το σπίτι οπου γυρίστηκε η ταινία «Τα κόκκινα φανάρια» 

Μια από τις πλέον εμβληματικές ταινίες του ελληνικού

 κινηματογράφου, τα «Κόκκινα Φανάρια», ήταν γυρισμένη σχεδόν

 εξ ολοκλήρου στον Πειραιά, στην – τότε – κακόφημη Τρούμπα.

Η ταινία, παραγωγής 1963, σε σκηνοθεσία Βασίλη Γεωργιάδη, έχασε το Οσκαρ

 Ξενόγλωσσης Ταινίας, το 1964, από το «8 1/2» του Φελίνι. Τα Κόκκινα φανάρια

 κατέλαβαν την 3η θέση σε 92 ταινίες, ενώ στην προβολή της στην Ελλάδα,

 έκοψε 473.686 εισιτήρια.

Είχε πρωταγωνιστές ονόματα όπως η Τζένη Καρέζη, ο Δημήτρης Παπαμιχαήλ,

 ο Γιώργος Φούντας , η Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου, η Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου, ο Φαίδων 

Γεωργίτσης, η Κατερίνα Χέλμη, ο Μάνος Κατράκης, η Αλεξάνδρα Λαδικού, 

η Ελένη Ανουσάκη κ.α.. Τη μουσική έγραψε ο Σταύρος Ξαρχάκος και 

τραγουδούσαν ο Γρηγόρης Μπιθικώτσης και ο Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας.

Η ταινία είχε γυριστεί στα σοκάκια της Τρούμπας και συγκεκριμένα στην οδό

 Ναυάρχου Νοταρά. Η Νοταρά και η Φίλωνος ήταν οι κύριες οδοί που φιλοξενούσαν

 οίκους ανοχής και μπαρ εκείνη την εποχή.

 πώς είναι σήμερα, εξωτερικά, το σπίτι όπου γυρίστηκε η περίφημη ταινία.

Στα άδυτα της «Χριστίνας» του Ωνάση 

Το καλοκαίρι του 1953 ήταν ένα από τα καλύτερα για τον

Αριστοτέλη Ωνάση. Στο Κίελο, μια καναδική φρεγάτα Stormont

 άρχισε να... αλλάζει, να ανακαινίζεται εκ βάθρων, προκειμένου

 να μετατραπεί σε μια πολυτελέστατη θαλαμηγό. Στο γιοτ

 εκείνο που θα αποτελούσε σύμβολο για εκείνον. Το όνομα 

αυτού, «Χριστίνα». 

«Αυτό είναι το μόνο μέρος στον κόσμο που δεν αισθάνομαι ξένος», δήλωνε ο

 Ελληνας κροίσος για τη «Χριστίνα». Και η αλήθεια είναι, όπως ισχυρίζονται 

άνθρωποι που τον γνώριζαν, ότι πουθενά δεν ήταν πιο ευτυχισμένος o

 Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, από όσο όταν βρισκόταν επάνω στην 99 μέτρων θαλαμηγό του.

 Η μετατροπή της παλιάς καναδικής φρεγάτας σε αυτό που ο βασιλιάς Φαρούκ

 της Σαουδικής Αραβίας είχε αποκαλέσει «η τελευταία λέξη στη χλιδή» τού είχε

 κοστίσει τότε 4 εκατ. δολάρια.

Γιατί ο Ωνάσης επέλεξε μια φρεγάτα για γιοτ

«Ιστιοφόρο είχε ο Νιάρχος, όμως ο Ωνάσης ήθελε πάντα να πρωτοπορεί· ήθελε

το μοντέρνο». Αυτή είναι η απάντηση στο ερώτημα γιατί ο Ωνάσης επέλεξε μια 

φρεγάτα για προσωπική του θαλαμηγό, και όχι ένα ιστιοφόρο...

Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι ως... φρεγάτα Stormont (GRT 1602), το «Χριστίνα» ανήκε

 στο καναδικό Πολεμικό Ναυτικό και μάλιστα κατά τη διάρκεια του Β' Παγκοσμίου

 Πολέμου χρησιμοποιήθηκε ως συνοδό σκάφος των νηοπομπών για τη μεταφορά

 πολεμικού υλικού στις συμμαχικές δυνάμεις στην Αγγλία και τη Ρωσία.

Φυσικά, η θαλαμηγός «Χριστίνα» ήταν συνώνυμο της πολυτέλειας. Η βιβλιοθήκη 

της θαλαμηγού ήταν γεμάτη με έργα Ελλήνων κλασικών συγγραφέων, τα σκαμνιά 

του μπαρ ήταν καλυμμένα με δέρμα λευκής φάλαινας, ενώ ο πυθμένας της

 πισίνας υψωνόταν ώς το επίπεδο του καταστρώματος και μετατρεπόταν σε πίστα 

χορού, διακοσμημένη με ψηφιδωτά που απεικόνιζαν σκηνές της ελληνικής μυθολογίας.

Για τον εαυτό του ο Ωνάσης είχε κρατήσει μια σουίτα τεσσάρων δωματίων, με

 μπανιέρα από μπλε μάρμαρο Σιένας, απομίμηση λουτρού από μινωικό ανάκτορο.

 Τους τοίχους κάλυπταν βενετσιάνικοι καθρέπτες. Υπήρχαν άλλες εννέα σουίτες,

 που η καθεμιά είχε το όνομα ενός ελληνικού νησιού. Στην «Ιθάκη» έμεναν πάντα

 οι εκλεκτότεροι καλεσμένοι: ανάμεσά τους, η Greta Garbo, η Jackie Kennedy, η

 Μαρία Κάλλας, ο Winston Churchill, ο Umberto Agnelli της FIAT, ο John Paul Getty 

και πολλοί αστέρες του Χόλιγουντ.

Η μοντέρνα τεχνολογία αποτελούσε τη ραχοκοκαλιά της θαλαμηγού, με

 πρωτοποριακά για την εποχή τους συστήματα: ραντάρ, επικοινωνιακά μέσα,

 κλιματισμό, ηλεκτρονικό έλεγχο της θερμοκρασίας του νερού στην πισίνα και

 πολλά άλλα.

Η «Χριστίνα» μετά τον Ωνάση 

Ο Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης με τη διαθήκη του άφηνε την θαλαμηγό του στην κόρη

 του Χριστίνα. Σημείωνε, όμως, ότι αν για κάποιο λόγο εκείνη δεν την ήθελε,

 θα περνούσε στη γυναίκα του, την Τζάκι. Σε περίπτωση άρνησης της χήρας του

 Κένεντι, η θαλαμηγός θα περνούσε στην κυριότητα του ελληνικού Δημοσίου, υπό

 την προϋπόθεση ότι θα τη συντηρούσε και θα την παραχωρούσε για χρήση στον

 εκάστοτε αρχηγό του κράτους.

Το 1978, η Χριστίνα Ωνάση δώρισε τη θαλαμηγό στο ελληνικό δημόσιο, για να τη

 χρησιμοποιεί ο εκάστοτε Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας. Τη συντήρηση 

της θαλαμηγού ανέλαβε το Πολεμικό Ναυτικό για την οποία οι υπεύθυνοι φρόντιζαν

 ώστε να είναι ανά πάσα στιγμή στη διάθεση του Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας και

 των υψηλών καλεσμένων του, έτοιμη να σαλπάρει. Χρησιμοποιήθηκε μόνο μία φορά

 από τον Χρήστο Σαρτζετάκη. Ο Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής αρνήθηκε να τη 

χρησιμοποιήσει. Παρέμενε δεμένη σε χώρο του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού και, εν τω

 μεταξύ, οι τεχνολογικές εξελίξεις την είχαν ξεπεράσει όσον αφορά την κατανάλωση

 καυσίμων, την ταχύτητα και τις σύγχρονες απαιτήσεις για κλιματισμό.

Το 1999 το ελληνικό δημόσιο ανακοίνωσε την απόφασή του να πουλήσει τη

 θαλαμηγό στον Έλληνα εφοπλιστή Ιωάννη-Παύλο Παπανικολάου, προκειμένου να τη

 μετατρέψει σε σύγχρονο τουριστικό σκάφος υψηλών προδιαγραφών. 

Ο Παπανικολάου χάλασε 50 εκατ. δολάρια για να ανακαινίσει τη θαλαμηγό εκ βάθρων

 και μέχρι το θάνατό του το 2012 μπορούσε όποιος ήθελε να την νοικιάζει για 

προσωπικές κρουαζιέρες αντί 455.000 ευρώ την εβδομάδα. Οι κληρονόμοι 

του Παπανικολάου το 2013 την έβγαλαν στο σφυρί αντί 25 εκατ. ευρώ... 

Τι απέγιναν τα αντικείμενα που υπήρχαν στη θαλαμηγό

Οπως αναφέρεται στην ιστοσελίδα του κοινωφελούς ιδρύματος Ωνάση, όλα τα

 έπιπλα και τα αντικείμενα που υπήρχαν στην προσωπική καμπίνα του Ωνάση

 αφαιρέθηκαν, ενώ το ελληνικό δημόσιο είχε το δικαίωμα να κρατήσει όσα από τα

 υπάρχοντα αντικείμενα της θαλαμηγού ήθελε, τα  υπόλοιπα θα τα αγόραζε το

 Ίδρυμα Ωνάση.  Εξ αυτών τη συλλογή από μινιατούρες πολεμικών πλοίων της

 εποχής του Ναπολέοντα που διατηρούσε ο Ωνάσης, εκτός από δύο κομμάτια, 

 έγιναν δωρεά στο Ναυτικό Μουσείο Ελλάδος. Τα υπόλοιπα αντικείμενα 

συσκευάστηκαν και στάλθηκαν στον Σκορπιό προς φύλαξη για λογαριασμό της

 Αθηνάς Ωνάση, όπου πιθανώς βρίσκονται ακόμα. Ορισμένα από τα αντικείμενα

 που αγόρασε το Ίδρυμα Ωνάση βρίσκονται στο νεοκλασικό κτίριο της λεωφόρου

 Αμαλίας. Ανάμεσά τους, η τραπεζαρία της θαλαμηγού, το πιάνο που

 χρησιμοποιούσε η Μαρία Κάλλας, ορισμένα όπλα του Ωνάση, μικροέπιπλα,

 διακοσμητικά αντικείμενα και πίνακες ζωγραφικής.

Η θαλαμηγός μετά την ανακαίνιση από τον Παπανικολάου:

[edit]

• 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
• 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army.
• 1140 – The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
• 1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
• 1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
• 1608 – Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
• 1621 – The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland.
• 1658 – Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
• 1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
• 1781 – Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
• 1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War.
• 1862 – A 3000-strong riot occurred at Wardsend Cemetery in Sheffield, England, against rumours of bodysnatching from the grounds.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• 1866 – The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States.
• 1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
• 1888 – The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
• 1889 – The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
• 1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• 1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• 1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario.
• 1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
• 1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
• 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
• 1940 – Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
• 1941 – World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground, killing 180 of its inhabitants.
• 1942 – World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
• 1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
• 1950 – The first successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; the summit of Annapurna is reached by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal.
• 1959 – Singapore was declared a self-governing state even though it was still a part of the British Empire.
• 1962 – At Paris Orly Airport, an Air France Boeing 707 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
• 1963 – The Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
• 1965 – The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
• 1968 – Valerie Solanas, the author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
• 1969 – Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half.
• 1973 – A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
• 1979 – A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m³) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
• 1980 – The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which take five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and cause $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled on the deadly storm by the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross.
• 1982 – The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
• 1984 – Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
• 1987 – The Vanuatu Labour Party is founded.
• 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• 1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
• 1992 – Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.
• 2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
• 2013 – The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Births[edit]

• 1537 – João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (d. 1554)
• 1540 – Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)
• 1635 – Philippe Quinault, French playwright (d. 1688)
• 1636 – John Hale, American minister (d. 1700)
• 1659 – David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708)
• 1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician (d. 1788)
• 1726 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (d. 1797)
• 1736 – Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)
• 1770 – Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1820)
• 1808 – Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
• 1818 – Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (d. 1889)
• 1819 – Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
• 1832 – Charles Lecocq, French composer (d. 1918)
• 1840 – Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1867)
• 1843 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912)
• 1844 – Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
• 1844 – Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909)
• 1852 – Theodore Robinson, American painter (d. 1896)
• 1853 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1942)
• 1855 – Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright (d. 1905)
• 1864 – Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (d. 1950)
• 1865 – George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)
• 1866 – George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager (d. 1952)
• 1873 – Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953)
• 1878 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. 1946)
• 1879 – Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist (d. 1940)
• 1879 – Vivian Woodward, English footballer (d. 1954)
• 1881 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Tom Brown, American trombonist (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1954)
• 1897 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Adelaide Ames, American astronomer (d. 1932)
• 1900 – Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist (d. 1997)
• 1901 – Maurice Evans, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)
• 1903 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956)
• 1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)
• 1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984)
• 1905 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (d. 1946)
• 1906 – R. G. D. Allen, English economist, mathematician and statistician (d. 1983)
• 1906 – Josephine Baker, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Nate Barragar, American football player and actor (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Paul Rotha, English director and producer (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Ellen Corby, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Lloyd Percival, Canadian tennis player, boxer, cricketer, and coach (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1918 – Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Lili St. Cyr, American actress and dancer (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach
• 1922 – Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and author
• 1924 – Karunanidhi, Indian Politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Arnold Peters, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet and academic (d. 1997)
• 1926 – Flora MacDonald, Canadian politician
• 1927 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (Million Dollar Band) (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Louise Daniel Hutchinson, American historian and educator (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Donald Judd, American artist (d. 1994)
• 1929 – Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer, created The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game
• 1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999)
• 1930 – George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India
• 1930 – Dakota Staton, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Ben Wada, Japanese director and producer (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Françoise Arnoul, Algerian-French actress
• 1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban politician, 17th Prime Minister of Cuba
• 1931 – John Norman, American philosopher and author
• 1931 – Lindy Remigino, American runner
• 1933 – Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahranian emir (d. 1999)
• 1934 – Rolland D. McCune, American minister and theologian
• 1935 – Raoul Franklin, English physicist and academic
• 1935 – Irma P. Hall, American actress
• 1935 – Enzo Jannacci, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Jim Gentile, American baseball player and manager
• 1936 – Larry McMurtry, American author and screenwriter
• 1936 – Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player
• 1937 – Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French race car driver
• 1937 – Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician
• 1937 – Edward Winter, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1938 – David L. Mills, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1939 – Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
• 1939 – Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mott the Hoople)
• 1939 – Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and author (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Loretta Long, American actress and singer
• 1940 – Connie Saylor, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1942 – Anita Harris, English singer and actress
• 1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Impressions) (d. 1999)
• 1943 – Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 – Peter Bonfield, English businessman
• 1944 – Thomas Burns, British Roman Catholic bishop (Diocese of Menevia)
• 1944 – Edith McGuire, American sprinter
• 1944 – Eddy Ottoz, Italian hurdler
• 1944 – Mary Thom, American feminist
• 1945 – John Derbyshire, English-American journalist and author
• 1945 – Hale Irwin, American golfer
• 1945 – Ramon Jacinto, Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
• 1945 – Roger Lane-Nott, English admiral
• 1945 – Bill Paterson, Scottish-English actor
• 1946 – Michael Clarke, American drummer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall) (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Eddie Holman, American singer
• 1946 – Tristan Rogers, Australian-American actor
• 1946 – Penelope Wilton, English actress
• 1947 – Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1947 – John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
• 1947 – Mickey Finn, English drummer (T.Rex, Mickey Finn's T-Rex, and Hapshash and the Coloured Coat) (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1949 – Floyd Lloyd, Jamaican singer
• 1949 – John Rothman, American actor
• 1950 – Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer
• 1950 – Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress (The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle)
• 1950 – Christos Verelis, Greek politician
• 1950 – Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1950 – Robert Z'Dar, American actor and producer (d. 2015)
• 1951 – Jill Biden, American educator, 37th Second Lady of the United States
• 1952 – Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2009)
• 1952 – David Richards, English businessman
• 1953 – John Moulder-Brown, English actor
• 1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
• 1954 – Wally Weir, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – George Burley, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1956 – Brad Nessler, American sportscaster
• 1956 – Danny Wilde, American singer and guitarist (The Quick and The Rembrandts)
• 1957 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
• 1958 – Simon Fraser, English diplomat
• 1958 – Margot Käßmann, German bishop and theologian
• 1958 – Suzie Plakson, American actress
• 1958 – Cameron Sharp, Scottish sprinter
• 1959 – John Carlson, American radio host
• 1959 – Imbi Paju, Estonian-Finnish journalist and author
• 1960 – Kim Hyun-jun, South Korean basketball player
• 1961 – Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons
• 1961 – Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
• 1961 – Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Ozric Tentacles and Nodens Ictus)
• 1962 – David Cole, American DJ,producer, and songwriter (C+C Music Factory)
• 1962 – Susannah Constantine, English fashion designer, journalist, and author
• 1962 – Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
• 1963 – Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician, 8th Minister-President of the Walloon Region
• 1963 – Anica Dobra, Serbian actress
• 1963 – Toshiaki Karasawa, Japanese actor
• 1964 – Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer)
• 1964 – James Purefoy, English actor
• 1965 – Jeff Blumenkrantz, American actor and composer
• 1965 – Jonathan Djanogly, English lawyer and politician
• 1965 – Mike Gordon, American singer, bass player, and director (Phish, Rhythm Devils, and SerialPod)
• 1965 – Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer
• 1965 – Michael Moore, Irish-Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1966 – Jamie O'Neal, American singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author
• 1967 – Jason Jones, Canadian actor
• 1967 – Kurk Lee, American basketball player
• 1967 – Christopher Walker, Gibraltarian triathlete and cyclist
• 1968 – Saffron, Nigerian singer and dancer (Republica and N-Joi)
• 1969 – Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Greg Hancock, American motorcycle racer
• 1970 – Esther Hart, Dutch singer
• 1970 – Julie Masse, Canadian singer
• 1970 – Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
• 1970 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hypocrisy, Pain, Bloodbath, and Lock Up)
• 1971 – Carl Everett, American baseball player
• 1971 – John Hodgman, American author and actor
• 1971 – Gert Kullamäe, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1971 – Julian Sturdy, English politician
• 1972 – Julie Gayet, French actress
• 1972 – Matt Pike, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sleep, High On Fire, and Asbestosdeath)
• 1973 – Jason Jones, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stereophonics)
• 1974 – Arianne Zucker, American actress
• 1975 – Jose Molina, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1975 – Jeff Soto, American painter
• 1976 – Nikos Chatzis, Greek basketball player
• 1976 – Enda Markey, Irish-Australian theatre producer.
• 1976 – Gregg McClymont, Scottish historian and politician
• 1976 – Jamie McMurray, American race car driver
• 1977 – Cris, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Travis Hafner, American baseball player
• 1977 – Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
• 1978 – Lyfe Jennings, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – Luis Fernando López, Colombian race walker
• 1979 – Christian Malcolm, Welsh sprinter
• 1980 – Amauri, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatari king
• 1980 – Lazaros Papadopoulos, Russian-Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Tjerk Smeets, Dutch baseball player
• 1981 – Sosene Anesi, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Salvatore Giardina, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Timur Tekkal, German rugby player
• 1982 – Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
• 1982 – Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
• 1982 – Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter and producer (Hi-5)
• 1983 – Pasquale Foggia, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Janine Habeck, German model
• 1984 – Prince Félix of Luxembourg
• 1985 – Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, Mongolian boxer
• 1985 – Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer
• 1985 – Dan Ewing, Australian actor
• 1985 – Detox Icunt, American drag queen performer
• 1985 – Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer
• 1986 – Al Horford, Dominican basketball player
• 1986 – Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
• 1986 – Micah Kogo, Kenyan runner
• 1986 – Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 – Adrián Vallés, Spanish race car driver
• 1986 – Tomáš Verner, Czech ice skater
• 1987 – Lalaine, American actress and singer (Vanity Theft)
• 1987 – Michelle Keegan, English actress
• 1987 – Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
• 1989 – Katie Hoff, American swimmer
• 1989 – Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer
• 1990 – Fabian Götze, German footballer
• 1992 – Mario Götze, German footballer
• 1992 – Monika Linkytė, Lithuanian singer
• 2006 – Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg

Deaths[edit]

• 628 – Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
• 800 – Staurakios, Byzantine general
• 1395 – Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1350)
• 1397 – William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (b. 1328)
• 1411 – Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1371)
• 1548 – Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish-Mexican bishop (b. 1468)
• 1594 – John Aylmer, English bishop and scholar (b. 1521)
• 1615 – Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
• 1640 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset (b. 1584)
• 1657 – William Harvey, English physician and academic (b. 1578)
• 1649 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
• 1659 – Morgan Llwyd, Welsh minister and poet (b. 1619)
• 1780 – Thomas Hutchinson, American businessman and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1711)
• 1826 – Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian and poet (b. 1766)
• 1858 – Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1861 – Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (b. 1813)
• 1865 – Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
• 1875 – Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)
• 1877 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
• 1882 – Christian Wilberg, German painter (b. 1839)
• 1894 – Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (b. 1825)
• 1900 – Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
• 1902 – Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1829)
• 1906 – John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 – Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower (b. 1879)
• 1924 – Franz Kafka, Czech author (b. 1883)
• 1928 – Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 – William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (b. 1873)
• 1946 – Mikhail Kalinin, Russian politician (b. 1875)
• 1955 – Barbara Graham, American murderer (b. 1923)
• 1963 – Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 – Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1963 – Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1964 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1969 – George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1970 – Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1971 – Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894)
• 1973 – Jean Batmale, French footballer (b. 1895)
• 1973 – Dory Funk, American wrestler (b. 1919)
• 1975 – Ozzie Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and bandleader (b. 1906)
• 1975 – Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1901)
• 1977 – Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1977 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 – Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 – Anna Neagle, English actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Will Sampson, American actor and painter (b. 1933)
• 1989 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (b. 1902)
• 1989 – John McCauley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (b. 1944)
• 1990 – Tom Brown, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1990 – Robert Noyce, American physicist and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (b. 1927)
• 1991 – Katia Krafft, French volcanologist (b. 1942)
• 1991 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (b. 1946)
• 1991 – Takeshi Nagata, Japanese geophysicist (b. 1913)
• 1992 – Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Puig Aubert, French rugby player (b. 1925)
• 1997 – Dennis James, American actor and game show host (b. 1917)
• 1998 – Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and manager (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Frances Shand Kydd, English mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Johnny Grande, American singer (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Sam Butera, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
• 2009 – David Carradine, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Koko Taylor, American singer (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Shih Kien, Chinese actor (b. 1913)
• 2010 – John Hedgecoe, English photographer and author (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Rue McClanahan, American actress (b. 1934)
• 2011 – James Arness, American actor (d. 1923)
• 2011 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Wax) (b. 1951)
• 2011 – Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Carol Ann Abrams, American film producer, author, and academic (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Andy Hamilton, Jamaican-English saxophonist and composer (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Rajsoomer Lallah, Mauritian lawyer and judge (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Brian Talboys, New Zealand politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Will D. Campbell, American minister, author, and activist (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Atul Chitnis, German-Indian technologist (b. 1962)
• 2013 – Józef Czyrek, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Poland (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Arnold Eidus, American violinist (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Deacon Jones, American football player and actor (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Jiah Khan, American-Indian actress and singer (b. 1988)
• 2013 – Frank Lautenberg, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Karl Harris, English motorcycle racer (b. 1979)
• 2014 – Elodie Lauten, French-American composer (b. 1950)
• 2014 – Virginia Luque, Argentinian actress and singer (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Gopinath Munde, Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1949)
• 2014 – James Alan Shelton, American guitarist (b. 1960)

 

 

High-end ξενοδοχεία διάσημων blockbusters του Χόλιγουντ

Από το ξενοδοχείο Bellagio Hotel που «συμπρωταγωνιστεί» με τους διάσημους αστέρες του Χόλιγουντ στη γνωστή κινηματογραφική παραγωγή «Ocean's Eleven», μέχρι το εντυπωσιακό ξενοδοχείο Park Hyatt στο Τόκιο, όπου γυρίστηκαν πολλές από τις σκηνές της ταινίας «Χαμένος στη Μετάφραση» (Lost in Translation), δεν είναι λίγα τα ξενοδοχειακά συγκροτήματα που έχουν παίξει κι αυτά το δικό τους… ρόλο σε ταινίες που κυκλοφόρησαν σε όλον τον κόσμο. 

Για τους φανατικούς σινεφίλ αποτελούν μάλιστα ένας επιπλέον λόγος για να τα επισκεφθούν και να… αναβιώσουν με το δικό τους τρόπο τις αγαπημένες τους σκηνές από τις αγαπημένες τους ταινίες.

Παρακάτω σας παρουσιάζουμε πέντε από αυτά:

1. Beverly Wilshire Hotel –Μπέβερλι Χιλς, ΗΠΑ
Ταινία: Pretty Woman





Το penthouse και οι προεδρικές σουίτες στο ξενοδοχείο συνοδεύονται από «τσουχτερές» τιμές, οι οποίες γνωστοποιούνται στους ενδιαφερόμενους κατόπιν αιτήματος, ωστόσο ένα «απλό» δωμάτιο με μπαλκόνι θα σας στοιχίζει περίπου 650 δολάρια τη βραδιά.

2. Bellagio Hotel and Casino - Λας Βέγκας, ΗΠΑ
Ταινία: Ocean's Eleven





Τα δωμάτια που προσφέρουν θέα στο περίφημο σιντριβάνι του ξενοδοχείου κοστίζουν περίπου 200 δολάρια τη βραδιά.

3. Grandhotel Pupp – Κάρλοβι Βάρι, Τσεχία
Ταινία: Casino Royale 





Ο Τζέιμς Μποντ πηγαίνει μόνο στα καλύτερα ξενοδοχεία που υπάρχουν στον κόσμο και ένα από αυτά βρίσκεται στην Τσεχία και συγκεκριμένα, στο Κάρλοβι Βάρι. Το ξενοδοχείο είχε «μετονομαστεί» σε Hotel Splendide για τις ανάγκες της ταινίας.

4. Plaza Hotel - Νέα Υόρκη, ΗΠΑ
Ταινία: The Great Gatsby





Το ξενοδοχείο αυτό έχει συμμετάσχει σε πολλές κινηματογραφικές ταινίες του Χόλιγουντ, ανάμεσα στις οποίες και οι εξής: Almost Famous, Arthur, Sleepless in Seattle, Scent of a Woman και Home Alone 2.

Οι τιμές των δωματίων ξεκινούν από 650 δολάρια ανά διανυκτέρευση, ενώ η βασιλική σουίτα στοιχίσει 35.000 δολάρια τη βραδιά.

5. Park Hyatt –Τόκιο, Ιαπωνία
Ταινία: Lost in Translation





Το Park Hyatt στο Τόκιο αποτέλεσε τον τόπο γνωριμίας και ανάπτυξης μιας ιδιαίτερης φιλίας δύο πολύ μοναχικών ηρώων στην ταινία «Χαμένος στη Μετάφραση», με πρωταγωνιστές τους Bill Murray και Scarlett Johansson.

Δεν είναι απόγονοι του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου οι Καλας του Πακισταν

Οι Καλάς του Πακιστάν θεωρούν τους εαυτούς τους απογόνους

 του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου. 

Ομως μια νέα διεθνής επιστημονική έρευνα δεν βρήκε στο γενετικό υλικό τους

 ενδείξεις που να επιβεβαιώνουν κάτι τέτοιο.

Οι ερευνητές από τη Βρετανία, την Ιταλία και το Πακιστάν, με επικεφαλής τον

 Κασίμ Αγιούμπ του Ινστιτούτου Γενετικής Wellcome Trust Sanger του Κέμπριτζ,

 που έκαναν τη σχετική δημοσίευση στο αμερικανικό περιοδικό γενετικής

 «American Journal of Human Genetics», ανέλυσαν δείγματα DNA από 23 Καλάς,

 οι οποίοι ζούσαν σε τρεις διαφορετικές κοιλάδες, ενώ προχώρησαν και στην

 πλήρη ανάλυση του γονιδιώματος ενός ατόμου.

Η μελέτη φαίνεται να ενισχύει προηγούμενες αναλύσεις του χρωμοσώματος

 και του μιτοχονδριακού DNA των Καλάς, καθώς δεν επιβεβαιώνει τους

 ισχυρισμούς περί ελληνικής καταγωγής τους. Η νέα γενετική έρευνα

 υποστηρίζει ότι οι Καλάς ζουν ουσιαστικά απομονωμένοι εδώ και πολλές χιλιάδες

 χρόνια, αφότου αποκόπηκαν από έναν κοινό πρόγονο στην Ευρασία.

Η σύγκριση με το DNA αρχαίων κυνηγών-συλλεκτών και Ευρωπαίων αγροτών 

δείχνει ότι οι Καλάς έχουν μεγαλύτερη γενετική συγγένεια με παλαιολιθικούς

 κυνηγούς-συλλέκτες της Σιβηρίας. Είναι πιθανό ότι αποτελούν έναν αρχαίο λαό

 από τη βόρεια Ευρασία, πράγμα που μπορεί να παρανοήθηκε ότι παραπέμπει σε πιο

 πρόσφατη επιμιξία με σύγχρονους δυτικοευρωπαίους.

Οι Καλάς, μια θρησκευτική μειονότητα με εξωτικές πολιτισμικές παραδόσεις, είναι

 ένας αινιγματικός απομονωμένος πληθυσμός που επιβιώνει εν μέσω ισλαμικών λαών.

 Μιλά μια ινδοευρωπαϊκή γλώσσα και ζει εδώ και πολλούς αιώνες στην οροσειρά

 Ινδοκούς του βορειοδυτικού Πακιστάν, κοντά στα σύνορα με το Αφγανιστάν.

Από τότε που αποκόπηκαν από τους άλλους λαούς της Νότιας Ασίας, οι Καλάς έχουν

 διατηρήσει έναν πληθυσμό 2.300 έως 5.000 ατόμων και φαίνεται να μην έχουν

 προχωρήσει σε γενετικές επιμιξίες με τους γείτονές τους στο Πακιστάν ή στην

 ευρύτερη ευρασιατική περιοχή όπου ζουν.

Οι Καλάς είναι ίσως οι πρώτοι που διαχωρίστηκαν από τους άλλους πληθυσμούς

 της Κεντρικής και Νότιας Ασίας, κάτι που, σύμφωνα με τη νέα γενετική ανάλυση,

 εκτιμάται ότι συνέβη πριν από περίπου 11.000 χρόνια. Οι σημερινοί Καλάς

 αποτελούν τους απογόνους κάποιων πρώιμων μεταναστών από τη Βόρεια

 ή Δυτική Ασία, οι οποίοι εγκαταστάθηκαν στην ινδική υπο-ήπειρο

 (σημερινή Ινδία και Πακιστάν).

Μία παλαιότερη γενετική ανάλυση είχε φθάσει στην εκτίμηση ότι για κάποια περίοδο,

 μεταξύ 900 και 210 π.Χ., είχε συμβεί μια γενετική επιμιξία των Καλάς με δυτικούς

 Ευρασιάτες και είχε συσχετίσει αυτό με την εισβολή του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου

 σε εκείνη την περιοχή το 327-326 π.Χ.

Όμως κατοπινές γενετικές έρευνες -και η νέα μελέτη- δεν φαίνεται να επιβεβαιώνουν

 κάποια επιμιξία με πληθυσμούς ευρωπαϊκής καταγωγής (π.χ. ελληνικής). 

Οι ερευνητές τονίζουν ότι αν και αρκετές προφορικές παραδόσεις αναφέρουν

 πως οι Καλάς είναι απόγονοι των στρατιωτών του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου, η

 νέα ανάλυση δεν δείχνει κάτι τέτοιο.

Ελληνικό νησί με την πιο ωραία θέα στον κόσμο 

• 1039 – Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
• 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
• 1647 – Canonicus Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Indian Tribe dies. He was Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe (rivals to the Wampanoag) at the time of the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth.
• 1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
• 1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
• 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
• 1784 – Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers 4 kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
• 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 1794 – British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
• 1802 – Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
• 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
• 1825 – General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
• 1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
• 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
• 1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
• 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• 1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness and dies four days later.
• 1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swopereceives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• 1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
• 1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
• 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• 1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'etat establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
• 1939 – Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
• 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends – British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
• 1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
• 1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
• 1944 – World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
• 1961 – In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
• 1965 – Duane Earl Pope robs the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution-style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime later puts Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
• 1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1974 – During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
• 1975 – The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
• 1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
• 1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
• 1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
• 1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with at least 241 dead.
• 1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
• 1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
• 1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
• 1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2001 – Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.
• 2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
• 2012 – The Diamond Jubilee Concert is held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London.

Births[edit]

• 1394 – Philippa of England (d. 1430)
• 1489 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
• 1604 – Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (d. 1648)
• 1665 – Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (d. 1733)
• 1694 – François Quesnay, French economist and physician (d. 1774)
• 1704 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (d. 1776)
• 1738 – George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1820)
• 1744 – Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (d. 1780)
• 1754 – Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (d. 1833)
• 1754 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer (d. 1832)
• 1787 – Constant Prévost, French geologist (d. 1856)
• 1801 – James Pennethorne, English architect, designed Victoria Park (d. 1871)
• 1821 – Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1897)
• 1829 – Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (d. 1903)
• 1854 – Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Alexis Lapointe, Canadian runner (d. 1924)
• 1866 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (d. 1952)
• 1867 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (d. 1951)
• 1877 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
• 1879 – Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator (d. 1964)
• 1880 – Clara Blandick, Hong Kong-American actress (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina (d. 1952)
• 1887 – Tom Longboat, Canadian runner (d. 1949)
• 1894 – La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1941)
• 1903 – Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992)
• 1907 – Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (d. 1944)
• 1907 – Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (d. 1976)
• 1907 – Patience Strong, English poet and journalist (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Geli Raubal, Austrian daughter of Angela Hitler (d. 1931)
• 1910 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (d. 1977)
• 1916 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Fernand Leduc, Canadian painter (d. 2014)
• 1917 – Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Russell E. Train, American civil servant (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Don Diamond, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach
• 1923 – Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Dennis Weaver, American actor and director (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Robert Earl Hughes, American heaviest human being (d. 1958)
• 1926 – Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic
• 1926 – Ivan Karp, American art dealer (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
• 1928 – Ruth Westheimer, German-American therapist and author
• 1929 – Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician, 5th President of Greece
• 1930 – George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray
• 1930 – Morgana King, American singer and actress
• 1930 – Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Gustav Nossal, Austrian-Australian biologist and academic
• 1932 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1975)
• 1932 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• 1934 – Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (d. 1971)
• 1934 – Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan author and activist
• 1935 – Colette Boky, Canadian soprano
• 1935 – Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Nutan, Indian actress and singer (d. 1991)
• 1936 – Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (d. 2015)
• 1936 – Bruce Dern, American actor
• 1936 – Oleg Fedoseyev, Russian triple jumper (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven) (d. 2006)
• 1937 – Robert Fulghum, American author
• 1937 – Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1999)
• 1937 – Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman, founded Boston Properties
• 1938 – Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
• 1939 – Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, Anglo-Irish politician
• 1939 – Denis de Belleval, Canadian politician
• 1939 – Henri Pachard, American film director (d. 2008)
• 1939 – George Reid, Scottish politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
• 1940 – David Collings, English actor
• 1940 – Ludwig Schwarz, Slovak-Austrian bishop
• 1941 – Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright and screenwriter
• 1942 – Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
• 1942 – Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1943 – Sandra Haynie, American golfer
• 1943 – Tom Jaine, English author
• 1943 – Joyce Meyer, American educator and author
• 1944 – Roger Ball, Scottish saxophonist and songwriter (Average White Band)
• 1944 – Michelle Phillips, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Mamas & the Papas)
• 1945 – Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1945 – Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Peter and Gordon) (d. 2009)
• 1946 – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer
• 1946 – Sandra Dawson, English academic
• 1947 – Jack Baker, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1947 – Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
• 1947 – Ashok Saraf, Indian actor
• 1948 – Bob Champion, English jockey
• 1948 – Sandra Post, Canadian golfer
• 1948 – Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
• 1949 – Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
• 1949 – Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician
• 1950 – Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Dagmar Krause, German singer and pianist (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears, and News from Babel)
• 1950 – George Noory, American radio host
• 1950 – Kevin Woodford, Manx chef and actor
• 1951 – Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner (d. 1981)
• 1951 – Melanie Phillips, English journalist and author
• 1951 – Wendy Pini, American author and illustrator
• 1951 – David Yip, English actor and playwright
• 1952 – Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
• 1952 – Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet
• 1952 – Parker Stevenson, American actor and director
• 1953 – Linda Lingle, American politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
• 1953 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (One in a Million, Wings, Small Faces, The Dukes, and Thunderclap Newman) (d. 1979)
• 1953 – Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
• 1953 – Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (Samson) (d. 2002)
• 1954 – Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (d. 2014)
• 1955 – Val McDermid, Scottish author
• 1955 – Mary Testa, American singer and actress
• 1956 – Martin Adams, English darts player
• 1956 – Keith David, American actor and singer
• 1956 – John Hockenberry, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Terry Kennedy, American baseball player and manager
• 1956 – Gerry Ryan, Irish radio and television host (d. 2010)
• 1956 – Joyce Sidman, American author
• 1957 – Yoon Seok-ho, South Korean director and producer
• 1957 – John Treacy, Irish runner
• 1958 – Eddie Velez, American actor
• 1959 – Juan Camacho, Bolivian runner
• 1959 – Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture
• 1960 – Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager
• 1960 – Paul Taylor, American guitarist and keyboard player (Winger)
• 1960 – Bradley Walsh, English footballer and actor
• 1961 – El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer (DeBarge)
• 1961 – Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1962 – Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Polish race car driver
• 1962 – Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
• 1962 – John P. Kee, American singer-songwriter and pastor
• 1963 – Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Sean Pertwee, English actor
• 1964 – Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1965 – Andrea Jaeger, American tennis player
• 1966 – Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano
• 1966 – Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1966 – Bill Wiggin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
• 1967 – Robert S. Kimbrough, American colonel and astronaut
• 1968 – Roger Lim, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper
• 1968 – Al B. Sure!, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Scott Wolf, American actor
• 1969 – Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Deborah Compagnoni, Italian skier
• 1970 – Richie Hawtin, English-Canadian DJ and producer
• 1970 – Dave Pybus, English bass player and songwriter (Anathema, Cradle of Filth, and Angtoria)
• 1970 – Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress
• 1971 – James Callis, English actor
• 1971 – Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 1971 – Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
• 1971 – Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer and director
• 1971 – Karl Martin Sinijärv, Estonian journalist and poet
• 1971 – Noah Wyle, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Stoja, Bosnian singer
• 1972 – Nikka Costa, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Derian Hatcher, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 – Joe Hill, American author
• 1972 – Rob Huebel, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Mikey Whipwreck, American wrestler
• 1974 – Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef (d. 2012)
• 1974 – Darin Erstad, American baseball player and coach
• 1974 – Andrew Gwynne, English politician
• 1974 – Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
• 1974 – Stefan Lessard, American bass player (Dave Matthews Band and Yukon Kornelius)
• 1974 – Buddy Wakefield, American poet
• 1975 – Russell Brand, English comedian, actor, and singer
• 1975 – Henry Burris, American football player
• 1975 – Angelina Jolie, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Kasey Chambers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
• 1977 – Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
• 1977 – Quinten Hann, Australian snooker player
• 1977 – Berglind Icey, Icelandic swimmer and actress
• 1977 – Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
• 1977 – Roman Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian guitarist and composer
• 1977 – Ingrid Visser, Dutch volleyball player (d. 2013)
• 1978 – Robin Lord Taylor, American actor
• 1979 – Ryan Davis, American journalist (d. 2013)
• 1979 – Christopher Dorner, American lieutenant and police officer (d. 2013)
• 1979 – Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
• 1979 – Daniel Vickerman, South African-Australian rugby player
• 1980 – François Beauchemin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Jennifer Carroll, Canadian swimmer
• 1981 – T.J. Miller, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1981 – Maxi Nil, Greek singer-songwriter (Elysion, On Thorns I Lay, and Visions of Atlantis)
• 1981 – Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Natalia Vodopyanova, Russian basketball player
• 1982 – MC Jin, American-Chinese rapper and actor
• 1982 – Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner
• 1982 – Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
• 1983 – Romaric, Ivorian footballer
• 1983 – Emmanuel Eboué, Ivorian footballer
• 1983 – Olha Saladuha, Ukrainian triple jumper
• 1984 – Kento Handa, Japanese actor
• 1984 – Jenaveve Jolie, American porn actress and model
• 1984 – Enrico Rossi Chauvenet, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Ian White, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress (4 in Love)
• 1985 – Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (d. 2011)
• 1985 – Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player
• 1985 – Alicja Janosz, Polish singer
• 1985 – Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
• 1985 – Lukas Podolski, German footballer
• 1985 – Bar Refaeli, Israeli model and actress
• 1985 – Oddvar Reiakvam, Norwegian politician
• 1985 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (d. 2006)
• 1986 – Yoochun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (TVXQ and JYJ)
• 1986 – Oona Chaplin, Spanish-English actress and dancer
• 1986 – Fahriye Evcen, German-Turkish actress
• 1986 – Shane Kippel, Canadian actor
• 1986 – Tori Praver, American model
• 1986 – Shelly Woods, English wheelchair racer
• 1987 – Mollie King, English singer-songwriter (The Saturdays)
• 1987 – Luisa Zissman, English businesswoman
• 1988 – Li Man, Chinese actress
• 1989 – Federico Erba, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Paweł Fajdek, Polish hammer thrower
• 1989 – Eldar Gasimov, Azerbaijani singer (Ell & Nikki)
• 1990 – Tippi Degré, Namibian-French director
• 1990 – Zac Farro, American singer and drummer (Paramore, Novel American, and Half Noise)
• 1990 – Jetsun Pema, Bhutanese wife of Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
• 1991 – Jordan Hinson, American actress
• 1991 – Lorenzo Insigne, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Kathryn Prescott, English actress
• 1991 – Megan Prescott, English actress
• 1992 – Dino Jelušić, Croatian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1992 – Brooke Vincent, English actress
• 1999 – Kim So-hyun, South Korean actress

Deaths[edit]

• 756 – Shōmu, Japanese emperor (b. 701)
• 1039 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 990)
• 1134 – Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1106)
• 1135 – Emperor Huizong of Song (b. 1082)
• 1206 – Adèle of Champagne (b. 1140)
• 1246 – Isabella of Angoulême (b. 1188)
• 1257 – Przemysł I of Greater Poland (b. 1221)
• 1394 – Mary de Bohun, English wife of Henry IV of England (b. 1369)
• 1453 – Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander
• 1463 – Flavio Biondo, Italian historian (b. 1392)
• 1585 – Muretus, French philosopher (b. 1526)
• 1622 – Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568)
• 1663 – William Juxon, English archbishop (b. 1582)
• 1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725)
• 1801 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1750)
• 1830 – Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
• 1872 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
• 1875 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)
• 1922 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 1926 – Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer (b. 1853)
• 1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 1929 – Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
• 1933 – Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet (b. 1884)
• 1937 – Ketevan Geladze, Georgian mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)
• 1939 – Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)
• 1941 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
• 1942 – Reinhard Heydrich, German politician (b. 1904)
• 1951 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1956 – Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (b. 1881)
• 1962 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
• 1964 – Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
• 1967 – Linda Eenpalu, Estonian politician (b. 1890)
• 1968 – Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1970 – Sonny Tufts, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
• 1971 – György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
• 1973 – Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1917)
• 1989 – Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
• 1990 – Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church) (b. 1949)
• 1992 – Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (b. 1943)
• 1994 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor and director (b. 1953)
• 1997 – Vladimir Hütt, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1936)
• 1997 – Ronnie Lane, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Faces and Small Faces) (b. 1946)
• 1998 – Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (b. 1903)
• 2001 – John Hartford, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1937)
• 2001 – Dipendra of Nepal (b. 1971)
• 2002 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician, 42nd President of Peru (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Marvin Heemeyer, American welder (b. 1952)
• 2004 – Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1934)
• 2004 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Chloe Jones, American porn actress (b. 1975)
• 2007 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Jim Clark, American police officer (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Bill France, Jr., American businessman (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Sotiris Moustakas, Cypriot-Greek actor (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Freddie Scott, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952)
• 2010 – John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 2011 – Juan Francisco Luis, Virgin Islander politician, 23rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1940)
• 2011 – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Abu Yahya al-Libi, Libyan terrorist (b. 1963)
• 2012 – Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Jim Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Eduard Khil, Russian singer (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Herb Reed, American violinist (The Platters) (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Walt Arfons, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Joey Covington, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Monti Davis, American basketball player (b. 1958)
• 2013 – Hermann Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer, handball player, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
• 2013 – S. Shamsuddin, Singaporean actor (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Will Wynn, American football player (b. 1949)
• 2014 – George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Doc Neeson, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter (The Angels) (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Chester Nez, American soldier (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)

British acts account for 1 in 7 albums sold worldwide

One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay helped UK artists account for more than one in seven of the albums sold globally during 2014, the BPI has said. 

With 13.7% of worldwide sales, it's the highest British share since the BPI began recording those figures in 2000. 

Sales of albums by British artists rose in Canada, Australia, Italy and Sweden, as well as the US.

Albums from Sam Smith and Pink Floyd also made the top ten list of the world's biggest-sellers of 2014.

According to the BPI's Music Market 2015 report, Taylor Swift topped the list of global recording artists, after shifting six million copies of her album 1989. 

The figures, which take into account album sales, track sales and streams, put One Direction in second place and Sheeran in third. 

The BPI also found that streaming had doubled in the UK during 2014.

As previously reported, British acts dominated album sales in the UK in 2014, taking each of the top 10 best-selling artist albums of the year for the first time, and accounting for more than half of album sales. 

Other British artists making a notable global impact in 2014 include London Grammar in France and Australia, James Blunt in Germany, Paloma Faith in Australia and Arctic Monkeys in countries including the US.

British artists accounted for 20.4% of sales in Australia, while in Italy it was 19.8%. 

BPI and Brit Awards chief executive, Geoff Taylor, said the figures showed the UK is a "creative powerhouse". 

"Music is a tremendous exports success story for the UK - all around the world, fans are listening to the records we produce, supporting not only our balance of trade but a positive image for Britain overseas," he said. 

Top 10 Global Recording Artists 2014
Artist	Album	Album sales	Nationality
1. Taylor Swift	1989	6.0 million	USA
2. One Direction	Four	3.2 million	UK
3. Ed Sheeran	X	4.4 million	UK
4. Coldplay	Ghost Stories	3.7 million	UK
5. AC/DC	Rock Or Bust	2.7 million	UK/Australia
6. Michael Jackson	Xscape	1.7 million	USA
7. Pink Floyd	The Endless River	2.5 million	UK
8. Sam Smith	In The Lonely Hour	3.5 million	UK
9. Katy Perry	Prism	1.2 million	USA
10. Beyonce	Beyonce	1.4 million	USA

Source: IFPI (positions are based on album sales, track sales and streams)