Ιος, Υδρα, Φολέγανδρος, τα 3 δημοφιλέστερα νησιά στη Μεσόγειο 

Τις τρεις πρώτες θέσεις μεταξύ των 30 δημοφιλέστερων

 νησιών στη Μεσόγειο κατέλαβαν κατά σειρά προτίμησης η Ιος,

 η Υδρα και η Φολέγανδρος.

Τη σχετική λίστα κατήρτισε κατόπιν έρευνας η διεθνής μηχανή αναζήτησης και

 σύγκρισης ξενοδοχειακών τιμών Trivago.

Η έρευνα που δημοσιοποιήθηκε, χθες, διεξήχθη με βάση αναζητήσεις που έγιναν

 μεταξύ 1ης Απριλίου και 30ής Σεπτεμβρίου 2014 για ταξίδια που

 πραγματοποιήθηκαν την ίδια περίοδο. Για τη διεξαγωγή της έρευνας η Trivago

 αξιοποίησε στοιχεία από τις κριτικές των ταξιδιωτών στις 51 πλατφόρμες της. 

Στα αποτελέσματα συμπεριλήφθηκαν τα νησιά που έχουν τουλάχιστον 50

 ξενοδοχεία και 50 κριτικές ανά ξενοδοχείο.

Συνολικά δεκατρία ελληνικά νησιά περιλήφθηκαν στη λίστα με τα τριάντα

 δημοφιλέστερα νησιά της Μεσογείου. Επίσης, επτά ελληνικά νησιά κατατάχθηκαν 

στις πρώτες δέκα θέσεις. Στην 5η θέση κατετάγη η Σαντορίνη, στην 6η η Μύκονος,

 στην 7η η Νάξος, στην 8η η Πάρος, στη 14η οι Σπέτσες, στη 16η η Κρήτη

, στην 20ή η Ζάκυνθος, στην 23η η Κως, στην 27η η Ρόδος και στην 29η η Κέρκυρα.

Ιος

Υδρα

Φολέγανδρος

• 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
• 1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
• 1335 – Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
• 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
• 1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
• 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
• 1611 – The King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
• 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
• 1672 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
• 1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
• 1812 – The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandon the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja.
• 1816 – Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales.
• 1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
• 1866 – Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
• 1876 – The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
• 1879 – The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias.
• 1885 – Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
• 1885 – Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• 1885 – The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.
• 1889 – Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• 1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• 1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• 1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• 1932 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.
• 1933 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
• 1941 – Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
• 1945 – World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.
• 1945 – World War II: Italian Campaign: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
• 1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
• 1946 – The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed.
• 1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
• 1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• 1963 – Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
• 1964 – Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
• 1964 – First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
• 1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
• 1972 – In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
• 1980 – Referendum on system of government held in Nepal.
• 1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
• 1986 – The Chernobyl Disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster
• 1989 – Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
• 1994 – A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people.
• 1995 – During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
• 1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
• 1999 – Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
• 2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
• 2004 – Yelwa massacre ended. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. More than 630 nomad Muslims were killed by Christians in Nigeria.
• 2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
• 2008 – Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
• 2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
• 2011 – An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
• 2012 – A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
• 2014 – Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

Births[edit]

• 1360 – Yongle Emperor of China (d. 1424)
• 1451 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
• 1458 – Eleanor of Viseu (d. 1525)
• 1551 – William Camden, English historian (d. 1623)
• 1601 – Athanasius Kircher, German priest and scholar (d. 1680)
• 1660 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)
• 1695 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French decorator and architect (d. 1766)
• 1702 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
• 1707 – Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (d. 1747)
• 1729 – Catherine the Great, Russian wife of Peter III of Russia (d. 1796)
• 1737 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
• 1740 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1821)
• 1750 – John André, English soldier and spy (d. 1780)
• 1752 – Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (d. 1790)
• 1754 – Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1806)
• 1772 – Novalis, German author and poet (d. 1801)
• 1773 – Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet (d. 1845)
• 1797 – Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist (d. 1864)
• 1802 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
• 1806 – Catherine Labouré, French saint (d. 1876)
• 1808 – Emma Darwin, English wife of Charles Darwin (d. 1896)
• 1810 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
• 1815 – William Buell Richards, Canadian judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1889)
• 1828 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
• 1830 – Otto Staudinger, German entomologist (d. 1900)
• 1843 – Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American engineer (d. 1929)
• 1859 – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (d. 1927)
• 1860 – John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
• 1860 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1904)
• 1865 – Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)
• 1867 – Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1930)
• 1873 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
• 1879 – James F. Byrnes, American politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (d. 1972)
• 1880 – Bill Horr, American athlete (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 1970)
• 1885 – Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (d. 1966)
• 1886 – Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (d. 1956)
• 1887 – Vernon Castle, English-American dancer (d. 1918)
• 1887 – Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1951)
• 1889 – Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian educator (d. 1959)
• 1890 – E. E. Smith, American author (d. 1965)
• 1892 – Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (d. 1918)
• 1894 – Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist (d. 1981)
• 1895 – Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (d. 1943)
• 1896 – Helen of Greece and Denmark (d. 1982)
• 1897 – John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1989)
• 1902 – Arturo Licata, Italian super-centenarian (d. 2014)
• 1903 – Benjamin Spock, American rower, pediatrician, and author (d. 1998)
• 1904 – Bill Brandt, German-English photographer and journalist (d. 1983)
• 1906 – Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (d. 1979)
• 1906 – Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (d. 2002)
• 1907 – Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)
• 1912 – Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981)
• 1915 – Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
• 1917 – Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian activist (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian singer and sitar player (d. 1983)
• 1920 – Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Serge Reggiani, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 2004)
• 1922 – A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian journalist (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Patrick Hillery, Irish politician, 6th President of Ireland (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Jamal Abro, Pakistani author (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American actor and singer
• 1924 – Hugh Cortazzi, English businessman and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan
• 1925 – John Neville, English-Canadian actor (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Ray Barrett, Australian actor (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Hans Trass, Estonian ecologist and botanist
• 1928 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (d. 1972)
• 1929 – Édouard Balladur, French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France
• 1929 – James Dillion, American discus thrower (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor
• 1930 – Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician
• 1931 – Phil Bruns, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Martha Grimes, American author
• 1932 – Maury Allen, American journalist (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• 1935 – Lance LeGault, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
• 1935 – Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1936 – Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-born British singer
• 1936 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)
• 1937 – Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1938 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
• 1939 – Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
• 1940 – Jo Ann Pflug, American actress
• 1941 – Tony Adamowicz, American race car driver
• 1941 – Bruce Cameron, Scottish bishop
• 1941 – Clay Carroll, American baseball player
• 1941 – Connie Crothers, American pianist
• 1942 – Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman
• 1944 – Robert G. W. Anderson, English chemist and curator
• 1944 – Bob Henrit, English drummer (Argent, The Roulettes, The Kinks, and Unit 4 + 2)
• 1945 – Gene Deckerhoff, American sportscaster
• 1945 – Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
• 1945 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist
• 1945 – Goldy McJohn, Canadian keyboard player (Steppenwolf, The Mynah Birds, and The Sparrows)
• 1946 – Peter L. Benson, American psychologist (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
• 1946 – David Suchet, English actor and producer
• 1946 – Indrek Tart, Estonian sociologist and poet
• 1947 – James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
• 1947 – Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer
• 1948 – Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Imperials)
• 1949 – Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author
• 1950 – Simon Gaskell, English chemist and academic
• 1950 – Duncan Gay, Australian politician
• 1950 – Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter (Foreigner and Shadow King)
• 1950 – Richard Ground English judge (d. 2014)
• 1951 – John Glascock, English singer and bass player (Jethro Tull, Carmen, The Gods, and Chicken Shack) (d. 1979)
• 1952 – Christine Baranski, American actress
• 1952 – Mari Natsuki, Japanese actress, singer, and dancer
• 1952 – Isla St Clair, Scottish singer and actress
• 1953 – Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor and director
• 1954 – Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
• 1954 – Dawn Primarolo, English politician
• 1954 – Stephen Venables, English mountaineer
• 1955 – Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
• 1956 – Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer
• 1956 – Régis Labeaume, Canadian politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City
• 1958 – Stanislav Levý, Czech footballer and manager
• 1958 – David O'Leary, English-born Irish footballer and manager
• 1959 – Alan Best, Canadian animator, director, and producer
• 1959 – Russ Grimm, American football player and coach
• 1959 – Tony Wakeford, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sol Invictus, Death in June, Crisis, and Above the Ruins)
• 1960 – Stephen Daldry, English director and producer
• 1961 – Steve James, English snooker player
• 1961 – Sophie Thibault, Canadian journalist
• 1961 – Phil Vickery, English chef and author
• 1962 – Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
• 1962 – Big Boss Man, American wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1962 – Mitzi Kapture, American actress
• 1962 – Taťána Kocembová, Czech runner
• 1962 – David Volz, American pole vaulter
• 1962 – Jimmy White, English snooker player
• 1965 – Félix José, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1966 – Uwe Freiler, German footballer
• 1966 – Margus Kolga, Estonian diplomat
• 1966 – Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
• 1967 – Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)
• 1967 – Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
• 1968 – Jeff Agoos, Swiss-American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1968 – Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1968 – Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1969 – Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1970 – Marco Walker, Swiss footballer and coach
• 1971 – Musashimaru Kōyō, Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
• 1971 – Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju, Nigerian sprinter
• 1972 – Paul Adcock, English footballer
• 1972 – Pandora Boxx, American drag queen performer
• 1972 – Ahti Heinla, Estonian programmer and businessman
• 1972 – Dwayne Johnson, American-Canadian wrestler, actor, and producer
• 1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter
• 1974 – Matt Berry, English actor and singer
• 1974 – Horacio Carbonari, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor and actor
• 1974 – Andy Johnson, English-Welsh footballer
• 1974 – Janek Meet, Estonian footballer
• 1975 – David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model
• 1975 – Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
• 1976 – Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter (Dry Cell)
• 1977 – Brian Cardinal, American basketball player
• 1977 – Jan Fitschen, German runner
• 1977 – Luke Hudson, American baseball player
• 1977 – Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
• 1977 – Jenna von Oÿ, American actress and singer
• 1978 – Intars Busulis, Latvian singer
• 1978 – Melvin Ely, American basketball player
• 1978 – Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Ioannis Kanotidis, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
• 1980 – Tim Borowski, German footballer
• 1980 – Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
• 1980 – Zat Knight, English footballer
• 1980 – Artūras Masiulis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1980 – Troy Murphy, American basketball player
• 1980 – Lassaâd Ouertani, Tunisian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Robert Buckley, American actor
• 1981 – Chris Kirkland, English footballer
• 1981 – Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1981 – Matt Murray, English footballer
• 1981 – Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress
• 1982 – Lorie, French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1982 – Timothy Benjamin, Welsh sprinter
• 1982 – Johan Botha, South African cricketer
• 1983 – Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Maynor Figueroa, Honduran footballer
• 1983 – Tina Maze, Slovenian skier
• 1983 – Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model, Miss Switzerland 2006
• 1983 – Daniel Sordo, Spanish race car driver
• 1983 – Ove Vanebo, Norwegian politician
• 1984 – Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1984 – Thabo Sefolosha, Swiss basketball player
• 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 – Kyle Busch, American race car driver
• 1985 – Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player
• 1985 – Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
• 1985 – David Nugent, English footballer
• 1985 – Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
• 1986 – Emily Hart, American actress
• 1986 – James Kirk, Canadian actor
• 1986 – Zac Purchase, English rower
• 1987 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (The Teenage Kissers)
• 1987 – Pat McAfee, American football player
• 1987 – Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Neftalí Feliz, Dominican baseball player
• 1988 – Stephen Henderson, Irish footballer
• 1988 – Artur Noga, Polish hurdler
• 1988 – Lara Veronin, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter (Nan Quan Mama)
• 1989 – Jeanette Pohlen, American basketball player
• 1990 – Paul George, American basketball player
• 1990 – Kay Panabaker, American actress
• 1991 – Farruko, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
• 1991 – Laurie Duncan, English actor
• 1991 – Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer (2AM)
• 1992 – María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player
• 1994 – Josh Bolt, English actor
• 1997 – Perla Haney-Jardine, Brazilian-American actress
• 1997 – Bambam, South Korean dancer, rapper and singer (Got7)

Deaths[edit]

• 373 – Athanasius of Alexandria, Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 298)
• 907 – Boris I of Bulgaria
• 1219 – Leo I, King of Armenia (b. 1150)
• 1230 – William de Braose, English son of Reginald de Braose (b. 1197)
• 1300 – Blanche of Artois (b. 1248)
• 1450 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (b. 1396)
• 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452)
• 1564 – Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (b. 1500)
• 1627 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and educator (b. 1560)
• 1667 – George Wither, English poet (b. 1588)
• 1683 – Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
• 1711 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
• 1802 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
• 1810 – Henry Jerome de Salis, English clergyman (b. 1740)
• 1819 – Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
• 1857 – Alfred de Musset, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1810)
• 1864 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791)
• 1880 – Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 – Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 – Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1918 – Jüri Vilms, Estonian politician (b. 1889)
• 1927 – Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 – Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general (b. 1879)
• 1941 – Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 – Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1945 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 – Ludwig Stumpfegger, German physician (b. 1910)
• 1947 – Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 – Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, American politician (b. 1908)
• 1960 – Caryl Chessman, American criminal (b. 1921)
• 1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1968 – Harri Moora, Estonian archeologist (b. 1900)
• 1969 – Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 – Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1980 – George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)
• 1983 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 1984 – Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)
• 1984 – Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913)
• 1985 – Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951)
• 1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909)
• 1986 – Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1986 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1989 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
• 1990 – David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951)
• 1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
• 1992 – Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909)
• 1993 – André Moynet, French war time fighter pilot, entrepreneur-businessman, politician and racing driver (b. 1921)
• 1994 – Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet (b. 1903)
• 1995 – John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1918)
• 1995 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
• 1997 – John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher and educator (b. 1921)
• 1998 – hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (X Japan and Zilch) (b. 1964)
• 1998 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
• 1998 – Kevin Lloyd, English actor (b. 1949)
• 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Augie Blunt, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1999 – Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1903)
• 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
• 2001 – Ted Rogers, English comedian and actor (b. 1935)
• 2002 – W. T. Tutte, Anglo-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Louis Rukeyser, American journalist (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Izold Pustõlnik, Estonian astronomer (b. 1938)
• 2009 – Marilyn French, American author (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese musician, producer, and actor (RC Succession) (b. 1951)
• 2009 – Jack Kemp, American football player and politician (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1895)
• 2010 – Moshe Hirsch, Israeli rabbi (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress (b. 1943)
• 2011 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded Al-Qaeda (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Bram Bogart; Dutch born Belgian painter (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Junior Seau, American football player (b. 1969)
• 2012 – Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician (b. 1955)
• 2012 – J. T. Ready, American soldier (b. 1973)
• 2012 – Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Ernie Field, English boxer (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer) (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Joseph P. McFadden, American bishop (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Dvora Omer, Israeli author (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Jo Pitt, Scottish horse rider (b. 1979)
• 2013 – Sarabjit Singh, Indian spy (b. 1963)
• 2013 – Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (b. 1980)
• 2013 – Charles Banks Wilson, American painter (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Chelokee, American race horse (b. 2004)
• 2014 – Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Jessica Cleaves, American singer (The Friends of Distinction and Earth, Wind & Fire) (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian setar player (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Nigel Stepney, English mechanic (b. 1958)
• 2014 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918)

Only 7 minutes of NYC classic ‘On the Town’ were actually filmed in the Big Apple

The 1949 film “On the Town” is famous as the first major Hollywood musical shot on location in New York City, but how much location footage is actually in the movie?

I decided to take a closer look in advance of Sunday’s free screening of this classic at the United Palace (Broadway and West 175th Street) in Washington Heights, which will be preceded at 4:30 p.m. by a conversation between me and Post theater columnist Michael Riedel — and followed by a miniconcert by cast members from the current Broadway revival.

I studied a beautiful new high-definition transfer of “On the Town,” which is making its Blu-ray video debut on May 5 as part of “Frank Sinatra: 5 Film Collection” from Warner Home Entertainment, which has already made the film available to stream in HD on various platforms.

The film opens and closes with sequences shot on location at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where stars Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin, as three sailors on leave, begin singing a slightly sanitized version of Leonard Bernstein’s “New York, New York.” (Lyricists-screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green were required to change “helluva town” to “wonderful town” to satisfy Hollywood censors.)

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Gene Kelly (from left), Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin in 1949’s “On the Town.”Photo: Courtesy Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.

Co-directors Kelly and Stanley Donen pushed for location shooting, but studio bosses reportedly limited them to just nine days in New York in March 1948. So it’s not entirely surprising that almost all of the location shooting with the stars is in the opening number — a montage that was apparently shot without sound, with the three male leads flawlessly lip syncing to a recording made back in Hollywood.

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A scene from “On the Town” in Little Italy.Photo: Courtesy Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.

There are location shots of the trio performing at the Brooklyn Bridge, outside the New York Stock Exchange; on streets in Little Italy, Chinatown and the Lower East Side; on a platform of the long-gone Third Avenue elevated subway line; in Washington Square Park; outside Grant’s Tomb; near the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; riding horses and bicycles through Central Park; atop a double-decker bus on Fifth Avenue; dancing and singing at what’s now known as Top of the Rock atop the GE Building (then the RCA Building) and, finally, in front of the statue of Prometheus in Rockefeller Plaza.

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“On the Town”Photo: Courtesy Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.

The genuine location footage abruptly stops around the movie’s five-minute mark. Hidden cameras were used to shoot in some of the other locations, but it was apparently too difficult for then-teen-idol Sinatra to perform in the middle of the real Times Square without causing a riot. So this sequence is played out on a Culver City, Calif., soundstage with a fake-looking newsstand and subway entrance.

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A Times Square subway scene was actually filmed in Culver City, Calif.Photo: Courtesy Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.

There is actual dialogue in this sequence and the subsequent scene in the way-too-tidy simulation of an underground subway station where Kelly’s character meets “Miss Turnstiles” Vera-Ellen — which would have also been difficult to record in such noisy environments.

The Museum of Natural History — the setting for Ann Miller’s big number “Prehistoric Man” — is a blatant studio fake, beginning with the nameplate outside. Extensive rear projection of second-unit footage is employed whenever there’s a ride in Betty Garrett’s cab, though there is a very nice exterior shot of the vehicle turning from West 50th Street onto Broadway, passing a Walgreen’s and the long-gone Capitol Theatre. When the stars alight from the cab on Central Park South, they’re on a soundstage with the background clearly projected behind them.

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A projected background in “On the Town.”Photo: Courtesy Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.

The film’s most artful fakery — it’s fooled the folks at IMDB — takes place on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, where strong winds would make it virtually impossible to stage two musical numbers. (Not to mention, in one scene Munshin hides from police by hanging off the side of the building.)

Sinatra sings the comic ballad “You’re Awful” to Garrett in front of what looks like an elaborate diorama of the city, complete with lots of blinking lights. Later, all six stars perform the title song, “On the Town,” on the observation deck, dancing their way into freight-size elevators together for a trip down to a Fifth Avenue with improbably pristine sidewalks.

A rare image shows the six stars on the soundstage before the background was added.

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“On the Town.”Photo: Handout

Aside from an establishing shot of Garrett’s cab being chased by a police cruiser across the Brooklyn Bridge, most of the rest of the film (dance studio, nightclubs, Coney Island) are shot on the backlot or on studio soundstages.

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The final scene of “On the Town” was actually filmed at Brooklyn Navy Yard.Photo: Courtesy Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.

Though we do return to the bona fide Brooklyn Navy Yard for the finale — the only shots where Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller and Garrett are photographed in an actual New York location.

George Ergatoudis

Head of Music, BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra

George Ergatoudis was appointed Head of Music, BBC Radio 1 in October 2005, and added 1Xtra to his remit in April 2009.

With 20 years of experience in the radio industry, George has an in-depth knowledge and passion for contemporary music across genres, an excellent music industry reputation and a gift for spotting new music talent. He was nominated for a prestigious Sony Radio Music Programming Award in 2009.

Prior to being Head of Music, George managed 1Xtra's music policy (2000-2005) and was responsible for championing key UK talent such as Dizzee Rascal, Jay Sean, Wiley and Ms Dynamite, alongside major US artists such as 50 Cent, Pharrell and The Game.

Before moving into music strategy George was a producer, working at Radio 1 (1997-2000), producing the likes of Jo Whiley and Simon Mayo. 

Previously at Kiss 100 FM (1991-1997), he served as a senior producer looking after their specialist and weekend output and, later, all the daytime shows. While at Kiss, George won a Sony Gold Award for producing Steve Jackson's Breakfast Show.

George was a producer at Radio 1 in 1990, after a stint working for Island Records as Club Promotions Manager at the urban/dance label, 4th & Broadway. He joined the label after his first spell at Radio 1 – when he had been recruited as a trainee producer for the station in 1989. During that time he scooped a Sony award for his Radio 1 documentary Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: A History Of The Remix.

After graduating from Sheffield University in 1986 with a BA (Hons) in Architecture, George started up and co-edited Signs magazine, a Sheffield entertainment and lifestyle title.

George has served as a judge on the prestigious Mercury Prize since 2007. He regularly appears on music industry panels and was a keynote panellist at Musexpo LA 2010.

Βούλιαξε η Νέα Σμύρνη: Ο Ρουβάς ερμήνευσε το Αξιον Εστί και 15.000 άτομα  τον αποθέωσαν 

Βούλιαξε από κόσμο, που είχε συγκεντρωθεί κατά χιλιάδες,

η πλατεία Νέας Σμύρνης, όπου έδωσε την πολυαναμενόμενη

 συναυλία κατά τη διάρκεια της οποίας ερμήνευσε το Αξιον

 Εστί, ο Σάκης Ρουβάς. 

Ο τραγουδιστής εμφανίστηκε στη σκηνή λίγο μετά τις 9 το βράδυ του Σαββάτου,

 ενώ το κοινό από κάτω τον αποθέωνε, χειροκροτώντας τον παρατεταμένα.

 Θερμή ήταν η ανταπόκριση του κοινού και καθ όλη τη διάρκεια της συναυλίας, 

αφού χειροκροτούσε τον Σάκη Ρουβά με θέρμη.  Ο τραγουδιστής ανταπέδωσε

 με ένα σεμνό «ευχαριστώ» στο τέλος της συναυλίας και αφού είχε ερμηνεύσει 

το «Άξιον Εστί» του Οδυσσέα Ελύτη σε μελοποίηση του Μίκη Θεοδωράκη. 

Η εκδήλωση που έγινε με αφορμή τη συμπλήρωση των 90 χρόνων από τη γέννηση

 του μεγάλου Έλληνα μουσικοσυνθέτη και η οποία προκάλεσε πλήθος σχολίων

 καθώς πολλοί ήταν εκείνοι που επιτέθηκαν στο Σάκη Ρουβά για την απόφασή του

 αυτή, να ερμηνεύσει δηλαδή το Αξιον Εστί και άλλοι τον υπερασπίστηκαν με πάθος,

 φαίνεται ότι κέρδισε το κοινό, αφού στην πλατεία Νέας Σμύρνης συγκεντρώθηκαν

 πάνω από 15.000 πολίτες. Στην πλατεία, στις γύρω καφετέριες και στα μπαλκόνια 

των πολυκατοικιών δεν έπεφτε καρφίτσα.   

Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς ερμήνευσε το ρόλο του λαϊκού τραγουδιστή, ενώ στο ρόλο 

του ψάλτη ήταν ο βαρύτονος Κώστας Ραφαηλίδης και  στο ρόλο του αφηγητή

 ο ηθοποιός Γιώργος Γιαννόπουλος. Συμμετείχαν επίσης, η χορωδία ΔΕΗ-ΔΕΔΔΗΕ

 σε μουσική διδασκαλία του Κωστή Κωνσταντάρα και η Orchestra Mobile με μουσική 

διεύθυνση από τον Θεόδωρο Ορφανίδη.

Η μικρή ένταση που δημιουργήθηκε όταν έκαναν την εμφάνισή τους στο πάνω

 μέρος της πλατείας 40 αντιεξουσιαστές, δεν πήρε διαστάσεις. Η ομάδα των

 αντιεξουσιαστών μοίρασε προκηρύξεις και μετά αποχώρησε. 

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• 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico assumes the throne.
• 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
• 1491 – Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
• 1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.
• 1791 – The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.
• 1808 – Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
• 1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
• 1815 – Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
• 1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened. It's the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
• 1837 – The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
• 1849 – The May Uprising in Dresden begins – the last of the German revolutions of 1848.
• 1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
• 1860 – Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• 1867 – The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
• 1877 – Labatt Park, the oldest continually operating baseball grounds in the world has its first game.
• 1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• 1913 – Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
• 1915 – The poem In Flanders Fields is written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
• 1920 – A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• 1921 – West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
• 1928 – Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
• 1937 – Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
• 1939 – The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• 1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
• 1947 – New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• 1948 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
• 1951 – London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
• 1951 – The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
• 1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• 1952 – The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• 1957 – Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
• 1960 – The Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
• 1960 – The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 1960 - The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is established.
• 1963 – The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
• 1973 – The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
• 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
• 1979 – After the general election, Margaret Thatcher forms her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1986 – Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
• 1987 – A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
• 1999 – The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h).
• 2000 – The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
• 2001 – The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
• 2002 – A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
• 2003 – New Hampshire's famous Old Man of the Mountain collapses.

Births[edit]

• 612 – Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
• 1415 – Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1495)
• 1428 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (d. 1495)
• 1446 – Margaret of York (d. 1503)
• 1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)
• 1632 – Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian saint, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (d. 1668)
• 1662 – Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle (d. 1736)
• 1695 – Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (d. 1771)
• 1729 – Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer (d. 1774)
• 1761 – August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author (d. 1819)
• 1764 – Princess Élisabeth of France (d. 1794)
• 1768 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838)
• 1814 – Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1892)
• 1826 – Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1872)
• 1844 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)
• 1849 – Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)
• 1849 – Bernhard von Bülow, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
• 1857 – George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
• 1859 – Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)
• 1860 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
• 1867 – J. T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
• 1870 – Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
• 1871 – Emmett Dalton, American criminal (d. 1937)
• 1873 – Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1945)
• 1874 – François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty, Inc. (d. 1934)
• 1874 – Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)
• 1877 – Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)
• 1879 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
• 1887 – Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954)
• 1888 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1891 – Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic (d. 1969)
• 1892 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
• 1892 – Jacob Viner, Canadian economist (d. 1970)
• 1893 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)
• 1896 – V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian politician, Minister of Defence for India (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (d. 1990)
• 1897 – William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada (d. 1989)
• 1898 – Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist (d. 1987)
• 1898 – Golda Meir, Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
• 1901 – Gino Cervi, Italian actor (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (The Rhythm Boys) (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Edmund Black, American hammer thrower (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Red Ruffing, American baseball player and coach (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987)
• 1906 – Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (d. 1975)
• 1906 – René Huyghe, French historian and author (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Dorothy Young, American actress and dancer (d. 2011)
• 1910 – Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
• 1913 – William Inge, American author and playwright (d. 1973)
• 1914 – Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French poet
• 1915 – Richard Lippold, American sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Betty Comden, American actress and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003)
• 1919 – John Cullen Murphy, American illustrator (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and political activist (d. 2014)
• 1920 – John Lewis, American pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (d. 2000)
• 1923 – George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist, conductor, and educator
• 1923 – Ralph Hall, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
• 1924 – Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli poet (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001)
• 1925 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler
• 1926 – Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)
• 1930 – David Harrison, English chemist and academic
• 1931 – Vasily Rudenkov, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 1982)
• 1932 – Robert Osborne, American actor and historian
• 1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Famous Flames and The J.B.'s) (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Alex Cord, American actor
• 1933 – Graham Day, Canadian lawyer and businessman
• 1933 – Brother Stair, American radio preacher
• 1933 – Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 – Henry Cooper, English boxer (d. 2011)
• 1934 – Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Frankie Valli, American singer and actor (The Four Seasons and The Wonder Who?)
• 1935 – Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company
• 1937 – Nélida Piñon, Brazilian author
• 1938 – Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist
• 1938 – Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
• 1938 – Lindsay Kemp, English actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 1939 – Jonathan Harvey, English composer and educator (d. 2012)
• 1940 – David H. Koch, American businessman
• 1940 – Conny Plank, German DJ and producer (Cluster and Moebius & Plank) (d. 1987)
• 1940 – Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1941 – Alexander Harley, English general
• 1941 – Edward Malloy, American priest and academic
• 1942 – Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
• 1942 – Dave Marash, American journalist
• 1942 – Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho
• 1943 – Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
• 1944 – Peter Doyle, English bishop
• 1944 – Alan Rose, Australian public servant
• 1944 – Pete Staples, English bass player (The Troggs)
• 1945 – Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper
• 1945 – Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1946 – Norm Chow, American football player and coach
• 1946 – Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
• 1946 – Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster
• 1947 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
• 1947 – Mavis Jukes, American author
• 1948 – Chris Mulkey, American actor
• 1948 – Peter Oosterhuis, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1949 – Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic
• 1949 – Ken Hom, American chef and author
• 1949 – Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, English academic and politician
• 1949 – Ron Wyden, American politician
• 1950 – Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer-songwriter
• 1951 – Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter and journalist
• 1951 – Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1951 – Ashok Gehlot, Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan
• 1951 – Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian author
• 1952 – Chuck Baldwin, American pastor and politician
• 1952 – Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)
• 1952 – Allan Wells, Scottish runner
• 1953 – Bruce Hall, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (REO Speedwagon)
• 1953 – Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (Arrows) (d. 2014)
• 1953 – Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
• 1954 – Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Patti Boulaye, Nigerian-English singer and actress
• 1954 – Peter Duncan, English actor and television host
• 1954 – Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1955 – Colin Deans, Scottish rugby player
• 1955 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)
• 1956 – Marc Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 – Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Kevin Kilner, American actor
• 1958 – Susanna Kwan, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1958 – Bill Sienkiewicz, American comic book artist.
• 1958 – Sandi Toksvig, Danish-English comedian, author, and radio host
• 1959 – David Ball, English keyboard player and producer (Soft Cell and The Grid)
• 1959 – Uma Bharti, Indian politician
• 1959 – Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Ivari Ilja, Estonian pianist
• 1960 – Geraint Davies, English politician
• 1960 – Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter
• 1960 – Amy Steel, American actress
• 1961 – Steve McClaren, English footballer and manager
• 1961 – Joe Murray, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – David Vitter, American lawyer and politician
• 1961 – Leyla Zana, Kurdish activist and politician
• 1962 – Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
• 1963 – Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 – Edward Kessler, English theologian
• 1963 – Jamie Reeves, English strongman and wrestler
• 1963 – Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic
• 1964 – Ron Hextall, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
• 1964 – Sterling Campbell, American drummer and songwriter (Duran Duran, Soul Asylum and The B-52's)
• 1965 – Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch
• 1965 – Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian and actor
• 1965 – Nina García, Colombian-American journalist and critic
• 1965 – John Jensen, Danish footballer and coach
• 1965 – Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian businessman, owner of the New York Nets
• 1966 – Peter Abbay, American actor
• 1966 – Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
• 1966 – Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor
• 1966 – Frank Dietrich, German politician (d. 2011)
• 1966 – Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
• 1967 – Adam Hughes, American comic book artist and illustrator
• 1967 – André Olbrich, German guitarist and songwriter (Blind Guardian)
• 1968 – Shane Minor, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Daryl F. Mallett, American author and actor
• 1969 – Bruce Reyes-Chow, American religious leader and writer
• 1969 – Amy Ryan, American actress
• 1970 – Bobby Cannavale, American actor
• 1970 – Suzi Perry, English model and journalist
• 1970 – Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer
• 1970 – Marie-Soleil Tougas, Canadian actress (d. 1997)
• 1971 – Douglas Carswell, English politician
• 1971 – Josey Scott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Saliva)
• 1972 – Stephen Barclay, English lawyer and politician
• 1972 – Shonie Carter, American mixed martial artist
• 1973 – Jamie Baulch, English sprinter
• 1973 – Rea Garvey, Irish-German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Reamonn)
• 1973 – Brad Martin, American singer-songwriter
• 1974 – Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 1974 – Peter Everitt, Australian footballer and radio host
• 1975 – Willie Geist, American journalist and author
• 1975 – Christina Hendricks, American actress
• 1975 – Dulé Hill, American actor
• 1975 – Valentino Lanús, Mexican actor
• 1975 – Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
• 1976 – Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 – Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 – Eric Church, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach
• 1977 – Hiro Mashima, Japanese illustrator
• 1978 – Christian Annan, Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer
• 1978 – Paul Banks, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Interpol)
• 1978 – Dai Tamesue, Japanese hurdler
• 1978 – Lawrence Tynes, Scottish-American football player
• 1979 – Steve Mack, American wrestler
• 1979 – Genevieve Nnaji, Nigerian actress and singer
• 1979 – Anastasiya Shvedova, Belarusian pole vaulter
• 1980 – Chua Boon Huat, Malaysian field hockey player (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player
• 1980 – Marcel Vigneron, American chef
• 1981 – U;Nee, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2007)
• 1981 – Charlie Brooks, English-Welsh actress
• 1981 – Farrah Franklin, American singer, dancer, and actress (Destiny's Child)
• 1981 – J. Tillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player
• 1982 – Nick Stavinoha, American baseball player
• 1983 – Joseph Addai, American football player
• 1983 – Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Jérôme Clavier, French pole vaulter
• 1983 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
• 1984 – Cheryl Burke, American dancer and model
• 1985 – Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Kadri Lehtla, Estonian biathlete
• 1985 – Miko Mälberg, Estonian swimmer
• 1985 – Meagan Tandy, American model and actress
• 1987 – Lina Grinčikaitė, Lithuanian sprinter
• 1989 – Nadia Forde, Irish model, singer and actress
• 1989 – Mary Lambert, American singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Taylor Trensch, American actor
• 1990 – Miranda Chartrand, Canadian-English singer
• 1990 – Levi Johnston, American model and author
• 1991 – Bela Padilla, Filipino actress
• 1995 – Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1995 – Shaira Mae dela Cruz, Filipino actress
• 1996 – Mary Cain, American runner
• 1996 – Noah Munck, American actor
• 1996 – Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1997 – Ivana Jorović, Serbian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 1152 – Matilda of Boulogne (b. 1105)
• 1270 – Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
• 1294 – John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252)
• 1481 – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (b. 1432)
• 1598 – Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
• 1606 – Henry Garnet, English priest (b. 1555)
• 1679 – James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
• 1693 – Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
• 1704 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
• 1724 – John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, politician, and academic (b. 1662)
• 1750 – John Willison, Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
• 1752 – Samuel Ogle, English-American politician (b. 1692)
• 1758 – Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
• 1763 – George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)
• 1764 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, critic, and philosopher (b. 1712)
• 1779 – John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
• 1793 – Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (b. 1720)
• 1839 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
• 1856 – Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
• 1910 – Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 – Tom Clarke, Irish revolutionary (Easter Rising leader) (b. 1858)
• 1916 – Thomas MacDonagh, Irish revolutionary (Easter Rising leader) (b. 1878)
• 1916 – Patrick Pearse, Irish revolutionary (Easter Rising leader) (b. 1879)
• 1918 – Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1921 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1932 – Charles Fort, American author (b. 1874)
• 1939 – Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 – Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 – Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 – Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 – Zakir Hussain, Indian politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 – Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer and Sailplane pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 – Kenneth Bailey, Australian public servant (b. 1898)
• 1972 – Emil Breitkreutz, American runner (b. 1883)
• 1972 – Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 – Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist (Stone the Crows) (b. 1944)
• 1978 – Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1981 – Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
• 1987 – Dalida, Egyptian-Italian singer and actress (b. 1933)
• 1988 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
• 1988 – Paul Vario, American mobster (b. 1914)
• 1989 – Christine Jorgensen, American transgender (b. 1926)
• 1991 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American author (b. 1933)
• 1992 – George Murphy, American actor and politician (b. 1902)
• 1996 – Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (b. 1976)
• 1997 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist (b. 1927)
• 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Steve Chiasson, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1967)
• 1999 – Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)
• 2000 – John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Suzy Parker, American model and actress (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Anthony Ainley, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Ken Downing, English race car driver (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Earl Woods, American colonel, baseball player, and author (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese politician (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Ton Lutz, Dutch actor (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar, Indian author and critic (b. 1931)
• 2010 – Roy Carrier, American accordion player (b. 1947)
• 2010 – Peter O'Donnell, English author (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Jackie Cooper, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
• 2011 – Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1936)
• 2011 – Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Edith Bliss, Australian singer and television host (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Lloyd Brevett, Jamaican bassist and songwriter (The Skatalites) (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (b. 1918)
• 2012 – František Tondra, Slovak bishop (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Felix Werder, German-Australian composer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Digby Wolfe, English-Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Joe Astroth, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Herbert Blau, American Engineer and academic (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Cedric Brooks, Jamaican-American saxophonist (The Skatalites and The Sound Dimensions) (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Keith Carter, American swimmer (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player (b. 1958)
• 2013 – David Morris Kern, American pharmacist, co-invented Orajel (b. 1909)
• 2013 – Curtis Rouse, American football player (b. 1960)
• 2013 – Branko Vukelić, Croatian politician, 11th Minister of Defence for Croatia (b. 1958)
• 2014 – Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Bobby Gregg, American drummer and producer (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Chet Jastremski, American swimmer (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Jim Oberstar, American politician (b. 1934)

Russia ballet legend Maya Plisetskaya dies aged 89

Russian ballet legend Maya Plisetskaya has died in Germany aged 89, the director of the Bolshoi Theatre says.

Vladimir Urin says she died of a heart attack. "The doctors tried everything, but there was nothing they could do," he is quoted as saying by Tass agency.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his "deep condolences" to Plisetskaya's family and relatives.

Plisetskaya joined the Bolshoi in 1943, captivating audiences around the world with the purity of her performances. 

In 1960, she became the Bolshoi's prima ballerina. 

Among her acclaimed roles were Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and Carmen in Carmen Suite. 

Plisetskaya left the stage aged 65, becoming a choreographer and giving master classes around the world. 

She moved to the German city of Munich with her composer husband Rodion Shchedrin in 1991.