November 18th

EVENTS

326 – Old St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated. Stood 4th – 16th century. Replaced by current St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
794 – Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
1105 – Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1307 – William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son’s head
1421 – Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
1424 – Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1477 – First English dated printed book “Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers” by William Caxton
1494 – French King Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 – Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope
1626 – St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated. Replaced an earlier basilica. Largest Christian basilica
1667 – Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC
1686 – Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France’s anal fistula after practising the surgery on several peasants.
French Enlightenment Philosopher Voltaire

1718 – Voltaire’s “Oedipe” premieres in Paris
1738 – France & Austria sign peace
1742 – Prussia & Brtain sign anti-French military covenant
1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie’s troops occupy Carlisle
1755 – Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1776 – Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ
1787 – First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
1803 – Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French
1804 – Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape
1805 – 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee’s home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, first woman’s club in America
1820 – Antarctica sighted by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer
1833 – Netherlands & Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
1835 – -20] Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti
Naturalist Charles Darwin

1852 – State funeral of Duke of Wellington (St Paul’s Cathedral, London)
1852 – Rose Philippine Duchesne dies in St. Charles, Missouri. She would be canonized on July 3, 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
1865 – Mark Twain publishes “Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
1872 – American suffragette Susan B Anthony is arrested after voting on the 5th November in Rochester NY
1872 – Suffragette Susan Brownell Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal and charged with illegally voting
1874 – National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
1883 – Antonin Dvorák’s “Husitska” premieres
1883 – Standard time zones forms by railroads in US & Canada
1889 – Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
1893 – Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus
Suffragette Susan Brownell Anthony

1894 – 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (NY World)
1894 – 1st comic strip “Origin of a New Species” by Richard Outcault
1899 – Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
1901 – The USA and Great Britain sign the Second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, or Interoceanic Ship Canal Treaty
1902 – Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt
1903 – Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama
1904 – General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup.
1905 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Major Barbara” premieres in London
1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
1905 – 10th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 30-0 in Birmingham
1906 – Langdon Mitchells “New York Idea” premieres in NYC
Playwright George Bernard Shaw

1909 – US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya
1911 – Britain’s first seaplane flies
1911 – Opera “Lobetanz” first American performance
1913 – Lincoln Deachey performs first airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego)
1916 – General Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme (WWI) – over 1 million killed or wounded
1917 – Sigma Alpha Rho, a Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1918 – Belgian troops re-enter Brussels, lost to the German invaders on 20 August 1914
1918 – Latvia declares independence from Russia
1919 – H Tierney & J McCarthy’s musical “Irene” premieres in NYC
1920 – Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC
1922 – Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief
1926 – Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico
Animator Walt Disney

1928 – Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse appears in NY in “Steamboat Willie”
1929 – Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates “kinescope”
1929 – Large earthquake in Atlantic breaks transatlantic cable in 28 places
1929 – Stalin routes troops to Manchuria
1930 – Musical “Smiles” with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
1930 – Sjostakovitch’ opera “The Nose” premieres in Lenningrad
1930 – Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.
1932 – “Flowers & Trees” receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
1932 – 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery & Fredric March
1932 – 5th Academy Awards – “Grand Hotel”, Fredric March, Wallace Beery & Helen Hayes win
1936 – Germany & Italy recognize Spanish government of Francisco Franco
Spanish Dictator and General Francisco Franco

1936 – Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
1938 – Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
1939 – Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
1940 – George Matesky, New York City’s Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
1941 – British troops open attack on Tobruk, North Africa
1941 – Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields’ “Junior Miss” premieres in NYC
1941 – Mussolini’s forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
1942 – Thornton Wilders “Skin of our Teeth,” premieres in NYC
1943 – First US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated
1943 – 444 British bombers attack Berlin
1943 – U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1945 – Arnold Schoenberg’s Prelude for orchestra & mixed choir, premieres
Baseball Player Jackie Robinson

1949 – NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
1950 – South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
1951 – “See it Now” premieres on TV
1951 – British troops occupy Ismailiya, Egypt
1951 – Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft
1953 – Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
1954 – Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal
1955 – Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
1956 – Morocco gains independence
1957 – Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
1958 – 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
1958 – Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay
First President of South Korea Syngman Rhee

1959 – Wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year
1959 – “Ben-Hur” directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Hestonpremieres in New York City (Best Picture 1960)
1960 – Charlie Finley makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
1960 – Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
1961 – “Gay Life” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances
1961 – “Kwamina” closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 32 performances
1961 – JFK sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
1961 – US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed
1963 – Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone
1963 – Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under River Thames opens
1963 – King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco
1964 – Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP
1964 – J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as “most notorious liar”
First Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover

1965 – Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
1966 – Sandy Koufax announces his retirement due to arthritic left elbow
1966 – US RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
1966 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 – British government devalues pound from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
1970 – Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1970 – Johnny Bench wins NL MVP
1970 – Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
1970 – Netherlands & Albania form diplomatic relations
1970 – Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
1971 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1971 – A British soldier is shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast
1973 – Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
Chemist & Peace Activist Linus Pauling

1973 – Arab oil ministers cancel the scheduled 5 percent cut in production for EEC
1975 – Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to US
1975 – Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1976 – Spain’s parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship
1976 – Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
1978 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 – In Jonestown Guyana 918 members of Peoples Temple are murdered/commit suicide under leadership of cult leader Jim Jones
1979 – Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador/embassy espionage
1979 – 29th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
1980 – “Heaven’s Gate” premieres
1980 – Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
1980 – Honduras & El Salvador signs peace (after “soccer war” 1969)
MLB Third Baseman Mike Schmidt

1981 – Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1982 – Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World
1982 – Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
1984 – “3 Musketeers” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances
1984 – 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17
1984 – Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
1984 – Flyers’ Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 – NJ Devils shutout NY Rangers 6-0
1984 – NBC premiere of the first part of fact based crime mystery “Fatal Vision”, based on Joe McGinnis’ novel about Jefferey MacDonald and the 1970 murders of his then-pregnant wife and two children
1984 – 34th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
1985 – Dwight Gooden (NL) & Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
1985 – Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
1985 – Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC (WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons)
Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney

1985 – Paul McCartney releases “Spies Like Us”
1986 – Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
1987 – 31 people die in a fire at King’s Cross, London’s busiest tube station
1987 – Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair
1987 – Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st player from a last-place club to win an MVP
1989 – Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after US Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1990 – “Fiddler on the Roof” opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 241 perfs
1990 – 1st Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 11½-4½ at Lake Nona CC FLA
1990 – NFL NY Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0
1990 – 40th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
1991 – France deports Marlon’s daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
1991 – Muslim Shi’ites release hostages Terry Waite & Thomas Sutherland
1991 – Auburn men’s basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations & is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92
Actor Denzel Washington

1992 – “Malcolm X” with Denzel Washington premieres in US
1992 – Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas NV on KXTE 107.5 FM
1993 – 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
1993 – Black & white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution
1993 – NAFTA passes House
1993 – North-Siberia record cold for November (-55°C)
1993 – Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
1993 – WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution
1994 – “Star Trek VII – Generations” premieres
1995 – Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World
1995 – Sam’s Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen
1995 – 60th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 31-27 in Auburn
1996 – Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she’s charged with murder
1997 – Arizona Diamondbacks & Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft
1997 – FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash
1997 – 70s glam-rock star Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) arrested by British police in child porn probe
1997 – Mavericks’ A C Green ties Randy Smith’s NBA record of 906 cons games
1997 – Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000
1997 – Willem de Kooning painting “Two Standing Women” sold for $4,182,500
1999 – In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
2000 – 65th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 9-0 in Tuscaloosa
2001 – Phillips Petroleum and Conoco merge into a new company as ‘ConocoPhillips’, the third-largest oil and natural gas company in the US
2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
2003 – The congress of the Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) decides to merge the party into Kanu Sanyal’s CPI(ML).
2003 – In England, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective
2004 – Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto Protocol.
2006 – 71st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 22-15 in Tuscaloosa
Singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake

2007 – 34th American Music Awards: Fergie, Justin Timberlake & Carrie Underwood win
2007 – 59th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
2011 – Former Filipino President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is arrested and held at Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City under charges of electoral sabotage
2012 – Lewis Hamilton wins the 2012 US Formula One Grand Prix
2012 – Israeli Gaza rocket strikes kill 80 alleged terrorist targets
2012 – Brad Keselowski wins the 2012 Nascar Sprint Cup
2012 – 39th American Music Awards: Katy Perry & Justin Bieber win
2012 – 101st Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Spain in Prague (3-2)
2013 – 20 people are killed after a train collides with a minibus in Cairo, Egypt
2014 – Jamaica win the 2014 Caribbean Cup in football

BIRTHDAYS

1522 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)
1527 – Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor
1584 – Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp
1630 – Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
1680 – Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
1727 – Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)
1736 – Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer
1742 – Felix Maximo Lopez, composer
1772 – Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer
1774 – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)
1781 – Felice Blangini, composer
1785 – David Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841)
1786 – Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor
1786 – Carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer (Der Freischutz), [or 19]
1787 – Sojourner Truth [Isabella Baumfree], Swartekill, New York, US abolitionist/feminist
1787 – Louis-Jacques Daguerre, Cormeilles-en-Parisis France, inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
1803 – Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet
Photographer and Inventor Louis-Jacques Daguerre(1787)

1804 – Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)
1808 – Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer
1810 – Asa Gray, Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America)
1810 – Benjamin Stone Roberts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), (d. 1875)
1812 – Jesse Johnson Finley, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1904)
1824 – Franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1902)
1824 – Isham Nicholas Hayne, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1868)
1832 – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. 1901)
1835 – Americus Vespucius Rice, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1904)
1835 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist
1836 – William Schwenck Gilbert, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator (Gilbert & Sullivan), born in London, England
1839 – August A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt)
1845 – John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde)
1846 – Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician
English Dramatist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836)

1856 – Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)
1860 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20)
1861 – Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951)
1863 – Richard Dehmel, writer
1869 – James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union)
1871 – Amadeo Vives, composer
1874 – Carrie White, oldest US woman (dies Nov 1990 at 116)
1874 – Clarence Shepard Day, author (Life with Father), born in NYC, New York
1874 – Riccardo Martin, composer
1877 – Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Wealth & welfare)
1881 – Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove)
1882 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italy, operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds)
1882 – Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas)

Panist, Composer and Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860)

1882 – Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter (Tarr, Apes of God)
1883 – Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (d. 1981)
1888 – Frances Marion, SF CA, screenwriter/actress (Pollyanna)
1889 – Maria Realino, [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Curacao)
1895 – Ernst Levy, composer
1897 – Jules Buffano, St Louis Mo, pianist (Jimmy Durante Show)
1897 – Patrick M S Blackett, British physicist (nuclear reaction, Nobel 1948)
1898 – Joris Ivens, Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain)
1898 – Oswald Erich Sehlbach, composer
1899 – Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
1900 – Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist (Ditters & Jitters)
1900 – Howard Thurman, theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger)
1900 – George Kistiakowsky, Kiev, Ukrainian-American Chemist who helped develop the first atomic bomb (Manhattan Project), but later opposed nuclear weapons
1901 – George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)
Inventor of the Gallup Poll George Gallup (1901)

1902 – Barbara Giuranna, composer
1902 – Jorgen Nielsen, Danish author (regional novels)
1903 – Lillian Fuchs, composer
1904 – Guido Santorsola, composer
1904 – Theodore DN Besterman, British bibliographer
1904 – Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. 1990)
1906 – George Wald, US, physiologist/biologist (eye, Nobel 1967)
1906 – Klaus Mann, German/US author (Mephisto)/son of Thomas Mann
1906 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer (d. 1988)
1907 – Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author/poetess
1907 – Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1908 – Imogene Coca, Phila, comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl)
1909 – Johnny Mercer, Savannah Ga, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic)
1910 – Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist
Songwriter Johnny Mercer(1909)

1911 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (d. 2000)
1912 – Arthur Peterson, Mandan ND, actor (Major-Soap, Crisis)
1912 – Jaap Meijer, [Saul van Messel], Dutch historian/rabbi in Paramaribo
1915 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
1916 – James L Lyons, jazz promoter
1918 – Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero (d. 2007)
1919 – Jocelyn Brando, actress (Ugly American), born in San Francisco, California
1920 – Alfred William Bedford, test pilot
1920 – Louis Alfred Mennini, composer
1920 – Mustafa Khalil, Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
1921 – Peter Pocklington, NHL team owner (Edmonton Oiler)
1922 – Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63)
1922 – Marjorie Gestring, US, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1936)
1922 – Viktor Afanasiev, editor (Pravda)
1922 – Al Dvorin, American Elvis Presley concert announcer (d. 2004)
1923 – Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14)
1923 – Ted Stevens, American politician
1924 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Scottish jurist (d. 2000)
1925 – Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)
1925 – William Robert Mayer, composer
1926 – Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1926 – Kim Besly, activist
1926 – Estanislao Basora, Catalonia, Spain, footballer (The Monster of Colombes, 22 caps for Spain, 301 matches for Barcelona), (d. 2012)
1927 – Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer
1927 – Hank Ballard, American musician (d. 2003)
1928 – Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip
1928 – Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer
1929 – William Joseph “Pete” Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)
1932 – Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)
1933 – Jacques Charpentier, composer
1934 – Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador
1935 – Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer
1935 – Rudolf Bahro, German dissident (d. 1997)
1935 – Rodney Hall, Australian author
1936 – Don E Cherry, US jazz trumpeter
1936 – Hank Ballard, rocker (The Twist (pre Chubby Checker), born in Detroit, Michigan
1937 – Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v England, 0-22)
1938 – Karl Schranz, Austria, slalom (Olympic-1968)
1939 – Brenda Vaccaro, American actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls), born in Brooklyn, New York
1939 – John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate
Author Margaret Atwood(1939)

1939 – Margaret Atwood, Canadian author/poet, born in Ottawa, Ontario
1939 – Tom Johnson, composer
1940 – Qaboos bin Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
1941 – David Hemmings, Guilford England, actor (Blow-up, Barbarella)
1942 – Jeffrey Siegel, pianist (Chicago Symph), born in Chicago, Illinois
1942 – Linda Evans, Hartford, actress (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo)
1942 – Susan Sullivan, actress (Dharma & Greg, Falcon Crest), born in NYC, New York
1945 – Glen Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Leave it to Larry)
1946 – Alan Dean Foster, US, sci-fi author (Midworld, Flinx in Flux)
1946 – Amanda Lear, French singer
1947 – Jameson Parker, Balt Md, actor (American Justice, Simon & Simon)
1948 – Andrea Marcovicci, actress (Gloria-Berrengers, Fran-Trapper John), born in NYC, New York
1948 – Jack Tatum, Cherryville NC, NFL defensive back (Raiders)
1948 – Ural Nazibovich Sultanov, Russian cosmonaut
1949 – Bonnie St Claire, [Cornelia Swart], Dutch singer (Tame me Tiger)
1949 – Ted Sator, Utica NY, NHL coach (NY Rangers, Buffalo Sabres)
1950 – Graham Parker, musician (Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning)
1950 – Rudy Sarzo, Cuban bass guitarist
1950 – Eric Pierpoint, American actor
1951 – Marga Stubblefield, LPGA golfer
1951 – Mark N Brown, Valparaiso In, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 28, 48, 66)
1951 – Justin Raimondo, American author
1952 – Delroy Lindo, actor (Get Shorty, Ransom)
1952 – Peter Beattie, Australian politician
1953 – Kevin Nealon, Bridgeport Conn, actor (SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads)
1953 – Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist
1954 – Guy Innes-Ker duke of Roxburghe, English large landowner
1954 – John Parr, British pop singer
1954 – Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
1955 – Carter Burwell, American composer
1956 – Sinbad, [David Adkins], Benton Harbor MI, actor (1st Kid, Vibe)
1956 – Tony Franklin, NFL kicker (Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots)
1956 – Warren Moon, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Seahawks, Vikings)
1956 – Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1995)
1957 – Jenny Burton, rocker (Nobody Loves Me Like You Do), born in NYC, New York
1957 – Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet
1957 – J.C. Watts (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma’s 4th district, in office Jan 3, 1995 – Jan 3, 2003
1958 – Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor
1959 – Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
1960 – Elizabeth Perkins, actress (About Last Night, Big), born in Queens, New York
1960 – Kim Wilde, [Smith], England, rock vocalist (You Keep Me Hanging On)
1961 – Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, St Paul Minn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
1962 – Jamie Moyer, Sellersville PA, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1962 – Jill Briles-Hinton, Elmhurst IL, LPGA golfer (1995 Women’s Open-16th)
1962 – Kirk Hammett, US heavy-metal guitarist (Metallica-Master of Puppets)
1962 – Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russian cosmonaut
1963 – Dante Bichette, W Palm Beach FLA, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
1963 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer
1964 – Mike Withycombe, CFL corner (BC Lions)
1964 – Seth Joyner, NFL linebacker (Ariz, Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1965 – Mark Petkovsek, Beaumont TX, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1965 – Matt Kabayama, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1966 – Darren Flutie, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1966 – Gwendolyn Hajek, Shreveport La, playmate (September, 1987)
1966 – Ron Coomer, Crest Hill IL, infielder (Minnesota Twins)
1966 – Tommie Stowers, WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
1966 – Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet
1967 – Jocelyn Lemieux, Mont Laurier, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
1967 – Tom Gordon, Sebring FL, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1968 – Gary Sheffield, outfielder (Florida Marlins), born in Tampa, Florida
1968 – Lubomir Sekeras, Liptovsky CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1968 – Mel Stewart, NC, 200m butterfly swimmer (Olympics-gold-92)
1968 – Milica Vukadinovic, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
1968 – Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1968 – Romany Malco, American actor and music producer
Actor Owen Wilson (1968)

1968 – Owen Wilson, American actor (Meet the Parents, Zoolander), born in Dallas, Texas
1969 – Cheryl Bachman, Jacksonville Fla, playmate (October, 1991)
1969 – Lee Anne Ketcham, Tallahassee Fla, female pitcher (Silver Bullets)
1969 – Raghib Ismail, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Oakland Raiders)
1969 – Sam Cassell, NBA guard (NJ Nets, Houston Rockets)
1969 – Duncan Sheik, American singer
1969 – Ahmed Helmi, Egyptian actor
1970 – Allen Watson, pitcher (SF Giants), born in Brooklyn, New York
1970 – Phil Buckman, actor (Slash-Drexell’s Class), born in Queens, New York
1970 – Toby Wright, safety (St Louis Rams)
1970 – Elizabeth Anne Allen, American actress
1970 – Mike Epps, American actor
1970 – Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor
1970 – Johan Liiva, Sweden vocalist (Arch Enemy)
1971 – Kylie Hanigan, Australian 200m/400m runner (Olympics-96)
1972 – Jason Arnberger, cricketer (NSW opening batsman 1994-95 -)
1972 – Jessi Alexander, American country music singer/songwriter
1972 – Robert Shapiro, American politician/humorist
1973 – Steve Christopher Petree, Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
1974 – Autumn Smith, Miss USA-Alabama (1997, top 10)
1974 – Christian Schmidt, actor (Mullers Baro)
1974 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress
1975 – Jason Williams, American basketball player
1975 – Anthony McPartlin, British actor and television presenter
1975 – Shawn Camp, American baseball player
1976 – Sandy Zubrin, Tamuning Guam, US diver (Olympics-96)
1976 – Shagrath, Norwegian singer (Dimmu Borgir)
1976 – Mona Zaki, Egyptian Actress
1977 – Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league footballer
1977 – Fabolous, American rapper
1978 – Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
1980 – François Duval, Belgian rally driver
1980 – Junichi Okada, Japanese singer (V6)
1980 – Dustin Kensrue, American Singer/Songwriter (Thrice)
1980 – Luke Chadwick, English footballer
1981 – Christina Vidal, American actress
1981 – Gian Magdangal, Filipino singer and actor
1983 – Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer
1983 – Travis Buck, American baseball player
1984 – Johnny Christ, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1984 – Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer
1985 – Christian Siriano, American fashion designer
1986 – Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor
1988 – Jeffrey Jordan, American college basketball player; son of Michael Jordan
1988 – Montanna Thompson, English actress
1992 – Nathan Kress, American actor

WEDDINGS

1948 – KFC founder Colonel Sanders (58) weds his long-time employee Claudia Price
1952 – “Rock Around The Clock” rock and roll pioneer Bill Haley (27) weds Barbara Cupchak
1962 – Singer Barry White (18) weds childhood sweetheart Betty Smith
1966 – MLB baseball player Hank Greenberg (55) weds actress Mary Jo Tarola
1966 – Writer Jack Kerouac (44) weds Stella Kerouac
2000 – “Queen” guitarist Brian May (53) weds “EastEnders” actress Anita Dobson (51) in a civil ceremony at Richmond Register Office
Actress Catherine Zeta Jones (2000)

2000 – Actress Catherine Zeta Jones (31) weds actor/producer Michael Douglas (56) at the Plaza Hotel in New York City
2006 – American film actor and producer Tom Cruise (44) weds actress Katie Holmes (27) at Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy
2010 – Cricketer Glenn McGrath (40) weds interior designer Sara Leonardi in Cronulla, New South Wales

DIVORCES

None

DEATHS

942 – Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies
1154 – Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)
1170 – Albrecht I “Bear”, 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70
1305 – John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)
1559 – Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)
1590 – George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)
1603 – Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61
1630 – Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
1678 – Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
1724 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685)
1771 – Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73
1785 – Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)
1797 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
1814 – William Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745)
1822 – Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66
1822 – George Knowil Jackson, composer, dies at 65
1827 – Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24
1841 – Georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77
1851 – Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80
1852 – Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60
1854 – Edward Forbes, English Naturalist and pioneer in the field of biogeography, dies of an illness at 39
1883 – Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies
21st US President Chester A. Arthur (1886)

1886 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st US president (1881-85), dies at 56
1887 – Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81
1887 – Gustav T Fechner, German psychologist/physicist, dies at 86
1887 – Heinrich Panofka, German violist/composer, dies at 80
1889 – William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68
1904 – Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies
1911 – Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies
1917 – Henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43
1918 – Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies
1919 – Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies
1922 – Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51
1929 – Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78
1941 – Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
1941 – Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
1941 – Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (b. 1879)
1946 – Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86
1946 – John King, cricketer (scored 60 & 4 in only Test Eng v Aus 1909), dies
1950 – Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60
1951 – John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57
1951 – Vaclav Kalik, composer, dies at 60
1951 – William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer, dies at 66
1952 – Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56
1958 – Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1910), dies
1962 – Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63
Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Niels Bohr (1962)

1962 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), dies at 77
1965 – Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77
1966 – Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56
1966 – Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies
1968 – Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatra), dies at 74
1969 – Joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81
1969 – Leon Jongen, composer, dies at 85
1969 – Ted Heath, British musician and bandleader (b. 1902)
1970 – Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
1971 – Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44
1972 – Danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose
1972 – Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer, dies at 90
1976 – Man Ray, US artist (Dada), dies at 86
1977 – Victor Francen, actor (J’Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89
Patriarch of the Kennedy family Joseph P. Kennedy(1969)

1977 – Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (b. 1897)
1978 – Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide at 47
1978 – Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members
1979 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player (b. 1901)
1980 – Conn Smythe, NHL coach 1927-1931 (b. 1895)
1982 – Donald Dillaway, actor (Min & Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78
1982 – H Kipphardt, writer, dies at 60
1984 – Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (b. 1907)
1986 – Gia Carangi, American model (AIDS) (b. 1960)
1987 – Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53
1989 – Henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies
1990 – Peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies
1991 – Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78
1992 – Dorothy Kirsten, US soprano, dies from stroke at 82
Founder of the Peoples Temple cult Jim Jones(1978)

1992 – Herman Musaph, psychiatrist/sexologist/co-founder (NVSH), dies
1992 – Superman, fictional character, killed by Doomsday at 54
1993 – Fritz Feld, actor (Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93
1994 – Cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86
1994 – Chris Joyce, photographer, dies at 51
1994 – Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77
1995 – Miron Grindea, literary editor, dies at 86
1995 – Ted Sannella, square dance caller, dies of cancer
1996 – David Herbert, publisher, dies at 69
1996 – John Vassall, spy/civil servant, dies at 72
1999 – Paul Bowles, American novelist (b. 1910)
1999 – Doug Sahm, American musician (b. 1941)
2002 – James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
2003 – Michael Kamen, American composer (b. 1948)
2004 – Cy Coleman, American composer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1929)
2005 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911)
2009 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
2010 – Brian G. Marsden, British astronomer (b. 1937)
2012 – Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Russian Woman Grandmaster of chess, dies from brain cancer at 55

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1991 Terry Waite released

• American Revolution

• 1776 Fort Washington becomes Fort Knyphausen

• Automotive

• 1996 Volkswagen’s “Dream Factory” opens in Resende, Brazil

• Civil War

• 1863 Lincoln travels to Gettysburg

• Cold War

• 1987 Congress issues final report on Iran-Contra scandal

• Crime

• 1996 High-profile expert on exotic birds is sentenced for smuggling parrots

• Disaster

• 1987 Commuters die in subway fire

• General Interest

• 1916 Haig ends Battle of Somme
• 1978 Mass suicide at Jonestown

• Hollywood

• 2006 Tom Cruise weds, again

• Literary

• 1998 Alice McDermott wins the National Book Award

• Music

• 1978 Billy Joel earns his first #1 album when 52nd Street tops the Billboard pop chart

• Old West

• 1883 Railroads create the first time zones

• Presidential

• 1886 Chester Arthur dies in New York

• Sports

• 1966 Sandy Koufax retires

• Vietnam War

• 1964 South Vietnamese conduct largest air assault to date
• 1969 South Vietnamese fight first major battle after U.S. troops are withdrawn
• 1970 Nixon appeals to Congress for funds for Cambodia

• World War I

• 1916 Battle of the Somme ends

• World War II

• 1940 Hitler furious over Italy’s debacle in Greece

November 17th

EVENTS

473 – The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I.
1183 – Battle of Mizushima.
1278 – 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1292 – (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scots.
1511 – England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire sign anti-French covenant The Treaty of Westminster
1555 – William of Orange becomes member of Council of State
1558 – Elizabeth I aged 25 ascends English throne upon death of her half sister “Bloody” Mary
1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1659 – Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1734 – John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
1785 – Church of England organizes in New England
1796 – Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I’s French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1798 – -21) Snow storms in New England, hundreds die
1800 – Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi during Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow
1827 – The Delta Phi fraternity, America’s oldest continuous social fraternity, was founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.
1839 – Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Oberte Conti Di” premieres in Milan
1842 – Fugitive slave George Latimer captured in Boston
1842 – Opera “Linda di Chamounix” is produced (London)
1853 – Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections
1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe.
1856 – On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
1858 – Origin of Modified Julian Period
Physician and Explorer David Livingstone

1862 – Confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns
1863 – -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN
1863 – Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address
1866 – Opera “Mignon” is produced (Paris)
1869 – Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)
1869 – Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean & Red seas
1874 – Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire & sinks off Auckland, NZ
1875 – Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott
1876 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s patriotic Slavonic March made its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception by the Russian people.
1877 – Gilbert and Sullivan’s operette “Sorcerer” premieres in London
1878 – First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy.
1883 – 23rd British Golf Open: Willie Fernie shoots a 158 at Musselburgh Links
1884 – Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being “cruel”
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1888 – Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony premieres in St Petersburg
1889 – Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & SF
1894 – Daily Racing Form founded
1894 – Serial killer H. H. Holmes is arrested in Boston after being tracked there from Philadelphia by the Pinkertons
1900 – 5th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 53-5 in Montgomery
1903 – Dahomey (Benin) becomes a French protectorate.
1903 – In the Treaty of Petropolis, Bolivia cedes the territory of Arce to Brazil; Bolivia gains rail and water outlets in the east
1904 – George Cohan’s musical “Little Johnny Jones” premieres in NYC
1905 – The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea.
1906 – 11th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-0 in Birmingham
1913 – 1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct
1914 – US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
Marxist Revolutionary and Russian Leader Vladimir Lenin

1917 – Lenin defends “temporary” removal of freedom of the press
1918 – Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH
1922 – The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI is expelled to Malta on British warship
1926 – NHL’s Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1
1927 – Tornado hits Washington, D.C.
1928 – Boston Garden officially opens
1928 – Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years
1929 – Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico
1929 – Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo
1930 – Musical “Sweet & Low” with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC
1931 – Bradman scores 135 NSW v South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours
1932 – German government of von Papen resigns
1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union, opens trade
1933 – Marx brothers film “Duck Soup” directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers is released in the US
Cricket Legend Donald Bradman

1936 – Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
1937 – Britain’s Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
1938 – Italy passes its own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
1939 – German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship
1939 – Jerome Kern/Hammerstein II’s “Very Warm for May” premieres in NYC
1939 – The Rome-Rio de Janeiro air connection is created.
1940 – Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
1941 – Virgil Thomson’s 2nd Symphony, premieres
1944 – -Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder
1945 – “Girl from Nantucket” closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 perfs
1945 – New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
1947 – The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1948 – Britain’s House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
1953 – St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1953 – The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland.
1953 – The United States join the UN in condemning Israel’s raid on Jordon on October 4, 1953
NFL Legend Jim Brown

1956 – Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate)
1956 – USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1957 – WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 – KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1959 – De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
1959 – Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
1959 – William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof
1960 – New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
1962 – “Nowhere to Go, But Up” closes at Winter Garden NYC after 9 perfs
1962 – President Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC
1962 – Simon/Coleman/Leigh’s musical “Little Me” opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
LPGA Golfer Kathy Whitworth

1963 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
1964 – British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
1965 – General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR
1965 – William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
1966 – Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
1967 – Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
1967 – French author Régis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
1967 – Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon
1967 – Davey Jones of the Monkees opens a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, NY
1968 – John Kander/Fred Ebbs’ musical “Zorba” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances
1968 – KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies’ Golf Invitational
1968 – “Heidi Game”, NBC cuts to show “Heidi” and misses Raider’s rally to beat Jets, 43-32
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos.
1969 – SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
1970 – British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on page 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
1970 – Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
1970 – Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
1972 – Juan Peron returns to Argentina
1973 – Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
1973 – Teri Garr plays role of a stripper on “The Nurse”
37th US President Richard Nixon

1973 – US President Richard Nixon tells AP “…people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook”
1974 – Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic
1974 – Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
1974 – Aliança Operário-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) founded in Portugal as a front of PCP(m-l).
1976 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1977 – Bernard Pomerance’s “Elephant Man” premieres in London
1977 – Egyptian Pres Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1977 – Miss World Contest – Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
1979 – Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball on a flight to Austin, TX
1979 – Ayatollah Khomeini frees most black & female US hostages
1979 – NY Stars (WBL) home opener at Madison Square Garden in NYC
Musician and Beatle John Lennon

1980 – John Lennon releases “Double Fantasy” album in UK
1981 – “1st” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances
1981 – NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
1982 – Dale Murphy wins NL MVP
1983 – “La Tragedie de Carmen” opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 perfs
1983 – Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
1983 – Phila Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
1984 – Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to NJ Nets 124-110
1984 – Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
1985 – Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM New York, N.Y.
1985 – NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
1985 – NBC’s premiere of controversial TV thriller “Hostage Flight”
1985 – 35th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins
1986 – “Oh Coward!” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances
1987 – George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
Pop Star Madonna

1987 – The Madonna compilation album “You Can Dance” is released
1988 – Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
1988 – Neil Simon’s “Rumors” premieres in NYC
1989 – Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract
1990 – David Crosby breaks his left leg, ankle and shoulder in a motorcycle accident in Los Angles, CA
1991 – “Brigadoon” closes at New York State Theater NYC after 12 performances
1991 – 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
1991 – Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams
1991 – 41st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
1992 – “Gypsy Passion” opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 55 performances
1992 – Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft
1992 – Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon

1992 – Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole
1993 – “Grand Night For Singing” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 perfs
1993 – Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
1993 – US House of Representatives approve Nafta
1994 – “Sunset Boulevard” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 977 performances
1994 – 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
1994 – Irish government of Reynolds resigns
1996 – “Present Laughter” opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
1996 – Sam’s Town Bowling Invitational
1996 – Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
1997 – Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame
1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
NHL Legend and Owner Mario Lemieux

1997 – Metallica release the album “ReLoad”
1998 – Tori Amos release a compilation of her videos, “Tori Amos: The Complete Collection: 1992-1998”
1998 – Whitney Houston releases “My Love is Your Love”
1998 – Mariah Carey releases “#1’s”
2000 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
2000 – Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
2001 – 66th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Auburn
2002 – 54th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart wins
2003 – Britney Spears, at 21 years old, becomes the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2004 – Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.
Pop Star Britney Spears

2005 – Italy’s choice of national anthem, Il Canto degli Italiani, becomes official in law for the first time, almost 60 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the republic.
2006 – Official naming of element 111, Roentgenium (Rg).
2008 – “Twilight”, based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison, premieres in Los Angeles
2008 – Japan, the world’s second-biggest economy, slides into its first recession in seven years
2012 – 50 schoolchildren and a bus driver are killed after a train collides with a school bus in Manfalut, Egypt
2013 – 102nd Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Serbia in Belgrade (3-2)
2013 – Sebastian Vettel wins a record breaking eighth consecutive Formula One race in the 2013 United States Grand Prix
Actress Kristen Stewart

2013 – 50 people are killed after a Boeing 737 aircraft crashes in Kazan, Russia
2013 – Abdulla Yameen becomes the President of the Maldives
2013 – Giorgi Margvelashvili becomes the President of Georgia
2013 – Jimmie Johnson wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the sixth time
2014 – The Church of England adopts legislation enabling the appointment of female bishops

BIRTHDAYS

9 – Vespasian, Falacrina, Italy, Roman Emperor (AD 69-79), (d. AD 79)
331 – Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], Emperor
1502 – Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)
1503 – Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
1576 – Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)
1594 – Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
1612 – Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)
1681 – Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)
1685 – Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)
1690 – Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
1704 – Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet
1729 – Maria Antonietta of Spain, queen of Sardinia (d. 1785)
1755 – Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
1765 – Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
1771 – Jonathan Huntington, composer
1787 – Michele Carafa, composer
1790 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
1794 – John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1873)
King of France Louis XVIII(1755)

1799 – Titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology)
1808 – Alberich Zwyssig, composer
1814 – Joseph Finegan, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1885)
1816 – August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music)
1826 – John McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1906)
1827 – Petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895)
1834 – Stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1863)
1835 – Andrew L. Harris, governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
1837 – David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao
1837 – Derk J A Haspels, Dutch actor
1837 – Willem Coenen, composer
1854 – Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)
1859 – Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer
1865 – John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett’s twins)
1866 – Voltairine de Cleyre, American anarchist (d. 1912)
1876 – Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor (Brussels, Belgium)
1877 – Frank Calder, the first NHL President (d. 1943)
1878 – Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau)
1879 – Gerardus H de Haas, socialist vicar
1881 – Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP
1883 – Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1913)
1885 – Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman (Belgian Workers Party)
1886 – Crane Wilbur, Athens NY, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo)
1887 – Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)
Soldier, British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery(1887)

1887 – Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Alamein, British Field Marshal, Kennington, South London
1888 – Ariantje “Jeanne” Leg, actress (It Vijgeblaadje, It Hippie)
1890 – Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs)
1891 – Guido Pannain, composer
1891 – Jean Del Val, [Gautier], France, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces)
1892 – Max Deutsch, composer
1894 – Eelco van Kleffens, minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46)/diplomat
1894 – Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51)
1895 – Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975)
1895 – Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966)
1896 – Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934)
1897 – Ed Baker, Davis WV, actor (Keystone Kops)
1897 – Frank Fay, American actor (God’s Gift to Women, Love Nest), born in San Francisco, California
1897 – Sara Haden, Galveston Tx, actress (A Family Affair)
1899 – Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar)
1899 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (d. 1971)
1900 – Marcel Dalio, Paris, actor (Casablanca)
1901 – Joyce Wethered, Surrey England, golfer (4 time British Amateur champ)
1901 – Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor (Somewhere in the Night)
1901 – Max Zehnder, composer
1901 – Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer
1901 – Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine)
1902 – Eugene Paul Wigner, mathematician/physicist (A Bomb, Nobel 1963)
1902 – Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All)
1903 – Joseph Kaminski, composer
1904 – Isamu Noguchi, sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal)
1905 – Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (Aus batsman & leggie 99 on Test debut)
1905 – Astrid Bernadotte, Princess of Sweden
1905 – Mischa Auer, [Ounskowsky], St Petersburg Russia, actor (My Man Godfrey)
1905 – Wazyk, [Adam Wagman], Polish poet/author (Eyes & Mouth)
1906 – Betty Bronson, Trenton NJ, actress (Evel Knievel, One Stolen Night)
1906 – Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO (Honda Motor Co)
1906 – Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1907 – Israel Regardie, Aleister Crowley’s secretary (d. 1985)
1909 – Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (Heart of the Matter)
1911 – Charles Walters, US, actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade)
1911 – Nobutaka Shikanai, Japans media CEO (Fujisankei Com Group)
1911 – William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), born in NYC, New York
1911 – Christian Fouchet, French diplomat (d. 1974)
1914 – Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tenn, comedian (Hee Haw)
1916 – Winson Hudson, community activist (rural Mississippi)
1917 – Jack Lescoulie, TV host (Jackie Gleason Show), born in Sacramento, California
1919 – Hershy Kay, composer/arranger (Olympic Hymn), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1919 – Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist
1920 – Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer (d. 2005)
1921 – Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter
1922 – Emile Noel, international civil servant
1923 – Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great NZ left-handed bat)
1923 – Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law
1923 – Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1924 – Lucas J “Luc” Lutz, Dutch actor/director (Hague Comedy)
1925 – Charles Mackerras, Schenectady NY, Australian conductor
1925 – Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier
1925 – Libby Newman, painter/printmaker/curator
1925 – Rock Hudson, Winnetka, Ill, actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms)
1927 – Ellis Hillman, politician
1928 – Colin McDonald, cricketer (stalwart Australian opening bat for 1950’s)
1928 – Rance Howard, American actor
1929 – Edgar White, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 – Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba
1929 – Sumner White, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 – Norm Zauchin, baseball player (d. 1999)
1930 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) and congressman, born in Tulare, California (d. 2006)
1930 – Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician
1930 – David Werner Amram, composer (Splendor in the Grass), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1933 – Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player
1934 – James M Inhofe, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
1934 – Fenella Fielding, English actress
1935 – Anton Sailer, Austria, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1956)
1936 – Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1936 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
1937 – Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian (Bedazzled)
1938 – Alvaro Leon Cassuto, composer
Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot (1938)

1938 – Gordon Lightfoot, Orillia Ontario, Canadian folksinger (Sundown)
1938 – Peter Snell, NZ, 800m/1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64)
1938 – Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector
1939 – Auberon Waugh, British author (d. 2001)
1940 – Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player
1941 – Gene Clark, rock vocalist/guitarist (Byrds), born in Los Angeles, California
1941 – Peter Hoagland, (Rep-D-Nebraska)
1942 – Annemarie Oster, Dutch actress (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)
1942 – Bob Gaudio, rocker (Four Seasons-Sherry), born in The Bronx, New York
1942 – Martin Scorsese, director (Raging Bull, The Departed), born in Queens, New York
1942 – Khang Khek Leu, Cambodian politician
1943 – Lauren Hutton, [Mary], Charleston SC, model/actress (American Gigolo)
Actor Danny Devito (1944)

1944 – Danny Devito, Neptune NJ, actor (Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins)
1944 – Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist
1944 – Lorne Michaels, [Lipowitz], producer, actor and comedy writer (Saturday Night Live), born in Toronto, Ontario
1944 – Tom Seaver, American MLB pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young ’69 ’73 ’75), born in Fresno, California
1944 – Jim Boeheim, Hall of Fame Coach
1944 – Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect
1945 – Elvin Hayes, Rayville Louisiana, NBA star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore)
1945 – Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member
1945 – Roland Joffe, director (City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields)
1946 – Martin Barre, British pop guitarist (Jethro Tull)
NBA Forward Elvin Hayes(1945)

1946 – Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa
1947 – Rod Clements, rocker
1947 – Stewkey, [Robert Antoni], rocker
1947 – Steven E. de Souza, American scriptwriter
1947 – Inky Mark, Canadian politician
1948 – Jaime Huelamo, Spain, cyclist (Olympic-bronze-1972) drug disqualified
1948 – Howard Dean, American politician
1949 – John Boehner, (Rep-R-Ohio)
1949 – Thomas Lionel Hill, 110m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1972), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1950 – Roland Matthes, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Oly-gold-1968, 72)
1950 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and race team owner
1951 – Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), born in Santa Monica, California
1951 – Jack Vettriano, Methil Scotland, Scottish painter (The Singing Butler)
1951 – Stephen Root, American actor
1951 – Butch Davis, American football coach
1952 – M Cyril Ramaphosa, sec-gen of South African Mine Workers’ Union
1952 – Roman Codreanu, Romania, wrestler (Olympic-1980)
1953 – Dino Martin Jr, rocker
1953 – Jilly Johnson, England, vocalist (Blonde on Blonde)
1954 – Mark Brandon Read, Australian criminal
1955 – Bill McCreary, Ontario, NHL referee
1955 – Peter Cox, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don’t Look Down)
1955 – Yolanda King, actress (Fluke, Ghosts of Mississippi)
1955 – Dennis Maruk, Canadian hockey player
1957 – Debbie Thrower, BBC News Reader
1958 – Allison Finney, Winnetka IL, LPGA golfer (1989 Standard Register)
1958 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Oak Park Ill, actress (Color of Money)
1959 – William R Moses, actor (Cole-Falcon Crest), born in Los Angeles, California
1959 – Terry Fenwick, English footballer
1960 – Jonathan Ross, British talk show host (Tall Guy)
1960 – RuPaul, drag queen/model/actor (RuPaul Show)
1960 – Kirk Fogg, host of Legends of the Hidden Temple
1961 – Merete Van Kemp, Denmark, actress (Grace-Dallas, Princess Daisy)
1961 – Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (d. 1985)
1962 – Eric Olson, actress (Apple’s Way), born in Santa Monica, California
1962 – Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer (Les Colocs) (d. 2000)
1963 – Marco T Dawson, Freising Germany, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milw-2nd)
1963 – Pedro Luis Estrada, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in Brooklyn, New York
1964 – Marina Tcherkasova, US, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
1964 – Michelle Knox-Zaloom, Annapolis MD, rower (Olympics-96)
1964 – Ralph Garman, American actor and radio personality
1965 – Grant Connell, Regina Saskatchawan, tennis player (Olympics-96)
1965 – Paul Sorrento, Somerville MA, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
1965 – Raffaella Reggi, Italy, tennis star
1965 – Rob Koll, Bellefonte PA, 163 lbs/74 kg freestyle wrestler (Olymp-96)
1965 – Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1988)
1965 – Amanda Brown, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) and composer
1966 – Jeff Buckley, musician and singer (“Hallelujah”), Anaheim California (d. 1997)
1966 – Daisy Fuentes, model/MTV veejay (America’s Funniest Videos)
1966 – Jeff Nelson, pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1966 – Sophie Marceau, Paris France, actress (Braveheart, L’Amour Braque)
1966 – Kate Ceberano, Australian singer
1967 – Howard Griffith, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1967 – Ronnie Devoe, vocals (New Edition, Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1967 – Sheila Lussier, La Mesa California, actress (Reform School, My Chauffeur)
1968 – Cacho Conde, WLAF tight end/running back (Barcelona Dragons)
1968 – Sean Miller, American basketball coach
1969 – Takako Inque, Toride Japan, wrestler (Japan)
1969 – Ryotaro Okiayu, Japanese voice actor
1970 – Chris Tamer, Dearborn, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
1970 – Max Huiberts, soccer player (Roda JC)
1970 – Paul Allender, British guitarist (Cradle of Filth)
1971 – Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Evansville IN)
1972 – Ron Lewis, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 – Leonard Roberts, American actor
1972 – Kimya Dawson, American singer
1973 – Scott Rehberg, tackle (New England Patriots)
1973 – Eli Marrero, American baseball player
1973 – Bernd Schneider, German footballer
1974 – Abbygale Williamson Arenas, Miss Universe-Photogenic (Phil, 1997)
1974 – Brandon Call, actor (Baywatch, Blind Fury, Step by Step)
1974 – Marc Edwards, NFL fullback (SF 49ers)
1974 – Leslie Bibb, American actress
1974 – Berto Romero, Spanish humorist
1975 – Lord Infamous, Rapper
1976 – Dafne Zeledon, Miss Universe-Costa Rica (1996)
1976 – Diane Neal, American actress
1976 – Brandon Call, American actor
1977 – Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
1978 – Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress
1978 – Reggie Wayne, American football player
1979 – Matthew Spring, English footballer
1980 – [Clarke] Isaac Hanson, singer (Hanson-MMMbop), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1980 – Brad Bradley, American professional wrestler
1980 – Mercedes Martinez, professional wrestler
1981 – Sarah Harding, English singer (Girls Aloud)
1982 – Katie Feenstra, American basketball player
1982 – Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer
1983 – Christopher Paolini, American novelist
1983 – Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
1983 – Ryan Braun, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Los Angeles, California
1983 – Scott Moore, American baseball player
1983 – Nick Markakis, American baseball player
1983 – Harry Lloyd, English actor
1984 – Park Han-byul, South Korean actress
1986 – Nani, Portuguese football player
1987 – Darren McKillion, Northern Irish sportsman
1988 – Justin Cooper, American actor (Liar, Liar, General Hospital), born in Los Angeles, California
1990 – Shanica Knowles, American actress
1992 – Darian Weiss, American actor
1994 – Raquel Castro, American actress

WEDDINGS

1749 – Founding Father of the United States Roger Sherman (28) weds first wife Elizabeth Hartwell in Massachusetts
1934 – Lyndon B. Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
1950 – Writer Jack Kerouac (28) weds Joan Haverty
1978 – Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin
2003 – Singer Blake Shelton (27) weds Kaynette Williams in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2008 – Heartthrob finalist from Top Chef’s second season Sam Talbot (30) weds Colombian model and t-shirt designer Paola Guerrero in a secret wedding ceremony at City Hall in New York City
2012 – Award-winning Chinese actress Chen Yao (33) weds cinematographer Yu Cao in Queenstown, New Zealand

DIVORCES

1995 – Retired MLB player Johnny Bench (47) divorces Laura Cwikowski after nearly 8 years of marriage

DEATHS

375 – Valentinian I “The Great”, Roman Co-Emperor and Ruler of Western Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54
474 – Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
594 – St Gregory of Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies at 55
641 – Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)
680 – Hilda of Whitby (b. 614)
885 – Queen Liutgard
1093 – Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
1231 – Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary (b. 1207)
1302 – St. Gertrude the Great (b. 1256)
1326 – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285)
1494 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463)
1512 – Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1558 – Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/”heretic”, dies at 58
1562 – Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (b. 1518)
1592 – John III of Sweden (b. 1537)
1600 – Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (b. 1542)
Chronicler/Bishop Gregory of Tours (594)

1608 – Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22
1632 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)
1643 – Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, Marshal of France (b. 1602)
1648 – Thomas Ford, composer, dies
1665 – John Earle, English bishop
1668 – Joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634)
1690 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (b. 1610)
1713 – Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
1720 – Calico Jack, English pirate (b. 1682)
1747 – Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79
1768 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
1770 – Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38
1776 – James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)
1780 – Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720)
1794 – Jacques François Dugommier, French general (b. 1738)
Empress of Russia Catherine the Great (1796)

1796 – Catherine the Great [Catherine II], Empress of Russia (1762-96), dies of a stroke at 67
1808 – David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721)
1818 – Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies
1826 – Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47
1848 – Jozef B “Olim” Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies
1849 – Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, German priest and miracle-worker (b. 1794)
1856 – William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77
1858 – Robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771)
1862 – Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63
1865 – James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (b. 1813)
1875 – Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
1893 – Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
1897 – George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820)
1902 – Hugh Price Hughes, Methodist Social Reformer (b. 1847)
1905 – Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88
1905 – Philip EFMCBLG, earl of Flanders, dies
1905 – Adolphe of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
Sculptor Auguste Rodin(1917)

1917 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77
1921 – John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies
1921 – Pa Chay Vue, Hmong Nationalist
1922 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847)
1926 – Carl Ethan Akeley, American Naturalist(developed taxidermic process for museums), dies at 62)
1927 – Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44
1928 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865)
1929 – A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies
1929 – Herman Hollerith, German/US statistician (punch card), dies at 69
1931 – Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50
1931 – John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64
1936 – Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861)
1937 – Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies
1938 – Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (b. 1864)
1940 – Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)
1940 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879)
1941 – Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide
1942 – Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879)
1943 – Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74
1944 – A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies
1947 – Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83
1947 – Victor Serge, Russian anarchist, novelist, and historian (b. 1890)
1955 – James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64
1958 – Mort Cooper, baseball player (b. 1913)
1959 – Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72
1962 – Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami
1968 – Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86
1968 – Mervyn Peake, British writer (b. 1911)
1970 – Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69
1971 – Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83
1971 – Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75
1973 – The Mother, Sri Aurobindo Ashram (b. 1878)
1974 – Clive Brook, actor/director (On Approval), dies at 87
1975 – Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70
1976 – Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60
1978 – Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75
1978 – James J “Gene” Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80
1979 – John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery
1981 – Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65
1982 – Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
1982 – Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer, legally declared dead
1982 – Eduard Tubin, composer, dies at 77
1982 – Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in NYC
1985 – Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81
1986 – Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71
1986 – Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered
1987 – Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
1988 – Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84
1989 – Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies
1989 – Emerson Buckley, composer, dies at 73
1989 – Gus Farace, American gangster (b. 1960)
Physicist Robert Hofstadter(1990)

1990 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
1991 – John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80
1991 – Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke’s daughter), suicide at 33
1991 – Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55
1992 – Audre Lorde, St Croix’ feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies
1993 – Jthm de Vreeze, Dutch MP (KVP, 1956..77), dies at 80
1993 – Gérard D. Lévesque, Canadian politician (b. 1926)
1994 – G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82
1995 – Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50
1995 – Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66
1995 – John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88
1995 – Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87
1995 – Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60
1996 – Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45
1996 – Johan Fleming Ramsland, broadcaster, dies at 54
1998 – Esther Rolle, American actress (b. 1920)
2000 – Louis Eugène Félix Néel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
2001 – Michael Karoli, German guitarist (b. 1948)
2002 – Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (b. 1915)
2003 – Arthur Conley, American singer (b. 1946)
2003 – Don Gibson, American singer (b. 1928)
2004 – Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (b. 1970)
2004 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (b. 1941)
2005 – Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (b. 1942)
2006 – Bo Schembechler, American football coach (b. 1929)
2006 – Flo Sandon’s, Italian singer (b. 1924)
2006 – Ruth Brown, American blues singer (b. 1928)
2006 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (b. 1927)
2008 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
2008 – George Stephen Morrison, American admiral and father of The Doors’ lead singer Jim Morrison
2011 – Kurt Budke, American basketball coach (b. 1961)
2011 – Olin Branstetter, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
2012 – Margaret Yorke, English crime fiction writer, dies at 88
2013 – Doris Lessing, Iranian-British novelist and Nobel laureate, dies at 94
2014 – Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted), dies at 78
2014 – Ray Sadecki, American MLB player, dies from blood cancer at 73

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1558 Elizabethan Age begins

• American Revolution

• 1777 Articles of Confederation submitted to the states

• Automotive

• 1998 “Day One” for DaimlerChrysler on NYSE

• Civil War

• 1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins

• Cold War

• 1969 SALT I negotiations begin

• Crime

• 1972 A wealthy heiress is murdered by her son
• 2003 Washington, D.C., sniper John Muhammad convicted

• Disaster

• 1421 Thousands die in massive flood

• General Interest

• 1839 Verdi’s first opera opens
• 1869 Suez Canal opens

• Hollywood

• 2003 “The Terminator” becomes “The Governator” of California

• Literary

• 1993 The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx, wins the National Book Award

• Music

• 1958 The Kingston Trio brings folk music to the top of the U.S. pop charts

• Old West

• 1856 U.S. establishes Fort Buchanan

• Presidential

• 1973 Nixon insists that he is not a crook

• Sports

• 1968 The Heidi Bowl

• Vietnam War

• 1965 1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley
• 1970 My Lai trial begins

• World War I

• 1914 Germans make last stab at Ypres

• World War II

• 1887 Monty is born

November 16th

EVENTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BIRTHDAYS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WEDDINGS

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

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

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

DIVORCES

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

DEATHS

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

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

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

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

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

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1532 Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa

• American Revolution

• 1776 Fort Washington Is Captured

• Automotive

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

• Civil War

• 1863 Battle of Campbell Station, Tennessee

• Cold War

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

• Crime

• 1957 Ed Gein kills final victim Bernice Worden

• Disaster

• 1999 Construction begins on deadly bonfire

• General Interest

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

• Hollywood

• 2001 First Harry Potter film opens

• Literary

• 1849 Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death

• Music

• 1959 The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway

• Old West

• 1821 Becknell opens trade on the Santa Fe Trail

• Presidential

• 1973 Nixon supports construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline

• Sports

• 1957 Notre Dame ends Oklahoma record winning streak

• Vietnam War

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

• World War I

• 1914 New Fatherland League launched in Germany

• World War II

• 1941 Goebbels publishes his screed of hate

November 15th

EVENTS

655 – Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
1315 – Battle of Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austria
1348 – Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
1491 – Anne of Brittany becomes devoted to end “la guerre folle”
1492 – Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
1492 – In La Guardia, Spain, 6 Jews & 5 Conversos are accused of ritual murder
1515 – Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
1527 – Treaty of Beautiful garden (emperor-ecclesiastical goods)
1532 – Pope Clemens VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship with Anna Boleyn
1533 – Francisco Pizarro arrives at Cuzco
1577 – Sir Francis Drake aboard Pelican travels from Chile to Washington
1583 – Gelders Earl Willem of the Bergh flees
1620 – Myles Standish leads 16 men in a foot exploration of the northern portion of Cape Cod
1660 – First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (now New York City)
Military Leader of Plymouth Colony Myles Standish

1679 – English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill
1688 – Prince Willem III’s army lands at Torbay, England; the ‘Glorious Revolution’ commences
1715 – Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands
1720 – Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham are captured by Capt. Jonathan Barnet and brought to Spanish Town, Jamaica, for trial
1727 – NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase “upon the faith of a Christian” from abjuration oath
1763 – Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania & Maryland
1777 – Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress
1791 – 1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens
1806 – 1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue
1806 – Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado)
Pirate Anne Bonny

1813 – Allied troops occupies Groningen
1813 – Tax revolt in Amsterdam
1824 – Series of fires kills 10 in Edinburgh, Scotland
1826 – Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura
1827 – Creek-indians lose all their property in US
1832 – Felix Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” premieres
1835 – Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti on board HMS Beagle
1837 – Isaac Pitman introduces his shorthand system
1845 – Opera “Maritana” is produced (London)
1849 – 1st US poultry show opens in Boston
1854 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.
1864 – 1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman

1864 – Union Major General Sherman leaves Atlanta on the “March to the Sea”
1869 – Free postal delivery formally inaugurated
1870 – Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
1881 – American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)
1882 – British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba, Niger
1884 – Colonization of Africa orgainized at international conference in Berlin
1887 – British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
1889 – Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed
1899 – Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal
1901 – James J Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in San Francisco
1901 – 6th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-0 in Tuscaloosa
1902 – Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist
1903 – Eugen d’Albert’s opera “Tiefland” premieres in Prague
Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries

1911 – Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 & $10 gold coins
1913 – 9th Australasian Championships: Ernie Parker beats Harry Parker (2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2)
1914 – Italian socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il Populo d’Italia
1916 – William George Barker, flying very low over the Ancre River, spots a large concentration of German troops massing for a counter-attack on Beaumont Hamel, and sends an emergency Zone Call brought to bear all available artillery fire in the area onto the specified target. The force of some 4,000 German infantry was effectively broken up, and Barker is awarded the Military Cross
1919 – US Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty)
1920 – Ernst Toller’s “Massen und Menschen” premieres in Nuremberg
1920 – Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection
1920 – League of Nations holds first meeting in Geneva
1921 – KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
First World War Flying Ace William George Barker

1922 – British Conservative Party wins election; /Labour Party comes second
1924 – Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
1926 – 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)
1926 – AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (NYC)
1932 – Walt Disney Art School created
1934 – Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C Urey (deuterium)
1935 – Commonwealth of Philippines inaugurated
1936 – Nazi-Germany & Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact
1937 – First US congressional session in air-conditioned chambers
1938 – First telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, NY
1938 – Farewell Parade of International Brigades in Barcelona
1939 – Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia
1939 – FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC
1939 – Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt

1939 – US Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check
1940 – 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
1940 – 1st black to sign hockey contract-Arthur Dorrington & AC Seagulls
1940 – NY Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic
1941 – Cow Palace opens in San Francisco
1941 – Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier
1942 – World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
1944 – Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
1945 – The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of Fame
1946 – House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley
1946 – Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
1947 – Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG
1947 – Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
10th Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King

1948 – Mackenzie King retires after spending 22 years as the Prime Minister of Canada
1948 – Louis St. Laurent is sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of Canada
1949 – KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 – WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1950 – Arthur Dorrington, 1st black man in organized hockey is signed (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League)
1951 – Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore
1951 – NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
1953 – WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 – WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 – 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins
1955 – Poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement
1956 – “Li’l Abner” opens at St James Theater NYC for 693 performances
Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley

1956 – Elvis Presley’s 1st film “Love Me Tender” premieres in NYC
1957 – US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years & $3,000
1959 – Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Smith murder four members of the Clutter Family at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas (subject of Truman Capotebook In Cold Blood).
1959 – Cleveland Browns’ halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Wash 31-17
1960 – Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks
1960 – USS G Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
1961 – Comet C/1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth
1961 – Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
1961 – UN bans nuclear arms
1962 – Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award
1964 – Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
American Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

1964 – KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
1964 – Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro
1964 – Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns
1965 – Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph)
1966 – Gemini XII (Lovell & Aldrin) returns to Earth
1967 – Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski wins AL MVP
1967 – Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km
1967 – WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, FL (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 – The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
1968 – 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary “Ball Four”
1969 – 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back)
MLB Outfielder Carl Yastrzemski

1969 – 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland)
1969 – 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against Vietnam War
1969 – Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar & indicent language in Tampa, Fla
1969 – Wendy’s Hamburgers opens
1971 – Intel advertises 4004-processor
1972 – Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway NYC
1972 – Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays
1972 – White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP
1973 – Egypt & Israel exchange prisoners of war
1974 – Ringo Starr releases “Goodnight Vienna” & “Only You” in UK
1974 – International Energy Agency formed in Paris within OECD framework in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis
1975 – Miss Teenage America Pageant
1976 – Syrian army conquerors Beirut
39th US President Jimmy Carter

1977 – Pres Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
1978 – 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1978 – Harold Pinter’s play “Betrayal” premieres in London
1978 – Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
1979 – Iran cancels all contracts with U.S. oil companies
1979 – ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
1979 – British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt, art advisor to the Queen, as 4th man in Soviet spy ring
1979 – A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
1980 – Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany
1980 – 30th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
1981 – “Camelot” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 48 performances
Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev

1982 – Funeral service held in Moscow’s Red Square for Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
1982 – 4th ACE Cable Awards: “Bernstein/Beethoven” by Horant H. Hohlfeld and Harry J. Kraut
1983 – 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
1983 – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
1985 – A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
1986 – 2nd time “Saturday Night Live” uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts)
1987 – 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver
1987 – Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
1987 – Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
1987 – NY Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game
1987 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Ice Hockey Great Mike Bossy

1987 – 38th Formula One WDC: Nelson Piquet wins by 12 points
1988 – 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses
1988 – Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
1988 – PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
1988 – Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
1988 – The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
1989 – “Batman” is released on video tape
1989 – “Few Good Men” opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 497 performances
1989 – Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award
1989 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 – Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis & Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi
1989 – Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1990 – US President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990
US President George H. W. Bush

1990 – Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn’t sing on their album
1990 – US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit
1991 – Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
1991 – Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game
1992 – Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
1992 – Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban)
1992 – 42nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Alan Kulwicki wins
1993 – Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach SC on WYAV 104.1 FM
1993 – Joe Buttafuoco sentence to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher
1993 – 13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba.
1994 – “Glass Menagerie” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 57 performances
1994 – 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
1994 – Helmut Kohl elected German chancellor (341-340 votes)
1994 – Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election
1995 – “Master Class” opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances
1995 – Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir
1996 – “Into the Whirlwind” opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 perfs
1997 – 19th ACE Cable Awards: Nickelodeon wins the Golden CableACE for “The Big Help”
1999 – Next transit of Mercury visible in North America
2000 – A chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people
2000 – New state of Jharkhand comes into existence in India
2002 – Hu Jintao becomes general secretary of the Communist Party of China.
2003 – The first day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings takes place, to be followed by additional bombings on November 20.
2005 – Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.
2005 – 39th Country Music Association Award: Keith Urban & Gretchen Wilson wins
2007 – A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the world’s largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.
2012 – At least 95 people are killed in Syrian conflicts
2012 – Deep Horizon Oil Spill: BP settles for $4.5 Billion
2012 – The Eurozone economy returns to recession with a fall of 0.1% in GDP in the third quarter of 2012 following a fall of 0.2% in the previous quarter
2013 – 5 people are killed and 10 are injured after a train derails in Nashik, India
2013 – Sony launches the Playstation Four, selling one million units on the first day
Russian President Vladimir Putin

2014 – Vladimir Putin’s press secretary says media reports that the Russian president plans to leave the G20 Summit in Brisbane early are nonsense
2014 – World leaders gather in Brisbane for G20 Summit, which will focus on economic growth
2014 – The parents of 43 Mexican students who disappeared start a nationwide bus tour in protest at the government’s handling of the case
2014 – A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes under the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning

BIRTHDAYS

1316 – Jean I, King of France (Nov 15-19, 1316) (he lived only 5 days)
1397 – Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italy, Pope (1447-55)
1498 – Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)
1556 – Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
1559 – Albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo
1604 – Davis Mell, composer
1607 – Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)
1619 – Philips Koninck, Amsterdams painter/etcher
1640 – Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer
1660 – Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. 1746)
1661 – Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. 1743)
1688 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757)
1692 – Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
1696 – Gerhardus Havingha, composer
1705 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer
1708 – William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68), `Great Commoner’, born in London, England (d. 1778)
1731 – William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (John Gilpin) [OS]
1738 – William Herschel, German/British astronomer (discovered Uranus), born in Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1822)
Astronomer William Herschel (1738)

1741 – Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher
1746 – Joseph Quesnel, French Canadian composer and playwright (d. 1809)
1755 – Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1757 – Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (d. 1830)
1774 – William Horsley, composer
1775 – Georges-Julien Sieber, composer
1784 – Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (d. 1860)
1793 – Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry)
1800 – George Rodwell, composer
1814 – Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1862)
1815 – John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), born in NYC, New York
1816 – Joseph Bennett Plummer, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1862)
1829 – Petrus A S van Limburg Brouwer, MP/critic (Akbar)
1836 – Pierce Manning Butler Young, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1896)
1840 – Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]
1859 – Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)
1862 – Adolf Bartels, German folk art writer
Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann(1862)

1862 – Gerhart Hauptmann, Obersalzbrunn, Germany, author (Before Dawn-Nobel 1912), (d. 1946)
1871 – Erich Tschermak von Seysenegg, Austrian Botanist who was one of three scientists (also Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns) who independently rediscovered Gregor Mendel’s work on the laws of genetics, born in Vienna, Austria
1872 – Robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert)
1874 – August Krogh [Schack], Denmark, zoophysiologist (arterioles and capillaries, Nobel-1920), (d. 1949)
1874 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (d. 1941)
1878 – Bela Reinitz, composer
1879 – Lewis Stone, Worcester Mass, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
1881 – Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), born in Chicago, Illinois
1882 – Felix Frankfurter, 80th Supreme Court Justice (1939-62), born in Vienna, Austria
Zoophysiologist and Nobel Laureate August Krogh(1874)

1886 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. 1951)
1887 – Georgia O’Keeffe, American sculptor/painter (Cow’s Skull), born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (d. 1986)
1887 – Hitoshi Asida, Japanese politician
1887 – Marianne Moore, St Louis, poet (Pulitzer 1951, Collected Poems)
1887 – René Maran, Martinique, author (Batouala, Prix Goncourt)
1888 – James Morrison, Mattoon IL, actor (Little Detectives)
1890 – Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
1891 – Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (WW II-African campaign)
1891 – W Averell Harriman, US, (Gov-D-NY)/ambassador to USSR (1943-46)
1895 – Ina Claire, actress (Claudia, Ninotchka, Rebound)
1895 – Antoni Słonimski, Polish writer (d. 1976)
1897 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet/author (People’s Palace)
1897 – Aneurin Bevan, British politician (d. 1960)
German WWII Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (1891)

1898 – Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer/poet (Fish-Trap)
1899 – Avdy Andresson, Estonian statesman (d. 1990)
1899 – Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
1902 – Frederico Freitas, composer
1903 – Stewie Dempster, cricketer (1st great NZ Test batsman)
1904 – Tilly Losch, actress (Garden of Allah), born in Vienna, Austria
1905 – Annunzio Mantovani, Venice Italy, orchestra leader (Mantovani)
1906 – Curtis E Le May, air force general/VP candidate
1907 – Count Claus Schenck von Stauffenberg, German anti fascist colonel
1909 – Don Large, Canada, choral director (Wayne King)
1913 – Rick Schagen, Dutch actress (Saartje-Swiebertje)
1913 – Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (d. 2005)
1914 – Gheorghe Dumitrescu, composer
1914 – Jorge Bolet, pianist (C’eurties Instituka), born in Havana, Cuba
1916 – Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, 1st female Governor-General of Barbados (1990-95)
1917 – Gerardus H de Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67)
1919 – Carol Bruce, [Shirley Levy], Great Neck NY, actress (Lillian-WKRP)
1919 – Joseph Albert Wapner, La, judge (People’s Court)
1922 – Francesco Rosi, Naples Italy, director (Lucky Luciano)
1922 – Giorgio Manganelli, writer
1922 – Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz)
1923 – Peter Hammond, actor (Buccaneers), born in London, England
1925 – Howard Baker, (Sen-R-Tenn), presidential chief of staff
1925 – Jurriaan Andriessen, [Leslie Cool], Dutch pianist/composer
1925 – Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (d. 1988)
1927 – Gregor Mackenzie, British politician (d. 1992)
1928 – C. W. McCall, American singer
1928 – John Orchard, British actor (d. 1995)
1928 – William Heirens, Evanston, Illinois, serial killer (Lipstick Killer), (d. 2012)
1929 – Edward Asner, KC Kansas, actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant)
1930 – J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, China, sci-fi author (Drowned World)
1930 – Whitman Mayo, actor (Grady-Sanford & Son), born in NYC, New York
1931 – Jan Terlouw, Dutch MP (D-66)/author (Winters in Wartime)
1931 – John Kerr, actor (South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit & Pendulum), born in NYC, New York
1931 – Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya
1931 – Pascal Lissouba, Congo politician
1932 – Clyde McPhatter, American R&B singer (‘The Drifters”)
1932 – Clyde L McPhatter, Durham NC, singer (Drifters-Treasure My Love)
1932 – Petula Clark, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Downtown, My Love)
1933 – Barbara Carson, actress (Comedy Tonight, Carter Country), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1933 – Jack Burns, comedian (Burns & Schreiber), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1934 – Joanna Barnes, actress (Parent Trap, Spartacus, Goodbye Charlie), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1934 – Peter Dickinson, composer
1935 – Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman
1935 – Peter John Welding, record producer
1936 – Wolf Biermann, writer
1937 – William E “Little Willie” John, [Woods], US R&B singer (Fever)
1937 – Jimmy Ellis, RockHill, South Carolina, soul singer (The Trammps – Disco Inferno), (d. 2012)
1939 – Yaphet Kotto, African-American actor (Alien, Homicide: Life on the Street), born in NYC, New York
1939 – Erik Hansen, Denmark, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 – Thalmus Rasulala, [Jack Crowder], actor (Blacula, Roots), born in Miami, Florida
1940 – Sam Waterson, Cambridge Massachusetts, American actor (Capricorn One, Heaven’s Gate)
1940 – Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor
1941 – Daniel Manus Pinkwater, US, sci-fi author (Magic Moscow)
1942 – Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor
1943 – Roger Donaldson, director (Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands)
1945 – Anni-Frid Lyngsdtad, [Fryeda Anderson], Sweden, rocker (ABBA)
1945 – Bob Gunton, American actor
1946 – Janet Lennon, Culver City California, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1947 – William B Richardson, (Rep-D-New Mexico, 1983- )
1948 – Roy P Dyson, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- )
1950 – Mac Maurice Wilkins, discus thrower (1st to break 70m)
1951 – Dave Zelmon, rocker
1951 – Beverly D’Angelo, Columbus, Ohio, American actress (National Lampoon’s Vacation)
1952 – “Macho Man” Randy Savage, [Poffo], Sarasota FL, wrestler (WWF/SMW/ICW)
1952 – Zoltán Buday, Hungarian born actor
1953 – Alexander O’Neal, Minneapolis, rocker (James Hearsky Harris III)
1953 – Yuri Viktorovich Prikhodko, Russian cosmonaut
1954 – Ab Bryant, rock bassist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
1954 – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Białogard Poland, politician and President of Poland (1995-2005)
1955 – Oliver Conant, actor (Summer of ’42), born in NYC, New York
1955 – Georgie Born, English academic, anthropologist and musician (Henry Cow)
1955 – Henry Corra, American documentarian
1956 – Ashley Cox, playmate (December, 1977), born in Dallas, Texas
1956 – Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (d. 2003)
1957 – Joe Leeway, rocker (Thompson Twins)
1957 – Kevin Eubanks, bandleader (Tonight Show)
1957 – Ray McKinnon, American film actor/director
1958 – Marty Davis, American tennis star, born in San Jose, California
1961 – Ian Reid, Australian educator
1963 – Gideon Joe Ng, table tennis player (Olympics-96), born in Toronto, Ontario
1963 – Michele McAnany, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets), born in Los Angeles, California
1965 – Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
1966 – Rachel True, American actress
1967 – Greg Anthony, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle Supersonics)
1967 – Harvey Franklin, WLAF WR (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 – Laura Garrone, Italy, tennis star
1967 – Michiyoshi Ohara, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1967 – Pedro Borbon, Mao Dom Rep, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1967 – Scott Schrader, California, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Golden State)
1967 – Gustavo Poyet, Uruguayan footballer
1967 – E-40, American rapper
1967 – François Ozon, French film director
1968 – Brenda Alyce Bassett, Kokomo Indiana, Miss Indiana-America (1991)
1968 – James Brady, columnist (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York
1968 – Jennifer Charles, American singer/songwriter
1968 – Ol’ Dirty Bastard, American rapper (d. 2004)
1969 – Helen Kelesi, Canada, tennis star
1969 – Peter Martin, cricketer (Lancashire & England pace bowler 1995)
1969 – Shane Mack, American politician
1970 – Cecil Doggette, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 – Karin van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate (Sept, 1989)
1970 – Lesley Reddon, ice hockey goalie (Canada, Oly-98)
1970 – Mirjam van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate (Sept, 1989)
1970 – Jack Ingram, American singer and songwriter
1970 – Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian footballer
1971 – Natalia Medvedeva, Kiev Ukraine, tennis star (1993 Prague Essen)
1971 – Rohan Robinson, Australian hurdler (Olympics-96)
1971 – Sandra Kim, [Caldarone], French singer (J’aime la Vie)
1971 – Jay Harrington, American actor
1972 – Christian van der Weerden, Dutch soccer player (NEC, Vitesse)
1972 – Greg Bloedorn, NFL center (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 – Jonny Lee Miller, English actor
1973 – Jason Dunn, tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 – Jorge Diaz, guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1973 – Rachel Kathleen English, Thomaston Ga, Miss America-Georgia (1996)
1973 – Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
1974 – Fred Brock, wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
1975 – Scott Henshall, British fashion designer
1975 – Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Jessica Amey, 100m butterfly/4 x 100 (Olympics-96), born in Montreal, Quebec
1976 – Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian
1976 – Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
1977 – Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, 9th in succession to British throne
1977 – Logan Whitehurst, American musician (d. 2006)
1979 – Josemi, Spanish footballer
1979 – Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
1980 – Ace Young, American singer
1981 – Natalie Lacuesta, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96), born in Chicago, Illinois
1981 – Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
1981 – Drew Hodgdon, American football player
1982 – D. J. Fitzpatrick, National Football League kicker
1982 – Lofa Tatupu, National Football League
1982 – Joe Kowalewski, American football player
1983 – DJ Skee, American DJ/Personality
1983 – Laura Smet, French actress
1983 – Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
1986 – Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
1986 – Jeffree Star, American model, fashion designer, make-up artist and singer-songwriter
1987 – Isaiah Osbourne, English footballer
1987 – Ian Hecox, Member of Smosh
1988 – Zena Grey, American actress
1990 – Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor
1991 – Shailene Woodley, American Actress
1993 – Saaya Irie, Japanese Actress, singer

WEDDINGS

1986 – Golfer Byron Nelson (74) weds advertising copy writer Peggy Simmons (42)
1997 – “Rescue 911” TV host and actor William Shatner (66) weds former Ford model Norine Kidd (37) in Pasadena, California
2005 – Emperor Akihito’s daughter Princess Sayako (36) weds Yoshiki Kuroda (40) at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan

DIVORCES

2010 – “Single White Female” actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (48) divorces writer Noah Baumbach (41) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage

DEATHS

565 – Justinian I (The Great), Byzantinian Emperor (527-565), dies at 82. Corpus Juris Civilis, civil law code, written during reign.
655 – Penda, King of Mercia
1028 – Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960)
1136 – Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073)
1194 – Margaretha van Elzas, wife of count Boudouin V of Henegouwen, dies
1280 – Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87
1463 – Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples
1544 – King Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1506)
1579 – Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510)
1628 – Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
1629 – Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49
1630 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, dies at 58
1634 – Johann Staden, composer, dies at 53
1658 – Jacobus Revius, [Reefsen], theologist/writer/poet, dies at about 72
1670 – Jan Amos Komensky [Comenius], Czech-speaking Moravian teacher, educator and writer, dies at 78
Astronomer Johannes Kepler (1630)

1691 – Albert Cuyp, landscape painter, buried at 71
1706 – Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)
1712 – Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
1712 – James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nationalist (b. 1658)
1787 – Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, composer (Iphigénie Tauride), dies at 73
1788 – Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77
1794 – John Witherspoon, president of the College of New Jersey, dies at 71
1795 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
1812 – Eagle Fokke Simonsz, writer (Year 3000), dies at about 57
1815 – Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer, dies at 65
1819 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
1831 – Vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76
1832 – Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63
1842 – Joseph Rastrelli, composer, dies at 43
Presbyterian Minister John Witherspoon (1794)

1848 – P Rossi, Italian, murdered
1853 – Queen Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819)
1863 – Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies
1892 – Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish serial killer, is executed at 42
1897 – John Mercer Langston, US African American jurist, dies at 67
1907 – Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer, dies at 73
1908 – Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies
1908 – Tz’u-hsi (Cixi), empress of China, dies at 73
1910 – Wilhelm Raabe [Jakob Corvinus], German author, dies at 79
1916 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel laureate (b. 1846)
1918 – Georges Antoine, composer, dies at 26
1919 – Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies
1919 – Mohammad Farid, an influential Egyptian political figure.
1928 – Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, American Geologist and educator, dies at 85
1931 – Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, publisher, dies
1933 – Affie Jarvis, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia, 9 catches), dies
1934 – Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth’s manufacturer (Devout & D), dies
1938 – George Glover, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
1944 – Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed
1954 – Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76
1955 – Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65
1958 – Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44
1959 – Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies
1961 – Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51
1961 – Elsie Ferguson, American actress (Footlights, Scarlet Pages), dies at 78
1963 – Fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch), dies at 74
1966 – Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter (b. 1877)
1967 – Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72
1967 – Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37
1969 – Roy D’Arcy, actor (Lovers, Actress), dies at 75
1971 – Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. 1903)
1971 – Edie Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. 1943)
1974 – James Morrison, actor (Don’t, Black Beauty), dies on his 86th birthday
1975 – Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist, dies at 77
1976 – Jean Gabin, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 72
Cultural Anthropologist Margaret Mead (1978)

1978 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies of pancreatic cancer at 76
1981 – Enid Markey, actress (Foolish Mothers, Civilization), dies at 85
1982 – Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (b. 1901)
1983 – John Le Mesurier, British actor (Jabberwocky, Dad’s Army), dies at 71
1984 – Baby Fae, who received a baboon’s heart, dies at 3 weeks
1985 – Spencer W. Kimball, American 12th President of the Mormon Church (1973-1985), dies at 90
1986 – Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer (Dyptique), dies at 89
1988 – Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84
1990 – Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54
1990 – Alydar, American racehorse (b. 1975)
1993 – Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
1993 – Mouin Shabaita, Palestinian al-Fatah commandant, murdered
1993 – Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
1994 – James Winston Watts, developer of the Frontal Lobotomy, dies at 90
1994 – Janet Ahlberg, illustrator, dies at 50
1994 – Volodymyr Ivashko, Pres of Ukraine (1990-91), dies
1994 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. 1908)
1995 – Eve Perrick, journalist, dies at 78
1995 – Herbert Delauney Bill Hughes, educationist, dies at 81
1995 – Kristian Lundin, record producer, dies at 22
1996 – Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer, dies at 92
1997 – Saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85
1997 – William Perrie, prison governor, dies at 79
1998 – Ludvik Danek, Czechoslovak discus thrower (b. 1937)
1998 – Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
2002 – Myra Hindley, English murderess (b. 1942)
2003 – Speedy West, Country Music Hall of Fame Steel Guitarist (b. 1924)
2003 – Ray Lewis, Canadian athlete (b. 1910)
2003 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (Annie), dies of cancer at 78
2003 – Laurence Tisch, American businessman (b. 1923)
2004 – Elmer L. Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1909)
2004 – John Morgan, Canadian comedian (b. 1930)
2005 – Dr. Adrian Rogers, American Southern Baptist Minister and leader (b. 1931)
2005 – Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (b. 1959)
2006 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. 1985)
2006 – David K. Wyatt, American historian (b. 1937)
2007 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
2009 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914)
2010 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944)
2010 – Larry Evans, American chess grandmaster and journalist (b. 1932)

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1867 First stock ticker debuts

• American Revolution

• 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted

• Automotive

• 1965 Craig Breedlove sets new land-speed record

• Civil War

• 1864 The March to the Sea begins

• Cold War

• 1957 Nikita Khrushchev challenges United States to a missile “shooting match”

• Crime

• 1923 Accused of rape, James Montgomery’s struggle for justice begins

• Disaster

• 1978 Plane crashes into Sri Lankan plantation

• General Interest

• 1889 Brazil’s last emperor deposed
• 1891 Erwin Rommel is born
• 1984 Baby Fae dies

• Hollywood

• 1956 Elvis makes movie debut in Love Me Tender

• Literary

• 1859 Final installment of A Tale of Two Cities is published

• Music

• 1943 Leonard Bernstein’s Philharmonic debut makes front-page news

• Old West

• 1806 Zebulon Pike spots an imposing mountain

• Presidential

• 1977 President Carter hosts shah of Iran

• Sports

• 1965 Craig Breedlove sets new land-speed record

• Vietnam War

• 1966 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs heckled at university
• 1969 Second moratorium against the war held

• World War I

• 1917 Georges Clemenceau named French prime minister

• World War II

• 1943 Himmler orders Gypsies to concentration camps

November 14th

EVENTS

1380 – King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
1524 – Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia
1550 – Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
1666 – Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1675 – Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
1680 – Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch’s Comet/Newton’s Comet)
1698 – Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
1732 – First professional librarian in north America, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
1755 – Henry Fox appointed British ‘Secretary of State for the Southern Department’
1775 – -15] Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces
1792 – Captain George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay
1832 – First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Sts
1833 – Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
1834 – William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
Moby Dick Author Herman Melville

1851 – “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville published
1863 – Nathan Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
1863 – Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
1881 – Charles J. Guiteau put on trial for the assassination of US President Garfield
1881 – Leon Gambetta forms French government
1888 – St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1888 – USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
1889 – New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours
1893 – Gerhart Hauptmann’s “Hanneles Himmelfahrt” premieres in Berlin
1894 – Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez” (BG)
Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann

1896 – Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1904 – King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade
1905 – David Belasco’s “Girl of Golden West” premieres in NYC
1906 – President Theodore Roosevelt visits Panama
1907 – The Third Duma (Parliament) meets in Russia; following Tsar Nicholas II’s limiting of the franchise, a conservative majority holds sway and suppresses the radical elements
1908 – Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
1908 – Oscar Strauss’ musical “Der tapfere Soldat” premieres in Vienna
1908 – Liberal candidate Jose Miguel Gomez wins national elections for president in Cuba
1910 – 1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va
1914 – Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1915 – Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein

1918 – Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president
1919 – Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
1920 – American Pro Football League’s Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
1920 – The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anticommunist attempts to regain the government of Russia
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
1922 – BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1922 – German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth’s term ends
1923 – Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna.
1927 – World’s largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
1931 – Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in Britain
1935 – FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1935 – Nazis deprive German Jews of their citizenship
1936 – Bradman scores 192 for S A v Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000
Cricket Legend Donald Bradman

1938 – Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die
1939 – Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela
1940 – During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
1941 – British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in Mediterranean, having been torpedoed by a German submarine the day before
1941 – Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refuge
1942 – -Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal)
1942 – Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
1943 – Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)
1943 – J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN
1945 – H Lindsay & R Crouse’s “State of the Union” premieres in NYC
1945 – Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government
1946 – Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11
1952 – Greek general Alexander Papagos wins elections
1952 – First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
1953 – WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 – Egyptian pres Naguib fire, state of emergency declared
1956 – Hungarian revolt put down by Soviet invasion
1957 – Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1957 – Henry Aaron wins NL MVP
1957 – The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
1959 – “Girls against the Boys” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1959 – Kilauea’s most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1960 – 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
1960 – Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo
Musician Ray Charles

1960 – Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My Mind” reaches #1
1960 – Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
1964 – “Fade Out-Fade In” closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 perfs
1964 – “Folies Bergere” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 perfs
1964 – “Oliver!” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
1964 – Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
1965 – “Baker Street” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 313 performances
1965 – George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th NYC, demolished
1965 – KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 – Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open
1965 – US government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1966 – Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
1967 – The Congress of Colombia in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as “Day of the Colombian Woman”.
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali

1968 – “National Turn in Your Draft Card Day” features draft card burning
1968 – First European lung transplant
1968 – Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1968 – U.S. premiere of film version of Morris L. West’s best seller “The Shoes of the Fisherman”
1969 – 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
1969 – Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1970 – DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
1970 – Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV
1970 – Paul Brown, as head coach of the expansion Cincinnati Bengals, defeats his former team the Cleveland Browns, a moment he calls his “greatest victory”
1971 – Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
1972 – Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
1973 – “Good Evening” opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 438 performances
American Football Coach Paul Brown

1973 – Canada begins production of Olympic coins
1973 – Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
1975 – Spain, Morocco & Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara
1976 – “Don’t Step on My Olive Branch” closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 perfs
1976 – Cleveland Browns’ Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks
1976 – War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
1976 – Satire film drama “Network” directed by Sidney Lumet premieres in Los Angeles and New York City
1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Walter Cronkite
1979 – California’s Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
1980 – Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral
1980 – Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
1980 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Broadcast Journalist Walter Cronkite

1981 – 2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
1981 – Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired & working again
1981 – Pakistan all out 62 v Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
1981 – Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins
1982 – Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed
1983 – First cruise missile placed at Greenham Common, England
1984 – Astronauts aboard “Discovery” pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
1984 – NASA launches NATO-3D
1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
1985 – Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers
1985 – Holmfriour Karlsdottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
1985 – Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
1986 – Doubleday Publishing sells NY Mets to Nelson Doubleday & Fred Wilpon
1986 – FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Phila
1986 – SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
1987 – “La Cage aux Folles” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 1761 perfs
1987 – Sam’s Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
1989 – Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
1990 – Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award
1990 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

1990 – Michael Heseltine contests Margaret Thatcher’s leadership of the British Conservative Party
1990 – Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
1990 – James Worthy is arrested in Houston and charged with two counts of solicitation of prostitution
1991 – Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” video premieres on FOX TV
1991 – Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal & is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
1991 – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
1992 – Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls & breaks 3 fingers
King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk

1993 – “Kentucky Cycle” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
1993 – “Twilight of the Golds” closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 perfs
1993 – 23rd NYC Women’s Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24
1993 – 24th NYC Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04
1993 – Don Shula becomes the coach with the most wins in NFL history
1993 – Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st US state
1993 – 43rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
1994 – 1st trains for public run in Channel Tunnel under English Channel
1994 – Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands
1996 – “Chicago” opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC
1996 – Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
1997 – Colo Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP
1997 – Disney’s “Lion King” sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale
2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul.
NFL Head Coach Don Shula

2001 – OPEC announces that it intends to cut its crude oil output quotas by 1.5 million barrels per day effective, but only if non-OPEC producers cut their output by 500,000 barrels per day as well.
2001 – “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” the 1st film adaptation of the books by J. K. Rowling, is released starring Daniel Radcliffe
2002 – Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.

UA Flight 175 flies toward the south tower of the
World Trade Center while the north tower burns

 2002 – The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
Novelist J. K. Rowling

2002 – Film “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” is released, based on the 2nd book by J. K. Rowling
2004 – 31st American Music Awards: Sheryl Crow, Usher & Kenny Chesney win
2006 – “Casino Royale”, 21st James Bond film premieres in London, starring Daniel Craig for the 1st time and Eva Green, premieres in London
2007 – the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
2008 – Italy plunges into recession, its first since the start of 2005, after GDP contracts a steeper-than-expected 0.5% in the third quarter
2008 – Hong Kong becomes the second Asian economy to tip into recession, its exports hit by weakening global demand
2008 – Eurozone officially slips into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999, pushed down by recessions in Germany and Italy
2009 – The National Statistical Service of Greece states that the country has been in recession since the beginning of the year
Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow

2010 – 61st Formula One WDC: Sebastian Vettel wins by four points
2012 – A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Greece
2012 – CFBDSIR 2149-0403 is discovered, the closest rogue planet to earth (100 light-years away)
2012 – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2”, based on the book by Stepenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison, is released
2013 – Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes

BIRTHDAYS

1511 – Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)
1567 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
1601 – Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
1650 – Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)
1663 – Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1679 – Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
1719 – Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer
1740 – Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven’s father and first teacher (d. 1792)
1746 – Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal
1765 – Robert Fulton, Little Britain, Pen., inventor and engineer (1st commercial steamboat), (d. 1815)
1771 – Marie François Xavier bichat, Paris, anatomist and physiologist (tissue theory), (d. 1802)
1774 – Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer
1776 – Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis
1778 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer
1779 – Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
1796 – Carlo Conti, composer
1797 – Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)
Geologist Charles Lyell(1797)

1800 – Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer
1802 – August F Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen)
1803 – Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
1805 – Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer
1812 – Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836)
1814 – Michael Kelly Lawler, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882
1816 – John Curwen, composer
1822 – William Harrow, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1872)
1823 – Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war)
1825 – August Reissmann, composer
1827 – Isaac Wistar, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1905)
1828 – James Birdseye MacPherson, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), (d. 1864)
1829 – Giulio Roberti, composer
1833 – Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian/chess player
1838 – August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
Impressionist Painter Claude Monet (1840)

1840 – Claude Monet, Paris, impressionist (Water Lilies), (d. 1926)
1842 – Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
1845 – Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)
1845 – Johann Ernst Perabo, composer
1861 – Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)
1863 – Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)
1875 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
1875 – Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)
1877 – René de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)
1878 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
1878 – Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)
1879 – Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer
1880 – Eugene O’Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)
1885 – Sonia Delaunay, Russian born French artist
1887 – Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer
1887 – Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)
Physician Frederick Banting(1891)

1891 – Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
1892 – James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
1893 – Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)
1893 – Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author (conservation flora)
1893 – Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champ cyclist (1921-24, 26)
1894 – Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist
1894 – Seena Owen, Spokane WA, silent screen actress (Queen Kelly)
1895 – Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
1895 – Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
1896 – Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)
1897 – John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)
1898 – Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
1900 – Clara Fasano, sculptor
Composer Aaron Copland(1900)

1900 – Aaron Copland, American composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring) (d. 1990), born in Brooklyn, New York
1901 – Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)
1904 – Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer
1904 – Dick Powell, Mt View Ark, actor (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater)
1904 – Harold Larwood, cricketer (England bodyline bowler)
1904 – Marya Mannes, author (The Reporter), born in NYC, New York
1905 – L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reformed of Netherlands)
1905 – Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author
1905 – John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
1906 – Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora’s Box)
1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pipi Longstocking)
1907 – Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader
1907 – Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit
1908 – Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author (50th Anniv of Soviet Union)
US Senator Joseph McCarthy (1909)

1909 – Joseph McCarthy, US Senator, (Rep – Wisconsin) claimed anti-communists had infiltrated US govt.
1910 – Eric Lawson Malpass, writer
1910 – Norman MacCaig, poet
1910 – Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott Az, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl)
1912 – Barbara Hutton, heiress (Woolworth)
1914 – Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist
1914 – Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi
1914 – Ken Carson, Coalgate Oklahoma, singer (Garry Moore Show)
1915 – Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist
1916 – Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is)
1919 – Lisa Otto, German soprano
1920 – Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), born in Detroit, Michigan
1921 – Brian Keith, Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner)
1922 – Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (I Married a Witch) (d. 1973)
1922 – Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian secretary-general of UN (1992- )
1922 – Marina Candael, Flemish dancer/choreography (Rhapsody in Blue)
1923 – Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One)
1924 – Arthur Frank “Peter” Shore, egyptologist
1924 – Billy Jim Layton, composer
1924 – Kenneth J Gray, (Rep-D-IL, 1955-75, 85- )
1924 – Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952)
1924 – Phyllis Avery, actress (Alice-George Gobel Show, Ruth-Mr Novak), born in NYC, New York
1927 – Narciso Yepes, Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947)
1927 – McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
1928 – Kathleen Hughes, Hollywood California, actress (It Came From Outer Space)
1928 – Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54)
1929 – Horst Janssen, graphic Artist
1929 – McLean Stevenson, Normal Ill, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry)
1930 – Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler (England during 50’s)
1930 – Edward H White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), born in San Antonio, Texas
1930 – Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curacao
1930 – Shirley Crabtree, professional wrestler (d. 1997)
1930 – Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
1930 – Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress
1930 – Michael Robbins, British actor (d. 1992)
1930 – Dame Elisabeth Frink, Thurlow, Suffolk, English sculptor and printmaker
1931 – Claudia Jane Archibald, parapsychologist
1932 – Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
1932 – Ramon Zupko, composer
1933 – Fred W Haise Jr, Biloxi Miss, astronaut (Apollo 13 STS T-1, T-3, T-5)
1934 – Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician
1934 – Roman A Gulyayev, cosmonaut
1934 – Kurt Hamrin, Swedish soccer player
1935 – Don Stewart, actor (Guiding Light)
1935 – Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator
1935 – Gennadi Aleksandrovich Dolgopolov, cosmonaut
1935 – Hussein ibn Talal I, king of Jordan (1953- )
1935 – Jakusho Kwong, Santa Rosa California, head of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
1936 – Cornell Gunther, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy), born in Los Angeles, California
1939 – Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach)
1940 – Freddie Garrity, rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I’m Telling You Now)
1941 – Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning (1989- )
1942 – John Du Preez, cricketer (S Afr leg-spin all-rounder v Aust 1966-67)
1943 – Peter Norton, American software engineer
1944 – Aditya Biria, industrialist
1944 – Scherrie Payne, US singer (Supremes-Incredible)
1945 – Paul Hirsch, American film editor
1945 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005)
1947 – P J O’Rourke, writer (Easy Money)
1947 – Syanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr, US accordionist (On Track)
His Royal Highness Prince Charles (1948)

1948 – Prince Charles [Charles Philip Arthur George], Prince of Wales/Duke of Cornwall, born in London
1948 – Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-)
1948 – James Young, rock guitarist (Styx), born in Chicago, Illinois
1948 – Robert Ginty, American actor (Paper Chase, White Fire), born in Brooklyn, New York
1949 – Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1949 – Phil Baron, American voice actor (Piglet), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1951 – Barry Brandt, rock drummer (Angel), born in Washington, D.C.
1951 – Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz)
1951 – Stephen Bishop, rocker vocalist
1951 – Alec John Such, US pop bassist (Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive)
1951 – Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director
1952 – Ray Sharkey, actor (Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear), born in Brooklyn, New York
1953 – Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France
1954 – Bernard Hinault, French cyclist (Tour de France)
1954 – Yanni, new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance)
1954 – Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State
1955 – Jack Sikma, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1955 – Willie Hernandez, pitcher (Cy Young Award)
1956 – Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth Va, USN/astro (STS 50, 61, 73, 82)
1957 – Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer (If Nobody Does)
1957 – Michael J Fitzgerald, American writer
1958 – Lynda Lehmann, Karoonda Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1959 – Paul McGann, English actor (Dr Who), born in Liverpool, Lancashire
1959 – Annie Schilder, Dutch singer (BZN)
1959 – Bryan Stevenson, Activist and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, born in Milton, Delaware
1960 – Tom Judson, American actor and composer
1961 – D B Sweeney, actor (Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October)
1961 – Gordon Jennison Noice, American actor
1962 – Laura San Giacoma, Danville NJ, actress (Pretty Woman, Vital Signs)
1962 – Morgan Reeser, Fort Lauderdale Fla, 470 yachter (Olymp-8th-1992, 96)
1962 – Harland Williams, Canadian-born actor
1963 – Mike Prior, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1964 – Andrew, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
1964 – Joseph “Run” Simmons, New York, American rapper (Run DMC)
1964 – Silken Laumann, Canadian rower (Oly-bronze, silver-92, 96), born in Mississauga, Ontario
1964 – Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
1964 – Patrick Warburton, American actor
1964 – Rev Run, American rapper
1966 – Carl Coulter, CFL corner (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 – Curt Schilling, Anchorage AK, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1966 – Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1966 – Rod Harris, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 – Petra Roßner, German cyclist
1967 – Letitia Dean, actress (Sharon Watts-EastEnders)
1967 – Matthew King, Brisbane QLD, Australian golfer
1967 – Nina Gordon, American singer
1968 – Bob Christian, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons)
1968 – Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star (1995 Futures-Valladolid)
1968 – Kent Bottenfield, Portland Oregon, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1968 – Lionel Simmons, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1968 – Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
1969 – Butch Walker, Rome Ga, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
1969 – David Webb, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
1969 – Mark Henderson, US, 4X100m butterfly (Olympics-gold-96)
1969 – Sue Stewart, basketball guard (Olympics-96), born in Toronto, Ontario
1970 – Dana Stubblefield, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
1970 – Darrien Gordon, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1970 – David Wesley, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics)
1970 – Derrick Hoskins, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
1970 – Dexter Nottage, NFL defensive end (Wash Redskins, KC Chiefs)
1971 – Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper (hard-hit Australian ODI 1996)
1971 – Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
1972 – Aaron Taylor, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1972 – Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
1972 – Lori Dupuis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1972 – Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
1972 – Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
1972 – Martin Pike, Australian rules footballer
1973 – Caroline Hall, Bristol England, golfer (Curtis Cup 1992)
1973 – DeRon Jenkins, cornerback (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 – Lawyer Milloy, strong safety (New England Patriots)
1973 – Dana Snyder, American voice actor
1973 – Moka Only, Canadian musician
1974 – David Moscow, actor (Big)
1974 – Adam Walsh, American murder victim (d. 1981)
1975 – Travis Barker, American musician (Blink-182, +44)
1975 – Faye Tozer, British musician (Steps)
1976 – Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks MI, actor (Dolly Dearest)
1977 – Heather Gray, Miss West Virginia Teen USA (1996)
1977 – Obie Trice, American rapper
1978 – Xavier Nady, American baseball player
1978 – Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
1979 – Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
1979 – Tobin Esperance, American musician (Papa Roach)
1979 – Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
1980 – Margot Contois, Marquette Mich, dance skater (& Robert Peal)
1980 – Brock Pierce, American actor
1981 – Tom Ferrier, British racing driver
1982 – Kyle Orton, American football player (Chicago Bears)
1983 – C E Gadda, writer
1983 – Lil Boosie, American rapper
1984 – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
1984 – Lisa De Vanna, Australian female footballer
1985 – Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
1989 – Jake Livermore, English footballer
1990 – Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)

WEDDINGS

1677 – Prince Willem III Henry (14) marries English princess Mary Stuart (9)
1855 – Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart (22) weds Flora Cooke in Fort Riley, Kansas
1951 – Musician Louis Jordan (43) weds dancer Vicky Hayes
1964 – MLB right fielder Roberto Clemente (30) weds Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina
1973 – Britain’s Princess Anne marries commoner, Captain Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey
1996 – King of Pop Michael Jackson (38) weds Debbie Rowe (38) in Sydney, Australia
1998 – Chicago Bulls NBA player Dennis Rodman (37) weds “Baywatch” actress Carmen Electra (26) at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada
Basketball Player Dennis Rodman (1998)

1998 – “Can’t Hardly Wait” actor Ethan Embry (20) weds Amelinda Smith
2009 – “Kings of Leon” drummer Nate Followill (33) weds singer Jessie Baylin (25) at the Wolf Den Farm in Brentwood, Tennessee

DIVORCES

1983 – Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (35) divorces Sarah Hugill after more than 11 years of marriage

DEATHS

784 – Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies
976 – T’ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies
1226 – Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)
1263 – Alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43
1359 – Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies
1391 – Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)
1522 – Anne of France, daughter of French King Louis XI, Princess and French Regent (for her brother King Charles VIII during his minority). Born 1461
1556 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1504)
1589 – Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geographer, dies at 58
1625 – Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
1633 – William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
1673 – Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
1687 – Eleanor “Nell” Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II, dies at 37
1691 – Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
1692 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64
Key Figure of Medieval Rus Alexander Nevsky (1263)

1716 – Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70
1734 – Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies
1746 – Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
1780 – Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
1794 – Pieter Nieuwland, prodigy/”Dutch Newton”, dies at 30
1804 – Agatha “Aagje” Blanket, literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
1817 – Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
1825 – Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
1829 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (b. 1763)
1831 – Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74
1832 – Charles Carroll, large landowner/signed Decl of Ind, dies at 95
1832 – Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44
1841 – Thomas Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, dies
1842 – Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41
1844 – Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41
1844 – John Abercrombie, British physician (b. 1780)
1860 – Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58
1866 – King Miguel of Portugal (b. 1802)
1902 – Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies
1906 – Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies
1907 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
1908 – Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
1914 – Frederick Sleigh “Bobs” Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1914 – Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
Education Pioneer Booker T. Washington (1915)

1915 – Booker T. Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala
1915 – Theodor Leschetizky, composer, dies at 85
1916 – Henry George, Jr., American politician (b. 1862)
1916 – Saki, British writer (b. 1870)
1917 – William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
1922 – Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer, dies at 79
1925 – Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer, dies at 78
1929 – Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (NY Giants), dies at 58
1935 – J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
1937 – Jack O’Connor, American baseball player (b. 1869)
1944 – Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)
1946 – Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
1946 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)
1947 – Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1873)
1955 – Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59
1959 – Thomas Ross, actor (Without Limit), dies at 84
1960 – Walter Catlett, actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71
1962 – Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80
1964 – Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
1965 – George Bissett, cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for South Africa), dies
1965 – Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
1967 – Colonel C K Nayudu, cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30’s), dies
1971 – William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
1972 – Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies
1974 – Johnny Mack Brown, actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), dies at 70
1975 – Max Ackermann, German “entartet” painter, dies at 88
1977 – Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73
1977 – A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON (b. 1896)
1979 – Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
1981 – Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941)
1982 – Joachim Stutschewsky, composer, dies at 91
1984 – George Matthews, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
1984 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
1987 – Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
1990 – K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
1990 – Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
1990 – Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
1991 – Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
1992 – Clem Beauchamp, US stuntman/director (Tarzan, Superman), dies
1992 – Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
1992 – George Adams, US tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies
1992 – Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/”We go to Rome!”), dies
1992 – Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66
1993 – Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
1994 – Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
1994 – Jake Dengel, US actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61
1994 – John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric & Stoflongen), dies at 83
1994 – John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
1994 – Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
1994 – Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
1995 – Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84
1995 – Jack Walter Braden Finney, writer, dies at 84
1995 – John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83
1995 – John Lee Admiral-Barber, dies at 90
1996 – Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, lloyd’s underwriter, dies at 77
1996 – Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
1996 – Liz Knights, publisher, dies at 41
1996 – Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst, dies at 96
1996 – Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88
1997 – Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
1997 – Stefan Lorant, writer/actor, dies at 96
2000 – Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
2001 – Charlotte Coleman, British actress (b. 1968)
2001 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
2002 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing), dies at 87
2003 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962)
2004 – Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)
2010 – Wes Santee, American middle distance runner (b. 1932)
2012 – Brian Davies, Australia Rugby League player, dies at 82
2012 – Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian political activist, killed by an airstrike at 53
2014 – Glen Larson, American television producer & writer, dies from esophageal cancer at 77

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1851 Moby-Dick published

• American Revolution

• 1776 Benjamin Franklin takes sides

• Automotive

• 2006 Last day for Texas’ celebrated drive-in Pig Stands

• Civil War

• 1862 Lincoln approves Burnside’s plan

• Cold War

• 1951 United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia

• Crime

• 1986 Ivan Boesky confesses to illegal stock trading activity

• Disaster

• 1985 Volcano erupts in Colombia and buries nearby towns

• General Interest

• 1969 Apollo 12 lifts off
• 1982 Walesa released from jail

• Hollywood

• 1941 Cary Grant stars in Hitchcock’s Suspicion

• Literary

• 1851 Moby-Dick is published

• Music

• 1900 American classical composer Aaron Copland is born in Brooklyn, New York

• Old West

• 1882 Franklin Leslie kills Billy “The Kid” Claiborne

• Presidential

• 1959 Kennedy publishes article on television and American politics

• Sports

• 1970 Plane crash devastates Marshall University

• Vietnam War

• 1965 Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley
• 1967 Marine general killed in Vietnam
• 1972 Nixon promises Thieu that U.S. will continue to support South Vietnam

• World War I

• 1914 Ottoman Empire declares a holy war

• World War II

• 1940 Germans bomb Coventry

November 13th

EVENTS

866 – Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
1002 – English king Ethelred II (the ‘Unready’) launches ‘St Brice’s Day’ massacre of Danish settlers
1553 – English Lady Jane Grey and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer accused of high treason
1565 – King Philip II’s “Letters out Segovia” reaches Brussels
1565 – Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei
1642 – Battle at Turnham Green outside London: King Charles I vs English parliament
1673 – Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn
1715 – Battle of Sheriffmuir during Jacobite rebellion. Battle inconclusive but Government forces halt advance of Jacobite army lead by Scottish Earl of Mar
1775 – American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal
1781 – British troops occupy Negapatam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1789 – Ben Franklin writes “Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes”
1839 – 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis.
King Charles I

1843 – Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
1849 – Peter Burnett elected first governor of California
1851 – 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary “Netherlands & Orange”
1851 – Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked
1851 – The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington.
1854 – “New Era” sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300
1864 – The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
1865 – PT Barnum’s New American museum opens in Bridgeport
1865 – US issues 1st gold certificates
1868 – American Philological Association organized in NY
1875 – Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
1875 – National Bowling Association organized in NYC
1885 – Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1895 – First shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
1900 – Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball’s American League
1901 – The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
1906 – C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland
1907 – French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)
1907 – The Conference of Central American States, convoked in response to the war between Honduras and Nicaragua, meets in Washington, D.C. to promote unification
1909 – 259 miners die in a fire at St Paul Mine at Cherry, Illinois
1909 – Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1909 – Collier’s magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
1913 – 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob
1916 – British offensive at Ancre, Belgium
1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
1918 – Prince Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, abdicates
1918 – Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1918 – Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg
1920 – Hudson River frozen at Albany
Silent Film Star Rudolph Valentino

1921 – “Sheik”, a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
1921 – US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1922 – Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY
1922 – George Cohan’s musical “Little Nellie Kelly” premieres in NYC
1922 – Marc Connelly/George Kaufman’s “’49ers” premieres in NYC
1926 – Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java
1927 – NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
1928 – Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC
1930 – WA Drake’s “Grand Hotel” premieres in NYC
1931 – Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator
1933 – 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn
1935 – Anti-British riots in Egypt
1937 – NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1938 – America’s first saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified
Animator Walt Disney

1940 – Walt Disney’s animated film “Fantasia” released
1941 – German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic
1942 – Chaotic “sea battle of Friday the 13th” at Guadalcanal
1942 – Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18
1945 – Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
1946 – First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA
1946 – Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI v the MCC
1948 – “As the Girls Go” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 perfs
1950 – US win 1st world championship bridge contest
1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
1951 – Lefty O’Doul’s all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio & Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
Cricket Legend Donald Bradman

1952 – False fingernails 1st sold
1952 – KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 – Dmitri Shostakovitch’s 4th String Quartet premieres
1954 – 1st Rugby League World Cup: Great Britain beats France 16-12
1955 – 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
1955 – Argentine general Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president
1956 – US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
1958 – NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League
1960 – Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude, Spain)
1961 – WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 – Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
1964 – Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
1964 – Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
1965 – “Skyscraper” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
1965 – “Yarmouth Castle” burns & sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
1965 – Director Kenneth Tynan says the word “Fuck” on BBC
1966 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies’ Golf Open
1967 – Carl B Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland Oh)
1967 – NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle & Kansas City
MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose

1968 – Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP
1968 – William Craig, Home Affairs Minister, bans all marches, with the exception of ‘customary’ parades, in Derry, Northern Ireland; the exception of ‘customary’ parades meant that Loyalist institutions could parade but civil rights marches could not
1969 – VP Spiro T Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias & distortion
1970 – Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
1970 – VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives “impudent snobs”
1971 – Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)
1973 – “Gigi” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances
1973 – Oakland A’s Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
1974 – Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
1975 – “Musical Jubilee” opens at St James Theater NYC for 92 performances
1977 – 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
MLB Right Fielder Reggie Jackson

1977 – Final Al Capp comic strip of “Li’l Abner” (1934-77)
1977 – Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1978 – NASA launches HEAO
1979 – British newspaper “The Times” resumes publishing after 1 year
1979 – Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for US President
1979 – Willie Stargell & Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL
1980 – US spacecraft Voyager 1 sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
1980 – Gabriella Brum, 18, of West Germany crowned 30th Miss World; she resigns the next day because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
1981 – Ringo Starr releases “Wrack My Brains”
1982 – Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1982 – A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim’s death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.
LPGA Golfer Pat Bradley

1983 – Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984 – David Levy finds his first comet
1984 – Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
1985 – Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award
1985 – Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
1986 – Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
1986 – NASA launches space vehicle S-199
1986 – US President Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran
1987 – 1st condom commercial on British TV
1988 – 39th Formula One WDC: Ayrton Senna wins by three points
1989 – Paul McCartney releases “Figure of 8” & “Ou Est Le Soleil”
1990 – Oakland’s Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award
1990 – In Aramoana, New Zealand, Resident David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in the Aramoana Massacre.
Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney

1990 – Saudis ask US for rights to bid on SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) crude
1991 – Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state
1991 – Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award
1992 – Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 – 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka
1993 – Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
1993 – Pakistani minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president
1994 – Sweden agrees to join European Union
1994 – 45th Formula One WDC: Michael Schumacher wins by one point
1994 – 44th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
1995 – “GoldenEye”, 17th James Bond film, starring Pierce Brosnan for the first time and Judi Dench as M, released
1996 – “Three Sisters” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
Actor Pierce Brosnan

1996 – Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 – 1 (35th known Mersenne prime)
1996 – Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
1997 – “Lion King” opens at New Amersterdam Theater NYC
1997 – Ken Griffey Jr unanimously wins AL MVP
1997 – UN pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq
1999 – “Toy Story 2”, directed by John Lasseter, starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, premieres in the US
2000 – Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
2001 – Doha Round: The World Trade Organization ends a four-day ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar.
2001 – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US PresidentGeorge W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
Singer Shakira

2001 – Shakira’s fifth studio album and first English language album, “Laundry Service”, is released
2001 – US President Bush orders that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve be filled to capacity over the next few years
2002 – The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
2002 – Eminem releases single ‘Lose Yourself’ from soundtrack of 8 Mile, 1st rap song to win Academy Award Best Original Song
2007 – An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six.
Rapper Eminem

2008 – Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest , contracted by 0.5% in the third quarter after GDP fell 0.4% in the second quarter, putting it in recession for the first time in five years
2008 – Equity research by Deutsche Bank states that Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines should not experience a recession, despite potential harm to economic growth from falling commodity prices and possible weaker exports
2009 – The Netherlands officially exits the recession after experiencing 0.4% growth in the third quarter, but recovery for the Netherlands still remains fragile as the country is highly dependent on exports to maintain the recovery
2009 – Germany’s growth of 0.7% in the third quarter helps lead the Eurozone out of the recession after providing overall growth of 0.4% in the same period, with the whole European Union growing 0.2%, it is reported today
2010 – Australian rock band Powderfinger, perform their last concert at the Brisbane River Stage
2012 – 3 Syrian tanks enter the demilitarized zone of Golan Heights
2014 – Rohit Sharma of India sets a new record of 264 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI innings in cricket
2014 – Clayton Kershaw & Mike Trout wins the MVP awards in MLB for 2014

BIRTHDAYS

354 – [Christian] Aurelius Augustine, bp of Hippo in Roman Africa
1312 – Edward III, Windsor Castle, England, king of England (1327-77, raped countess of Salisbury), (d. 1377)
1486 – Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
1504 – Philip I (the Generous), Landgrave of Hesse and important early protestant ruler. (d. 1567)
1559 – Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal
1572 – Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638)
1663 – Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1679 – Thomas-Philippe d’alsace et de Boussu, South Netherland cardinal
1699 – Jan Zach, composer
1710 – Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792)
1714 – William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
1715 – Dorothea Erxleben, German, first female medical doctor (d. 1762)
1718 – Anton Laube, composer
1732 – John Dickinson, Talbot County Maryland, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
1759 – Timothy Olmstead, composer
1760 – Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820)
Founding Father of the United States John Dickinson(1732)

1768 – Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
1782 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (d. 1846)
1789 – Martin de Ron, composer
1792 – Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son)
1801 – Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, queen of Prussia (d. 1873)
1801 – Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, queen of Saxony (d. 1877)
1804 – Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1880)
1809 – John AB Dahlgren, US Union lt adm/inventor (Civil war Dahlgren-cannon)
1811 – Yuri Arnold, composer
1813 – John Wolcott Phelps, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1885)
1813 – Peter II Petrovic Njegos, poet/ruler of Montenegro (1830-51)
1814 – Joseph Hooker, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1879)
1826 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895)
1833 – Edwin Thomas Booth, US, US Hall of Fame/actor (Hamlet)
1834 – Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco)
1837 – James T. Rapier, American politician (d. 1883)
1838 – Joseph F Smith, 6th pres of Mormon church
1841 – Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d. 1913)
1848 – Albert HK, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922)
Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)

1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh, Scotland, author (Treasure Island), (d. 1894)
1853 – John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
1854 – George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)
1855 – Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker
1856 – Louis D Brandeis, Mass, 68th Supreme Court Justice (1916-39)
1856 – Sigwart Aspestrand, composer
1858 – Percy McDonnell, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880’s)
1859 – Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains)
1866 – Abraham Flexner, American educator (d. 1959)
1868 – Pierre Maurice, composer
1869 – Helene Stöcker, German feminist, pacifist and publicist (d. 1943)
1869 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962)
1870 – Henry Kolker, Quincy IL, actor (Real Glory, Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry)
1875 – Rogelio del Villar, composer
1878 – John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname (1933-44)
1878 – Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952)
1879 – Maurice Delage, composer
1882 – John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall)
1885 – Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer
1886 – Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
1893 – Edward A Doisy Sr, US bio-chemist (Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943)
1894 – Artur Nebe, German SS officer {d. 1945)
1896 – Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60)
1897 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
1898 – Earl Sande, jockey (Hall of Famer)
1900 – Edward Buzzell, American film director (d. 1985)
1902 – Gustav von Koenigswald, paleontologist (found Pithecanthropus erectus)
1904 – Gertrude Olmsted, actress (The Monster), born in Chicago, Illinois
1906 – Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room)
1906 – Hermione Baddeley, England, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life)
1906 – Eva Zeisel, Budapest, Hungary, American industrial designer
1907 – Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan)
1907 – Lewis Boddington, aerospace engineer
1907 – Giovanna of Italy, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
1908 – C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999)
1909 – Gunnar Bjornstrand, Stockholm Sweden, actor (Shame, Dreams)
1909 – Paul de Vree, Flemish author (Between Doubt & Tears)
1910 – William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986)
1911 – Buck O’Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1913 – Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), born in Brooklyn, New York
1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian politician (d. 1985)
1913 – Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986)
1915 – Howard Cooke, Jamaica, (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award)
1915 – Robert Sutton, electronics engineer
1917 – Robert Sterling, Newcastle PA, actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper)
1918 – Janine Andrade, French violinist
1920 – Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, American actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo)
1921 – Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist
1921 – Joonas Kokkonen, composer
1921 – Yoshiro Irino, composer
1922 – Jack Narz, Louisville Ky, TV gameshow host (Dotto, Video Village)
1922 – Madeleine Sherwood, actress (Mother Superior-Flying Nun), born in Montreal, Quebec
1922 – Oskar Werner, film actor/director (The Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel)
1923 – Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone)
1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994)
1925 – Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author
1926 – Max Vernon Mathews, composer
1926 – Harry Hughes, 57th Governor of Maryland
1927 – Billy Klüver, American scientist (d. 2004)
1928 – Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1929 – Steef C Weijers, Dutch MP (CDA)
1929 – Fred Phelps, American pastor
1930 – Fred Harris, (Sen-D-Okla)
1930 – Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet
1931 – Anthony Jacobs, English industrialist (BSM)
1931 – Joan Lestor, British MP
1931 – John A Manke, US test pilot (HL-10)
1931 – Andrée Lachapelle, French Canadian actress
1932 – Olga Connolly-Fikotova, Czech, US discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1956)
1932 – Richard Mulligan, actor (Soap, Empty’s Nest, Big Bus), born in The Bronx, New York
1933 – Adrienne Corri, actress (River, Doctor Zhivago), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1934 – Garry Marshall, producer (Laverne & Shirley), born in NYC, New York
1934 – Peter Arnett, New Zealand-born American journalist
1935 – Thomas Augustine Martin, academic
1935 – Tom Atkins, American actor
1935 – George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
1937 – Kamahl, [Kamalesvaran], Australian singer (Elephant Song)
1937 – Tabu Ley Rochereau, African musician, born in Bagata, Bandundu, Belgian Congo (d. 2013)
1938 – Jean Seberg, American actress (Breathless, Paint Your Wagon), born in Marshaltown Iowa (d. 1979)
1938 – Gérald Godin, French Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994)
1939 – Karel Brückner, Czech football manager
1939 – Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, (d. 2014)
1940 – Jack Birkenshaw, cricketer (England off-spinner 1973-74)
1940 – Joan Haanappel, figure skater/sports reporter
1940 – Justine “Baby” Washington, US singer (Only Those in Love)
1940 – Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor
1941 – Dack Rambo, Delano California, actor (Guns of Will Sonnett, Dallas)
1941 – Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher (NY Yankee)/pitching coach (NY Met)
1941 – Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
1942 – Beth Brickell, Camden Arkansas, actress (Gentle Ben)
1943 – John Paul Hammond, blues singer (So Many Roads), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Robert Jay Sigel, Narberth PA, PGA golfer (1994 GTE West Classic)
1943 – André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977)
1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
1944 – Ken Shuttleworth, cricketpaceman (England on 1970-71 Ashes tour)
1944 – Timmy Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Why Can’t We Live Together)
1944 – Wouter R van Romondt, Dutch/Dutch Antillean cartoonist
1945 – John B. Craig, American diplomat
1945 – Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese racing driver
1946 – Al Luginbill, Pomona California, WLAF head coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1946 – Martin Bresnick, composer
1947 – Joe Mantegna, actor (House of Games, Weeds), born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 – Gene Garber, American baseball player
1948 – Sheila Frazier, actress (Gloria-Lazarus Syndrome), born in NYC, New York
1949 – Roger Steen, rock guitarist/vocalist (Tubes)
1949 – Terry Reid, rock guitarist (River, Bang Bang You’re Terry Reid)
1949 – Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese racing driver
NHL Star Gilbert Perreault(1950)

1950 – Gilbert Perreault, Victoriaville Quebec, NHL center (over 500 goals)
1951 – Beth Anders, field hockey sweeper (Oly-bronze-1984), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
1951 – Bill Gibson, California, rock drummer (Huey Lewis & The News)
1951 – Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st African American dancer with Opera Co (Aida)
1952 – Art Malik, Pakistani-born English actor
1953 – Andy “the Clobberer” Ranken, English pop drummer (The Pogues)
1953 – Larry Miller, comedian (Dream On, Favor, Dream Lover)
1953 – Tracy Scoggins, Galveston Tx, actress (Colbys, Gumshoe Kid)
1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress
1953 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician
1953 – Waswo_X._Waswo, American Photographer
1954 – Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
1954 – Chris Noth, American actor
Actress Whoopi Goldberg(1955)

1955 – Whoopi Goldberg [Caryn Johnson], New York, actress, comedian, and singer (Color Purple, Burglar)
1956 – Aldo Nova, rocker (Blood on the Bricks)
1956 – Christopher Noth, Madison Wisconsin, US actor (Law and Order, The Good Wife)
1956 – Ginger Alden, American actress
1957 – Ronald Shusett, Hamburg Germany, author (Project Mankind)
1958 – Linda Jackson, cyclist (Olympics-96), born in Montreal, Quebec
1959 – Anne Manning, Australian walker (Olympics-96)
1959 – Rosie Jones, Santa Ana CA, LPGA golfer (1988 USX Golf Classic)
1960 – Neil Flynn, American actor
1961 – Edwin “Rick” Bakker, Dutch author: Rick’s Report, AIDS Diary
1962 – Blair Rasmussen, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks)
1962 – Gaetano Orlando, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1963 – Thilo Timothy Newman, Hamburg Germany, writer (Freejack, Alien)
1963 – Vinny Testaverde, NFL quarterback (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1964 – Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player (1989 French quarters)
1965 – Kevin Gamble, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
1965 – Rob Natal, catcher (Florida Marlins), born in Long Beach, California
1965 – Sheryl Boyle, Renfrew Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1965 – Zeljko Petrovic, soccer player (FC The Bosch/RKC)
1966 – Rumeal Robinson, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons)
1967 – Randi Ingerman, Phila Pa, actress (Trade Winds)
1967 – Steve Christie, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills)
1967 – Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
1967 – Steve Zahn, American actor
1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American TV host and producer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), born in Brooklyn, New York
1968 – Mark Fitzpatrick, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers), born in Toronto, Ontario
1968 – Pat Hentgen, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Detroit, Michigan
1968 – Tami Whitlinger-Jones, Neenah Wisc, tennis star (1995 Futures-Sedona)
1969 – Lori Berenson, American criminal
1969 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
1969 – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch author
1971 – Anthony Whiteman, England, 800m/1500m runner
1971 – Craig Powell, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns)
1971 – John Francis Zingg, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1971 – Matthew Minagall, cricketer (S Australian lefty wrist-spinner 1991-95)
1971 – Noah Hathaway, actor (Troll, Neverending Story)
1971 – Ron Rivers, NFL running back (Detroit Lions)
1972 – Kimberlee Ann McKay, Belle Fourche SD, Miss America-SD (1996)
1972 – Shom-Rock, rocker (Young Nation)
1972 – T-Haxx, rocker (DYC)
1972 – Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
1973 – George Harris, WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
1973 – Samantha Riley, Brisbane Australia, breastroker (Oly-2 bronze-92, 96)
1973 – Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer
1975 – Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Koksijde)
1975 – Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer
1975 – Quim, Portuguese footballer
1975 – Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (d. 2008)
1976 – Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler
1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete
1977 – Tammy Leigh Ashton, Miss North Carolina Teen USA (1996)
1977 – Chanel Cole, Australian singer
1977 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, American bassist (The Strokes)
1979 – Ron Artest, American basketball player
1979 – Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
1980 – Monique Coleman, American actress
1980 – François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian short track speed skater
1981 – Kirsty-Leigh Brown, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 – Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
1981 – Rivkah, American comic book writer and artist
1982 – Samkon Gado, American football player
1982 – Koda Kumi, Japanese singer
1982 – Michael Copon, American actor and singer
1985 – Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
1990 – Jibbs, American rapper
1995 – Stella Hudgens, American actress
1997 – Brent Kinsman, American actor
1997 – Shane Kinsman, American actor

WEDDINGS

1160 – Marriage of Louis VII of France with Adele of Champagne.
1929 – Writer E. B. White (30) weds literary editor Katharine Angell (37)
1934 – Actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (23) weds “All Quiet on the Western Front” actor Lew Ayres (25)
1960 – US Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt (divorced 1968)
1987 – MLB baseball player Cal Ripken Jr (27) weds Kelly Geer at Towson United Methodist Church in Maryland
1993 – “Ladyhawke” actress Michelle Pfeiffer (35) weds television writer and producer David E. Kelley (37) in Santa Barbara, California
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis(1996)

1996 – “A Room With A View” actor Daniel Day-Lewis (39) weds “Personal Velocity: Three Portraits” screenwriter Rebecca Miller (34) in Vermont
2004 – “The View” co-host Star Jones (42) weds banker Al Reynolds at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City
2010 – Major League Baseball pitcher Kyle Kendrick (26) married three-time “Survivor” contestant Stephanie LaGrossa (30) at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California
2012 – Soccer goalkeeper and a double Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo (31) weds former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens (33) in Washington

DIVORCES

1922 – Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (55) divorces socialite Catherine Tobin after 33 years of marriage

DEATHS

867 – Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67
1004 – Abbo van Fleury, [Floriacensis], French abbott/saint, dies
1093 – Malcolm III (Canmore, “Big Head”) King of Scots, dies in battle at Alnwick, Northumberland. Historical figure Shakespeare’s character based on.
1143 – King Fulk of Jerusalem
1170 – Albert I of Brandenburg
1314 – Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
1319 – Erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies
1345 – Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
1359 – Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow & Vladimir, dies
1460 – Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at 66
1606 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
1619 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555)
1620 – Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65
1650 – Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
1687 – Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, mistress of Charles II of England, dies at 37
1689 – Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
1770 – George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58
1771 – Conrad E Ackermann, German actor/theater director, dies at 61
1779 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61
1829 – Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125′ dive into Genesse Falls
1849 – William Etty, English painter best known for paintings of nudes, dies at 62
1862 – Ludwig Uhland, writer, dies at 75
1863 – Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50
1867 – Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806)
1868 – Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
1877 – Pietro Coppola, composer, dies at 83
1893 – Antoine T d’abbadie, French explorer: Ethiopia, dies at 78
1896 – Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50
1903 – Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies
Painter Camille Pissarro(1903)

1903 – Camille Pissarro, French Impressionist painter (b. 1830)
1909 – Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70
1916 – Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35
1917 – Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies
1918 – Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Fries author, dies at 28
1928 – Abraham M “Mark” Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist, dies at 60
1939 – George Nicholls Jr, actor (Finishing School), dies at 42
1942 – Daniel J Callaghan, US spy (at Guadalcanal), dies
1942 – Douglas H Fox, US captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle
1942 – Norman Scott, US admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies
1944 – Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72
1944 – Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35), dies
1951 – Hugo Leichtentritt, composer, dies at 77
1951 – Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71
1954 – Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60
1958 – Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81
1961 – Fredrik J “Frits” Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63
1961 – Wally Brown, actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57
1961 – Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897)
1963 – Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
1967 – Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60
1967 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
1973 – Bruno Maderna, Italian composer/conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53
Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1973)

1973 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer, dies at 77
1973 – Lila Lee, actress (Blood & Sand), dies of stroke at 68
1974 – Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances
1974 – Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor/director (Boccacio 70), dies
1975 – Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
1977 – Ingrid Schubert, German terrorist (b. 1944)
1978 – George Hearne, South African cricketer (open bat in 3 Tests 1922-24), dies
1979 – Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
1982 – Babette Deutsch, US poet (Honey out of the Rock), dies at 87
1982 – Chesney Allen, actress (Okay for Sound, Frozen Limits), dies at 88
1982 – Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies
1982 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Quebec (b. 1911)
1983 – “Alvin” Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56
1984 – Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66
1984 – ML de Braauw, esquire/DS’70-minister of Wetenschapsbeleid, dies at 59
1985 – George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
1986 – Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker’s union leader, murdered
1986 – Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71
1986 – Thierry Le Luron, French humourist (b. 1952)
1988 – Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82
1988 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
1989 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
1990 – Charlie Carpenter, dies at 77
1991 – Ad Kosto, Dutch state secretary (PvdA), assassinated by bomb
1991 – Cyril Poitier, actor (Uptown Saturday Night), dies of cancer at 80
1991 – Hanson Baldwin, US military historian, dies at 88
1992 – Alan Balsam, US movie editor (Divine Madness), dies
1992 – Bobby Mcclure, US singer (Don’t mess up a good thing), dies at 50)
1992 – Gregory Markopoulos, German/US director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies
1992 – Lucrecia Perez, Dominicans in Spain (Racist Murder), dies at 33
1992 – Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies
1993 – Jose Toirkens, journalist (Slogan, NRC), dies at 48
1993 – Carey Lloyd (Rufus R. Jones), American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
1994 – Frank Singleton, librarian, dies at 67
1994 – Joseph H Hazen, US producer/VP (Warner Bros), dies at 96
1994 – Lewis Bingham Keeble, town Planner, dies at 79
1994 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924)
1995 – Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter, dies at 81
1995 – Robert Stephens, actor (Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), dies at 64
1996 – Kenneth Watkins, woodland conservationist, dies at 86
1996 – William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80
1996 – Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925)
1997 – William John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80
1997 – André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
1997 – Dawud M. Mu’Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
1998 – Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907)
1998 – Valerie Hobson, British actress (b. 1917)
1998 – Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
1998 – Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
1999 – Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915)
2001 – Peggy Mount, English actress (b. 1915)
2002 – Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925)
2003 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
2004 – John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
2004 – Thomas Foglietta, American politician (b. 1928)
2004 – Ol’ Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)
2005 – Eddie Guerrero, American/Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1967)
2005 – Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933)
2007 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman (b. 1960)
2007 – John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
2007 – Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
2007 – Monty Westmore, American make-up artist. (b. 1923)
2010 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921)
2010 – Ken Iman, American football player (b. 1939)
2010 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer (b. 1926)
2013 – Todd Christensen, NFL player and sportscaster, dies from complications during liver transplant surgery at 57
2013 – Barbara Lawrence, American actress, dies at 83
2014 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player & manager, dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 92

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated

• American Revolution

• 1775 Patriots take Montreal

• Automotive

• 1974 Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash

• Civil War

• 1861 McClellan snubs Lincoln

• Cold War

• 1953 Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communistic

• Crime

• 1955 Police search John Graham’s home and find bomb-making materials

• Disaster

• 1970 Tidal wave ravages East Pakistan

• General Interest

• 1789 First presidential tour concludes
• 1970 East Pakistan devastated by cylcone
• 1985 The eruption of Nevado del Ruiz

• Hollywood

• 1955 Whoopi Goldberg born

• Literary

• 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson is born

• Music

• 1999 “Chris Gaines,” Garth Brooks’ rock alter ego, performs on Saturday Night Live

• Old West

• 1909 Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts

• Presidential

• 1945 Truman announces inquiry into Jewish settlement in Palestine

• Sports

• 1979 Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard

• Vietnam War

• 1967 President receives optimistic reports
• 1969 “March Against Death” commences in Washington, D.C.

• World War I

• 1916 British statesman expresses criticism of war effort

• World War II

• 1941 Congress revises the Neutrality Act

November 12th

EVENTS

295 – Origin of Era of Ascension
764 – Tibetan troops occupy Chang’an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.
954 – Lotharius becomes king of France
1439 – Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
1555 – The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism.
1591 – Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza
1614 – Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends
1673 – Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn
1682 – Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy
1727 – France & Bavaria renew secret treaty
1775 – General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks
1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.
1799 – Andrew Ellicott makes the first known record of a meteor shower observation in the U.S, from a ship off the coast of Florida Keys
1813 – Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth
1823 – Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens
1833 – The great Leonid Meteor shower was recorded
1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic.
1859 – Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name
1873 – Bay District Race Track opens
1885 – Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game
1892 – Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player
1892 – Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football
1893 – The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan – the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations.
1894 – Lawrence Hargrave, Australian aeronautical pioneer and inventor of the box kite, linked four huge box kites together and flew – but remained attached to the ground by piano wire
1899 – British troops reach Durban Natal
1900 – World’s Fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris closes (50 million visitors) – Art Nouveau style dominates
1904 – 9th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 29-5 in Birmingham
1905 – (November 12 & November 13) Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
1906 – C W Gregory (NSW v Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps
1908 – Andrew Fisher assumes the position of prime minister for what turns out to be a short-lived second Labour government, Australia
10th Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King

1909 – Mackenzie King takes his seat in the House of Commons as Minister of Labour
1910 – 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon
1912 – Robert Scott’s diary & body found in Antarctica
1914 – Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war
1915 – Britain annexes Gilbert & Ellice archipelago
1915 – Theodore W Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry
1918 – Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic
1919 – Ross & Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia
1920 – Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner
1920 – The Dalmatian coast between Italy and Yugoslavia is ceded to Yugoslavia
1921 – Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments
1922 – The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority is founded on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler

1923 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to seize power Nov 8
1923 – Dr Hjalmar Schacht is appointed special commissioner to deal with the currency problem in Germany; by November 1924 the currency will have been restored
1924 – Yeshivah Slobodka opens a branch in Chevron
1925 – US & Italy sign peace accord about war debts
1926 – The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers
1927 – 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting NY to NJ opens
1927 – Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green
1927 – Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator
1928 – British steamer “Vestris” capsizes & sinks off Virginia, kills 110
1931 – Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto – Chic Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1
Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky

1931 – Sibelius/Ashton’s ballet “Lady of Shalott” premieres in London
1932 – 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion
1932 – 10th College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Navy beats Maryland 28-7 in Baltimore
1933 – 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)
1933 – 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate’s Forbes Field, lose to Bkln Dodgers 32-0
1933 – First known photo of so-called Loch Ness monster is taken
1933 – Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany
1935 – Egas Moniz performs the first modern brain surgery on the frontal lobes to treat mental disorders, at Santa Marta Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal
1936 – 1st TV Gardening show
1936 – Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O’Neill
1936 – Oakland Bay Bridge opens
1936 – St Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes & William O DeWitt
Nazi Politician Hermann Goering

1938 – Hermann Goering announces he wants Madagascar as a Jewish homeland
1939 – Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David
1940 – Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)
1941 – Germany’s drive to take Moscow halted
1941 – WOV-AM & WNEW-AM in NYC swaps call letters
1941 – Alma Heflin, the first American female test pilot for commercial aircraft, made her first test flight for the Piper Aircraft Corporation, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
1942 – In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began
1943 – Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands
1944 – RAF sinks German battleship “Tirpitz” at Tromso Fjord, Norway
1945 – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN)
1946 – 1st “autobank” (banking by car) forms (Chicago)
1946 – Walt Disney’s “Song Of South” released
1946 – A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows.
1947 – KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)
1947 – Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced
1948 – Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal
1948 – The first mobile betatron (particle accelerator) begins operation at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland
1950 – Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
1951 – “Paint Your Wagon” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 289 performances
1952 – Phila A’s pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP
1952 – White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape
First Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion

1953 – David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Prime Minister of Israel
1953 – US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
1954 – Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed
1954 – Lee Kuan Yew and others form the People’s Action Party (PAP) in Singapore to work towards self-rule in Singapore
1955 – 1st West German officers sworn in
1955 – E Arcaro, E Sande & G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame
1956 – Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted
1958 – Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award
1959 – White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL’s MVP
1960 – Coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails
1960 – Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude
1963 – Train crash in Japan, kills 164
1964 – Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Founder of Modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew

1964 – Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH
1965 – Ferdinand Marcos elected 10th President of Philippines
1965 – General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka
1965 – Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ
1965 – Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus
1966 – Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1966 – Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record
1966 – High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame
1967 – Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
1967 – Packers’ Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7
1968 – KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 – Epperson v. Arkansas in US Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional
10th President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos

1969 – Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union
1969 – Minnesota’s Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP
1969 – US army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19
1969 – WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast
1970 – 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die
1970 – Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103
1970 – Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell
1970 – Cyclone Bhola makes landfall, deadliest tropical cyclone recorded kills up to 500,000 in East Pakistan (modern Bangladesh),
1970 – The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) is formed; the NIHE gradually took over control of the building and allocation of public sector housing in Northern Ireland
1972 – 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
1973 – Dmitri Shostakovitch’s 14th String Quartet premieres
1974 – South Africa suspended from UN General Assembly over racial policies
1974 – A salmon is discovered in the River Thames, England, for the first time since 1833
1975 – NY Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award
1975 – Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas retired after 36 years
1975 – 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
1975 – 7h Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 25-0
1977 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 – New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest “Dutch” Morial
1978 – “Platinum” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 33 performances
LPGA Golfer Nancy Lopez

1978 – Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1979 – Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal
1979 – US President Carter announces a halts to Iranian oil imports & freezes Iranian assets
1980 – Baltimore’s Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award
1980 – NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana
1980 – US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn
1981 – 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V)
1981 – 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)
1981 – Bill C Davis’ “Mass Appeal” premieres in NYC
1981 – Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Oakland A’s)
1981 – Great Britain performs nuclear test
1981 – Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World
1982 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev

1982 – USSR KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as USSR leader
1982 – Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket v India, goes to 215
1983 – 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas
1983 – NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
1984 – Paul McCartney releases “We All Stand Together”
1984 – Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite 1st space salvage
1984 – NBC premiere of “Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story”, fact based telepic of actress Saldana’s near fatal attack and its aftermath
1985 – R Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match v Australia at Brisbane
1985 – STS 61-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 – Secretary in Ann Arbor Mich wounded by package bomb
1985 – Horse Racing Breeders’ Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life’s Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct
1986 – France performs nuclear test
MLB Pitching Legend Roger Clemens

1986 – Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
1987 – “Teddy & Alice” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances
1987 – Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine
1987 – Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World
1988 – Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
1988 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1989 – George Forest’s musical “Grand Hotel” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1018 performances
1989 – Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years
1990 – Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
1990 – “The Body Bag Game”, in the days leading to the clash, Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan threatened a beating so severe that “they’ll have to be carted off in body bags”. Ryan’s words were prophetic, as the Eagles defense scored three touchdowns in a 28–14 win and knocked eight Redskins out of the game, including two quarterbacks
Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee

1991 – “Full House” 100th episode-twins are born
1991 – Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award
1991 – Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die
1991 – Dili Massacre, Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
1992 – NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time
1995 – 25th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
1995 – 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00
1995 – Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe
1995 – Marino breaks Tarkenton’s NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003
1995 – NY MTA raises subway & bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50
1995 – STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit
1995 – 46th Formula One WDC: Michael Schumacher wins by 33 points
1995 – 45th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
Formula 1 Racing Driver Michael Schumacher

1996 – Toronto’s Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award
1997 – Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004
1997 – Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award
1998 – NY Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak
1998 – Vice President of the United States Al Gore symbolically signs the Kyoto Protocol.
1999 – The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.
2001 – 2001 Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
2003 – With 501 km/h (311 mph) Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world record for commercial railway systems.
US Vice President Al Gore

2003 – Iraq war: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
2006 – The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.
2008 – 42nd Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood& Brad Paisley wins
2011 – Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.
2012 – Into the Silence by Wade Davis wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize
2012 – Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
2014 – European Space Agency’s Rosetta lands the Philae probe on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

BIRTHDAYS

1493 – Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
1528 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general, born in Luqiao
1547 – Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575). 2nd daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de’ Medici.
1606 – Jeanne Mance, Langres, French Canadian settler (founded first hospital in North America)
1615 – Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
1651 – Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)
1676 – Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer
1729 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)
1746 – Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles, Beaugency, French inventor and balloonist who, with Nicholas Robert, was the first to take flight in a hydrogen balloon
1748 – Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
1755 – Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10)
1757 – Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet
1790 – Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler
1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, women’s rights activist
Women’s Rights Activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton(1815)

1817 – Carlo Pedrotti, composer
1817 – Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer
1817 – Bahá’u’lláh, Prophet Founder of the Bahá’í Faith (d. 1892)
1827 – Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer
1831 – Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist
1833 – Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable)
1840 – Auguste Rodin, Meudon, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker), (d. 1917)
1841 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Malden Essex, English physicist and discoverer of argon (Nobel Prize 1904), (d. 1919)
1844 – Octave Fouque, composer
1848 – Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919)
1850 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
1853 – Oskar Panizza, writer
1858 – Alexis Contant, composer
Physicist and Nobel Laureate John William Strutt (1841)

1865 – Frans L M “Sas” van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas)
1866 – Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)
1874 – Bert Williams, African American comedian and entertainer Nassau Bahamas (d. 1922)
1881 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
1881 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1886 – Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP)
1886 – Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980)
1889 – DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921)
1890 – Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
1891 – Seth Barnes Nicholson, Springfield Illinois, American astronomer who discovered four satellites of Jupiter
1896 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)
1897 – Karl Marx, Germany, composer/conductor
1898 – Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet/author (His Master’s Voice)
1898 – Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
1903 – Jack Oakie, Sedalia Mo, actor (Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award)
1905 – Evgeny Grigor’yevich Bruslovsky, composer
1905 – Solon Michaelides, composer
1908 – Hans Werner Richter, German author (Socially Responsible Cinema)
1908 – Harry A Blackmun, Ill, 100th Supreme Court justice (1970-94)
1908 – Shamus Culhane, animator
1908 – Amon Göth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (d. 1946)
1910 – A “Dudley” Nourse, cricketer (son of Dave, brilliant South African bat)
1911 – Luc Estang, [Lucien Bastard], French writer (Stigmates)
1911 – William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian
1911 – Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991)
1912 – Alphonse [Tuffy] Leemans, NFL fullback (NY Giants)
1914 – Edward “Henricus” Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist
1914 – Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo (Olympic-gold-1936)
1914 – Sylvi Saimo, Finland, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1952)
1915 – Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L’Empire des Signer)
1916 – Jean Papineau-Couture, composer
1916 – Liam Dunn, NJ, actor (Koska & his Family)
1916 – Paul Emery, British racing driver (d. 1993)
1916 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
1917 – Joseph Coors, CEO (Adolph Coors Co Brewery)
1917 – Jo Stafford, Coalinga California, singer (You Belong to me, Never Smile Again)
1920 – Richard Quine, actor/director (Clay Pigeon), born in Detroit, Michigan
1921 – Robert Fleming, composer
1922 – Kim Hunter, [Janet Cole], Det MI, actress (Planet of the Apes, Lilith)
1923 – Vicco von Bülow, German film director
1924 – Sam Jones, jazz bassist (d. 1981)
1924 – Audouin Dollfus, Paris, French Astronomer (discovered Janus, a moon of Saturn)
1926 – Jack Ryan, American inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels, Chatty Cathy)
1927 – Sunset Carson, [Michael Harrison] Plainview TX, actor (Cat of Rockies)
1927 – Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958)
1927 – Jack Butler, NFL hall of famer (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1928 – Johan B W Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist (Bloom of Decadence)
1928 – Robert Holness, Natal, South Africa, English radio and television presenter (BBC), (d. 2012)
Actress Grace Kelly (1929)

1929 – Grace Kelly, actress (Rear Window)/Princess (Monaco), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
1929 – Michael Ende, writer
1930 – Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author (Towers of February)
1931 – Bob Crewe, rocker
1931 – Norman Y Mineta, (Rep-R-CA, 1975- )
1933 – Peter Post, Dutch cyclist (8x European Champion at Derny-drive)
1934 – Ann Flood, Jamaica, New York, American actress (Edge of Night)
1934 – Bukka White, rocker
1934 – Charles Manson, Cincinnati Ohio, American criminal (Tate-Labianco)
1935 – Jerry Douglas, Chelsea Mass, actor (John Abbott-Young & Restless)
1935 – Terry Johnson, US R&B singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
1936 – Mort Shuman, rocker
Murderer Charles Manson(1934)

1936 – Robert White, guitarist
1936 – Ruth Jessen, LPGA golfer
1936 – Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee
1937 – Ina Balin, actress (Danger in Paradise), born in Brooklyn, New York
1937 – Peter Lloyd, British MP
1937 – Richard H Truly, Fayette Miss, Rear Adm USN/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 8)
1939 – Ruby Nash Curtis, US singer (Romantics-Our Day Will Come)
1939 – Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993)
1940 – Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers
1940 – Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician
1940 – Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician
1941 – Frank Rosenthal, rocker
1941 – Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer
1943 – Brian Hyland, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy … Bikini), born in Queens, New York
1943 – Jimmy “Bro” Hayes, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
1943 – John Maus, rock vocalist (Walker Brothers), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Wallace Shawn, actor (My Dinner with Andre, Princess Bride), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Bjorn Waldegard, Swedish rally driver, born in Ro, Sweden, (d. 2014)
1944 – Booker T Jones, organist [or Dec 11]
1944 – Johan van Doorn, [Johnny the Selfkicker], Dutch poet (War & Porridge)
American Television Sportscaster Al Michaels(1944)

1944 – Al Michaels, American sportscaster (Miracle on Ice, American Football), born in Brooklyn, New York
1945 – Michael Bishop, US, sci-fi author (Nebula, Stolen Faces)
1945 – Neil Young, Canadian singer/songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), born in Toronto, Ontario
1945 – Valerie Leon, actress (Blood from Mummy’s Tomb), born in London, England
1945 – Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
1947 – Donald Roeser, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1947 – J C Crowley, rocker
1947 – Patrice Leconte, director (Monsieur Hire, Hairdresser’s Husband)
1947 – Ron Bryant, American baseball player
1948 – Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, singer-songwriter vocalist (Hot Chocolate)
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani (1948)

1948 – Hassan Rouhani, Sorkheh, Iran, seventh President of Iran
1948 – Hassan Rouhani, Iranian politician (President of Iran 2013-), born in Sorkheh, Semnan
1949 – Arthur “Pooch” Tavares, rocker
1949 – Jack Reed, (Rep-D-Rhode Island)
1952 – Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
1953 – Vasilis Karras, Greek singer
1954 – Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979)
1954 – Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star
1955 – Leslie McKeown, rock vocalist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night)
1956 – Rhonda Shear, comedian (Up All Night), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1957 – Gail Castro, Glendale California, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-1991, Oly-96)
1957 – Marta Figueras-Dotti, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Open), born in Madrid, Spain
1957 – Tim Samaras, Lakewood, Col., tornado chaser (Storm Chasers), (d. 2013)
1958 – Nick Stellino, Italian-American television chef
1960 – Bertice Berry, talk show host (Bertice)
1960 – Maurane, Belgian singer
1961 – Chela Quintana, Venezuela, LPGA golfer (8 time Venezuelan Amat Champ)
1961 – Greg Gagne, Fall River MA, infielder (LA Dodgers)
1961 – Nadia Comaneci, [Gheorghe], Romania, gymnist (1st 10/Olymp-gold-1976)
1961 – Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
1961 – Jonathan Nossiter, American film director
1961 – Michaela Paetsch, American violinist
1962 – Jeff Reed, Joliet IL, catcher (Colorado Rockies)
1962 – Wim Kieft, Dutch soccer star (Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV)
1962 – Naomi Wolf, American author and feminist
1962 – Neal Shusterman, American author
1962 – Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian born journalist and television presenter
1963 – Laurie Brower, LPGA golfer (1994 Lady Keystone-9th), born in Long Beach, California
1963 – Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor
1964 – Erik Howard, NFL defensive tackle/end (NY Jets)
1964 – Gerald Perry, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1964 – Jakob Hlasek, Czech, tennis star
1964 – Dave Ellefson, Jackson, Minnesota, American heavy metal bassist (Megadeth)
1965 – Mike Keim, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1965 – Lex Lang, American voice actor
1966 – David Schwimmer, actor (Ross-Friends), born in Queens, New York
1967 – Charlie Pennaelino, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way), born in Queens, New York
World Boxing Champion Michael Moorer (1967)

1967 – Michael Moorer, boxing heavyweight champ (defeated Holyfield-1994), born in Brooklyn, New York
1968 – Irina Privalova, Russian runner (indoor world record 50/60m)
1968 – Randy Knorr, San Gabriel CA, catcher (Houston Astros)
1968 – Sammy Sosa, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
1968 – Glenn Gilberti, American professional wrestler
1968 – Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress/singer
1968 – Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride)
1969 – Iain Sydie, North York Ontario, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1969 – Trevor Shaw, CFL slot back (BC Lions)
1969 – Ian Bremmer, American political scientist
1969 – Jason Cundy, English footballer and broadcaster
1969 – Johnny Gosch, American kidnap victim
MLB Outfielder Sammy Sosa(1968)

1969 – Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter
1970 – Tonya Harding, Portland Or, figure skater (Oly-8th-1994/US Champ 1994)
1970 – Donna Adamo, American female professional wrestler
1970 – Harvey Stephens, British child actor
1971 – Heidi Burge, WNBA forward (LA Sparks)
1971 – Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (v West Indies 1993)
1972 – Vassilis Tsiartas, Greek footballer
1973 – Colin Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 78 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1973 – Keith Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 95 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1973 – Melanie Gaffin, actress (Cheryl-Whiz Kids), born in Santa Monica, California
1973 – Zahir Shah, cricketer (attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner)
1973 – Mayte Garcia, American dancer
1973 – Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
1974 – Tamala Jones, American actress
1975 – Angela Watson, actress (Karen Foster-Step by Step)
1975 – Chris Wells, Calgary, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
1975 – Gretchen Durgin, Miss USA-New Hampshire (1997)
1975 – Nina Brosh, Afula Israel, model (Drakkar)
1975 – Tevin Jermod Campbell, rapper, born in Dallas, Texas
1975 – Jason Lezak, American swimmer
1976 – Scott Mark Cameron, Dunedin NZ, 4x200m relay swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976 – Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
1976 – Judith Holofernes, German singer (Wir sind Helden)
1977 – Jennifer Smith, Miss Maryland Teen USA (1996)
1977 – Dalene Kurtis, American Playboy model
1977 – Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
1978 – Andrew Kinlochan, English singer and musician
1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara, German Romanian actress
1978 – Ashley Williams, American actress
1978 – Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and WWE Diva
1979 – Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler
1979 – Corey Maggette, American professional basketball player
1979 – Cote de Pablo, Santiago Chile, actress (NCIS)
1980 – Trent Acid, American professional wrestler
1980 – Ryan Gosling, London Ontario, Canadian actor (The Notebook, Drive)
1981 – DJ Campbell, English football player
1982 – Anne Hathaway, American actress (The Princess Diaries), born in NYC, New York
1982 – Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
1983 – Carlton Cole, English football player
1984 – Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
1984 – Omarion, American R&B musician
1984 – Sandara Park, South Korean actor
1984 – Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver
1986 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese pop singer
1987 – Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Paul Jessup, actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)
1989 – Ryan Jessup, actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)

WEDDINGS

1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe marries Romanus Argyrus according to the wishes of the dying Constantine VIII.
1656 – English Poet and author of epic “Paradise Lost” John Milton (47) marries 2nd wife Katherine Woodcock
1963 – Singer and actor Robert Goulet (30) weds actress Carol Lawrence (31)
1969 – Director Blake Edwards (47) weds “The Sound of Music” actressJulie Andrews (34) in Beverly Hills
1973 – MLB baseball player Hank Aaron (39) weds Billye Aaron
2005 – Businessman Donald Trump Jr. (27) weds model Vanessa Haydon at the Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida
2011 – Actress Tiffany Thornton (26) weds Christopher Carney at Anthony Chapel in Hot Springs, Arkansas

DIVORCES

None

DEATHS

607 – Pope Boniface III, dies after less than a year in office
1035 – Cnut (Canute) “The Great”, King of Denmark. England, Norway and parts of Sweden. Reigned 1016-1035.
1094 – King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
1202 – Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39
1434 – King Louis III of Naples
1555 – Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65
1558 – Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies
1567 – Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, Marshal of France, dies at 74
1595 – John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63
1600 – Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Neth (1598-1600), dies at 42
1606 – Matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79
1606 – St. Nicholas Owen (martyr), one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
1667 – Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)
1671 – Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59
1722 – Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63
1739 – Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71
1742 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1754 – Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58
1757 – Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)
1802 – Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62
1806 – Josef Gottlieb Kölreuter, German Botanist who pioneered the study of plant hybrids, dies at 73
1823 – Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75
1836 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)
1852 – Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22
1865 – Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)
1869 – Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies
1893 – Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80
1896 – Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84
1908 – William Keith Brooks, American marine zoologist (anatomy and embryology of marine animals), dies at 60
1912 – Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58
Astronomer Percival Lowell(1916)

1916 – Percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona (b. 1855)
1921 – Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63
1925 – Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65
1937 – Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies
1939 – (Ernest YY) Oscar Tourniaire, actor (Bluejackets), dies at 59
1939 – Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)
1940 – Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34
1941 – Abe “Kid Twist” Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed
1944 – Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87
1944 – George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure), dies at 60
1944 – Roy Agnew, composer, dies at 51
1947 – Emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82
1948 – Umberto Giordano, composer, dies at 81
1949 – Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological, dies at 64
1955 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
1956 – Gerhard Alexander, actor (One Zomerzotheid), dies at 49
1957 – Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78
1960 – John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies
1962 – Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68
1962 – Sid Tomack, actor (Gillis-Life of Riley, My Friend Irma), dies at 55
1965 – Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888)
1966 – Quincy Porter, US composer, dies at 69
1967 – Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58
1969 – Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77
1972 – Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92
1974 – Charles Quinlivan, actor (7 Guns to Mesa), dies at 50
1975 – Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69
1976 – Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82
1976 – Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1893)
1978 – Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71
1979 – Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85
1980 – Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85
1980 – Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident, dies at 42
1980 – Haya van Someren-Downer, Dutch MP, dies at 54
Actor William Holden(1981)

1981 – William Holden, American actor (Network, The Wild Bunch, Breezy), slips on a rug and bleeds to death at 63
1984 – Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)
1987 – Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75
1990 – Dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81
1990 – Eve Arden, actress (Our Miss Brooks), dies at 82
1990 – Nico Haak, Dutch singer (Foxy Foxtrot), dies
1990 – Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered
1990 – Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet, dies at 81
1991 – Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack
1991 – Diane Brewster, actress (Courage of Black Beauty), dies at 60
1991 – Howard Brunner, dies of AIDS at 51
1991 – Paul E “Cardinal” Leger, cardinal/archbishop of Montreal, dies at 87
1992 – Charles “Honi” Coles, American actor and tap dancer (Tito Suarez-Dirty Dancing), dies of cancer at 81
1992 – David Oliver, actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30
1993 – Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88
1993 – Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86
1993 – Harry Haldeman, Nixon’s cabinet member (1968-73), dies
1994 – Katherine Elliots, doctor, dies at 75
1994 – Michael John Innes Mackintosh Stewart Innes, writer, dies at 88
1994 – Wilma Glodean Rudolph, US sprinter (Olympics-3 gold-60), dies at 54
1995 – Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85
1995 – Jack Mann, pilot/hostage, dies at 81
1995 – Marion Pitt, social worker/writer, dies at 56
1996 – Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72
1996 – Gwen Catley, soprano, dies at 90
1996 – John Qace Hardbattle, political activist, dies at 51
1997 – William Matthews, poet, dies at 55
1997 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)
2000 – Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, (b. 1928)
2000 – Franck Pourcel, French popular orchestra leader (b. 1913)
2001 – Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
2003 – Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986)
2003 – Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
2003 – Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
2003 – Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic, Power Station) (b. 1954)
Actor Jonathan Brandis(2003)

2003 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
2005 – William G. Adams, former mayor of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (b. 1923)
2006 – General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II (b. 1909)
2007 – Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
2007 – Ira Levin, American novelist (b. 1929)
2008 – Catherine Baker Knoll, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, (b. 1930)
2008 – Mitch Mitchell, English musician (b. 1947)
2010 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)
2010 – Karl Plutus, Estonian jurist and centenarian (b. 1904)
2012 – Sergio Oliva, American body builder, dies at 71
2013 – John Tavener, British composer, dies from complications from Marfan syndrome at 69
2014 – Warren Clark, British actor, dies at 67

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1954 Ellis Island closes

• American Revolution

• 1775 Abigail Adams leads rhetorical charge against Britain

• Automotive

• 1965 Goldenrod sets the land-speed record

• Civil War

• 1864 The destruction of Atlanta begins

• Cold War

• 1982 Yuri Andropov assumes power in the Soviet Union

• Crime

• 1996 High school sweethearts murder their newborn child
• 2004 Scott Peterson convicted

• Disaster

• 2001 Plane crashes in Rockaway, New York

• General Interest

• 1799 First meteor shower on record
• 1948 Japanese war criminals sentenced
• 1980 Voyager I flies near Saturn
• 1990 Akihito enthroned as emperor of Japan

• Hollywood

• 1981 William Holden, star of Sunset Boulevard and Network, dies

• Literary

• 1889 DeWitt Wallace, founder of Reader’s Digest, is born

• Music

• 2003 Toby Keith has his third straight #1 country album with Shock’n Y’all

• Old West

• 1867 U.S. reconsiders war with Plains Indians

• Presidential

• 1979 Carter shuts down oil imports from Iran

• Sports

• 1892 Pudge Heffelfinger becomes first pro football player

• Vietnam War

• 1969 Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai story
• 1971 Nixon sets new deadline for next troop withdrawal

• World War I

• 1918 Allied fleet enters Dardanelles

• World War II

• 1944 Brits sink the battleship Tirpit

November 11th

EVENTS

308 – The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.
887 – Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns
1158 – Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy
1208 – Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king
1215 – 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1417 – Oddo Colonna elected as Pope Martinus V
1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers Saba
1500 – Treaty of Granada: France & Aragon divide Naples
1503 – Pope Julius II elected
1572 – Duke of Alva’s son Don Fredrik begins siege of Haarlem
1606 – Turkey & Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok
1634 – Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes “An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery”.
1640 – Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, impeached by the House of Lords on the evidence of John Pym, and imprisoned in the Tower of London; he was later executed.
The Warrior Pope Julius II

1647 – Massachusetts passes first compulsory school attendance law in the American colonies
1648 – Dutch & French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands
1671 – Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine
1673 – Second Battle of Khotyn in the Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski. defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were successfully used.
1675 – Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function.
1688 – Prince Willem III’s invasion fleet sails to England
1714 – A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street
1724 – Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking “Thief-Taker General” (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London. (b. c. 1700)
Composer George Friedrich Handel

1725 – George Frederick Handel’s opera “Tamerlano” premieres in London
1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army enters England
1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the first college fraternity.
1752 – Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna
1775 – Mohawk military leader Joseph Brant goes to London to solicit more support from the government and to persuade the Crown to address past Mohawk land grievances in exchange for their participation as allies in the impending war
1778 – Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre
1790 – Chrysanthemums are introduced to England from China
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein – 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
1811 – Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain
1813 – Dresden surrenders to allied armies
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

1836 – Chile declares war on Bolivia & Peru
1839 – The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
1851 – Alvan Clark patents telescope
1862 – Opera “La Forza Del Destino” is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
1864 – Sherman’s troops destroy Rome, Georgia
1864 – Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL
1865 – Mary Edward Walker, the first US Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor
1865 – Thomas Robertson’s “Society” premieres in London
1865 – Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
1868 – 1st American amateur track & field meet (NYC)
1880 – Australian Bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol
1887 – Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies (b. 1855), Albert Parsons (b. 1848), Adolph Fischer (b. 1858) and George Engel (b. 1836) are executed.
1887 – Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham.
1889 – Washington admitted as 42nd state of USA
1889 – 29th British Golf Open: Willie Park, Jr. shoots a 155 at Musselburgh Links
1890 – D McCree patents portable fire escape
1895 – Bechuanaland becomes part of Cape Colony
1896 – Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium’s minister of War
1896 – Samuel Pierpont Langley’s Number 6 ‘heavier-than-air’ aircraft model flies over 1,500 m (5,000 ft).
1899 – Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones’ “Floradora” premieres in London
1901 – Maurice Ravel composition “Jeux d’eau” premieres
1905 – High Commissioner Prince George declares amnesty for all leaders of the insurrection that has been disturbing Crete during the recent months – but which never gained mass supprt
1906 – Ethel Smyth’s “Standrecht” premieres in Leipzig
1909 – Construction of US navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, begins
1909 – J M Synge’s “Tinker’s Wedding” premieres in London
1911 – Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see The 11/11/11 cold wave).
1911 – Russia issues an ultimatum to Persia and follows it with an invasion of North Persia to impose political control
1918 – Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution
1918 – Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates
1918 – Poland declares independence
1918 – Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany comes into effect, WW I hostilities end at 11.00 am
1919 – Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views
1920 – Great Britain’s monument to her war dead, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, designed by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled
1920 – The burials of unknown soldiers take place simultaneously in Westminster Abbey, London, at at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris.
1921 – President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery
1922 – Largest US flag displayed (150′ X 90′) expanded in 1939 (270′ X 90′)
1923 – Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown solder, Arc de Triumph
1924 – Martin Beck Theater opens at 302 W 45th St NYC
1924 – Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (SF)
1925 – Earnest Thalmann becomes chairman of German KPD
Jazz Musician Louis Armstrong

1925 – Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings
1925 – Night of Kersten – Colijn Dutch government falls by SGP-amendement
1925 – Robert A. Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays
1926 – Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager
1926 – U.S. Route 66 is established.
1928 – France’s 5th government of Poincaré forms
1928 – KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
1928 – WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
1928 – WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
1928 – WOL-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
1930 – Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
1931 – Cornerstones laid for Opera House & Veteran’s Building
1933 – “Great Black Blizzard” 1st great dust storm in Great Plains
Jazz Musician Billie Holiday

1933 – Billie Holiday’s second song and first hit, “Riffin’ the Scotch”, is released
1934 – 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful
1934 – WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC & becomes KICK-AM
1935 – Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD
1937 – Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph
1937 – Nobel prize for physics awarded to C J Davisson & GP Thomson
1938 – German & Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in nazi
1938 – Kristallnacht; Jews forced to wear Star of David
1939 – Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”
1940 – Thousands of Paris students lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier
1940 – Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100
1940 – British Fleet Air Arm attack destroys half of Italian fleet at Taranto
Composer and Lyricist Irving Berlin

1940 – Willys unveiled its General Purpose vehicle (“Jeep”)
1941 – Czech premier general Eliasj arrested by Nazis
1942 – -12] last German offensive in Stalingrad
1942 – 745 French Jews deported to Auschwitz
1942 – During WW II Germany completes the occupation of France
1942 – Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David
1942 – Lt-general Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java
1942 – Transport nr 45 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
1943 – Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; Stan Musial wins NL MVP
1943 – US air raid on Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
1944 – NY Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4)
1946 – NY Knicks’ 1st game at Madison Sq Garden loses 78-68 to Chic Stags
1947 – “Gentlemen’s Agreement” directed by Elia Karan and starring Gregory Peckand Dorothy McGuire premieres in New York (Best Picture 1948)
Actor Gregory Peck

1949 – WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 – Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as Baltimore Orioles manager
1954 – Publication of “Two Towers” 2nd volume of “Lord of the Rings” by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London
1957 – Demolition begins on cable car barn at California & Hyde (SF)
1958 – “La Plume de Ma Tante” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 835 perfs
1958 – AL announces Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
1959 – 1st episode of “Rocky & His Friends” airs
1959 – Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished
1960 – Largest NY Knick 49th St Madison Square Garden crowd-18,499
1961 – Adulterous couple up mestkar through Staphorst riding
1961 – Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian UN pilots
1961 – Molotov, Malenkov & Kaganovitsj expelled from USSR’s communist party
Writer and Academic J. R. R. Tolkien

1961 – Stalingrad renamed Volgograd
1962 – Kuwait’s National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
1963 – Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for The Beatles
1963 – Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard’s lifetime 544 goal record
1964 – Murray Schisgal’s “Luv” premieres in NYC
1965 – Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian Smith
1965 – William Alfred’s “Hogan’s Goat” premieres in NYC
1966 – Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight
1966 – Methodist Church & Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church (USA)
1966 – NASA launches spaceship Gemini 12.
1968 – John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of “2 Virgins” album
1968 – Maldives (in Indian Ocean) becomes a republic
1968 – Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England
NBA Forward Elvin Hayes

1968 – As a rookie, Elvin Hayes scores 54 points against the Detroit Pistons, a career-high
1969 – Beatles with Billy Preston release “Get Back” in UK
1969 – Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by FBI for drunkeness
1970 – Balt Oriole Boog Powell wins AL MVP
1971 – Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
1971 – Neil Simon’s “Prisoner of Second Avenue” premieres in NYC
1972 – Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time
1972 – US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army
1972 – 6th Rugby League World Cup: Australia and Great Britain tie 10-10; Great Britain awarded the cup
1975 – Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1975 – Australian PM Gough Whitlam removed from office by Governor General Sir John Kerr (1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs)
Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser

1975 – Liberal leader Malcolm Fraser sworn in as caretaker Prime Minister of Australia after sacking of the Whitlam Government by Governor General John Kerr
1977 – Wings release “Mull of Kintyre” & “Girl’s School”
1978 – Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives
1979 – Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center
1980 – Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37
1980 – Islanders’ Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars
1981 – “Oh, Brother!” closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 3 performances
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award
1982 – 30th time Islanders shut-out-2-0 vs North Stars
1982 – 5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched 1st coml flight
1982 – Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters near Tyre; kills 60
1982 – Joe Altobelli succeeds retiring Earl Weaver as Oriole manager
1983 – 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
US President & Actor Ronald Reagan

1983 – President Reagan became 1st US president to address Japanese legislature
1983 – Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan at WACA
1984 – “Three Musketeers” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 9 performances
1985 – 1st AIDS theme TV movie – “An Early Frost” screens in US on NBC
1985 – Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
1985 – Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools & housing
1986 – Houston’s Astro Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young Award
1986 – Suriname government proclaims gold purification
1987 – “Roza” closes at Royale Theater NYC after 12 performances
1987 – Judge Anthony M Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court
1987 – Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns
1987 – Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards
1987 – van Gogh’s “Irises” sells for record $53.6 M at auction
1988 – Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science
Painter Vincent van Gogh

1989 – “Prince of Central Park” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1989 – Sam’s Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1990 – “Shadowlands” opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 169 perfs
1990 – Calif’s Chuck Finley & Seattle’s Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between US & Japanese all-star teams
1992 – The Church of England approves the ordination of female priests
1993 – Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder
1994 – Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci’s “Codex” for $30,800,000
1994 – Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir
1996 – Braves’ John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award
1997 – CBS News anchor Dan Rather renews his contract to 2002
1997 – Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award
1997 – WNBA expands to Detroit & Washington, D.C.
MLB Pitching Legend Roger Clemens

1999 – Last upside down date until January 1, 6000
2000 – In Kaprun, Austria, 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel.
2000 – 12th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 28-16 in South Bend
2001 – Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they were traveling on top off.
2004 – New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
2004 – The death of Yasser Arafat is confirmed by the Palestine Liberation Organization, of unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
2006 – The New Zealand war memorial monument was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat

2008 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) set sail on her final voyage to Dubai.
2009 – 43rd Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift & Brad Paisley wins
2011 – 25th Soul Train Music Awards: Cee-Lo Green, Jill Scott win
2012 – 12 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Burma
2013 – 4 people are killed and 8 are injured after a building catches fire in Mumbai, India
2013 – 100 people are killed in a tropical cyclone in the Puntland region, Somalia
2013 – “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” directed by Francis Lawrence starringJennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson premieres in London, UK
2014 – The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
2014 – An Italian appeals court overturns a manslaughter conviction against 6 scientists for failing to give adequate warning of a deadly earthquake
2014 – The leaders of China and Japan meet for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute
2014 – The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain vote in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence
2014 – 58 people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District, Pakistan
2014 – Samsung Lions win the 2014 Korean Series in baseball

BIRTHDAYS

995 – Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1041)
1050 – Henry IV, Goslar, Kaiserpfalz, Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105)
1154 – Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212)
1155 – Alfonso VIII, the Noble One, king of Castilia
1220 – Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (d. 1271)
1493 – Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1569)
1493 – Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (Zinc, laudanum), (d. 1541)
1523 – Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician
1569 – Martin Ruland the Younger, German physician and alchemist (d. 1611)
1579 – Frans Snyders, Flemish animal painter
1599 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Italian/Spanish marshal
1633 – George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax/author (Character of a Trimmer)
1636 – Yen Jo-chu, Chinese scholar of Ch’ing dynasty
1657 – Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)
1668 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and bibliographer (d. 1736)
1675 – Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, 9th sikh guru
Physician/Alchemist Paracelsus (1493)

1679 – Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scientist
1688 – Lorenzo Somis, composer
1690 – Gerhard Hoffmann, composer
1696 – Andrea Zani, composer
1722 – Johann Philipp Sack, composer
1724 – Willem A Alting, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1780-97)
1731 – Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer
1736 – Johann H Schepp, German/Neth engraver
1743 – Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (d. 1828)
1748 – King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819) Reigned 1788-1808
1767 – Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster
1771 – Ephraim McDowell, surgeon (pioneered abdominal surgery)
1788 – Michal Wielhorski, composer
1791 – Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855)
1792 – Mary Anne Evans, English wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872)
1811 – Ben McCulloch, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
Novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821)

1821 – Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russia, novelist (Crime & Punishment), (d. 1881)
1832 – Paolo Giorza, composer
1836 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US, author/editor (Story of a Bad Boy)
1852 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925)
1858 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (d. 1884)
1863 – Paul Signac, French painter (d. 1935)
1864 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist (Nobel 1911)
1864 – George Washington Crile, Chili Ohio, American Surgeon who conducted the first direct blood transfusion and studied the effects of surgical shock
1868 – Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist
1869 – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia
1869 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (d. 1901)
1870 – Nils Kjaer, Norwegian playwright (Det evige Savn)
1872 – Maude K Adams, US, actress (Baldwin’s Theatre)
1872 – David I. Walsh, 46th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1947)
1875 – Vesto Slipher, Mulberry Indiana, American Astronomer who provided the first evidence to support the expanding-universe theory
1882 – King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)
1883 – Ernest Ansermet, Vevey Switzerland, conductor (Ruilles de Printemps)
US General George S. Patton (1885)

1885 – George S Patton, San Gabriel, California, US general (Sicily/Italy/Normandy) “Old Blood & Guts”, (d. 1945)
1887 – Roland Young, London England
1888 – Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India
1891 – Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (d. 1954)
1893 – Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author
1894 – Aaron Avshalomov, composer
1894 – Winifred Kingston, England, silent screen actress (David Garrick)
1895 – Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor
1895 – Jacov Gotovac, composer
1897 – Gordon W Allport, US, psychologist (personalities)
1898 – Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher
1898 – Rene Clair, director (I Married a Witch, It Happened Tomorrow)
1899 – Harold “Pie” Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates)
1899 – Pat O’Brien, Milwaukee, actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces)
1900 – Helena Konopacka, Poland, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1928)
1900 – Hugh Scott, (Sen-R-Penn), minority whip
1900 – John Longden, West Indies, actor (Man From Interpol)
1901 – Sam Spiegel, producer (On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai)
1901 – F. Van Wyck Mason, American author (d. 1978)
1903 – Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine
1903 – Thomas Edward Allibone, Sheffield South Yorkshire, English Physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage particle acceleration)
1904 – Alger Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin
1904 – J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (d. 1960)
1905 – Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer
Physician Joseph Gilbert Hamilton (1907)

1907 – Joseph Hamilton, American Physician who was a pioneer of using radioactive isotopes in disease treatment and diagnosis
1909 – Robert Ryan, actor (Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day), born in Chicago, Illinois
1910 – Arnold D W Tilanus, Dutch MP (CHU)
1910 – Franz Kemser, Germany, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1952)
1910 – Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist
1910 – Yisrael Eldad, British extremist politician
1910 – Raemer Schreiber, McMinnville Oregon, American Physicist (Manhattan Project) who helped develop the first atomic bomb during World War II and prepared the Fat Man bomb that was used in the bombing of Nagasaki
1911 – Patric Knowles [Reginald Lawrence Knowles], Horsforth, Yorkshire, English actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny)
1912 – Cissie Elizabeth Charlton, football matriarch
Physicist Raemer Schreiber(1910)

1912 – Thomas C. Mann, American diplomat (d. 1999)
1913 – German Leont’yevich Zhukovsky, composer
1913 – Peter Black, TV critic
1914 – Daisy Bates, publisher/head (Arkansas NAACP)
1914 – Hansje Toussaint, [Hermina A Schenk], singer (Sing of the Cross)
1914 – Howard Fast, screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus), born in NYC, New York
1914 – Perry Bass, Texas billionaire
1914 – Henry Wade, American lawyer (d. 2001)
1915 – Bernhard Heiliger, sculptor
1915 – William Proxmire, (Sen-D-WI, 1957-88) (Golden Fleece Awards)
1916 – Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman
1917 – Julien-Francois Zbinden, composer
1917 – [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, US, sci-fi author (Earth War)
1918 – Jurg Baur, composer
1918 – Stubby Kaye, actor (Guys & Dolls, Lil’ Abner, Cat Ballou), born in NYC, New York
1919 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (d. 2000)
1920 – Roy Jenkins, British MP (Labour)
1921 – Terrell Bell, American politician (d. 1996)
Writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr(1922)

1922 – Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Ind, author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan)
1924 – Piet J A van der Sanden, Dutch MP (CDA)
1924 – Rusi Modi, cricketer (strong Indian batsman in post-War years)
1925 – Jonathan Winters, Dayton OH, comedian (J Winters Show, Mork & Mindy), (d. 2013)
1925 – June Whitfield, British comedian
1925 – John Guillermin, film director (The Towering Inferno), born in London, UK (d. 2015)
1926 – Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1926 – Richard Tufeld, voice actor (Lost in Space), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
1927 – Lord Wolfson, English multi-millionaire
1927 – Mose Allison, Tippo Mississippi, jazz artist (Black Country Suite)
1928 – Arthur Cunningham, composer
1928 – Edward Zorinsky, (Sen-D-NB, 1976-88)
1928 – Ernestine Anderson, jazz vocalist
1928 – Trevor Meale, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v England 1958)
1928 – Carlos Fuentes, Panama City, Panama, author (The Death of Artemio Cruz), (d. 2012)
1928 – Gracita Morales, Spanish actress (d. 1995)
1929 – H M Enzensberger, writer
1929 – LaVern Baker, R&B vocalist (I Cried a Tear), born in Chicago, Illinois
1930 – Kenneth Fleetwood, fashion designer
1930 – Hank Garland, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2004)
1930 – Hugh Everett, American physicist (d. 1982)
1930 – Vernon Handley, English conductor
1931 – Fortney H [Pete] Stark, (Rep-D-CA, 1973- )
1932 – Al Levitt, drummer
1934 – Bibi Andersson, Sweden, actress (Scenes From a Marriage)
1934 – Elzbieta Krzesinska, Poland, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
1934 – Paula Myers-Pope, US, platform diver, 2 silver, 1 bronze (Oly 1952-60)
1934 – Jim Perry, American and Canadian television host
1936 – Susan Kohner, LA CA, actress (Imitation of Life, Gene Krupa Story)
1937 – Buddy Jimmy Lee Land Ace, singer
1937 – Warner Wolf, sportscaster (WABC-TV, WCBS-TV), born in Washington, D.C.
1937 – Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat
1938 – Narvel Felts, country singer
1938 – John Reilly, actor (Sean-General Hospital, Dallas, Hamptons), born in Chicago, Illinois
1938 – Josef Odozil, Czech, 1500m (Olympic-silver-1964)
1938 – Roger Laver, [Jackson], rock keyboardist (Tornados)
1938 – Haruhiro Yamashita, Japanese gymnast
1939 – Claudia Boyarskikh, USSR, 5K/10K cross country (Olympic-gold-1964)
1939 – Denise Alexander, actress (Mary McKinnon-Another World)
1940 – Barbara Boxer, (Rep-D-CA, 1983-92/Sen-D-CA, 1993- )
1942 – Roy Fredericks, cricketer (brilliant WI lefty opener 169 v Aust 1975)
1943 – Chas Hodges, rocker
1943 – Jan Adamski, Poland, International Chess Master (1976)
1943 – Karin Kent, [Janneke Kanteman], Dutch singer
1944 – Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor
1945 – Chris Dreja, rocker (Yardbirds), born in London, England
1945 – Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua (1984-90)
1945 – Denise Alexander, actress (General Hospital, Another World), born in NYC, New York
1945 – Niaz Ahmed, cricketer (1st & last East Pakistani to play Test cricket)
1945 – Vince Martell, rock guitarist (Vanilla Fudge), born in NYC, New York
1946 – Chip Hawkes, rocker
1946 – Corrine Brown, (Rep-D-Florida)
1946 – Vladimir Alekseyevich Soloviyov, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10, T-15, TM-10)
1947 – Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist
1947 – Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian
1947 – Pat “Dirty” Daugherty, rocker (Black Oak Arkansas)
1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, actor (Playroom, Waiting for the Light)
1949 – Kathy Postlewait, Norfolk VA, LPGA golfer (1989 Sara Lee)
1950 – Jim Peterik, rocker (Survivor)
1950 – Otis Armstrong, NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
1950 – Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland NZ, Tornado class yachter (Olympics-96)
1950 – Mircea Dinescu, Romanian poet
1950 – Ed Ordynski, Australian rally driver
1951 – Fuzzy [Frank] Zoeller, New Albany IN, PGA golfer (Masters 1981)
1951 – Kim Peek, American megasavant
1952 – Paul Cowsill, Newport RI, rock keyboardist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
1953 – Andy Partridge, English rock vocalist/guitarist (XTC-Oranges & Lemons)
1953 – Kostas Skandalidis, Greek politician
1954 – Gail Marquis, WBL forward (NY Stars, Olympic-silver-1976)
1954 – Mary Gaitskill, American novelist
1955 – Jigme Singye Wangchuk, king of Bhutan (1972- )
1956 – Billy Smith, Reidsville NC, country singer (Billy & Terry Smith)
1956 – Ian Craig Marsh, England, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams)
1958 – Luz Casal, Spanish singer
1958 – Carlos Lacamara, Cuban-born American Actor
1959 – Vincent Irizarry, actor (Guiding Light, Santa Barbara), born in Queens, New York
1959 – Lee Haney, American bodybuilder
1960 – Lisa Welch Semler, Aberdeen Md, playmate (Sep, 1980)
1960 – Peter Parros, American actor
1960 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and director
1961 – Matt Ghaffari, Tehran Iran, US greco-roman wrestler (Oly-sil-92, 96)
1961 – Steve Young, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
Actress Demi Moore (1962)

1962 – Demi Moore, [Guynes], Roswell NM, actress (Ghost, Striptease, GI Jane)
1962 – Mic Michaeli, Swedish keyboardist
1962 – James Morrison, Australian musician
1963 – Vinnie Testaverde, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Buckineers)
1964 – Jon Hough, Royal Oak MI, Nike golfer (1986 NAIA Individual Natl Champ)
1964 – Philip McKeon, Westbury NY, actor (Tommy-Alice, Return to Horror High)
1964 – Robert Haynes, cricketer (Jamaica & WI leggie, one-dayer but no Tests)
1964 – Roberto Hernandez, Santurce Puerto Rico, pitcher (Chicago White Sox)
1964 – Calista Flockhart, American actress
1964 – Anabel Alonso, Spanish actress
1965 – Brian Wilson, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in NYC, New York
1965 – Ruthie Matthes, Sun Valley Idaho, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1965 – Max Mutchnick, American TV writer and producer
1966 – Benedicta Boccoli, Milan Italy
1966 – Gina Pillitiere, Akron Oh, WPVA volleyballer (National-25th-1994)
1967 – Bill Musgrave, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos)
1967 – Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver
1968 – Jo Kittsee, Germany, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
1968 – John Jett, NFL punter (Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions)
1968 – Lin Elliott, NFL kicker (KC Chiefs)
1968 – Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
1968 – David L Cook, American singer and comedian
1969 – Damion Easley, infielder (California Angels), born in NYC, New York
1969 – Dave Moore, NFL tight end/fullback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1969 – Jeff Sydner, NFL wide receiver/punt returner (NY Jets)
1969 – LaRee Pearl Sugg, Petersburg VA, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-15th)
1969 – Michael Owens, cricket pace bowler (NZ Test)
1969 – Carson Kressley, American television personality
1970 – Derry Brownson, rock keyboardist (EMF-Unbelievable)
1970 – Jeff Ware, Norfolk VA, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1970 – Lee Parkin Starsky, daughter of Ringo
1970 – Lee Battersby, Australian author
1971 – Melvin Tuten, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
1971 – Ryan Hancock, Santa Clara CA, pitcher (California Angels)
1971 – Jennifer Celotta, American TV producer and writer
1971 – Paul Chaloner, English TV e-sports commentator
1972 – Cornell Thomas, WLAF DE (Scotland Claymores)
1972 – Jack Jackson, NFL/CFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, Toronto Argonauts)
1972 – Steve Konowalchuk, Salt Lake City, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
1972 – Adam Beach, Canadian actor
1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
1973 – Jason Bowen, Port Alice, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1973 – Stacy Perrone, Wolcott Conn, Meet Miss America-Connecticut (1997)
1973 – Terrance Shaw, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers)
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio(1974)

1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor (The Departed, Inception, The Wolf of Wall Street), born in Los Angeles, California
1974 – Phillip Ward, linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 – Static Major, American singer (d. 2008)
1976 – Lisa Gleave, American actress and model
1976 – Jason Grilli, American baseball player
1976 – Jesse Keeler, Canadian musician
1977 – Maniche, Portuguese footballer
1977 – Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (d. 2002)
1978 – Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer
1980 – Willie Parker, American football player
1981 – Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2005
1981 – Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1982 – Lil’ Dave, [Davis Shelton], rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1982 – Brittny Gastineau, American socialite
1983 – Philipp Lahm, German footballer
1983 – Matt Garza, American baseball player
1985 – Jessica Sierra, American Idol season 4 finalist
1985 – Robin Uthappa, Indian cricket player
1986 – François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player
1987 – Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS and Tegomass)
1988 – Alexandra Kyle, American actress
1989 – Reina Tanaka, Japanese pop singer
1991 – Christa B. Allen, American actress
1992 – Trey Smith, American actor

WEDDINGS

1100 – Anglo Norman King Henry I marries Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey
1838 – Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwin’s marriage proposal (English Naturalist later author of Origin of the Species)
1858 – 20th US President James Garfield (26) weds Lucretia Rudolph (26) in Hiram, Ohio
1860 – 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
1944 – Blues musician B.B. King (19) marries his first wife Martha Denton
1957 – Country singer June Carter Cash (28) weds former football player Edwin Nix
1971 – Swedish director and writer Ingmar Bergman (53) weds actress Ingrid von Rosen (41)
Director, Writer Ingmar Bergman (1971)

1977 – “Three’s Company” actress Suzanne Somers (30) weds host Alan Hamel (40)
1980 – Novelist Norman Mailer (57) weds Norris Church (31) in Brooklyn, New York
2005 – Millionaire Nasir Khan weds “Footballers’ Wives” actress Laila Rouass (34) in London
2006 – Dutch Formula One racer Christijan Albers (27) weds Liselore Kooijman at The Grand in Amsterdam
2011 – Actor and comedian Kenan Thompson (33) weds model Christina Evangeline at George Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia
2011 – TV personality Kim Zolciak (33) weds Atlanta Falcons football player Kroy Biermann (26) in Roswell, Georgia
2011 – Sixteen-time Grammy Award-winning hit producer and songwriter David Foster (62) weds model Yolanda Hadid in Beverly Hills

DIVORCES

None

DEATHS

307 – Flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies
397 – Martinus, (St Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81
405 – Arsacius, intruding archbishop of Constantinople
511 – Clovis, king of Salische France/founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
826 – Theodore the Studite, Byzantine theologist/poet/saint, dies
865 – Petronas the Patrician, Byzantine General
1150 – Hartbert, bishop of Utrecht (1140-50), dies
1331 – Stefanus VIII Uros III Decanski, king of Serbia (1322-31), dies
1528 – Lucas van Prague, Czech leader of Bohemian Brothers, dies at about 68
1623 – Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549)
1638 – Cornelis Cornelisz, “of Haarlem”, painter, dies at about 76
1641 – Ferdinand van Austrian, cardinal of Spain, dies
1675 – Thomas Willis, English Physician (epidemiology, anatomy of the brain and nervous system), dies at 54
1686 – Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician (b. 1602)
1755 – Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91
1772 – John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84
1810 – Johann/John Zoffany, German painter (Tribuna degl’ Uffizi), dies at 77
1812 – Platon Levshin, Metropoitan of Moscow (b. 1737)
Rebel Slave Nat Turner(1831)

1831 – Nat Turner, slave rebel who led a violent insurrection in Virginia, hanged at 31
1855 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (b. 1813)
1861 – Pedro V van Alcantara, King of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24
1862 – James Madison Porter, American politician (b. 1793)
1871 – William Lonsdale, English Geologist and Paleontologist (fossil coral), dies at 77
1880 – Lucretia Mott, US quaker (1st Woman’s Rights Convention), dies
1880 – Ned Kelly, Australian outlaw and bushranger, executed at 25
1884 – Alfred Brehm German zoologist (b. 1827)
1886 – Paul Bert, Auxerre, French Zoologist, Physiologist and pioneer of aerospace medicine whose study of the effects of air pressure on the body made possible space and ocean exploration, dies of dysentery at 53
1887 – Haymarket defenda
Leader of the Kelly gang Ned Kelly (1880)

1895 – Julius Tausch, composer, dies at 68
1901 – Antonio Zamara, composer, dies at 72
1907 – Henry Gadsby, composer, dies at 64
1912 – Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75
1912 – Jose Canalejas Y Mendez, premier Spain, murdered
1917 – Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79
1918 – Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies
1918 – George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier, last person to be killed in WW I (b. 1892)
1927 – Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen, Danish Botanist and Geneticist who provided evidence for Hugo de Vries’ mutation theory, dies at 70
1929 – Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer, dies at 66
1930 – W W Whysall, cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30), dies
1931 – Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1840)
1936 – Edward German, composer, dies at 74
Cook Typhoid Mary (1938)

1938 – Mary Mallon, Irish-American patient best known as ‘Typhoid Mary’ and the first person in the United States known to be immune to typhoid, dies at 69
1939 – Jan Opletal, Czech student, victim of Nazi violence in Prague
1942 – Anton H Blaauw, botanist (Perception of the Lichtes), dies at 60
1942 – Hector Abbas, actor/director (Rosa Lynd Company), dies at 58
1945 – Jerome Kern, US composer (Sally, Leave it to Jane), dies at 60
1947 – Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64
1954 – John Rosamund Johnson, composer, dies at 81
1955 – John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87
1956 – Victor Young, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1962 – Joseph Allen Jr, actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44
1962 – René Coty, pres of France, dies at 80
1964 – Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72
1964 – H[enry] Beam Piper, US, sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60
1965 – Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65
1967 – Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76
1967 – Jordan Whitfield, actor (Swamp Fox), dies of heart attack at 50
1968 – Jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47
1969 – Frank Newburg, actor (Homemaker), dies at 83
1971 – Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke and Ranee of Sarawak, dies at 86
1972 – Berry Oakley, US rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24
1973 – Stringbean, [David Akeman], banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1973 – Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish Chemist and Nobel laureate, dies at 78
1974 – Alfonso Leng, composer, dies at 80
1974 – Jane Ace, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 74
1975 – Marty May, (Fireball Fun For All), dies at 79
1976 – Alexander Calder, US sculptor, dies at 78
1976 – E Q Davies, cricketer (9 runs & 7 wickets in 5 Tests for S Afr), dies
1977 – Greta Keller, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (b. 1903)
1977 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist & political activist (b. 1950)
1979 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (b. 1894)
1984 – Martin Luther King Sr, US vicar/father of MLK Jr, dies at 84
1984 – Jan Novak, composer, dies at 63
1986 – Roger C Carmel, actor (Mudd-Star Trek, Mothers-in-Law), dies at 54
1987 – L T Coggeshall, medical scientist (Sec of HEW 1956-58), dies at 86
1987 – Nico Slothouwer, poet (Liefdesstratenplan), commits suicide at 30
1988 – William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor & organist (b. 1900)
1990 – Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
1990 – Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (b. 1898)
1992 – Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, cosmonaut, dies at 50
1992 – Giulio C Argan, Italian art critic/mayor of Rome, dies
1993 – Erskine Hawkins, US trumpeter/composer (After Hours), dies at 79
1993 – Harry R “Rob” Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67
1994 – Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, Engl composer (My Dark Heart), dies at 87
1994 – Ernest Clark, actor (Pope Must Die, Gandhi), dies at 82
1994 – Frances Tustin, child Psychologist, dies at 81
1994 – Pedro Zamora, aIDS Activist, dies at 22
1994 – John A. Volpe, 61st and 63rd Governor of Massachusetts, 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation (b. 1908)
1995 – Charles Scribner Jr, publisher, dies at 74
1995 – Cornelie Coposu, politician, dies at 79
1995 – Kenneth Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist, dies at 68
1996 – Helen Rosenthal, Teacher/health administrator, dies at 47
1997 – Rodney Milburn, American athlete (b. 1950)
1998 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (b. 1913)
1999 – Jacobo Timmerman, Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923)
1999 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b. 1961)
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat (2004)

2004 – Yasser Arafat, co-founder and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, revolutionary and nobel prize winner dies in Paris at 75
2004 – Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2005 – Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, British photographer (b. 1939)
2005 – Peter Drucker, American management theorist (b. 1909)
2005 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director (b. 1930)
2006 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (b. 1974)
2006 – Harry Lehotsky, pastor and activist (b. 1957)
2008 – Herb Score, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2009 – Dhanpat Rai Nahar, Indian labour leader (b. 1919)
2010 – Baby Marie Osborne, American actress (b. 1911)
2010 – William Edwin Self, American actor and television producer (b. 1921)
2013 – George Reinholt, American actor, dies at 73

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1918 World War I ends

• American Revolution

• 1778 Poor leadership leads to Cherry Valley Massacre

• Automotive

• 1978 The General Lee jumps into history

• Civil War

• 1811 Ben McCulloch born

• Cold War

• 1973 Soviet Union refuses to play Chile in World Cup Soccer

• Crime

• 1988 Police make a grisly discovery in Dorothea Puente’s lawn

• Disaster

• 2000 Skiers die in cable-car fire

• General Interest

• 1831 Nat Turner executed in Virginia
• 1885 George Patton born
• 1921 Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns

• Hollywood

• 1994 Interview with the Vampire debuts

• Literary

• 1852 Louisa May Alcott publishes her first story

• Music

• 1978 Donna Summer earns her first #1 pop hit with “MacArthur Park”

• Old West

• 1933 Massive dust storm sweeps South Dakota

• Presidential

• 1834 Franklin Pierce marries Jane Appleton
• 1858 James Garfield marries Lucretia Rudolph

• Sports

• 1981 Fernando Valenzuela wins Cy Young Award

• Vietnam War

• 1967 Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war
• 1968 Operation Commando Hunt commences
• 1972 Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam

• World War I

• 1918 World War I ends

• World War II

• 1942 Draft age is lowered to 18

November 10th

EVENTS

911 – Conrad I elecect German King
1444 – Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders
1526 – John I Zapolyai of Transsylvania chosen as king of Hungary
1544 – Antwerps painter John Matsys banished
1567 – Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots
1584 – Willem Louis of Nassau appointed viceroy of Friesland
1619 – René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his “Meditations on First Philosophy”
1630 – Failed palace revolution in France against Richelieu
1674 – Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English
1687 – Pope Innocent XI publishes decree Coelestis pastor
1697 – English parliament accept army reduction
1766 – The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen’s College (later renamed Rutgers University).
1775 – Congress forms US Marine Corps
1785 – Netherlands & France sign treaty
1793 – France ends forced worship of God
1801 – Kentucky outlaws dueling
1808 – Osage Treaty signed
Naturalist Charles Darwin

1834 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso
1836 – Louis Napoleon banished to America
1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
1864 – Kingston, GA burned during Sherman’s March to the Sea
1871 – Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’
1878 – Aleksandr Ostrovsky’s “Bespridannitsa” premieres in Moscow
1883 – Toronto Argonauts defeat Ottawa FC 9-7, for 1st ORFU Championship
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler’s unveils the world’s first motorcycle
1891 – 1st Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)
Physician and Explorer David Livingstone

1891 – Granville T Woods patents electric railway
1892 – 1st CRU championship game: Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal, 45-5
1894 – Fred Lugard signs accord with king Lafia “Absalamu” of Nikki
1898 – Race riot in Wilmington NC (8 blacks killed)
1905 – Sailors revolt in Kronstadt, Russia
1908 – 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room
1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis’ opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
1911 – Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corporation (for scholarly & charitable works)
1911 – Chinese Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath)
1917 – 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House
1917 – Faure’s 2nd Violo Sonate, premieres
1917 – New bolshevik government under Lenin suspends freedom of press (temporary) during October Revolution
German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II

1918 – German Emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherlands
1918 – Independence of Poland proclaimed by Józef Pilsudski
1918 – The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, NS received a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa, ON and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
1919 – 1st observance of National Book Week
1919 – American Legion’s 1st national convention (Minneapolis)
1920 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Heartbreak House” premieres in NYC
1923 – German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany
1924 – Dion O’Banion, leader of the North Side Gang is assassinated in his flower shop by members of Johnny Torrio’s gang, sparking the bloody gang war of the 1920s in Chicago.
1926 – Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37
Cricket Legend Donald Bradman

1926 – Guomindang-regring deallocates seat of Kanton to Wuhan (Hankou)
1926 – Vincent Massey becomes 1st Canadian minister to USA
1928 – Emperor Hirohito’s official coronation as Emperor of Japan
1931 – 4th Academy Awards – “Cimarron”, Lionel Barrymore & Marie Dressler win
1933 – Black Blizzard snowstorm-duststorm rages from SD to Atlantic
1937 – Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims “Estado novo”
1938 – 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska
1938 – Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth)
1940 – Pittsburgh & Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game
1940 – Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
1942 – Philip Barry’s “Without Love” premieres in NYC
1942 – US troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey, Morocco
1942 – US-British troops occupies Oran, Algeria
Animator Walt Disney

1944 – German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany
1944 – US 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery
1944 – Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands
1945 – “Are You with It?” opens at Century Theater NYC for 264 performances
1945 – College football’s #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0
1945 – General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania
1945 – Heavy battle in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, celebrated as Heroes’ Day (Hari Pahlawan).
1946 – Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election
1950 – After 9 years, Cleve Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
1950 – Clifford Odet’s “Country Girl” premieres in NYC
1950 – Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected president of Guatemala
Author and Nobel Laureate William Faulkner

1950 – Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner
1951 – 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance
1951 – 13th College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Maryland beats Navy 40-21 in Baltimore
1952 – Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary-genraal of UN
1953 – Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised)

United States Marines raise the U.S. flag atop
Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima

1954 – Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising US flag) dedicated in Arlington
1954 – Lt Col John Stapp travels 632 mph in a rocket sled
1955 – “Vamp” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 60 performances
1956 – Gene de Paul/John Meyer’s musical “Li’l Abner” premieres in NYC
1957 – NFL record crowd (102,368), ’49ers vs Rams in LA
1957 – Cleveland Browns’ Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0
1958 – Bertolt Brecht’s play ” The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” premieres in Stuttgart, West Germany
1958 – WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 – Corinne Rottschaeffer of the Netherlands elected Miss World
1962 – “Nowhere to Go, But Up” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 9 perfs
Ice Hockey Legend Gordie Howe

1963 – Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545
1963 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
1964 – “Something More!” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 15 perfs
1964 – Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
1965 – Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels
1966 – Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier (Taoiseach)
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon
1967 – KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 – Judy Rankin wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1968 – Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight
1968 – Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed
1969 – “Sesame Street” premieres on PBS TV
1970 – “2 by 2” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 343 performances
1970 – Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched
LPGA Golfer Kathy Whitworth

1970 – R Rodgers/M Charnins musical “Two by Two” premieres in NYC
1971 – Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP
1971 – US table tennis team arrived in China
1974 – 2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win
1974 – Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0
1975 – Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald & crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior
1975 – PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC
1975 – Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career
1975 – UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism
1976 – Utah Supreme Court approves execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
1977 – Amsterdam: Red Army Faction terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested
1977 – Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC)
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat

1978 – Israel’s top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
1978 – Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 – Yanks trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath & Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison & Griffin
1979 – Train detrailment in Mississauga, Ontario; a 106 car train derails causing the evacuation of 200,000 people
1980 – Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays $12.55 fare
1980 – Poland acknowledges Solidarity union
1980 – Iraq captures southern port of Khorramshahr
1981 – “Oh, Brother!” opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 3 performances
1981 – Ernest Thompson’s “West Side Waltz” premieres in NYC
1982 – IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankrupcy
1982 – Susan Cooper/Hume Cronyn’s “Foxfire” premieres in NYC
1982 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened
WBC Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes

1983 – “Amen Corner” opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 83 performances
1983 – Federal government shut down
1984 – Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
1984 – Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40
1984 – Horse Racing Breeders’ Cup Champs: Chief’s Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood
1985 – Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1986 – Bangladeshi Constitution restored
1987 – Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award
1988 – China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
1988 – MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7)
1988 – NY’s MTA announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes
1988 – Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
1989 – Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov resigns
1989 – Germans begin demolishing Berlin Wall
1989 – Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped
1990 – Lebanon releases 2 French hostages (Camille Sontag & Marcel Coudari)
Actor Macaulay Culkin

1990 – John Hughes’ film “Home Alone” directed by Chris Columbus and starringMacaulay Culkin premieres in Chicago
1991 – Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception
1991 – Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Phila 32-30
1991 – Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1991 – Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins
1991 – Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1,000th football game
1991 – South Africa’s 1st cricket international since 1970 – one-day v India
1993 – “Joseph & the Amazing” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 223 perfs
1993 – Slovakian government of Vladimír Mečiar forms
1995 – In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop) are hanged by government forces.
Tennis Player Martina Navratilova

1996 – 46th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
1997 – “Jackie – An American Life” opens at Belasco Theater NYC
1997 – Artist Peter Max pleads guilty to tax fraud & time served
1997 – Nanny Louise Woodward murder conviction downgraded to manslaughter
2001 – An agreement is reached at talks in Marrakech, Morocco, on rules for implementation of the Kyoto climate change treaty
2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj assassinated in Colombo.
2007 – ¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez.
2010 – 44th Country Music Association Award: Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins
2010 – Alan Menken, famous Disney composer, receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Disney Composer Alan Menken

2012 – 20 Syrian troops are killed by suicide bombings in Daara
2012 – 27 people are killed and dozens injured in a prison conflict in Colombo, Sri Lanka
2012 – Israeli counter strike on Palestinian militants in Gaza kills 5 and injure 30
2012 – 17 people are killed in a helicopter crash as a result of bad weather in Turkey
2012 – The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obamawins Florida to defeate Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes
2012 – 22nd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 21-6 in Chestnut Hill
2013 – Spaniard Marc Márquez wins the 2013 MotoGP World Championship to become its youngest ever winner at 20
Actress Jennifer Lawrence

2014 – “The Hunger Games” Mockingjay – Part 1″ directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson premieres in London, UK
2014 – Ethel Kennedy is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
2084 – Transit of Earth as seen from Mars

BIRTHDAYS

745 – Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (d. 799)
1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408)
1433 – Charles of Charolais, the Bold, Duke of Burgundy/polyglot
1467 – Charles of Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen [or Nov 9]
1480 – Bridget of York, English princess and nun (d. 1517)
1483 – Martin Luther, Founder of Protestantism, born in Eisleben Germany (d. 1546)
1565 – Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex/cousin/lover of Elizabeth I
1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
1577 – Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], Dutch grand pensionary/poet (Houwelyck)
1620 – Ninon de l’Enclos, French courtesan and writer (d. 1705)
1636 – Francesco Passarini, composer
1668 – Francois Couperin, Paris France, composer/organist (Concerts Royaux)
1668 – Louis III, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
1679 – Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer
1683 – George II [August], king of England (1727-60)
Founder of Protestanism Martin Luther (1483)

1694 – Jean-Laurent Krafft, composer
1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
1697 – William Hogarth, England, satiric painter/engraver (Rake’s Progress)
1704 – Carlo Zuccari, composer
1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
1719 – Georg Philipp Kress, composer
1730 – Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer) (d. 1774)
1735 – Granville Sharp, English abolishionist (d. 1813)
1759 – Frederich von Schiller, Germany, poet/lyricist (Ode to Joy) (d. 1805)
1772 – Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer
1786 – Carl Eberwein, composer
1793 – Jared Kirtland, US, physician/naturalist/reformed penitentiaries
1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
1810 – George Jennings English sanitary engineer (d. 1882)
1811 – Louis Kufferath, composer
1819 – Cyrus West Field, financier/success of 1st transatlantic cable
1827 – Alfred Howe Terry, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1890)
1830 – Albert Gallatin Jenkins, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1864)
1833 – Dobri Voynikov, composer
1834 – Jose Hernandez, Argentina poet (MartinFierro)
1834 – Wager Swayne, Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1902)
1844 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian (d. 1932)
4th Prime Minister of Canada John Thompson (1845)

1845 – John Thompson, Halifax Nova Scotia, (C) 4th PM of Canada (1892-94)
1846 – Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer
1846 – Paul Kuczynski, composer
1855 – Josiah Royce, US, philosopher (conception of God)
1861 – Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri)
1864 – Alexandre Levy, composer
1868 – Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1957)
1871 – Winston Churchill, US, author (Crisis, Crossing)
1873 – Henri Rabnaud, Paris France, composer (Le Premer Glaire)
1875 – Maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman)
1879 – Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, US, poet (Gen William Booth enters Heaven)
1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish political activist (d. 1916)
1880 – Aart A van Schelven, Dutch church historian (Willem of Orange)
1880 – Jacob Epstein, sculptor (Adam, Jacob & the Angel)
1882 – Max Mell, Austria officer/literary (Donauweibchen)
1883 – Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, composer
1884 – Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/author (Bird Phoenix)
1885 – Esther Dale, Beaufort SC, actress (Unfinished Business)
1887 – Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun)
1888 – Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder
1888 – Hugh Wakefield, Wanstead England, actress (Blithe Spirit)
1889 – Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man, Casablanca), born in London, England
1891 – Carl Stalling, American film composer (d. 1972)
1893 – John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)
1895 – John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer (Northrop Air)
1896 – Jimmie Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1902 – Antonio Maria Valencia, composer
1902 – Murk Ozinga, Dutch building historian (Monuments of Curacao)
1904 – Steven Geray, Uzhored Czechoslovakia, actor (French Line)
1906 – Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1945)
Singer Jane Froman (1907)

1907 – Jane Froman, St Louis Mo, singer (Jane Froman’s USA Canteen), (d. 1980)
1907 – John Moore, English author (d. 1967)
1908 – Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1909 – Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (d. 1970)
1911 – Harry Andrews, Kent England, actor (Equus, Man of La Mancha)
1912 – Salvador Contreras, composer
1913 – Alvaro Cunhal, Portuguese communist
1913 – Arthur Mullard, comedian
1913 – Thelma Hulbert, painter
1916 – Billy May, Pitts Pa, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show)
1916 – Guido Turchi, Rome Italy, composer (Invettiva)
1918 – Ernst Fischer, German chemist (Nobel 1973)
1918 – Jack McCoy, Akron Ohio, TV host (Live Like a Millionaire)
1918 – Martin Hanley, cricketer (took 1-88 with off-spin in Test for S Afr)
1918 – Oda Blinder, [Yolanda Corsen], Antillean poetess (Doorstep)
1919 – Clyde “Bulldog” Turner, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
1919 – Moise Tshombe, pres of Katanga, then premier of the Congo (Zaire)
1919 – Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, Russian inventor (AK-47), (d. 2013)
1919 – François Périer, French actor (d. 2002)
1920 – Tod Andrews, American actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1972)
1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur
1924 – Russell Johnson, actor, (professor-Gilligan’s Island)
1925 – Richard Burton, stage and screen actor (Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf), born in Pontrhydyfen, South Wales
1927 – Jacob Pleydell-Bouvery 8th earl of Radnor/art collector
1928 – Ennio Morricone, Rome Italy, composer/musician
1928 – Norma Crane, NY, actress (Tea & Sympathy, Fiddler on the Roof)
1928 – William Staveley, British admiral
1929 – Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter
1929 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress (Aventurera, Víctimas del Pecado), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2015)
1930 – Clarence M Pendleton Jr, chairman of US comm on Civil Rights (1981-88)
1930 – Gene Conley, MLB player/NBA player
1930 – Toma Prosev, composer
1932 – Roy Scheider, actor (Jaws, The French Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion) (d. 2008)
1932 – Don Henderson, English actor (d. 1997)
1933 – Seymour Nurse, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 258 v NZ 1969)
1933 – Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
1934 – Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer
1934 – Norm Cash, Eldorado Texas, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers)
1935 – Pippa Scott, actress (Virginian, Mr Lucky), born in Los Angeles, California
1935 – Ronald Ellwin Evans, St Francis Ks, Captain USN/astronaut (Apollo 17)
1935 – Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Russian astrophysicist
1935 – Bernard Babior, American biochemist
1937 – Albert Hall, Boothton Alabama, actor (Trouble in Mind, Ryan’s 4)
1938 – H J de Royen, director (Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra)
1939 – Tommy “Bubba” Facenda, rocker
1939 – Russell Means, Native American activist, (d. 2012)
1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, rocker
1941 – John Geoghegan, Silver Star recipient (d. 1965)
1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
1942 – Michel Tabachnik, Swiss composer/conductor
Economist Robert F. Engle(1942)

1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist, Nobel laureate
1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss Federal Councilor
1943 – Saxby Chambliss, American politician
1943 – George Sauer, Jr., Sheboygan, Wisconsin, AFL player (New York Jets), (d. 2013)
1944 – Dave Loggins, singer (Please come to Boston)
1944 – Tim Rice, Amersham, England, lyricist (Chess Moves, 1 Night in Bangkok)
1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American politician
1945 – Donna Fargo, NC, country singer (Happiest Girl in Whole USA)
1946 – Alaina Reed, Springfield Ohio, actress (Rose Lee Holloway-227)
1946 – Bill Bryson, Evanston Ill, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
1946 – David Stockman, Reagan’s ex-budget director
1947 – Bechir Gemayel, pres Lebanon (8/23-9/14, 1982)
1947 – Greg Lake, rock vocalist/bassist (King Crimson, ELP)
Lyricist Tim Rice (1944)

1948 – Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy, Funeral of Patrao)
1948 – Aaron Brown, American broadcast journalist
1948 – Hugh Moffatt, American songwriter
1949 – Ann Reinking, dancer/actress (All the Jazz, Micki & Maude), born in Seattle, Washington
1950 – Jack Scalia, American actor (Berrengers, Hollywood Beat), born in Brooklyn, New York
1950 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (d. 2005)
1951 – Morris Hatalsky, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE White Rose-2nd), born in San Diego, California
1952 – Pat Severs, Camden SC, country singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
1952 – Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
1954 – Mario Cipollina, California, rock bassist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1955 – Jack Clark, Penns, all star outfielder (Giants, Cards, Yanks, Padres)
1955 – James Chapman, American novelist
1955 – Roland Emmerich, German film producer and director
1956 – Matt Craven, Port Colborne Ontario, actor (Juror, Killer, K2)
1956 – Sinbad, comedian/actor (Different World, At the Apollo)
1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and activist
1957 – Chris Joyce, rocker (Simply Red)
1957 – Jodi Anderson, US long jump champ (1978-81), born in Chicago, Illinois
1958 – George Lowe, American voice actor
1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer
1958 – Brooks Williams, American musician
1958 – Stephen Herek, American film director
1959 – Frank Maudsley, rock bassist/vocalist (Flock Of Seagulls)
1959 – MacKenzie Phillips, Alexandria Va, actress (Julie-1 Day at a Time)
1959 – Linda Cohn, American sports reporter
1960 – Lee Cross Rinker, Stuart FL, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milwaukee-6th)
1960 – Neil Gaiman, English writer
1960 – Dan Hawkins, American college football coach
1961 – Junior, [Norman Giscombe], R&B singer (Mama used to Say)
1961 – Ramona Pagel, shot putter, born in Los Angeles, California
1961 – Rudolf Grimm, Austrian physics professor
1961 – John Walton, English darts player
1962 – Cathy Boswell, Joliet Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1963 – Michael Anthony Powell, long jumper (world record 1991, Olympic-silver-88, 92), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1963 – Hugh Bonneville, English actor
1964 – Jushin Liger, [Keiichi Yamada], wrestler (WCW/NJPW)
1964 – Keith Lockhart, Whittier CA, infielder (KC Royals)
1964 – Kenny Rogers, Savannah GA, pitcher (Texas Rangers, NY Yankees)
1964 – Tish Certo, Niagara Falls NY, LPGA golfer (1981 Erie County (NY Champ)
1964 – Magnús Scheving, Icelandic athlete
1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver
1965 – Jamie Dixon, American basketball coach
1966 – Vanessa Angel, actress (Weird Science, Kingpin), born in London, England
1966 – Kyle Kopp, San Bernardino Ca, water polo 2m offense (Olympics-96)
1966 – Bill DeMott, American professional wrestler
1967 – Donya Fiorentino, US model
1967 – Jed Roberts, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1967 – Michael Jai White, American actor
1968 – Calvin Tiggle, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1968 – Jeffrey Kooistra, soccer player (SC Heerenveen/NEC)
1968 – Lissa Maria Sneck, ice hockey goalie (Finland, Oly-98)
1968 – Lonnie Marts, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs, Tennessee Oilers)
1968 – Steve Brookstein, English X Factor winner
1969 – Arjan van der Laan, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1969 – Dan Farthing, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969 – Ed Ward, Edmonton, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
1969 – Rod Milstead, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress (Grey’s Anatomy), born in Everett, Massachusetts
1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer
1970 – Trent Dimas, NM, gymnast (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
1970 – Warren G, American rapper
1970 – Freddy Loix, Belgian rally driver
1971 – Butch Huskey, Anadarko OK, infielder (NY Mets)
1971 – Heather Williams, Miss USA-Oregon (1997)
1971 – Jennifer McFalls, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1971 – Kate Slatter, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 – Carol Anne Becker, Miss Universe-South Africa (1996)
1972 – Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player (Heracles, FC Groningen, Az)
1972 – Isaac Bruce, NFL wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
1972 – Shawn Green, Des Plaines IL, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1972 – Virag Csurgo, Siofok Hungary, tennis star (1993 Futures-Freeport)
1973 – Cale Hulse, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
1973 – Darius Holland, NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1973 – John Solomon, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 – Khiry Abdul Samad, rocker (Boys-Dial My Heart, Lucky Charm), born in Los Angeles, California
1973 – Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman (occasional Tests since 1992)
1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
1974 – Niko Hurme, Finnish musician
1975 – Jim Adkins, American musician
1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
1977 – Stephanie Berger, Miss Universe-Switzerland (1996)
1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress
1977 – Matt Cepicky, American baseball player
1977 – Josh Barnett, American Mixed Martial Artist
1978 – Eve, American rapper
1979 – Chris Joannou, Australian musician
1980 – Calvin Chen, One of the four members of the Taiwanese boy band, Fei Lun Hai/Fahrenhiet
1980 – Troy Bell, American basketball player
1980 – Donté Stallworth, American football player
1981 – Tony Blanco, American baseball player
1981 – Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
1981 – Alison Waite, American model and Playboy Playmate
1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer
1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer
1983 – Craig Smith, American basketball player
1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
1985 – David Lee Rohr Jr, transplant donor
1985 – Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress
1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, Australian singer
1986 – Josh Peck, American actor
1987 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
1988 – Chisaki Hama, former Japanese actress and model
1991 – Inseong Cho, South Korean actor

WEDDINGS

1926 – Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
1963 – Actress Doris Roberts (33) weds novelist William Goyen (48)
1965 – Neth 2nd Chamber accept marriage of Princess Beatrice & Claus von Amsberg
1973 – Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully (45) weds Sandra Hunt
1977 – Actor Bryan Cranston (21) weds writer Mickey Middleton
2001 – “Four Weddings and A Funeral” actress Andie MacDowell (43) weds businessman Rhett Hartzog (42) at Central United Methodist Church in Asheville, North Carolina
Actor Bryan Cranston(1977)

2006 – “The Grudge” actor Jason Behr (32) weds actress KaDee Strickland (30) in Ojai, California
2007 – Former “E.R.” actress Julianna Margulies (41) weds lawyer Keith Lieberthal in Lenox, Massachusetts
2012 – Actor Ben Hollingsworth (28) weds lingerie designer Nila Myers in Malibu

DIVORCES

1975 – Journalist Ben Bradlee (54) divorces Antoinette Pinchot after 19 years of marriage

DEATHS

461 – St. Leo I, the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies in office
627 – Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury
901 – Adelaide of Paris, Queen of Western Francia
1241 – Celestine IV, [Goffredo Castiglioni], Pope (1241, 16 days), dies
1285 – Pedro III, king of Aragon, dies
1299 – Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15
1444 – Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary, dies in battle at 20
1549 – Paul III, [Alessandro Farnese], Italian Pope (1534-49), dies at 81
1556 – Richard Chancellor, English explorer, dies in shipwreck off Scotland
1596 – Peter Wentworth, English Puritan politician (b. 1530)
1617 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer
1624 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (b. 1573)
1644 – Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (b. 1579)
1665 – Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer, dies at 36
1670 – Geory Horn, [Hornius], theologist/historian, dies at about 50
1673 – Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies
1727 – Alphonse de Tonty, French explorer and American settler (b. 1659)
1728 – Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admirals (b. 1661)
1772 – Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
1777 – Cornstalk, Shawnee chief
1779 – Joseph Hewes, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 49
1808 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (b. 1724)
1821 – Andreas J Romberg, German violinist/composer (Der Rabe), dies at 54
1848 – Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)
1865 – Henry Wards, Confederate prison supt, executed for excessive cruelty
Poet Arthur Rimbaud(1891)

1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies of a bone cancer at 37
1909 – Ludvig Schytte, composer, dies at 61
1909 – Renee Vivien, American poet (b. 1877)
1909 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet (b. 1863)
1912 – Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (b. 1863)
1936 – Louis Gustave Binger, French officer and explorer (b. 1856)
1937 – Nikolai Batalov, actor (Mother), dies at 37
1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and the first President of Republic of Turkey (b. 1881)
1948 – Julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71
1954 – Hussein Fatemi, Iran Foreign minister, executed
1956 – Harry Ford Sinclair, founder of Sinclair Oil, dies at 80
Founder of Sinclair Oil Harry Ford Sinclair (1956)

1959 – Lupino Lane, actress (Deputy Drummer), dies at 67
1960 – Isadore Freed, composer, dies at 60
1963 – Otto Flake, writer, dies
1964 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor (b. 1910)
1968 – Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54
1970 – Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79
1971 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, US author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62
1972 – Charlie Hallows, cricketer (1000 runs-May 1928, 2 Tests for Eng), dies
1973 – Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1975 – Ernest M. McSorley, American ship captain (b. 1912)
1978 – Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28
1978 – Theo Lingen, actor (Grosse Gluck), dies at 75
1979 – Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71
1981 – Abel Gance, french movie director (J’accuse), dies at 92
1982 – Elio Petri, Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53
Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev (1982)

1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet Leader, General Secretary (1964-82), dies of a heart attack at 75
1984 – Sudie Bond, actress (Tomorrow), dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment
1984 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
1985 – Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Phila Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident
1986 – King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (b. 1903)
1986 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
1990 – Lisa Kirk, US Broadway-singer, dies
1990 – Ronnie Dyson, US singer (Salvation-I Don’t Wanna Cry), dies at 40
1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (b. 1914)
1991 – Alessandro Lessona, Minister of Ital Colonies (1931-38), dies
1991 – Franco Malfatti, president of Commission of Europe (1970-1972), dies
1991 – Tutte Lemkow, dancer/dir (Capt Paradise, I am a Camera), dies at 73
1991 – William Afflis, American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
1992 – Antoine C J Rottier, Dutch CEO (DSM), dies
1992 – Chuck Connors, US NBA/baseballer/actor (Boston Celtics), dies at 71
1993 – Wensley Pithey, actor (Oh What a Lovely War), dies at 79
1994 – Carmen McRae [Clark], US jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73
1994 – Louis Nizer, lawyer, dies at 92
1995 – Boty Goodwin, artist, dies at 29
1995 – Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, writer/environmentalist, dies at 54
1995 – Margaret Annie Nan Macdonald, broadcaster, dies at 87
1996 – Beecher Moore, sailor, dies at 88
1996 – Hugo Buchthal, art historian, dies at 87
1996 – Marjorie Proops, problem page editor, dies at 85
1997 – William Alland, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81
1997 – Tommy Tedesco, American musician (b. 1930)
1998 – Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)
2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
2001 – Ken Kesey, American author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), dies at 66
2002 – Michel Boisrond, French film director (b. 1921)
2003 – Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
2003 – Irv “Kup” Kupcinet, American columnist and television personality (b. 1912)
2004 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (b. 1907)
2006 – Diana Coupland, British comedy actress (b. 1932)
2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966)
2006 – Jack Palance, American actor (b. 1919)
2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962)
2006 – Fokko du Cloux, mathematician (b. 1954)
2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
2007 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (b. 1907)
Novelist Norman Mailer(2007)

2007 – Norman Mailer, American novelist, dies at 84
2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1932)
2009 – Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
2009 – Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper (b. 1977)
2009 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
2010 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer (b. 1919)
2010 – Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2010 – Nicolo Rizzuto, Sicilian-born Canadian organized crime figure (b. 1924)
2011 – Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944)
2011 – Peter J. Biondi, American state legislator (New Jersey) and former mayor (b. 1942)

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1969 Sesame Street debuts

• American Revolution

• 1775 Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps

• Automotive

• 1903 Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper

• Civil War

• 1865 Henry Wirz hanged

• Cold War

• 1982 Leonid Brezhnev dies

• Crime

• 1997 Judge reduces sentence in nanny murder case

• Disaster

• 1975 Cargo ship suddenly sinks in Lake Superior

• General Interest

• 1928 Hirohito crowned in Japan
• 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior
• 1995 Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria

• Hollywood

• 1932 Roy Scheider, star of Jaws, is born

• Literary

• 1973 Slaughterhouse-Five is burned in North Dakota

• Music

• 1958 Future country legend Conway Twitty earns a #1 hit as a rock-and-roll idol

• Old West

• 1808 Osage Indians cede Missouri and Arkansas lands

• Presidential

• 2001 Bush addresses the United Nations regarding terrorism

• Sports

• 1984 Maryland gets a miracle in Miami

• Vietnam War

• 1964 McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam
• 1970 No U.S. combat fatalities reported
• 1971 Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport

• World War I

• 1928 Remarque publishes All Quiet on the Western Front

• World War II

• 1942 Germans take Vichy France

November 9th

EVENTS

694 – Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Muslims/sentenced to slavery
1282 – Pope Martinus IV excommunicates king Pedro III of Aragonorth
1313 – Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gamelsdorf.
1330 – Battle of Posada, Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush
1492 – Peace of Etaples (Henry VII of England & Charles VIII of France)
1494 – Family de’ Medici become rulers of Florence
1520 – Height of the Stockholm Bloodbath – King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden executes Swedish nobles
1526 – Jews are expelled from Pressburg (Bratislava), Hungary, by Maria of Hapsburg
1541 – Queen Catharine Howard confined in Tower of London
1569 – Catholic uprising under Northumberland & Westmoreland
1580 – Spanish troops lands in Ireland
1620 – After a month of delays off the English coast and about two months at sea, the Mayflower spots land (Cape Cod)
1673 – English King Charles II dismisses Earl of Shaftesbury
1681 – Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion
King Charles II

1697 – Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
1720 – Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire
1729 – Spain, France & Britain sign Treaty of Seville
1764 – Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
1794 – Russian troops occupy Warsaw
1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator (1st consul) of France
1821 – 1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia
1842 – The first U.S. design patent for typefaces and borders was issued to George Bruce of New York City
1848 – Post office at Clay & Pike opens
1848 – Robert Blum, a German revolutionary and MP (Liberal), is executed in Vienna.
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

1851 – Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
1853 – Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun
1854 – Franz Liszt’s “Fest-Long,” premieres
1857 – Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published
1858 – 1st performance of NY Symphony Orchestra
1861 – 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto)
1861 – Battle of Piketon, Ky
1862 – US General Ulysses S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him
1864 – 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country
1864 – Sherman issues preliminary plans for his “March to the Sea”
1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Close to 1,000 buildings destroyed
US President & Union General Ulysses S. Grant

1877 – American Chemical Society chartered in NY
1885 – Opera “Ermine,” premieres in London
1888 – Jack Ripper’s 5th and probably last victim, Mary Jane Kelly, found on her bed
1900 – China has resumed nominal control of Manchuria, but in a secret agreement the Chinese governor of Manchuria grants Russia such rights as keeping troops along the railroad lines and controlling civil administration
1904 – 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes
1905 – Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is 1st US President to visit other countries (Puerto Rico and Panama)
1907 – Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds
1907 – The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
26th US President Theodore Roosevelt

1912 – Ferenc Molnàrs “Farkas,” premieres in Budapest
1913 – Storm “Freshwater Fury” sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes
1914 – Off Cocos Island, near Sumatra, the Australian cruiser ‘Sydney’ sinks German cruiser ‘Emden’, which has been attacking ships in the Pacific
1918 – Bavaria proclaims itself a republic
1918 – Emperor Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I
1918 – Republic Germany proclaimed
1921 – Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini
1922 – Frederick Soddy wins the 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (announced in 1922 due to a technicality)
1923 – Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees
1924 – Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st elected woman governor (of Texas)
1925 – German NSDAP form Schutzstaffel (SS)
1925 – Robert A. Millikan confirms the existence of cosmic rays from outer space in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences at Madison, Wisconsin
Physicist Robert A. Millikan

1927 – Giant Panda discovered, China
1927 – Pastor of Have begins blessing of motorcars/motors
1930 – 1st nonstop airplane flight from NY to Panama
1932 – Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500
1932 – Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60.
1935 – Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union forms
1936 – Albanian government of Frasheri falls
1936 – American fashion designer Ruth Harkness captures a panda cub (Su Lin) in China – becomes 1st live panda cub to enter the US
1937 – Japanese army conquers Shanghai
1937 – St Louis Cards Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP
1938 – Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil’ Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day
1938 – Kristallnacht, Nazi Germany’s first large-scale physical act of anti-Jewish violence, begins.
Actress Greta Garbo

1939 – “Ninotchka,” with Greta Garbo premieres
1939 – Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest O Lawrence (cyclotron)
1939 – Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents
1941 – Hitler threatens Clemens August, Graf von Galen, Bishop of Münster
1942 – German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish premier
1942 – Transport number 44 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 – Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize
1944 – Walcheren purged of nazi troops
1946 – Pres Harry Truman ends wage/price freeze
1949 – Costa Rica adopts Constitution
1950 – Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
1950 – Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
1950 – White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
33rd US President Harry Truman

1953 – Cambodia (aka Kampuchea) gains independence from Fance, within the French Union
1953 – KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, MT (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 – Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
1955 – Michael Gazzo’s “Hatful of Rain,” premieres in NYC
1955 – NZ all out for 70 v Pakistan at Dacca
1955 – UN disapproves of South Africa’s apartheid politics
1956 – Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St Louis, to become NWA champ
1961 – PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
1961 – Paddy Chayefsky’s “Gideon,” premieres in NYC
1961 – USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m
1961 – The X-15 rocket plane achieved a world record speed of 4,093 mph (Mach 6.04) and reached 101,600 feet (30,970 m or over 19 miles) altitude
1962 – Catharina Lodders of the Netherlands elected Miss World
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 – “Tovarich” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 264 performances
1963 – 450 die in a coal-dust explosion & 160 die in train crash (Japan)
1963 – 17th College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Navy beats Maryland 42-7 in Annapolis
1964 – “Comedy in Music-Opus 2” opens at John Golden NYC for 192 perfs
1964 – Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan
1965 – 1st NY Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St Louis
1965 – Hurricane hits north east US/Canada
MLB Legend Willie Mays

1965 – Willie Mays named NL MVP
1965 – Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.
1966 – John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition at Indica Gallery in London
1966 – “Let’s Sing Yiddish” opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 107 perfs
1966 – Oakland Coliseum Arena opens
1967 – 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module
1967 – Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
1967 – The unmanned Saturn V rocket is launched on its first successful test flight into Earth orbit
1968 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 – Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting led a Loyalist march to the Diamond area of Derry, North Ireland
Artist & Musician Yoko Ono

1970 – Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins
1970 – The Irish School of Ecumenics is founded by Michael Hurley
1971 – David Storey’s “Changing Room,” premieres in London
1971 – John List kills family & moves to Colorado
1972 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 – Fire at Taiyo dept store, kills 101 & injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan)
1973 – Government De Uyl decides Palestijnse fugitives to support
1973 – Ringo Starr releases “Ringo” album
1976 – Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career
1976 – UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1977 – Reds’ George Foster wins NL MVP
1978 – NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions
1980 – Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

1980 – Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1982 – Brewers’ Robin Yount wins AL MVP, unanimously
1982 – Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time
1983 – Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
1983 – Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center
1984 – 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B
1984 – Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 – Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43
1984 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial (“3 Servicemen”) completed
1984 – Wes Craven’s horror film “A Nightmare on Elm Street” premieres in the US
1985 – “News” closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 4 performances
1985 – Gary Kasparov becomes the youngest ever world chess champion aged 22
1985 – Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 v Australia at the Gabba
1985 – Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed
Cricketer Richard Hadlee

1986 – Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1986 – Pakistan all out for 77 v West Indies at Lahore
1988 – “Prince of Central Park” opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 4 perfs
1988 – MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
1989 – East Berlin opens its borders
1990 – Tanzania government of Malecela forms
1990 – New democratic constitution is issued in Nepal.
1991 – Houston’s Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts
1991 – Joint European Torus (JET) scientists in Culham England successfully harness nuclear fusion to produce the first large amount of controlled fusion power
1992 – Howard Stern’s radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI)
1992 – Prix Goncourt awarded to Patrick Chamoiseau for “Texaco”
1993 – “Cinderella” opens at New York State Theater NYC for 14 performances
1993 – Serbian army fires on school in Sarajevo, 9 children died
1993 – Stari Most (the “old bridge”, built in 1566) in Mostar, Bosnia, collapses after several days of bombing.
1994 – Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka
1994 – The chemical element Darmstadtium is discovered.
Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon

1995 – “Danny Gans on Broadway” opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC
1996 – 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill
1997 – “Cherry Orchard,” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1997 – “Scarlet Pimpernel,” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC
1997 – Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup
1998 – Brokerage houses are ordered to pay 1.03 billion USD to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.
1998 – Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
1999 – TAESA Flight 725, crashes a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City. 18 people were killed in the accident.
2003 – A suicide-terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills 17 people.
2004 – Video game Halo 2 a first person shooter first released on Xbox by Bungie Studios
2004 – 38th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride & Keith Urban wins
2005 – Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
2005 – The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
2009 – Joe Cada becomes the youngest champion of the World Series of Poker’s main event.
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift

2011 – 45th Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins
2011 – Shakira is honoured as Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year
2012 – 25 people are killed and 62 injured after a train carrying liquid fuel bursts into flames in Burma
2012 – An Algerian C-295 military transport plane crashes near Avignon, France, killing 6 people
2013 – 8 people are killed by a gunman in Cali, Columbia
2013 – María Gabriela Isler, a 25yo Venezuelan, is crowned Miss Universe 2013
2014 – United States lead air strikes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul against Islamic State (IS)
2014 – Celebrations held in Germany to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; white balloons marking a stretch of the wall symbolize its disappearance
Singer Shakira

2014 – Top African business leaders establish an emergency fund to help countries hit by the Ebola outbreak
2014 – Asia-Pacific countries, including China and the United States, announce plans to co-operate more closely in the fight against corruption

BIRTHDAYS

1389 – Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England (d. 1409)
1414 – Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg (d. 1486)
1467 – Charles of Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen [or Nov 10]
1522 – Martin Chemnitz, German theologian (d. 1586)
1541 – Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist
1656 – Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum)
1664 – Johannes Speth, composer
1697 – Claudio Casciolini, composer
1710 – Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized
1721 – Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770)
1731 – Benjamin Banneker, Ellicott Md, African American mathematician/surveyor (Wash DC)
1732 – Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer (d. 1776)
1760 – Henri-Philippe Gerard, composer
1795 – Walter Geikie, Scottish painter
1799 – Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (d. 1877)
1801 – Gail Borden, Norwich New York, American Manufacturer and Inventor of condensed milk
1802 – Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist

Mathematician, Astronomer and Almanac Author Benjamin Banneker (1731)

1809 – Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), (d. 1877)
1810 – Thomas Bragg, Atty Gen (Confederacy), (d. 1872)
1810 – Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (d. 1887)
1812 – Paul Abadie, French master builder (renovated Notre Dame)
1817 – Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General (Union volunteers)
1818 – Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers & Sons) [NS]
1820 – Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling)
1821 – Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer
1823 – William Henry Forney, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1894)
1825 – Ambrose Powell Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate 3rd Army Corp), (d. 1865)
1832 – Émile Gaboriau, French writer (d. 1873)
1833 – Sally Louisa Tompkins, nurse and philanthropist, only woman commissioned in Confederate army during US Civil War, born in Mathews City, Virginia (D. 1916)
1835 – Davorin Jenko, composer
1835 – Emile Gaboriau, author (father of French detective novels)
1835 – Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer
1837 – Alfred Holmes, composer
1837 – Gerrit Jan van Heek, textile factory/politician
1840 – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898)
1841 – [Albert] Edward VII, king of England (1901-10)
1850 – Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist
1853 – Stanford White, American architect (d. 1906)
1854 – Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer
1864 – Dmitry Ivanovsky, Russian Botanist who discovered the organisms that came to be known as viruses
1868 – Andrea d’ Angeli, composer
1868 – Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish author (Wrakken)
1868 – Marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Cobourg Ontario, actress (Dinner at 8, Min and Bill)
1871 – Florence Sabin, American Scientist who was the first woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins and the first lifetime woman member of the National Academy of Sciences
1872 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (d. 1941)
1873 – Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (d. 1941)
1874 – Albert Francis Blakeslee, Geneseo New York, American Botanist
1877 – Allama Iqbal, Pakistani poet/philosopher
1877 – Jesus Castillo, composer
1877 – Sergei US Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1877 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician (d. 1959)
1879 – Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (d. 1931)
1880 – Rudolph Karel, composer
1882 – Joe Hardstaff Sr, cricketer (“Hotstuff” in 1907-08 MCC tour of Aust)
1883 – Edna May Oliver, [Nutter], Malden MA, actress (Little Women)
1884 – Hector Abbas, actor/director (Rosa Lynd Company)
1885 – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian writer (d. 1922)
1885 – Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (d. 1955)
1885 – Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (d. 1954)
1885 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (d. 1952)
1886 – Ed Wynn, [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], Phila Pa, comedian (Ed Wynn Show)
1886 – S. O. Davies, Welsh politician (d. 1972)
1887 – Gertrude Astor, Lakewood OH, actress (Carnival Lady)
1887 – Muriel Aked, Bingley England actress (Happiest Days of Your Life)
1888 – Jean Monnet, French economist/EG-pioneer/chairman (EGKS)
1889 – Snub Pollard, Australian actor (Don’t Shove, Arizona Days), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1890 – George Regas, Greek actor (d. 1940)
1895 – Mae Marsh, Madrid NM, silent film actress (Birth of a Nation)
1897 – Ronald G W Norrish, British chemist (Nobel 1967)
1898 – Leonard Carmichael, American Psychologist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1953-1964), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1898 – Owen Barfield, philosopher of language
1901 – John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist
1902 – Anthony Asquith, British director (Carrington V C (Court martial))
1903 – Gregory Pincus, inventor (birth control pill) [or Apr 9]
1903 – Leon-Etienne Duval, archbishop/Cardinal
1904 – Viktor Brack, Nazi physician (d. 1948)
1905 – Erika Mann, German/US author (Other Germany)/daughter of Thomas Mann
1905 – James William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Mo)
1906 – Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer
1907 – Burrill Phillips, composer (Play Ball), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1907 – Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, prince
1909 – Hendrik van Randwijk, Dutch author/founder (Vrij Netherland)
1909 – Robert Douglas, [Finlayson], Bletchley England, actor (Adv of Don Juan)
1911 – Tabish Dehlvi, Pakistani poet (d. 2004)
Actress and Inventor Hedy Lamarr (1913)

1913 – Hedy Lamarr, actress (Ecstacy, Samson & Delilah), born in Vienna, Austria
1913 – Thelma Hulbert, English painter (Le Sacre du Printemps)
1914 – Colin Gray, New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War
1915 – Sargent Shriver, MD, Dem VP candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp
1915 – André François, French cartoonist (d. 2005)
1918 – Howard Shanet, conductor (Night of the Tropics), born in Brooklyn, New York
1918 – Spiro Theodore Agnew, (R) 39th VP (1968-75), resigns on tax evasion charges
1918 – Choi Hong Hi, Founder of Taekwon-Do (d. 2002)
1918 – Thomas Ferebee, Enola Gay bombardier over Hiroshima (d. 2000)
1920 – Byron de la Beckwith, American assassin, white supremacist (d. 2001)
1921 – Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor
1921 – Silvio O Conte, (Rep-R-MA, 1959- )
1921 – Viktor Chukarin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1921 – Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano
1922 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress/singer/dancer (Porgy & Bess), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1922 – Raymond Devos, French humorist (d. 2006)
1922 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (d. 1974)
1923 – Alice [Davis] Coachman, Albany Ga, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1948)
1924 – Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer
1925 – Sir Alistair Horne, British historian
1926 – Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996)
1927 – Carel W H Boshoff, South African head (Broederbond/Volkswag)
1928 – Anne Sexton, Newton Mass, poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967)
1928 – Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio/TV host
1929 – Alexandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova, composer
1929 – Severn Darden, actor (Luv, President’s Analyst, Saturday the 14th)
1929 – Marc Favreau, French Canadian humourist (d. 2005)
Author and Nobel Laureate Imre Kertész (1929)

1929 – Imre Kertész, Budapest, concentration camp survivor, writer, Nobel laureate (2002)
1930 – Charlie Jones, Ft Smith Ark, sportscaster (Almost Anything Goes)
1931 – Tommy Greenhough, cricketer (English leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1959-60)
1931 – Whitey Herzog, baseball manager (St Louis Cardinals)
1932 – Marian Christy, Ridgefield Ct, author (Invasions of Privacy)
1934 – Carl Sagan, Bkln, astronomer/author/professor (Cosmos, Broca’s Brain)
1934 – Ingvar Carlsson, PM of Sweden (1986-91, 94- )
1934 – Ronald Harwood, [Horwitz], South African playwright (Dresser)
1935 – Bob Gibson, Cardinal pitcher (Cy Young/NL MVP 1968)
1936 – Mary Travers, Louisville Ky, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary)
1936 – Daniel Robert Graham, American politician
1936 – Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (d. 2007)
1937 – Roger McCough, British poet
Folk Singer Mary Travers(1936)

1937 – Clyde Wells, Canadian politician
1938 – Ti-Grace Atkinson, American feminist author
1939 – Paul Cameron, American psychologist
1940 – Sergio Cervetti, composer
1941 – Tom Fogerty, Berkeley California, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), (d. 1990)
1942 – Stuart Lipton, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1942 – Thomas Daniel Weiskopf, Massillon OH, PGA golfer (British Open 1973)
1943 – John Shepherd, cricketer (WI all-rounder 1969-71, later in South Africa)
1943 – Lee Graziano, rock drummer (American Breed), born in Chicago, Illinois
1944 – Bill Hendon, (Rep-R-NC, 1981-83, 85-87)
1944 – Phil May, rocker (Pretty Things)
1945 – Roger Lee Jones, WV, child molester (FBI Most Wanted List)
1947 – Robert David Hall, American actor
Rocker Tom Fogerty (1941)

1948 – Alan Gratzer, Syracuse NY, rock drummer (Reo Speedwagon)
1948 – Bille August, director (Best Intentions, Twist & Shout)
1948 – Sharon Stouder, US, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964), (d. 2013)
1948 – Michel Pagliaro, Quebec singer
1948 – Henrik S. Järrel, Swedish politician
1951 – Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, founder (Vakvereniging Medical Astrology)
1951 – Lou Ferrigno, American body builder/actor (Incredible Hulk), born in Brooklyn, New York
1951 – Bill Mantlo, American comic book writer
1952 – Sherrod Brown, (Rep-D-Ohio)
1953 – Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer
1954 – Dennis Stratton, rock guitarist (Iron Maiden), born in London, England
1954 – Sue Upton, English actress and dancer
1955 – Bob Nault, French Canadian politician
1955 – Karen Dotrice, British actress
1955 – Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director
1959 – Karin Mundinger, LPGA golfer (1985 Singapore Open-2nd), born in Toronto, Ontario
1959 – Tony Phillips, outfielder (Chicago White Sox), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1959 – Thomas Quasthoff, German singer
1959 – Tony Slattery, British actor
1959 – Nick Hamilton, American wrestling referee
1959 – Sito Pons, Spanish motorbike racer
1960 – Joëlle Ursull, a Guadeloupean singer
1961 – Jill Dando, British television presenter (d. 1999)
1962 – Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress (Stargate SG-1), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1963 – Anthony Bowie, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Orlando Magic)
1963 – Fulvio Fantoni, Italian bridge player
1964 – John Joseph Thomas, Arcadia California, actor (Young Dan’l Boone)
1964 – Leah Pells, 1.5k runner (Olympics-96), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1964 – Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor
1965 – Todd Gill, Cardinal, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1965 – Bryn Terfel, Welsh baritone
1966 – Virgil Robertson, CFL defensive end (BC Lions)
1967 – Scott Bianco, Kamloops BC, 90 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics-96)
1967 – Ricky Otto, English footballer
1968 – David Jones, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals)
1968 – Jeff Brady, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1968 – Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist
1969 – Angel Miranda, Arecieo Puerto Rico, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1969 – Pepa, rocker (Salt ‘n’ Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
1969 – Allison Wolfe, American musician (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline)
1970 – Bill Guerin, Wilbraham MA, NHL right wing (NJ Devils, Oilers)
1970 – Chad Ogea, Lake Charles LA, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1970 – Chantal Brunner, Wellington NZ, long jumper (Olympics-96)
1970 – Melanie Roche, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1970 – Susan Tedeschi, American musician
1970 – Scarface, American rapper
1970 – Domino (Hip Hop Producer), American Hip Hop Producer
1971 – David Robert Duval, Jacksonville FL, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope)
1971 – Jimmy Hitchcock, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
1971 – Michael Barber, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 – Steve Rhem, NFL wide receiver (NO Saints)
1971 – Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress
1972 – Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park)
1972 – Mark Fields, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1972 – Ron Rice, NFL cornerback/safety (Detroit Lions)
1972 – Victoria Keil, Miss Universe-Cook Islands (1996)
1972 – Eric Dane, American actor
1972 – Doug Russell, American radio personality
1973 – Fred Lindberg, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
1973 – Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer
1973 – Nick Lachey, American singer
1973 – Gabrielle Miller, Canadian actress
1974 – Dah-ve Chodan, actress (Tia-Uncle Buck)
1974 – Traci Toguchi, Miss America-Hawaii (1996), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1974 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
1974 – Joe C., American rapper (d. 2000)
1974 – Uncle Kracker, American singer and rapper
1976 – Laura Csortan, Miss Universe-Congeniality (Australia, 1997)
1977 – Patricia Campbell, Pennsylvania, Miss Teen USA (1996-2nd place)
1978 – Steven Lopez, American taekwondo martial artist
1978 – Todd Self, American baseball player
1978 – Sisqó, American singer (Dru Hill)
1979 – Adam Dunn, American baseball player
1979 – Caroline Flack, British television presenter
1979 – Martin Taylor, English footballer
1980 – Vanessa Minnillo, Angeles City, Pampanga, Filipino-born American TV personality (Entertainment Tonight)
1980 – James Harper, English footballer
1980 – Dominique Maltais, Quebec snowboarder
1981 – Scottie Thompson, American actress
1984 – Delta Goodrem, Australian singer
1984 – Joel Zumaya, American baseball player
1988 – Nikki Blonsky, American actress
TV Personality & Model Vanessa Minnillo (1980)

1996 – Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient (90 mins old)

WEDDINGS

1887 – Painter Grandma Moses (27) weds Thomas Salmon Moses in New York
1931 – Actress Gloria Swanson (32) weds Michael Farmer
1935 – “Magnificent Obsession” actress Jane Wyatt (24) weds investment broker Edgar Bethune Ward in Santa Fe, New Mexico
1968 – Former “Led Zepellin” lead singer Robert Plant (19) weds Maureen Wilson
2002 – Eighties pop princess Sheena Easton (43) weds Beverly Hills plastic surgeon John Minoli (44) at Las Vegas City Hall
2007 – “Grey’s Anatomy” actress Ellen Pompeo (38) weds music producer Chris Ivery (38) in New York, New York
2012 – Tennis player James Blake (32) weds publicist Emily Snider (37) Del Mar, California
Rock Vocalist Robert Plant(1968)

2013 – “Mad Men” star Jared Harris (52) weds lighting designer and TV host Allegra Riggio on a yacht in Miami

DIVORCES

1931 – Actress Gloria Swanson (32) divorces aristocrat Henri de la Falaise (33) after 6 years of marriage
1968 – Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (26) divorces first wife Marlynn Myers after 4 years of marriage
2004 – Hotel heiress and fashion model Nicky Hilton (21) divorces businessman Todd Andrew Meister (33) due to bi-coastal relationship after nearly 3 months of marriage

DEATHS

959 – Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine Emperor (913-59), dies
1068 – Agnes of Poitou, duchess of Aquitania/mother of German Empress, dies
1187 – Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)
1208 – Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1155)
1504 – King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)
1580 – Gaspar Schetz, South Neth, minster of chief treasurer, dies at 67
1620 – Louise de Coligny, 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65
1623 – William Camden, English historian: Brittania/Annales, dies at 72
1641 – Ferdinand, of Austria, cardinal of Spain, dies at 32
1677 – Aert van der Neer, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 73
1699 – Hortense Mancini, mistress of Charles II, King of England (b. 1646)
1754 – Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer, dies at 70
1766 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (b. 1692)
1770 – John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician
1778 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher, dies at 58
1801 – Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer, dies at 56
1809 – Paul Sandby, English cartographer (b. 1725)
1829 – Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer, dies at 66
1862 – John Bordenave Villepigue, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 32
1874 – Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies
1881 – Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well.
1897 – Moritz Heuzenroeder, composer, dies at 48
1906 – Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64
1911 – Edmund Schuecker, composer, dies at 50
1911 – Howard Pyle, American author (b. 1853)
1918 – Guillaume Apollinaire, [Kostrowitsky], Fr poet (Alcools), dies at 38
1919 – Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1848)
1924 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator (b. 1850)
1925 – Daniel Josephus Jitta, lawyer/Dutch state advisor, dies at 71
1927 – Ole Olsen, composer, dies at 77
1929 – Nicolaas Theunissen, South African cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies
1932 – Nadya Aliluieva, wife of Joseph Stalin, dies at 30
1935 – Paolo Orsi, Italian Archaeologist, dies at 76
1938 – Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b.1889)
1938 – Edward Murray East, American Botanist and Geneticist who developed hybrid corn, dies at 59
1939 – Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1940)

1940 – Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies of bowel cancer at 71
1940 – Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876)
1942 – Edna May Oliver, dies on 59th birthday
1943 – Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist, dies at 67
1944 – Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877)
1948 – Edgar Kennedy, actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58
1951 – Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer, dies at 87
1951 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian/US composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64
1952 – Chaim Weizmann, bio-chemist/1st president Israel, dies at 77
1952 – Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (b. 1886)
1953 – Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa’ud, founder of Saudi Arabia, dies at about 73
1953 – Dylan Thomas, author-poet (Adv in skin trade), dies in NY at 39
1955 – Tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65
1957 – Peter O’Connor, Irish athlete (b. 1872)
1959 – Frederick Preston Search, composer, dies at 70
1967 – Charles Bickford, actor (Johnny Belinda, Virginian), dies at 78
1968 – Jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37
1968 – Wally Grout, cricketer (successful Australian WK before Marsh), dies
1970 – William L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84
French President Charles de Gaulle (1970)

1970 – Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1958-69), dies at 79
1971 – Maude Fealy, drama coach, dies at 90
1974 – Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist, dies at 89
1976 – Billy Halop, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family), dies at 56
1977 – Gertrude Astor, actress (Ship of Wanted Men), dies on 90th birthday
1978 – Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at 75
1978 – Otto Siegl, composer, dies at 82
1979 – Lewis Charles, actor (Feather & Father Gang), dies at 59
1980 – Carmel Myers, actress (Carmel Myers Show), dies at 79
1980 – Victor Sen Yung, actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family), dies at 65
1985 – Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81
1985 – Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs
1988 – Billy Curtis, 4’2″ actor (Terror of Tiny Town), dies at 79
1988 – John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington
1988 – Father David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
1991 – Guido Claus, Belgian actor (Sacrament), dies
1991 – Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70
1992 – Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies
1992 – William Hillcourt, author (Boy Scout Handbook), dies at 92
1993 – Gerald Thomas, director (Carry on), dies at 72
1993 – Stanley Myers, English movie composer (The Deer Hunter), dies at 63
1994 – Milton M Shorty Rajonsky Rogers, trumpeter, dies at 70
1994 – Priscilla Morrill, actress (Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 67
1994 – Ralph Champion Shotter Michael, actor, dies at 87
1995 – Derick Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian, dies at 88
1995 – Thelma Hulbert, English house painter, dies at 81
1996 – Fred Lipmann, watchmaker, dies at 91
1996 – Roger Makins, diplomat, dies at 92
1997 – Helenio Herrera, French football player and coach (b. 1910)
1998 – Ursula Reit, German actress (b. 1914)
2000 – Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. 1915)
2001 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (b. 1924)
2002 – William Schutz, American psychologist (b. 1925)
2002 – Merlin Santana, American actor (b. 1976)
2003 – Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)
2003 – Gordon Onslow Ford, English painter (b. 1912)
2003 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur (b.1937)
2004 – Iris Chang, Asian author (b. 1968)
Author Stieg Larsson(2004)

2004 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish author (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), dies of a heart attack at 50
2005 – K. R. Narayanan, President of India (b. 1921)
2006 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. 1941)
2006 – Markus Wolf, East German Intelligence Director (b. 1923)
2011 – Joel J. Tyler, judge who pronounced ‘Deep Throat’ obscene, dies of a heart attack at 90
2012 – Bill Tarmey, English actor, dies at 71

ALSO ON THIS DAY

• Lead Story

• 1938 Nazis launch Kristallnacht

• American Revolution

• 1780 Sumter evades Wemyss in South Carolina

• Automotive

• 1960 Robert McNamara becomes president of Ford Motor Company

• Civil War

• 1862 Burnside assumes command

• Cold War

• 1989 East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

• Crime

• 1971 A Sunday school teacher murders his family and goes undercover for 18 years

• Disaster

• 1872 Fire rips through Boston

• General Interest

• 1906 Roosevelt travels to Panama
• 1923 Nazis suppressed in Munich
• 1956 Sartre renounces communists
• 1965 The Great Northeast Blackout

• Hollywood

• 2001 Kodak Theatre, new home of Oscars, opens

• Literary

• 2004 Best-selling Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson dies at 50

• Music

• 1990 Willie Nelson’s assets are seized by the IRS

• Old West

• 1875 Followers of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse identified as hostile

• Presidential

• 1901 Teddy Roosevelt establishes a naval base in the Philippines

• Sports

• 1946 Army and Notre Dame fight to a draw

• Vietnam War

• 1965 Antiwar protestor sets himself afire
• 1967 Captain Lance Sijan shot down over North Vietnam
• 1970 Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam War

• World War I

• 1914 Australian warship Sydney sinks German Emden

• World War II

• 1938 The Night of Broken Glass