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This Day in History for 13th December


Famous Divorces

2001 - Oscar winning-actress Kate Winslet (26) divorces assistant film director Jim Threapleton (28)
           due to unreasonable behavior after 3 years of marriage
2010 - "Dexter" actress Jennifer Carpenter (31) divorces actor Michael C. Hall (40) due to
           irreconcilable differences after 2 years of marriage

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This Day in History for 13th December


Famous Birthdays

                                   
First Lady of the United States          Poet/Novelist Kenneth Patchen (1911)      Boxing Champ Archie Moore (1913)
 Mary Todd Lincoln (1818)


Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift (1989)


1521 - Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)
1533 - Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)
1553 - Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)
1585 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)
1640 - Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)
1662 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)
1678 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)
1720 - Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)
1724 - Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist
1732 - Jean-Claude Trial, composer
1740 - Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer
1770 - John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer
1784 - Archduke Louis of Austria (d. 1864)
1797 - Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)
1804 - Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (d. 1873)
1810 - Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)
1816 - Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
1816 - E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor
1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady (1861-65)
1819 - Edwin George Monk, composer
1835 - Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem)
1836 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter (d. 1904)
1838 - Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer
1843 - George Stephanescu, composer
1850 - G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )
1850 - Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer
1853 - Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter
1856 - Svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1920)
1858 - Jakab Gyula Major, composer
1860 - Lucien Guitry, French actor (d. 1925)
1863 - Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar
1864 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947)
1865 - Gustav Luders, composer
1867 - Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917)
1870 - Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (d. 1940)
1871 - Herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian
1871 - Russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska)
1871 - Emily Carr, Canadian artist (d. 1945)
1874 - Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)
1877 - Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer
1883 - Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist (d. 1950)
1886 - Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law)
1887 - George Polya, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1985)
1889 - Clarence Loomis, composer
1890 - Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please)
1892 - Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon)
1893 - Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day)
1897 - Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)
1898 - Daniel Lazarus, composer
1899 - Harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild)
1899 - Yusef Greiss, composer
1900 - Jonel Perlea, composer
1900 - Norman Foster, Richmond IN, actor (Skyscraper Souls)
1901 - Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS]
1901 - John Wijga, painter/illustrator
1902 - Paul Kurzbach, composer
1902 - Talcott Parsons, US sociologist
1903 - Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)
1903 - Jewgeni Petrow, writer
1903 - John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WW I)/official war painter
1906 - Ingemar Liljefors, composer
1906 - Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist
1908 - Victor Babin, composer
1910 - Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)
1910 - Van Heflin, Walters Oklahoma, actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary)
1911 - Kenneth Patchen, Niles, Ohio, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest), (d. 1972)
1912 - Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13]
1913 - Archie Moore, Benoit, Mississippi, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60), (d. 1998)
1913 - Jimmy Carroll, NYC, pianist (Most Important People)
1913 - John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian
1914 - Alan L Bullock, British historian
1914 - George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor)
1914 - Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe KS, actor (Jolson-Jolson Story)
1915 - Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77)
1915 - Mark Stevens, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Big Town, Martin Kane)
1915 - Ross MacDonald, detective novelist (Goodbye Look)
1915 - Curd Jürgens, German-born Austrian actor (d. 1982)
1915 - Yitzhak Zuckerman [Itzhak Zuckerman], Vilnius, Lithuania, Jewish resistance hero in World
           War II and one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
1917 - Dave Street, Los Angeles California, actor/singer (Broadway Open House)
1917 - John Hart, American actor
1919 - Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942)
1920 - Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend)
1920 - Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified
1920 - George P Schultz, US Secretary of State (1982-89)
1920 - Kaysone Phomvihane,/premier/president Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92)
1923 - Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)
1923 - Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain, painter, sculptor, and theorist (Dau al Set), (d. 2012)
1924 - Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)
1925 - Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show)
1925 - Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)
1926 - Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)
1926 - George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete
1928 - W Gordon Smith, playwright
1928 - Jack Tramiel, Lodz Poland, American Businessman (Amiga, Commodore 64), (d. 2012)
1929 - Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor (Doctors' Hospital)
1929 - Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor (Sound of Music, Doll's House)
1930 - Genevieve Page, actress (Day & the Hour)
1930 - Robert Prosky, Phila, actor (Christine, Sgt Jablonski-Hill St Blues)
1934 - Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive, (d. 2012)
1935 - Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1935 - Thomas Wakefield, writer
1935 - Joe Christopher, American baseball player
1935 - Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player
1936 - Karim Aga Khan, leader of the Nizari Ismailis, prince and billionaire
1936 - J. C. Martin, American baseball player
1937 - Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus)
1938 - Alvin Curran, composer
1938 - Tom Shaw, Wichita KS, PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic)
1938 - Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations)
1939 - Clive Brain, educationalist
1940 - Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress (Parsifal, L'Adolescente)
1940 - Steve Harmon, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts)
1941 - Anouska Hempel, Forbes NZ, actress (Tiffany Jones)
1941 - John Davidson, Pitts, TV host (Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible)
1942 - Anna Eshoo, American politician
1943 - Arturo Ripstein, director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot)
1943 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher (Red Sox)
1943 - Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (d. 2002)
1944 - Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artist and film actor
1945 - Kathy Garver, American actress
1945 - Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (d. 1977)
1947 - Les Joslin, cricketer (Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 & 2)
1947 - Darlene Cates, American actress
1948 - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan-Deacon Blues)
1948 - Kathy Garver, Long Beach California, actress (Cissy-Family Affair)
1948 - Lillian Board, England, 400m (Olympic-silver-1968)
1948 - Ted Nugent, Detroit, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees)
1948 - Brian Wilson, Scottish politician
1949 - Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976)
1949 - R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael)
1949 - Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)
1949 - Tom Verlaine, [Miller], Mt Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television)
1949 - Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker
1949 - Paula Wilcox, English actress
1950 - Davey O'List, rocker (Roxy Music)
1950 - Heather North, Pasadena California, actress (Barefoot Executive)
1950 - Wendie Malick, actress (Just Shoot Me)
1951 - Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor (Strike it Rich, King Lear)
1952 - John Francome, English jockey
1952 - Sylvester Ritter (Junkyard Dog), American professional wrestler (d. 1998)
1953 - Ray Stewart, Matsqui BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Dunhill Cup)
1953 - Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights)
1953 - Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, side horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1953 - Ben Bernanke, American economist and current United States Chairman of the Federal
           Reserve
1953 - Bill Castro, Dominican baseball player
1954 - John Anderson, Apopka Fla, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade)
1954 - Steve Forbert, rocker
1954 - Tamora Pierce, American author
1956 - Dale Berra, baseball infeilder (Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Yankees)
1956 - Phillip Gregory Hubbard, Canton Oh, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 - Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer
1957 - Steve Buscemi, actor (Fargo)
1957 - Morris Day, American singer (The Time)
1957 - Jean-Marie Messier, French businessman
1958 - Clark Brandon, NYC, actor (Fast Food)
1958 - Dana Strum, Wash DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1958 - Lynn-Holly Johnson, Chicago IL, actress (Ice Castles)
1959 - John Whitaker, Van Nuys California, actor (Family Affair, Snowball Expr)
1959 - Marianne Gravatte, Hollywood CA, playmate of year (Oct, 1982)
1959 - Jim Barrell, American professional wrestler
1960 - Randy Stoklos, Pacific Palisades Ca, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1960 - Richard Dent, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1960 - Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian actor
1961 - Gary Zimmerman, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1961 - Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer
1961 - Irene Saez, Miss Universe 1981 and Venezuelan politician
1962 - Karen Witter, CA, actress (Tina-One Life to Live)/playmate (Mar, 1982)
1962 - Kendra Slewenski, English netballer
1965 - Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino Ca, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
1965 - Marko Mäetamm, Estonian artist
1966 - Ross Burden, New Zealand celebrity chef
1966 - Don Roff, American writer and filmmaker
1967 - Chris O'Loughlin, Los Angeles, California, fencer (Olympics-96)
1967 - Deborah Driggs, Oakland Ca, playmate (Mar, 1990)
1967 - Jamie Foxx, comedian (In Living Color)
1967 - Jenn Thompson, NYC, actor (Dee-Harper Valley PTA)
1967 - Mike Mordecai, Birmingham AL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
1967 - Scott Zolak, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots)
1967 - Bo Pelini, American football coach
1968 - Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player (VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem)
1968 - Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star (1992 Taipei)
1969 - Norm Krumpschmd, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1969 - Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward (Detroit, Oly-S-1998)
1969 - Tony Curran, Glasgow, UK, Scottish actor (Gladiator, Underworld: Evolution)
1969 - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer (d. 2007)
1970 - Basit Ali, cricketer (exciting Pakistani batsman 1993-)
1970 - Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence RI, Miss America-RI (1996)
1970 - George Van Os Jr, Houston Texas, team handball left back (Oly-1996)
1970 - Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, Dayton OH, 400m hurdler (Oly-bronze-96)
1971 - Johnny Dixon, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi
1971 - Mike Pelton, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 - Craig Sauer, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - GiGi Gordon, Butler PA, Miss America-Pennsylvania (1997)
1973 - Christie Clark, LA, actress (Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life)
1973 - Shandon Anderson, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
1974 - Chris Lewis, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
1974 - Sara Cox, English TV and radio presenter
1974 - Nicholas McCarthy, English guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
1975 - Matt LeCroy, Anderson SC, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand (1996)
1975 - Tom DeLonge, American guitarist,(blink-182, Angels & Airwaves)
1976 - Radosław Sobolewski, Polish footballer
1976 - Søren Friis, Danish footballer
1976 - Josh Fogg, American baseball player
1977 - Sascha Kindred, British Paralympic swimmer
1977 - Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union footballer
1978 - Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone)
1978 - BJ Penn, American mixed martial artist
1979 - Christina Todd, Miss Ohio Teen USA (Miss Congeniality-1997)
1981 - Chelsea Hertford, actress (Major Dad)
1981 - Amy Lee, American singer/songwriter (Evanescence)
1982 - Anthony Callea, Australian singer/songwriter
1982 - Ricky Nolasco, American baseball player
1982 - Tuka Rocha, Brazilian racing driver
1982 - Freddie Weinke, American football player
1982 - Dominik Werling, German footballer
1983 - Matt Deis, American bassist
1983 - Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer
1988 - Darcy Blake, Welsh footballer
1989 - Taylor Swift, Reading, Pennsylvania, American singer/songwriter (Our Song)
1991 - Jay Greenberg, American composer
2005 - Prince Aymeric of Belgium
2005 - Prince Nicolas of Belgium

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This Day in History for 13th December


Famous Deaths

Primitive Painter Grandma Moses (1961)


838 - Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies
1048 - Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74
1124 - Callistus/Callixtus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies
1126 - Henry IX, the Black, Duke of Bavaria (1120-26), dies
1204 - Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
1250 - Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55
1404 - Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, dies at 74
1466 - Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)
1516 - Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)
1521 - Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52
1557 - Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies
1565 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (b. 1516)
1574 - Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50
1603 - François Viète, French mathematician dies in Paris (b. 1540)
1621 - Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
1622 - Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50
1672 - Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1693 - Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies
1693 - Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82
1716 - Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)
1721 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)
1729 - Anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53
1738 - Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59
1769 - C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54
1774 - Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50
1783 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)
1784 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)
1793 - Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63
1812 - Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68
1814 - Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgium fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79
1835 - John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)
1837 - Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756)
1862 - Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union Brig-General, dies in Battle of Fredericksburg at 49
1862 - Maxcy Gregg, US Confederate Brig-General, dies in Battle of Fredericksburg at 48
1862 - Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate Brig-General, dies in Battle of Fredericksburg at 39
1863 - Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50
1868 - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)
1872 - Helena Beeloo, a maid, murdered by Henry Jut at the Hague, Netherlands
1872 - W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, murdered by Henry Jut at the Hague, Netherlands
1881 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43
1883 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
1894 - Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68
1895 - Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (b. 1800)
1898 - George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72
1909 - Innokenti Annenski, Russian poet and interpreter, dies of heart attack at 54
1911 - Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies
1919 - Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74
1919 - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b. 1850)
1921 - Frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies
1922 - Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic politician and poet (b. 1861)
1924 - Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74
1929 - Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42
1930 - Fritz Pregl, Slovenian/Austrian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
1931 - Gustave le Bon, French psychologist (b. 1840)
1932 - Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (b. 1853)
1934 - Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1854)
1935 - John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
1940 - Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
1940 - George Macaulay, cricketer (took 24 wkts in 8 Tests, Eng 22-33), dies
1940 - Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist (b. 1851)
1940 - George Regas, Greek actor (b. 1890)
1942 - Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78
1942 - Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866)
1944 - Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34
1944 - Vassily Kandinsky, abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78
1945 - Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide
1945 - Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83
1945 - Elisabeth Volkenrath, supervisor at concentration camps (b. 1919)
1947 - Nicholas Roerich, Russian-born painter (b. 1874)
1950 - Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1902)
1951 - Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73
1954 - John Raymond Hubbell, American writer (b. 1879)
1955 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
1958 - Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
1958 - Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
1958 - Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at 66
1958 - Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed
1958 - Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 70
1958 - Tim Moore, American actor (b. 1887)
1961 - Grandma Moses [Anna M] , US painter, dies at 101
1962 - Harry Barris, American popular singer (b. 1905)
1963 - Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79
1966 - Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer
1968 - Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52
1969 - Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83
1969 - Spencer Williams, Jr., American actor (b. 1893)
1971 - Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88
1973 - Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)
1974 - Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66
1975 - Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88
1975 - Hendrik Kruls, Dutch gen/chief milt authority (1944-46), dies at 73
1976 - Eduard Claudius, writer, dies
1979 - Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
1980 - Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73
1981 - Cornelius Cardew, composer, dies at 45
1981 - Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
1982 - Jack Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies
1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60
1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies
1983 - Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78
1983 - Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (b. 1921)
1983 - Nichita Stanescu, Romanian poet (b. 1933
1986 - Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at 77
1990 - Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77
1990 - Friedrich Dörrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69
1991 - Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at 82
1992 - Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies
1992 - K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (b. 1899)
1992 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and heir (b. 1899)
1993 - Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87
1994 - Antoine Pinay, PM of France (1952-53), dies
1994 - Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US librarian/Yale-curator, dies at 83
1994 - Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60
1995 - Evangeline Bruce, hostess, dies at 81
1995 - Nancy LaMott, singer, dies at 43
1996 - Cao Yu, dramatist, dies at 86
1996 - Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61
1996 - Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76
1996 - Mae Barnes, singer, dies at 89
1997 - Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician, dies at 94
1997 - Martin Carter, poet/critic, dies at 70
1997 - Rafael Jose Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur, dies at 83
2001 - Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death) (b. 1967)
2002 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian musician (The Lovin' Spoonful) (b. 1945)
2003 - William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senator (b. 1921)
2004 - Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)
2004 - David Wheeler, English computer scientist (b. 1927)
2005 - Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (b. 1981)
2005 - Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips and convicted murderer (b. 1953)
2006 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932)
2007 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, American actor (b. 1936)
2007 - Mark Partridge, Rhodesian politician
2008 - John Drake, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1959)
2010 - Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (b. 1941)
2010 - Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1942)
2011 - Russell Hoban, American author (creator of the 'Frances' series), dies at 86
2011 - Park Tae-joon, South Korean general and founder of steel giant Posco, dies at 84

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This Day in History for 14th December


Historical Events

                                   
Queen of Scotland Mary Stuart                Composer Giacomo Puccini                    Heavyweight Boxing Champion
                                                                                                                             Jack Dempsey

                                   
Soldier, author, journalist, politician          Musician Louis Jordan                         Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Winston Churchill                                                                                                  Lennox Lewis


644 - Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam
867 - Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
872 - John VIII elected as Catholic Pope
1124 - Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)
1287 - Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives
1542 - Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6
           days old
1575 - Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland
1582 - Zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25
1600 - Olivier van Noort sinks Spanish galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die
1656 - Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with
           fish scales
1702 - The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their
           master.
1708 - Prosper Jolyot's "Electre" premieres in Paris
1774 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary
1782 - Charleston, SC evacuated by British
1793 - 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati
1798 - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
1819 - Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state
1825 - Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins
1836 - The Toledo War unofficially ends.
1849 - 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
1863 - Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee
1882 - Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo
1889 - American Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Phila
1894 - Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)
1894 - Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren
1896 - The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
1900 - Quantum Mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation
           law.
1901 - 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)
1903 - Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut
1907 - The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef
           within the Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
1911 - South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
1913 - Greece formally takes possession of Crete
1914 - Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demócrata
           Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.
1915 - Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
1917 - UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany
1918 - Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico" premieres in NYC
1920 - Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC
1923 - Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)
1924 - Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou
1924 - Respighi's symphony "Pini di Roma" premieres in Paris
1926 - Danish Madsen government forms
1927 - Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1928 - 2nd Test Cricket Australia v England starts with Bradman 12th man
1929 - Alexander Zaimis elected president of Greece
1930 - NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game
1931 - 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
1932 - French government of Herriot falls
1933 - Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam
1934 - 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany NY)
1935 - Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith v South Africa, Durban
1937 - Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing
1938 - AL permits Cleveland & Philadelphia to play night games
1938 - Major leagues agrees on standard ball
1938 - Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25
1938 - Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as AL president
1939 - Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union
1941 - 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
1941 - Premier Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York
1941 - U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea
1944 - Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany
1944 - Congress establshes rank of General of Army (5-star General)
1944 - German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
1945 - Elmer Rice' "Dream Girl" premieres in NYC
1946 - "Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 323 perfs
1946 - Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN
1946 - UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in NYC
1947 - Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach,
           Florida.
1950 - "Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 perfs
1950 - UN Gen Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
1950 - Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis
           Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
1952 - KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 - R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut v Pakistan, Calcutta
1952 - Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die
1953 - Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax
1954 - WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar
1955 - Tappan Zee Bridge in NY opens to traffic
1956 - Paul-Henri Spaak appointed secretary-general of NATO
1957 - "Most Happy Fella" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 678 perfs
1957 - "Rumple" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 45 performances
1959 - Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus
1959 - J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513m
1960 - Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
1960 - Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
1960 - Washington Senators joins American League
1961 - Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record
1962 - Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus)
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 - Verne Gagne beats The Crusher in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1964 - Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"
1965 - "La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances
1967 - DNA created in a test tube
1969 - "La Strada" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance
1969 - Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta
1969 - Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1971 - Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon
1972 - Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor
1974 - Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0
1974 - Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 v India 20 fours 6 sixes
1975 - "Treemonisha" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 64 performances
1975 - 6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days
1975 - WCPR (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
1976 - Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberal/social dem abortion laws
1977 - "Saturday Night Fever" starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC
1977 - Egypt & Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
1977 - Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash
1977 - Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, v England at Lahore
1977 - War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
1978 - "Ballroom" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances
1978 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 - "Onward Victoria" opens/closes at Martin Beck NYC for 1 performance
1980 - Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot
1980 - At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon
1980 - Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24
1980 - Nancy Lopez/Curtis Strange wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1980 - New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat NY Jets 21-20
1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 - Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
1982 - Marcel Dionne, LA, becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals
1983 - "Peg" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
1984 - Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
1985 - US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin
1986 - Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st
           non-stop, non-refueled flight around world
1987 - Allan Border scores 205 v NZ to become Australia's top rungetter
1987 - Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new
1988 - CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
1988 - NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses
1988 - Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures
1988 - US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)
1990 - Louis Jordan's revue "Five Guys Named Moe" premieres in London
1990 - Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days
           later
1991 - 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
1991 - Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
1992 - Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him
1993 - Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria
1995 - "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki
1995 - AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant
1995 - Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments.
1996 - 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1996 - 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)
1997 - "View From the Bridge" opens at Criterion Theater, NYC
1997 - Diners Club Senior Golf Match
1997 - Juli Inkster & Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches
1997 - Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals
2003 - President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
2003 - President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein.
2004 - The Millau viaduct, the highest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.
2008 - President George W. Bush made his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and
           almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a
           farewell conference in Baghdad.
2012 - 28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in
           Newtown, Connecticut
2012 - Australian Joel Parkinson wins the 2012 ASP World Tour
2012 - Gene Wolfe wins the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

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This Day in History for 14th December


Famous Weddings

1490 - Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria
1984 - Singer and actress Bette Midler (39) weds Martin Von Hasselberg at Starlight Chapel in Las
           Vegas
1985 - "The Cosby Show" actress Phylicia Rashad (37) weds former NFL wide receiver and
           sportscaster Ahmad Rashad (36)
2005 - Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan (31) weds Mumtaz's daughter Natasha Madhvani at the Grand
           Hyatt in Mumbai, India
2010 - WWF wrestler Hulk Hogan (57) marries 2nd wife Jennifer McDaniel in Clearwater Florida

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This Day in History for 14th December


Famous Birthdays

                 
Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546)              Writer Shirley Jackson (1916)


1009 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)
1363 - John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist
1503 - Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], Saint-Rémy-de-Provence,France, astrologist/prophet
           (Les Propheties), (d. 1566)
1546 - Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose), (d. 1601)
1553 - Henri IV the Bourbon, King of Navarra (Henri III)/France
1625 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)
1631 - Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1640 - (baptism date) - Aphra Behn, English playwright and novelist (d. 1689)
1678 - Daniel Neal, English historian (d. 1743)
1720 - Justus Möser, German statesman (d. 1794)
1730 - Capel Bond, composer
1738 - Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer
1775 - Philander Chase, American founder of Kenyon College (d. 1852)
1775 - Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (d. 1860)
1777 - Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos the mayo)
1779 - Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer
1780 - Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs
1783 - Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer
1784 - Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Princess of Asturias (d. 1806)
1787 - Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d.
           1816)
1789 - Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer
1791 - Charles Wolfe, Irish poet (d. 1823)
1794 - Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (d. 1872)
1812 - Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies
1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (d. 1898)
1829 - John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold US political office
1830 - Allen Thomas, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1832 - Daniel Harris Reynolds, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1837 - William Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1853 - Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas)
1862 - Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]
1862 - John M Acket, Dutch literary (Grammatic Conceptions)
1866 - Roger Fry, English artist and art critic (d. 1934)
1868 - Richard Batka, composer
1870 - Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40)
1870 - Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50)
1873 - Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer
1875 - Dobri Khristov, composer
1877 - Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys)
1881 - Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer (d. 1956)
1883 - Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer
1883 - Morihei Ueshiba "the founder" founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido
1884 - Regina Ullmann, writer
1884 - Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (d. 1950)
1894 - Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer
1895 - Paul Eluard, French poet (d. 1952)
1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952) Reigned 1936-52.
1896 - James H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)
1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, (Rep/Sen-R-Maine)
1897 - Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (d. 1977)
1898 - Frederick Douglass Hall, composer
1900 - Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer
1901 - Henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928)
1901 - Paul I, King of Greece (1947-64)
1902 - Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bea-Andy Griffith Show)
1905 - Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin
1906 - Helmut Bornefeld, composer
1907 - Guy Middleton, Hove England, actor (Gentlemen Marrie Brunettes)
1908 - Laurence Naismith, Surrey England, actor (Judge Fulton-Persuaders)
1908 - Morey Amsterdam, American comedian and actor (d. 1996)
1908 - Claude Davey, Welsh rugby union footballer
1908 - Mária Szepes, Hungarian authoress (d. 2007)
1909 - Edward L Tatum, US, molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958)
1909 - Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, harpist/founder Eduard of Beinumstichting
1911 - Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader/founder (Federal Trust)
1911 - Spike Jones, Long Beach California, composer (In a Secluded Rendesvous)
1911 - Hans von Ohain, German/American aerospace engineer (d. 1998)
1912 - Morey Amsterdam, Chicago Ill, comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show)
1914 - Karl Carstens, German (CDU)/pres Germany (1979-84)
1914 - Rosalyn Tureck, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Bach & Rock)
1914 - Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (d. 1943)
1915 - Dan Dailey, New York City, New York, American dancer and actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor &
           JJ)
1915 - Clay Warnick, Tacoma Wash, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
1916 - Shirley Jackson, San Francisco, California, writer (Road Through the Wall), (d. 1965)
1917 - Elyse Knox, Hartford Ct, actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold)
1917 - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years)
1917 - June Taylor, American choreographer (d. 2004)
1918 - James T. Aubrey, American television executive (d. 1994)
1918 - B.K.S. Iyengar, Indian yoga advocate
1920 - Albertus Meintser, office clerk/resistance fighter
1920 - Quinton Hazell, businessman
1920 - Clark Terry, American trumpeter
1922 - Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)
1922 - Don Hewitt, NYC, CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes)
1923 - Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings, Dear Guys)
1923 - Leonardus S van Egeraat, Dutch travel expert
1923 - Sully Boyar, NYC, actor (Car Wash)
1924 - Marion Morgan, singer (Stop the Music)
1924 - Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1956)
1924 - Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 1988)
1925 - Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1926 - Frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts)
1927 - Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister (VVD) (1982-86)
1927 - Richard Cassilly, American tenor (d.1998)
1929 - Ron Nelson, composer
1931 - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (d. 2002)
1932 - Abbe Lane, Bkln, aka Mrs Xavier Cugat/singer (Xavier Cugat Show)
1932 - Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich, Colt Ark, vocalist (Behind Closed Doors)
1932 - George Furth, Chicago Ill, actor/dir (Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings)
1933 - Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I left my heart in SF)
1934 - Petrus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist
1935 - Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bath England, actress (Search for the Nile)
1935 - David White, cricketer (England opening attack Brown & White v Pak 1961)
1935 - Lee Remick, Quincy MA, actress (Days of Wine & Rose, Long Hot Summer)
1935 - Lewis Arquette, Chicago IL, actor (Horror Show, Book of Love)
1936 - Robert Alan Ridley Parker, NYC, PhD/astronaut (STS 9, STS 35)
1938 - Hal Williams, Columbus Ohio, actor (Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford & Son)
1938 - Janette Scott, actress (Day of the Triffids)
1938 - Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian
1939 - Ernest Davis, 1st black to win Heisman Trophy (1961)
1939 - Marilyn Cooper, NYC, actress (Broadway Bound, Survivors)
1940 - Lex Gold, Scottish football administrator
1941 - Barry Hadlee, cricketer (bro of Dayle & Richard, NZ World Cup 1975)
1941 - Ellen Willis, American journalist (d. 2006)
1942 - David Band, banker
1942 - Rex Thompson, NYC, actor (Young Bess, King & I, Her 12 Men)
1942 - Zoe Laskari, Greek actress
1943 - Frank Allen, rock vocalist (Searchers-Needles & Pins)
1946 - Anthonius A M "Ton" Kors, Dutch writer (Hannie Schaft)
1946 - Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist (Them Coleraine)
1946 - Jane Birkin, London England, actress (Mrs Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust)
1946 - Joyce Vincent Wilson, Detroit Mich, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
1946 - Michael Ovitz, president (Walt Disney Co)
1946 - Patty Duke, [Anna Marie], Elmhurst NY, actress (Miracle Worker)
1946 - Ruth Fuchs, German DR, javelin thrower (Oly-2 gold-72, 76)
1946 - Stan Smith, Pasadena, California, American tennis champ (Wimbledon 1972, US Open-1971)
1947 - Christopher Parkening, Los Angeles California, guitarist (transcribed sacred music)
1947 - Linda Sutton, English artist
1948 - Boudewijn Buch, Dutch writer/TV host
1948 - Dee Wallace Stone, [Deanna Bowers], Kansas City Kansas, actress (Critters, 10, ET)
1948 - Kim Beazley, Australian politician
1949 - Bill Buckner, California, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series
1949 - Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1950 - Vicki Michelle, Essex England, actress (Virgin Witch, Allo Allo)
1951 - Jan Timman, Dutch chess player
1952 - Tamara Danz, singer
1952 - Germain Houde, French Canadian actor
1953 - Joe Toplyn, Boston, comedic writer (Late Night with David Letterman)
1953 - Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor (Octopussy)
1953 - René Eespere, Soviet-born Estonian composer
1953 - Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician
1953 - Mikael Odenberg, Swedish politician
1954 - Alan Kulwicki, Greenfield Wisc, NASCAR racer (Winston Cup)
1954 - Eva Mattes, Tegernsee Germany, actress (Celeste, Man Like Eva)
1954 - Hans William Schlegel, Oberlingen Germany, Astronaut (STS 55)
1954 - Ib Anderson, Copenhagen, ballet dancer
1954 - Steven Glenwood MacLean, Ottawa Ontario, astronaut (STS 52)
1954 - James Horan, Louisville, Kentucky, American actor (General Hospital, Transformers Prime)
1955 - Jane Crafter, Perth Australia, golfer (1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams)
1956 - Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein, Slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
1956 - T K Carter, Los Angeles California, actor (Mike-Punky Brewster, Just our Luck)
1957 - Gary Ferris, American author
1958 - Jan Dijksma, Dutch bassist (Weekend at Waikiki)
1958 - Mike Scott, Scottish rocker (Blues Inc, Waterboys-Rainbow Warrior)
1958 - Spider Tracy, English rock vocalist (The Pogues)
1958 - Steven Rock-Savage, Mellville Louisiana, (LSU), actor
1959 - Franco Iglesia, Cuba, spanish singer
1959 - Jorge Vaca, Mexican boxer
1960 - Catherine G Coleman, Charleston SC, Phd/Capt USAF/astronaut (STS 73)
1960 - Bob Paris, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
1961 - Jeff Robinson, baseball player (Det, Balt)
1962 - Bharat Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's)
1962 - Chris Dahlquist, Fridley, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1963 - Cindy Gibb, Bennington Vt, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Youngblood)
1964 - C[arl] J[eff] Snare, Wash DC, vocalist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
1964 - Chelsea Noble, actress (Kate-Growing Pains)
1965 - Christine Burton, Adelaide Aust, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
1965 - Craig Biggio, Smithtown NY, infielder (Houston Astros)
1965 - Ken Hill, Lynn, Massachusetts, American MLB pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1965 - Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford Ct, super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-96)
1966 - Anthony Mason, NBA forward (NY Knicks, Charlotte Hornets)
1966 - Bill Ranford, Brandon Man, NHL goalie (Team Canada, Boston)
1966 - Carl Herrera, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1966 - Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian racecar driver
1966 - Tim Skold, Swedish/American musician
1967 - Ali Wood, Long Beach Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1995)
1967 - Eldridge Recasner, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets)
1967 - Noelle Beck, Baltimore, actress (Trisha-Loving, Fletch Lives)
1967 - Ewa Białołęcka, Polish writer
1968 - Cees Marbus, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1968 - Jamie Crysdale, CFL corner (Calgary Stampeders)
1969 - Arthur Numan, soccer player (PSV)
1969 - Craig Jones, Nambour Australia, Canadian Tour golfer (NZ Open-1994)
1969 - Dave Nilsson, Brisbane Australia, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1969 - Rogerick Green, NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Bradford Banta, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Nadine Garner, Australian actress
1970 - Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer
1970 - Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter
1971 - Chris Therien, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1971 - Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, Australian discus/shot putter (Olympics-96)
1971 - Natascha McElhone, English actress
1972 - Johnny Mcwilliams, tight end (Arizona Cardinals)
1972 - Eric Anderson, American musical theatre actor
1972 - Marcus Jensen, American baseball player
1973 - Eelco Wassenaar, Neth, US field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1973 - Tia Texada, American actress and singer
1973 - Thuy Trang, American actress (d. 2001)
1974 - Billy Koch, Garden City NY, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Inga Drozdova, Latvia, playmate (Nov, 1997)
1975 - James Cotton, NBA guard (Seattle Supersonics)
1975 - Tamecka Dixon, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
1975 - Justin Furstenfeld, American rock singer
1975 - KaDee Strickland, Patterson, Georgia, American actress (Private Practice, The Grudge)
1976 - Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter
1976 - André Couto, Portuguese racing driver
1976 - Santiago Ezquerro, Spanish footballer
1977 - Tisha Dabber, Shelbyville Indiana, actress (New Mickey Mouse Club)
1978 - Kim St-Pierre, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Radu Sârbu, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
1978 - Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player
1979 - Sophie Monk, Australian actress, singer, and model
1979 - Michael Owen, English footballer
1980 - Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
1980 - Frankie J, American singer
1980 - Tata Young, Thai-American singer
1981 - Emilie Heymans, Canadian diver
1981 - Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress
1981 - Johnny Jeter, American professional wrestler
1981 - Shaun Marcum, American baseball player
1981 - Liam Lawrence, English footballer
1982 - Josh Fields, American baseball player
1982 - Steve Sidwell, English footballer
1982 - Anthony Way, English singer and actor
1984 - Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer
1984 - Edward Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer
1985 - Jakub Błaszczykowski, Polish footballer
1985 - Paul Rabil, professional lacrosse player
1985 - Julio Pimentel, Dominican baseball player
1985 - Tom Smith, Welsh rugby union footballer
1985 - Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress
1985 - Ren Yagami, Japanese actor and singer
1988 - Nicolas Batum, French basketball player
1988 - Vanessa Hudgens, American singer and actress
1989 - Pedro Silva, Brazilian footballer
1992 - Tori Kelly, American singer
1995 - Princess Olimpia Preslavska of Bulgaria

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This Day in History for 14th December


Famous Deaths

                                   
First US President                                     American Baseball Player                      Actress Myrna Loy (1993)
George Washington (1799)                           Roger Maris (1985)


872 - Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72) the last married pope, dies at about 80
1077 - Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies
1136 - Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered
1417 - John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned
1460 - Guarino da Verona (b. 1370)
1476 - Vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431)
1510 - Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)
1542 - James V, King of Scots (1513-42), dies at 30
1553 - Hanibal Lucić, Croatian writer (b. 1485)
1591 - Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies
1624 - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English statesman (b. 1536)
1651 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582)
1713 - Thomas Rymer, English historian (b. 1641)
1715 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1636)
1732 - Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80
1734 - Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
1735 - Thomas Tanner, English bishop and antiquarian (b. 1674)
1741 - Charles Rollin, French historian (b. 1661)
1754 - Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58
1760 - Kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies
1788 - Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74
1788 - Carlos III, King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at 72
1799 - George Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66
1823 - Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53
1829 - Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74
1838 - Jean-Olivier Chénier, French Canadian physician and Patriote (b. 1806)
1849 - Conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69
1861 - Albert, Prince consort of England and husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42
1861 - George HG earl of Aberdeen, Engl Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 76
1861 - Heinrich August Marschner, composer, dies at 66
1862 - George Dashiell Bayard, Union Brigadier General, dies at 27
1865 - Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist (b. 1794)
1873 - J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies
1886 - Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27
1893 - Karolina Pawlowa, writer, dies at 86
1900 - Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46
1903 - William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair
1906 - John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78
1909 - Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies
1912 - Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, British Army lieutenant (b. 1887)
1914 - Giovanni Sgambati, composer, dies at 73
1918 - Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered
1920 - George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)
1923 - Giuseppi Gallignani, composer, dies at 72
1926 - Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64
1927 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (b. 1842)
1928 - Theodore Roberts, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments), dies at 77
1935 - Stanley G Weinbaum, US, sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies
1938 - Marie FM Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76
1942 - Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61
1945 - Constantino Gaito, composer, dies at 67
1945 - Forrester Harvey, actor (Tarzan & Mate, Chump at Oxford), dies at 61
1945 - Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer/judge, dies on his 69th birthday
1945 - Josef Kramer, known as "beast of Belsen," & 10 others, hanged
1947 - Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84
1947 - Stanley Baldwin, English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies at 80
1947 - Edward Higgins, General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
1948 - Reginald Owen Morris, composer, dies at 62
1950 - Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at 65
1956 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi, president of Finland (b. 1870)
1959 - Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Cast Off), dies at 84
1960 - Gregory Ratoff, actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies of leukemia at 63
1963 - Dinah Washington, singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39
1963 - Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at 62
1964 - William Bendix, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58
1965 - Hermann Sandby, composer, dies at 84
1966 - Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91
1966 - Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60
1966 - Verna Felton, actress (Hilda-December Bride), dies at 76
1970 - Franz Schlegelberger, German Nazi politician (b. 1876)
1971 - Dick Tiger, Nigerian-born boxer (b. 1929)
1973 - Yitzhak Edel, composer, dies at 77
1974 - Walter Lippmann, US journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at 85
1975 - Arthur Treacher, TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at 81
1978 - Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist (b. 1886)
1979 - Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies
1980 - Elston Howard, MVP catcher (NY Yankees), dies at 59
1984 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer and Nobel laureate (b. 1898)
1985 - Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51
1985 - Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, US, sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85
1985 - Catherine Doherty, social justice activist (b. 1896)
1987 - Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies
1989 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68
1989 - Jock Mahoney, actor (Dallas, Cow Town, Range Rider), dies at 70
1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer, dies of heart failure at 69
1990 - Hope Sansberry, actress (Rats are Coming), dies at 94
1990 - Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, prince in Germany, dies at 64
1991 - John Arlott, cricketer (the greatest of cricket commentators), dies
1991 - Robert Eddison, British actor (Uncle Silas), dies at 83
1993 - Myrna Loy, [Williams], US actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88
1994 - Mary Ann McCall, singer, dies at 75
1994 - Petrus HJ van Doorne, bus manufacturer/owner (BOVA), dies at 58
1994 - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (b. 1910)
1995 - Don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85
1995 - Eric Brown, architect, dies at 84
1995 - Rob Harris, sky surfer, dies while skydiving at 28
1996 - Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92
1996 - Norman Hackforth, broadcaster, dies at 88
1997 - Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99
1997 - Robert Sutton, electronics engineer, dies at 82
1997 - Stubby Kaye, actor (Guys & Dolls, Sweet Charity), dies at 79
1997 - Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who) (b. 1946)
1998 - Annette Strauss, American philanthropist (b. 1924)
1998 - Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924)
1998 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American civil rights activist and author (b. 1928)
2001 - W. G. Sebald, German writer (b. 1944)
2003 - Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1925)
2003 - Blas Ople, foreign minister of the Philippines (b. 1927)
2004 - Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2004 - Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino actor and presidential candidate (b. 1939)
2005 - Trevanian, American author (b. 1931)
2006 - Anton Balasingham, chief political strategist of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1938)
2006 - Ahmet Ertegün, co-founder of Atlantic Records (b. 1923)
2006 - Mike Evans, American actor (b. 1949)
2009 - Alan A'Court, English footballer (b. 1934)
2010 - Timothy Davlin, American politician (b. 1957)
2010 - Dale Roberts, English footballer (b. 1986)
2010 - Neva Patterson, American actress (b. 1920)
2011 - Boris Chertok, prominent Soviet and Russian rocket engineer, dies at 99
2012 - Klaus Köste, German gymnast, dies at 69

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 15th December


Historical Events

                                   
Inventor Thomas Edison                            Inventor James Naismith                         Author Albert Camus

                 
Actor/Director Sylvester Stallone            Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson


533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of
         Ticameron.
687 - St Sergius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Conon
1124 - Chancellor Haimeric selects pope (Lamberto becomes Honorius II)
1167 - Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
1256 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day
           Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
1467 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured
           thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
1488 - Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope
1569 - Westmoreland flees to Scotland
1582 - Leidse university names Rembert Dodoens prof of botany/medicine
1582 - Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar
1586 - Laevinus Torrentius, becomes bishop of Antwerp
1593 - State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft
1612 - Simon Marius, is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope
1640 - Duke of Braganca crowned King Johan IV of Portugal
1660 - Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan
1664 - English colonizing Connecticut
1667 - Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War
1680 - Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal
1688 - Lord Delamere sides with King James II [NS 12/25]
1745 - Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria
1791 - 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania
1791 - Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval
1792 - 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Phila)
1794 - Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France
1810 - 1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published
1815 - Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia
1820 - 1st General pharmacopoeia in US published, Boston
1836 - Patent Office burns in Wash, DC
1854 - 1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia
1859 - GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun
1863 - Skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign)
1863 - Romania is using for the first time a mountain railway (from Anina to Oravita).
1864 - Battle of Nashville, TN
1864 - Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon & Glade Springs, VA
1868 - Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
1874 - 1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by Pres Grant
1877 - Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1891 - James Naismith invents basketball (Canada)
1893 - Dvoráks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall NYC
1894 - Cricket day 2 1st T Aus v Eng Aus 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130
1899 - Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army)
1905 - The Pushkin House is established in St. Petersburg to preserve the cultural heritage of
           Alexander Pushkin
1909 - Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League
1913 - Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1914 - Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow
1914 - British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea
1914 - Serbian troops retake Belgrade in Austria-Hungary
1916 - French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun
1917 - Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia
1917 - World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central
           Powers.
1918 - American Jewish Congress holds it's 1st meeting
1919 - Edna St Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo," premieres in NYC
1919 - Fiume (Rijeka) declares it's Independence
1922 - IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague
1925 - 1st hockey game at Madison Sq Garden, Mont Candiens 3, NY Americans 1
1925 - 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic
1926 - Facist national symbol elevated in Italy
1927 - Ed Hickman kidnaps child he later beheads
1929 - Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro
1930 - Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw)
1933 - Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15
1934 - Fokker F18 Snip flies to Neth West Indies
1935 - Detroit Lions win NFL championship
1935 - Max Euwe becomes world champ chess beating Alexander Alekhine
1936 - KVL-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KEEN (now KING)
1938 - Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC
1939 - "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta
1939 - 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware
1939 - Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo/Curacao
1941 - Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland
1941 - German submarine U-127 sinks
1941 - Nazi's transfers 100 Czech citizens/Heinrich Himmler falls faint
1941 - North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing
1941 - USS Swordfish becomes 1st US sub to sink a Japanese ship
1941 - The American Federation of Labor adopts a no-strike policy in war industries.
1942 - Massachusetts issues 1st US vehicular license plate tabs
1944 - Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1944 - Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms
1944 - US Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star
1944 - US troops lands on Mindoro
1945 - John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest
1946 - Chic Bears beat NY Giants 24-14 in NFL championship game
1946 - Giants Filchock & Hapes suspended by NFL, didn't report bribe attempt
1948 - Former state dept official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury
1949 - Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris
1950 - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
1950 - NYC's Port Authority opens
1952 - "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 90 performances
1952 - Christine Jorgenson is 1st person to undergo a sex-change operation
1952 - KHON TV channel 2 in Honolulu, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientales Ecclesias
1953 - WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons
1954 - Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands
1956 - Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes
1956 - KGW TV channel 8 in Portland, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 - Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me"
1961 - Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel
1961 - Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time
1961 - JFK visits Puerto Rico
1961 - L J Suenens appointed archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
1962 - Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 12 wks
1964 - 1st time 4 people in space
1964 - American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded
1964 - Canada adopts maple leaf flag
1965 - 3rd cyclone of year kills 15,000 at the mouths of the Ganges River in Bangladesh
1965 - D Heneker & J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl," premieres in London
1965 - Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
1965 - Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde
1965 - William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball
1966 - "Joyful Noise" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 12 performances
1966 - Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus
1966 - John W Mecom Jr becomes 1st owner of New Orlean Saints
1967 - Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again"
1967 - Joe Garagiola joins Today Show panel
1967 - Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hr, 34 die
1967 - The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
1969 - Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom
1969 - SF Fire Dept replaces leather helmets with plastic ones
1970 - Ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261
1970 - S Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed
1970 - Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus)
1970 - Illinois State Constitution is adopted at a special election.
1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973 - American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness
1973 - Golf Resort (Disney Inn) opens
1973 - Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland
1973 - Sandy Hawley becomes 1st jockey to win 500 races in 1 year
1973 - Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game
1973 - US Psychiatrist say homosexuals are not mentally ill
1974 - A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)
1976 - Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship
           ran aground
1976 - Jamaica premier Manley wins elections
1976 - Samoa becomes a member of the UN.
1978 - Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James
1978 - Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, v India at Bangalore
1979 - Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama
1979 - World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all US hostages
1980 - NY Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M
1980 - Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N'djamena
1980 - ZBZ Sangha registered after 5 yrs of administrative hassles in Warsaw
1981 - 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1981 - NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 503
1982 - Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of NY Giants
1982 - Roy Williams, Teamsters pres, & 4 others convicted of bribery
1982 - Sao Tome & Principe constitution approved
1982 - Spain reopens border with Gibraltar
1983 - 3 KC Royals suspended due to cocaine usage
1983 - Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB
1983 - Last 80 US combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew
1983 - Wendy Wasserstein's "Isn't It Romantic," premieres in NYC
1984 - USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet
1985 - Sylvester Stallone & Brigitte Nielson wed
1986 - 150 killed during race riot in Karachi
1986 - CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure
1986 - Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift
1987 - "Les Miserables" opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston
1988 - Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
1991 - "Nick & Nora" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 9 performances
1991 - Deb Richard wins JBP Cup LPGA Match Play Golf Championship
1992 - Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year
1992 - WNew AM (1130) NYC resigns air, replaced by WBBR
1993 - C-130 flies into a Philippines hill & explodes, 16 killed
1993 - Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns
1993 - John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops
1993 - Lee Aspen resigns as secretary of defense
1993 - Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed
1993 - British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning
           Northern Ireland self determination
1994 - "Tuna Christmas" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 20 performances
1994 - John Bruton becomes Ireland's premier
1994 - Liberia militia kills 48 inhabitants of Monrovia
1994 - Palau becomes a member of the UN.
1995 - Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland
1995 - The European Communities Court of Justice hands down the "Bosman ruling", giving EU
           footballers the right to a free transfer at the end of their contracts, with the provision that
           they are transferring from one UEFA Federation to another.
1996 - Dottie Pepper & Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
1996 - Jim Colbert & Bob Murphy wins Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches
1996 - Tom Lehman & Duffy Waldoff wins Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches
1997 - SF 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16
2001 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it, without fixing
           its famous lean.
2005 - Latvia amends its constitution to eliminate possibility of same-sex couples being entitled to
           marry.
2005 - Argentina's president Néstor Kirchner announces the early repayment of its external debt to
           the IMF.
2005 - Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
2005 - The 2005 Atlantic Power Outage began.
2006 - First flight of the F-35 Lightning II.
2009 - Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington.
2012 - 18 Asylum seekers drown in the Aegean Sea on the way to Greece from Turkey

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 15th December


Famous Weddings

1960 - King Boudouin of Belgium marries dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon
1985 - Action star actor Sylvester Stallone (39) weds "Rocky IV" actress Brigitte Nielsen (22) in
           Beverly Hills, California
1990 - Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter
2005 - "Eastenders" actress Elaine Lordan (39) weds BBC manager Peter Manuel at Islington Town
            Hall in London
2007 - "Marchesa" designer Georgina Chapman (31) weds Miramax mogul Harvey Weinstein (55) in
            Connecticut, USA
2012 - "Scrubs" actor Donald Faison (38) weds CaCee Cobb (35) in Los Angeles, California

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 15th December


Famous Divorces

2008 - Pop singer Madonna (50) divorces film director Guy Ritchie (40) due to unreasonable behavior
           after almost 8 years of marriage
2010 - Nip/Tuck actor Dylan Walsh (47) divorces actress Joana Going (47) due to irreconcilable
           differences after 6 years of marriage

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 15th December


Famous Birthdays

                                   
French Engineer                                       Physicist/Nobel Laureate                       Industrialist J. Paul Getty (1892)
Gustave Eiffel (1832)                                Henri Becquerel (1852)


Historian and Author Michael King (1945)


37 - Nero Claudius Augustus Germanicus, 5th emperor of Rome (54-68)
1534 - Lucas Osiander, composer
1567 - Christoph Demantius, composer
1574 - Samuel Besler, composer
1610 - David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)
1648 - Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)
1657 - Michel-Richard Delalande, composer
1667 - Ludwig Ernst, composer
1720 - J F Beck, writer
1735 - Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer
1765 - Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer
1778 - Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies)
1787 - Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic
1793 - Henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)
1802 - Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)
1803 - August Freyer, composer
1812 - Isidor Dannstrom, composer
1821 - Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer
1822 - Edward Stephen, composer
1823 - Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
1830 - Francesco D'Arcais, composer
1832 - Gustave Eiffel [Alexandre], French engineer (Eiffel tower), (d. 1923)
1836 - Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)
1842 - Henry Gadsby, composer
1848 - Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress
1852 - Henri Becquerel [Antoine ], discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903), (d. 1908)
1852 - Tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt
1853 - Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies
1857 - Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer
1859 - Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)
1860 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)
1860 - Abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953)
1861 - Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)
1863 - Arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon)
1863 - Paul [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier [NS]
1870 - Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect
1873 - Pongrac Kacsoh, composer
1875 - Friedrich Niggli, composer
1875 - Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (d. 1899)
1876 - Ferdinand Hardekopf, writer
1878 - Hans Carossa, writer
1879 - Hugo W C Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer
1879 - Rudolf von Laban, Czech/German choreographer (modern dance)
1881 - James Schneider, NY, actor (Keystone Kops)
1887 - Pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of the Dutch Tribe)
1888 - Artturi A Leinonen, Finnish journalist/writer (Kati)/politician
1888 - Maxwell Anderson, US, dramatist (Winter Set, High Tor)
1891 - A. P. (Alvin) Carter, Virginia, American musician (Carter Family)
1892 - David Guion, composer
1892 - J. Paul Getty, Minneapolis Mn, oil magnate (Getty Oil), (d. 1976)
1892 - Jose Maria Castro, composer
1896 - Carl Ferdinand Cori, US bio-chemist
1896 - George B Cressey, US geographer (Asia's Lands & Peoples)
1896 - Margaret Bannerman, Toronto Ontario, actress (Elopement)
1896 - Paul R Citroen, Dutch sculptor
1896 - Betty Smith, American author (d. 1972)
1898 - Fernando Remacha, composer
1899 - Frank Vosper, London England, actor (Man Who Knew Too Much)
1899 - Harold Abrahams, English sprinter (d. 1978)
1900 - Francesco Messina, sculptor
1902 - Robert F. Bradford, 57th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1983)
1904 - Kermit Bloomgarden, producer (Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man)
1904 - William Hitzig, Austria, Maxwell physician
1905 - Ferenc Farkas, composer
1906 - Betty Smith, novelist (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
1907 - Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect (Brasilia), (d. 2012)
1910 - John H. Hammond, NYC, American rock/jazz musician (I Can Tell, So Many Roads)
1911 - Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and comic strip writer (d. 1991)
1912 - Ray Eames, American designer (d. 1988)
1913 - Muriel Rukeyser, US, poet (1977 Shelley Memorial Award)
1913 - Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager
1914 - Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII)
1915 - Jose Toribio Merino Castro, admiral
1916 - Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962)
1917 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, linguist and writer of Pakistan (d. 2005)
1918 - Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], Bkln, actor (Broken Arrow)
1919 - Ake Seyffarth, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1948)
1920 - Kurt Schaffenberger, American comics artist (d. 2002)
1921 - Bobby Todd, US comic/actor (Original Sin)
1922 - Alan Freed, Penn, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll"
1923 - Freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist
1923 - Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (d. 2002)
1923 - Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and statesman
1924 - Ida Haendel, Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin)
1925 - Sam Pollock, Canadian ice hockey general manager
1925 - Kasey Rogers, American actress (d. 2006)
1928 - Jimmy Nelson, Chicago Illinois, ventriloguist (Nestles, Farfel)
1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (d. 2000)
1928 - Jerry Wallace, American singer
1929 - Keith Andrew, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63)
1930 - Alim-ud-Din, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62)
1930 - Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist and short story writer (Girl with Green Eyes, Casualties of Peace)
1931 - Evald Schorm, Prague Czech, director (Courage for Every Day)
1932 - Elaine Barkin, composer
1932 - Igor Stuhec, composer
1933 - Jesse Belvin, Texarkana Arkansas, rock vocalist (Mr Easy)
1933 - Tim Conway, Willoughby Oh, comic (McHale's Navy, Carol Burnett Show)
1937 - John [Thomas] Sladek, US, sci-fi author (Tik-Tok, Bugs)
1937 - Karen Morrow, Chic, actress (Aunt Minerva-Tabitha, Jim Nabors Hour)
1938 - Dennis RB Madide, South African Internal minister of Transkei
1939 - Cindy Birdsong, Camden NJ, rock vocalist (Labelle-Rainbow, Supremes)
1939 - Nicolaus A Huber, composer
1940 - Nick Buoniconti, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)/sportscaster (NBC)
1941 - Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player
1941 - Geoffrey Davies, English actor (Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go)
1942 - Dave Clark, London England, rock drummer (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
1943 - Mihaly Hesz, Hungary, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1968)
1943 - Kathleen Blanco, American politician
1943 - Lucien den Arend, Dutch artist
1944 - Stan Bahnsen, pitcher (NY Yankee, 1968 AL Rookie-of-year)
1944 - Chico Mendes, Brazilian campaigner (d. 1988)
1945 - Thaao Penghlis, actor (Mission Impossible, Tony-Days of Our Life)
1945 - Michael King, Wellington, New Zealand historian and author (Penguin History of New Zealand)
1946 - Carmine Appice, NYC, musician (Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling)
1946 - Harry Ray, Hackensack NJ, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
1946 - Art Howe, American baseball player and manager
1947 - Rodney Bingenheimer, Pioneering American radio personality
1948 - David Gwillim, Plymouth England, actor (Island at Top of the World)
1948 - Melanie Chartoff, American actress
1948 - Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (d. 1991)
1949 - Don Johnson, Flatt Creek, Missouri, American actor (Miami Vice, Nash Bridges)
1949 - Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion
1951 - Joe Jordan, Scottish soccer star
1951 - Ken Knox, rock vocalist (Chairmen of the Board)
1952 - Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer
1952 - Julie Taymor, American director
1953 - J. M. DeMatteis, American comic book writer
1954 - Alex Cox, director (Repo Man)
1954 - Justin Ross, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change)
1954 - Mike Ratledge, author (2DAY & NEWDAY)/[email protected]
1955 - Melanie Chartoff, West Haven Ct, actress (Fridays, Parker Lewis)
1955 - Paul Simonon, English pop bassist (Clash-Havana 3 AM)
1957 - Tim Reynolds, Wiesbaden, Germany, guitarist (Dave Matthews Band)
1957 - Mario Marois, Canadian ice hockey player
1957 - Mike McAlary, American journalist (d. 1998)
1957 - Yuuichi Nagashima, Japanese voice actor
1958 - Eddy Annys, Belgian high jumper
1959 - Greg Matthews, cricketer (NSW & Aust off-spin all rounder Yeah yeah)
1959 - Heidi Bohay, Somerset NJ, actress (Megan-Hotel)
1959 - Rashid Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for Pakistan 1982-85)
1960 - Don Franklin, actor (Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon-The Young Riders)
1960 - Doug Phelps, Leachville Ar, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1960 - Walter Werzowa, Austrian composer
1961 - Annie Pujol, Perpignan, French TV hostess (Roue de la Fortune)
1961 - Reginald Hudlin, director (House Party)
1961 - Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist
1963 - Asif Karim, cricketer (slow left-arm bowler for Kenya 1996 World Cup)
1963 - David Wingate, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics)
1963 - Helen Slater, NYC, actress (Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People)
1963 - Andrew Luster, Max Factor heir
1964 - Carlton Bailey, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1964 - Jerry Ball, NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings)
1965 - Kimberly Donley, Aurora IL, playmate (Mar, 1993)
1965 - Walter Reeves, NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns)
1966 - Carl Hooper, cricketer (WI off-spin all-rounder)
1966 - Manos Papayiannis, Greek fashion model and actor
1967 - Chris Gioskos, CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1967 - Christine Larsen, New Westminster BC, synchro swimmer (Oly-silver-96)
1967 - Frank Hartley, NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers)
1967 - Keith Askins, NBA guard/forward (Miami Heat)
1967 - Mo Vaughn, Norwalk, Connecticut, American MLB first baseman (Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995)
1967 - David Howells, English footballer
1968 - Garrett Wang, actor (Star Trek Voyager)
1968 - Javid Hussain, Indian film producer
1968 - Osama Ali Maher, Swedish politician
1969 - Dan Williams, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos, KC Chiefs)
1969 - Sean Briscombe, Minneapolis Minn, diver (Olympics-96)
1969 - Wayne Simmons, linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1969 - Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair athlete
1970 - Damon Thomas, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Lawrence Funderburke, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1970 - Mitchell Butler, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Cleveland Cavaliers)
1970 - Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
1971 - Boudewijk Pahlplatz, soccer player (FC Twente, PSV)
1971 - Chris Maumalanga, NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears, Az Cardinals)
1971 - Eric Bjornson, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1971 - Ken Alexander, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Rodney Harrison, NFL safety (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Stanislav Jasecko, Spisska Nova Ves, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1972 - Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
1973 - Geoff Stewart, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1973 - James Stewart, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1973 - Mike Cherry, quarterback (NY Giants)
1973 - Mirko Ludemann, Weiwasser GER, NHL defenseman (Team Germany, Colorado)
1973 - Tammy Melinda Pearman, Brooklyn New York, American soccer forward/defender (Olympics-
           96)
1973 - Ryu Seung-wan, South Korean actor and director
1974 - Jeffrey van der Stone, soccer player (RKC)
1976 - Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer
1976 - Aaron Miles, American baseball player
1976 - Elix Skipper, American professional wrestler
1977 - Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay (Olympics-gold-96)
1977 - Larissa Fontaine, Chicago Ill, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1978 - Henrietta Nagyova, Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star (ITF/Cali-COL)
1978 - Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist (Epica)
1978 - Jerome McDougle, American football player
1979 - Adam Brody, American actor
1979 - Eric Young, Canadian professional wrestler
1980 - Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist (Kasabian)
1981 - Andy González, Puerto Rican baseball player
1981 - Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian football player
1981 - Najoua Belyzel, French singer
1981 - Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor
1981 - Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
1981 - Creighton Lovelace, American Baptist minister
1982 - Charlie Cox, English actor
1982 - Borja García, Spanish racing driver
1982 - George O. Gore II, American actor
1983 - René Goguen (René Duprée), Canadian professional wrestler
1983 - Ronnie Radke, American singer (Escape the Fate)
1983 - Wang Hao, Chinese table tennis player
1984 - Joshua Third, British Guitarist in The Horrors.
1984 - Martin Skrtel Slovakian Footballer
1985 - Sheeba Reiter, Fla, illegitimate daughter of Jackie Mason
1986 - Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian supermodel
1991 - Eunice Cho, American actress

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This Day in History for 15th December


Famous Deaths

                 
Painter Jan Vermeer (1675)                    Animator Walt Disney (1966)


1025 - Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies
1072 - Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)
1230 - Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies
1263 - King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)
1515 - Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies
1576 - Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53
1598 - Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58
1621 - Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43
1626 - Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1673 - Margaret Cavendish, English writer (b. 1623)
1675 - Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43
1683 - Izaak Walton, English writer (b. 1593)
1688 - Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Neth grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
1699 - Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein, Dutch botanist, dies at about 63
1712 - Sidney 1st earl of Godolphine, English minister of Finance, dies at 67
1715 - George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1753 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (b. 1694)
1779 - Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer, dies at 62
1792 - Joseph Martin Kraus, composer, dies at 36
1816 - Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 44
1817 - Maria Walewska [Leszczinska], lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies
1822 - Ferenc Verseghy, composer, dies at 65
1826 - William Browser, revolting slave, executed in NYC
1831 - Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1839 - Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66
1855 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)
1861 - Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45
1880 - Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Ital minister of Justice, dies at 76
1889 - Ferdinand II A F A, King of Portugal, dies at 73
1890 - Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US
1892 - Charles Balmer, composer, dies at 75
1896 - John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1901 - Elias Alvares Lobo, composer, dies at 67
1909 - Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57
1934 - Maggis Lena Walker, 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69
1939 - Tom McKibbin, cricketer (5 Tests for Aust 1895-1898, 17 wkts), dies
1943 - Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri
1944 - Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40
1946 - Conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89
1946 - Gordon Frederic Norton, composer, dies at 77
1947 - Arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863)
1950 - Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66
1950 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian political leader, Iron Man of India (b. 1875)
1951 - Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75
1953 - Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46
1958 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1961 - William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99
1962 - Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63
1966 - Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation
1968 - Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86
1968 - Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1899)
1971 - Paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician (b. 1886)
1972 - Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
1972 - Herbert Eimert, German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75
1973 - Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61
1974 - Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83
1974 - Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born screenwriter and film producer (b. 1902)
1975 - Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63
1977 - Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
1978 - Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75
1979 - Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
1984 - Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74
1984 - Jan Peerce, [Perelmuth], operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke
1984 - Lennard Pearce, English actor (b. 1915)
1989 - Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79
1989 - Edward Underdown, English actor (b. 1908)
1990 - Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies
1990 - Jean Paige, actress (Capt Blood, Black Beauty), dies
1991 - Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90
1991 - Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55
1993 - Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies
1994 - Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
1994 - Harry Tobias, songwriter, dies at 99
1994 - Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist, dies at 88
1994 - Mollie Doreen Phillips, Brit figure skater (Eur-bronze-33), dies at 87
1995 - James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88
1995 - Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, PM of Defense of Spain (1977-81), dies at 83
1996 - Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74
1996 - Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest, dies at 83
1996 - Laurens jan van der Post, explorer/conservationist, dies at 90
1997 - Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
1997 - Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar, dies at 69
2001 - Russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974)
2001 - Rufus Thomas, American musician (b. 1917)
2003 - George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923)
2003 - Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1947)
2004 - Pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912)
2005 - Heinrich Gross, Austrian physician (b. 1914)
2005 - Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (b. 1915)
2005 - William Proxmire, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (b. 1915)
2005 - Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)
2006 - Clay Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver (b. 1939)
2007 - John Berg (actor), American actor (b. 1949)
2007 - Julia Carson, U.S. Congresswoman from Indiana (b. 1938)
2008 - León Febres Cordero, Ecuador's former President (b. 1931)
2009 - Oral Roberts, American television evangelist and author (b. 1918)
2010 - Blake Edwards, American film director (b. 1922)
2010 - Bob Feller, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2010 - Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American political scientist (b. 1940)
2011 - Andy Carey, third baseman for 1950s New York Yankees, dies at 80

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This Day in History for 16th December


Historical Events

                                   
English Military and Political Leader       Comedian/Actor/Filmaker                     Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Oliver Cromwell                                          Charlie Chaplin                                             Jack Dempsey

                                   
Dictator of Nazi Germany                       33rd US President Harry Truman             Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix
Adolf Hitler

                  
US President & Actor                              Actress Shannen Doherty
Ronald Reagan


755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi
         Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China.
882 - Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII
1392 - Nanboku-chō - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
1431 - King Henry VI of England crowned king of France
1538 - King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants
1575 - The 1575 Valdivia earthquake takes place.
1577 - Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory
1598 - Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - The final battle of the Seven Year War is fought
           between the Korean and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive Korean victory.
1617 - Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata
           (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
1631 - Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000
1653 - Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector
1659 - General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
1689 - English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution
1707 - Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
1740 - Prussian Libya falls to Silezie
1761 - Seven Years' War: After four-month siege, Russian army under Pyotr Rumyantsev takes
           Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg (German: Kolberg).
1767 - Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers
1773 - Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)
1811 - Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage
1817 - Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon
1824 - Great North Holland Canal opens
1826 - Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself
           ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
1835 - Fire consumes over 600 buildings in NYC
1838 - Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa
1850 - Ships the Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to
           Lyttelton, New Zealand
1857 - Earthquake in Naples, Italy
1858 - Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island
1862 - Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution
1864 - Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
1877 - Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres
1880 - Republic of South-Africa forms
1884 - Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1886 - Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"
1890 - Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN
1892 - Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW
1893 - Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
1897 - 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
1900 - Boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony
1901 - Boer general Kritzinger captured
1903 - Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers
1905 - "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published
1907 - Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Bkln Navy Yard NY)
1907 - Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
1908 - 1st credit union in US forms (Manchester NH)
1909 - US pressure forces Nicaraguan Pres Jose Santos Zelaya from office
1912 - 1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued
1912 - Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia
1913 - Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week
1914 - French offensive in Artois (Pétain)
1914 - World War I: German battleships under Franz Von Hipper bombard the English ports of
           Hartlepool and Scarborough.
1915 - Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity"
1918 - Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds
1920 - 8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000
1922 - Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs) formally organizes
1922 - NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket
1924 - Noel Coward's "Vortex," premieres in London
1925 - Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity is founded at Lafayette College.
1926 - Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris
1926 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner
1926 - WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions
1927 - Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia
1929 - Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
1930 - Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award
1931 - German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
1933 - Abe de Vries & Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht
1936 - John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in NYC
1937 - Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz
           Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
1938 - Bradman scores 143 South Aust v NSW, 11 fours 91 singles
1939 - Bradman scores 251* SA v NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes
1940 - British air raid on Mannheim
1940 - Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
1941 - Sarawak occupied by Japanese
1942 - Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkan
1943 - "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 & injures 200
1944 - Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1944 - German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)
1944 - US 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid
1945 - Cleveland Rams win NFL championship
1948 - "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater NYC for 460 performances
1949 - Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
1949 - Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden.
1950 - "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 perfs
1950 - Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1953 - 1st White House Press Conference (Pres Eisenhower & 161 reporters)
1953 - Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A
1956 - "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances
1957 - Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1958 - Bogota warehouse fire kills 82
1959 - Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
1960 - "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 172 performances
1960 - TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134
1961 - "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC after 55 perfs
1962 - David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres
1962 - NY Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas
           (41-31)
1962 - Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy
1964 - US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1965 - Gemini 6 returns to Earth
1965 - Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
1965 - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga
1966 - Beatles release "Everywhere its Christmas" in UK
1966 - Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago
1968 - KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI begins broadcasting
1969 - Brit House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty
1969 - "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing
1970 - 1st successful landing on Venus (USSR)
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 - Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
1971 - Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released
1971 - India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
1972 - Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect
1972 - Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
1973 - O J Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season
1973 - US kidnap victem Paul Getty III freed
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 - 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV
1975 - Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn
1976 - Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN
1976 - Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins
1976 - Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis
1976 - Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea
1978 - Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR
1978 - Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing
           $14,000,000 to local banks.
1979 - 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)
1979 - QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1980 - President-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state
1981 - Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls
1982 - Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets
1982 - The Federal Reserve announces that the operating capacity of factories has gone down to
           67.8%.
1983 - Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
1983 - Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
1983 - Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself
           to death in a county hospital
1985 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission
1986 - Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist party, known as Zheltoksan, which becomes the
           first sign of ethnic strife during Gorbachev's tenure
1987 - Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea
1988 - Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
1989 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)
1989 - Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia
1989 - Protest breaks out in Timişoara in response to an attempt by the government to evict
           dissident Hungarian pastor, László Tőkés.
1990 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected pres of Haiti
1990 - KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1990 - Rev Jean Betrand Aristide elected president of Haiti
1991 - Fla Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
1991 - UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
1991 - Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan.
1993 - "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 5 performances
1993 - Shannen Doherty (Brenda) is fired from Beverly Hills 90210
1994 - Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI
1997 - President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy"
1998 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox - The United States and United Kingdom bomb
           targets in Iraq.
2012 - 4 people are killed after Cyclone Evan strikes Fiji
2012 - Corinthians defeat Chelsea 1-0 to win the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup
2012 - A gang rape of a woman on a bus in India that resulted in her death leads to national and
           international outrage

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This Day in History for 16th December


Famous Weddings

1944 - Gen Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie

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This Day in History for 16th December


Famous Divorces

1809 - Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate
2005 - American singer-songwriter and TV personality Jessica Simpson (25) divorces singer-songwriter
           Nick Lachey (31) due to irreconcilable differences