November 29th

EVENTS

526 – Antioch in modern day Syria struck by Earthquake, about 250,000 die
799 – Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome
1349 – Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred
1516 – Treaty of Freiburg: French/Swiss “eternal” peace treaty
1561 – Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland
1573 – Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands
1581 – Doornik (Tournai) surrenders to Duke of Parma
1596 – King Philip II devalues Spanish currency
1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army moves into Manchester & occupies Carlisle
1760 – French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers
1775 – Sir James Jay invents invisible ink
1781 – Crew of the slave ship Zong murder approx. 142 African slaves by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance.
1791 – Chatham Islands sighted by HMS Chatham commanded by William Broughton
1803 – Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

1812 – Napoleon’s Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
1813 – Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance
1825 – 1st Italian opera in US, “Barber of Seville” premieres (NYC)
1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia’s rule in Poland begins.
1845 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 – Indians kill Washington state pioneers Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, and 12 others in Walla Walla Ore
1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
1863 – Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities
1864 – 4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
1864 – Battle of Spring Hill, TN (Thomason’s Station)
1864 – Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado militia kills about 150 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians including Cheyenne chief One-Eye
1870 – Compulsory education proclaimed in England
1872 – Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
Inventor Thomas Edison

1877 – US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time
1887 – US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
1890 – 1st US Army – US Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
1893 – Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
1894 – 3rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-0 in Montgomery
1897 – 1st motorcycle race (Surrey, England)
1900 – General Horatio Kitchener assumes command of the British forces in South Africa from General Lord Roberts
1901 – East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved & opened
Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann

1902 – Gerhart Hauptmann’s “Der arme Heinrich” premieres in Vienna
1910 – The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine.
1913 – 5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2
1915 – Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
1916 – US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
1917 – A Supreme Allied War Council meets at Versailles to define war aims
1918 – Serbia annexes Montenegro
1921 – Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C
1921 – Z Parenteau & Schuyler Green’s musical “Kiki” premieres in NYC
1923 – The Dawes Commission, chaired by the American Banker Charles Dawes, is set up to look into the German economic situation and make recommendations that the US can accept
1924 – 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen’s University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3
1924 – NHL’s Montreal Forum opens
1926 – Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager
1926 – W Somerset Maughams “Constant Wife” premieres in NYC
1929 – Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends “My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole” (He was wrong)
1932 – Cole Porters musical “Gay Divorcee” premieres in NYC
1932 – France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union
1932 – USSR & France sign no attack treaty
1933 – 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania)
1933 – Japan begins persecution of communists
1934 – Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally
1935 – Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of NZ
Physicist and Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger

1935 – Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment ‘Schrödinger’s cat’, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
1937 – Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands
1938 – Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany
1939 – Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8)
1939 – USSR drops diplomatic relations with Finland
1941 – 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16
1941 – Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet
1942 – US rations coffee
1943 – Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce, Bosnia
1943 – U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1943 – US aircraft carrier Hornet launched
1944 – Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)
1944 – John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery
1944 – The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
1945 – Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed
1946 – Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
1947 – 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9
1947 – UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs & Jews
1948 – “Kukla, Fran, & Ollie” debuted on NBC
1948 – 1st opera to be televised, “Othello”, broadcast from the Met (NYC)
1948 – KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 – Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa
1949 – Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700
1950 – National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
1951 – 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat, Nevada
1952 – 40th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11
34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower

1952 – US President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war
1952 – 17th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-0 in Birmingham
1953 – American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service
1953 – WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 – Turkish government of Menderes resigns
1956 – “Bells Are Ringing” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances
1957 – NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers & Giants
1958 – 46th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28
1958 – 23rd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 14-8 in Birmingham
1959 – 2nd Grammy Awards: Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin wins
1960 – 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB)
1961 – Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss
1961 – John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA
1961 – Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit
1962 – Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year
1962 – Great Britain & France decide to jointly build Concord(e)
1963 – Beatles release “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson

1963 – LBJ sets up Warren Comm to investigate assassination of JFK
1963 – Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal, Canada
1964 – Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
1965 – “Anya” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances
1965 – Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups
1966 – SS Daniel J Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron, 28 die, 1 survivor.
1966 – 1st NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena – Warriors beat Bulls 108-101
1967 – British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen
1967 – Robert McNamara elected president of World bank
1968 – John & Yoko release their 1st album “Two Virgins” in UK
1969 – The Beatles’ “Come Together/Something” reaches #1
1969 – 34th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 49-26 in Birmingham
1970 – Charles Ives’ “Yale-Princeton” premieres
1970 – Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Cricket’s leading run scorer (7,250)
1971 – 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World
1971 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 – Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
1974 – 39th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-13 in Birmingham
1975 – Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
1975 – Pres Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped
1975 – 40th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-0 in Birmingham
MLB Right Fielder Reggie Jackson

1976 – NY Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract
1978 – UN observes “international day of solidarity with Palestinian people,” boycotted by US & about 20 other countries
1978 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 – 45th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-18 in Birmingham
1981 – “My Fair Lady” closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances
1981 – Greg Chappell scores 201 v Pakistan at The Gabba (Brisbane)
1981 – Major Iranian offensive mounted on central front
1982 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1984 – Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad
1986 – 51st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-17 in Birmingham
1987 – “Dreamgirls” closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances
1987 – 75th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 38-36
1987 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
NFL Quarterback Joe Montana

1987 – Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes
1987 – New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season
1987 – Ranger’s Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles) It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal
1987 – A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115
1989 – 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
1989 – India president Rajiv Gandhi resigns
1990 – “Shogun – The Musical” opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1990 – Expos pres Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman
1990 – UN Security Council approves US-sponsored resolution authorizing the use of force in the Persian Gulf if Iraq does not withdrawal from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991
1991 – TV show “Roc” has a gay wedding episode – Can’t Help Loving that Man
1991 – Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba
1992 – “Sea Gull” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 48 performances
1992 – “Solitary Confinement” closes at Nederlander NYC after 25 perfs
1992 – 80th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10
1993 – “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 40 perfs
1994 – Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
1995 – “Garden District” closes at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC
1995 – CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched
42nd US President Bill Clinton

1995 – US President Bill Clinton lifts ban on exports of oil from the Alaskan North Slope; the ban was imposed after the oil embargo by Arab oil producers in 1973
1997 – USAir Arena closes, hosting Wash Wizards
1997 – OPEC agrees to an increase in its production ceiling. OPEC has raised the ceiling to 27.5 million barrels per day for the first half of 1998
2001 – UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period
2005 – The new Croatian Communist Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar.
2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
2007 – A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as south as Trinidad.
2008 – 73rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 36-0 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s first win in the series in seven years
2009 – 97th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Saskatchewan Roughriders, 28-27
2012 – 30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala, Iraq
2012 – The UN votes to approve Palestine’s status change from an observer to an observer state
2012 – Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach
2014 – 79th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 55-44 in Tuscaloosa

BIRTHDAYS

1229 – Louis II, the Stern, ruler (upper Baveria)
1338 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368)
1427 – Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
1484 – Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
1627 – John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
1690 – Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
1752 – Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819)
1761 – Fridolin Weber, composer
1762 – Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1770 – Peter Hansel, composer
1781 – Andres Bello, Venezuela poet/diplomat/scholar (Silvas Americanas)
1797 – Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer
1798 – Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
1799 – Amos Bronson Alcott, US educator/poet (Concord Days)
1802 – Wilhelm Hauff, writer
1803 – Christian Doppler, Salzburg, Austria, physicist (Doppler effect), (d. 1853)
Physicist Christian Doppler(1803)

1803 – Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
1811 – Wendell Phillips, women’s suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer
1813 – Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
1815 – Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), (d. 1882)
1816 – Carl Binder, composer
1816 – Morrison Waite, American jurist (d. 1888)
1818 – George Brown, Canada, publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (L) (1858)
1825 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
1832 – Louisa May Alcott, Germantown Pennsylvania, American author (Little Women)
1833 – Louis Douglass Watkins, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1868)
1834 – Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 – Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (d. 1908)
1838 – Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies
Author Louisa May Alcott(1832)

1839 – Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck)
1849 – Ambrose Fleming, inventor (diode)
1852 – Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer
1856 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia
1857 – Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
1860 – Hans Haym, composer
1862 – Friedrich Klose, composer
1863 – Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer
1866 – Waldemar von Baussnern, composer
1870 – Andre Lichtenberger, French sociologist/writer (Le petit roi)
1870 – Harry Graham, Australian cricketer (107 on Test debut Aust v Eng 1893), born in Melbourne
1872 – Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director
1874 – Antonio Egas Moniz, Portugal, lobotomist (Nobel 1949)
1874 – Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
1879 – Jacob Gade, Danish composer(d. 1963)
1888 – Joe Slater, Australian Rules footballer (d. 1917)
1891 – Julius Raab, Austrian Chancellor (1953-61)
1891 – Richard Frank Donovan, composer
1894 – Yakima Canutt, [Enos Edward], Colfax WA, actor/dir (Texas Terror)
1894 – Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
1895 – Busby Berkeley, choreographer, born in Los Angeles, California
1895 – Lodovico Rocca, composer
1895 – William V S Tubman, (Whig), 17th Liberian president (1943-70)
1896 – Philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund)
1896 – Rod(erique) La Rocque (La Tour), western actor (Beau Bandit)
1896 – Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
1897 – Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor)
Author and Theologian C. S. Lewis (1898)

1898 – C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], Belfast, sci-fi author (Silver Chair), (d. 1963)
1898 – Rod La Rocque, actor (Our Modern Maidens), born in Chicago, Illinois
1899 – Gustave Reese, composer
1899 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1901 – Genevieve Tobin, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady)
1901 – Mildred Harris, Cheyenne WY, actress (No No Nannette)
1902 – Carlo Levi, Italy, painter/novelist (Of Fear & Freedom)
1902 – Georges Poulet, French/Belgian critic (Temps Humain)
1904 – Kay Johnson, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage)
1904 – Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer (Glorify Kokila)
1904 – Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
1905 – Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham
1905 – Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)
1906 – Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor (One Man’s Family)
1908 – Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY)/minister
1908 – N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1909 – Rupert Davies, methodist Scholar
1910 – Louis Levy Jr, music publisher
1911 – Klaus E J Fuchs, Rüsselsheim Germany, German/British atomic physicist/spy
1912 – Viola Smith, American drummer (one of the first professional female drummers)
1914 – Edith Tilton Penrose, economist
1914 – Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France
1915 – Earl W Sutherland, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971)
1915 – Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
1916 – Valentino Bucchi, composer
1916 – Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
1917 – Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County KY, country singer (16 Tons) (d. 1983)
1918 – Herb Shriner, Toledo Ohio, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show)
1918 – Madeleine L’Engle, [Franklin], US, sci-fi author (Ilsa, Love Letters)
1919 – Pearl Primus, dancer
1920 – Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
1922 – Benjamin Smit, Curacaos architect (St Elizabeth Hospital)
1922 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
1923 – Frank Reynolds, E Chicago Ind, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
1926 – Dagmar, Huntington, West Virginia, American actress (Broadway’s Open House)
1926 – Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisia’s 1st freely elected President (2014-), born in Sidi Bou Said
1927 – Rubert Crosse, actor (Det Robinson-The Partners), born in NYC, New York
Sportscaster Vin Scully(1927)

1927 – Vin Scully, American sportscaster (Los Angeles Dodgers), born in The Bronx, New York
1928 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
1928 – Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
1929 – Don January, pro golfer (1976 Vardon Trophy)
1929 – Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1930 – Shirley Porter, English politician
1931 – Frank T Mdlalose, KwaZulu minister of Internal minister
1931 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1931 – André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
1932 – Antoine Tisne, composer
1932 – Diane Ladd, Meridian Miss, actress (Wild Angels, Wild at Heart)
1932 – John Gary, Watertown, NY, singer
1932 – Jacques Chirac, French politician
1933 – David Reuben, author (Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex)
1933 – John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician (Don’t Washed Me Time)
1933 – James Rosenquist, American artist
1936 – Davide Anzagai, composer
1936 – Gerti Tetzner, writer
1937 – Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs
1939 – Gennadiy Volnov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1939 – Meco, rocker
1939 – Peter Bergman, American comedian, (d. 2012)
1939 – Domenico Monardo, American record producer
1940 – Chuck Mangione, jazz hornist (Chasing the Clouds Away), born in Rochester, New York
1941 – Dennis Doherty, Halifax Canada, rocker (Mamas & The Papas)
1941 – Ronald D Coleman, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
1942 – Felix Cavaliere, Pelham NY, rock keyboardist (Rascals – Lonely too Long)
1942 – Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
1942 – Maggie Thompson, American magazine editor
1943 – Sue Miller, American author
1945 – Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1946 – Suzy Chaffee, US, skier/chapstick user (Olympics-1968)
1946 – Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
1947 – Petra Kelly, Gunzburg, Bavaria, German politician and activist (German Green Party)
1947 – Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2012)
1949 – Garry Shandling, AZ, comedian (Garry Shandling, Larry Sanders Show)
1949 – Kenneth D Cameron, Cleve Oh, Lt Col USMC/astronaut (STS 37, 56, 74)
1949 – Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
1949 – Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
1949 – Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
1950 – Kevin O’Donnell Jr, US, sci-fi author (Caverns, Reefs, Lava)
1951 – Barry Goudreau, rock guitarist (Boston), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1951 – Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist
1951 – Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
1952 – Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Nothing But Lies, Elsa)
1952 – Dusty Hare, English rugby player
1953 – Alex Grey, American artist
1954 – Joel Coen, filmmaker (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
1955 – Howie Mandel, comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere), born in Toronto, Ontario
1956 – Hinton Battle, American dancer
1956 – Leo Laporte, American television personality
1956 – Eric Laakso, American football player
1957 – Charles Grant, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, American actor (Evan Frame-Another World, Bold & Beautiful)
1957 – Matthew Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands Licensing
1958 – Pamela Prati, Rome Italy, Million $ Cap (1984)/actress
1958 – Mario Petrucci, Anglo-Italian Poet and Ecologist
1959 – Neal Broten, Roseau Canada, NHL center (NJ Devils)
1959 – Rich Camarillo, NFL punter (Houston Oilers)
Actress Cathy Moriarty(1960)

1960 – Cathy Moriarty, actress (Raging Bull, Bless This House), born in The Bronx, New York
1960 – Howard Johnson, Clearwater Florida, American baseball player (New York mets)
1961 – Kim Delaney, American actress (All My Children, NYPD Blue), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1961 – Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
1962 – Andrew McCarthy, actor (St Elmo’s Fire, Class), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (v Sri Lanka 1985-86)
1962 – Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
1964 – Don Cheadle, actor (Boogie Nights)
1964 – Kris Kamm, Evanston Ill, actor (Stuart Rosebrock-Coach)
1964 – Perry Parker, South Laguna Beach California, golfer (1992 Xerox BC Open)
1964 – Cork Graham, American journalist, actor and author
MLB Third Baseman Howard Johnson (1960)

1965 – Ellen Cleghorne, comedienne (Saturday Night Live)
1965 – Neill Barry, actor (Old Enough, Heat), born in NYC, New York
1965 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
1967 – Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 – Sean Carlin, Australian hammer thrower (Olympics-8-1992, 96)
1967 – John Layfield, American professional wrestler
1968 – Dee Brown, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
1968 – Jiri Veber, Kladno CZE, hockey (Team Czech Rep)
1968 – Jonathan Raleigh Knight, Mass, rocker (New Kids-Hangin’ Tough)
1968 – Pedro A Martinez, Villa Mella Dom Rep, pitcher (NY Mets)
1968 – Peter Gross-Pass, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1968 – T J Rubley, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
1969 – Ben Iroha, soccer player (Vitesse)
1969 – Craig Evans, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman 1996 World Cup)
1969 – J-Me Carney, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 – John Knight, rocker
1969 – Mariano Rivera, Panama City Panama, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1969 – Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player (NAC, Celtic)
1969 – Kasey Keller, American soccer player
1970 – David Beinhoff, mayor
1970 – Guy Hill, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 NCAA-3rd), born in Atlanta, Georgia,
1970 – Lamar Smith, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 – Tonya Gill, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-14th)
1970 – Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
1971 – Amy Peterson, Maplewood Minn, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1971 – Bernadette Przybycien, Miss Illinois USA (1996)
1971 – Brad May, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres), born in Toronto, Ontario
1971 – Gena Lee Nolin, actress/model (Baywatch)
1971 – Gregory Byrne, American college administrator
1972 – Artis Houston, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1972 – Jamal Mashburn, NBA forward (Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks)
1972 – Larry Williams, WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores)
1972 – Brian Baumgartner, American actor
1972 – Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
1972 – Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1973 – Craig Glassock, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper 1994-95)
1973 – Dick van Burik, soccer player (Ajax/NAC)
1973 – Duane Butler, safety (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
1973 – Sarah Jones, American playwright
1974 – Pavol Demitra, Dubnica Slo, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators, Blues)
1974 – Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
1976 – Anna Faris, American actress (Mom), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1976 – Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
1976 – Ehren McGhehey, American actor
1978 – Dimitrious Konstantopolous, Greek footballer
1978 – Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born actress
1978 – Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
1979 – Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
1979 – Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
1979 – Jayceon “The Game” Taylor, American rapper
1981 – Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
1982 – Lucas Black, actor (Sling Blade)
1982 – Ashley Force, American race car driver
1983 – Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
1985 – Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN)
1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1987 – Stephen O’Halloran, Irish footballer
1990 – Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor (Full House)
1990 – Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor (Full House)

WEDDINGS

1916 – Erwin Rommel marries Lucie “Lu” Mollin
1927 – Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) (23) marries first wife fellow author and editor Helen Palmer (28)
1934 – Prince George, Duke of Kent weds princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
2003 – Composer and former Oingo Boingo singer Danny Elfman (50) weds actress Bridget Fonda (39) at First Congressional Church in Los Angeles
2008 – “Without a Trace” star Roselyn Sanchez (35) weds actor Eric Winter (32) at Fort San Cristobal in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2014 – Reality TV personality Snooki (27) weds Jionni LaValle at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in East Hanover, New Jersey

DIVORCES

None

DEATHS

561 – Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61
917 – Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies
1253 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
1268 – Clement IV, [Guido Fulcodi], Pope (1265-68), dies
1314 – Philip IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), (b. 1268)
1330 – Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (b. 1287)
1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
1378 – Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (Univ of Prague), dies
1530 – Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal, adviser and Lord Chancellor, (1514-29) to England’s King Henry VIII (approx. 60)
1577 – Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (b. 1543)
1590 – Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1595 – Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
1626 – Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (c. 1580)
1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, dies at 36
1643 – Claudio Giovanni Monteverdi, Italian composer (L’arianna), dies at 76
1643 – William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
1661 – Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
1682 – Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62
1695 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
1775 – Lorenzo Somis, composer, dies at 87
1780 – Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63
1797 – Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)
1813 – Giambattista Bodoni, Ital stamp cutter/publisher (bodoni), dies at 73
1843 – Marco Santucci, composer, dies at 81
1865 – Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman, dies at 69
1872 – Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian, dies
1872 – Giovanni Tadolini, composer, dies at 83
1872 – Horace Greeley, US founder/publisher (NY Tribune), dies at 61
1895 – Eduard count von Taaffe, Austria premier (1868..93), dies at 62
1918 – Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Helten), dies at 40
1921 – Ivan Caryll, composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60
Composer Giacomo Puccini(1924)

1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Ital composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65
1925 – Karl Flodin, composer, dies at 67
1927 – George Giffen, cricketer (251 FC games, 11758 runs, 1023 wkts), dies
1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German MP (SPD)/mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1952 – Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies
1952 – Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/US chemist, dies at 85
1953 – Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
1953 – Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
1953 – Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
1954 – George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
1954 – Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60
1959 – Fritz Brun, composer, dies at 81
1959 – Hans Henny Jahnn, writer, dies at 64
1962 – Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ
1964 – Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60
1967 – Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47
1970 – Robert Ruthenfranz, composer, dies at 65
1971 – Heinz Tiessen, German composer, dies at 84
1972 – Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
1974 – Haroldson L Hunt, US multi-millionaire, dies at 85
1974 – Ouida Bergere, scriptwriter, dies at 88
1974 – James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)
1976 – Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43
1976 – Judith Lowry, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays …), dies at 86
1977 – George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at 78
1978 – Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74
Journalist, Socialist and Catholic Convert Dorothy Day (1980)

1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert, dies of a heart attack at 83
1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43
1981 – Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (b. 1895)
1982 – Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908)
1984 – Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
1985 – Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71
1986 – Cary Grant, British-born American actor (‘Charade,’ ‘North by Northwest’), dies in Davenport Iowa at 82
1986 – Herb Vigran, actor (Vampire, Mark of Vampire), dies
1987 – Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), dies at 81
1987 – Irene Handl, actress (Riding High, Morgan), dies at 85
1989 – Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, dies at 56
1989 – George Oswald Browning “Gubby” Allen, cricketer, dies
1991 – Frank Yerby, US writer (Health Card, The Dahomean), dies at 75
1991 – Ralph Bellamy, actor (Rosemary’s Baby, His Girl Friday), dies at 87
1992 – Cary Scott Lowenstein, dancer/singer, dies of AIDS at 30
1992 – Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy), dies at 78
1992 – Robert F Simon, US actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H), dies at 83
1992 – Robert Shayne, US actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of cancer at 92
1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1993 – JRD Tata, Indies industrialist (Air-India), dies at 89
1994 – Muhammad Ali Araki, ayatollah of Iran, dies
1994 – Ronald “Buster” Edwards, robber, dies at 63
1994 – Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French/US composer/son of Igor S, dies at 84
1995 – Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79
1995 – Stone Cates, fictional character on General Hospital, dies of AIDS
1996 – Dan Flavin, American artist (b. 1933)
1997 – Coleman Young, 1st African American mayor of Detroit, dies at 79
1998 – Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
1998 – Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
1999 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
2001 – Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
Singer-Songwriter George Harrison (2001)

2001 – George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
2001 – John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
2002 – George “Two Ton” Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
2003 – Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
2004 – Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (b. 1891)
2004 – Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1929)
2005 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (Back to the Future), dies of breast cancer at 47
2005 – David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2006 – Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
2007 – Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007 – Roger Bonham Smith, Former chairman and CEO of General Motors (b. 1925)
2007 – Tom Terrell, musicologist, NPR reviewer, deejay (b. 1950)
2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
2009 – Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (b. 1937)
2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian film director (b. 1915)
2010 – Stephen J. Solarz, American politician (b. 1940)
2010 – Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)
2010 – Alfred Masini, American television producer (b. 1930)
2012 – Merv Pregulman, American NFL player, dies at 90

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1947 U.N. votes for partition of Palestine

• American Revolution

• 1775 Congress creates Committee of Secret Correspondence

• Automotive

• 1996 Last day at VW for Jose Ignacio Lopez

• Civil War

• 1864 Sand Creek massacre

• Cold War

• 1952 Eisenhower goes to Korea

• Crime

• 2011 Dr. Conrad Murray receives four-year sentence in Michael Jackson’s death

• Disaster

• 1991 Dust storm causes massive pileup in California

• General Interest

• 1929 Byrd flies over South Pole
• 1950 Chinese overwhelm Allies in North Korea
• 1963 Johnson establishes Warren Commission

• Hollywood

• 1981 Actress Natalie Wood drowns

• Literary

• 1943 Sue Miller is born

• Music

• 1975 Silver Convention “earn” a #1 pop hit with “Fly, Robin, Fly”

• Old West

• 1864 Colorado militia massacre Cheyenne at Sand Creek

• Presidential

• 1963 LBJ forms commission to investigate Kennedy assassination

• Sports

• 1997 The legendary Eddie Robinson coaches his last game

• Vietnam War

• 1967 McNamara resigns as Secretary of Defense
• 1968 Communists vow to smash Phoenix program
• 1971 Americal Division stands down and departs

• World War I

• 1918 American nurse Maude Fisher writes to mother of war casualty

• World War II

• 1942 Coffee rationing begins