Errol Brown, Hot Chocolate singer, dies aged 71

Hot Chocolate lead singer Errol Brown has died aged 71, his manager has said. 

Brown had liver cancer and died at his home in the Bahamas, said Phil Dale. 

Hot Chocolate had hits in more than 50 countries worldwide, including You Sexy Thing - which Brown co-wrote - It Started with a Kiss and Every 1's a Winner.

Brown was made an MBE by the Queen in 2003 and received an Ivor Novello award for his outstanding contribution to British music in 2004.

You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate's best-known hit and a top 10 single in the 1970s and '80s, charted again in the UK when it was featured in The Full Monty in 1997.

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A statement from Brown's manager on Wednesday confirmed the singer's death. 

"Errol Brown MBE passed away in The Bahamas this morning with his wife Ginette and daughters Colette and Leonie by his side of liver cancer," he said.

"Errol was a lover of life and obviously 'music!' I never went into his home, car or a hotel room without music playing.

"Errol was a 'Gentle Man' and was a personal friend of mine who will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him," Phil Dale continued.

"His greatest legacy is that his music will live on!"

Fellow artists including Chic's Nile Rodgers have paid tribute on Twitter. 

Rodgers wrote: "We had some good times back in the day. #ErrolBrown RIP".

Singer Beverley Knight tweeted: "I am so gutted. Errol Brown was such a charismatic performer."

Brown was born in Jamaica but moved to the UK with his mother when he was 12.

His musical career began in 1969 when he and some friends sent their own reggae version of Give Peace a Chance to its writer John Lennon.

"We all laughed about it," Brown told BBC Breakfast in 2009.

"Amazingly, a week later I got a call to say John Lennon approved it and wanted to sign the band to the Apple record label - and that's how we began." 

Brown said they were originally named by a girl working at the record company as The Hot Chocolate Band, which was later shortened.

Late record producer and hitmaker Mickie Most signed up Brown and his friend Tony Wilson as songwriters towards the end of 1969, championing Brown's writing and singing.

He recorded their songs with Mary Hopkins, Julie Felix and Herman's Hermits.

Hot Chocolate released their first single Love is Life in 1970 and the song went to number six in the charts.

The group had at least one hit every year between 1970 and 1984, making Hot Chocolate the only group in the UK to have a hit for 15 consecutive years.

In 1985, Brown left the band to spend more time with his family. But he made a comeback in the 1990s with two solo UK tours. 

Farewell tour

Brown embarked on a farewell tour in 2009, telling BBC Breakfast he had "done all [he] wanted to do".

"I'm getting a little older now, you know," he went on. "It's hard to pack the suitcase and get back on the road again.

"But the music will be there, so that won't go away."

In a message on his website after the tour, he thanked fans for coming out in large numbers to show their love and support. 

"The atmosphere at the concerts were the best ever," he wrote, "and you played your part in making me realise just how wrong it would have been to have just drifted away and not say goodbye.

"The love I felt at each concert will stay in my heart forever."

 

 

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• 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.
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• 1541 – Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo.
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• 1846 – Mexican–American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• 1877 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• 1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
• 1898 – The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• 1899 – The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
• 1901 – The Australian Labour Party is established.
• 1902 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• 1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded.
• 1919 – Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of World War I.
• 1924 – The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
• 1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• 1933 – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.^[1][2]
• 1941 – The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
• 1942 – World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
• 1945 – Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
• 1945 – World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Reims, France, to an unconditional surrender.
• 1945 – Dissolution and surrender of Nazi Germany and all its forces.
• 1945 – End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
• 1945 – The Halifax Riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax.
• 1946 – Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
• 1962 – The Rabindra Bharati University, a prominent University in India, was founded.
• 1963 – South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
• 1966 – A plane crash at Connellsville, Pennsylvania kills Pennsylvania Attorney General, Walter E. Alessandroni, his wife, and other state officials.
• 1967 – The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
• 1970 – The Hard Hat Riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
• 1972 – Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
• 1972 – Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
• 1973 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
• 1976 – The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
• 1978 – The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• 1980 – The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• 1984 – The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
• 1984 – Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
• 1984 – The Thames Barrier is officially opened.
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• 1988 – A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
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• 1326 – Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (d. 1360)
• 1460 – Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
• 1521 – Peter Canisius, Dutch-Swiss priest and saint (d. 1597)
• 1587 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
• 1622 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish politician (d. 1698)
• 1628 – Angelo Italia, Italian architect (d. 1700)
• 1629 – Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (d. 1697)
• 1632 – Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal (d. 1706)
• 1653 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, Minister of Defence for France (d. 1734)
• 1670 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1726)
• 1720 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)
• 1735 – Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (d. 1811)
• 1745 – Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer (d. 1801)
• 1753 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mexican priest (d. 1811)
• 1786 – John Vianney, French priest and saint (d. 1859)
• 1815 – Edward Tompkins, American politician and lawyer (d. 1872)
• 1818 – Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician (d. 1896)
• 1821 – William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman (d. 1885)
• 1825 – George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel (d. 1898)
• 1828 – Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
• 1828 – Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint (d. 1898)
• 1829 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (d. 1869)
• 1835 – Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (d. 1910)
• 1839 – Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian judge, author, and songwriter (d. 1920)
• 1842 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (d. 1909)
• 1847 – Oscar Hammerstein I, American businessman and composer (d. 1919)
• 1850 – Ross Barnes, American baseball player (d. 1915)
• 1853 – Dan Brouthers, American baseball player (d. 1932)
• 1858 – Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (d. 1924)
• 1858 – J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (d. 1932)
• 1859 – Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (d. 1925)
• 1879 – Wesley Coe, American shot putter (d. 1926)
• 1884 – Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (d. 1972)
• 1885 – Thomas B. Costain, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1965)
• 1893 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer (d. 1967)
• 1893 – Edd Roush, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1893 – Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (d. 1963)
• 1895 – James H. Kindelberger, American businessman (d. 1962)
• 1895 – Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Edmund Wilson, American author and critic (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (d. 1960)
• 1899 – Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)
• 1899 – Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-English economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• 1901 – Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (d. 1979)
• 1902 – André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 1903 – Fernandel, French actor and singer (d. 1971)
• 1904 – John Snagge, English journalist (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader (The California Ramblers) (d. 1965)
• 1906 – Esther Hoffe, Israeli mistress of Max Brod (d. 2007)
• 1906 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1910 – Andrew E. Svenson, American author and publisher (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1981)
• 1911 – Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1938)
• 1912 – George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995)
• 1913 – Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1984)
• 1913 – Sid James, South African-English actor (d. 1976)
• 1914 – Geoffrey Gilbert, English flute player (d. 1989)
• 1915 – John Archer, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (d. 2009)
• 1916 – João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman
• 1916 – Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator (d. 1993)
• 1917 – John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (d. 2014)
• 1919 – Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1920 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (d. 1991)
• 1920 – Sloan Wilson, American author (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and educator (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Mary Q. Steele, American naturalist and author (d. 1992)
• 1924 – S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan academic (d. 1989)
• 1924 – A. J. Watson, American mechanic
• 1925 – Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania
• 1926 – David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
• 1926 – Don Rickles, American comedian and actor
• 1927 – Chumy Chúmez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Robert Conley, American journalist (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Claude Castonguay, Canadian banker and politician
• 1929 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Girija Devi, Indian singer
• 1930 – Heather Harper, Irish-English soprano
• 1930 – René Maltête, French photographer and poet (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Gary Snyder, American poet and educator
• 1932 – Julieta Campos, Mexican author (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
• 1934 – Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, South African-English judge
• 1934 – Maurice Norman, English footballer
• 1934 – David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton, English soldier and politician
• 1935 – Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, Scottish politician
• 1935 – Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 1935 – Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
• 1936 – Kazuo Koike, Japanese author
• 1936 – Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Bernard Cleary, Canadian politician
• 1937 – Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Thomas Pynchon, American author
• 1938 – Javed Burki, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 1938 – Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Paul Drayton, American sprinter (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1940 – James Blyth, Baron Blyth of Rowington, English businessman
• 1940 – Irwin Cotler, Canadian lawyer and politician, 47th Canadian Minister of Justice
• 1940 – Emilio Delgado, American actor and singer
• 1940 – Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1985)
• 1940 – Toni Tennille, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Captain & Tennille)
• 1941 – Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer
• 1941 – John Fred, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Bill Lockyer, American politician, 30th Attorney General of California
• 1941 – James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Norman Lamont, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1942 – Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
• 1942 – Terry Neill, Irish footballer and manager
• 1943 – Pat Barker, English author
• 1943 – Jon Mark, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sweet Thursday and Mark-Almond)
• 1943 – Paul Samwell-Smith, English bass player and producer (The Yardbirds and Box of Frogs)
• 1944 – Gary Glitter, English singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Bill Legend, English drummer (T. Rex)
• 1945 – Mike German, Baron German, Welsh politician, Deputy First Minister for Wales
• 1945 – Keith Jarrett, American pianist and composer
• 1946 – André Boulerice, Canadian politician
• 1946 – Jonathan Dancy, English philosopher, author, and educator
• 1947 – H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 – Felicity Lott, English soprano
• 1947 – David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, English politician
• 1947 – John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Scottish historian and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1948 – Steve Braun, American baseball player
• 1948 – Stephen Stohn, American-Canadian television producer and lawyer
• 1949 – David Vines, Australian economist
• 1950 – Robert Mugge, American director and producer
• 1950 – Lepo Sumera, Estonian composer and educator (d. 2000)
• 1951 – Philip Bailey, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1951 – Mike D'Antoni, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Chris Frantz, American drummer and producer (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
• 1951 – Deborah Harmon, American actress
• 1952 – Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1953 – Billy Burnette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1953 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch-American drummer (Van Halen)
• 1954 – Pam Arciero, American puppeteer and voice actress
• 1954 – David Keith, American actor and director
• 1954 – John Michael Talbot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mason Proffit)
• 1954 – Gary Wilmot, English actor and singer
• 1955 – Stephen Furst, American actor and director
• 1955 – Mladen Markač, Croatian general
• 1955 – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012)
• 1956 – Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor
• 1957 – Bill Cowher, American football player and coach
• 1957 – Gary Lunn, Canadian politician
• 1957 – Marie Myriam, Congolese-French singer
• 1957 – Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor and martial artist
• 1958 – Roddy Doyle, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Jill Evans, Welsh politician
• 1958 – Lovie Smith, American football player and coach
• 1958 – Kevin McCloud, English designer, journalist, and television host
• 1958 – Brooks Newmark, American-English politician, Lord of the Treasury
• 1959 – Ronnie Lott, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Franco Baresi, Italian footballer and coach
• 1960 – Eric Brittingham, American bass player (Cinderella and Naked Beggars)
• 1961 – Bill de Blasio, American politician, 109th Mayor of New York City
• 1961 – Vallo Reimaa, Estonian politician
• 1961 – Akira Taue, Japanese wrestler
• 1961 – David Winning, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Sylvain Cossette, Canadian singer-songwriter (Paradox)
• 1963 – Anthony Field, Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Cockroaches and The Wiggles)
• 1963 – Michel Gondry, French director and screenwriter
• 1963 – Robin Jarvis, English author
• 1963 – Izabela Kloc, Polish politician
• 1963 – Aleksandr Kovalenko, Belarusian triple jumper
• 1963 – Rick Zombo, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1964 – Päivi Alafrantti, Finnish javelin thrower
• 1964 – Melissa Gilbert, American actress and director
• 1964 – Bobby Labonte, American race car driver
• 1964 – Nathalie Roy, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Dave Rowntree, English drummer and animator (Blur and The Ailerons)
• 1966 – Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer
• 1966 – Cláudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1967 – Viviana Durante, Italian ballet dancer
• 1968 – Teet Kask, Estonian ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1968 – Chris Lighty, American talent manager, co-founded Violator Entertainment (d. 2012)
• 1968 – Nathalie Normandeau, Canadian politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1968 – Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
• 1969 – Jonny Searle, English rower
• 1969 – Akebono Tarō, American-Japanese sumo wrestler, the 64th Yokozuna
• 1970 – Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1970 – Luis Enrique Martínez García, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1970 – Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
• 1971 – Candice Night, American vocalist/lyricist, multi-instrumentalist (Blackmore's Night)
• 1971 – Chuck Huber, American voice actor, ADR director, and ADR script writer
• 1972 – Darren Hayes, Australian singer-songwriter (Savage Garden)
• 1972 – Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Candy Pangilinan, Filipino actress
• 1973 – Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese illustrator
• 1973 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer
• 1973 – Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian and actor
• 1974 – Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer
• 1974 – Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001)
• 1974 – Jon Tickle, English television host
• 1975 – Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1975 – Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1975 – Gastón Mazzacane, Argentinian race car driver
• 1975 – Dmitri Ustritski, Estonian footballer
• 1976 – Gonçalo Abecasis, Scientist
• 1976 – Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Ian "H" Watkins, Welsh singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Steps and H & Claire)
• 1977 – Joe Bonamassa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bloodline and Black Country Communion)
• 1977 – Bad News Brown, Canadian rapper, harmonica player, and actor (d. 2011)
• 1977 – Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player
• 1977 – Jennifer Walcott, American model and actress
• 1977 – Chiaki Takahashi, Japanese model and voice actress
• 1978 – Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Matthew Davis, American actor
• 1978 – Josie Maran, American model and actress
• 1978 – Jang Woo-hyuk, South Korean rapper and dancer (H.O.T. and jtL)
• 1980 – Keyon Dooling, American basketball player
• 1980 – Panagiotis Kafkis, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Evgeny Lebedev, Russian-English publisher
• 1980 – Michelle McManus, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 – Kimberlee Peterson, American actress
• 1980 – Benny Yau, Hong Kong-Canadian actor and singer
• 1981 – Namosh, German singer and DJ
• 1981 – Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
• 1981 – Ayesha Antoine, English actress
• 1981 – Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Tatyana Dektyareva, Russian hurdler
• 1981 – Björn Dixgård, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mando Diao)
• 1981 – Manny Gamburyan, Armenian-American mixed martial artist
• 1981 – John Maine, American baseball player
• 1981 – Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer
• 1981 – Elizabeth Whitmere, Canadian actress
• 1981 – Mich Dulce, Filipino fashion designer
• 1982 – Buakaw Banchamek, Thai kick-boxer
• 1982 – Christina Cole, English actress
• 1982 – Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player
• 1982 – Ninja Sarasalo, Finnish model and singer
• 1983 – Elyes Gabel, English actor
• 1983 – Juan Martin Goity, Argentinian-German rugby player
• 1983 – Bershawn Jackson, American hurdler
• 1983 – Lawrence Vickers, American football player
• 1983 – Roberto Vitiello, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Matt Willis, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (Busted)
• 1984 – Nadine Chandrawinata, German-Indonesian model, Puteri Indonesia 2005
• 1984 – Martin Compston, Scottish footballer and actor
• 1984 – David King, English figure skater
• 1984 – Mascha Müller, German actress
• 1984 – Cynthia Deyanira Rodríguez Ruiz, Mexican singer
• 1984 – Yara Sofia, Puerto Rican drag queen performer
• 1984 – Julia Whelan, American actress
• 1985 – Tommaso Ciampa, American wrestler
• 1985 – Devon Soltendieck, Canadian journalist
• 1985 – Silvia Stroescu, Romanian gymnast
• 1985 – Sarah Vaillancourt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Usama Young, American football player
• 1986 – Pemra Özgen, Turkish tennis player
• 1986 – Galen Rupp, American runner
• 1986 – Marvell Wynne, American soccer player
• 1987 – Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor
• 1987 – Felix Jones, American football player
• 1987 – Aarne Nirk, Estonian hurdler
• 1987 – Mark Noble, English footballer
• 1988 – Tanel Kurbas, Estonian basketball player
• 1988 – Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1989 – Liam Bridcutt, English footballer
• 1989 – Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player
• 1989 – Dinesh Patel, Indian baseball player
• 1990 – Kemba Walker, American basketball player
• 1991 – Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player
• 1991 – Anamaria Tămârjan, Romanian gymnast
• 1992 – Ana Mulvoy-Ten, English-American actress
• 1992 – Vickie Rushton, Filipino model, Mutya ng Pilipinas International 2011
• 1993 – Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
• 1994 – Ajee' Wilson, American runner
• 2003 – Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco

Deaths[edit]

• 535 – Pope John II (b. 470)
• 685 – Pope Benedict II (b. 635)
• 1192 – Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria (b. 1163)
• 1278 – Emperor Duanzong of Song (b. 1268)
• 1319 – Haakon V of Norway (b. 1270)
• 1473 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
• 1538 – Edward Foxe, English bishop (b. 1496)
• 1668 – Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632)
• 1766 – Samuel Chandler, English minister (b. 1693)
• 1773 – Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 – Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
• 1785 – Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 – Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 – Kamehameha I of Hawaii (b. 1758)
• 1822 – John Stark, American general (b. 1728)
• 1828 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781)
• 1837 – Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician (b. 1770)
• 1842 – Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1790)
• 1853 – Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
• 1873 – John Stuart Mill, English economist and civil servant (b. 1806)
• 1880 – Gustave Flaubert, French author (b. 1821)
• 1891 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian author (b. 1831)
• 1903 – Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848)
• 1907 – Edmund G. Ross, American politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 – John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 – Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 – Natalie of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 – Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 – Nikolai Reek, Estonian general (b. 1890)
• 1943 – Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
• 1944 – Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
• 1945 – Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1945 – Bernhard Rust, German politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 – Josef Terboven, German politician (b. 1898)
• 1947 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
• 1948 – U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)
• 1950 – Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)
• 1952 – William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)
• 1959 – John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
• 1960 – J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
• 1965 – Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1969 – Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892)
• 1972 – Beatrice Helen Worsley, Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)
• 1975 – Avery Brundage, American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887)
• 1981 – Uri Zvi Grinberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
• 1982 – Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (b. 1943)
• 1982 – Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950)
• 1983 – John Fante, American author (b. 1909)
• 1984 – Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1890)
• 1984 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1916)
• 1985 – Karl Marx, German conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1985 – Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (b. 1918)
• 1985 – Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1986 – Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (b. 1922)
• 1987 – Doris Stokes, English psychic (b. 1920)
• 1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, American author (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
• 1991 – Jean Langlais, French pianist and composer (b. 1907)
• 1991 – Rudolf Serkin, Czech-Austrian pianist (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1993 – Avram Davidson, American author (b. 1923)
• 1994 – George Peppard, American actor and producer (b. 1928)
• 1995 – Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)
• 1996 – Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1996 – Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
• 1996 – Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Larry Levis, American poet (b. 1946)
• 1998 – Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Charles Rebozo, American banker and businessman (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Dirk Bogarde, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1999 – Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1999 – Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)
• 2000 – Pita Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American theorist (b. 1959)
• 2000 – Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
• 2000 – Henry Nicols, American activist (b. 1973)
• 2005 – Jean Carrière, French author (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1981)
• 2006 – Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Philip R. Craig, American author (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Imperial Show Band) (b. 1945)
• 2008 – Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1918)
• 2008 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)
• 2009 – Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Bud Shrake, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 2011 – Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Everett Lilly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lilly Brothers) (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Jerry McMorris, American businessman (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Stacy Robinson, American football player (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (b. 1911)
• 2013 – Jeanne Cooper, American actress (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Taylor Mead, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Asaph Schwapp, American football player (b. 1987)
• 2013 – Hugh J. Silverman, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Ken Whaley, Austrian-English bass player (Help Yourself, Ducks Deluxe, and Man) (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Yago Lamela, Spanish long jumper (b. 1977)
• 2014 – Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Leo Marentette, American baseball player (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (b. 1939)
• 2014 – R. Douglas Stuart, Jr., American businessman and diplomat (b. 1916)
• 2014 – Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (b. 1936)

Jackie Chan 'supports death penalty' for drug offences

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Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan has said he supports the use of the death penalty for some drug offenders.

Chan, whose son was jailed for drugs offences, said that with drugs "you're hurting thousands of young children".

Jaycee Chan spent six months in prison in China after police found marijuana in his home.

Jackie Chan is Singapore's first celebrity anti-drug ambassador. He was named official Narcotics Control Ambassador by Chinese police in 2009.

Both Singapore and China have enforced capital punishment for drug trafficking.

In an interview with journalists conducted in both English and Mandarin, he said drugs were not only hurting young people, they were hurting his family.

"On some issues, I do support the death penalty," he said. 

"When you're hurting thousands and thousands of young children, I think these kind of people are useless. 

"You should get the right punishment."

He added: "[Young people say] 'it's okay, it's just like a cigarette'. I say 'it's not okay, not in my family'."

Jaycee, 32, was imprisoned for not just using drugs, but for the additional and more serious crime of "providing a shelter for others to abuse drugs", Beijing police said at the time.

When asked about Jaycee's time in prison, Chan said he felt "ashamed" and "shocked" and that he was now more focused on his son.

"I'm more concentrating on him now, used to be just, 'you are a grown man.' But now I find out, he's still a boy," Chan said.

Αμηχανία για Βαρουφάκη στο BBC: Τον ρώτησαν αν η μεγάλη επιτυχία «Common People» έχει γραφτεί για τη Δανάη 

η ακριβότερη σουίτα του Λονδίνου - Κοστίζει 10.000 λίρες το βράδυ 

Σε μια καινούργια διεύθυνση απευθύνονται από την Τετάρτη

 όσοι δισεκατομμυριούχοι επισκέπτονται το Λονδίνο. Το 

ξενοδοχείο Shangri - La Hotel At The Shard άνοιξε τις πύλες του

 δίνοντας την ευκαιρία σε όσους πιστούς προσέλθουν να

 ξοδέψουν γενναιόδωρα τα λεφτά τους.

Μια γεύση από Ασία στην καρδιά της Ευρώπης έχουν την ευκαιρία να απολαύσουν

 οι επισκέπτες και οι κάτοικοι του Λονδίνου, αφού η ασιατική αλυσίδα πολυτελών

 ξενοδοχείων Shangri – La εγκαινιάζει το πρώτο της ακίνητο στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, 

το Shangri - La Hotel At The Shard.

Το ξενοδοχείο καταλαμβάνει τους 18 ορόφους και βρίσκεται σε ένα από τα πιο 

εντυπωσιακά νέα κτήρια της πόλης, τον ουρανοξύστη The Shard, έργο του

 αρχιτέκτονα Renzo Piano.

Οι 17 πολυτελείς σουίτες του ξενοδοχείου προσφέρουν μια ξεχωριστή εμπειρία

 διαμονής με ανεμπόδιστη θέα στην πόλη.

Η σούιτα Shangri-La Suite είναι η μεγαλύτερη και εντυπωσιακότερη όλων, 

βρίσκεται στον τριακοστό ένατο όροφο και έχει θέα 180 μοιρών στον ποταμό Τάμεση

 και σε μερικά από τα πιο διάσημα αξιοθέατα της πόλης.

Κοστίζει 10.000 λίρες το βράδυ και στις παροχές περιλαμβάνεται ο μπάτλερ, 

ο προσωπικός σεφ και ο σοφέρ.

 

Εμπειρία πολλών… ίππων!

Η πιο ακριβή περιοδεία οδήγησης στον κόσμο προσφέρει στους λάτρεις της ταχύτητας την ευκαιρία να… καθίσουν στη θέση του οδηγού μερικών από τα γρηγορότερα αυτοκίνητα στον κόσμο και να νιώσουν την αδρεναλίνη τους να χτυπά κόκκινο!

Όσοι ονειρεύονται να οδηγήσουν μια Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, μπορούν να δουν το όνειρό τους να γίνεται πραγματικότητα… αρκεί να καταβάλλουν 110.000 ευρώ (τιμή για 10 άτομα) για μια περιοδεία πέντε ημερών στη νότια Γερμανία και βόρεια Ελβετία.

Η τιμή μιας ολοκαίνουριας Bugatti ανέρχεται στα 1,89 εκατ. ευρώ.





Το πακέτο… «υψηλών ταχυτήτων» είναι διαθέσιμο και στην τιμή των 64.000 ευρώ για δύο άτομα.

Εκτός από τη Bugatti, οι λάτρεις των 4 τροχών θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να οδηγήσουν και μια Lamborghini Aventador, μια Lamborghini Huracan, μια Ferrari 488 GTB και μια Mercedes-Benz AMG GTS.





Όταν σβήνουν οι μηχανές, ο δρόμος θα οδηγεί σε εστιατόρια βραβευμένα με αστέρια Michelin, διαμονή σε σουίτες πολυτελείας, πεντάστερα ξενοδοχεία και μεταφορές με λιμουζίνες.

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• 1092 – Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
• 1386 – England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
• 1450 – 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
• 1662 – The figure who later became Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England.
• 1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
• 1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
• 1763 – The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
• 1864 – Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
• 1873 – Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• 1877 – Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• 1877 – A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• 1887 – Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
• 1901 – Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
• 1904 – The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h).
• 1911 – The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• 1915 – World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• 1918 – World War I: Germans repel the British's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.
• 1926 – Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
• 1927 – The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
• 1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• 1940 – World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• 1941 – World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
• 1942 – Holocaust: The SS murders 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported.
• 1945 – World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.
• 1945 – World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.
• 1946 – King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• 1948 – Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• 1949 – Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.
• 1950 – Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
• 1955 – Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• 1958 – Film: Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
• 1960 – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
• 1961 – FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
• 1964 – Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, is executed.
• 1969 – Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
• 1974 – Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
• 1977 – Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
• 1979 – Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran.
• 1980 – In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.
• 1980 – In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
• 1987 – An LOT Polish Airlines Ilyushin IL-62M, Tadeusz Kościuszko (SP-LBG), crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
• 1992 – Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.
• 1992 – Westray Mine Disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
• 2001 – In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
• 2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
• 2012 – A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people.

Births[edit]

• 1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
• 1540 – Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (d. 1597)
• 1740 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816)
• 1746 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)
• 1763 – János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
• 1800 – John Brown, American activist (d. 1859)
• 1801 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (d. 1866)
• 1814 – John Brougham, Irish-American actor and dramatist (d. 1880)
• 1824 – Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (d. 1896)
• 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (d. 1895)
• 1845 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (d. 1913)
• 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author and playwright (d. 1937)
• 1866 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian politician (d. 1915)
• 1873 – Anton Cermak, Czech-American politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
• 1874 – Howard Carter, English archaeologist (d. 1939)
• 1882 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman and shipbuilder, founded Kaiser Shipyards (d. 1967)
• 1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
• 1884 – Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (d. 1917)
• 1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma (d. 1989)
• 1893 – William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author (d. 1947)
• 1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1963)
• 1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
• 1895 – Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
• 1896 – Richard Day, Canadian art director (d. 1972)
• 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (d. 1964)
• 1904 – Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Eleanor Estes, American author (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (d. 1976)
• 1907 – Baldur von Schirach, German Nazi leader (d. 1974)
• 1907 – Fred Warngård, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1950)
• 1908 – Mary Scheier, American sculptor (d. 2007)
• 1909 – Don Messer, Canadian violinist (d. 1973)
• 1909 – Gordon Bunshaft, American architect (d. 1990)
• 1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963)
• 1912 – Per Imerslund, Norwegian author (d. 1943)
• 1912 – Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)
• 1914 – Denham Fouts, American prostitute (d. 1948)
• 1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1916 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Fay Kanin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek soldier (d. 2011)
• 1918 – Orville Freeman, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist and game show host (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Clifford Chadderton, Canadian soldier and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Arthur English, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Richard Adams, English author
• 1920 – William Tenn, English-American author (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist
• 1921 – Sophie Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)
• 1921 – Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Barbara New, English actress (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997)
• 1926 – John Middleton Murry, Jr., English author (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 – Ralph Goings, American painter
• 1928 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)
• 1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick, English judge
• 1930 – Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Vance D. Brand, American pilot and astronaut
• 1931 – Alistair MacFarlane, Scottish engineer and academic
• 1932 – Geraldine McEwan, Scottish actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1932 – David Plastow, English businessman
• 1933 – Jessica Steele, English author
• 1934 – Alan Bennett, English actor, screenwriter, and author
• 1934 – Nathan Dean, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Roy Massey, English organist and conductor
• 1935 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist and actor (The Ventures)
• 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1936 – Terry Downes, English boxer
• 1936 – Albert Finney, English actor, singer, and producer
• 1936 – Glenda Jackson, English politician and retired actress
• 1937 – Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 – Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect, designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Valladolid Science Museum
• 1937 – Dave Prater, American singer (d. 1988)
• 1938 – Geoffrey Holland, English civil servant and academic
• 1938 – Charles Simic, Serbian-American poet
• 1939 – Ralph Boston, American long jumper
• 1939 – Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (d. 1988)
• 1939 – Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
• 1940 – James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 – Alan Ryan, English philosopher and academic
• 1941 – Pete Birrell, English bass player (Freddie and the Dreamers)
• 1941 – Dorothy Hyman, English sprinter
• 1941 – John Wheatley, Lord Wheatley, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1942 – John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
• 1942 – Jerry Buchek, American baseball player
• 1942 – Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Vince Cable, English politician
• 1943 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (d. 2009)
• 1943 – Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Richie Furay, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco, Buffalo Springfield, and Souther–Hillman–Furay Band)
• 1944 – Laurence Owen, American figure skater (d. 1961)
• 1945 – Peter Hammond, British economist
• 1945 – Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager
• 1945 – Steve Katz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blues Project, and American Flyer)
• 1945 – Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth, English lawyer and judge
• 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
• 1946 – Clint Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (d. 2002)
• 1947 – Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat
• 1948 – Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
• 1948 – Tania Maria, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader
• 1948 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host
• 1949 – Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Hassles and Attila)
• 1949 – Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat, 17th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (d. 2013)
• 1950 – James Butts, American triple jumper
• 1950 – Jorie Graham, American poet
• 1950 – Matthew Kelly, English actor and television host
• 1950 – Tato Laviera, Puerto Rician-American poet (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Tom Petersson, American bass player and songwriter (Cheap Trick and Fuse)
• 1951 – Alley Mills, American actress
• 1952 – Linda Finnie, Scottish soprano
• 1952 – Patrick Ryecart, English actor
• 1953 – Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper
• 1953 – Amy Hill, American actress
• 1953 – Connie Kaldor, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Nicholas Crane, English geographer and journalist
• 1954 – Andrew Dillon, English businessman
• 1954 – Lawrence Dutton, American viola player and educator (Emerson String Quartet)
• 1954 – Marc Sinden, English actor, director, and producer
• 1955 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1955 – Kevin Reed, American theologian and author
• 1955 – Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano
• 1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
• 1958 – Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
• 1959 – Ulrich Matthes, German actor
• 1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1960 – Jillian Lane, Welsh psychic (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rockapella)
• 1962 – John Corbett, American actor and singer
• 1962 – Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter (Depeche Mode)
• 1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter (The Housemartins and Beautiful South)
• 1963 – Joe Cirella, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer and television host (Novi fosili)
• 1965 – Lisa Colagrossi, American journalist (d. 2015)
• 1965 – Ken Nomura, Japanese race car driver
• 1965 – Janu Tornell, American model, Miss Nevada USA 1989
• 1965 – Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1966 – Mark Tinordi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – David Benoit, American basketball player
• 1968 – Graham Harman, American philosopher
• 1968 – Ruth Kelly, British economist, former politician and Cabinet member (Secretary of State for Transport)
• 1968 – Marie-José Pérec, French runner
• 1969 – Amber, Dutch-German singer-songwriter and producer
• 1969 – Hudson Leick, American actress
• 1970 – Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player
• 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor (Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit)
• 1971 – Jason Lee, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Dan Chiasson, American poet, critic, and journalist
• 1971 – Paul McGuigan, English bass player (Oasis and The Rain)
• 1972 – Lisa Ann, American porn actress
• 1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and singer
• 1972 – Dana Perino, American journalist and politician, 27th White House press secretary
• 1972 – Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast
• 1973 – Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan runner
• 1973 – Leonard Myles-Mills, Ghanaian sprinter
• 1973 – Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
• 1974 – Dylan Lauren, American businesswoman, founded Dylan's Candy Bar
• 1974 – Stéphane Yelle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1975 – Brian Deegan, American motocross rider
• 1975 – Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
• 1975 – Lane Kiffin, American football player and coach
• 1976 – Ott Kadarik, Estonian architect
• 1977 – Averno, Mexican wrestler
• 1977 – Asal Badiee, Iranian actress (d. 2013)
• 1977 – Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1977 – Choi Jung-yoon, South Korean actress
• 1977 – Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
• 1977 – Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
• 1978 – Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001)
• 1978 – Leandro Cufré, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Santiago Dellapè, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1978 – Aaron Harang, American baseball player
• 1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Simple Plan and Reset)
• 1979 – Rosario Dawson, American actress and singer
• 1979 – Ara Mina, Filipino actress and singer
• 1979 – Matt Morris, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 – Brandon Webb, American baseball player
• 1979 – Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
• 1980 – Jo Hyun-jae, South Korean actor
• 1980 – Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
• 1980 – Kate Richardson-Walsh, English field hockey player
• 1980 – Tony Schmidt, German race car driver
• 1981 – Bill Murphy, American baseball player
• 1981 – Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer
• 1981 – You Yokoyama, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Kanjani Eight)
• 1982 – Rachel Boston, American actress
• 1982 – Beatriz Pascual, Spanish race walker
• 1982 – Gu Yuan, Chinese hammer thrower
• 1983 – Giacomo Brichetto, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Alan Campbell, Northern Irish rower; British sculler
• 1983 – Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
• 1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
• 1983 – Christos Marangos, Cypriot footballer
• 1983 – Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
• 1983 – Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player
• 1984 – Chase Headley, American baseball player
• 1985 – Jake Long, American football player
• 1985 – Audrina Patridge, American model and actress
• 1985 – Henrique Andrade Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Daniel Rosenfeld, German independent musician
• 1986 – Grace Gummer, American actress
• 1986 – Vladimir Sidorkin, Estonian swimmer
• 1987 – Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian rally driver
• 1988 – J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
• 1989 – Ellen White, English footballer
• 1991 – Christy Mack, American porn actress and model
• 1991 – Stasia Rage, Latvian figure skater
• 1992 – Chris Gutierrez, American-Filipino actor
• 1993 – Bonnie Rotten, American porn actress and model
• 1993 – Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor, singer, and dancer (NYC and Hey! Say! JUMP)
• 1994 – Ryan Auger, English footballer
• 1996 – Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer
• 1997 – Zane Huett, American actor

Deaths[edit]

• 1267 – Constantine I of Barzrberd, Catholicos of All Armenians (b. 1180)
• 1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
• 1446 – Mary of Enghien (b. 1368)
• 1657 – William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
• 1707 – Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
• 1736 – Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese politician (b. 1658)
• 1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
• 1747 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat (b. 1673)
• 1760 – Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop (b. 1700)
• 1789 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
• 1790 – William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
• 1791 – Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
• 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
• 1850 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1850 – Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1861 – Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 – John Sedgwick, American general (b. 1813)
• 1889 – William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 – Oscar von Gebhardt, German Lutheran theologian (b. 1844)
• 1914 – C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 – François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist (b. 1887)
• 1915 – Tony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player (b. 1883)
• 1918 – George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1933 – John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
• 1938 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 – Józef Cebula, beatified Polish priest, murdered at concentration camp (b. 1902)
• 1949 – Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1955 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (b. 1858)
• 1957 – Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 – Ezio Pinza, Italian opera singer (b. 1892)
• 1959 – Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1964 – Rico Lebrun, Italian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1900)
• 1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
• 1968 – Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1968 – Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (b. 1878)
• 1968 – Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
• 1968 – Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1970 – Louise Freeland Jenkins, American astronomer (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
• 1970 – Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)
• 1976 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
• 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
• 1977 – James Jones, American author (b. 1921)
• 1978 – Giuseppe Impastato, Italian activist (b. 1948)
• 1978 – Aldo Moro, Italian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
• 1979 – Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
• 1980 – Kate Molale, South African anti-Apartheid activist (b. 1928)
• 1981 – Nelson Algren, American author (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)
• 1987 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1989 – Keith Whitley, American singer, guitarist, and producer (b. 1955)
• 1993 – Jacques Dextraze, Canadian general (b. 1919)
• 1994 – Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)
• 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1997 – Rina Lasnier, Canadian poet (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Arthur Davis, American animator and director (b. 1905)
• 2002 – Dan Devine, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Carmen Filpi, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Russell B. Long, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)
• 2004 – Alan King, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Edith Rodriguez, American medical patient (b. 1964)
• 2007 – Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (b. 1901)
• 2008 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (b. 1942)
• 2008 – Pascal Sevran, French singer, television host, and author (b. 1945)
• 2009 – Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Northerly, Australian race horse (b. 1996)
• 2012 – Carl Beane, American sportscaster (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Bertram Cohler, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Ramón Blanco Rodríguez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Sanaullah Haq, Pakistani criminal (b. 1961)
• 2013 – George M. Leader, American politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Humberto Lugo Gil, Mexican politician, 23rd Governor of Hidalgo (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Malcolm Shabazz, American criminal (b. 1984)
• 2013 – Andrew Simpson, English sailor (b. 1976)
• 2014 – Giacomo Bini, Italian missionary and priest (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Mel Patton, American sprinter (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author (b. 1916)
• 2014 – Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)

Ο Διονύσης Τσακνής νέος πρόεδρος της ΕΡΤ

Τα άγνωστα νησάκια με τα τιρκουάζ νερά, 1,5 ώρα από την Αθήνα

Σε μικρή, σχετικά, απόσταση από την Αθήνα κρύβονται οι 

ελληνικές... Σεϋχέλλες. Ενας καλά κρυμμένος παράδεισος

 μικρών νησίδων με τιρκουάζ νερά και αμμουδιές που συνθέτουν

 ένα εξωτικό σκηνικό. Ο λόγος για τα Λιχαδονήσια, στον βόρειο

 Ευβοϊκό.

Η υπέροχη αυτή συστάδα νησιών και νησίδων βρίσκεται ανάμεσα στην Εύβοια 

(απέναντι από τη Λιχάδα) και στα Καμένα Βούρλα και οι ντόπιοι την αποκαλούν

 -όχι άδικα- Σεϊχέλες. Ενα σύμπλεγμα μικρών νησιών, τα οποία αναδύθηκαν μετά από μεγάλο σεισμό πριν χιλιάδες χρόνια και συγκεκριμένα το 426 π.Χ.. Κατάφυτα, γεμάτα ελιές,τα υπέροχα αυτά νησάκια που παλαιότερα κατοικούνταν, σήμερα αποτελούν προστατευμένους οικολογικούς χώρους. Και φυσικά απόλυτο προορισμό για μονοήμερες θαλάσσιες εκδρομές και εξερευνήσεις, τόσο για τους ντόπιους, τους κατοίκους των γύρω

 περιοχών αλλά και για τους Αθηναίους.

Το μεγαλύτερα νησάκια είναι η Μανόλια και η Στρογγύλη, λίγο μικρότερα η Μικρή 

Στρογγυλή, το Στενό, η Βάγια, ενώ τα υπόλοιπα είναι μικρότερα και ονομάζονται

 ποντικονήσια. Οργανωμένη είναι η παραλία σε ένα από τα νησιά αυτά, ενώ σε ένα

 άλλο έχουν βρεθεί απομεινάρια αρχαίου οικισμού. Σε ένα τρίτο υπάρχει ένα

 μικρό εκκλησάκι, εξαιρετικό για γάμους και βαφτίσεις. Σε κάποιο από τα νησιά 

στέκουν ακόμη τα εγκαταλελειμμένα πέτρινα σπίτια ψαράδων. Στην κορυφή της

 Στρογγυλής υψώνεται ανάμεσα στα πυκνά ελαιόδεντρα που το στολίζουν ένας

 φάρος του 1870.

Οσο όμορφα είναι τα νησάκια, τόσο ενδιαφέρων είναι και ο βυθός τους. Σε 

κάποιο σημείο διακρίνεται αμυδρά στο νερό (10 μ. βάθος) της Θάλασσας ένα

 ναυάγιο από το 1943 (ένα φορτηγό πλοίο που έπεσε στις ξέρες).

Πώς μπορεί να πάει κανείς στις... Σεϋχέλλες

Από τα Καμένα Βούρλα, καθημερινά, πραγματοποιούν δρομολόγια τα καραβάκια «Λιχαδονήσια Ι» και «Λιχαδονήσια ΙΙ». Δρομολόγια για τα Λιχαδονήσια γίνονται και από το το λιμάνι του Αγίου Γεωργίου στη Βόρεια Εύβοια, αλλά και  από τον Κάβο (30 χλμ. από την Αιδηψό).

Πώς πήραν το όνομά τους τα Λιχαδονήσια

Σύμφωνα με τη μυθολογία η σύζυγος του Ηρακλή η Διηάνειρα, νομίζοντας ότι είναι απατημένη, του έστειλε με τον Λίχα έναν δηλητηριασμένο χιτώνα. Τη στιγμή που ο Ηρακλής φόρεσε το χιτώνα και άρχισε να υποφέρει από τους πόνους άρπαξε τον υπηρέτη και τον εκσφενδόνισε προς την θάλασσα. Τα μέλη του έπεσαν γύρω από το ακρωτήρι Κήναιο, όπου ο Ποσειδώνας τα μεταμόρφωσε σε μικρά νησάκια, γνωστά σήμερα ως Λιχαδονήσια.

Για καταδυτικές εκδρομές μπορείτε να επισκεφθείτε το Lihadonisiadivingcenter.gr.

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες και δρομολόγια μπορείτε να επισκεφθείτε το lichadonisia.com