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• 68 – The Roman Senate proclaims Galba as emperor.
• 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.
• 632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
• 793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
• 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.
• 1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre (Palestine) thus beginning his crusade.
• 1405 – Richard le Scrope, the Archbishop of York, and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.
• 1690 – Yadi Sakat, a Siddi general, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
• 1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• 1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
• 1794 – Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
• 1856 – A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
• 1867 – Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
• 1887 – Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• 1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• 1928 – Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• 1929 – Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
• 1940 – World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
• 1941 – World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
• 1942 – World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
• 1948 – Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.
• 1949 – The celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
• 1949 – George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
• 1950 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
• 1953 – An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• 1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
• 1959 – The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• 1966 – An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
• 1966 – Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
• 1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
• 1967 – Six-Day War: The Israeli army enters Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs.
• 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy's funeral takes place at the St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
• 1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
• 1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.
• 1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
• 1992 – The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 1995 – The downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
• 2001 – Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
• 2004 – The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
• 2007 – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
• 2008 – At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in an Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
• 2008 – At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
• 2009 – Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
• 2013 – The Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill takes place in Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2014 – At least 28 people are killed in an attack on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan.

Births[edit]

• 862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)
• 1552 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet and author (d. 1638)
• 1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1712)
• 1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
• 1717 – John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)
• 1724 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794)
• 1745 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)
• 1757 – Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (d. 1824)
• 1788 – Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1869)
• 1810 – Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (d. 1856)
• 1829 – John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator (d. 1896)
• 1831 – Thomas J. Higgins, Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1917)
• 1842 – John Q. A. Brackett, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
• 1847 – Ida Saxton McKinley, American wife of William McKinley, 25th First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)
• 1851 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist (d. 1940)
• 1852 – Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist (d. 1925)
• 1854 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)
• 1855 – George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)
• 1859 – Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist (d. 1947)
• 1860 – Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)
• 1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959)
• 1872 – Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1949)
• 1875 – Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (d. 1934)
• 1876 – Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (d. 1958)
• 1885 – Karl Genzken, German physician (d. 1957)
• 1891 – William Funnell, Australian public servant (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (d. 1968)
• 1894 – Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist (d. 1942)
• 1895 – Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
• 1897 – John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist (d. 1974)
• 1901 – Lena Baker, American maid and murderer (d. 1945)
• 1901 – Salustiano Sanchez, Spanish-American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 1903 – Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician (d. 1996)
• 1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Dorothy Coburn, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1910 – C. C. Beck, American illustrator (d. 1989)
• 1910 – John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (d. 1971)
• 1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
• 1912 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987)
• 1915 – Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 2015)
• 1916 – Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Byron White, American football player and judge (d. 2002)
• 1918 – George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)
• 1918 – Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (d. 1987)
• 1918 – John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic
• 1918 – John H. Ross, American captain and pilot (d. 2013)
• 1919 – John R. Deane, Jr., American general (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)
• 1921 – LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Alexis Smith, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Malcolm Boyd, American priest and author (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Alice Coleman, English geographer and academic
• 1923 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (d. 1993)
• 1924 – Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Iain Glidewell, English lawyer and judge
• 1924 – Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and author (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States
• 1925 – Del Ennis, American baseball player and coach (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Eddie Gaedel, American baseball player (d. 1961)
• 1925 – Charles Tyner, American actor
• 1927 – Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer
• 1927 – Anne Warburton, English academic and diplomat (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, English lieutenant and politician (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 – Michael Codron, English producer and manager
• 1930 – Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
• 1931 – James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1931 – Dana Wynter, British actress (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1932 – Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1933 – Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
• 1933 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Robert Stevens, English lawyer and academic
• 1934 – Millicent Martin, English actress and singer
• 1935 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
• 1936 – James Darren, American actor, singer, and director
• 1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
• 1938 – Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
• 1939 – Herb Adderley, American football player
• 1939 – Bernie Casey, American football player and actor
• 1939 – Ruthe Blalock Jones, Delaware-Shawnee-Peoria painter
• 1939 – Francis Jacobs, English lawyer and judge
• 1940 – Arthur Elgort, American photographer
• 1940 – Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
• 1940 – Jim Wickwire, American lawyer and mountaineer
• 1941 – Robert Bradford, Irish minister and politician (d. 1981)
• 1941 – Fuzzy Haskins, American singer, guitarist, and producer (The Parliaments and Parliament-Funkadelic)
• 1941 – George Pell, Australian cardinal
• 1942 – Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
• 1942 – Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
• 1942 – Chuck Negron, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Three Dog Night)
• 1942 – Andrew Weil, American author and educator
• 1943 – Colin Baker, English actor
• 1943 – William Calley, American lieutenant
• 1943 – Willie Davenport, American colonel and hurdler (d. 2002)
• 1943 – Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
• 1944 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)
• 1944 – Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal
• 1944 – Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steve Miller Band)
• 1945 – Anthony Bagnall, English air marshal
• 1945 – Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Derek Underwood, English cricketer
• 1946 – Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1947 – Sara Paretsky, American author
• 1947 – Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter (Renaissance and Nevada)
• 1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 – Lorna Heilbron, Scottish actress
• 1949 – Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator
• 1949 – Hildegard Falck, German runner
• 1949 – Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1950 – Kathy Baker, American actress
• 1950 – Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
• 1951 – Tony Rice, American guitarist and songwriter (David Grisman Quintet and Bluegrass Album Band)
• 1951 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer
• 1952 – Dave Jennings, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Billy Hayes, English union leader
• 1953 – Sandy Nairne, English historian and curator
• 1953 – Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
• 1953 – Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist
• 1954 – Greg Ginn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Black Flag, Gone, Mojack, and Confront James)
• 1954 – Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician
• 1954 – Marios Tokas, Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
• 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English-American computer scientist and engineer, invented the World Wide Web
• 1955 – Griffin Dunne, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Udo Bullmann, German politician
• 1956 – Jonathan Potter, English psychologist, sociolinguist, and academic
• 1957 – Scott Adams, American author and illustrator
• 1957 – Don Robinson, American baseball player and politician
• 1957 – Sonja Vectomov, Czech/Finnish sculptor
• 1958 – Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic
• 1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher
• 1960 – Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter (Simply Red and Faces)
• 1960 – Terje Gewelt, Norwegian bassist
• 1960 – Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Tatanka, American wrestler
• 1961 – Mary King, English horse rider
• 1962 – John Gibbons, American baseball player and manager
• 1962 – Andreas Keim, German footballer
• 1962 – Nick Rhodes, English keyboard player and producer (Duran Duran, Arcadia, and The Devils)
• 1962 – Kristine W, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 – Karen Kingsbury, American journalist and author
• 1963 – Antoaneta Todorova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
• 1964 – Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach
• 1965 – Kevin Farley, American screenwriter
• 1965 – Rob Pilatus, American-German singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli and Rob & Fab) (d. 1998)
• 1966 – Julianna Margulies, American actress
• 1966 – Doris Pearson, English singer-songwriter and choreographer (Five Star)
• 1967 – Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews
• 1968 – Rob Ray, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1969 – David Barnhill, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1969 – J. P. Manoux, American-Canadian actor and director
• 1969 – Marcos Siega, American director and producer
• 1969 – David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor
• 1970 – Gabrielle Giffords, American businesswoman and politician
• 1970 – Seu Jorge, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1970 – Kwame Kilpatrick, American educator and politician, 68th Mayor of Detroit
• 1970 – Steve Renouf, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Teresa Strasser, American radio and television host
• 1970 – Troy Vincent, American football player
• 1970 – Kelli Williams, American actress and director
• 1971 – Troy Duffy, American director and screenwriter
• 1971 – Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer
• 1972 – Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer
• 1973 – Lexa Doig, Canadian model and actress
• 1973 – Shappi Khorsandi, Iranian-English comedian
• 1973 – Bryant Reeves, American basketball player
• 1973 – Lucija Šerbedžija, Croatian actress
• 1974 – Pål Arne Fagernes, Norwegian javelin thrower (d. 2003)
• 1974 – Alma Lepina, Latvian figure skater
• 1975 – Bryan McCabe, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1975 – Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1975 – Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress and producer
• 1976 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player and coach
• 1976 – Trish Goff, American model and actress
• 1976 – Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 – Catherine McKinnell, English lawyer and politician
• 1977 – Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer (Child Rebel Soldier)
• 1978 – Eun Ji-won, South Korean rapper, dancer, and producer (Sechs Kies)
• 1978 – Maria Menounos, American television journalist
• 1979 – Alexei Kozlov, Estonian figure skater
• 1979 – Pete Orr, Canadian-American baseball player
• 1979 – Derek Trucks, American guitarist and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band, The Derek Trucks Band, and Tedeschi Trucks Band)
• 1979 – Adine Wilson, New Zealand netball player
• 1979 – Rob Holliday, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Marilyn Manson, The Mission and The Prodigy)
• 1979 – İpek Şenoğlu, Turkish tennis player
• 1980 – Gustavo Manduca, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Jamie Spencer, Irish jockey
• 1981 – Alex Band, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Calling)
• 1981 – Matteo Meneghello, Italian race car driver
• 1981 – Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actress
• 1981 – Sara Watkins, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (Nickel Creek, The Decemberists, and Works Progress Administration)
• 1982 – Matteo Barbini, Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Michael Cammalleri, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
• 1982 – Irina Lăzăreanu, Romanian-Canadian model and singer
• 1982 – Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
• 1983 – Gaines Adams, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1983 – Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
• 1983 – Pantelis Kapetanos, Greek footballer
• 1983 – Coby Karl, American basketball player
• 1984 – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver
• 1986 – Patrick Kaleta, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Coralie Balmy, French swimmer
• 1987 – Issiar Dia, Senegalese footballer
• 1989 – Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
• 1989 – Richard Fleeshman, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1989 – Mitchell Schwartz, American football player
• 1990 – Mickey Bushell, English wheelchair racer
• 1992 – Sebá, Brazilian footballer
• 1996 – Doğanay Kılıç, Turkish footballer
• 1997 – Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 632 – Muhammad, Arabian prophet (b. 570)
• 1042 – Harthacnut, English-Danish king (b. 1018)
• 1154 – William of York, English archbishop and saint
• 1376 – Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)
• 1383 – Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1338)
• 1384 – Kan'ami, Japanese actor and author (b. 1333)
• 1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and academic (b. 1432)
• 1492 – Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of England (b. 1437)
• 1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)
• 1611 – Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (b. 1552)
• 1612 – Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (b. 1562)
• 1621 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)
• 1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)
• 1714 – Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
• 1716 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)
• 1727 – August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
• 1768 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
• 1771 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)
• 1795 – Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
• 1809 – Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)
• 1831 – Sarah Siddons, British actress (b. 1755)
• 1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1857 – Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 – Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 – George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 – Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English priest and poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 – Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 – Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 – George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 – Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 – Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 – Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 – Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 – Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 – Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1968 – Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1968 – Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
• 1969 – Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)
• 1969 – Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
• 1970 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1972 – Jimmy Rushing, American singer (Oklahoma City Blue Devils) (b. 1901)
• 1976 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (b. 1900)
• 1982 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)
• 1984 – Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1985 – Afet İnan, Turkish historian and sociologist (b. 1908)
• 1987 – Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Atef Bseiso, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1948)
• 1993 – Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1997 – George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)
• 1998 – Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
• 1998 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
• 2000 – Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948)
• 2001 – Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)
• 2003 – Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (b. 1940)
• 2004 – Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
• 2006 – Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931)
• 2006 – Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Kenny Olsson, Swedish motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
• 2007 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher and academic (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Šaban Bajramović, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 2010 – Andreas Voutsinas, Greek actor and director (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Comoran terrorist (b. 1974)
• 2011 – Alan Rubin, American trumpet player and actor (The Blues Brothers) (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Pete Brennan, American basketball player (b. 1936)
• 2012 – K. S. R. Das, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Angus MacKay, English actor (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Kyle Miller, Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1981)
• 2013 – Richard J. Seitz, American general (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)
• 2014 – Harold Russell Maddock, Australian jockey (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Billy McCool, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)
• 2015 – Frank Cappuccino, American boxer and referee (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Aldo da Rosa, Brazilian engineer and academic (b. 1917)
• 2015 – David Rotem, Israeli academic and politician (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)

Λασπόλουτρα Κρηνίδων Καβάλας -

Από τα καλύτερα στα Βαλκάνια! 

Με τους καλύτερους οιωνούς φαίνεται ότι ξεκινάει η νέα

 λουτρική περίοδος για το Πηλοθεραπευτήριο Κρηνίδων του

 Δήμου Καβάλας, ένα από τα λίγα στο είδος του σε ολόκληρα

 τα Βαλκάνια.

Οι προσπάθειες για την αισθητική βελτίωση του περιβάλλοντα χώρου και την

 ποιοτική αναβάθμιση των παρεχόμενων υπηρεσιών, αναμένεται να φέρουν

 αύξηση στην επισκεψιμότητα, μεγαλύτερη από το 5,89% που σημείωσε πέρυσι. 

Το Πηλοθεραπευτήριο Κρηνίδων ή αλλιώς «λασπόλουτρα» όπως συνηθίζουν να

 το αποκαλούν οι ντόπιοι, αποτελεί εδώ και χιλιάδες χρόνια ένα «αειφόρο

 εργαστήρι της φύσης» που με θαυμαστή ακρίβεια παρασκευάζει το πολύτιμο αυτό

 υλικό. 

Κατά το παρελθόν, γεωλογικές, οικολογικές, βιολογικές, χημικές συνθήκες και 

πολύπλοκοι μεταξύ τους φυσικοί μηχανισμοί στάθηκαν ευνοϊκοί καθώς

 δημιούργησαν το κατάλληλο περιβάλλον από το οποίο και μέσα στο οποίο

 παρασκευάσθηκε και ωρίμασε με φυσικό τρόπο ο θεραπευτικός πηλός.

Η πηλοθεραπεία βασίζεται στη χρήση του λεγόμενου ώριμου» πηλού. Η εφαρμογή 

του πηλού είναι δυνατόν να είναι ολική ή μερική, με εμβάπτιση του σώματος σ'αυτόν

 ή με επάλειψη. 

Η θεραπευτική δράση του πηλού είναι διπλή: ασκεί δράση τοπική (στην επιφάνεια 

του δέρματος) και γενική. Η δράση της πηλοθεραπείας οφείλεται κυρίως σε τρεις 

παράγοντες: μηχανικό, θερμικό και χημικό.

Αν επομένως βαρεθήκατε όλες τις άλλες κούρες σπα, αρωματοθεραπείες και λοιπές

 ιατρικές και καλλωπιστικές διαδικασίες, γιατί να μην ταξιδέψετε ως την Καβαλά 

και να δοκιμάσετε να κυλιστείτε στην λάσπη.

Ξένοι συγγραφείς

 μας υποδέχονται τον Ιούνιο

 στα Public!

Τα Public, το μεγαλύτερο βιβλιοπωλείο, σας προσκαλούν σε παρουσιάσεις βιβλίων διακεκριμένων ξένων συγγραφέων και προσωπικοτήτων από το εξωτερικό που σας περιμένουν τον Ιούνιο στα καταστήματα Συντάγματος και Τσιμισκή για ενδιαφέρουσες συζητήσεις, ελεύθερες στο κοινό.

Ξεκινώντας στις 7 Ιουνίου το συγγραφικό δίδυμο με το ψευδώνυμο Nicci French θα σας υποδεχτεί στα Public Τσιμισκή με το βιβλίο τους «Οργισμένη Παρασκευή», το πέμπτο, καθηλωτικό και συναρπαστικό μυθιστόρημα της σειράς από τις εκδόσεις Διόπτρα ενώ ερωτήσεις στους συγγραφείς θα απευθύνει ο δημοσιογράφος Δημήτρης Καραθάνος. Την επόμενη μέρα, 8 Ιουνίου η πρωταγωνίστρια του βιβλίου, ψυχοθεραπεύτρια Φρίντα Κλάιν, θα ζωντανέψει στο Public Συντάγματος. Ερωτήσεις στο συγγραφικό δίδυμο Nicci French θα απευθύνει η δημοσιογράφος Μαρίνα Τσικλητήρα.

Δείτε εδώ την εκδήλωση των Nicci French στην Τσιμισκή στις 7/6

Δείτε εδώ την εκδήλωση των Nicci French στο Σύνταγμα στις 8/6.

Κατόπιν στις 22 Ιουνίου τόσο η Αθήνα όσο και η Θεσσαλονίκη θα εντυπωσιαστούν από δύο γνωστούς συγγραφείς της Λατινικής Αμερικής. Τα Public Συντάγματος, σε συνεργασία με την Πρεσβεία της Χιλής και τις Εκδόσεις Πατάκης υποδέχονται τον Χιλιανό συγγραφέα Pablo Simonetti με τη “Λογική των εραστών“ (εκδ.Πατάκη), να εισχωρεί στους απρόσιτους κόσμους της σημερινής κοινωνίας, προβάλλοντας τη συγκινητικά εύθραυστη φύση των ηρώων του με μια πρόζα ιλιγγιώδη, όμορφη και διεισδυτική. Τη συζήτηση συντονίζει η δημοσιογράφος, Ana de Miguel και συμμετέχει η μεταφράστρια, Τιτίνα Σπερελάκη.

Δείτε εδώ την εκδήλωση του Pablo Simonetti στο Σύνταγμα στις 22/6.

Την ίδια μέρα τα Public Τσιμισκή σας προσκαλούν να συναντήσετε και να γνωρίσετε από κοντά ένα από τα νέα ταλέντα της λατινικής Αμερικής, τον  Andres Neuman στο πλαίσιο της παρουσίασης των βιβλίων του «Ο ταξιδιώτης του αιώνα», «Βαρβαρισμοί» και «Κατά μόνας» (εκδ.Opera), αποκλειστικά στα Public! Τη συζήτηση με τον συγγραφέα συντονίζει η δημοσιογράφος, Ana de Miguel. Συμμετέχει η μεταφράστρια, Τιτίνα Σπερελάκη.

Δείτε εδώ την εκδήλωση του Andres Neuman στη Τσιμισκή στις 22/6.

Τέλος, με αφορμή τη συναυλία της στο Piraeus Academy στις 25/6, η Patti Smith, ιέρεια του punk και δημιουργός κλασικών album, όπως το «Horses», θα βρίσκεται στο Public Συντάγματος για να υπογράψει αντίτυπα από τα βραβευμένα βιβλία της Just Kids (Πάτι και Ρόμπερτ, εκδόσεις Κέδρος) και M Train. O θρύλος της πανκ ροκ μουσικής έρχεται στα Public στις 24/6.

Δείτε εδώ την εκδήλωση με την Πάττι Σμιθ στις 24/6 στο Σύνταγμα.