ronald V Dellums, (Rep-D-California, 1971- ), born in Oakland, California
NBA Player Oscar Robertson(1938)

1938 – Oscar Robertson [The Big O], NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960)
1938 – Wynne Bradburn, cricketer (father of Grant NZ batsman v South Africa 1964)
1938 – Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
1938 – Willy Claes, Belgian politician
1939 – Jim Northrup, baseball player
1939 – Jim Yester, Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association)
1939 – Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1940 – Paul Tagliabue, commissioner (NFL)
1940 – Wendell Morris Logan, composer
1940 – Don Metz, American architect
1940 – Eric Wilson, Canadian children’s author.
1941 – Donald “Duck” Dunn, TN, bassist (Booker T-Mar-Keys, Walkin’ the Dog), (d, 2012)
1941 – Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
1941 – John de Andrea, US sculptor
1941 – Pete Best, British drummer (Beatles)
1942 – Bayani Mendoza de Leon, composer
1942 – Billy Connolly, Scotland, comedian/actor (Blue Money)
1942 – Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary (George Bush)
1943 – Barry Milburn, cricketer (NZ wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969)
1943 – Lee Michaels, rocker
1943 – Richard Tee, US pianist (Stuff, Strokin’)
1943 – Robin Williamson, rocker (Incredible String Band)
1944 – Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author (7 Stories)
1944 – Dan Glickman, (Rep-D-KS, 1977- )
1944 – Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel)
1944 – Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
1945 – Bev [Beverley] Bevan, rock drummer (ELO), born in Birmingham, England
Serial Killer Ted Bundy(1946)

1946 – Ted Bundy, Burlington Vermont, serial murderer
1946 – Penelope Jones Halsall (aka: Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Lydia Hitchcock, Penny Jordan, Annie Groves)
1947 – Dwight Schultz, Balt Md, actor (A-Team)
1947 – Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
1948 – Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969)
1948 – Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Callahan’s Secret)
1948 – Steve Yeager, catcher (LA Dodger)
1949 – Anita Louis, US singer (Soul Children, I’ll Be the Other Woman)
1949 – Martin Duiser, pop producer (Vanessa, Lee Towers)
1949 – Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
1950 – Damon Evans, Balt Md, actor (Lionel-The Jeffersons)
1950 – Stanley Livingston, actor (Chip-My 3 Sons)
1951 – Chet Edwards, (Rep-D-Texas)
1951 – Gaby Landhage, Goteborg Sweden, model (Model of the Rear)
1951 – Graham Price, British rugby player
1952 – Brijesh Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77)
1952 – Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)
1952 – Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
1953 – Tod Machover, composer
1953 – Glenn Withrow, American actor
1954 – Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
1955 – Clement Burke, rock drummer (Blondie)
Cricketer Ian Botham(1955)

1955 – Ian Botham, Heswall Cheshire, English cricketer (all time great all-rounder Extrovert)
1955 – Scott Mabon Hoch, Raleigh NC, PGA golfer (1982 USF&G Classic)
1955 – Elvis Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)
1955 – Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
1955 – Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
1957 – Chris Hayes, California, rock guitarist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1957 – Denise Crosby, Hollywood California, actress (Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen)
1958 – Alain Chabat, actor (French Twist, Six Days Six Night)
1958 – Carmel, [McCourt], England, rocker (Storm, More More More)
1958 – Roy Aitken, Scottish former footballer
1960 – Amanda Wyss, American actress
1960 – Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
1961 – Carl Sundquist, cyclist (Olympics-96), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1961 – Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
1961 – Arundhati Roy, Indian activist and writer (The God of Small Things), born in Shillong, Meghalaya
1962 – John Squire, English pop guitarist (Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums)
1962 – Lesa Ann Pedriana, Milwaukee Wisc, playmate (April, 1984)
1962 – Randy Velarde, Midland TX, infielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
1963 – Lisa Howard, actress (Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance)
1964 – Garret Dillahunt, American actor
1964 – Brad Sherwood, American comedian
1964 – Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
1965 – Nyla Jane Carroll, New Plymouth NZ, 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)
1965 – Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
1965 – Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
1966 – Ledell Eackles, NBA guard (Wash Wizards/Bullets)
1966 – Paul Robinett, American internet personality
1966 – Russell Watson, British singer
1967 – Al Martin, Covina CA, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1967 – Ben McDonald, Baton Rouge LA, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1967 – Cal Eldred, baseball player
1968 – Dave Hansen, infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Long Beach, California
1968 – Dave Jukes, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Kawartha Lakes), born in Toronto, Ontario
1968 – Ken Johnson, Quincy Mass, 3×40 rifle (Olympics-1996)
1968 – Todd Beamer, Flint Michigan, passenger and hero on United Airlines Flight 93
1968 – Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
1969 – Romesh Kaluwitharana, cricket (big-hit SL batsman, ton on Test debut)
1969 – Rob Nicholson, American musician
1970 – Brett Wallerstedt, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
1970 – Chad Taylor, musician (Live)
1970 – Chris Hall, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 – Doug Brien, kicker (New Orleans Saints)
1970 – Jason Jacome, pitcher (KC Royals), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1970 – Kelly Blair, Prosser Wash, heptathlete
1970 – Lemanski Hall, NFL linebacker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
Passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 Todd Beamer(1968)

1970 – Nancy Mason, Belleville Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995)
1970 – Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
1971 – Keith Primeau, NHL forward (Carolina, Detroit), born in Toronto, Ontario
1971 – Tony Cline, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1971 – Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
1972 – Barry Potomski, Windsor, NHL left wing (LA Kings)
1972 – Fred Brathwaite, NHL goalie (Edmonton Oilers), born in Ottawa, Ontario
1973 – Donny Brady, defensive back (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 – Kendel Shello, DL (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 – Stephen Merchant, British comedian
1974 – Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
1975 – Carly Jarmon, Mesquite Texas, Miss America-Texas (1996)
1975 – Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
1976 – Chen Lu, China, figure skater (Olympics-Bronze-94)
1976 – Dave Aizer, American television host
1977 – Kimi Fairchild, Miss Louisiana Teen USA (1996)
1977 – Colin Hanks, American actor
Actress Katherine Heigl(1978)

1978 – Katherine Heigl, actress (Grey’s Anatomy), born in Washington, D.C.
1980 – Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
1982 – Sean O’Loughlin, English rugby league footballer
1983 – Dean Ashton, English footballer
1983 – Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
1983 – Karine Vanasse, Quebec actress
1985 – Julia Alexandratou, Greek fashion model and singer
1985 – Tony Hunt, National Football League player
1987 – Megan Mullins, American singer
1989 – Johnny Exantus, Hatian soccer player
1998 – Bridger Palmer, American child actor
1998 – Brecken Palmer, American child actor

WEDDINGS

1190 – Isabella of Jerusalem marries Conrad of Montferrat at Acre, making him de jure King.
1979 – Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (57) weds photographer Jill Krementz (39)
1980 – Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
1984 – MLB pitcher Roger Clemens (22) weds Debra Lynn Godfrey
2000 – Actor, screenwriter and director Jon Favreau (34) weds physician Joya Tillem (30) in Sonoma, California
2001 – “Angel” actor David Boreanaz (32) weds actress Jaime Bergman (26) at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs, California
2007 – “Superman Returns” actor Brandon Routh (28) weds actress Courtney Ford (29) at the beautiful El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California

DIVORCES

1976 – Singer-songwriter Donna Summer (27) divorces actor Helmuth Sommer after 5 years of marriage

DEATHS

654 – Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
1115 – Mathilde, markgravin of Toscane, dies
1192 – Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27
1468 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
1531 – Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
1541 – Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489)
1555 – French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
1571 – Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48
1572 – John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67
1583 – René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
1615 – Sethus Calvisius, composer, dies at 59
1650 – Manuel Cardoso, composer, dies at 83
1674 – Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72
1722 – Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99
1741 – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)
1770 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
1775 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b. 1703)
1781 – James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
1793 – Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b. 1723)
1801 – Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
Mohawk Military Leader Joseph Brant (1807)

1807 – Joseph Brant [Thayendanegea], Mohawk leader, dies at 64
1822 – Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50
1827 – Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54
1838 – Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65
1840 – Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82
1842 – Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92
1848 – William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69
1863 – Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen during American Civil War, dies of fever at camp in Ringgold, Georgia
1870 – Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b. 1846)
1880 – Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73
1885 – Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27
1890 – August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
1899 – Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta’a’ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
1903 – Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56
1914 – Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
1916 – John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79
1916 – Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
1923 – Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
1929 – Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88
1943 – Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38
1943 – Reina Prince Geerligs, [Leentjes Vandendriesch], anti-fascist, dies
1943 – Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919)
1944 – EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies
1944 – Vaclav Stepan, composer, dies at 54
1946 – Alfonso Broqua, composer, dies at 70
1948 – Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer, dies at 64
1953 – George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73
1953 – Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70
1956 – Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
Painter Diego Rivera (1957)

1957 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, dies at 70
1958 – Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94
1959 – Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
1959 – Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
1959 – Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
1960 – Salomon “Sam” de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82
1960 – Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
1961 – Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
1962 – James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK’s assassinator 2 days earlier, shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby live on TV
1964 – John Fabricius, playwright, dies at 55
1965 – Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
Ex-soldier, drifter Lee Harvey Oswald (1963)

1967 – Arnold J d’ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65
1967 – Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
1970 – Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76
1972 – Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
1973 – John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
1977 – Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65
1980 – George Raft, American actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85
1980 – Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
1985 – Cees Buddingh’, Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67
1985 – Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
1987 – Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
1989 – Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85
1990 – Bulent Arel, composer, dies at 72
1990 – Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
1990 – Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
1990 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1990 – Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer of the depression, dies aged 80
1991 – Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47
1991 – Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41
1991 – Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
1992 – Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
1992 – Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies
1992 – Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94
1993 – Albert Collins, blues guitarist (Don’t Lose Your Cool), dies at 61
1993 – Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89
1993 – Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
1993 – Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
1993 – Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
1994 – Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
1994 – Jo Vis, Dutch resistance fighter (Yad Vashem), dies at 88
1995 – Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies from natural causes at 86
1995 – Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
1995 – Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer, dies at 56
1996 – Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67
1996 – Michael James O’Hehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76
1996 – Sorley MacLean Somhairle MacChaluim, poet, dies at 85
2001 – Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
2002 – John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)
2003 – Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
2003 – Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball player (b. 1921)
2004 – Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
2004 – Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b. 1920)
2005 – Pat Morita, American actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid) dies aged 73
2006 – Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
2006 – George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
2006 – Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
2008 – Cecil H. Underwood, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
2008 – Kenny MacLean, Scottish musician (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
2009 – Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
2009 – Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, Prime Minister 2008 (b. 1935)
2009 – Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
2010 – Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (b. 1913)
2012 – Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican professional boxer, dies from gunshot injuries at 50

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1859 Origin of Species is published

• American Revolution

• 1807 Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant dies

• Automotive

• 1849 John Froelich, inventor of the gas-powered tractor, is born

• Civil War

• 1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain

• Cold War

• 1947 “Hollywood 10″ cited for contempt of Congress

• Crime

• 1932 The FBI Crime Lab opens its doors for business

• Disaster

• 1999 Ferry sinks in Yellow Sea, killing hundreds

• General Interest

• 1922 Irish author and nationalist executed
• 1963 Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald
• 1971 Hijacker parachutes into thunderstorm

• Hollywood

• 1993 Robin Williams stars in Mrs. Doubtfire

• Literary

• 1859 Origin of Species is published

• Music

• 1973 Ringo Starr earns a solo #1 hit with “Photograph”

• Old West

• 1973 John Neihardt, ghostwriter of Black Elk Speaks, dies

• Presidential

• 1784 Zachary Taylor is born

• Sports

• 1960 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA rebounds record

• Vietnam War

• 1963 LBJ to continue Kennedy policy in Vietnam
• 1965 U.S. casualty rates hit new high
• 1969 U.S. Army announces Calley will be tried

• World War I

• 1918 Yugoslav National Council expresses concerns about post-war boundaries

• World War II

• 1944 U.S. B-29s raid Tokyo