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This Day in History for 21st December
Historical Events
French President Author and Nobel First Director of the FBI J
Charles de Gaulle Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann Edgar Hoover
1163 - Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
1561 - Archbishop Granvelle installed
1582 - Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583
1598 - Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on
Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually
taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically
ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania".
1620 - 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11]
1650 - Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht
1688 - Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham
1784 - John Jay becomes 1st US secretary of state (foreign affairs)
1788 - Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam
1829 - 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore
1835 - HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)
1844 - The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting
the Cooperative movement.
1849 - 1st US skating club formed (Phila)
1864 - General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia
1866 - Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre
1890 - Pim Mulier 1st & only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
1891 - 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)
1898 - Scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium
1900 - Gerhart Hauptmann's "Michael Kramer," premieres in Berlin
1907 - Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget
1909 - 1st junior high school established (Berkeley California)
1909 - Clyde Fitch' "City," premieres in NYC
1909 - U of Coopenhagen rejects Cook's claim that he was 1st to North Pole
1910 - Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies
1912 - Denmark, Norway & Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war
1913 - 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in NY World
1914 - "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts
1914 - 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler,
Mabel Normand & Charles Chaplin)
1915 - 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record)
1918 - Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore & Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell & Slim
Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters & $15,000
1919 - J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia
1920 - Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally," premieres in NYC
1921 - Supreme Court rules labor injunctions & picketing unconstitutional
1923 - Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation
1925 - Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow
1925 - Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against NZ
1926 - Soccer team DOS Struggle forms
1929 - 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx)
1932 - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio)
1932 - Giants sign former outfielder Billy Southworth as a coach
1933 - Dried human blood serum 1st prepared, Univ of Pennsylvania
1933 - Fox signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract
1933 - Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony
1936 - Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80
1937 - 1st feature-length color & sound cartoon premieres (Snow White)
1937 - O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW v South Aust
1939 - Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B"
1941 - Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
1941 - Chicago bears win the NFL championship
1941 - David Diamond's 1st Symphony, premieres
1941 - German submarine U-567 sinks
1941 - Last NFL drop kick for an extra point (Ray McLean, Chicago Bears)
1942 - US Supreme court declares Nevada separation legal
1944 - Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP
1945 - "Billion Dollar Baby" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 219 performances
1945 - Gould/Comden/Green's "Billion Dollar Baby," premieres in NYC
1946 - "If the Shoe Fits" closes at Century Theater NYC after 20 performances
1946 - Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086
1946 - Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," premieres
1946 - Morton Gould's "Minstrel Show," premieres in Indianapolis
1948 - O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place
1948 - State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence
1949 - Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia
1950 - Cole Porte's musical "Out of this World" premieres at New Century Theater NYC for 157 perfs
1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement
1952 - Broadway Tunnel opens in SF
1952 - WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 - KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - Dr Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime)
1957 - Indonesia proclaims end to state of war
1958 - Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st pres of 5th Rep of France
1959 - 10th largest snowfall in NYC history (13.7")
1959 - Citizens of Deerfield Ill block building of interracial housing
1959 - Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988)
1961 - Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy"
1961 - JFK & British PM MacMillan meet in Bermuda
1962 - Angolin leaves Comecon
1962 - US & Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive
1966 - USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
1968 - Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
1968 - David Crosby, Stephen Stills & Graham Nash premiere together in Calif
1969 - Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
1969 - Vince Lombardi (Redskins) coaches his last football game, losing
1970 - WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 - UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary General
1972 - Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
1973 - Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva
1973 - The Geneva Conference on the Arab-Israeli conflict opens.
1975 - "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
1975 - "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 307 performances
1975 - 1st NY Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)
1975 - 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2)
1975 - Madagascar adopts constitution
1975 - Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington
Caps in 4:57
1976 - 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins
1976 - Patricia R Harris named secretary of HUD
1976 - UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child
1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 - "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC
1978 - Police in Des Plaines Ill, arrest John Wayne Gacy Jr for murder1979 - Gary Unger plays in
record 914th consecutive NHL game
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - Zimbabwe adopts constitution
1980 - Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
1981 - Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record)
1983 - Musical "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
1983 - NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak
1983 - NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
1984 - Islander Kelly Hrudy's 1st shut-out win-Whalers 1-0
1984 - USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come
1985 - ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA
1985 - Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
1985 - Heart's "Heart," album goes #1
1986 - 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1986 - Amy Alcott/Bob Charles wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
1987 - 3 white NY teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man
1987 - Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
1987 - Vladimir Titov & Musa Manarov launched
1988 - Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
1988 - NY bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die
1988 - Vladimir Titov & Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien
1988 - Pan AM Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb killing 243 passengers and 16 crew (also known
as the Lockerbie bombing)
1989 - VP Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon
1990 - Steve & Mark Waugh complete 464* partnership for NSW v WA
1991 - 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)
1991 - El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane
1991 - Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of
Independent States
1992 - Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die
1994 - Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street NYC
1995 - Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup
1995 - SF Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000
1995 - The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
1996 - Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning
1997 - Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season
1997 - Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game
1997 - Lexus Senior Golf Challenge
1997 - Wendy's Three-Tour Senior Golf Challenges
1997 - Wendy's Three-Tour LPGA Challenge
1999 - The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid.
2006 - Puzzle Play aired to network Ten, replacing In the Box
2007 - The Schengen Agreement area increases to include 9 European Union member states; Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia on land and sea borders.
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Famous Weddings
1762 - British Explorer Captain James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts
1959 - Shah of Persia marries Farah Diba
1977 - American Jewish playwright and screenwriter "Glengarry Glen Ross" David Mamet marries 1st
wife actress Lindsay Crouse
1983 - Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan
1991 - Actress Jane Fonda (55) weds CNN founder Ted Turner at the groom's home in north Florida
1996 - Famous singer Lionel Richie (47) weds clothing designer Diane Alexander (30) at Metropolitan
Club in New York
2008 - Talk show host Craig Ferguson (46) weds art dealer Megan Wallace Cunningham (26) in
Chester, Vermont
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Famous Divorces
1945 - American author and journalist "The Old Man and the Sea"
Ernest Hemingway and journalist Martha Gellhorn divorce after 5 years of marriage.
2010 - "The Lord of The Rings" actor Sean Bean (51) divorces actress Georgina Sutcliffe (32) due to
irreconcilable differences after 2 years of marriage
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Famous Birthdays
Archbishop of Canterbury Actress Jane Fonda (1937) Actor Samuel L Jackson (1948)
Thomas Becket (1117)
1117 - Thomas Becket, Cheapside, London, archbishop of Canterbury (1162-1170), (d. 1170)
1401 - Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
1518 - Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician
1537 - Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)
1596 - Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)
1603 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)
1616 - Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer
1628 - Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer
1639 - Jean Racin, writer
1714 - John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)
1728 - Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer
1756 - Thomas Anton Kunz, composer
1778 - Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)
1795 - Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)
1800 - Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876
1804 - Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)
1805 - Thomas Graham, British chemist and father of colloid chemistry (d. 1869)
1810 - Ludwig Schuncke, composer
1815 - Thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 - Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece
1818 - Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)
1823 - Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1826 - Ernst Pauer, composer
1832 - John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1840 - Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)
1843 - Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet (d. 1898)
1848 - Edward Everett Rice, composer
1849 - James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1850 - Zdenek Fibich, composer
1851 - Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
1853 - Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 - Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1860 - Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)
1867 - John Winter Thompson, composer
1872 - Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)
1872 - Sidney Ainsworth, British actor (d. 1922)
1873 - Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer (d. 1934)
1874 - Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36)
1878 - Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956)
1879 - Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)
1885 - Frank Patrick, Canadian hockey player (d. 1960)
1886 - George Norman Peterkin, composer
1886 - Hermann A J Kees, German Egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology)
1889 - Sewall Wright, American biologist (d. 1988)
1890 - Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)
1890 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
1891 - John W McCormack, (D) Speaker of House (1962-70)
1892 - Rebecca West, [Cicily I F Andrews], Engl author (Meaning of Treason)
1892 - Walter Hagen, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19)
1892 - Amy Key Clarke, English mystical poet (d. 1980)
1895 - Paul Hoffer, composer
1896 - Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-min Socialist Business
1896 - Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland
1896 - Leroy Robertson, composer
1898 - Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar)
1899 - Guy Wilkerson, TX, actor (Dead or Alive, West of Texas, Shootin' Iron)
1900 - Oda Schaefer, German author/poet (Die Windharfe, Ladies Only)
1900 - Wischnewski, writer
1901 - Juan A de Zunzunegui y Loredo, Spanish writer
1901 - Robin Irvine, London England, actor (Easy Virtue)
1905 - Anthony Powell, England, novelist (Infants of Spring)
1907 - Garmt Stuiveling, Dutch literary (Poet in Love)
1908 - Pat Weaver, LA California, TV Executive (started Today show)
1909 - George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state
1909 - Seicho Matsumoto, Japanese mystery writer and journalist (d. 1992)
1911 - Josh Gibson, pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth" (hit 800+ HRs)
1911 - Paul Burkhard, composer
1913 - Raich Carter, soccer star
1914 - Ivan Generalić, Austro-Hungarian-born Croatian painter (d. 1992)
1915 - Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (d. 2007)
1916 - Eve Perrick, journalist
1916 - John Boon, publisher
1917 - Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina (American Ballet Theatre)
1917 - Andre Eglevsky, choreographer (Limelight)
1917 - Sophie Masloff, American politician
1918 - Donald Regan, White House staffer/US Secretary of Treasury (1981-85)
1918 - Kurt Waldheim, Nazi/4th UN Sec-Gen (1972-81)/Austrian pres (1986-92)
1919 - Gert Fredriksson, Sweden, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
1920 - Bob Bindig, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1920 - Jean Gascon, Canadian actor (d. 1988)
1921 - Alica Alonso, Havana, ballerina
1921 - James Tye, safety expert
1921 - Joan Dickson, cellist
1922 - Paul Winchell, NYC, ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith)
1923 - Intizar Hussain, Urdu writer and columnist of Pakistan
1924 - Joe Paterno, football coach (Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986)
1924 - Johan W "Jo" van Marle, KNVB-chairman (1980-93)
1924 - Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer
1926 - John Herbert McDowell, composer
1926 - Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, Aguilares Tx, actor (Rio Bravo)
1926 - Joe Paterno, American football coach
1927 - Michael Carreras, film director
1928 - Ed Nelson, New Orleans La, actor (Peyton Place, A Long Came a Spider)
1928 - Thomas Rajna, composer
1929 - Jack Philip Cannon, composer
1930 - Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, secretary of Council of Churches
1931 - Caroline Kaart, [Paterson Raitt], Dutch alto singer
1931 - David Baker, Indianapolis Indiana, composer (Reflections)
1932 - Ilja Zeljenka, composer
1932 - Edward Hoagland, American essayist
1933 - Huib Eversdijk, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1933 - Jackie Hendriks, cricketer (West Indian wicket-keeper of 60's)
1933 - Miklos Kocsar, composer
1934 - Hanif Mohammad, cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman 1952-69)
1935 - Phil Donahue, Cleve Ohio, talk show host (Phil Donahue Show)
1935 - Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racecar driver (d. 1967)
1935 - Yusuf Bey (Joseph Stephens), American activist (d. 2003)
1935 - Edward Schreyer, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba
1937 - Harald V, King of Norway (1991-present)
1937 - Jane Fonda, NYC, actress (Barbarella, Klute), physically fit
1937 - Donald F. Munson, American politician
1938 - Larry Bryggman, Concord CA, actor (Dr John Dixon-As the World Turns)
1939 - Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian politician
1940 - Frank Zappa, Baltimore, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls)
1940 - Paul, [Ray Hildebrand], Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
1942 - Carla Thomas, US singer (Let Me Be Good to You)
1942 - Hu Jintao, Chinese president
1942 - Reinhard Mey, German singer
1943 - Albert Lee, rocker
1943 - Jack Nance, actor (Rubbed Out)
1943 - Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1943 - André Arthur. Quebec radio host
1944 - Jared Martin, NYC, actor (Varian-Fantastic Voyage, Dusty-Dallas)
1944 - Michael Tilson Thomas, LA California, conductor (NY Phil Young People)
1944 - Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (d. 2007)
1944 - Bill Atkinson, English footballer
1945 - Doug Walters, cricketer (Aussie batting genius 1965-81 Extrovert)
1945 - Millie Hughes-Fulford, Wells Tx, astronaut (STS 40)
1946 - Carl Dean Wilson, Hawthorne California, rock vocalist (Beach Boys-Barbie)
1946 - Christopher Keene, Berkeley California, conductor (La Traviata)
1946 - Josh Mostel, NY, actor (Windy City, Animal Behavior, Money Pit)
1947 - Paco de Lucía, Spanish musician
1948 - Barry Gordon, Brookline Mass, actor (Gary-Archie Bunker's Place)
1948 - Carol Potter, NYC, actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Today's FBI)
1948 - Dave Kingman, baseball player (Mets, Yanks, Giants)
1948 - Samuel L Jackson, Washington DC, actor (Amos & Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction)
1948 - Willem AFG Vermeend, Dutch economist/undersecretary of Finance (1994-)
1948 - Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician
1949 - Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek politician
1950 - Jeffrey Katzenberg, American film producer
1950 - Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1952 - Dennis Boutsikaris, Newark NJ, actor (Batteries Not Included)
1952 - Steve Furniss, US swimmer (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1952 - Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player
1953 - Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist (Tchaikovsky-1974)
1953 - Arie Luyendyk, Netherlands, Indy-car racer (1990 Indianapolis 500)
1953 - Betty Wright, US gospel/singer/TV hostess (Little Miss Broadway)
1953 - Tina Brown, journalist (New Yorker)
1954 - Chris Evert Lloyd Mills, Fort Lauderdale, tennis pro 'Miss pokerface'
1955 - Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1955 - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician
1956 - Kevin Burnham, Hollis NY, 470 yachter (Olympics-8th-1992, 96)
1956 - Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer (Oughta be a Law)
1957 - Joshua Mostel, NYC, actor (Delta House, At Ease)
1957 - Lisa Gerritsen, LA California, actress (Bess-Mary Tyler Moore Show)
1957 - Ray Romano, Queens NY, actor (Ray Barone-Everybody Loves Raymond)
1957 - Tom Henke, American baseball player
1957 - Ray Romano, Italian-American comedian
1959 - Florence Griffith Joyner, LA California, runner (Olympic-3 gold-1988)
1960 - Andy Van Slyke, baseball player
1960 - Michael Swain, Elizabeth NJ, judoka (Olympics-bronze-88)
1960 - Roger McDowell, Cincinnati OH, pitcher (NY Mets, Balt Orioles)
1960 - Louis Demetrius Alvanis, London-based pianist
1961 - Trevor Bayliss, cricketer (NSW batsman)
1961 - Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor
1961 - Ryuji Sasai, Japanese composer
1962 - Christy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1964 - Ed Jongsma, Dutch pop bassist (Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell)
1964 - Joey Kocur, Calgary, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1964 - Keith Taylor, NFL safety (Washington Redskins)
1964 - Rob Kelly, English football manager
1964 - Fabiana Udenio, Argentine actress
1965 - Andy Dick, Charleston SC, actor (Matthew-Newsradio)
1965 - Gabrielle Glaser, musician (Luscious Jackson)
1965 - Rodney Thomas, WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons)
1965 - Sue Thomas, Texarkana TX, LPGA golfer (1991 Orix Hawaiian Ladies-14th)
1965 - Anke Engelke, German comedian
1966 - Karri Turner, American actress
1967 - Ervin Johnson, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1967 - Kristi Cooke, Marion Ohio, Miss Ohio-America (1991)
1967 - Terry Mills, NBA forward (Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons)
1967 - Mikhail Saakashvili, Soviet-born President of Georgia
1968 - Anthony Lynn, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1968 - Khrystyne Haje, Santa Clara, Cal, actress (Simone-Head of the Class)
1969 - Chuck Smith, NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons)
1969 - Julie Delpy, actress (Before Sunrise)
1969 - Leon Searcy, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers, Jackson Jaguars)
1969 - Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer
1970 - Irving Spikes, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins)
1970 - Monique Ambers, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1970 - Ronnie Woolfork, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Ernest Hunter, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)
1971 - Irena Slavutskay, Israel, athlete (Oly-1996)
1971 - Jey Phillips, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Tommie Boyd, NFL/WLAF receiver (Detroit Lions, Rhein Fire)
1971 - Mathieu Chedid, French musician
1971 - Fenton Keogh, Australian celebrity chef
1971 - Brett Scallions, American singer (Fuel, The X's)
1972 - Latroy Hawkins, American baseball player
1972 - Dustin Hermanson, American baseball player
1972 - Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
1973 - Mike Alstott, fullback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1973 - Karmen Stavec, German-born Slovenian singer
1974 - Karrie Webb, Ayr Queensland Aus, LPGA golfer (1994 Aust Strokeplay)
1974 - Raymond Austin, cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
1974 - Tommie Boyd, wide reciever (Detroit Lions)
1975 - Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer
1976 - Mirela Manjani, Greek javelin thrower
1978 - Amber Corwin, Harbor City Ca, figure skater (1997 National Sr - 5th)
1978 - Michael Vitar, LA California, actor (D2, D3, Sunset Grill, Sandlot Kids)
1979 - Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress and singer
1980 - Royce Ring, American Major League Baseball Player
1981 - Cristian Zaccardo, Italian football player
1981 - Frankie Abernathy, American actress, The Real World: San Diego (d. 2007)
1981 - Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
1981 - Lynda Thomas, Mexican singer
1982 - Mike Gansey, American basketball player
1982 - Erica Hayden, American journalist and radio personality
1982 - Philip Humber, American baseball player
1982 - Iljo Keisse, Belgian cyclist
1984 - Darren Potter, Irish football player
1984 - Jackson Rathbone, American Actor
1985 - James Stewart Jr., American motorcycle racer
1987 - Valerie Concepcion, Filipino Actress
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Famous Deaths
US Secretary of State Frank US General George S Patton
Kellogg (1937) (1945)
72 - Thomas the Apostle
918 - Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies
1295 - Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221)
1308 - Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies at 64
1375 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies
1504 - Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)
1549 - Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)
1579 - Vicente Masip, Spanish painter
1597 - Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76
1674 - Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66
1734 - Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54
1736 - Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45
1755 - Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47
1807 - John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (b. 1725)
1820 - Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45
1824 - James Parkinson, English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist (b. 1755)
1859 - Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66
1864 - William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51
1873 - Francis Garnier, French explorer (b. 1839)
1889 - Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61
1889 - Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist (b. 1809)
1890 - Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73
1900 - Roger Wolcott, American political figure, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847)
1906 - Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 58
1907 - Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (public baths), dies at 58
1914 - A O Jones, cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies
1920 - Claude Tozer, cricketer (dashing NSW batsman, shot to death
1921 - P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84
1927 - Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies
1928 - Harry Butt, cricketer (England wicket-keeper v South Africa 1895-96), dies
1928 - Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78
1933 - Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54
1935 - Kurt Tucholsky, Ger journalist/writer (Panter, Tiger & Co), dies at 45
1937 - Frank Kellogg, US Secretary of State and Nobel laureate, dies at 80
1940 - F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44
1942 - Leendert Round, sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at 63
1945 - George S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60
1948 - Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged
1955 - Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65
1956 - Lewis M Terman, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79
1957 - Eric Coates, composer, dies at 71
1958 - H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83
1958 - Lion Feuchtwanger, philosopher/writer (Der falsche Nero), dies at 74
1959 - Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur and ceramicist (b. 1883)
1963 - Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies
1964 - Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (b. 1880)
1965 - Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74
1967 - Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55
1967 - Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64
1972 - Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70
1974 - Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47
1974 - James Henry Govier, British artist (b. 1910)
1975 - William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61
1976 - Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies
1979 - Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies
1980 - Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90
1981 - Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American director and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1983 - Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73
1983 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (b. 1919)
1987 - Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies
1987 - John Spence, founding No Doubt member (b. 1969)
1988 - Bob Steele, [Robert Bradbury], dies after short illness at 60
1988 - Nicholas Tinbergen, Dutch/British biologist, dies at 81
1989 - Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78
1990 - Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aeronautical engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; b. 1910)
1992 - Albert King, US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71
1992 - Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at 87
1992 - Stella Adler, US actress (Love on Toast), dies at 90
1992 - Sybil Andrews, English/Canada painter, dies at 94
1993 - Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100
1994 - Dean Rusk, US Sect of State, dies at 85
1994 - Shauna McDonald Brown, British TV producer, dies at 37
1995 - Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72
1995 - Trenchard Cox, museum director, dies at 90
1996 - Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90
1996 - Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts, dies at 96
1997 - Bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76
1997 - Juzo Itami, film director/actor (Lord Jim, Yuuguremade), dies at 64
1997 - Michael Lyne, air-marshal, dies at 78
1998 - Roger Avon, Durham actor (b. 1914)
1998 - Karl Denver, Scottish singer (b 1931)
1998 - Ernst Gunther Schenck, German doctor who joined the Sturmabteilung in 1933 {b. 1904)
2001 - Dick Schaap, American sports journalist (b. 1934)
2003 - Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman (b. 1924)
2004 - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (b. 1925)
2005 - Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
2006 - Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey (b. 1914)
2006 - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940)
2007 - Ken Hendricks, American businessman (b. 1941)
2010 - Enzo Bearzot, Italian football player and manager (b. 1927)
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